Ok, so as you know from the first small, umm teaser I think I'll call it, this story is heading somewhere. I just ask that you hold on and bare with me while I get this rock rolling.
Oh, also, as much as I truly would love to own Danny *sigh*, or Steve *sigh* I don't. Neither do I own any other member of the show. For now, I only own my imagination and a laptop...
Hana Hou – One more time
Walking through the glass doors my heart raced, I didn't want to be there, I didn't want to have to do this. Thankfully no one was gathered in the tabletop computer and the walk to his office was quick and pretty painless. That was until we reached the office. He was talking with Kono, someone who by her own admission was defensive of ohana. And to her 5-0 was her ohana. His blue eyes caught my own as we walked into his office. He knew why were there. His usually animated arms fell limp to his sides as I walked behind him.
"Excuse me, you can't just-" Kono's voice cried out loud enough to get the others attention. This wasn't what I wanted. I just wanted to take him out with no attention.
"Steadmen, Yoshida, FBI. Please, stay out of this." My partner, Jack Steadmen, barked at the rookie, forcing her to back up. Her eyes darted to me in disbelief.
"I'm sorry." I whispered pulling out my cuffs. As if on queue both other men walked into the small office, shock and confusion plastered on their faces.
"What's going on here?" Steve asked shaking his head as he saw me. I couldn't meet his stare I had to look away. The betrayal that shown through was worse than a hit to the guts. If looks could kill, hell I would have died on the spot.
"Detective Daniel Williams I am arresting you under suspicion of aiding a fugitive, interfering in a federal case and obstruction of justice. You do not have say anything, but anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. You have right to legal council, if you can not afford such council, it will be provided for you by the state." I said cuffing Danny. He didn't argue or fight, he let it happen.
"Hey man! This ain't right!" Chin's usually neutral voice came out worried for his friend.
"Do you understand the rights as they were explained to you?" I asked softly, and Danny just nodded.
"Wait! Wait! I'm calling the governor!" Steve said pulling out his phone.
"Call the president McGarrett, we're taking him in." Jack said squaring up to Steve.
"No, you, you can't!" Kono said desperately looking at Steve and Chin for direction.
"Come on Danny." I said softly and started to walk him out.
"We'll get you out brah!" Chin said tapping Danny on the shoulder as we walked past him. Danny nodded softly. Chin glanced at me and looked disgusted.
"Hang in brah!" Steve said and I couldn't bring myself to even look at the team. This was wrong, this was so wrong and there wasn't a thing I could do about it...
"So have you been to Hawaii before?" Jack asked as we walked out into the warm sunshine. I slipped my sunglasses on and smirked, pulling them down so that I could see him in the eyes my smirk grew.
"Do you even read personal files?" I asked with a chuckle. Jack shrugged his shoulders as we walked to the rent-a-car the bureau had ordered for us.
"I figured Yoshida was Japanese." Jack stated, unlocking the boot and dumping his bags.
"Well yeah, but I was born on the island, lived here till I moved to Washington." I sighed throwing my own bags in the back.
"How do you cope with the heat?" Jack asked as we climbed in the car. He instantly turned the air conditioning on.
"Well that helps." I laughed and shook my head. "You get used to it. Washington's cold." I said as Jack looked at me like I was insane.
"No offence Riley, but I don't wanna be stuck here long enough to get used to the weather." Jack said with a smirk before starting the car. I gave him the address of my flat and when we reached it we grabbed our bags and headed up. I opened the front door and smiled as I walked in. It was good to be home. Now don't get me wrong DC is awesome, but nothing can ever beat Hawaii for me.
"Nice place." Jack said looking around the living room/kitchen area.
"I like it." I said and nodded to the back. "There's a spare room, a key is on the side. Just in case." I said and headed over to my own room.
In the morning we grabbed some breakfast. I was pouring myself a glass of juice when Jack walked out in a white shirt, blue tie and black dress trousers.
"You are such a haole brah." I sniggered shaking my head.
"What the hell did you just say?" Jack asked and noticed my clothes. I was in a white loose fitting shirt and karky combat trousers.
