AN: Some of the scenes might be similar to the scenes in the episode from the episode. Not intential, just happened to work out that way!
Chapter 4-
Kono sat in the interrogation room all by herself, her hands in front of her. She hated all the lies that she gave to all of them, but it was something that she had to do. Hopefully it would all be all over soon, and she can be honest. Then again, she still wondered why she wasn't honest, this all could have been avoided.
"Ah, why didn't I tell them?"
Danny entered the room, saying, "That's a good question." He shut the door behind him. "Why didn't you tell us?" He stood in front of her, waiting.
Kono gave him an apologetic look. She still wasn't quite ready to tell them anything yet, but she had a feeling that they might know, especially since they sent Danny in. If they didn't know, Steve would be in here interrogating her. And at the last resort, they would have sent in Chin.
"What's going on with you, Kono?" Danny wanted to see if she would tell the truth, he didn't want to break her to get it.
"There are things that I can't tell you..." Kono replied cryptically. "Things I did that I can never take back." She closed her eyes, trying to repress those memories, and failing miserably. Her hands were shaking and her breathing came rapidly. The memory of her shooting the young man was forefront in her mind.
"I can see that." Danny's heart broke as he watched Kono, he could tell the experience effected her greatly.
Taking a few deep breaths, Kono finally calmed, and allowed herself to open her eyes. Danny pulled the cuff keys from his back pocked, and unlocked them for her. She rubbed her wrists, the cuffs to tight around her wrists.
"Kono, now please." Danny knelt in front of her. "I understand things happened, I can see that they effect you a great deal but I can't help you if you're not honest with me."
Kono bit her lip and nodded. "I was..." She was interrupted when the door opened, and in walked Fryer, looking pissed.
"Kono, you don't have to answer those questions." Fryer said, glaring at Danny, and pulled her to her feet.
"Really?" Danny said sarcastically. "Seriously? You're going to take Kono during our investigation - She broke into Steve's office. We need to know what's going on!"
Fryer took a deep breath and exhaled it sharply through his nose. He really didn't want to jeopardize his investigation. They were so close to making an arrest. "All right, I'll tell you - Kono has been working for me undercover."
The truth was finally out in the open and Kono was so relieved! It was almost like a weight had been lifted off her chest and she can finally breathe! "I am so sorry!"
Nodding, Danny gave her a smile, saying, "Okay, so where do we go from here?" He was curiously as he glanced at Fryer.
The question was answered when Steve and Chin entered the interrogation room. "This is how we're going to deal with this!" He glanced at everyone.
Chin moved closer to to Chin and smiled at her, he finally was glad that he knew what was bothering her.
"Chin!" Kono brightened. "I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, cuz!" Chin hugged her. "I knew that there was something wrong, but I didn't know what it was, and that made me want to protect you even more, but you were just were to damn stubborn to let me help you!" He raised his eyebrow, but she just rolled her eyes teasingly.
"Thanks for looking out for me!"
"So what do you have in mind?" Fryer placed his hands on his waist, waiting for an answer.
Holding out his hand, palm side up. "I"m assuming that this is what you were after? Right?"
"Yes! Delano wanted me to steal the evidence you had and give it to Wofat," replied Kono taking the flash drive.
Steve had been worried about Kono when all this began, but he never suspected she was in this deep, he thought that she needed space and he'd be there for her no matter what. That didn't mean he wasn't upset, he was very upset that Fryer put his team member on the line this. Anything could have happened, including her own demise. Steve cleared his head of that thought. If something happened to her, he would have felt responsible.
The bottom line, Kono was stupid to do this all on her own, but Steve gave her credit for doing it as long as she said. It took good and sheer will to do it. He couldn't imagine the things she must have done in order to prove herself. It angered him even more and decided that he was going to have words with Fryer later, but in the mean time, they had a lot of work to do – work that the team could have been doing all along. Maybe they would have had Wofat by now.
"Give it to Delano – it's what he wants." Steve didn't seem particularly happy about it, but this way, Delano wouldn't be able to get out of it!
"What? No!" Kono shook her head.
"Just take it!"
"Are you sure!"It's everything that you're father was working on."
"I'm sure!"
"This will work." Fryer said, nodding and smiling. "You're going to do it. End of discussion."
