A/N: Hello Everyone! I wanted to say I loved the comments for the last chapter you guys are so funny and so on the ball! I love it! So are there theories about the case? Danny doesn't like the smell of things but they have to move on. Things to come…Mayhem, but not just yet, we have some connections to make and relationships to build. Hope you like what I have so far! More to come soon! Thanks for all the comment I love them and I hope for more!
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Chapter 14: Not Finished
Danny threw the case file onto his desk as he slammed the door to his office behind him and started to pace grumbling to himself, his face turning red with anger. Things were not working out the way he would have liked them to, and without Steve around to rant at, to, or with Danny's bottled up emotions were starting to erupt like Kilauea on her best days. Usually the members of Five-O knew to not deal with Danny in a time like this, he just needed some time to himself to blow off steam, then it would be business as usual.
"Is he going to be ok?" Lex asked as he stood at the smart computer with Chin. "I mean, the case is closed. We got hundreds of illegal weapons off the streets, we found the last gun used in the murders and Schwartz confessed to everything. Why would the Detective be so angry?"
Chin sighed as he looked up at Danny and then back at the computer, "Danny is a brilliant Detective. This case isn't of our usual cases." Chin explained.
"How wasn't that the usual case for Five-O? Its something that would always be given to the elite and this should be an accomplishment that he's proud of, not angry." Lex stated as he turned toward Danny's office.
"Don't go in there," Chin warned. "If you value this job, you'll stay out of Danny's ways when he's like this." He added and put himself between Lex and Danny's office.
"That kind of behaviour is unacceptable for a man his age," Lex protested, "and someone should say something to him, and that someone is going to be me!"
"It's not going to be you," Chin stated as he grabbed the rookie by the arm. "You listen to me Rookie, and you listen well. This task force is a family and you weren't invited into it. We don't take well to strangers. You want to work here, you want him to trust you, you will walk away right now and do as you're told from here on out. It's not your place to say anything among us." Chin stated forcefully. "And you'll never get anywhere trying to throw your weight around. The things you need to know are as such; one, Danny and Steve are the bosses. Steve may not be here right now, but as far as Danny's concerned he is and his word is law. Two, five is a crowd and you are that fifth guy. Danny would rather work alone then work with someone other then the partner he trusts with his life. Three, trust no one. You really don't have any idea what went on here to bring us together, tear us apart, and build us back up again. We tread lightly and we work by instincts. You need to prove you've got good instincts and don't think that your instincts telling you to go in there and giving Danny a piece of your mind is right, right now. Do I make myself clear?"
Anger flashed read in Lex's eyes, but the resolved in Chin's were stronger.
"Take a walk, clear your head. Come back when you can control your temper." Chin stated.
Lex listened to his superior and walked out of the bull pen. Once Chin was sure the young man was well out of earshot, or rather any possibility of seeing anything, Chin walked across the office to Danny's door, knocked and walked in.
"This case was a fuckin joke!" Danny hissed when he turned, realized it was Chin, and let his emotions come out in words.
"It's suspicious but what else can we do?" Chin sighed. "The evidence points to Michailo, the guns all had his prints on them and he confessed."
"The guns had many prints on them and he confessed too easily," Danny yelled, "and why, in any evil mastermind's mind, would you give up all those weapons so easily, have those out in the open like that and not put up a fight? Why commit the crime in the first place?"
"Cause' it's a crime. Are there really ever any good reasons?" Chin asked.
"You know what I mean," Danny growled, "it's like we were pulled into this just to be distracted. That someone was trying to pull our attention away with some randomly over the top case and then when they realized that we were into it full on, they gave up."
"Maybe it's a cover for something bigger," Chin suggested.
"Now we're talking," Danny stated and continued his pacing.
"It's over, Danny, the case that is, but it's not finished." Chin sighed, "We'll keep looking into it, but for now we have to move on. Kono's gone to pick up another file from Max, we have a new case."
Danny sighed, "What did you tell the rookie, I saw you stop him before he came over here." Danny asked as he ran his hands through his hair.
"I told him to leave you alone," Chin answered honestly.
"He doesn't belong here," Danny sighed and fell into his desk chair, "I don't trust him at all."
"Well that is completely obvious," Chin smiled, "but he's here for the long haul, what can you do about it. Dennings has him baby sitting."
"Where the hell does Dennings find these people?" Danny grumbled, "I don't trust that guy either."
"I'll never trust a governor again," Chin said in concurrence.
"So what are we going to do about the Rookie?" Danny asked.
"He's making things harder, that for sure, but we have to deal with him."
"What is this, week one?" Danny sighed throwing his hands up, "and I'm already falling apart. This is a conspiracy to make me crack, I tell you, someone's got me on surveillance or something, and they are just waiting for me to kick it, go ballistic and shoot someone."
"I don't know about that," Chin laughed, "but something isn't right and we have to get to the bottom of that. Maybe someone is trying to keep us busy to not pay attention to what is going on right under our noses. Kono's on the guns, she's going to keep on investigating on the down low of course, and we'll find time to get to the bottom of this. If anything, the three of us, we're in this together. We'll do what we have to for the cameras and for the governor, and for whoever is watching us, but we're also not fools. This isn't finished, but we have to be so careful."
"I know," Danny sighed, "I know…what now?"
"We caught another case," Chin repeated as he stood, "I have some of the stats up on the board and Kono's gone to Max, she should be back any minute."
"More guns?" Danny asked with a sigh.
"Not this time, I don't think, this one looks like just a body dump." Chin said.
"Alright, lets put on a show," Danny said as he stood, "where are we looking?" he asked and headed out into the bullpen with Chin.
