Chapter 14: Honolulu Police Department: Forensics Division. Oahu, Hawaii.
Steve walked quickly through the familiar halls of the forensics center. He had received a call from Danny telling him that the bike and trace, along with all of the additional surveillance footage had been sent in for analysis and that they would have to retrieve it from HPD before heading back to their own offices. McGarrett had relayed Chin's current conditions, relieving Danny's imagination, and putting into perspective just how lucky Chin was. Steve realized the same thing when he walked in and saw the scientist meticulously picking over the mangled bike. Danny was standing in a corner, his arms crossed over his chest in deep contemplation as the scientists worked around him.
"Does our boy look as bad as that?" Danny asked pointing at the bike.
"Chin is a lucky man," Steve replied, a little shock on the Super Seal's face.
"Tell me, Steven, who does this in broad daylight, in early morning rush hour traffic, in the middle of the business district?"
"Someone who knew Chin would be riding through there at that time of day." Steve stated.
"Maybe it was someone who was desperate to clean up loose ends; no matter who sees them?" Danny asked.
"Chin identified the drive," Steve whispered not wanting the scientists in the room to hear him.
Danny turned, raised and eyebrow to his partner, and stared.
"He said it was Olani." McGarrett said.
"I don't like coincidences, Steven." Danny stated.
"I doubt this is one." Danny nodded his agreement at his partner's statement.
"Speaking of coincidences, do you think it is odd that I spoke to one of our golf course friends this morning?" Danny asked.
"Golf course, you hate golf Danny, what are you talking about?" Steve asked.
"Well you remember a little incident we had; with oh I don't know Hiro Noshimori?" Danny asked.
"You've got my attention." Steve stated.
"Well his friend, Wo Fat, just happened to hand me this surveillance DVD," Danny said pulling the disc from his pocket.
"That's suspicious." Steve stated taking the disc from Danny's hands.
"Yeah, I thought so too," Danny said.
McGarrett fell silent and looked around the lab at all the materials that had been brought in from their crime scene. The computers buzzed, the team of scientist were masked and gloved and worked so meticulously it looked more like an archeological dig rather then a crime investigation.
"Well, gentlemen, I can tell you the make and model of you hit vehicle." One of the lab techs stated as he his computer pinged.
"What do you have, Nobu?" Danny asked.
"It's was a Honda CRV, 2010 model, one of thousands in the United States. It's a very generic vehicle. The good news is the paint we found on the bike was specific to Honda. The bad news, there are lots of them floating around the island." Nobu stated. "Other then that, I don't know what else I can tell you. I hope the surveillance gives you more."
"Chin gave us a good lead," McGarrett stated visibly disappointed to not have gained anymore information from the wreck.
"He's lucky to be alive," Nobu said. "The bike took most of the impact."
"It was meant to look like an accident!" Danny stated as he and Steve moved to leave the forensics center."
"Good thing Chin got a good look at the driver." McGarrett stated.
"Well, we'll see her too," Danny said flipping through the stack of DVD's they had retrieved from HPD. "She's bound to be on one of these."
"Good job, Williams, maybe you do know what you're doing!" Steve smiled as he walked around to the driver side of the Camaro.
"Whoa, you have your own vehicle. Get away from my car!" Danny stated.
"Just give me the keys!" Steve demanded. "It's better for the environment."
"Since when do you care?" Danny asked.
"Since I walked over here from the Hospital, cause Kono drove us there." McGarrett confessed.
Danny tossed the keys to his partner with a sigh and fell into the passenger side.