"I called you a haole." I said softly, passing him a glass of juice. "Loose the tie dude, seriously gonna make you stand out round here." I added with a smirk. Jack looked down at his tie and frowned.
"I love this tie. Betsy bought me it." Jack added looking back up at me. Betsy was his wife, she was a lovely person. I'd met her a couple of times when she showed up at the office to take Jack out to lunch.
"It's a lovely tie, but no one wears ties in Hawaii, only haoles." I smirked knowingly.
"What the hell is a haole?" Jack asked reluctantly taking off his tie.
"If you need to ask, it means you are one." I chuckled. Jack just shook his head and muttered something as he headed back into his room. After breakfast we set up our computers. We had flown to Hawaii to work a case.
"So how do we know this tip was legit?" I asked typing away on my computer and replaying the tip.
"Detective Daniel Williams 5-0 Task Force. He let his brother leave. Look at the photos." The line went dead. Jack brought up photo's from some airport on the island. Two men were stood talking. A shorter blonde guy, gun in hand and a taller man on the steps of a jet. The smaller guy looked stressed and the man on the steps didn't look best pleased either.
"The photos have been tested, they are legit. Makes sense the tip is." Jack sighed and he typed and produced a page on Daniel Williams. "So this is what we know. Detective Daniel Williams, Hawaii 5-0 member."
"What is that? Some secret group?" I asked with a chuckle imagining some crappy Saturday morning TV show.
"A special task force apparently. Their leader, a um Lieutenant Commander McGarrett, has the Governors ear. Looks like they are her golden team." Jack sighed as he read from his file. The guys name rang a bell in my head, only I wasn't sure where from.
"I know that name." I said softly as I tried to remember.
"What McGarrett?" Jack asked glancing at me.
"Yeah..." I sighed. "I can't place it though. And Lieutenant Commander, what is that? Navy?" I asked and Jack nodded. "Super. Ok, so... Williams is part of a special task force. His brother comes to the island to deal with drug dealers, to launder some money for them. Then what happens?" I asked re-reading the original report. It wasn't our case, but when the team on the island lost Matthew Williams we were asked to look into the case.
"According to this... well." Jack read. "Yeah, here it is. The guys running the op, are spotted by Williams and McGarrett while watching Matthew Williams. They have to tell them about the investigation into his baby brother."
"Williams doesn't like it." I added plainly.
"Naturally." Jack sighed.
"So what? He warns his brother? Then Matthew Williams makes a run for it?" I asked confused. We had looked into cases similar to this where a cop would help out their sibling. I always tried to keep an open mind, but it wasn't always easy.
"Pretty much. Our men go to grab Matthew before he makes a run for it. They go to his hotel room and find McGarrett and Williams. Apparently, the pair have a disagreement about sharing info with our guys. McGarrett tells our guys he's leaving by boat south side of the island and our men go to grab him." Jack read sighing at the end.
"When in fact McGarrett is lying and Matthew is leaving by plane at the north side of the island. So what? William's go to the private air strip to... stop his brother or help him?" I asked looking at the picture. William's did have a gun in his hand, but he never shot his brother.
"I say help him. I mean come on, we got Williams on, interfering on a federal case, obstruction of justice and aiding a wanted criminal. We can call McGarrett on obstruction too." Jack sighed.
"But why'd he have the gun out if he was helping his brother off the island?" I asked confused, I stared at the picture as if it would give me all the answers I needed.
"Maybe in case anyone caught them. He could say he was there to stop his bro. I mean you have brothers, wouldn't you do anything to help them?" Jack asked looking at me. I sat there and answered without hesitation.
"Only if it was within the law." I said softly. I respected the law, I knew right from wrong.
"Well maybe William's thinks differently" Jack said with a simple shrug. We spent the rest of the morning going over the original case reports to make sure there was no big mistakes that meant our case could be thrown out. It was a solid case against Matthew Williams, which meant, as long as we could prove our case, we could get Daniel Williams too. If he was guilty of course.
We decided since Daniel Williams was a member of this 5-0 task force that we needed to talk to the Governor prior to starting our investigation into him. We needed the Governor to know, if he had broken the law, we needed to take him down. I drove to the Governor's office and pulled outside a nice looking building. I slipped my sunglasses back on as we climbed out of the car. I glanced around and noticed a silver Camero parked in the lot.
