Disclaimer: Hawaii 5-0 and characters belong to CBS, only the story is mine.

A/N: I'm very happy that people are enjoying this story, Mahalo. Sometimes I can't find the exact word I want in Hawaiian so I look for something as close as I can get. To those who do speak Pidgin/Hawaiian, if I have used the wrong word or order for words, please let me know so that I can correct it. After studying French for a few years I'm aware that you can't always translate English word for word because grammar in a foreign language (foreign to me) is often very different than English. Enough rambling, on with the story.

Continuing adventures of Steve, Danny, Grace and the team

Hupo A Ninau
Arrest and Question

Steve rose early, checked on Grace to be sure she was okay. He decided to take a run; Chin had left him a map of some good trails around the cottage that would keep Steve away from any roads. He changed into some running clothes also provided by Chin, left Danny and Grace a note before heading out. It was a nice morning for a run, though he did wish he could swim but that would be pushing his luck.

Danny woke up not long after Steve left for his run. He looked at Steve's bed to find it empty. He shook his head betting his partner went out for a run. He rose, checked on Grace before using the bathroom. He found Steve's note next to a prepared coffee machine and chuckled. Steve knew him all too well. He started the machine as he read Steve's note. The man had gone for a run; he left his route for Danny in case something happened and he couldn't be reached by phone.

Danny started up the laptop so he could do some research while he drank his coffee. Breakfast would wait until the three of them could eat together. Danny and Steve liked to have as many meals with Grace as a family as they could. With their jobs it wasn't always possible to eat together, so they took advantage of the ones they could.

A half hour into his research Grace exited her room. "Morning Monkey. Did you sleep well?" Danny asked as they hugged.

"Yes. Where's 'Anakala Steve? Did he go for a run?"

Danny smiled. Grace was getting to know Steve and his fastidious exercise habits too. "He did. He should be back shortly. Why don't you go wash up and then you can help me get some breakfast ready for us. How does that sound?"

Grace smiled. "Okay." She headed to the bathroom.

Danny got up and headed for the kitchen, he remembered seeing eggs in the fridge when he grabbed milk for his coffee. Opening the door he found them. He grabbed milk, bread and butter to make scrambled eggs and toast. Something all three of them liked. Grace came skipping out of the bathroom at the same time Steve opened the front door. Danny had his weapon pointed at the door, putting it back in his holster when he realized it was Steve.

Grace changed directions and headed for Steve to say good morning.

Steve held up a hand smiling. "Good morning Leia. You might not want to hug me right now; I'm all sweaty from my run." She stopped her motion to hug him and grabbed his hand instead, he squeezed her hand affectionately.

"Good morning 'Anakala. I'll save the hug for later."

Steve smiled. "Can't wait. Morning Danny. What's for breakfast?"

"Scrambled eggs. So if you want any you should take your shower quickly or Grace and I will eat them all on you."

Grace leaned towards Steve and whispered loudly. "Don't worry, I'll save you some."

Steve chuckled as he leaned down to kiss her on the forehead. "Mahalo. I won't be long, don't worry." He released her hand and headed off to take a shower.

The threesome had finished breakfast and just finished the dishes when Steve's SAT phone rang. "Must be Chin." He picked it up hitting the on button. "McGarrett."

"Morning Steve. I have the arrest and search warrants for the Camerons. How do you want to handle this Steve?"

"Hang on a minute." He turned to Grace and Danny. "Grace, honey, would you mind taking either your coloring or a couple of books into your room so that Danno and I can talk to Uncle Chin? We'll tell you what's going on as soon as we know."

Grace nodded grabbing a couple of books. She was used to her dad and uncle having private talks with their teammates about cases. "Sure. I haven't read a couple of the books that Kono left me. Tell Uncle Chin and Aunt Kono I said hello."

Steve spoke to her as he put the phone to his face. "I will. Grace says hi. Chin, I'm going to put you on speaker so that we can talk. Is Kono there?"

"Right here boss."

Steve and Danny moved so they were in front of the laptop. "Kono, Grace says hi to you too. When can Sid and Mr. Kalakaua get here?"

Kono answered. "I talked to them this morning and they can be there in half an hour."

Steve looked at Danny for his opinion as he outlined his plan. "I'm thinking that you should arrest the brothers. HPD and the DEA can start the search once you have them in custody; I don't want to spook them into leaving. Once they're at HQ, we can let them cool their heels for a short time, while you smuggle us into HQ. I don't want the Camerons to have too much time or they might bully their way out of lock up before we question them. I think that our miraculous return from the 'dead' should rattle them quite a bit."

