Warnings: Strong language throughout. Depiction of home invasion, murder
Disclaimer: I don't own Hawaii Five-0, or its characters they belong to CBS. Only ones I own are the ones I've stated I do (I created Jeff Taylor and his son Dominic), so all the bad guys except for the ringleader Georg Rutherford.
Author Note: Governor Mahoe has only been seen in one episode I think it was the one where the tourists were getting their eyes gouged out anyway. I haven't really gotten a feel for her in the show after only one episode, so I'm taking some liberties, and writing her how I want to portray here.
I changed the ending the last scene because it came to me in a dream last night and I just had to write the ending that way. Hope you like it.
Side note: The only Governor I really liked on the show was Governor Sam Denning.
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Chapter 10
0215 Hours. 22 June 2019 - Saturday, 91-1080 Waikapuna St, - Montgomery Residence, Ewa Beach
A lone silver Nissan sedan pulls up to curb of the Montgomery house. It's a nice two story house in Ewa Beach, in the Hoakalei neighborhood. With a short thick palm tree on the right side of the lawn. Perfectly manicured lawn and hedges leading up to the front door of the house. Two cars in the driveway, and the man who steps out of the Nissan knows there's two cars parked in the garage as well. A nice family living inside blissfully unaware of what's about to befall them.
The heavy rainfall whipping with the wind and pelting the man with heavy raindrops. He's practically soaked with minutes of stepping outside the car. He gets the text that activates his contract about an hour ago, now an hour later he's here at his target's house.
With slicked back short black hair under a black ball cap, and black raincoat, a tall athletic man of Hispanic descent heads towards the house. He knows from the surveillance videos and pictures he's been texted he knows the whole layout of the house and where is target should be.
He sneaks around the back of the house as a clap of thunder rolls over his head. He walks through the backyard, with a nice landscaped lawn and plants, along with a decent sized pool with a water feature. He briefly considers changing his plan, but he has orders, strict orders. He's seen what happens to those who don't follow the boss' orders. The backdoor is surprisingly unlocked, Huh really for an elite man such as my target you think he'd learn to lock his doors at night. Makes my job much easier though.
Stepping through the backdoor, he walks through the darkened kitchen to his right and to his left the family room. Canchalo makes his way through to the front room of the house, where he finds his target, sleeping on the couch, soundly.
He knows from the reports he's gotten; the man of the house has slept on the couch for two weeks straight due to 'marital' issues. Dark brown hair buzzed on the sides and left longer on the top, dressed in Navy blue NAVY sweatpants, and a gray Navy SEAL BUD/s t-shirt. He looks the picture of health. Canchalo takes out his Swiss Army knife, runs it down the left side of his target's arm making him bleed, from the deep gash. Blood dripping down the man's arm and down his fingers onto the wooden floor beneath.
Yep he's totally out for the count. Must have taken stronger sleeping pills tonight. Canchalo than notices the bottle of Jack Daniels on the coffee table as well as several beer bottles, next to two orange prescription pill bottles. Ah mixing alcohol with drugs NEVER a good idea, but what does he care. Canchalo reaches behind him in the waistband of his jeans and pulls out his weapon of choice a Navy Sig Sauer P226. He attaches the silencer to the muzzle of the gun checks there's one in the chamber, and waits two minutes.
As another rolling clap of thunder rolls overhead of the house three gunshots ring out in quick succession. The cover of the thunder and lightning masking the shots. Three shots, two to the center mass right in the chest, and one right between the eyes. Blood seeping out of the two bullet wounds in the man's chest, seeping through his gray t-shirt staining it dark crimson. The small hole in Master Chief Montgomery's forehead leaves a large pool of blood on the back of the couch.
Canchalo admires his work, for another minute before he puts the gun away. He leans down over the dead body of the sailor, of the Navy SEAL. He lifts the man from the couch still with gloves on his hands can't be leaving evidence lying around. For another quick minute he thinks about leaving the body, leaving the body a father, husband, son, and brother to be found by wife or the eldest son.