Kono didn't feel good about this plan, but if it brought down Delano and Wofat, she was all for it, and Steve would be able to be apart of it like he should have been all along. She groaned inwardly. Things would have been different if she had come to them for help.
As they walked out of the interrogation room, Kono suddenly realized something, and it was going to change things for her, if she admitted it, but decided to keep it to herself. Maybe if she didn't say it aloud, it wouldn't be true!
Lori and Elisabeth had stayed behind to review footage of Wofat, when he was at Kono's place. Something with it had not seemed right. How did he know that Five – O was coming? That was the big question that neither women knew how to answer at the moment.
"Wait a minute!" Elisabeth walked over to the screens and looked them very closely.
"What?"
"You said that the guys were at Steve's watching the game, right?"
It still didn't make sense.
"Yeah!"
The IA cop placed her hands on the counsel and leaned on it. Her fingers rubbed on something hard as a rock. "What the hell?" She blindly ran a finger along whatever it was.
"What is it?" Lori was watching curiously. "Did you come to a conclusion about the video?"
"No!" Elizabeth knelt down, glanced up at the overhang of the counsel. It was gum, but there was something in the center of it. It was small, round and backed. "I'll be damned!" It was a bug. She glanced over at the front door and saw the others coming in. Steve looked her curiously.
Elizabeth's face suddenly blushed, but she brushed it off and asked, "Anyone got a knife?" Something told her that Steve would be the one carrying a knife. She watched as Steve pulled something out of one of his pants pockets and held it out to her, but not before pushing the button up and the blade swung up. It was very large and shiny.
"Really?" Elisabeth couldn't believe how big the thing was. Maybe he was compensating for something else.
"You really don't know, McGarrett to well," Danny joked.
Guess not! Elisabeth took the knife.
"What have you got under there?" Kono wondered.
"Someone placed a bug under here. No who could have done that?" The bug and gum had slide nicely on to the blade and Elisabeth stood up and handed it over to Steve. Chin had grabbed an evidence bag and Steve slide the bug into the bag.
"Only one person who could have done that - Jenna!" Steve shook his head. "Wofat knew our every move!" He turned to Chin and said, "I want you to see if you can find anything on this."
"Right!" Chin nodded.
"That still doesn't answer how she knew you were on your way," commented Elisabeth.
Someone's phone rang and it gave Elisabeth her answer. "Of course."
"Excuse me," Fryer said, leaving the room.
"What?" Danny asked.
Chin's face lit up as he realized what she was referring to. "She hacked into our phones and made the speaker live. We would never have known even if we used it ourselves."
"You mean that every conversation we've had, they've known?" Danny questioned upset.
"Pretty much!" Chin nodded.
"Unbelievable!"
"I think I can fix it." Chin pulled out his phone and began hacking into the OS, deactivating the speaker. He was about to do the same with Danny's phone, when Elisabeth walked over to him.
"I have an idea...We can use that instead of using a wire." Elisabeth said. "If they haven't heard from her in awhile, they're gonna want to pat her down to make sure she isn't wired.
"This is perfect, they'll never know that we're listening in on them!" Steve liked the idea and smiled at Elisabeth. "You're pretty smart for IA!"
"That's what they pay me the big bucks for!"
Lori wasn't exactly happy that they were flirting with each other, but what could she do? After all this was over, she'd be leaving to better things, and realized it better to get over him soon!
After reprogramming the phones, Chin made a few changes to Kono's phone so that they could listen in on hers. "Here you go!" He handed it back to her just as it rang.
"Hello!" Kono answered it. "Frank!" She glanced at everyone. "Yeah, I got it."
Fryer walked back in, whispered in her ear, "Tell him there's someone at the door, then put him on mute." She nodded.
"Frank- someone's at my door – hold on." Kono held the phone out in front of her and the screen lit up, she hit mute.
"Tell him to meet you at Hokus at the Kahala at 5– Wofat frequents the restaurant and even has a room there."
Kono knew that all to well, they'd spent many a night together in his room. It brought her back to the first night that they had dinner together, they went right back to his room right after to have sex. She tried to keep her face voice of emotion, but could tell that Elisabeth suspected something; however, she did not say anything.
