Steve and Harry were called into the Governor's office the next morning. Sam Denning had been promoted and this was likely the usual assertion of power.
They spent a good half an hour in the waiting room before Harry had enough.
"Come on Steve. Gloria, tell Sam that the next time he schedules a meeting he either keeps it or reschedules it if something comes up. We do have things to do." He told the secretary.
"Sure Harry."
Gloria had worked as the Governor's assistant for three different Governors. She knew Harry and Lilo quite well having often babysat Lilo whilst Harry was in meetings.
"Hi, I'm here for my appointment with the Governor." Said a blonde haired young woman as they turned to leave.
"I'd reschedule if I were you." Harry snorted.
"Weston, Potter, McGarrett, get in here." Came the order from behind them.
"Excuse me?" Harry said in outrage. "You had damned well better start showing some respect Sam or we are going to have a problem." He said as he stormed into the office leaving a shocked Weston and Steve and an angry Denning.
As they all sat down Denning began to speak, but Harry jumped in first.
"Let me guess, you want Miss Weston here to be assigned to Five-0 as a form of liaison or babysitter."
"I-"
"That's fine by me as long as she understands that Steve's orders are the ones to be followed. She can't be serving two masters when people's lives are on the line. She can report to you as much as she wants, but whose orders she follows is non-negotiable."
"If you-"
"Miss Weston, do you understand and agree?"
Lori Weston was shocked. She just sat there, her eyes darting between the Governor and this strange man. The third man was trying to look inconspicuous.
"I… is that… Governor?" She eventually turned to who she could confirm was the highest ranking official in the room.
"Mr Potter-"
"Sir Lord Potter, Governor. Get it right." Harry admonished firmly.
Denning grimaced. "Sir Lord Potter is essentially correct. I want you to make sure that Five-0 doesn't break any laws. Their immunity has been revoked."
"What?!" Steve demanded.
"Relax, so you can't break a few laws. I still have that luxury and so will Kono in a week or two."
"I suggest you don't or I will have your diplomatic immunity revoked." Denning warned.
Harry just scoffed. "Yeah, you try that, you definitely have a death wish for your career."
Steve's phone suddenly went off along with Harry's.
"Looks like we have a case." He said as he saw it was Chin calling. "See you around Sam. Come on Weston." Harry ordered as he walked out.
Weston just sat there as the other two men left.
"We'll talk more later." Denning said waving her out.
"Guys, this is Lori Weston, she's been assigned by the Governor as his new spy on Five-0. Lori meet Danny, Chin and Kono. Kono, congratulations you are no longer the rookie on the team." Harry said with a grin.
"I do have several years of experience." Lori objected.
"Not with Five-0, that makes you the rookie." Danny agreed.
"And you have one foot out the door already considering your clearly divided loyalties." Harry added.
That one offended Lori. "I give my all to any case I work."
"Five-0 isn't about cases. It's about the team, a team who gives their all to each other and their cases. When you can assure us that you are giving your all to the team, then we can talk."
"What do we have?" Steve asked trying to get back to the case.
Kono stepped up. "Fifteen year old Jen Hassley was abducted from the paddle board changing rooms. Her mother saw her being driven away whilst she was smashing the back windows and screaming so we know it wasn't voluntary."
"What's worse is that Jen has a heart condition and if she doesn't get her medication she will die." Chin added.
"Steve, I'm going to get Stitch, see if we can't at least pick up her scent. I want you to speak to Jen's doctor and find out how best to deal with her condition in an emergency." Harry said before walking off.
"The mother got a partial plate and a description so I'm going to go and run that down." Chin said.
"I'll start investigating her online social profiles, see if she was being stalked." Kono added.
Lori was not pleased when she was summarily lumped with babysitting the Hassleys. But McGarrett and Potter had made it clear she was the rookie on the team. She did find herself being useful through utilising her skills as a profiler to provide insights into the girl herself.
Chin found the car used in the kidnapping but also discovered it filled with blood, they tracked down the apartment belonging to the owner of the car only to discover photos of lots of girls, it was as if the man, Matt Porter, was stalking these girls.
Harry and Stitch finally reached the end of Jen Hassley's scent trail. A makeshift runway.
"I don't suppose you could track it if we flew after them?"
Stitch just stared at him.
"Fine, let's call the FAA and see if there are any flight plans listed."
That turned out to be a bust. So they needed radar readings for the past day, possibly two days. Fortunately he had a new source available.
"Joe, it's Harry Potter."
"Has Steve gotten arrested again?" Joe White joked.