"Hey, didn't the file say William's drives a Camero?" I asked nodding to the car. Jack thought about it and nodded.
"Yeah, so what? The task force is based here?" Jack asked me. I shrugged.
"Let's go ask the Governor." I said and we headed into the building. I slipped my shades off and we found the Governor's actual office after wondering around. We walked in and at a desk outside the Governor's a Chinese woman was sat typing away. As we walked over she looked up and smiled at us.
"Can I help you?" She asked with an American accent.
"Agent's Steadmen and Yoshida, FBI. We need to have a word with Governor Jameson please." Jack said as we flashed the woman our badges.
"I'm afraid the Governor is in a meeting at the moment. I'm Laura Hills her personal assistant. Maybe I can help?" Miss Hills asked with a warm smile.
"I'm sorry Miss Hills but we really need to speak to the Governor. Will her meeting take much longer?" I asked politely, and as if on queue the doors to her office opened and two men walked out with the Governor.
"Ok, well work on it and we'll meet in a week. Thank you gentlemen for your time." The Governor said as the two men walked out. She turned to us and then glanced at Miss Hills. "I thought I had lunch now, Laura." Governor Jameson said.
"You do, but these are FBI agents, they need to speak to you." Miss Hills replied softly. Governor Jameson nodded and looked at us with a wide smile.
"Well agents, please, come in." The Governor said turning and walking back into her office. We fallowed her and closed the door behind before sitting opposite her desk.
"I'm Agent Jack Steadmen, this is Agent Riley Yoshida." Jack said introducing us.
"Yoshida? As in Riku Yoshida?" The Governor asked as we sat down.
"Yes, Governor, that's my father." I said and Jack gave me a look. I just shrugged it off.
"He is a lovely man. An asset to our community." The Governor said with a warm smile. I just nodded with a small smile. My father owned a small shipping business on the main island. It exported pineapples to the main land.
"Governor Jameson, we are here to inform you of our investigation on your island." Jack said bringing the conversation back to the reason we were there.
"Oh really?" Jameson asked leaning back in her chair. "I do have my own task force for island investigations agents." Jameson said with purse lips. This was her way of saying, back off my island, I handle the trash here. Which if I was honest I respected.
"We know." Jack said plainly.
"We're investigating one or more members of the 5-0 task force you set up." I added firmly. I noticed the shock pass over her face before she regained herself.
"My task force is the best on the island agents. Each member hand picked." Jameson said leaning forward. "I trust these people with my life."
"That may be the case Governor but we have reason to believe one or more members of your task force allowed a known criminal escape FBI agents." I said plainly. I watched as Jameson thought about it for a second before shaking her head.
"I don't buy it. Someone must be messing with you." She said with a firm nod.
"Why would you say someone is messing with the FBI Governor?" I asked plainly.
"This task force is very popular agents, they have taken down several nasty members of the criminal under belly of my island." Jameson said as if she was talking to the press.
"Anyone in particular you can think who would want the task force broken up?" Jack asked firmly. Governor Jameson sat there for a few seconds and thought about it.
"There are many individuals who would love to see this task force disbanded. I believe you are wasting your time agents." Jameson said plastering a smile on her face. But her eyes, they showed a working mind, she was trying to figure out who could have leaked the news to us. Jack pulled the photos up on his phone and passed it to the governor.
"These are of Detective Williams and his baby brother Matthew, moments before Matthew fled Hawaii." Jack said plainly. "We also believe Commander McGarrett had something to do with his escape."
"I... Detective Williams is such a good cop. Are you sure these photos are legit?" The governor asked us in shock.
"Yes Governor, we've had them checked by experts." I nodded as she passed the phone back over to Jack.
"Well I still must say I don't believe any of this for a second, but I understand you need to investigate." Jameson said with a nod. "What do you need from me?" She asked leaning forward. She was a strong woman, I could see, talking with her, why she was Governor.
"Just co-operation. We need to talk to the members of the task force. Possibly some locals as well." Jack said watching the Governor carefully.