Danny tilted his head. "I agree. Everything we have on them says that they have good lawyers who would push for their release if we wait too long to question them. I think Steve's right in having the search done while we interrogate them."

"Sounds like a plan. Kono will call Sid and him and her father should be there soon. By the time you get back to HQ, we should have the brother's sitting in an interrogation room."

"We'll see you in a couple of hours then. Good luck and be careful. Hopefully they won't suspect a thing."

"Take plenty of back up just in case." Danny added.

"We will. See you later."

Steve placed the phone on the coffee table after hanging it up. "Well, if everything goes well, we will be able to go home tonight. Why don't you tell Grace about our visitors and I'll get all of this information ready to take with us."

Danny nodded as he rose and headed for Graces room.

Chin and Kono had made arrangements with the DEA, and HPD's vice squad to work together. Captain Kahale of HPD's vice squad, his men and the DEA would be responsible for searching the offices and other properties as well as questioning employees of interest. Five-0 would be responsible for questioning the Cameron brothers. By hitting the different properties at the same time, they hoped that this would keep any merchandise and incriminating files from being destroyed.

Chin strode up to the receptionist showing his ID and the search and arrest warrants, asking where he could find the brothers. She nervously pointed them towards a conference room, they were in a meeting. Two officers stayed behind to keep her from calling the brothers or doing anything else.

Chin and Kono had their weapons ready just in case when an officer opened the door for them. Chin went left and Kono right when they entered the room and were followed by two more officers.

One of the brothers stood up asking angrily. "What is the meaning of this? We are in a very important meeting!"

Chin looked at the young man impassively. "We are with Hawaii Five-0 and you and your brother are under arrest for drug trafficking and murder."

The other brother stood up. "You can't do this! We have done nothing wrong!" The others in the office were watching the action avidly.

Kono stepped forward. "We can. We have arrest warrants for both of you. We also have warrants to search all of your properties, both business and personal. Please put your hands behind your head, both of you."

One of the brothers looked at the man sitting down next to him. "Dave, call our lawyer. This is all a big misunderstanding and we will be back by this afternoon so have this meeting rescheduled for tomorrow."

Chin held up his hand. "You may call the lawyer sir, but you and the other employees will have to close for the day while HPD conducts its search. Some of the officers will be asking questions of you and other employees before sending them home."

The man called Dave gaped at Chin. "You can't do that. We have a business to run; you just can't come in here and shut us down!"

Chin shrugged. "The warrant says otherwise. Furthermore it is standard policy; we can't allow anyone to interfere with a search warrant." Chin cuffed the brother closest to him, and Kono did the same with the other brother. They handed off their charges to the two officers that had entered with them so that they could take the brothers to the Palace.

Chin met briefly with Captain Kahale while Kono followed the brothers to the squad car providing back up. The brothers were taken in two different squad cars for added security.

Chin met Kono at her car. "Kahale heard from our other raiding parties, we have been successful in catching all of the employees off guard here as well as at their warehouse. Hopefully we will find what we need to put these two away for a very long time."

Kono nodded. "Fo' shua!"

Chin's phone rang as he was getting in the car. "Detective Kelly."

"Detective Kelly this is Lt. Hale of the State Police. I understand that you are looking into the crash of Lt. Commander McGarret's chopper?"

"I am. Did you find something Lt.?" Chin asked looking at Kono.

"Yes. One of the mechanics, a Jack Pare, at Kauai Air Tours was acting nervous. We discovered that he has worked at the Air Tours for only three weeks. So we checked his financials as we brought him in for questioning."

Chin closed his eyes as he asked. "Did you get anything from him?"

"Yes we did. He didn't last long in questioning. He admitted to planting two devices on Cmdr. McGarrett's chopper. The first was rigged to activate when a remote signal was given over the radio. The second devise was an explosive that was rigged to blows within minutes of the chopper hitting the ground. Evidently he took the job with Kauai Air Tours on the orders of his supposedly previous employer, Cameron Enterprises. A quick check of the name shows that the DEA has had an interest in them when their corporate offices were located in LA."

Chin sighed. "Did he give you the name of the person who gave him the order to plant the device?"

"Yes. Lloyd Cameron gave the order to plant the device. That is all that the mechanic knows, or at least is admitting to knowing at this time."