Wofat was always sweet to her, opened doors and pulled out chairs for her, gave her gifts – whatever Kono wanted, he gave her - and that impressed her right away. No matter how good he was to her, she knew deep down, what she had to do, but that didn't stop her from falling for him. And there was, the very thing she didn't want to admit. It killed her to know that! It hurt her more to keep something like this from people she cared about. The thing she was scared of most, they'd turn away from her because of this.
"See you then." Kono ended the call. "They'll be there!"
"You go get ready, Kono," Fryer said to her. "And we'll be there to make sure you're taken care of."
Kono nodded again, quietly, and smiled at her friends, before leaving. More lies - She thought all of this was going to be over, but it wasn't, not for her. It was going to be a very difficult evening.
A little before five, the guys were set up in a hotel room not far from the restaurant, while Elisabeth and Lori were there as if they were patrons. Wofat and Delano walked in a few moments later and went to their usual booth, at the end of the room.
The restaurant had a panoramic breathtaking view of the Pacific ocean on all its levels. The wooded ceiling was vaulted., along with the wood floors that seemed to blend in with the décor, while the walls were creamy white. On the left side of the bottom floor, there were table and chairs, but on the right, there were C shaped leather booths, that faced the beautiful view.
"Wofat just entered," Elisabeth said, watching from their place near the bar, at the front of the restaurant. "Delano is with them." The men hadn't even noticed they were being watched.
"Okay, good..." Steve said from the room.
Walking into the restaurant, Kono was dressed in a body hugging black dress, and headed over to Wofat and Delano, he heels clacking on the floor. She held her clutch nervously.
"Kono!" Wofat looked at up her, he had been happy to see her. "It is good to see you!" He stood up and hugged her and then gave her a tender kiss on the lips, the kiss making them both dizzy. He was definitely feeling the same way. "Stand still." He quickly patted her down, happy that she wasn't wired. "Please sit." He stepped aside and let her slide in.
Delano was aware of the relationship between Kono and Wofat, but as long as he had time with her, he didn't much care. He watched as Kono nervously placed the clutch in front of her. She knew she had to get a hold of herself or she'd give it all away. Maybe that's exactly what she wanted?
"Did you bring it?" Delano asked curiously.
"I did..." Kono picked up her clutch and pulled out the flash drive and handed it over to Delano. He motioned one of his men, that was sitting nearby.
The young man who was dressed in a dark suit and had dark hair and eyes brought over a laptop, handing it to Delano. "I'm curious to see what is on it!" He set the laptop on the table and once it was on, he put the flash drive in the USB port, opening one of the files. Satisfied, he smiled, and then turned the computer towards his boss.
"Excellent." Wofat turned to Kono. "Good work, my dear." He placed his arm around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Kono gave him a nervous smile, but he had no idea how scared she really was. It was not like her, but this experience had changed her and she wasn't liking herself at the moment.
"Take care of it, Delano! I don't want to see any of that evidence again!"
"Right!" Delano took the flash drive and the computer and left the restaurant.
Elisabeth was watching everything from her point of view and relaying it all to Lori.
"It's just you and I!" Wofat finally said to her, pulling her closer to him.
Looking straight ahead, Kono fumbled with her hands in her lap. It was then that he noticed there was something really wrong and that worried him.
"Darling, are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Kono glanced up and nodded, but whispered,"hold on". She pulled out her phone and shut the it down. "Not I'm not."
"What is it? You can tell me!"
Kono felt like she was being pulled in two places and she didn't know what to do. Should she let them arrest Wofat or let him go?
"What is it?"
The look in his eyes made her make her decision – she wanted to save Wofat and get him out of here safely. It would ruin everything but she was prepared to do that. The last few months felt like her whole life was ruined. All those things she did, she could never take back."I can't tell you just yet. Five – O is coming!" She glanced over at Elisabeth and Lori, just as Lori was leaving the restaurant.
Wofat watched her for a few moments hurt, as he started putting the pieces together. "You're undercover, aren't you?"
All Kono could do was nod as she glanced back at him.
"How could you? I was good to you. I – I care for you!" There was hurt in his voice and on his face.
"I care about you too. I am so sorry!"
Caressing her face, Wofat realized just how hard this was for her and in that moment, he didn't blame her one bit for doing this. He knew it was a tough job for anyone to do.