That's not the plan though, so he drags the body back through the house to the backdoor, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. Well so much for not leaving evidence, but then again, I'm exactly making this hard on them. He picks up the dead weight of the body and carries it to the trunk of the Nissan and he dumps the body in the trunk, driving away from the scene.
Thirty-five minutes later still under the cover of darkness, Canchalo pulls up outside the large building, that'll be teeming with people in the next six hours. He gets out the car and leaves the engine still running, and pops the back of the trunk.
Canchalo hauls the body out of the trunk and lugs the now dead weight of the man underneath him and places the body on the steps of the building. He positions the Master Chief's right hand over his heart, under the note he'd written, and placed under his right hand. Perfection. A masterpiece really his best work in a while.
He turns around and leaves heading back to the car. He pulls out his phone and sends a simple text.
C: It's done.
2:55 a.m.
He sends a picture of the dead Navy SEAL as proof.
R: Good, payment to follow.
2:57 a.m.
Getting paid before the sun even comes up. This he likes ten minutes later he's got a nice a hefty addition to his bank account. He drives the car to an empty lot by the docks. He gets out of the car grabs the gas can from the passenger seat and douses the car in gasoline. Then taking the lighter he sets the car on fire watching it go up in flames. He walks away whistling Anchors Aweigh the marching song of the Navy.
0800 Hours. 801 S Beretania St, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu, Oahu.
Duke never likes having to come into work on Saturday nobody does, it never leads to anything good. He gets a call from dispatch about a body on the front steps of HPD. Duke sees the body, and the way it's positioned, hand over the heart, and the man is wearing Navy sweats, and gray BUD/S t-shirt. With a pair of black disposable gloves, Duke takes the handwritten note from under the dead man's hand. He reads the note, and his lump gets stuck in the older officer's throat.
A Gift For You
Lieutenant Commander Steven Jack McGarrett
On the back of the note something else is written in the same block militaristic scrawl.
Brandon Montgomery
Age: 40
US Navy Retired; Master Chief Petty Officer SOCM; US Navy SEALs
Honolulu, HI 4 years
Wife: Allison Montgomery; 37 Sons: Thomas Montgomery; 18 Tyler Montgomery; 17 Dylan Montgomery; 15 Aaron Montgomery; 14
Have Fun Catch Me If You Can ;)
Duke doesn't know what to make of the note, but he gets an evidence bag and puts the note addressed to Steve in it. He gets another officer to cover up the body, and then begins the process of processing the scene. Duke soon realizes that the body has been dumped here, that means that the real crime scene is somewhere else.
First item on Duke's to do list is get coffee, he has a feeling, it's going to be a long and difficult day. He heads inside the station and gets on the phone to Steve.
0817 Hours. 91-1002 Kaiapele St, McGarrett Residence, Ewa Beach, Oahu.
Situated in the family friendly and ocean view neighborhood of Ocean Pointe, in Ewa Beach sits a two-story l-shaped house, with a three-car garage and large driveway. Inside the house, eleven people are sleeping soundly. Until four of those eleven are woken up by the shrill ringing of two cell phones.
"Mmm, Danno phone." Steve murmurs eyes still shut in sleep.
"Steve, phone yours." Danny replies voice just as rough with sleep. Both men are currently sprawled out Scott's large couch in said man's living room. Little Charlie lay in between both men curled up near his Dad's chest, blissfully aware of the noise around him. That kid could sleep through anything apparently even a tropical Hawaiian storm.
"Danno, sounds angry get it." Steve grumbles still not opening his eyes.
Across the room where Lane is or correction was sleeping on another couch, falls off the couch at the shrill sound of the phones going off. Falls off the couch onto another person.
"Oomph. Lane get off me man." A sleep deprived Lance Blackburn grouses.
Lane rolls off of the other man and sits up against the couch he'd just fallen off off. Lane blinks up at his boss, eyes still crusted with sleep. "Sorry boss."
