Disclaimers: I do not, unfortunately and sadly, own anything of Hawaii Five-0 except for my character(s) and ideas. But I do wish I own both Steve/Alex and Danny/Scott.
Santa ran out of budget to buy clothes so he send me naked Alex under my Christmas tree and he generously put a ribbon on his head.
Truth II
After days from the suffering night, Allegra knows what could get her mind off that. Easy.
Work
The bullpen is deserted when she walks in with a tall cup of coffee and a box of Loco Moco from Rainbow dresses in a jeans and sequin cropped tee. She pushes her door open and closes it and drops her stuffs on the table. She powers up her Macbook and slides her gun under the table at the special place.
She eats while keeping an eye on her work, typing and then eat. Type then eat. She's a workaholic sometimes. As she is typing, she reaches for the cup with her eyes stick to the screen reading the pages.
Somehow, the cup slips out of her fingers and falls on the floor.
'Oh shit.' She mouths, pushing her chair further from the puddle.
Lucky, the coffee didn't fall on her heels. She stands up and walks out the door to go to the janitor room to get a mop or someone who can clean the spill she made.
'What's wrong with you, boss?'
Chin asks, after seeing his boss kind of fidgety in the car. 'Remember the pen drive you gave me? The one that contain all information about my twin. Every single thing of it?'
Chin glances at him, 'It's gone?'
'It's gone. I can't find it.' Steve curses and slams his hand on the steering wheel. He raises his hand and let it tangles through his hair, trying to massage the pressure out of his head. 'Are you sure you didn't misplaced it? At your home maybe?' Chin says but Steve gives him a negative answer.
'No. I put it in my drawer. It has lock on it. The person who took it was very careful because I didn't get any prints or trace or even hair.'
Chin gives him a supporting smile and pats him on the shoulder.
'I'll sure you can fine it. Me and Kono will help you, brah.'
'Thanks Chin. Anyway does Danny know anything about this?' Steve asks, slowly the car.
'No. He didn't know anything.'
'Good. Let it stay that w….' He stops when his phone in his pocket starts ringing. He fishes it out and looks at the screen. An unknown number. He press the 'accept' and press the speaker.
'Hello. This is McGarrett.'
'Steve. It's nice to talk to you again.'
'Who the hell are you?' He says and pulls over by the side. He pulls a pen from his pocket and writes on his palm and shows it to Chin whom then nods and pulls out his phone.
Trace the call. Now.
'Well, let say that I'm the Death and I'm here to claim your debt. A life of your pretty sister.' The unknown caller hails out a deep and sinister laugh.
'You stay away from Mary, or I'll swear….'
The caller cuts in, making a 'tsk' sound with his tongue continuously, 'No, no. It's not about Mary Ann. It's about your pretty little twin. What was her name?' He chuckles, 'Allegra. Pretty name. Pretty person. I don't really want to hurt her.'
Steve flips the siren and light on and slams the pedal to the floor.
'If you hurt her, I'll swear I'll find you and kill you.'
But all he hears is the sound of continuous beeping. The caller is long gone.
After Allegra waits patiently for the cleaner to clean up her mess, she thanks him and walks back in to find an A4 size brown envelope on the table.
It wasn't there before; she mouths to herself and picks up the envelope.
She presses the envelope but there's no present of thick paper or something except for a hard lump on the bottom of the envelope. She rips the top carefully and tilts it down and watches as the lump falls on the floor.
All she could think is a handmade bomb or some device that will explode or kill her but it was just a blue pen drive with her name written on it. She opens her drawer and pulls out a black glove; the one she always used at the crime scene and puts it on and picks it up.
It was indeed a normal pen drive.
She walks out her office and inserts the pen drive into one of the USB port and watches as documents, certifications and pictures are extracted out from the drive. She enlarges the first certificate and was surprised to see her first name on it. Well, sort of her name. She reads every details of the birth certificate and she is surprise to see that information was almost right especially the name. But the number of the certificate is 100% the same as hers
It was bearing the name of a girl whom was named as Allegra McGarrett.
Wait—McGarrett. McGarrett. Steve McGarrett. Is she a family of him or what? Then why would somebody sent her pen drive with that such of information to her? She pushes it aside and enlarges newspaper clipping.
'Wife of a retired deputy of Honolulu Police Department was killed in a car accident.'
Her body shakes when she saw the picture of the wife. 'Mum.' She moans, running her fingers on the picture. She remembers the last time she saw her mum before she died. Confusion also hits her hard.
But mum was killed on duty?
She furiously checks all the files and picture with tears running down her face. Her dental record, her USN and CIA resumes, her certifications, her awards, her title. This Allegra McGarrett stole her identity. Or she actually stole Allegra McGarrett's identity. But there's no proves that she's dead. There is also no proves that she's dead. She jumps, surprised by the sudden ringing from her phone in the office. Taking a deep breath, she rushes in and answers it, 'Hello, this is Allegra.'
'Enjoying what I've sent in for you?' The voice at the end taunts her.