"I presume this will be in the highest confidence." Jameson said firmly, her eyes darting from Jack to me and back again.
"We will be discreet. But we need to ask questions." I reassured her. A soft smile appeared on her lips as we reached an understanding.
"Very well, go, but I'm telling you now. You're wasting your time on this agents." Jameson said as we stood from our chairs.
"Thank you for your time Governor." I said softly.
"And of course, we don't want you to tip off the task force about our investigation." Jack added as we walked to the door.
"Of course Agent Steadmen." Jameson agreed before we walked out.
We got back in the car and drove back to my flat. Jack drove as I sat in the passenger seat. Hawaii was stunning, even being stuck in traffic didn't suck so much when you were in the sun.
"You trust her not to say anything?" I asked tapping my thumb on my chin. I didn't trust the Governor, she was too confident in her own power.
"Yeah. She's gotta know messing with our case... it's just going to make it messy for everyone." Jack said plainly as he glanced at me.
"I'm not so sure..." I said thinking out loud.
"Well tomorrow we need to go to the airport, chat with the crew, see if anyone saw anything." Jack said pulling up to a red light.
"Agreed. We also need to look into the photo's, see if we can find anyway to track who took them and who sent us the message. If Jameson is right, maybe someone is trying to break up the task force." I suggested trying to keep the investigation as unbiased as possible.
"I dunno, I think we should focus on finding any evidence that Williams knew where his brother was, and if he helped him escape. We need to check financials for both Williams and McGarrett, see who bought the ticket." Jack said pulling away again.
"Ok, but that's tomorrows work. Tonight I am heading out, what about you?" I asked glancing at Jack.
"Skype talk with Betsy and the bump." Jack said with a small smile.
"You found out the sex yet?" I asked with a smile of my own.
"No we want a surprise." Jack said beaming. "She's due in three weeks though. I just wanna get home in time for the birth."
"We will. Or I can handle it. It's not like Williams is going to jump off the island. His file said he has a daughter here and that's the whole reason for his move from New Jersey." I said with a small smile.
"We will finish the case in time." Jack smirked pulling into my apartment block.
That night I headed out to my old local bar. It spilled out onto the beach and was a great place to hang out. As soon as I walked into the bar I noticed my twin brother stood at the bar drinking a beer. It was a twin thing, we always knew when the other was around.
"Does mom know your out drinking?" I joked as I stood behind him. My twin brother Ryan turned and pulled me into a big hug.
"Sis! What the hell you doing here?" Ryan asked letting go of me.
"Drinking, this is a bar." I joked sarcastically. Ryan just rolled his eyes as he grabbed me a beer. I opened it and took a small drink.
"You know what I mean! Does the oldies know your here? Does Taylor?" Ryan asked guiding us to a table on the beach. Taylor was our older brother, he was married with a baby and helped dad run the pineapple export.
"No one knows I'm here. I'm working a case." I sighed and sipped on my beer.
"Sweet! How long you gonna be around?" Ryan asked beaming at me.
"Dunno, week or so I guess." I shrugged. I caught the look Ryan was giving me. "What?" I asked knowing my brother all too well.
"You gotta come round to the shop." Ryan smiled. He'd opened up a surf shop, teaching kids how to surf. It had turned his life around and for that I was grateful.
"I will. But just don't make me surf, please brah." I begged. I wasn't a strong swimmer and surfing really wasn't my thing. I was more the rock climbing Hawaiian if you could call me that. I liked the extreme adventure sports more.
"Fine, but we got some good teachers now." Ryan said with a nod. I groan and shook my head. Memories of being out in the sea, crashing and burning flashed into my head.
"Please Ry, no surfing. I'm begging you man!" I said cringing at the memories. Ryan let out a rich laugh and we started to catch up. We caught up as the sun set. Later I noticed a woman heading over to our table. She had been looking around the bar a while before she spotted our table. I had been watching the people come and go as we talked because I was a people watcher.
"Ryan, there you are! Man I was looking for you all over!" The Asian woman said as she reached our table. Ryan jumped to his feet and pulled the woman into a big hug before kissing her cheek. She was skinny, but not super model skinny, she looked like a native, tall, pretty dark hair and eyes.