"Lane look at me, I'm wearing NAVY sweats and old Annapolis t-shirt. You can call me Lance." Lance tells the younger man of two years.
Lane yawns openly. "Sorry, Lance. Will someone answer that damn phone." Lane barks. He picks up one phone Steve's and chucks it his way. "McGarrett, phone answer now." Lane unlike his partner is not a morning person, though he's learned to be one, he hates to be late especially to work. It's a Saturday he shouldn't have to work today.
Steve comes fully awake when the phone is unceremoniously chucked his way hitting it in chest and falling into his lap. He grabs his phone sits up and answers it, New York Rangers blanket falling and pooling into his lap.
"McGarrett." Steve answers. Steve extricates himself from the couch and heads into the kitchen on bare feet to have some privacy. He looks out the kitchen window overlooking the tarp covered pool. There's leaves, and a part of tree branch lying on the blue pool tarp. The tiki bar with built in outdoor kitchen is still standing so that's good. Scot'll be happy about that.
"Steve, I hate to bother you on a Saturday, but a good Samaritan found a body on the steps of HPD this morning. About seventeen minutes ago."
Steve sighs under his breath. There'd be only one reason Duke would be calling him at this hour. "Duke you really should be calling NCIS, if you're calling because it's a Sailor or Marine that was found. My team and I don't have jurisdiction."
"I've already call them Steve, Agent Kamaka is on his way. He's got to stop off at his parent's house to drop of Agent Perry's kids. I'm calling you because there's a note attached to the body, it's addressed to you."
Steve runs a hand down his face with his left hand. He needs coffee, and his brother has coffee he just has to find it. He finds it after minutes of looking. He sets about making a pot for everyone. "Addressed to me, what's it say Duke?"
"I'd rather not say over the phone, this is more of a you need to see for yourself situation."
"Alright thanks for the heads-up Duke. Danny and I'll be there..." Steve checks his watch "In 45 minutes." That's how long it's going to take Steve to drive to HPD, even with lights and sirens. It's the distance from Scott's house more so than any traffic they may encounter.
"I'll see then Steve." Duke answers and then ends the call on his end. The body's already been transferred to Noelani and her office so she can begin the autopsy. Though to Duke it's pretty clear or at least it looks that way of how the man died.
Steve walks back through to the front room where, there's quite a flurry of activity now. Everyone is up now even Charlie who's rubbing his tired eyes. "Uncle Steve, where's Danno?"
"I don't know bud bathroom maybe?" Steve answers looking to Chin and Kono.
"He got a phone call went over to the downstairs bedroom to take it." Chin tells Steve.
"Phone call? From who Grace, Lou, Rachel?" Steve asks his brain still not full online or awake yet.
"Didn't say." Kono replies, who's sitting in a pair of sleep shorts and an old surfing t-shirt on one of the couches.
Danny comes walking into the room from down the hall and he doesn't look happy. "That was the Governor Steven, and she did not sound happy." Steve can hear the tone his husband's voice.
"What did she want?" Steve asks.
"To meet with me and talk as soon as possible. I'm going to head upstairs and get dressed." Danny tells Steve. Danny notices Steve's also clutching his phone and he's got a certain doom and gloom look on his face. "What's happening with you. What's that face for?"
"Tell you upstairs, Danno."
This is not how Kali expects to spend her Saturday morning, or Saturday period, but with what happened this past week, it's all coming to a head so to speak. Lane gets a text from Havika saying they've got another body, and that he and Kali are to stay put where they are right now.
Kali hates being sidelined just as much as anyone else on the team. Especially seeing as their team has a specific purpose and they're not needed right now. They're the door kicker downers as Brianna would call them. That may be true that is their main purpose or role, but Kali, Lane, Scott and Jackson are just as much investigators as the MCRT component of their unit is. Kali and the boys just have more specialized training.
"I've got to get going as well. Check on my house, and all make sure it's still there." Lance says getting up from his spot next to Agent Lahele on the couch.
"No way Lance you should stay for breakfast at least." Lane insists.