"Thank you for the information Lt. Hale. We already suspected the Cameron brothers of sabotaging the chopper based on the information we gathered about their MO in LA. Can you contact Captain Kahale from our vice squad to make arrangements to have Mr. Pare brought to Oahu so that he can testify against Lloyd Cameron? Please keep him safe and secure. If we are right about the Cameron brothers, they are ruthless and have killed several police officers in LA too."

"Don't worry Detective Kelly. Mr. Pare isn't going to get away from us. Good luck in your continuing investigation Detective."

"Thank you Lt. Keep in touch." Chin hung up and relayed the conversation to Kono as they headed to HQ.

Once they reached HQ, they checked to see that the brothers were cooling their heels in separate rooms. The officers had stuck paper with the brother's names on the doors based on the IDs they were carrying.

Chin and Kono entered his office and shut the door. Chin grabbed his phone and called Steve. "We're ready when you are brah." He hung up and headed to the garage to escort his "dead" teammates into HQ while Kono arranged a few guards to keep people out of the Five-0 offices and interrogation area until they were ready to reveal that Danny and Steve were alive.

Kono was at the Smart Table pulling up the information they had on the brothers so they could discuss strategy. Chin had filled Steve and Danny on the information from the state Police on the way from the garage.

Steve looked at Chin. "Were you able to verify the witnesses identification of Lloyd Cameron?"

Chin nodded as he used the Smart Table to display the brothers in a split screen. He pointed to the one on the left. "That is Lloyd Cameron, he has swirl in his hair at his right temple. Liam doesn't have one. You do have to be looking for it to see it."

Steve nodded thoughtfully. "Good catch on the hair Chin, they won't be able to try and pretend to be the other twin."

Chin's phone rang. "Detective Kelly"

"Kelly, this is Captain Kahale. The DEA search team found several kilos of heroin in the Camerons' warehouse. Two of the employees have already rolled on both Lloyd and Liam Cameron as the brains behind the operation."

Chin whistled. "Thanks for the information Captain. I think this will help when we interrogate the brothers. Keep me posted."

"Nail the bastards Kelly."

Danny asked what the others were thinking. "Some good news?"

"Oh yeah. The DEA has found several kilos of smack at the brothers' warehouses. Two of the employees there have rolled on both Lloyd and Liam already, afraid of being eliminated I think."

Steve smirked with a gleam in his eyes.

Danny looked at Steve warily. "What's going on in that head of yours?"

Steve's smirk increased. "Oh, just a little payback for our, would be killers."

"This is where I normally try to talk you out of one of your crazy plans. Unfortunately for the brothers they tried to kill Grace. So, what are we going to do?"

Steve outlined his plan to interrogate each brother, and then waited for his team's reaction, Danny's in particular. Danny stared at Steve for a few minutes. What Steve was proposing was cruel, and genius at the same time. Steve wanted to scare the suspects' silly, without actually hurting them.

"We should get going. It will take a few minutes to set up your plan."

A flash of relief crossed Steve's face as he smiled. Danny didn't harangue him for his unorthodox interrogation method. The Cameron brothers didn't know what they were getting themselves into when they tried to kill Grace. "Let's get to it. I want to get at these two before the lawyers show up. Danny and I will take our buddy Lloyd since he is responsible for ordering the hit. Chin and Kono will take Liam making the questioning go faster."

Lloyd was sitting in an empty room except for the chair to which he had been handcuffed. Where was his blasted lawyer? He should have been out of here by now. It never occurred to him that he had picked the wrong people to cross this time. The door opened, finally, he thinks his lawyer is here only to see the two cops who had arrested him enter with, what was that? A metal tub? Wait, it looked like it was filled with water. The cops left before he could ask. They came back in with what looked like a car battery and some wires and some weights.

"What the hell is going on here? Where's my lawyer? I have rights." His questions remained unanswered as the cops went about their business as if he wasn't even in the room.

Chin looked at Lloyd when he and Kono had finished. "You picked the wrong people to mess with Lloyd Cameron." Kono was looking at Lloyd with disgust.

"I'm not Lloyd, I'm Liam. You cops are all the same, can't tell the difference between us." Lloyd sneered.

"Oh, you're Lloyd alright. You have an unmistakable swirl of hair just above your right temple. I believe some people call it a cow-lick. Most people hate them, because the hair goes in the direction of the swirl no matter what is done with it. Liam does not have a cow-lick. Tough luck Lloyd." Chin opened the door turning back to a shocked Lloyd smirking. "We'll be right back."

Chin and Kono snickered once the door was shut.