"No, but the governor assigned him a babysitter." Harry returned.
"Ouch! What can I do for you Harry?"
"I've got a kidnapped girl I've tracked her to a small runway but the FAA doesn't have any flight plans listed. I was hoping you could get some radar readings or at least the name and number of someone who can."
"I can handle that. Can you give me the name of the runway?"
"Kahuku Army Airfield."
"Ok, give me half an hour and I'll get back to you."
"Thanks Joe."
"Guys and girls, what do we have?" Harry asked as he and Stitch entered the office.
"We found the car, but there was a lot of blood in the trunk. Turns out it's not Jen's but belongs to a man called Matt Porter. Max discovered the body had already been found dead and listed as a John Doe, he had a lot of stalker photos in his apartment." Chin reported.
"He was due to meet someone tomorrow so we are going to try and catch them see if they can give us some more leads." Danny added.
"You don't know who this person is?"
"Julie Nells, she was meeting Porter tomorrow at 9:30am. We were planning on being there."
"That's not soon enough. Track her down and interrogate her, Jen's life is ebbing away and we don't have time to wait on a stakeout."
"Harry, I found it." Joe announced as he came in.
"Brilliant Joe." He then explained to the others. "Stitch and I tracked Jen to an abandoned airfield. No flight plans were registered so I asked Joe if he could track down radar data for the islands so we could track it."
"How did you track her to the airfield?" Lori asked.
"Sorry, classified." Harry said.
"I have clearance."
"Not this type, ma'am." Joe warned.
Lori thought that was unlikely but held her peace.
"Only one plane took off from that airfield all day and it was after the time of the abduction. The plane flew to a makeshift airstrip on Lanai."
"Ok, Stitch and I will head over to the landing strip. See if we can't find a scent to track."
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come." Joe said respectfully.
"Me too."
"Sorry Miss Weston, Joe and I will be engaged in classified manoeuvres. If we find our target he will likely have to hang back as he won't have authorisation to act." Harry said, but he was sincere.
"The rest of you track down leads on this island. Find that woman and any intel you can on what we could be going up against." He said as he and Joe headed out the door.
"Portkey?" Joe asked as they got geared up.
"Thank god. I thought I was going to have to call David for the chopper." Harry breathed.
Joe just laughed. "I'm a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Seals. Have been for decades, I not only know about magic but also read your file, well most of it. Some parts were redacted even with my clearance."
"You think that's bad? Even I don't have clearance to read all of it!" Harry said with annoyance. "Apparently, some idiot at the Pentagon thought I wasn't allowed to know my date of birth and middle name but I was cleared to read my kill count."
"Seriously?"
"Yep. I requested a copy for Kono, I felt she deserved to know all she could about me. It was a shock to see they blacked that out but included the fact that I was a virgin till I met Kono."
Joe just laughed. "By the way, I know about Stitch. I've worked with Agent Bubbles a few times on dealing with various experiments that got off the island."
"I always wondered who dealt with those." Harry mused as he pulled out a long wooden stick and began to enchant it to become a Portkey. "Where are they now?"
"You and your little girl have them. Due to diplomatic pressure from the Council Woman, we had to leave them in Lilo's care. So we would catch them and leave them on the island for Lilo to find. We would have passed them along personally, but… it was all classified.
"Did you know Steve was supposed to join my team before his Dad was killed." Joe said conversationally.
"Really? Doesn't really seem like his style."
"I figured he could do with a break. He has an amazing record but he could do with a few more… redacted missions." Joe smirked.
Joe and Harry grabbed the Portkey and landed on the island of Lanai. Stitch immediately went to work sniffing the nearby plane and locating Jen's scent. And then they were off.
"Cult?"
"Cult." Joe agreed.
"A little less conversation a-"
"Hey Steve."
"Presley?" Joe chuckled.
"Harry, we think Jen Hassley was taken by a cult."
"That was our guess too." Harry said.
The suspicion was ripe in Steve's voice. "You've already found her haven't you."
"We found the cult's compound, we were just scouting the place and deciding on a plan of action."
"Can you wait for us before moving in?"
"How quick can you get here before Jen runs out of time?"
"About an hour."
"I'm going to head in. Joe and Stitch will be waiting for you at the airstrip." He didn't wait for a response before he hung up and switched his phone to mute.
Harry reached into his backpack and pulled out his cloak. "I need to get Jen her meds. There's no telling what damage she could suffer in the long term the longer she goes without it."
