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Snatching up the phone on the first ring, the grey haired Hawaiian listened to the caller silently. A small grin spread across the aged face as he thanked the caller and disconnected the call. Satisfied, he leaned back in the chair and laughed. Soon Williams would no longer be a danger to the operation. He rubbed his hands together in anticipation. "Tonight!" He promised himself. "Tonight they would know just what Williams had overheard and to whom he had told before getting rid of him by feeding him to the sharks." Humming a soft tune, he reached for the phone, with Williams out of the way, it was time to ensure that McGarrett was removed from the picture as well and this time the cop had better do the job correctly.

Xxxxxx

Cursing under his breath as his cell phone rang just as he was attempting to pour himself a mug of coffee, Anderson placed the half-filled mug and the coffee pot down before he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. A quick glance of the ID calling, told him it was the agent he had assigned to follow Williams. Hitting the accept button he demanded, "What's happening?"

His knuckles turned white as he unconsciously gripped the phone tighter as he listened to his agent's terse report that somehow they had lost the surveillance on Williams. The detective had disappeared after leaving McGarrett's hospital room and a subsequent search of the hospital and its grounds had found no trace of the missing man.

Hitting the disconnect button, Anderson turned and placed his cell phone on the table in front of him before he leaned heavily against the table and ran a hand through his thinning hair, unable to believe that all of his covert security measures to protect Williams had failed miserably. The Five 0 detective had disappeared right under their noses. It was still uncertain if Williams' disappearance after visiting McGarrett in the hospital had been voluntary or whether the detective had been snatched. Either way the one important fact remained, whether the disappearance was voluntary or not, Danny Williams was in grave danger and he was responsible.

Taking a deep breath, he reached for his cell phone again and hit a now familiar number on the speed dial. His call was answered after the second ring and he swallowed hard before speaking, "Sir" He began nervously, aware that Denning was not going to be happy with his next words, "I'm afraid that we have a problem. The agent who was assigned to carry out the surveillance on Williams has somehow managed to lose his surveillance on Williams. He disappeared after he visited McGarrett. My agent said he was last seen getting onto the elevator after leaving the ICU but he never made it to the hospital foyer." Running his hand over his head again, he unconsciously nodded as he listened to the demands of the Governor before he answered reluctantly. "Yes Sir, I am fully aware that Williams and Five 0 have been in contact with Lieutenant Rollins and she ran an in-depth check into Platts' recent movements. I sent orders through her Commander demanding that she cease." He sighed and shifted uncomfortably in his seat as he listened to Denning before he sighed and conceded, "You are right, Sir, we were wrong for keeping Williams and the task-force in the dark after Platt's murder and the attempt on McGarrett's life." His hand tightened in a controlled fist as he sighed and agreed with the man on the other end of the phone call. "Yes Sir, I agree that we have no other option now than to bring Kelly and Kalakaua in on the case."

Xxxxxx

Entering Chin's cubicle, Kono asked worriedly. "Any word from Danny yet?"

Looking up from the file he was reading, Chin shook his head. "Not yet."

"He's been gone for two hours," Kono said softly, "and he isn't answering his cell phone."

Smiling up at his cousin, Chins tried to reassure her, "Knowing Danny, he has probably decided to stop by the hospital and check on McGarrett and has probably turned off his phone while he is in the ICU."

Kono nodded uncertainly as Chin's phone began to ring and she watched him answer it.

"Chin, Danny asked me to find out all I could about a CIA operative named Sam Clarke." Catherine said softly into the phone as she quickly looked around to reassure herself that nobody was listening, before she continued. "I tried to call Danny to tell him what I have been able to find out but he is not answering his phone."

"Danny's not back yet," Chin replied as he turned on the phone's speaker so Kono could also hear and placed his phone down onto the center of his desk. "But I will pass the info onto Danny as soon as he gets back."

