Two weeks
By
Landon Richardson and TealRose
Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly and Adam 'Toast' Charles and anyone else who might sound familiar to the reader do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes
The character of Danni Williams is probably mine by now. Even though she was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably safe to say that's she turned into her own individual character with her own set of beliefs and personality, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.
The characters of Jack O'Connor and Riley King most definitely belong to me though
I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well
Author Note
So here's a story which has been co-written with the wonderful Tealrose, if you haven't done so then you should read her NCIS stories because they are great and were one of things which got me back into the NCIS fiction world!
I know I had said that I wouldn't put up any stories until some of my others were finished but this story is technically finished so it doesn't require any additional work from me other than reading through it and making sure that I didn't make any stupid mistakes. If I've missed anything then that is completely my fault and no one else's.
This story belongs in 'the what if 'story saga. It could be a part of the main saga (The beginning, family ect ect) but isn't. It's more a look at how some things could have happened but didn't so this is a way which Riley King could have joined 50 but it's not the official way he did. We just like experimenting and keeping the muse happy!
Anyway enough from me, please enjoy and have a wonderful new year.
Overall summary
Two weeks was all it took for everything to go wrong and now it was up to Steve McGarrett to fix things... the only problem was he wasn't sure he could. (Part of the 'What if' Danni saga)
Chapter Summary
Danni Williams breathed out a sigh of relief as she came to a stop outside the main entrance to the 50 headquarters, adjusting her belongings in her arms so she could free her thumb up for the thumb scanner.
Overall romance
Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams
Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.
Chapter Romance
Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams
Chapter Two
Day one - Danni arrives
Danni Williams breathed out a sigh of relief as she came to a stop outside the main entrance to the 50 headquarters, adjusting her belongings in her arms so she could free her thumb up for the thumb scanner. For a moment she waited, listening to the hum it made before it beeped, the background turning green allowing her access to the room.
She entered, her eyes flickering around her, placing her teammates before she crossed the room, her heels tapping against the marble floor as she entered her office, pushing the door closed behind her and sighed unhappily when she saw the three stacks of files on her desk which Jenna had obviously placed on her desk that morning. It seemed never ending, every time she finished one file another five would appear,; files from CSU, files from the medical examiner's office, files from the DA's office asking questions about their previous cases. That was difficult enough without files from her teammates creeping into the pile requiring work from her as well, work which she was pretty sure was their responsibility. She had no doubt as well that Jenna would keep them coming throughout the day as well.
The more established their team became, the more the work load increased and it was getting to the point that Danni could easily spend her whole week at her desk and still not be on top of things. She needed to speak to Steve and press him once again about hiring someone to help her so she could finally get back into the field, at Steve's side where she belonged.
Shaking her head she moved round the side of her desk, putting her bag beneath the desk and powered up her computer, glancing at the clock on the wall, she was later than she wanted to be but she still should get most of what she needed to get done finished or at least started. Sighing, she typed in her login and password, hitting enter before she grabbed her empty coffee mug and headed out of her office, her eyes on the kitchen. She switched direction when she saw Toast standing by the main printer, grabbing something from it and turning with a flourish as he spoke.
"Done O'Capitan" He stated, stopping when he saw her, his shoulders hunching over as his dark eyes flickered towards her before he looked away, nervously dragging his free hand through his hair. "Danni… you're here… hi, you look great… I…"
Danni frowned, tilting her head to the side wondering why the younger man was acting so jumpy.
"Toast are you…" She stopped when a movement to the side of them caught her attention and she glanced towards it, her eyes focusing on Steve as he came out of his own office with Riley behind him.
"Good you're finally here Danni" Steve said, moving towards them, a half smile coming to his face as he stopped by her.
"Yeah I'm here, I told you I would be in my text. I was running slightly late because I had to see Grace's teacher this morning" Danni responded, meeting his eyes for a moment before she turned her attention back to Riley wondering why the other man was there. Was he there to visit Steve? Were they going on an early lunch together or was there something else going on? Something which might explain Toast's bizarre behaviour. She looked towards the younger man as he moved awkwardly from one foot to the other, a look on his face as though he would rather be anywhere else right about now. "Toast is everything okay?" She queried
Toast winced, looking miserable as he turned towards Steve, holding the paperwork out to him.
"Here's the paperwork you requested. The Governor's placed her signature on it so it's official now, Riley is a member of 50" He told Steve, his tone flat as he looked towards Danni, the look of misery coming back.