"I agree, uh Lance." Kali says she may call Perry by his first name, on occasion, but Lance is her unit chief's boss. It feels unnatural almost in a way, weird. "You've got to be hungry, right?"
"I'm good I'll get something on the way to the office, really no one wants their boss crashing the party."
"Not a party, and you're not crashing, Lane brought you here because of the storm." Steve reasons with his old friend. They'd gone to Annapolis together, rose through the ranks together. They've saved each other's butt's multiple times over the years.
Lane puts up his hands, in an agreeable gesture. "Alright alright I'll stay, but then I've got to check on my house and then I'm heading over to the office."
"Alright now that that's sorted who wants to eat?" Chin asks rubbing his hands together.
"We do we do." The three McGarrett teenagers exclaim in full enthusiasm teenagers can muster on a Saturday. Of course mention food and three teenagers in the house are up, classic.
"Me too, me too." Charlie and Joanie agree with the older boys. "Can we have pancakes?"
"With chocolate chips right Charlie, Joanie?" Cooper asks his Uncle Chin.
"Yeah chocolate chips chocolate chips." Both six year olds yell.
"Joanie sweetie not so loud inside voice Mommy's sleeping." Mary rouses herself from her sleep at her daughter's excited screeching.
Mary has never been a morning person like either of her brothers. Now though with Joanie she's gotten a bit better, I mean she's had six years now of 'becoming' a morning person. Joanie just finished Kindergarten on the mainland in L.A. Now that she's in Hawaii, she'll start her 'first' year of school. Kids in Hawaii don't start school generally until six years old or First grade. So Joanie will have a little advantage having already gone through Kindergarten.
Chin smiles at the kids and at Steve's sister, "I think that can be arranged."
"I'll start the coffee." Kono offers.
"Already done Kono." Steve adds in.
"Charlie come'ere for a sec buddy." Danny asks after his son as Danny sits back on the couch. Why kneel down on his bad knee when he can sit on a perfectly good and quite comfy couch.
"Yes Danno."
"Charlie I've got to go meet the Governor, but I shouldn't be gone long okay. No more than two hours tops. When the little hand reaches the ten and the big hand reaches the twelve, I should be back."
"Okay, Danno, I'll save you pancakes."
Danny gives his son a side big hug and kisses the top of his head. "Thank you, Charlie, make sure these three-" Danny points to the three older boys. "Don't eat all the food kay."
"Alright Danno, love you."
"Danno loves you too Charlie."
"I guess we're staying for breakfast too than?" Kali asks. Kali looks at Lane and Lane nods in agreement, his stomach growling in turn. "We are then." Kali can't remember the last time she's had chocolate chip pancakes. Probably since she was a kid herself.
"Enough for a small army then?" Kono asks. Cooper nods towards her. "Well let's get started than we've got hungry people to feed. Charlie, Joanie, you two can help me with the chocolate chips yeah?"
"Yay." Both six years olds cheer excitedly. Mary just smiles at her daughter having made another friend they've only been back on the island officially permanently for four days now.
Mary's been staying with Steve and Danny at their house. Which is the old McGarrett family home. Mary's going to see about going over to her new house and getting some things moved in there. Seeing these muscular men all around her she's sure she can persuade at least one or maybe two of them to help her move stuff into her new house.
"Don't worry Steve we'll save you and Danny some food. Now you should go get changed." Kono tells her friend. Steve nods and then pulls Danny upstairs to his brother's master bedroom bringing their go bags with them.
"Oh and will someone feed Eddie please?" Steve yells back down the stairs. At that Eddie comes walking in from the kitchen tail wagging happily at the mention of food. Even if it is kibble or maybe one of the smaller humans will drop a piece of bacon or sausage.
"I got him Uncle Steve." David calls up to his Uncle as he calls to Eddie and walks back into the kitchen to get Eddie's breakfast.
"Thanks David."
Upstairs in Scott's master bedroom Danny closes the door behind Steve, and chucks both of their go bags on the bed. "So you want to tell me who called you, and what they wanted?"