"As I already warned Danny, Clarke is rumored to be the CIA's clean-up guy. He cleans up any CIA messes and helps get rid of any damning evidence." Catherine's softly spoken report seemed to echo around Chin's small office cubicle. "From what I was able to find out before I was ordered to leave it alone, whatever Clarke was up to it wasn't a sanctioned CIA case, Chin. From what I have been able to discover, whatever he was up to, it was possibly connected to a suspected small group of rogue CIA agents have been running their own little side operation on the islands. Word is they are selling important Taliban leaders and war lords to the highest bidder."

"People smuggling! I still don't understand." Chin shook his head in confusion as he stared at his cell phone. "If they're smuggling people out of the islands and the CIA knew about it, then why wasn't Five 0 involved and how have they managed to do it right under everyone's noses?"

"The answer to that is they are kidnapping and smuggling war lords and Taliban leaders to Hawaii. War lords and Taliban leaders who had tentatively approached our operatives in Afghanistan and offered to share their knowledge of planned terrorist attacks and where other wanted Taliban leaders are currently hiding in exchange for a life of freedom for themselves and their families in America. Each disappeared within days or weeks of them asking for asylum. That's when we realized we had a problem. So we placed one of our top agents, Michael Platt, but you and Lieutenant Rollins know him better as Sam Clarke, and as the Lieutenant so eloquently said it, our clean-up guy, undercover on Maui to try and discover which agents were involved." Chin and Kono spun around in surprise as the CIA agent entered Chin's cubicle and flashed his credentials at the two cousins. "Anderson, CIA." Walking over to Chin's desk, he leaned over the cell phone as he said loudly, "I left orders with your commanding officer that you were to leave this alone, Lieutenant Rollins. I strongly suggest Lieutenant that you follow those orders before you find yourself brought up on charges! Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir." Catherine answer hastily before the CIA agent disconnected the call.

He turned back towards Chin and Kono as he leaned back against the desk. "I see that Five 0 ignored my order not to investigate the Clarke case."

"This is a murder investigation and that gives Five 0 jurisdiction." Chin stated firmly.

"And I'm sure your task-force intends to bend all the rules and investigate anyway, especially now McGarrett is the main murder suspect." Anderson dismissed Chin's assertion with a wave of his hand as he glanced around the office before he looked back at the two cousins. "But the semantics of just who has jurisdiction over this case will have to wait til later. I believe the same group of agents who we believe made the attempt on McGarrett's life may have just kidnapped Detective Williams." Holding up his hand to silence any questions he knew the two Five 0 officers might have, Anderson continued. "You already know my top agent Platt by his undercover persona of Sam Clarke, an incompetent Private Investigator. It gave my agent the perfect cover to poke around and because of his role of being so incompetent, he would not be a threat to anyone involved. He was also the perfect choice for such an assignment, none of the agents we suspected had ever met him and we managed to keep the whole investigation on a need to know basis only. During the time he was undercover, Michael discovered that several of our agents have engaged the services of several law enforcement officers as well as several judges to help with obtaining these individuals, with the promise of making them rich."

"I don't understand, how does that involve Steve and Danny?" Chin frowned. "And why did it get Steve shot and now Danny kidnapped?"

"Michael believed that someone in HPD suspected Williams saw or heard something he shouldn't have, something that could potentially expose the whole sordid operation. He managed to intercept the background check and surveillance photos of Williams and more disturbingly photos taken last week of Williams' daughter. He passed on copies to myself and McGarrett."

"Photos of Grace?" Chin frowned. "And Steve knew of the threat? Why didn't he tell Danny? Are they safe?"

"Williams' daughter and ex-wife are safe. We have moved them both to a safe house where only my most trusted agents are protecting them." The CIA agent rushed to reassure angry Five 0 detective quickly before adding. "McGarrett spoke to Williams' wife and managed to convince her, not only for her daughter's, her husband's and her own safety but also to protect Williams, she was to tell Williams that the family were taking a short holiday on Maui. We didn't want to risk their safety but we also did not want to jeopardize the investigation. I can assure you, McGarrett was not happy about keeping the threat to Williams' family from him but he also knew it was a necessary evil, we could not take the risk of tipping anyone who is involved off until we had the evidence we needed. He thought he could keep Williams safe."