"Sorry Kono, I got caught up in something." Ryan explained before turning to me. "Riley, meet Kono. Kono, Riley." Ryan said introducing us. I could tell by the massive grin and the way my brother left his arm around her waist Kono was someone important to Ryan.
"Nice to meet you Kono." I said standing and shaking her hand. "I'm Ryan's twin sister."
"You too. Yeah, now I see it." Kono said comparing us. We were always compared. We were both mix raced children, our father was Japanese, our mother Hawaiian. He had tanned skin, dark hair, but all green eyes. Our father said they were our mothers eyes.
"But I'm better looking right?" Ryan asked Kono. She paused thinking about it and we laughed. Ryan rolled his eyes as he snaked his arm around her waist more. The pair shared a silent look, it was definitely love. I hid a smirk and took a quick drink of my beer before my brother turned to me. "Me and Kono kinda have a date sis..."
"Oh no, it's cool." I nodded with a small smile.
"You can join us if you want." Kono suggested sweetly smiling at me.
"Na bra, it's cool. You guys go have fun. Catch you later Ry!" I said shooing the couple away. It was nice to see my bro with someone, he wasn't the luckiest in love. I sat back at the table and drank my beer as I watched the stars shine.
In the morning we split up. Jack decided to take the airport, and I was left with the financials. I pulled on some jeans, a black vest top and grabbed my gun and badge before walking to the underground garage with Jack.
"How did the talk go?" I asked making light conversation as we made our way down to the garage.
"Great, apparently bump is kicking the living hell out of Betsy. She's complaining, but I just think its amazing. Something so tiny is growing in her. I can't get over being a dad." Jack gushed as we reached the parking garage.
"Dude, you're going to make an awesome dad." I smirked.
"I hope so. Hey, do you want a lift?" Jack asked as we walked over to the car. I smirked and shook my head, pulling out a set of keys.
"Oh no, I'm all set." I said and walked over to my Kawasaki Ninja 250r in black with red decal. She was my baby and she was beautiful. Jack watched as I pulled a leather jacket out of the seat and a helmet off the back and slipped them on, then put my back pack back on. I flipped up the visor and smirked back at Jack as I started her up.
"Nice ride!" Jack smirked at me.
"I know! See you later, call if you find anything!" I smirked and roared out of the garage.
The ride to the HPD was quick, generally because I could weave in and out of traffic without too much trouble. I pulled into the HPD parking lot and killed the engine, I had eared a few looks from people heading into the station and that just made me smile more. I climbed off my baby and pulled my helmet off and took my jacket off. I took the pair into the seat and locked up my baby when I noticed a man watching me more then others. He was tall, had a nice tan. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a black open shirt over the top, dark cargo pants and dark shoes. He was Hawaiian, my guess another haole who moved to the island. He was lent against the wall watching me. I smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Nice bike, what is that Ninja?" He shouted from the wall.
"250r." I said softly with a smile. I liked a guy who knew his bikes. I picked up my back pack and slipped it back on. The man walked over to me, admiring the bike as he walked over.
"You ride a lot?" He asked as he reached me. He had such intense blue eyes I noticed, but the way he held himself screamed some sort of military man. Growing up on the island, with Pear Harbour, you learnt to pick that service men and women.
"Not as much as I'd like to." I admitted softly. "You ride?" I asked plainly.
"No. Not really. I just know when to appreciate things of beauty." The guy said with a half smile that was cheeky and charming at the same time. Yeah this is a Sailor. I thought returning the smile.
"Well that she is, nice talking with you." I said and started to walk towards the station.
"Are you looking for a police office?" The guy asked walking by my side.
"Umm no, why?" I asked as we walked.
"Then why are you heading to the station?" He asked curiously.
"To work." I admitted.
"You're an officer?" He asked as we reached the front of the building.
"No. But I really need to go, was nice meeting you." I said with a small smile.
"You too." He added and watched me go into the building.
Ok, so what do you guys all think? Please, I really need help here. I love the show, but I don't know if it feels right... please, review, let me know what you think? Thanks.