A/N: I do not own Hawaii Five-0.
Thanks to the people taking the time to review, you guys are awesome. And another thanks to the people who are following this story, you guys rock. This story is about 75% finished. As I mentioned to those who took the time to review, I still have to figure out how this whole updating thing works.
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Steve and Danny were waiting for the plane of Detective Ryan to land. "How will he know who to look for? I mean we know how he looks like but he doesn't know who we are?" Danny wondered.
"Seriously Danno, we are wearing badges. But we could write his name on a piece of paper. What time does his plane land?"
"Stop calling me Danno, you neanderthal animal. His plane lands any minute." Danny replied.
"Alright let's stand over there." Steve said. "I wonder if this guy can actually help us with this case."
"Well, he might shine some light on why his card was found on the victim." Danny said. "Records show that Logan Kimball lived in LA before Hawaii, so maybe that's how they met."
"That makes sense Danny. Logan moved to Hawaii when he was twelve. And records show that he was in LA two years ago. He could've run in to detective Ryan when he was there. Either way there's a connection.
"Let's just wait for detective Ryan before we jump to conclusions, Steve." Danny said while looking at his watch.
Joey got out of the plane. Since he only had his duffel bag with him there was no need for him to go to the baggage claim. He walked out of the airport and saw two guys leaning against a silver Chevrolet Camaro holding a paper with his name. He walked up to the guys. "Aloha, Commander McGarrett and detective Williams?"
"Yeah, you Detective Ryan?" Steve asked.
"Yeah." He shook hands with the guys.
"You can put your duffel bag in the trunk." Steve said.
"Nah, I'll keep it with me."
"Would you like to go to your hotel first?" Danny asked.
"No, I'd like to go the hospital first."
"Hospital?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, I want to check on Logan first."
"Logan? So you know the victims?" Danny asked impatiently.
"No, I know Logan." Danny looked at the L.A detective. "That's it. You're not going to explain how you know him." Danny said whilst his arms were all over the place.
"Danny." Steve looked at his partner and knew him well enough to know he wouldn't let it go.
"What Steve, you don't think this guy owes us an explanation? His card was found on one of the victims. He comes to this pineapple infested hell hole and he doesn't even shed some light on this peculiar situation."
Joey was looking at the two guys. He understood detective Williams' frustration but his first priority was Logan. Joey sighed.
"Listen, I'll explain everything but right now I really need to see Logan." Steve drove to the hospital. "Detective". Joey interrupted Steve.
"Please commander, call me Joey."
"Alright call me Steve. Logan is on the ICU, according to Chin and Kono his condition was labeled as critical." They walked to the nurse's station were an older looking man was standing talking to a nurse. "I expect something better than this. If you are serious about getting your medical degree, you are going to have to step it up, miss Lily." The young lady walked away with tears in her eyes. Another nurse was sitting behind the desk and looking at the doctor and shaking her head. The doctor walked to the doctor's lounge mumbling to himself. "Hi we are Five-0 and looking for Logan Kimball's physician?"
"Hi, that would be doctor Connor, the doctor that just walked to the doctor's lounge. I'll just go and get him." The nurse hastily walked to the doctor's lounge. A few seconds later the doctor walked out of the lounge holding a cup of coffee. "Gentleman, I understand you wanted to see me? I'm doctor Connor and I am in charge of Mr. Kimball's care."
"I'm commander McGarrett, this is detective Williams and this is detective Ryan." Steve introduced them to the doctor.
"I must tell you he's not doing so well. His body sustained quite some damage. The knife did damage to the spleen and caused a lot of blood loss. This in combination with the abuse caused the body to shut down. We had to remove the spleen and one of his kidney's and he coded once during the surgery. He's unconscious and his blood pressure is low. If he makes through the day it's another miracle.
"Doctor Connor detective Ryan was wondering if he could see Logan Kimball?"
"I'm sorry but only family is allowed."
"Please doctor, Logan doesn't have any family besides his father and me. And I doubt that Gabriel will drop by for a visit or even send a get-well card. Trust me I've known Logan for a long time now and Gabriel Kimball has never been interested in the life of his son." Joey pleaded. The doctor sighed.