"I take it that Lloyd Cameron is a little freaked out?" Asked Danny.

Kono laughed. "You should have seen his face when Chin proved that some cops are very observant, and that he has a small cow-lick and Liam doesn't."

Steve and Danny smiled before becoming serious. "Ready partner?"

Danny rubbed his hands together. "Definitely ready to take this guy."

Steve smiled wickedly as he fixed the lights in the interrogation room to shine in Lloyd's eyes. "Chin would you do the honors of opening the door. Then you and Kono can interrogate Liam."

Chin smirked. Lloyd and Liam were going to regret coming after Five-0.

Steve and Danny walked into the darkened room watching Lloyd try and see who was entering. "C'mon cops, where's my lawyer? I want to make my phone call."

Steve hit the switch to allow Lloyd to see the partners.

As Lloyd was blinking the spots out of his eyes Danny spoke to Steve. "This bozo doesn't act much like someone who runs a legitimate business, does he?"

"Nope, sounds more like someone who has had a run in with the police before." Steve responded.

Lloyd sucked in a shocked breath when he recognized the two men in front of him. These two were supposed to be dead! It had been all over the news that his plan had been successful and that their chopper was so much burned metal.

"I do believe he's recognized us Danny."

"I have to agree with you Steve. Surprised to see us Lloyd? After all, you arranged to have our helicopter sabotaged in the hopes that we would be killed. I bet you're wondering how we survived, aren't you?"

Lloyd tried to recover his equilibrium. "I…uh…I heard about an accident on the news."

Steve and Danny looked at each other, knowing that they had the man. Steve asked for clarification. "You heard about our death on the news?"

Lloyd nodded. "Yeah, it's been all over the news that your chopper crashed two days ago."

"You do realize that our names have not been released right? The police prefer to notify the families personally if a family member is missing and presumed dead before releasing the names to the media. My sister is very difficult to get a hold of, and much of Danny's family is in New Jersey. Can you explain how you know it was Danny and I that should have died in that chopper if our names haven't been released yet?"

Lloyd decided to clam up at that point, though he was starting to sweat. That suited Steve just fine. He wanted a chance to play with the bastard.

Danny spoke before they could get started. He wanted the man to know why his attempt to kill him and Steve had failed. "Getting back to my question, I know you're wondering how Steve and I survived the helicopter crash. That would be because of Steve. I may firmly believe that he can be crazy at times because he likes to take insane risks and drags me along with him. However, I have never doubted his skills as a SEAL, or his dedication to protect those around him, especially my daughter. He made a controlled crash; I believe is the term, allowing the three of us to survive it relatively unharmed. Then he made sure we got out and away from the chopper immediately. We weren't in it when it blew because of this man." Danny pointed at Steve.

A clearly embarrassed Steve cleared his throat. "Are you ready to get this show on the road Danny?"

"Ready. Let's get set up." Danny and Steve began to set up the interrogation equipment. The two men worked quietly setting up the equipment.

Lloyd's put up a fuss when Danny was tying his legs together and attaching weights to his ankles. Lloyd stopped with a gulp when Steve turned to glare at him. One of his associates had warned him not to cross Five-0, and in particular McGarrett, but he ignored the advice figuring by killing McGarrett and Williams he wouldn't need to worry. It had worked in LA. He willfully forgot that he and his brother were forced to move to Hawaii because the DEA were after them. Instead of killing them, he brought them right to his doorstep so to speak. He came back to reality when Williams lifted his legs so they were perched over the bucket of water. He noticed that the bucket now had a wire placed in the water. He followed the path of the wire to the battery that had been brought in the room.

Steve smirked at Lloyd when he noticed the man looking at the battery. "I bet you're wondering what this is Mr. Cameron. Before I tell you all about this tub, I'm going to tell you how you ended up here. You made some critical mistakes when you moved to Hawaii. Your first mistake was to try and kill my partner and myself. Your second mistake was to warn me that the chopper was sabotaged allowing me time to bring it closer to the ground before the engine cut out. The warning allowed me time to prepare for a controlled crash. Your third mistake was in underestimating my people and their skills. However, your biggest mistake was trying to kill Danny and me while we were with Grace. Nobody hurts my niece and gets away with it."

Lloyd looked at the cold eyes of McGarrett and nearly wet his pants. He thought of himself as a tough guy, after all he had killed several people without blinking an eye. Now he knew that he had more than met his match. He watched McGarrett's smirk grow as if he knew that Lloyd was scared spitless.

