"Trouble In Paradise. Again."

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

Title: "Trouble In Paradise. Again."

Author: Michelle Heath

Rating: MA for adult language and situations

Summary: Even paradise has its ups and downs. The Hawaii Five-0 family is about to discover more of each.

Date Written: February 24, 2011

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

(The rest of the time Grace is there, she is, as always, the center of attention but her visit does Sam and Tony a lot of good. Since she's staying with Caroline and Danny for the weekend, Caroline takes her home after about an hour and Danny is brought up to speed on what progress, or lack thereof, they've made.)

"Who is this guy?"

"Someone who was deep in Kasavich's organization. I've only been through about half of the surveillance photos, though, so maybe I'll recognize someone eventually."

"Yeah, well, you're not going to stay up all night doing this, Beautiful. If you don't get some rest so you can ace your P.T., they're not going to let you out of here. We'll pick this back up in the morning."

"I've got a thought. Maybe the reason that only one door on one of the properties was rigged is because whoever this guy is, he knew that Sahid Hakeem used that particular house and that particular door when he was on the island."

"Good thought, Sam, but no one picked up on Hakeem until he was caught on the security cameras at the airport recently."

"And no one would have if he was wearing a disguise, Steve."

"Maybe. We are, however, done for the night. You and Tony need to get some sleep and so do the rest of us."

"Okay, I'm outta here. Just make sure that sleep is all you guys do."

"This is a military hospital, Danny. I don't particularly feel like getting court-martialed on top of getting shot, thank you very much."

(Once Danny has gone and Kono and Tony have returned to his room, Steve turns out the lights in Sam's room and eases into the bed next to her pulling her into his arms. He is almost asleep when Sam jerks upright and scares the Hell out of him.)

"Steve! When I was being held in Tokyo, I remember hearing Kasavich talking to someone in another room. He was threatening whoever it was; told them that he wouldn't tolerate any more mistakes. He told them he was sending them to the house of a friend and to wait there for further instructions. It's got to be one of Hakeem's houses here, and my money's on the one where Chin was shot."

'You think it was the 'missing man'".

"I do. Think about it; the guy had obviously messed up big time or Kasavich wouldn't have been threatening him. If he wanted him to 'lay low' for a while, he might have sent him here to Hakeem's house. That way, if the guy got caught, we would have thought he was part of Hakeem's organization and not Kasavich's."

"We've been looking in the wrong place."

"Go get Kono and Tony; we need to contact as many agencies as possible and get photos of all Hakeem's known associates."

"You need to rest, Sam."

"You need to catch this bastard so I can, Steve."

"You going to be hard-headed about this?"

"I can match you one on one in that department."

"Samantha."

"Steve."

(Heaving a heavy sigh, Steve glares furiously at his wife as he gets out of the bed and heads toward the door, but, inside, he's smiling. In short order, Kono and Tony are walking back into Sam's room with him and find that she's already booted up both laptops. Steve gets on the phone to call Adm. Harte and his contact at the C.I.A. to request their assistance, and before long, information starts pouring in. Going through the massive amount of data they're receiving, however, is a very time-consuming and intense task, and it's not long until Sam is literally nodding off in front of the laptop she's working on. Tony's not far behind, and Steve finally puts his foot down and sends the Montgomerys back across the hall. This time, when he picks Sam up and puts her back in her bed, she doesn't argue with him. Sleep comes more easily to both of them now as they feel they are finally on the right track. . ..

A few hours later, Sam awakens to hear Steve talking softly to someone. Rolling over, she finds him standing at the window talking to someone on his cellular phone. She realizes that it's Danny and that Steve is bringing him up to speed. She gets out of bed and starts to head for the shower, but Steve's arm shoots out and snags her around the waist. Ending his call, he throws his cellular phone on the bed and wraps both arms around her, kissing her forehead and giving her a sweet smile.)

"'Morning, Beautiful."

"'Morning, Sailor. Danny heading over here?"

"As soon as he picks up Chin. He's apparently been a good boy and the doc's letting him out of the hospital today."

"Good, but I hardly think Chin's going to want to leave one hospital just to come to another one."

"Chin wants to catch this guy just as badly as we do; more so because this guy's the one responsible for him getting shot."

"Fine. I'm going to go take a shower. I have to beat a SEAL in a footrace in a little while."

"Sam, SEALs do not lose; they let others win."

"Oh my God, you guys just do not let the 'Super SEAL' thing go, do you?"

"Can't. They don't let us graduate from BUD/S if we don't have the proper attitude."

"Yeah, well, let's just see how far that 'proper attitude' gets you when I'm cleared medically, Sailor."

(Sam slips out of Steve's arms and into the bathroom before he can react and, when he thinks about what she just said, a frown forms on his face. Just as he's about to walk into the bathroom and discuss her comment, there's a knock on the door followed by Kono's face peeping around the door as she opens it.)

"Hope Sam got some sleep; Tony's determined to beat her to P.T."