Okay, so I have not had the best of weeks so far. On Monday, I found out that I had failed a test I was pretty confident in, so I had to do a retest for that, which my dad made me feel like crap about, because the teachers all say that we should be happy that we're achieving Cs and Bs, because A-Levels are incredibly hard, but according to my dad, I'm not achieving high enough. Secondly, on Tuesday, I had ANOTHER Chemistry test which I had been dreading, because everyone who has done says it is really hard; my best friend, who is very smart had to do it again. And then yesterday, I hadn't given in my Stats homework, which was due on Monday, because I had done the wrong exercise. So I tried to do it again for my teacher before Wednesday, but didn't manage that, because I struggled so much with it; I had to do it five times, just to get 50%! And now, today, my teacher put up an exam question that was a really, really awful one that I had no idea how to do. I had to leave the lesson because of it! So this week... close to being one of my top ten worst weeks.
Sorry, I just needed to rant there. Sorry about the delay (see above). But it is now done, it's finished, and I've got tomorrow to look forward to: another Star Wars day with Skyflower51 and Blaxconiox!

Around half an hour later, Steve returned to HQ, finding Chin already stood next to the computer table.

"Sally Harrington didn't recognise Alex Joseph, so I contacted his employees at the bank," he started as he approached the older man. "He fixed the pipes in the break room there a few weeks previously."

Chin nodded. "He would have seen Harrington as the sin of greed there, and his employees would have backed up his view."

"Exactly. What about Bowen's girlfriend?" Steve asked. "Did she recognise Joseph?"

"Yeah, she did. Joseph fitted a new shower for them about a week before he was killed," Chin replied. "I already called Kono, as well; she spoke to Jemima Lawrence and told her about Joseph's motive. She said that Chris is a typical teenage boy; spends most of his time ensconced in his room, and sleeps like a vampire."

"Ergo, he is sloth. When was Joseph at their house?"

"Only a couple of days ago, apparently; they hired him to fix a blocked drain."

"Two days ago?" Steve questioned, frowning at the rapid escalation. "He's really stepping up his game."

"If he is, Joseph is going to start getting careless," the Hawaiian added. "He's going to make it easier for us to catch him."

"Let's hope so," Steve murmured, just as his phone rang. "It's Danny," he said, glancing at the caller ID. "Hey Danny, you're on speaker."

"Hey," Danny's voice came over the line. "I spoke to Charlotte Henderson again; she recognised Joseph, but he didn't do any work for her. It was actually for her neighbour, Valerie. Apparently, Valerie likes to talk."

"So she told Joseph that Laura slept with her sister's husband," Chin surmised.

"And he sees her as the sin of lust."

"Chin, get on the phone to Judge Kanai for a warrant; we've got enough for probable cause," Steve ordered, and Chin nodded, moving towards his office to call the judge's office. "Danny, I'll send you Joseph's address."

"Okay, I'll meet you there," he said, before hanging up.


Nearly an hour later, Steve, Danny and Chin gathered outside Alex Joseph's house. "Chin, you go in from the back. Danny and I'll breach from the back," Steve quickly explained. Chin nodded and headed around to the back of the property, while Steve and Danny approached the front door.

Glancing quickly at Danny, Steve raised an eyebrow, silently asking if he was ready, and received a nod in reply. Steve nodded and drew his leg back, kicking the door in, before quickly stepping back to allow Danny to move in ahead of him. Towards the back of the property, they heard Chin kick down the back door.

Steve signalled to Danny to clear the living room, while he moved into the dining room. With a quick, sweeping gaze around the room, Steve searched the room for anything to do with the seven deadly sins, but initially, nothing stood out.

He lowered his weapon and blew out a breath. "Clear!" he yelled to Chin and Danny, receiving the same back from the two of them.

"You guys are going to want to see this," Chin added.

Danny and Steve followed Chin's voice into the bedroom at the back of the house, and were greeted by the sight of Joseph's obsession. The entire wall opposite was covered in graphic images of punishments in hell – artists' interpretations over the years – of the seven deadly sins. Bibles lined the bookshelf, and another lay open on his bed.

Danny moved over to the bed and picked up the Bible. "'There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.' Proverbs," he read, looking up at Steve and Chin as he finished.

"He is truly obsessed, isn't he?" Chin remarked.

"If Joseph is methodical and careful, he's not going to come back here," Steve pointed out. "He's got to have a second place to hide out in. We need to get a BOLO out on him."

"I'll call HPD," Danny replied, leaving the room as he pulled his phone out.

Chin glanced at Steve as he glared around the room. He could see the anger and frustration clearly on his face. "Steve?"

The former SEAL stopped in his pacing to look sharply at Chin. Running a hand through his hair, he sighed heavily. "We were so close, Chin," he murmured. "We were this close to getting him. And now we're back to square one."

"No, we're not," Chin countered. "Joseph knows we're onto him now, and we're closing in. He's been spooked now. In his mind, he needs to finish this before we arrest him; he's going to start getting reckless now."

Steve took in a breath as he listened to what Chin was saying, and the calm, detached front slid back into place. "Okay. Let's get back to HQ; we can come up with a strategy there."

As they left the bedroom, Danny came back down the hallway. "HPD has put out a BOLO on Alex Joseph, and alerted the news as well. If Joseph is seen anywhere, HPD will get a call."

"Alright, good," Steve nodded. "We need to head back and try and find where Joseph might be hiding out now. We need to talk to Miriam again, too. She wanted to protect her brother; she may know where he'd go."

Danny reached out and grasped Steve's arm as he tried to walk past him. "Steve, hold up. It probably wouldn't be the best idea to speak to Miriam again so soon," he suggested.

The look Steve gave him was one of disbelief. "What? She could know where her brother's going to go, Danny; we need to talk to her again."

"After you nearly scared her to death this morning?" Danny retorted, raising his eyebrows. Steve flushed in embarrassment as Danny reminded him of his behaviour that morning. "We'll talk to her tomorrow, Steve. She needs some time to calm down, as do you."

"We need to find him, though," Steve argued, despite the fact that he knew it would be pointless.

"And we will. We've got a BOLO out on him, so we'll know when he's been seen," the blond reasoned. "But you need to take a step back for now, all right, and come back to it tomorrow in a calm state of mind."

Steve nodded, giving up the fight. "Alright. Let's go, then."

Okay, so I hope that was worth the wait. Please, please, please, pleeeease leave reviews; I need nice things to undo all the badness of this week!