"It was Duke, a body was found on the steps of HPD, a little over thirty minutes ago now."
"If it's the kind of body I think it is, shouldn't NCIS be called, you know like the three agents that are currently in Scott's front room."
Steve's already stripping off his sleepwear and he's now in only his boxers. "Duke says Agent Kamaka's already been called and he's on his way."
"Any word on Agent Seeger or Agent Santiago and Carson?" Danny wonders.
"None yet, my guess is they're still stuck in Halawa." Steve makes his way to the ensuite.
"Where are you going?" Danny asks.
Steve looks back at Danny, "To shower, you coming?"
"This is your brother's house Steven, and our son is downstairs." Danny exclaims. Steve stops moving, and looks at Danny a whole new expression on his face. One Danny can't put words too. That is not at all what Steve is thinking of doing, but his brains stalled in neutral, because of the face Danny is now giving him. Contrary to popular belief he doesn't always think about sex, and places to have it with his sexy hot as hell husband.
"You just...you just called Charlie our son, as in yours and mine." Steve says slowly. In the two and a half almost three years they've been married whenever Danny's referred to either Grace or Charlie it's always been the the kids or he'd refer to them by their names.
"Well uh yeah Steve he is I mean by marriage you know, we got married I had kids already. Grace and Charlie are my kids from my marriage with Rachel. They're technically your step children babe."
"I never thought of them as stepchildren."
"No, then why the face?"
Steve has a dopey sappy grin on his face now, and walks back over to Danny within kissing range. "Because Danno, I've always thought of them our kids, even though they both still call me Uncle Steve, and not Dad or something similar they don't have too, I'm perfectly happy with the title of Uncle."
"Ah babe, come'ere, yah big goof." Danny's the one to pull Steve into a hug, and then a kiss that goes on a bit longer than it should.
Danny knows how Steve looks at his nephews when they call Scott Dad or Pops, or the looks Lane's younger kids give him when they run up to him and hug him after a long day at work. In Danny's eyes Steve's totally Dad material, he makes a great one. He's already shown Danny that multiple times on different occasions within the past two years with both Grace and Charlie.
Steve pulls away from Danny regrettably, a smile still on his face "We should probably get that shower and get dressed we've got places to be." Steve plucks both of their go bags off the bed and heads into the ensuite bathroom.
Six minutes later, it would have been three, but Danny decided to double 3-minute Navy shower rule since there were two of them. Six minutes later both men are out of the shower and dressed and heading out the door. Not before Steve and Danny both snag pieces of real bacon that Kono is cooking in one of the frying pans.
Danny and Steve head out the front door, Danny looks around at the front of Scott's house. There's a tree down in the front of the driveway, but not completely blocking it. The three of Scott's vehicles that had to be covered and left outside are all still upright and intact, the covers pelted with falling palm fronds. Other than that the cars are fine. As are the cars Danny helped put in the garage with Steve last night. Like Steve's dad's car the Marquis, and Chin and Kono's rental car, and Agent Blackburn's Ford F-150 truck.
All in all the damage to the house isn't bad at all, it's all exterior damage, and it looks like it's only exterior damage to other houses as well. As Danny gets in his Camaro and drives down Scott's street he passes houses with varying degrees of damage.
Steve isn't too far behind Danny in his Silverado heading to HPD to meet up with Duke. While Danny heads towards the Governor's office for his impromptu meeting.
0902 Hours. Governor Mahoe's Office, Honolulu, Oahu.
Danny is sat outside the governor's office waiting and he has no idea why he's here or more importantly why Steve isn't here with him. Well he does know that Steve got a call from Duke about another body being found. So he's dealing with that. Steve's always been better at dealing with Governor's bureaucratic BS than he is. The Governor's secretary comes out and tells him she's ready to see him now.
Danny walks into Governor Mahoe's office and he can clearly see she's not happy. Rather disappointed Danny would have to say. Danny just stands there, respectfully with his hands clasped behind his back for a good two minutes while the Governor is turned around looking out the window.