Her expression changes and she reaches for the gun under her desk. With courage, she dares herself to speak, 'W—who the hell are you?'
'Speaking of manners. My bad, my love. My name is Wo Fat. Let's just say that your family knew me well.'
She rushes out, phone at her ears, eyes focused and her gun up, readily to pull the trigger. 'What family? Why did you send me this pen drive?'
Wo fat chuckles sinisterly and Allegra is shaking badly, 'You know you're adoptive. You know that your real name is Allegra McGarrett. You should thank your twinny, Steven. He did a great job in finding all of this information. Don't forget Lieutenant Kelly too.'
'Don't touch him or any of his family or any one.' She growls coldly, keeping her eyes around.
'Of course. I forgot who I am talking too. Now, darling, listen to me. You should know that your family owed me something. You've never met daddy and now he's long gone, mummy dead too. Steven, I don't think son of a bitch will last long and Mary Ann, that girl is a pain in the ass.' Wo fat laughs and she's frustrated.
'You can't threaten me. I don't even know who the hell are they!'
'That didn't go well.' He said and she could sense that Wo Fat is smiling, mocking her, 'You should know that I have no hesitation to go and kill your Gracie-bear .She's really pretty. What a shame if I have to kill her.'
She startled and her legs—she don't have legs. She falls on the floor. With a shaking voice and little bits of courage, she speaks. 'Please leave her alone. I beg you. I'll do anything you want.' She's begging. She's a beggar. She's begging for a life of a little girl who she can call a family. A daughter.
Wo Fat laughs, victoriously, 'Your brother knows what to do.'
'What-what do you mean by that?'
But all she heard was a continuous beeping. She's been disconnected. McGarretts is in danger. Grace is in danger and is all because of her. She buries her head in her hands, crying.
'Allegra!'
She jumps, startled and shocked to see Steve, Chin and Kono, all armed in bulletproof vest and sniper ready to open fire. Steve walks in and glances at the screens. She knew everything. She got his pen drive.
'Allegra.' He mouths and he pulls her in his arms.
Reluctantly she lets him pulled her closer and she cries at his chest. Steve motions to both Kono and Chin to leave them alone for a while. Now he knows what the caller means by hurting her. Not physically, but her mental, her emotions.
'I'm so sorry. I am so sorry.' He whispers, rocking her back and forth.
'I'm s—scared.' She cries, clearly traumatized.
He shushes her and rubs her back, 'I got you. I'm your brother. I got you. Don't worry.'
Steve watches as his traumatized sister, takes a sip of a coffee. Her mind seems to be drifting away and he didn't dare to bug her. They are sitting at a secluded table at the Kamekona's, leaving Chin and Kono to finish processing the case and the pen drive.
'Allegra.'
'How long have you knew about this? How do you know about this?'
She tilts her head up, looking him in the eyes. Steve startled and sighs, 'About a week ago. I saw a picture of my mum and dad and me in your office when I was looking for you. I got suspicious so I asked Chin to check on you. Every single thing even your blood type. That's when I know you're my sister.'
She glares at him sharply and bursts, 'You have no right to go in my office and let alone letting you snooping and checking on my background.'
Steve nods and puts his hand on hers, 'I know. I'm sorry. But I have my rights to know about my sister too. You're my Ohana. My blood relatives. I'm responsible on you.' Allegra shakes her head, raking her locks behind. 'No you're not. I've been standing on my own feet for almost 30 years without you. Without dad. Without mom, without Mary and clearly, I don't need a super seal to be responsible on me. I can take punches and shots on my own.' She stands up and walks away.
'No. 'He yells, protesting, 'You come back here and sit down.'
'You have no right to make me do anything.' She growls.
'I'm your goddamn brother!'
Both of them are speechless, either does Kamekona and the other customers. She walks back to her seat and slides back in, hugging her knees to avoid any tension between both of them. 'I know this is hard for you to understand.' Steve said, sliding next to her, 'But you are my sister, I just want to protect you.' She nods and turns to face his face and gives him a reassuring smile.
'I know. Thank you.'
Steve smiles and puts his arms around her, embracing his new blood relative. 'I won't let anybody hurt you, you get it?' He whispers, kissing the side of her hair, rubbing her back comfortingly. They pull away.
'You hungry?' He asks, grinning.
She smiles and puts her hand on her tummy, 'I'm starving.'
He gets off the bench and pulls out his wallet, 'Buttered rice and spicy shrimps?' She nods and watches as he walks to the truck and orders. She grabs her mug and takes a long sip before the phone in her pocket beeps.
She pulls it out to see one unread message from an unknown number.
-I love family reunion, but please, remember what we've talked moment ago. Remember. Gracie-Bear depends on you
Her face turns bloodless and she tries to call the number. Failed. She then presses the phone book and search for Gracie-bear's number and calls. When the soft, calm voice of Grace greets her, she breaths in relief and thanks God for keeping Danny's daughter safe.
'Hello, bear.'
'Hello Ally. How are you doing?'
