Being from Jersey, by way of Utah and having traveled abroad, Danny considered his exposure to Mother Nature's best quite extensive. Asphalt melting heat, hair curling humidity, flooding, blizzards, nostril hair freezing cold, earthquakes and hurricanes were among his repertoire. This however, this was a first, a tsunami, a honest to God tsunami. What the hell!
To top it off, he wasn't heading inland like all the smart people, no. Oh, no! He was traipsing around the coastline with his partner on the crazy theory that the whole damn thing was a hoax. Better yet, his baby girl was with none other than the Hawaiian Legend. Danny had been extremely careful to keep that part of his life away from his family and NOW his monkey was being babysat by a man Turk would've given his left nut to study under. Seriously, what the hell!
"Relax, Danny, Kamekona will take good care of Gracie," Steve ordered while they were making their way to the tsunami warning center for the second time.
"It's not Grace I'm worried about, it's Kamekona," Danny lied.
"You're worried about big guy? Don't you think he can handle one little girl?" Steve asked.
Danny sighed, "Let's just get this thing figured out before my sweet little girl has Shamu persuaded to supply her with free shaved ice for the rest of her life."
Steve laughed, "That's Gracie." Danny returned the laugh, not knowing that in an hour Grace fleecing Kamekona would be the least of his worries.
Figuring out that Commander Hale staged the tsunami alert so he could steal the $28 million in drug money from the asset forfeiture locker doesn't have the same effect on Danny as it does the rest of Five-0. He is just antsy to go get the bastard and pick up Grace before Kamekona teaches her how to use ancient Hawaiian weapons. He feels guilty over his own lack of concern as he is standing in the middle of the road studying the faces of his teammates.
Danny wants so badly say the words that would wipe the despondent looks off their faces. To say, "Hey guys, don't worry about it. Hale is going to get the $28 million. It's all there, ripe for the taking, again." He has no choice but to keep pretending so he says, "We go bust these guys, HPD does an inventory on that money, they're gonna see that 10 million dollars is missing."
Danny admits he doesn't pay attention to all that Steve says, but he does catch the last few words, "What's the alternative?"
Thinking maybe he could give the team an out while maintaining his secret he says, "We could just let 'em go. We get a clean slate," Taking a quick check to see their reactions to his suggestion, he chucks it and hastily adds, "All right, then I'll never be able to look my daughter in the face again. Let's go."
Steve's, "I'll drive," is anti-climactic. The charade continues.
Driving to pick up Grace, Danny can't help but mull over the whole day. Hale's plan impressed him but he couldn't help punching holes in it and deciding what he would've done differently. He's also relieved that the team is not in jail.
Seeing Grace's pile of candy, Danny knew what she'd been up to. He wanted to settle for the simple, "Thank you, brother," to Kamekona, but after shaking a 'hang loose' the big guy stood up and ambled over to him.
"Grace, tell Kamekona thank you and then go get in the car. I'll be right there." Grace, being such a good kid, did as she was told.
"Thanks again, fridge."
"Shoots. Think nothin' of it, Jersey. The little keiki was easy. Sides, I knew better than to play for kala, seeings how yous her dad."
The man's grin almost split his face. Danny can't help but boast, "Yeah, she's good, real good." Patting the gentle giant on the back, he add's "I owe you one." As he heads for the car he hears, "Nah, not for this one."
The waiting area to the governor's office looks nothing like the Dolby Theater but he still hears the words, "And the Oscar goes to Danny Williams for Best Actor in a drama or a con," as he follows Chin and Kono to support Steve.
"What are you looking at? We're all in this together," he replies to Steve's questing face.
Not really knowing what the outcome of Steve's solitary meeting with the governor is going to be, he still finds it easy to reassure Chin because he does know it's not going to be about the missing money. He also manages a good puzzled, "Hmm," when Steve tells them all Jameson wanted to say was congratulations for a job well done and all the money had been accounted for. Too bad he couldn't take this act to the stage so he could win a Tony to go with his Oscar.
