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Chapter Three

As they walked towards the shipping container, Danny was in full swing as Ricky DeLuka, telling the story of how he and Vladamir had an all-day drinking session.

"So then Vlad pulls out this fine bottle of Scotch, not just any bottle of scotch, no, this rare bottle that was worth a couple of grand. Man it was so smooth. I would dream about that while I was locked up."

"I remember that bottle." Dimitri smiled. "I gave it to him for his birthday. I... shall we say I procured it from someone who owed me money."

Danny faked laughing along with the others, knowing that some poor smuck probably lost their life for the bottle of scotch.

As they reached the container two men stepped out. "Aleski, I wasn't expecting you." One of the guys looked nervous.

"I bet you weren't. I wanted to make sure the merchandise was up to scratch. That last lot of guns you supplied me had hair triggers, I expect that to be taken in to account for the price of these."

"I said I was sorry about that, how about we knock ten G off of these."

"That sounds reasonable. Now let's see the merchandise." Dimitri signaled to Danny and his other two colleagues to enter the container.

As they did so Danny saw the other man they had met, watching him.

"New guy, Dimitri?" He asked pulling out a gun and aiming it at Danny.

"Put that away, Joseph." Dimitri ordered. "This is Ricky DeLuka. He is a friend of my brothers. I've worked with him before, he's good."

"No, he's Five-0." Joseph stated, and Danny's heart rate sped up knowing his cover had been blown.

"What? You been drinking? I ain't no cop. Aleski this guy's crazy." Danny knew the team wasn't too far away and would be racing to his assistance now his cover was blown.

"I ain't crazy, you busted my cousin last year. I'm telling you Aleski. He's Five-0." Turning the gun on Aleski he yelled, "you setting us up?"

Dimitri looked at Danny and walked over to him. "Give me your phone."

Danny handed over the phone. "You gonna believe this guy? I did time for your brother."

Dimitri handed the phone to Puka who set about examining it. "It's clear boss."

"Take off the belt." Dimitri ordered.

"Are you crazy? You believe this guy?" Danny acted offended.

"I think it isn't a coincidence my brother took you into the operation and they get busted, now Joseph says you're Five-0." Dimitri reached into his jacket and also levelled his gun at Danny. "Take off the belt."

Left with no choice, Danny removed the belt and handed it to Puka, wondering where the hell his back up was.

"Shit boss. Joseph's right. There's a wire here." Puka declared.

"Big mistake my friend. You tried to mess with the wrong guy. I'm going to have fun making you pay for your betrayal." Before Danny could respond Dimitri smashed his gun against the side of his head, sending him to the ground. "Grab him."

Puka threw the belt to the ground and hauled a dazed Danny out of the container. "Joseph, I thank you. I will be in contact to complete our business, but I think we have to leave now. I can assure you the detective will be dealt with." Joseph nodded and he and his colleague made a run for it.

Danny struggled to stay on his feet as he was marched from the container. His head was spinning as blood ran down the side of his face.

Puka had a tight grip on his left arm, and Dimitri's second in command, Gregory, had hold of his right in a grip that was bound to leave bruises.

Dimitri marched ahead of them on the lookout for the police. They had abandoned their vehicles and headed to the far side of the docks. Approaching a man who was about to get into his car, Dimitri raised his gun and fired a single shot at the man's head, killing him instantly. Without flinching he bent down and removed the keys from the man's limp hand.

The gunshot startled Danny back to his senses. The car door was flung open and the two men tried to force him inside. Danny tried to resist, digging his heals in, forcing Gregory to wrap his arm around Danny's neck and start to choke him out. As hard as he resisted, Gregory had the advantage, and gradually Danny felt the darkness start to creep in. One last struggle only succeeded in dislodging the ear cuff that fell from his ear, and rolled under the car.

Finally, starved of oxygen, Danny blacked out, and Gregory threw his limp body into the back seat. Puka grabbed the body of the man Dimitri had just killed and dragged it out of sight, so it wouldn't attract attention. All four men finally in the car, Dimitri drove out of the docks at high speed.

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The team watched as the ME van pulled out of the dock. A search of the surrounding area had turned up no sign of Danny, or Dimitri, but it had turned up a dead body.

"So our dead guy is Akai Kale. He has worked at the docks for five years and was just finishing his shift. Looks like he was killed for his car." Kono filled the team in.

"Poor guy, wrong place at the wrong time." Lou said shaking his head.

"We already have a BOLO out on the car. HPD are sitting on the building they left earlier in case they return." Chin briefed Steve.