"Getting back to the bucket, in my time as a SEAL, I learned some very interesting techniques of interrogation. This is one of my favorites, simple yet so very effective. The battery provides an electrical current controlled by this knob." Steve pointed at a specific knob. "The key here is the water, which increases the shock to you. Now, since you let us know that the chopper we were in was going to crash, I felt that I should give you a chance to avoid being shocked. Therefore, if you can keep your feet from touching the water in the tub, you won't get shocked." Steve shrugged unconcernedly as Danny released Lloyd's legs.

Lloyd finally found his voice and practically squealed. "You can't do this! I have rights. This is torture, not interrogation! This is against the law!"

"The governor gave us means and immunity, so I'm afraid that I can do this." Steve then looked at Danny. "You know, this makes me admire Grace even more than I did."

"How so?" Danny asked.

"Grace handled the chopper crash and two day hike with more courage and dignity than this jerk and she's eight. She is definitely your daughter Danny."

Danny beamed with pride for his daughter, and was touched by Steve's compliment for himself. Steve didn't hand out praise willy nilly like some people did. It just wasn't his style. "Grace did it with your help. You kept her busy, talked with her and made the hike seem like it was for recreation instead of being for her protection." He wasn't going to let Steve downplay his role even if it stroked his already healthy ego. "She'll probably be asking to go on another hike to see your graffiti."

Steve rolled his eyes even as he smiled. "They're petro glyphs Danny, not graffiti and I'd be happy to take her to see them." Even though it appeared that Danny and Steve were ignoring Lloyd and his whining, they had been watching him. The man was a wuss. His feet were almost touching the water. It wasn't like they had used real heavy weights; the total weight was two pounds. Steve was a little disappointed; they used the lighter weights so that Lloyd would hopefully last awhile. Even though there wasn't any current in the water, he wanted Lloyd to sweat thinking there was a chance that he would be shocked.

Before the partners could continue their banter Lloyd began whimpering before getting enough control to speak. "Alright, alright, I arranged to have your chopper sabotaged! I had heard that you would be bad for business and decided that getting rid of you would keep your task force from interfering with our illegal business. Now get this bucket away from me!"

Steve smiled. "That wasn't so hard, now was it?" Danny snorted. "Do you want to do the honors Danny?"

"Absolutely." Danny walked up to Lloyd and stuck his hand in the water as he pulled the tub away.

Lloyd stared at Danny then at Steve. Steve's eyebrow quirked at the stare. "Did you really think that we would electrocute you? It's just too messy and the paperwork is a pain. Besides, I really don't want to listen to Danny bitch about proper police procedure and interrogation techniques for the next five years over a waste of space like you."

Danny looked affronted. "I do not bitch. I merely point out the many times you disregard police procedure in favor of your usual attitude of whatever works is the way to go."

Steve headed for the door, Danny right beside him. "Bitch, bitch, bitch. If I wanted to know police procedure I would read the manual."

"If you did read it and followed it, I wouldn't have to…." The door shut and Lloyd heard no more.

Outside the room Danny and Steve looked at each other and burst out laughing. They had to lean against the wall for support after a short time of laughter.

Steve drew in a deep breath before speaking. "I think he actually started crying. Did you see the look on his face when you stuck your hand in the water Danny?" Steve wiped tears of laughter from his eyes.

"I thought he was going to piss his pants when you glared at him for struggling while I was tying the weights to his legs. I'm so glad he didn't, because that is just disgusting." Danny wheezed, out of breath from laughing.

Steve draped an arm over Danny's shoulder leading him to Five-0's main room as they continued to laugh. The men needed the support of the other to remain standing.

Steve and Danny found Chin and Kono leaning on the Smart Table for support as they laughed about Liam's reaction to the interrogation.

"So how did your interrogation go?" Steve asked the cousins.

Kono couldn't answer as she laughed even harder at Steve's question.

Chin gained enough control to reply. "There was no interrogation. Liam fainted when I explained what the battery was for."

Danny and Steve stared at Chin for a moment before stumbling to the nearest chairs to collapse almost missing the seats because of their laughing. Steve gathered himself enough to tell the cousins what happened with Lloyd with Danny's help. Chin and Kono had to sit down after hearing about Lloyd.

Once the four of them had calmed down, they discussed how Steve, Danny and Grace were going to come back from the dead. Once it was decided that Steve and Danny would reveal themselves the next day to a few select members of the press, Chin smuggled them out of HQ so they could get back to Grace.

TBC