"So Steve deliberately lied when he told us that he was going to Big Island?" Kono asked.

"We didn't know McGarrett was going to the Big island, he never told us he was leaving the island." Anderson sighed, running his hand over his thinning hair, "I suspect that he was suspicious of Platt and decided to do some investigating on his own. Unfortunately we believe Platt's cover was blown before he arrived and McGarrett probably interrupted Platt's murder."

"And what better way than to kill two birds with one stone than to set Steve up as the killer." Chin surmised.

"They probably kidnapped Steve in an attempt to find out what Danny might have told him." Kono added as her phone began to ring and she stepped out of the cubicle to answer the call.

"And now they are attempting to tie up loose ends by grabbing Williams to find out what he knows and who he might have told." Anderson sighed.

"If you knew the threat against Danny after Steve was shot, why didn't you warn us?" Chin demanded.

"As I have already told you, this investigation has been strictly need to know and until an hour ago after my own handpicked agents who I had assigned to covertly keep an eye on Williams, managed to lose him, both the Governor and myself decided that you did not need to know. We could not risk you accidentally tipping anyone in HPD or our agents off. Unfortunately it seems one of our rogue agents was doing the same thing." Anderson bristled, "We believe that when they saw Williams meeting with Lieutenant Rollins today, they become worried that Williams was too much of a threat to their operation. After Williams and Rollins left the diner where they had met, someone entered and killed the waitress and cook. I suspect they were probably killed after the killer gleaned any information about what they may have overheard being discussed between Williams and Rollins. HPD are under the impression that the shootings were the result of an armed robbery that went wrong."

"Even after that you still knowingly left Danny out as bait?" Chin hissed angrily.

"We had him under constant surveillance!" Anderson countered forcefully.

"Then, how did he disappear?" Chin demanded.

"I don't know." The CIA agent answered truthfully. "My agents last saw him get on an elevator after he left McGarrett's hospital room about an hour ago but he never made it down to the foyer. An immediate search of the hospital was made but my agents were unable to locate him. At the moment I have my most trusted agents trying to locate him."

"What about HPD?" Chin asked.

"Too risky. We are still uncertain of what HPD officers are involved, if we want to have any chance of finding Williams alive, we need to keep our investigations between us. I have my most trusted agents already searching for Williams."

"Chin, the hospital just called, the Boss has just regained consciousness." Kono interrupted as she hurried into the cubicle.

"Steve's awake?" Chin asked as he hurried towards the door.

"And the doctor said he's asking for us." Kono answered as she hurried to catch up with her cousin.

"Finally!" Anderson muttered as he followed Chin and Kono out of the office.

Xxxxxx

Slowly hanging up the phone, Tim nervously tugged at his bottom lip, wishing that he had never become involved in this mess. He could not stop the burning resentment from bubbling up inside. Live had been perfect, he was married to the prettiest girl on the islands, and within the next few days would have been a proud new dad. And with the extra little bit of money he was getting on the side from the CIA agent, life had been sweet until now. McGarrett and Williams had ruined everything! Everything he had worked so hard to achieve was now slipping like fine sand through his fingers.

Taking a deep shaky breath in an effort to prepare himself for the impossible job ahead, he turned and headed towards the door as he tried to think of a plausible excuse that would get him past his colleagues guarding the hospital door and into McGarrett's hospital room. Opening the door, he paused a moment and looked around, aware that he probably would not return. If he succeeded, then the chances were high that tonight he would be sitting in a prison cell, and if he failed he had no doubt by sunset he would be fed, probably while still very alive and very conscious, to the sharks. A single tear of regret for what he was about to do to Mary and their unborn child trickled down his cheek as he whispered 'sorry and goodbye' towards their bedroom where she was resting before he finally turned and left the small apartment.