Danni froze to the spot, barely breathing as she watched Steve grin widely as he reached out and took the paperwork from Toast, glancing down at it as he stuck his hand in his pocket, pulling out a 50 shield and ID badge which he handed over to Riley who took it, smiling down at them. Danni could barely believe her eyes.
When the hell had this happened?
Had she missed something?
Why on earth was Riley a member of 50 now?
She blinked, glancing around aware that the others minus Steve and Riley were looking at her, an unsure look on their faces as though they were waiting for her reaction before deciding how to act. She wanted to turn and simply walk away from the scene in front of her, locking herself in her office but she couldn't do that. She was the second in command of 50 so she had to show a united front with Steve in front of the others. She couldn't risk 50. She straightened slightly, forcing a smile onto her face, hoping that it looked natural.
"Welcome to 50 Riley, I hope you're happy here. We'll have to sit down later on today so I can take your details to add to the system, I know Toast has done the usual paperwork but there's still more to go through." She stated, turning her eyes towards Steve, the look in them turning chilly. "May I talk to you for a moment Steven" She requested. Steve nodded slowly at her, a slight frown coming to his face before his eyes moved around the staff around him before he stopped at Chin.
"Chin, could you take Riley to his office and show him around the headquarters" Steve asked the older man who gave him a single nod, remaining quiet. Steve blinked, turning towards Danni surprised to see that the younger woman had already turned and headed towards her office. He frowned again, moving past the others and into Danni's office wondering what Danni wanted to talk about? Did something happen with the meeting with Grace's teacher?
His eyes dropped to the files on Danni's desk and winced in sympathy for her. If there was one thing he hated more than anything then it was paperwork.
"Would you mind closing the door please" She asked politely from where she stood behind her desk, her voice steady and quiet as though she was speaking to a stranger and not someone who had been her partner for almost six months, someone who she had slept with for the first time four days before hand. Raising an eyebrow and ignoring the sense of unease that was in the pit of his stomach, he closed it and turned back to her. "Is there something you wish to tell me Steven?" She queried, crossing her arms over her stomach.
"No?" He remarked, drawing the word out as he searched his mind for what she could mean.
"I thought we were partners but it appears that perhaps we have different ideas about what a partner actually is. When were you going to tell me about Riley joining 50? Or were you just planning on waiting until someone else told me or I approached you about it. I told you at the beginning that you needed to discuss your ideas and decisions with me even if you didn't discuss them with anyone else but you didn't. I find out that everyone else knows before I do that you've brought someone new onto the team?" She stopped shaking her head, almost choking on the question she wanted to ask, but the question she was too scared to ask.
Had Riley been brought to 50 to replace Danni as Steve's partner?
She swallowed hard, her eyes flickering away from Steve briefly before she forced herself to meet his gaze.
"Danni, I know we've discussed getting more people in to help with the workload so we could actually all get an actual day off work. You remember that?" He asked her, watching as she nodded slightly. "Good because this is why Riley's been hired Danni. We need to train him up which will take two weeks so you should take these two weeks to stay in the office and catch up on your paperwork, we're getting a few chaser calls about it. Once Riley is trained we can start looking for someone to help you here" He remarked, waving a hand towards the files.
Danni's heart sank at his words as she realised that Steve had benched her.
A wave of anger came over her, overwhelming her for a second, she closed her eyes, forcing herself to count to ten in an effort to control her emotions.
Would he had done this if she hadn't of given into the attraction sizzling between them and slept with him?
Did he view her differently now?
Had any respect he had for her gone?
Had she managed to wreck things?
"Danni?" Danni opened her eyes at the sound of Steve's voice being careful to hide her emotions behind her usual thoughtful mask that she knew Steve couldn't read.
"I understand Commander, I'll get on with this" She said simply, sitting in her chair and bringing her email up, selecting the first one and opening it, remaining silence as she began reading it.
Steve watched her for a moment, opening his mouth to ask her what was wrong but he closed it, glancing over his shoulder to see the rest of the team watching him, all of them independently shaking their head at him, their expressions making it clear that he should leave it.
Steve sighed silently, wishing she would understand his reasoning why he had done this so quickly. He wanted to be able to give her time to catch up with her files. They were overworked and understaffed. Riley was a start even though they still needed two or three more people. Once they had them they could take the weekend off and spend it with Grace without the worry that they would be called in. She could go to a meeting in the morning and not feel rushed that she had to come back to work, she could even take the day off if she wanted to. Steve couldn't remember when any of them had, had a day off.
