"His Salvation"

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

Title: "His Salvation"

Author: Michelle Heath

Rating: MA for adult language and situations

Summary: He saved her. Will she be his salvation?

Date Written: December 30, 2010

Disclaimer: I so do not own Hawaii Five-0; unfortunately!

A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. My stomach flu ended up putting me in the hospital for several days and I haven't really felt up to doing much of anything lately. And then I had to play "catch up" to get ready for the holidays. However, I'm feeling better now and will hopefully be able to finish this up in a timely manner. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a great New Year! Michelle

(Late that afternoon, Dimitri Kasavich finally responds to Sam's encoded message. Tony Montgomery, who is monitoring communications at the moment, sees the message, in Russian, start to scroll across the computer screen and yells for Sam. In short order, Sam, Steve, Danny, Caroline, Adm. Thrasher, Kono, and Chin are standing behind the chair in which Tony is sitting and Sam is rapidly reading the message from Kasavich. Although her expression remains serene, there is a very slight bit of tension in her voice when she straightens up and speaks.)

"He took the bait. He wants to meet with me to discuss the details of my proposal. He says he'll be in Honolulu in three days' time and that he'll contact me day after tomorrow with information about his arrival time."

"Okay, so we've got, what, thirty-six hours to set-up the location?"

"No, Danny, we don't. Kasavich will be in Hawaii a lot sooner than three days if he's not already here now. He'll also want to be the one to pick the location and time for the meet, and you can bet your ass it won't be anywhere we'd prefer."

"But you just said . . ."

"Danny! Dimitri Kasavich did not get where he is in the world by being stupid! Everything that comes out of his mouth is a blatant lie. He wants us to think we have three days to get our ducks in a row."

"Sam's right. We're going to have to run this op by the seat of our pants and pray we can cover all the bases."

"Piece of cake, Commander. Not the first time we've been in a similar situation."

"While I appreciate your confidence, you've never dealt with Dimitri Kasavich, Tony. He's pure evil. I promise you that you've never, ever come up against anyone as vile and manipulative as he is, and I pray that you never do again. We'd better be on our "A" game from this moment on until this is over or . . or some of us won't make it through this."

(Everyone in the room stares at Sam as the seriousness of her words penetrate their brains. Realizing that she is not as calm as she appears, Steve pulls her into his arms and kisses her forehead before looking directly and steadily into her troubled eyes.)

"We're all going to make it through this. You and I are going to make it through this. We're going to get rid of Dimitri Kasavich and his friends once and for all, and it's going to happen in the next few days. And then, Sweetheart, you and I are getting married. We've been through too much to let a slimy bastard like Kasavich keep us apart."

(Sam hears the conviction in Steve's voice and sees the determination in his eyes and slowly smiles up into his beautiful eyes; a sense of peace and calm coming over her.)

"You're absolutely right, Sailor. . . Okay, let's put our heads together and see if we can figure out where Kasavich might want to set up the meet."

(Danny watches as Sam and Steve, his hand resting possessively at the small of her back, join Adm. Thrasher, Chin, and Tony at the table to look over one of the maps laid out on it, and shakes his head in wonder; a small smile playing on his face. Caroline slips her hand in his and offers him an encouraging smile and a look that seems to say, "See? They are going to make this work.")

A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short, but I wanted to post something since it's been a while. Please, please review! I promise that, now that the holidays are more or less over and I seem to have recovered from the stomach bug I had, I will be working diligently to get this story back on track and post more often! Michelle