She turns around and Danny can see the anger in her eyes. "Detective Williams what does full immunity and means, mean to you?" She asks.
"Ma'am?"
"Answer the question Detective?"
"It means we have the full authority and backing of your office to do what needs to be done to solve cases. And protect this fine island that we all call home."
"Five-0 hasn't had a case in weeks Detective. They've been handed off to HPD. And lucky they've been able to handle it. I don't like being lied to Detective or being kept in the dark."
"I don't understand ma'am."
"You and Commander McGarrett and the rest of your team have been working a joint case with NCIS Pearl Harbor's elite unit have you not."
"Yes, ma'am we have. We got a call about a dead body found in the Hale Koa Hotel three weeks ago."
"Did or didn't that body turn out to be the body of a Marine."
"Yes ma'am it did, Corporal Eli Barnes."
"Then should you have not immediately informed NCIS, and handed over the case to them. Your involvement should have stopped right there in that hotel room Detective."
Danny rubs the back of his neck, "Well you see ma'am we couldn't reach NCIS, and then when we did we found out there was an explosion at their headquarters, and everything sort of just snowballed from there ma'am."
"I see and why is it that I have to find out from the news that the Five-0 task force was in engaged in an undercover operation with said elite NCIS unit when you shouldn't have been involved in the first place. Those new regulations were set last year for a reason Detective."
"I know ma'am and I realize that, but you see ma'am Steve's brother is a part of that elite unit and Steve had a feeling something wasn't right that Wednesday morning of the explosion."
"Do you or any of the other members of Five-0 have a direct connection to this Navy and Marine Corps case, that should for all intents and purposes be handled and dealt with by NCIS."
"No, but...you remember how I said the case snowballed after the explosion at the NCIS headquarters well..." Danny then proceeds to tell the governor everything that's happened since the explosion up until now.
"I see Detective, first and foremost I want to say I'm happy your daughter and nephew are going to be okay in time."
"Thank you, ma'am."
"But Danny do you not believe that some of this if not all this from the past four days could have been avoided had you and Five-0 not been involved."
How is she even serious right now she can't be serious! Danny rages inside his head.
"Excuse me ma'am. And excuse my fucking French but you can't be fucking serious right now." Danny exclaims waving his hands as he does so. "If I hadn't been there for Agent McGarrett...he could've bled out and died right there at the scene!"
"The NCIS team is perfectly capable of handling themselves Danny." There goes the Danny again he doesn't like it. The governor never calls any of them by their first names.
"They only have one trained advanced lifesaving medic, and he was busy at the moment trying to stop another Agent from bleeding out, who was shot in the neck."
"Detective Williams you'd do well to remember who you're talking to and that it's I who writes your paychecks every month."
Danny runs a frustrated and angry hand through his blond hair. "Sorry it's...it's just it's been hard seeing Steve like with his brother and Steve not being able to do much to help him."
"Like I said before Detective the NCIS team despite being down members right now are perfectly capable of continuing their investigation by themselves."
Danny doesn't like where this is going one bit, and he knows for damn sure Steve will try and fight this anyway he can. But Danny has to look at the facts here. It's not like Five-0 had a case already that led them to the man later known as Corporal Eli Barnes. They okay mainly Steve weaseled his way into the case when Tani found the business card for Scott in the late Corporals shorts pocket and things sped off from there like a shot out of a cannon. Everything sort of torpedoed from there.
"Are you saying what I think you're saying Governor." Danny states rather than asks. He has a feeling he knows the answer and he doesn't like it already.
"Five-0 is off the fight club case with NCIS effective immediately. I'm re-tasking the task force back to HPD, you're to hand over all evidence and case notes to...an Agent Havika Kamaka forthwith." The governor looks at a sheet of paper on her desk with all the agents names authorized to access information on the case.
"Ma'am if this is punishment for Steve not telling you about his brother and or the full extent of his injuries..."