"Fine, follow me. Don't be alarmed by all the wires and tubes." Joey walked into Logan's room and Danny and Steve stayed behind. He was shocked to see the man he called his little brother lying like that in the hospital bed. He swallowed a few times. He grabbed a chair and sat down next to him. He took his hand. "Hey little brother, it's me Joey. Come on Logan, this is not you. Where is that fighting spirit of yours? Where is the Logan that never gave up? Please Logan, keep fighting." Joey closed his eyes and said a silent prayer. "I'll be back. Just hang in there Logan." He put his hand on Logan's forehead and whispered something in Logan's ear. He walked out of Logan's room and was met by the doctor. "As I mentioned before Logan's blood pressure is low. This concerns us because it might indicate internal bleeding. Logan is scheduled for another exam this afternoon. Based on the outcome, we'll decide where to go from here."
"Logan is a fighter. Please keep me updated on his condition?" Joey asked the doctor.
The doctor nodded. "Fine, just leave your number at the nurses' station." Doctor Connors said as he shook Joey's hand.
Joey was surprised to see that the five-0 guys were waiting in the waiting room. "How's he doing?" Steve asked Joey, who looked a little miffed.
"Still critical. Doc told me that he may be having another internal bleeding." Joey sighed and rubbed his face.
"Sorry to hear that." Steve said.
"Let's just catch that psycho." Joey said.
The three of them walked out of the hospital. "Alright." Danny said. "You still owe us an explanation."
"Danny, let's just wait till we're back at HQ."
"No Steve."
"Danny, this not the place to be discussing this." Steve was a little annoyed with Danny's attitude.
"Listen Detective I will tell you everything there is to know but Steve's right. This is not the place." Danny and Steve exchanged looks.
"Fine, but I'm driving. Keys Steven."
"Danny!"
"Give me the keys. What is it with you huh? I can't even drive my own car?" Steve handed the keys over to Danny and the three of them walked in silence to the car. They drove to the HQ in silence. Joey saw the King Kamehameha statue and actually smiled. "What are you smiling at?" Danny asked Joey.
"Childhood memories." Joey said, even though he was just a toddler when they left Hawaii. A few moments later Danny parked the car and they got out. They walked into the Five-0 headquarters and Joey saw two other people standing at the smart table.
"Detective Ryan meet Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua. Pleased to meet you but you can call me Joey."
"Pleased to meet you, Joey." Chin said.
"Let's skip the chit chat and move on, you've got a few things tell us. Start please."
"Danny what's the matter with you?" His partner was acting up and Steve wondered why. Usually when he was acting like this it had something to do with Rachel or him. And Steve knew it wasn't him so he wondered what Rachel said or did this time.
"I want answers, Steve."
"It's okay Steve. Detective Williams is right. About three months ago Zack Kealani killed a young and her boyfriend. He slit the woman's throat and beat up her boyfriend before stabbing him. A month later we found another couple same M.O. I was able to find prints and DNA that linked Zack to these murders. I eventually found out where he lived before he disappeared. I also know he stalks his victims for about a week or two before killing them. He had pictures and the victims' schedules. I spend all my time digging in his past and I found out that he is responsible for the murder of his mother and her boyfriend.
"Okay, but how do you know the victim?" Danny asked.
"Logan and I were childhood friends before his father decided to move to Hawaii. We kept in touch and he told me about his new girlfriend. We spoke every month. So the last time I spoke to him was a month ago."
"Do you have an idea why he is making this personal? Chin asked. Joey shook his head.
"No but could I use your computer? I need to access a file."
"Sure." Kono replied. Joey accessed his files and a few photo's popped up. "This is his mother. Luana Kealani She had a long record for soliciting, drugs possession and even b and e. She was married to Kenjiro Kuroda but divorced him and moved to California. Kenjiro was arrested multiple times and died in prison. Apparently this guy had a bad temper and Luana was on the receiving end. Child services came by regularly. She was found murdered when Zack was fifteen. At first I thought that he was just re-enacting his mother murder until I discovered a few details that were never released in the official investigation of his mother. I also spoke to an aunt of him and she said that he hated his mother and he threatened to kill her more than once. Something triggered him and that's why he started again. He's a psychopath and I truly believe that he is playing a game with me.
"You think he's making it personal?"