Kono saw Elisabeth out of the corner of her eye, gun drawn, coming towards them. "You got to go!"
"Wofat, you're under a rest!" Elisabeth shouted. "Hands up, stand up slowly, walk out of the booth."
Wofat glanced at Kono, the tears glistening in her eyes. "I'm sorry!" He slide out of the booth and pulled her with him, gun to her back.
"You're not going to take me!" Wofat was surprised that he hadn't noticed her before he walked in.
"Let her go, Wofat! This is it! You have no other options!"
"I do have one option!" Wofat pushed Kono to the ground and fire the gun at Elisabeth.
Elisabeth saw the bullet coming for her, she tried to jump out of the way, but it hit her in the arm and she flew back into the table hard, her world went black. Kono stood up quickly and was not at all happy that he shot a fellow officer.
"Why did you do that? You could have just taken me and gotten away! You know what, just go or I will arrest you myself!"
Wofat grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss and then he took off through the side door they were standing by. How could she let a criminal go? How did she fall so far from grace? She had begun to cry and held her head in her hands.
"Kono!" Elisabeth had said, she placed her hand on her shoulder.
Looking at Elisabeth apologetically, Kono said, "I'm so sorry. It's my fault that he shot you and I let him get away! What kind of cop am I to let a criminal go?"
"Sit down!" They each pulled a chair out to sit. "We'll talk in just a minute." She slowly pulled her phone out of her pocket so as to not hurt her right shoulder, and dialed a number. "He's gone! What the hell else can I do? I was shot and you guys were stuck in the damn elevator! Did you get Delano? All right! Yeah, she's here, she's pretty shaken up! No no! Let me talk to her! I think I might be able to help her!" She shut the phone off and set it on the table.
"Steve is pissed?"
"Of course, but he'll get over it, I'm sure!" Pain rushed through Elisabeth's shoulder and she held her hand over the wound, pressing on it. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Kono picked up the napkin and dabbed at her eyes.
"I know that look, honey, you're in love, weren't you? It's so easy to let your guard down when you're not paying attention."
It was as if Elisabeth had known exactly what Kono was feeling. Maybe she had gone through something similar. She just looked at the blonde, wondering what she was going to say. "Did you go through something similar?"
"Actually yeah! Early in my career, I had to do some undercover work and I did what you did, I fell in love with the criminal I was sent to take down. I thought that he was a good guy, just misunderstood, and there was really no evidence against him, and I thought he was innocent."
"What did he want you to do?"
"Kill someone!" Elisabeth knew by the look Kono was giving, she'd done the same thing, although it may not have been for the same reasons, she still murdered someone. How can you live with that? "At first, I would have never allowed myself to do it, but it was the only way I could get him to trust me. I couldn't back out and if I did, he would know I was a plant and killed me. I had no back up! I was so alone. I was so deep undercover. So I did the only thing I could do, I killed a man – I'll save you the details on that - and everything that I refused to believe before, I started to believe. All the evidence that I had against him was piling up! He got wind that I was going to arrest him and he beat the crap out of me so that I was in a coma for about a week. No one knows what I did, but I put that behind me and worked my way up through the system, so one day I could arrest him, but I hesitated. I didn't take him down! I was scared, all those feelings rushed back!"
Kono was totally shocked. It almost mirrored her life as of late. "Wait! What are you saying? Wofat was who you were in love with?"
"Yes!"
"I – I – I don't know what to say!"
"It's okay!"
"What happened to all the evidence?" Kono didn't need an answer but she knew what it was.
"Wofat destroyed it!"
Lori rushed back in with EMT's. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." The EMT was beginning to work on her arm.
The guys rushed in and were relieved that Elisabeth and Kono were fine. It annoyed him that every time that they go to arrest Wofat, he escapes. One day, Steve believe, Wofat would go down, and he'd be there to do it! "You okay?" he asked both women.
"Yeah, we're fine!" Kono smiled. "She saved my life!"
"Thanks!" Elisabeth replied, glad that Kono didn't spill the secret, no one needed to know what went down in either of their pasts. Past was the past and that was where it was going to stay.
The End but it will be TBC in another fic as soon as I start it. LOL!