"Fine by me. I assume you're going to wait until you hear the bullets flying?"
"Depends on how bad Jen is. OW!" Harry rubbed his head where Stitch had hit him.
"Portkey!"
"Statute of Secrecy!" Harry countered.
"Dying!"
"I think he's got you beat there." Joe laughed.
"Fine, I will attempt to stabilise her and then Portkey her to Alani."
"Healer?"
"With a temper."
"Nothing new there, kid." Joe commiserated.
Whilst Joe and Stitch waited for the rest of Five-0 to arrive by chopper Harry slipped into the compound and began searching for Jen Hassley. Eventually he found her locked in a dismal looking room and shaking like a leaf.
"Jen Hassley, I'm Harry Potter. I'm here to rescue you… and yes, I know I am a little short to be a Stormtrooper." He teased with a serious face.
This got a weak laugh from the dying young girl.
"Here, I've got your meds. Take what you need now and then we will try and get you out of here." Harry was constantly looking towards the door and listening for footsteps whilst Jen swallowed her tablets.
"What now?" She asked.
"Now we break a few laws and get you out of here." Harry grinned.
"I'm not strong enough." She said sadly.
"You don't have to do anything but relax." Harry assured her. He took her blanket and turned it into a Portkey. "Hold on to me as tight as you can." He said as he put his arms around her waist and held the Portkey against her back.
"See you on the other side." He said with a smile before Jen Hassley was dragged from her prison by magic.
"Where's Harry?" Danny asked as they moved away from the helicopter.
"He headed in to get the girl out. He just called to say she's safe and receiving treatment."
"He did that without getting caught?" Lori asked. "How."
"Sorry, classified." Steve said, although he wasn't really.
"So what's the plan?" Kono asked.
"Well, without Jen as a hostage we could just go in and take them all down." Steve considered.
"Why not just approach them openly and arrest them?" Lori suggested.
"Because they will gladly shoot us if they think we are threatening their freedom." Joe explained.
"Ok, three teams. Me and Chin, Danny and Kono. We head in and start tying them up as quietly as possible. If we go to guns then Joe and Lori are our backup and can out flank the cultists." Steve ordered.
"Sounds good to me." Joe said quickly when he saw Lori about to protest.
"Do you think they would carry their guns everywhere?" Lori asked curiously.
"What do you mean?" Steve asked.
"Well, the ground and foliage are pretty dry. What if we set fire to an empty building. Then whilst they are all in one place trying to put it out we can take them all at gun point."
"Joe, you see any possible targets?" Steve asked.
The take down of the cult was relatively successful. Danny complained it was a disaster considering Steve managed to kill three of the cultists. Granted they had been about to shoot Danny, but that didn't seem to matter to him.
Danny voiced his opinion that Lori should partner with Steve considering she too seemed to have a penchant for destruction.
Lori quickly arranged a meeting with the Governor. She needed answers.
"How was your first assignment?" Denning asked politely.
"Interesting… and confusing." She admitted. "The team appeared to work well together, they utilised various outside sources. Potter seems overly attached and reliant on his dog though, I'll admit it is highly trained but he takes it nearly everywhere. There were many things that Harry Potter… achieved but when I asked how they were achieved they said it was classified."
Denning's face grimaced for half a second. He wasn't authorised to inform Lori about magic or even Stitch. Technically, assigning Lori Weston was beyond his authority, but he needed some control over McGarrett and Potter, they were volatile loose canons.
"I am aware of the likely methods used by Mr. Potter and his attachment to that… dog." Denning said carefully. "Unfortunately I am not allowed to divulge this information either. You will simply have to make do with the knowledge you do have."
"Yes Governor." Lori said somewhat disappointedly.
"Of the methods you were privy to, were there any issues you noted?"
"Not that I saw. I am still unfamiliar with the exact structure of the taskforce so I am unsure how much they can do, considering they involved a second Navy Seal and a CIA analyst. But as they rescued the girl without excessive bloodshed I would have to say the case was handled well."
"Without bloodshed? The report I read said McGarrett killed three people."
"That was after the rescue and when we were arresting the cult members. Several cultists tried to sneak behind us and nearly managed to kill Detective Williams. Commander McGarrett managed to spot them and neutralise them without the situation escalating."
"Escalating? Just what is your definition of 'escalation'?" Denning asked slightly amused.
"Each cultist was taken down with a single shot and in a very short window of time which prevented the remaining cultists from taking action or the whole thing devolving into a gun battle."
"Very well. Stay alert and keep me informed." Denning ordered.