"Yes, before he disappeared he called me and said that the only way to stop him is to give him what he wants. Problem is, I have no idea what he wants. He also left me a picture of my kids and a charming note saying that he would make me suffer. Danny raised his eyebrows. Steve was the first one to say something. "So this is personal?" Steve asked Joey.
"I'm a police officer and I would never do anything that may jeopardize my career. My father died with a badge and my mom is a police officer. Disgracing this badge in not on my list." Joey said in a tone that indicated he was slightly irritated.
"What about your kids?" Danny asked.
"My partner is keeping an eye on them and so is my family." Joey said.
"Alright, so how are we going to find this guy?" Steve asked.
"I found out that he has a few buddies living here that aren“t related. When he was living in L.A. he had a lot of contact with a guy named Yosuke Kuroda. Kuroda is his cousin with ties to the Yakuza. Also he's been in contact with someone else but I wasn't able to get a name because he is using a burner phone."
"Alright, Kono see what you can dig up about this guy. Chin, see if you can find out if he contacted his family." Steve ordered.
"On it boss." Said Kono as she looked at Joey. Joey couldn't help notice that Kono was staring at him. He smiled at her. And she quickly looked away. He frowned and thought nothing of it.
Kono was staring at Joey. He looked so familiar but she couldn't figure out why. Then he caught her staring and smiled at her.
And then it hit him. "Oh, you are that Kono. Man, you were awesome." Joey said excited. It sounded so juvenile but Joey didn't care ever since he stopped competing he'd still follow up on surf talent and Kono was an awesome surfer. When he won the nationals here in Hawaii he saw her on the waves. "You were awesome."
"You surf?" Kono asked.
"Yeah, I was born on Hawaii and I live in Malibu. Rode my first wave when I was a year old." Joey said with a smile
"Oh my god. Kono said. I know who you are." She said with a big smile. You are Joey Ryan. You won the nationals back in '91."
"Yeah, that's me." Joey said with a hint of surprise.
"Man your style was wicked. For a minute I thought you weren't going to catch that last wave but you nailed it."
"Mahalo, but you were ripping those waves apart." Joey responded.
"You quit surfing after you got shot. That was a few months after you won, right?" Kono remembered.
"You got shot?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, I was collateral damage. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Joey said unconsciously rubbing one of the scars.
"Why would someone shoot a kid?" Danny asked.
"They were after my best friend's father, he was a well-known gangster. We just happened to be at the same place when they opened fire." Joey said. He couldn't remember the shooting only that he finally had alone time with his dad.
"How serious was it? Danny asked, still in shock over the fact that someone would actually kill kids to get rid of someone. Not that he didn't know that as a police officer but still the father in him couldn't cope with that. Okay having Grace kidnapped was the same thing but still he didn't want to accept that people were actually that fucked up.
"Pretty bad. They kept me in a coma for over a month. Was fully awake and aware after three weeks. Couldn't remember what happened. No feeling in my legs. They weren't sure if I'd ever walk again. After a total of seven months I walked out of the hospital and four months later I met Logan. He was six and I was nine. He encouraged me to get back on the board. I taught him how to surf and he taught me to let go of my fears. We became best friends. Did everything together until his father decided to move to Hawaii."
"That's quite a story." Chin said.
"What happened to your best friend?" Danny asked. He could see that after all these years it still got to him.
"He was killed that day. Brandon was shot in the head. According to my dad, he died instantly. The mall looked like a scene out of a horror movie. Four people died that day. Brandon and a store owner, who tried to disarm one of them and two perps. My father was able to arrest one and another guy got away. But they were able to arrest him when he tried to flee the country." Joey said with a sad smile. "But the past is the past and right now I want Zack Kealani." Joey said. He didn't like to think about the past. After years of therapy he was finally able to not choke up when he told the story but it still brought him back to a not so happy place. And he was here for one reason.
Steve smiled and agreed. "I know someone who might be able to give a little more information." Steve said.
"Alright, what are we waiting for?" Joey said, happy with the distraction. "But can we stop to get something to eat. I believe it is lunch time."
Danny smiled. "So good to know I'm not the only one. I could eat a malasada or two. Or maybe the big guy can fix up a nice shrimp plate." Danny said knowing that it would probably be the latter.
"Malasadas are delicious but do you have any idea how bad they are for your health?" Joey said looking at Danny.
