A/N: Hey everyone, sorry this didn't come out yesterday like I'd promised, I just got really carried away writing this story and now it's almost finished so I am taking a break and updating it. On the bright side of things, I'm almost finished and I'm so happy where this story is going. On the down side, you'll all have to wait for the updates but I hope to have them coming often now that the story is almost done!
So for now, enjoy this chapter and I'll see you in a few days with the next!
Chapter 21: Finding a Friend
Three more days on the case, the governor covering up anything he could to get Five-O out of the media spot light and into the field and finally they caught their break. Lex found a receipt to a gambling ring inside the sixty seven Chevy. Danny posed with Kono as a wealthy couple looking to do some gambling, although not as legitimate as the original group and then they managed to get in over their heads on purpose. They were taken to an underground operation, by the owners of the legitimate business, and then they found a link to a new ring in town. Danny and Kono's undercover led Lex and Chin to the same men who were holding the Canadian MP for ransom, although they were stupid and ransomed too far out of their means.
"Morons!" Danny huffed in the faces of the would-be criminals and personally escorted the Canadian to the hospital and then to the governors mansion where Danny handed over all the PR work and international dealings to the Governor and his staff.
Back at the office the mountain of paper work and the phone calls met Danny and the team and it was two whole days before the mess was cleaned up, the MP and her husband's body were sent back to Canada and the failed criminals were behind bars awaiting trial.
The debrief didn't happen until the following Monday and that evening passed with the four Five-Os sitting together at the closest dive bar they could find, sipping beers and marveling at the shear stupidity of the case.
The 'new' criminals had decided that gambling would be the quickest and easiest way for them to make a quick buck, because according to their statements, 'the house always wins'. What they hadn't counted on were the other, more qualified criminals who didn't take kindly to new comers on their home turf. In a mix of bad conversations and empty threats the suspects got in over their heads and mixed up the Canadians with another king pin and his wife. In the mix up, they ransomed the Canadian to the underground organization; claiming to have killed their leader who, in reality, took the ransom calls with his wife at his side. By the time the Five-Os had caught the case and pieced together the mistakes, the missing Canadian was all over the news. The king pin and his wife had gone into hiding but not before tipping off Danny and Kono, undercover and at one of their underground operations. In preparations for the raid, Chin and Lex called in HPD back up and set up their plan of attack, which wasn't needed as the would-be kidnappers realized they had been had and surrendered in a lack luster, rather ridiculous moment as they hid behind the kidnapped Canadian and they came out of their 'secret' location to an army of cops waiting for them. In the end the 'new' criminals proved once and for all that crime never pays, as larger international kidnapping charges were laid and they made absolutely no money from their schemes and failures.
On the bright side, Kono and Chin were able to trace a few phone calls, put a lock on the underground gambling ring and Five-O were able to move in on the Monday morning to arrest the king pin and his wife, and put an end to another illegal operation on the island of Oahu. The beers flowed freely now in celebration that the case was over, and the following morning would return to the office and everything would be business as usual.
On Tuesday morning Danny was greeted by an overly active office phone and a new stack of potential cases to either send back to HPD or pick one out of the bunch to get started on.
Kono slipped into Danny's office, a placed he had remained all morning, at just about noon to get his lunch order and found him still on the phone. A few odd hand gestures shared by friends were sent silently across the room, and then Kono was waved into a chair to wait for the call to be over. Finally Danny sighed with exasperation and said good-bye to the Governor of Hawaii.
"What's on your mind, Kiddo?" Danny asked as he hung up his office phone.
"I have a couple of minor questions for you," Kono smiled and leaned forward passing a paper across Danny's desk.
"It's just a name," Danny stated.
"It sure is," Kono laughed. "A name that is suspiciously elusive on my end."
"Is this for an investigation I'm not aware of?"
"It's more of a side project." Kono confessed and Danny knew exactly what she was talking about.
"Having to do with the arms case?" Danny whispered.
"You bet Boss."
"I'm not the boss!"
"You are for now," Kono laughed at Danny's discomfort.
"So why is this guy of interest?" Danny asked trying to change the subject.
"Because this is the only name I've run into multiple times."
"How many times?"
"Three, as of today."
"With all those guns he's only been mentioned three times?" Danny asked skeptically.
"I've checked out every other name I've come across and they check out. But this guy is all dead ends, like high level security issues, dead ends." Kono explained.
"And you want me to see if I can weasel my way into some access?" Danny asked as he dramatically made faces and gestures toward his office phone.
"I just though that maybe, if the governor doesn't want to cooperate and because you are Steve's best friends, you might have an in with Steve's girlfriend and Naval Intelligence, and could get us access to top secret information like a Super SEAL." Kono stated with a hint of mischief on her voice.
Danny rolled his eyes, "the dead ends just happen to be those kinds of dead ends?"
"I'm afraid so."
Danny mulled over the idea, staring at the name on the paper and the thoughts crossed his face like the clouds in the sky. He clearly had issues with the idea, but at the same time he was curious.
"Also, I am heading out to get cheese burgers for lunch because Lex is talking up Washington, and Chin and I are going to school him in amazing burgers. Do you want to place an order, or should I just get you the usual heart attack in a box." Kono asked with a grin.
Danny checked his wall clock, snatched the paper off his desk and stood, "Although the heart attack sounds great right about now, both figuratively and literally speaking, I'll have to pass for today, but thanks for the offer Kono." He stated with a wink.
"Where are you going?"
"Lunch date," he smiled.
"With Gabby?" Kono asked teasingly.
"No, with Steve's girlfriend, Catherine," Danny stated, pocketed the paper and stepped out of his office before Kono could retaliate.