"While I am upset that the Commander didn't divulge the full severity of his brother's condition. This is not why I'm retasking Five-0. You're an elite task-force responsible for protecting the state of Hawaii, you're cops, not federal agents. The NCIS agents can take care of their own cases. You've done all you can to help them. You found Corporal Barnes' killer."
Yeah, we found out who it was, and how he was killed, but McManis is still out there. He's not in anyone's custody, HPDs or NCIS' yet. Danny thinks to himself. What help have we really been?
"Your part of this case of this investigation is finished." Mahoe says with an air of finality that doesn't leave room for arguments.
Danny has no choice but to agree. He doesn't like it but he knows she's right. Yes, the NCIS team may be down three agents, but they'll find a way to manage. Blackburn will get temporary replacements or whatever it is he has to do, in a situation like this. Five-0 has no business in a Navy/Marine Corps case now. They found the body of Corporal Eli Barnes and they're supposed to turn the case over to the proper authorities. Not somehow weasel their way into the case. That's why the new rules have been put in place so Five-0 wouldn't get in the way and mess with a federal investigation.
"I understand ma'am. Is that all or...is there more?" Danny asks.
"If you even think for one moment there's a way you can get around this, don't think I won't think about dismantling Five-0 all together and putting you all back in uniforms. You'll be back in HPD uniforms, and walking a beat so fast it'll make your head spin. Are we clear Detective?"
Danny has to chuckle inwardly to himself, Steve in an HPD uniform, and not just as a cover, but like for real beat cop Steve. As much as he'd loved to see that, Danny knows how important Five-0 has become to Steve over the years. It's more than just a job to Steve, Danny doesn't know what Steve'll do if he couldn't go back to Five-0, if its dismantled.
He's already retired from the Navy back in early 2017, due to his complications with the radiation poisoning. Declared unfit for duty. It was either that or he be medically discharged. Danny knows anything less than an Honorable Discharge for Steve is not an option. Steve's an action man whether it be in the SEALs or now with Five-0. Danny could see Steve maybe as P.I. He'd still get to solve crimes and help people. Maybe not big crimes, but still. Anyway that's in the back of Danny's mind. It's not going to come to that because he's going to make sure Steve follows orders this time. This isn't just about Steve this affects everyone on the team.
"Absolutely ma'am clear as crystal. Now is that all or is there more?" Danny asks his mind reeling with this information and how he's going to break it to Steve.
Mahoe clasps her hands behind her back and walks around to the front of her desk. "You can tell Mr. Kelly and Ms. Kalakaua, that their services are no longer required, don't think that little stunt Captain Grover pulled will go unnoticed. You can't have unauthorized personnel in the Five-0 offices."
"Unauthorized personnel, ma'am those two are Five-0." Danny starts.
"Correction, were Five-0Detective. Just because you have immunity and means doesn't mean you can go about doing whatever it is you want without telling me. They were at the scene of the crash with Agent McGarrett's Silverado were they not? They were actively involving themselves in something they had no business in. They are no longer to get involved in any cases NCIS, or otherwise. Am I understood Detective?"
"Yes, Governor."
"You may go now Detective." Danny starts to head back towards the door when the Governor stops him. "Give my regards to the Commander, and tell him if there's anything at all I can do for him all he needs to do is call."
"I'll be sure he gets the message Governor." Danny replies as he heads back out of the office, and decides to head over to the Medical Examiner's Office. Where he knows Duke will most likely have sent Steve and Agent Kamaka to look at the body with Noelani.
With that Danny walks out of the Governor's office and back to the Camaro. Steve's not going to like this, not going to like this one bit. There's no fighting this either though unless they all want to lose their jobs over this case. A case that wasn't even theirs truly to begin with.
