"Okay so what do we know?" Came Steve's question as he and Danny walked into headquarters and over to the table top where Kono, and Chin were gathered looking at the evidence.
Kono sighed as she looked to him. "Well Sam is officially our only survivor. She was the only who wasn't shot in the head."
Steve took a breath and nodded. "Okay so what do we know about the shooter?"
"Not a lot." Chin admitted. "CCTV doesn't show his face…and he's not alone."
"More than one shooter?" Danny asked.
Kono nodded pulling up the footage. "Here's Sam and Alani…further down another officer then on my side the other two that were shot. Now Sam and Alani are facing away from the crowd so they were shot in the front…but so were these two over here…"
"Cops were purposely targeted." Steve mumbled with a sigh before he then looked at the footage. "Do we see any of the shooters in the footage?"
Kono sighed. "Nothing clear, but we can see that they're both white males, approximately six foot in height. They both head off in different directions when the crowds to start to panic and disburse so they must have had a rendezvous place nearby…"
"You guys are going to want to hear this." Came Lou's voice as he entered the headquarters main room and stood next to the table. "So I just got off the phone to a friend in Chicago… turns out they've had some of their officers targeted…so far they have lost three…whereas in New York…they lost seventeen officers"
"So they are targeting cops….do we know why?" Chin asked looking to Lou.
"Apparently the guy we are looking for is getting revenge…apparently he was put away for a crime he didn't commit although all the evidence pointed towards him. In court he accused the police of being corrupt and set him up. Even accused his own lawyers of setting him up. He was released and since his release he's been to Chicago, New York and now here…they haven't been able catch him, every time they think they get close enough…he disappears."
"The people he accused of setting him up…" Danny began. "Have they been targeted at all?"
"Some have…he's going to send me the original case file as well as all the people who were involved in the case as well as the names of the police offers who have been targeted by this guy. That way we can see if he's targeting people involved in his case or just random cops…"
Steve nodded and let a sigh pass his lips. "Okay Lou as soon as that comes through let me know, if they're disappearing before police can get close enough then we might have to get closer in a different way…"
"Undercover?" Danny asked looking to him.
Steve nodded as he looked to him. "That might be our only option. Get close enough to them…we can't risk any more cops dying…especially if they know Sam survived…they might want to come back and finish the job and I'm not risking that."
Danny sighed. "You're going undercover aren't you?" He looked to him. "Sam isn't going to like this. You know that right?"
Steve sighed and gave a small nod. "I know but it's the best chance we have at catching whoever is doing this…"
"I'll go see Kamekona…see if he has heard anything or know where we can find him. Do we have a name for this guy?" Chin asked looking to Lou.
"Richard Collins. As soon as the file comes through I'll get as much information as I can." Lou told him.
Steve sighed. "Okay, Chin you go and see Kamekona see what you can find out." Steve sighed and looked to Danny. "I've got to pick the kids up then I better go and break the news to Sam."
"I'll pray for you." Danny mused looking to him. He knew it wouldn't go down well with Sam.
Steve rolled his eyes and headed out of the headquarters and down to his truck. Starting the engine up and headed to the day care to pick up the children before heading back to the McGarrett household. Happily listening to Alfie telling him all about his day as well as what Lily had got up to he couldn't help but smile before glancing to Lily who had dozed off in her car seat.
Pulling up outside the house he cut the engine and got out of the car. Going to the back of the truck he scooped up a sleeping Lily before he went around to the other side and helped Alfie out before letting Alfie run up to the house, a picture in his hand that he had done for Sam.
"Mommy?" Alfie questioned looking to his father. It was normally Sam who picked him up from day care.
"She's inside little man." Steve mused with a smile to him as he reached the door and opened it, smiling as Alfie dashed inside. Stepping in, Steve glanced around. "Sam?" He called as he looked around for his wife before he moved over to the play pen that was in the corner of the living room and gently laid Lily down in it as she slept.
"In the kitchen." Sam called as she stood making some dinner for them.
Scooping up Alfie, he bought him up onto his hip and headed into the kitchen to his wife and smiled as he headed over to her. "Hey." He smiled to her and pressed a kiss to her head. "How you feeling?"
"Like I've been shot." Laughed Sam as she looked up to her husband before she smiled to Alfie. "You have a nice day little man?"
Alfie nodded and waved the picture in front of his mother. "I done you picture." He beamed with a grin to her.
"Wow. This is going on the fridge!" Smiled Sam as she took the picture and grinned to her son. "I love it its beautiful, thank you little man." She smiled and kissed his cheek before moving to pop it onto the fridge and smiled. "Perfect." She smiled before she then looked to Steve. "Did you find the shooter?"
Steve sighed. "No…" He smiled to Alfie. "Why don't you go and watch some TV before we have some dinner?" He smiled and popped him down before watching him go into the living room before he then looked to Sam and sighed.
"Oh god what?" Sam asked as she looked to him. The sigh said it all.
"The guy who shot you is purposely targeting cops…he's targeted cops in Chicago and New York…it looks like you are the only survivor…"
"You think they'll come back?" She asked him.
"I don't know." Steve admitted looking to her. "But I'm not going to risk it…"
Sam frowned before looking to him, her face dropping. "Please don't tell me you're going to do what I think…"
"It's the only way."
Sam looked to him and shook her head. "The only way? Shall we recall the last time you went undercover? You got shot and my brother had to give you half his liver."
Steve sighed and shook his head. "Sam…" He began as he stepped closer to her and cupped her face. "Everything will be alright."
"You don't know that." Sam said looking to him, holding onto his hands. "It's not just you anymore. You have two kids to think about…I can't lose you."
Steve sighed as he bought her closer to him and moved his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "You're not going to lose me." He whispered resting his head down on hers. "I'm going to catch these guys. I can't risk losing you."
Sam sighed as she cupped Steve's face and pressed a kiss to his lips. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." Steve whispered against her lips.
"When do you go under?" She asked looking to him with a sigh as she pulled away from him slightly.
"As soon as we get a location on this guy…"
Sam sighed in frustration and pressed her forehead to his chest, holding onto his shirt tightly.
Steve looked down to her, keeping his arms around her and kissed her head. "Everything will be okay I promise. I'm going to catch this guy."
Sam looked up to him. "Make sure you do and make sure you come home to us."
"I will." He promised as he looked to her before he pulled her back to him and rested his head down on hers before he smiled to himself as he heard Alfie giggling in the other room. He wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for protecting his family. He couldn't risk them coming back for Sam. He just couldn't.
First of all i am so sorry i'm not as quick with this story, work has been crazy and i currently have a new obsession (Rookie Blue - Team McSwarek all the way 3 where i got the inspiration for the first chapter haha ) and have been writing a story for that so i will be having two stories on the go - i won't be abandoning this one don't worry!
I will try and post as much as i can in the next couple of days as i'm going on holiday Wednesday (Hello cocktails!)
Much Love
K x