"Yes, my daughter explained that to me and it's not like I eat malasadas every day." Danny said defensively.
Joey laughed. "Smart kid. She probably has that from her mother, right?" Joey joked.
Danny laughed. "Funny, Joey but I'll have you know that my daughter has my brains and good looks."
"And even more from her mom." Steve interjected.
"Who asked you anything, Steven?"
Steve smiled and walked away. "Let's go see Kamekona. Chin, Kono call me if you guys find anything."
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They drove to Kamekona's shrimp truck. "So, who's this Kamekona?" Joey asked Steve. Danny glanced in the rear view mirror. For a minute he thought that they were being followed by a white van but he wasn't sure. Steve and Joey were talking about Kamekona.
"He's a CI but also a friend." Steve parked the car and they got out. Joey saw a bright yellow truck with someone's face on it.
"That's Kamekona." Said Danny affirmative.
"Aha, looks like a nice guy."
"He is once you get to know him. Just be warned he's not very fond of haoles."
"Like you." Joey said.
"Hey to Kamekona you're just as much haole as me. Even if you talk the same lingo."
"I was a toddler when we moved to L.A. I know about five words in pidgin." They walked to the shrimp truck and Kamekona just served another customer.
"Howzit Kamekona? Steve said to Kamekona.
"Hey bruddah, howzit?"
"We need your help and three plates. Do you know a Yosuke Kuroda?" Kamekona nodded and threw some shrimps in the pan.
"Used to be Yakuza but is doing his own thing. He's a jack of all trades. Does business with snake heads, Samoans, triads. He's got his hand in every business that. Yakuza isn't particularly fond of him but he brings money, drugs and contracts so they let him be.
"What can you tell me about Zack Kealani?"
"Very close with Kuroda but he's insane. I heard he killed a few people on the mainland and he killed that lady a few days ago. You know whose boyfriend is in the hospital. Rumor has it he is baiting this cop from the mainland, that man was a friend.
"Let me guess." Danny interjected. "The cop's name is Joey Ryan?"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"Kamekona asked.
"Kamekona meet detective Joey Ryan."
"Hey." Joey held out his hand but could see the reluctance in Kamekona to give Joey a hand. Instead Kamekona just gave him a slight nod.
"What else did you hear?"
"The kid surviving wasn't part of his plans."
"I kind of figured that already" Joey sighed, so it is his fault for Logan getting hurt. "I really want to nail this guy."
"And he really wants you. I heard he hired a few guys to grab you, 'cause he wants your head on a stick." Kamekona said to Joey.
Danny and Steve exchanged looks. Both men were worried. The only one who didn't show emotions was Joey.
"Let him come. He'll pay for what he did to Logan." Joey said his voice laced with anger.
"Thanks Kamekona." They walked to the table and sat down.
"How do you want to do this?" Danny asked Steve.
"We use me as bait." Joey said, his tone was deadly calm. "If your man is right then we should take advantage of our position."
Steve looked at Joey and understood his position but he knew nothing of Zack Kealani. A disturbing feeling had manifested itself in his gut. Joey was probably right but the SEAL in him never did anything without preparation or a plan of attack. He hoped that Chin and Kono found something useful.
Danny already hated this case. Everything about Zack Kealani screamed psycho and those were the most dangerous ones. He looked at his partner and saw a hint of aneurysm face. Whatever Steve was thinking wasn't good and the more Danny thought about it, gave him the same feeling.
The three of them were brought back from their thought when Kamekona put three plates with shrimp and rice in front of them.
"Enjoy your meal, gentleman." Kamekona said as he walked away. The three of them ate in silence. Well, Joey and Steve were silent but Danny kept talking about food in New Jersey. And that he wasn't complaining only that he missed authentic Jersey style pizza. Pizza without fruit or vegetables. Joey wasn't all that hungry but he ate almost everything since hadn't eaten in seven hours.
The guys finished their meals and walked back to the car. "What's our next move?" Danny asked.
"Maybe you guys can drop me off at the hospital. I need to make sure Logan is alright. And I was wondering if we could put security detail on Logan. I don't think Zack will try anything but then again he is a psychopath and will stop at nothing to hurt me."
Steve nodded and drove towards the hospital. Danny glanced in the mirror and saw that white van again.