She smiles and couldn't help to cry in relief, 'I'm a bit under the weather and I know the voice that could cheered me up. That's your voice.' She hears Grace's cute laugh at the end of the line. 'I'm glad that you're alright. Danno says hey. We missed you.'
'Tell Danno, I missed him too. Gracie I have to go. Thank you for cheering me up.'
After exchanging a few 'I love you' s and kisses, she hung up and then she notices that Steve is already in front of her. 'Why are you crying?' He asks, putting the red plate in front of her. She smiles and takes the chopstick from his hand.
'Gracie called.'
'You got pretty hooked up with Danno's girl. Anything good happen between you and Danny that you like to share with your brother?' Steve asks nonchalantly, taking the first bite. 'I'm a babysitter. This is going to go very well because you just started being my brother for few minutes and you already annoying.' She complains.
'No, I'm just finding a good reason so I can punch him. You get that?'
They continue eating in silence. While Steve is very into his food, Allegra just keeps taking small bites and tends to play with her food. 'Why aren't you eating?' Steve asks, stealing her shrimp.
'Who's Wo Fat?' She asks, daring to look him in the eyes.
His face falls and he looks around before asking her a question, 'How did you know him?' She shrugs and pulls out her phone. 'That freak called me and texted me.' He snatches the phone out of her hand and looks at both her call history and inbox.
'I've tried calling that number.' She highlights the top number, 'But I can't. I think it was a disposable phone.' He pulls out his phone and dials Kono's numbers. 'Kono, yeah. Hey listen, I need you to hack in Ally's phone and check the last call and the last text she got. You got it?' He ends the call and pulls her hand in his bigger hand.
'I want you to listen to me. Mary is coming for a visit and she's at my home. Mary is my younger sister and I can't promise that she'll take the news very well. But, listen. I want you to move in with me for a while and stay with Mary. Don't go to work, I'll set up officers to take care of you.'
She sighs and pulls her hand, 'Steve, I'm not a kid.'
'I know. I want you to take care of Mary. She's the kid. Come on, I own her an explanation.'
Mary doesn't really take the news really well but she's excited knowing that she has a long lost sister. 'Where is she?' Mary asks after Steve finished telling the entire story. He points to the door. 'Outside. She's talking to Danny.'
Mary stands up and quietly opens the door ajar. Allegra is sitting on the stair of the porch. Her phone is between her left cheek and shoulder, head against the nearest wall.
'No, Danny, seriously. Stop. I'm good. I'm fine.' She closes her mouths and let a gasp.
'No, last time….listen to me…Daniel Williams shut up. Okay…Okay, I'll shut up.'
Without knowing, Steve joins her and Mary couldn't help to laugh quietly. 'Let me guess, she dates that haole?' She says as she remembers the charming but annoying haole who's Steve's partner. 'Charming. Both sarcastic, witty. Perfect couple.'
'They broke up years ago. I guess Danno tries to win her back using Grace.' Steve whispers.
'That's pathetic.' Mary protests.
'Double Ds. Danny's Desperate.'
They continue eavesdropping. 'No, Danny. Don't. I'm good. No scratches or cuts. Well, no, I'm sorry there's two McGarretts in your life. No, wait, three. That does include Mary. No, she's not a family dog. Easy, he's Lieutenant Commander McGarrett. I'm Commander McGarrett. Is that good?'
Silence
'Look Danny. I'm good. I appreciate it. Why did I cry just now? I missed Grace, that's all. Danny, I'm a grown up. I can take care of myself. You need to take care of yourself and Grace. No, I mean it. I really mean it.'
Allegra stretches herself and stands up, 'No, I'm at Steve's. I have to go. Yes, I'll call you in the morning. Bye.' She turns around and quite surprised to see Steve and Mary snooping on her. 'Hello there.' She mouths awkwardly and waves. Mary smiles and walks out the door, holding her hand.
'Hey. I'm Mary. Your younger sister.'
'I'm Allegra. Your—'
'My long lost sister. Yeah, I know that.' Mary says. Steve leans against the door frame, arms on his chest. 'I didn't mean to bug in like this and disturb your family. I don't expect you take it all well. But, we can try slowly and tries to adapt ourselves and try to be a family.' Allegra offers, hands in her pocket. She presses her lips into a straight line, waiting for a rejection from the blonde girl.
Mary looks at her and Steve and back to her. Her eyes are teary and she jumps in Allegra's arms, hugging her tightly. Steve smiles and Allegra was completely surprised but she smiles and returns the hug, rubbing her back and letting Mary cries on her shoulder.
'I haven't hug a person like this before except for mum. And I missed it so much and I really wish I could feel it again. The warmth. But one from someone, a family. From a sister I never knew, I think I got what I want now.'
Steve steps in front, embracing both girls in his arms. He has a bigger responsibility now. He has to take care both of his sisters and as long as he lived, nothing or no one can touched them.
not the best chapter. I can't believe that I'm going to start going back to hell *cough* school *cough* in just a week!