Danni deserved to have some time off to spoil herself and Grace, Steve only hoped that when she did that he could come as well to whatever they did.
Shaking his head he turned and headed out of her office, closing the door behind him and headed over to Riley's office, stepping into it, his mind focused on his and Danni's time together, replaying it in his mind.
"You have it bad my friend" Riley remarked, looking up from where he was unpacking a box of his belongings, a knowing smile on his face.
"I don't know wh…" Steve's voice trailed off when Riley shot him a quick look.
"You need to be careful smooth dog because it's pretty clear that you two need to talk. I'm guessing from the look on her face when you passed me my badge that you neglected to tell her that you were hiring me." Riley remarked with a raised eyebrow.
"There wasn't any time to tell her" Steve answered, looking towards his friend in time to see Riley's raise his black eyes towards the ceiling before he pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingertips.
"Wow, I've only met the woman once Steve and even I know that, that is a bad mistake on your part." Riley commented.
Steve frowned at him, turning to look at Danni's office over his shoulder, his heart sinking again when he saw that Danni had drawn all her blinds. She had never closed her blinds before but each and every member of the team knew what it meant. If the blinds are down then you didn't interrupt her for any reason at all.
"She called me Commander earlier when we were in her office." Steve commented, sounding troubled as he looked back towards Riley. "The last time she called me by my title was the first day we met."
"Which means you've messed up… probably big time. Did you even tell her that I was coming on the team?" Riley asked quietly, his eyes narrowing slightly when Steve nodded.
"We've been talking about finding new members for a while and we agreed that we need to do it."
"That's not what I mean Steve, I mean did you tell her that I would be starting today with the team?" Riley pressed.
"No, I've been with you most of the weekend helping you get moved into your new place. And helping you get a new car and everything."
"I think I might know why she called you Commander" Riley told him, looking towards the door when he heard a knock at it. "Come in" He called out, his eyes widening slightly when he saw Danni at the door, her face expressionless as her large grey eyes flickered between them,
"We have a new case" she stated before she turned and headed over to the computer table where the rest of the team were standing, clearly waiting to be briefed.
Steve frowned when he saw Jack duck down and murmur something to Danni, who gave the blond man a pat on the shoulder before she placed the file she was holding on the computer table and took the controller Chin offered her with a small warm smile at the native man.
She waited until Steve and Riley joined them before she brought up an image of a woman in her late thirties and a young boy of about eight.
"We have a kidnapping" She announced getting straight to the point. "This is Clare and William Maze, at eleven o clock in this morning they went into their local store and found themselves in a hostage situation. An undercover cop almost had them out when one of the robbers noticed and grabbed the boy and used him as a human shield. The robber got out of the store and hijacked a car that someone was getting into. He took the boy with him. HPD are trying to find the car but I think we'll have better luck. Toast, do your thing please, here are the details" She commented, passing a sheet of paper and handed it to Toast who nodded at her, a serious look on his face. None of them liked working cases where Children were involved. Danni continued to speak. "I'll get the phone to the DA and the court house. Judge Kaliaka is on duty today so I should be able to get us any warrants we need. Toast will send you the details to your cell phones. Good luck out there guys, call if you need anything." She smiled faintly at them and turned and headed back towards her office.
"Wait, aren't you coming out in the field with us Danni?" Kono called after her, sounding surprised.
"No Kono, I'll be here in the office catching up with my files" She replied, ignoring the looks she received as she headed back into her office, closing the door behind her. Kono stared at the door for a second before she turned to Steve with a shocked look.
"What the hell boss? Why the hell is Danni staying here? We're going to need her help out there so why is she benched?" The young girl demanded. Steve glanced at Riley who simply shrugged at him before he headed over to Toast, leaving Steve to deal with his team.
"I'm not benching Danni, I'm just taking Riley into the field with me for the next two weeks to help train him and to see what he can do and how he can work with us. I thought it would give Danni a chance to catch up with all the work she's behind of." He told them, his eyes moving between them aware of the atmosphere growing which told him that his team weren't happy with his decision.
He wanted to explain the situation to them more but a sound of triumph from Toast caught his attention.
"We got him" Toast said, turning to look at them. "I'll send you the details so get out there" He stated. Steve nodded, watching as the other split into two, their faced grim as they hurried out of the main room. Steve allowed himself one more look at Danni's closed door before he turned and headed out of the door, Riley at his shoulder.
They had a child to save.
Author Note
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