"Anything on the BOLO yet?" Steve was hopeful for a lead that could help them find his friend.

Chin sadly shook his head. "Not yet."

"Ok, we need to talk to the guys SWAT arrested, see if they have any idea where they might have taken Danny. Chin, Kono, go back through the Intel we gathered yesterday, see if you can find anything out." Steve knew there was nothing more for them at the docks, so the team left to continue with their search for their friend.

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Danny returned to consciousness with a thud as his body hit the ground when Puka and Gregory dragged him from the car. As he looked around he could see a big farmhouse, surrounded by fields, and with stables alongside it. Drag marks were left in the dirt as they entered the stables.

"String him up." Dimitri ordered. Puka and Gregory immediately followed his orders. Danny's suit jacket was ripped away, and his wrists tightly bound with rope. Seconds later the rope was thrown over one of the beams in the stable, and he was hoisted up and left dangling. His shoes and socks were removed by Puka, leaving his toes scraping the floor. As Puka started to stand Danny saw his opportunity and kicked out, hitting Puka in the face. Blood squirted everywhere as the large man grabbed at his broken nose and fell back. Danny smiled with satisfaction, he knew it was the wrong thing to do, but he figured he was about to get a beating anyway, so why not get one in before they started on him.

"That was foolish Ricky, or should I call you Detective?" Dimitri circled Danny like a shark circling its prey. Danny managed to use his toes to turn his body so Dimitri was in his line of sight. Unfortunately that scraped them on the rough floor, and causing them to bleed.

"Detective works for me."

"So you are the reason my brother was sent to jail. You ruined our operation. Set us back years. Now you try to take me down. Do you know what I do to people who cross me?"

"Yeah, I've seen it up close, remember? Watched you beat a guy unconscious."

"Then you will recognize some of these moves." Dimitri smiled before punching Danny in the stomach with such force that it caused him to swing in his bindings. Before Danny could recover, more blows were deliver to his chest and abdomen.

"Do you know what happened to the last cop that tried to bring me down?"

Finally catching his breath Danny replied, "I've seen the pictures. So if you're planning to kill me you should do it fast, before my team has a chance to find you."

Dimitri started to laugh. "Do you think I am scared of the Feds? They will not find us here. No, I have plenty of time to enjoy watching you suffer, Detective. Then, when you are broken, I will take great pleasure in watching you burn, just like the fed."

Dimitri walked over to where Puka was holding his nose. The bleeding now stopped, he was glaring at the detective. Retrieving a horse whip from the shelf he passed it to Puka. "I believe I am not the only one who would like some revenge."

Puka began to smile, but quickly stopped as pain shot across his face. Taking the whip, he walked over to Danny. He drew back his arm and put full force into striking Danny's back. The force sliced through Danny's thin shirt, leaving red welts behind. A second and third blow were delivered, and Danny squeezed his eyes shut, refusing to cry out in pain as the whip stung with every lash.

Puka threw the whip to the floor and continued his attack with his fists. Using his sizeable weight to drill home every punch.

Finally, Dimitri called a halt to the assault, allowing Danny to heave in a breath of air. His lungs were burning, and he had to swallow back the urge to vomit. Fully aware that he was running out of time, he silently urged his team to hurry up and find him.

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Steve and Lou were frustrated as they returned to the office. Chin and Kono looked up hopefully.

"Anything?" Kono asked.

"Nothing that will help us find Danny." Steve sighed.

"Joseph and his boy sang like canaries. Told us all about the operation, and the way they were smuggling the weapons in. The FED's are happy that they have managed to bring down half of the operation at least, but neither knew where Ivonov might have gone." Lou explained.

"You believe they don't know?" Chin wondered how far Steve had gone with his interrogation.

"Trust us, they didn't know." Lou replied as Steve started to look through the information the cousins had up on the smart screen.

"What did you guys find?" Steve started to pace, the team were used to Steve burning off his nervous energy this way, so ignored it and started to fill him in.

"We're just doing a property search under all known aliases of Ivonov, see if we can find anywhere they might be hiding." Kono explained.

"The BOLO had a hit, the car was seen on H1 headed north, but that's all we have so far." Chin added.

A ping from the smart table had Kono bringing up the search results. "Ivonov has been known to use the alias Marc Blok. We have a farm house recently purchased under that name at Kaaawa."

"What do I say about co-incidences?" Chin smiled.

"Gear up, let's go get our boy." Steve ordered as he marched to the gun room to arm up.

TBC