A/N: Well this is my meager offering to the fiction gods for tonight. Sorry it's so little.
I've decided that this story is going to jump back and forth between The Big Bang Theory and Hawaii Five-O until the two groups finally meet, and even after that it may go between points of view. I haven't quite decided yet. Anyway, as of right now, if you are a Big Bang Theory fan, you only have to read odd numbered chapters. Five-O fan's even numbers, it's going to be like two stories in one.
As always, I own nothing.
Enjoy
Chapter 2: Melancholic Medical Examiner
Detective Danny Williams and Commander Steve McGarrett strut into the coroners office early on a bright beautiful Friday afternoon looking for their friend and resident genius, only to find Doctor Max Bergman deep in thought, not in his autopsy bay or at his computer, but staring out the window at the rolling waves and the blue sky.
"Aloha Max," Steve said to catch the medical examiners attention.
"Hello," Max sighed as he turned just slightly in acknowledgement and then turned back to the window, "your file is on my desk," he added, "red file, top of the pile."
"Thank you," Danny said, took the file off of the desk, and turned back to his partner.
Steve motioned toward the lamenting medical examiner and shrugged at Danny, saying more with his motions and his looks then he would have, had he spoken.
"What's the matter Max?" Danny asked in response to Steve's prodding.
"I'm contemplating my own intelligence," Max sighed.
"You've got all kinds of education. I think you are, by far, the smartest person I know. Why would you be contemplating that? You do not doubt yourself do you?" Danny asked.
"Oh no, I know I'm brilliant, within my own fields," Max sighed. "It's just so very isolating," he added as he turned around and looked at the two detectives for the first time.
"What do you mean by that?" Steve asked as he sat down in the chair before Max's desk.
"I'm a genius, literally," Max stated as he sat down as well, "but I try to down play it as often as I can. Social protocol tells us that people do not like it when other people, smarter people, rub it in their faces, but some times I can't help it."
"Don't worry Max, Danny disregards social protocol all the time." Steve smiled, "he's always by the book, and I am not, and he tells me so day in and day out. I've read 'the book' cover to cover and heard Danny lecture on it hundreds of times, but I just don't seem to get it. I blame, my teacher." Steve added and shot Danny an accusing glare.
"Thanks babe, but it's not me, it's you. Most of the time you zone out, but if you listened once in a while, you'd know that I'm awesome and what I say makes sense," Danny said and leaned on the back of Steve's chair. "But why would that bother you, Max? We come to you all the time because we know you're smarter than we are, you have the upper hand when it comes to the dead. We always want your profession medical opinion and we don't want you to down play it." Danny added.
"Dead is dead Danny, it doesn't take a genius to see that," Steve smirked.
"It's how they came to be dead that is fascinating, Steven, well maybe not for you. You're obsessed with shooting things, and a bullet to the face isn't really a medical mystery." Danny retorted.
"But bullets are fascinating," Max interjected.
"See!" Steve smiled up at Danny.
"So, what is it about your incredible brain that's got you thinking too much?" Danny asked.
"I've been asked, by the alumni association at the university, to be a key note speaker at their physics convention. Physicists from all over the continental United States are coming to Hawaii for a three day conference. I'd be talking about the practical applications of physics in the forensic and medical fields." Max explained.
"Sounds interesting enough," Steve said, "but why physics?"
"Because my first field of study was physics," Max stated and pointed at his all of awards and degrees. "I have a double PHD in physics and forensic sciences, as well as my MD."
"So what, you're like a doctor times three?" Danny asked.
"Yes," Max stated proudly.
"I didn't think that was possible," Danny said in shocked awe.
"Oh it very much is, especially when you finished high school early," Max sighed. "It doesn't, however, make you very popular with your classmates; who just so happen to be three years older than you and asking you to tutor them."
"I see where the isolation comes in," Steve said sympathetically.
"So I became a medical examiner and my best friends happen to be the cadavers I analyze in the name of science." Max stated.
"We're your friends Max," Danny said and smiled, "you'll always be our go to guy. Most of the time we wouldn't be able to solve our cases without your, so really, you are probably the most important member of our team."
"Danny's right," Steve smiled.
"I beg you pardon?" Danny asked, "Can you say that a little louder, Steven, I don't think the whole class heard you."
"I said you were right, oh for God sakes, sit down!" Steve stated and pushed Danny away from his chair. "What Danny was implying Max, is that if you need anything you can come to us, and we'll support you." he added as Danny fell into the chair next to him.
"Thank you," Max said a hint of embarrassment on his face.
"So, are you going to do the lecture?" Steve asked. "Is it open to the public?"
"It is, but it's going to be boring," Max answered, "well boring to people without an understanding of the fields of study."
"But it will be about ballistics and blood spatter wont it?" Danny asked.
"Yes, for the most part at its most basic levels, that is what I would be talking about." Max said.
"Guns, awesome, I'm in!" Steve smiled.
"You would come to my lecture?" Max asked unconvinced by Steve excitement.
"Sure," Danny smiled, "we might even learn something."
"We've got your back," Steve added, "so you should accept this very prestigious honor, and go and show off that spectacular brain of yours. Make Hawaii Proud, Max."
"And we'll pack the audience with Five-Os, so you'll have an entourage." Danny added.
"And will kick anyone's ass that might try to mess with our medical examiner," Steve stated.
"You could even use McGarrett and his Neanderthal behaviors as an example," Danny stated seriously, "determine what forces are involved when McGarrett tackles a guy at full tilt and the physics that bring the guy to the ground!" Danny mocked.
Steve punched Danny in the shoulder, "its called gravity you jerk."
Max chuckled from behind his desk, "you really think I should do this?" he asked.
"Absolutely," Danny and Steve stated together.
"Ok, I'll do it," Max smiled and leaned back in his chair. "You really see me as part of the team?" he asked meekly.
"Absolutely," Danny and Steve said together again.
"Oh, I accept the position with highest honors. Now get back to work, you have a murder to solve," Max stated and pointed at the file that had gone ignored up until now, "what you are holding right there is a work of absolute genius."
