A/N: Well, it's September 1st, where I am so I am posting again because I wanted to get the last chapter of this story posted. This is it. Another story has come to a conclusion. I want to thank everyone who was so supportive and excited about this story. I had a great time writing it. It was a lot of fun and kinda scary at time, but I made it through and so did Danny. Thank you, thank you, thank you a million time.

Chapter 34: Reunion

Danny and Steve walked out of the house to find the yard, the street and everywhere they looked a buzz with activity. The ambulances were poised for injuries and casualties. The police officers held off the advancing crows so that they didn't come to close to the scene of the crime as the bomb squad uncovered mines in the yard, the fire department removed canisters of only god knows what from the garage and Chin, Kono and Lori stood by, weapons in their hands, ready to rush in at Steve's command.

"The target is neutralized," Danny stated as he walked up to his friends with Steve leaning, heavily, on his right side.

"You okay boss?" Kono asked with concern.

"Everything went exactly as Danny planned, right down to me getting shot," Steve sighed, "but I'll be okay."

"How did you know it would happen that way?" Lori asked as she looked into Danny's tortured eyes.

"McMahon is calculated, if anything his life is planned out by the step. It may seem random, but he plans for everything, well everything that is within his control." Danny explained, "He just didn't factor in that I would shoot him, or maybe he did and he just didn't think I was a good enough shot."

"I'd read the report from the first time he was arrested." Chin smirked, "you didn't shoot then, even though he had been shooting at others. He wasn't shot, you weren't shot, and then you managed to get him into custody. How did you do it then?"

"When he back was turned and he was firing at the diversion that my partner was creating, I tackled him. He though I was a lone until he heard movement in the building and he started shooting at whatever he couldn't see." Danny explained.

"Why didn't you tackle him this time, why did you shoot?" Steve asked as Lori helped him pull off his shirt and then they worked on the Velcro straps of his body armor.

"He needed to die," Danny sighed, "none of us could have found closure if that monster was left alive. I don't pretend to be proud of what I did, but at least he can't come after us again."

The four other members of Danny's family nodded their understanding as Steve continued to struggle with the armor.

"Alright, that's enough of talk. I don't want to talk anymore." Danny stated as he saw the bruise that was appearing on Steve's chest, "you need to get that checked out."

"I forgive you for getting me shot." Steve smirked as he turned toward the waiting ambulance.

"You didn't have a choice," Danny sighed, "and I'm sorry for that."

5-0

Early the next morning Danny found himself standing at the arrivals gate for another one of Hawaii air line's flights just waiting. Behind him, sitting just away from the actual gate, but just as excited were his friends, all of them, and they waited for the sight of the little person that always brought joy to all of their lives.

Grace rushed through the gate, determined and excited, knowing that her father would be waiting for her. She had known about the ordeal. Had watched the news cast, had been dragged away from her home to safety. She had been left to worry, the whole time she didn't see her father, but he had promised to be there to meet her and as she rushed through the sliding doors that opened into the public areas she saw him, smiling, and waiting for her.

"Oh my god, I love you, I love you, I love you," Danny stated as he scooped his running child into his arms and hugged her and kissed her.

"I love you too!" Grace whispered into his ear, "and I missed you so much!"

Steve watched the moment with pride, knowing that he had saves his friend. Knowing that he had helped his friend to concur one of the many daemons that would pop up in his life time and that he had helped bring about a reunion that McMahon has threatened would never happen. It was a moment of happiness that Steve had worried would never come because of the ordeal they had all been through, but they had vowed to one another that they would get through it and together they had.

5-0

For three days after the case closed, the crew split up trying to re-establish their lives which had been so disturbed by the events that had brought them all together and torn them apart. They had spent nearly two weeks together, non-stop, for safety sake and now, though the separation was difficult, it had to happen so that they could all move on.

Steve spent three glorious days with Catherine and didn't have to share her with Toast, while Toast nested in the Five-O office, setting himself up for a career of crime fighting from the safety of the Five-O bullpen and building himself electronic wall that would protect him and his new found family. Toast knew that he was not a strong man, in the physical sense, but he was strong in his knowledge and he vowed that nothing would get past him and into their system ever again.

Danny spent the days with Grace, with much appreciation to Rachel for allowing it, and his night he spent with Gabby, making up for the fact that she had felt left out, had been put in danger because of him and who, ultimately, helped crack the case in the end.

Chin returned to Malia as she managed time off to be with him and they did what a newly married couple ought to be doing, rather then spending their time completely apart and wrapped up in their jobs.

Charlie and Max turned their noses up to more work when they could be hanging out and talking comic books, they had found many interests in common while staying cooped up in Steve's place and were now exploring their same interests in true geek fashion. It was a budding bromance, and both men were completely and totally okay with it.

Kono found herself with her new boyfriend, whom no one knew anything about, but who they were willing to trust, if only because they knew Kono could take care of things if he tried anything dishonorable.

And lastly Lori returned to her garden, her exploration of the islands that she now called home and the comfort of knowing that she was truly part of a team, a really good team of people hell bent on bringing justice to the world.

Thought they were separated they were united, because they knew that they were safe from the evil that had plagued them. Danny had been right. McMahon needed to be dead, taken away by the coroner, autopsied and the body released to be buried and forgotten. Gladys McMahon was locked away in the state pen, with charges pending against her, a court date looming and a million pieces of evidence against her to link her to her brother and his murders was piling up. She would not be free, not ever, if Five-O had anything to do with it.

And so, the team moved on. They needed to redefine the boundaries between them but it brought them closer together. They worried for one another. They communicated better with one another, but most of all they knew that they were capable of even the biggest tasks. They would be there for each other and if ever again one of their own would be taken, they would find away to save them.

5-0

By the following Monday morning Steve was arriving out front of Danny's new apartment to make sure his partner and best friend was going to make it into work. He saw the superintendent outside, fixing the two broken lights that were supposed to light the stair well, but hadn't the night that Danny was taken.

Steve waited a moment in the parking lot, eyeing the silver Camaro that was parked there and then his eyes were drawn upward to where he knew Danny's door to be. Then he pulled his new cell out of his pocket and dialed Danny's number.

"Yeah, yeah, I saw you pull in." Danny stated as he answered the phone. "You can come up and get the car keys and wait while I finish my dishes, or you can stay down there like a looser!"

"I'm on my way up!" Steve laughed as he hung up, shut down the truck and jumped out ready to start the day, just as it should have started before the whole ordeal had happened.

The End