0958 Hours. Medical Examiner's Office - Outside Noelani's Office, Honolulu, Oahu.
Havika got the call about the body from Duke, almost two hours ago now. He's just now at nearly 1000 hours pulling into the building where the medical examiner's office is located. The body had been found at 0800 by Duke on the front steps of HPD. Havika couldn't come straight away. After he'd gotten the call and hung up, he woke up Savannah and Marcus fed them breakfast, checked on the damage of his house if any at all. There wasn't much, he then got them both of them dressed, packed back up and took them over to his parent's house.
He explains the situation to his mom and dad, and that these are his partner's kids. He asks if they mind looking after them, until visiting hours are allowed at the hospital which isn't until 1200 hours, or noon. Havika's parents of course accept and welcome both Savannah and Marcus in with open arms. Havika feels back about dropping them off like that, kind of like they're a sack of potatoes or something. There's not much he can do, visiting hours haven't started yet and he most certainly can't take them to see a dead body, Isaac would flip his lid if he finds out that Havika is thinking about entertaining that idea.
After he leaves his parents and checks in with his kids, he calls and checks in with Evan, Jackson and Brianna at around 0845. All three of them are being let out of Halawa with all their limbs intact according to Evan, and they're heading back to their respective homes for showers, breakfast and fresh clothes. He tells them about the dead body that's been found and Brianna and Jackson agree to meet up at Pearl, after Havika's seen the body. Evan again tries to weasel his way into coming and helping, but until they know where crime scene actually is they can't do much investigating.
Havika has to shut Evan down reminding him he's on medical leave and it would definitely go against Major Winchester's orders of no field work for at least three until his shoulder is healed. Evan accepts begrudgingly, but tells Havika to keep him updated anyway. So Evan resigns himself to a weekend at home with his Ailani. All in all, it's not a terrible start to Havika's morning.
This is where Havika finds himself now in a situation, that's not terrible, but it isn't exactly something he thought he'd have to deal with. Especially on a Saturday morning, before he's had his coffee. A slightly angry stubborn McGarrett. He's seen Lane deal with Scott numerous times and his stubbornness, but he has a feeling big brother is different.
"Steve, I don't think this is a good idea for you to be here." Havika says gently.
"I have to Havika did Duke tell you about the note addressed to me. What it said."
Havika sighs, Damn stubborn McGarretts "Yes he did show me and tell me, you'd only be taking the bait as it were, whoever shot this Navy SEAL is taunting you Steve. He's making this a whole helluva lot more personal. You shouldn't be here much less actively involved at all. Five-0 has no grounds to be here."
"I know, I know, but I have to for Scott."
"Dammit McGarrett okay, but you do NOT touch you get me Commander." Havika warns him.
"I get you come on Noelani's waiting."
Steve doesn't often like to admit when he's wrong but when it comes to being wrong about his capabilities or capacity to handle something. He's no less forgiving of himself then if he's wrong about facts for a case.
Steve is beyond wrong this time. He and Havika step into the autopsy room where Noelani and the body of the SEAL are waiting.
It, the body looks so much like Scott, it's like he's seeing double. Like if Steve and Scott were triplets this guy would be it. From the facial structure all the way down to the various scars on the man's body. He even has some of the same tattoos that Scott has in the exact same place. Or on the opposite side to where Scott has his. This is too much for Steve he doesn't feel so good all of a sudden.
Before Noelani can even began her findings and tell them cause of death. Steve rushes out of the room to Noelani's adjoining office, with a quick "Excuse me."
A minute later Noelani and Havika both hear Steve throwing up or its more like dry heaving. Since Steve hasn't eaten anything this morning yet. He doesn't think he's going to want to for the rest of the day.
"Excuse me Noelani." Havika excuses himself from the room. Havika finds Steve kneel down next to a desk trash can indeed dry heaving now into it. All that came up was bile considering Steve obviously hasn't eaten this morning.
Steve's hunched over the plastic trash can lined with plastic bag liner thankfully. Havika kneels down next to Steve and starts rubbing his back. Steve's never been sick like this before. He's never one to get squeamish either. Havika guesses this is just too much. Too real for Steve. Havika has to admit the resemblance is uncanny.
"You good now? Got everything out?" Havika asks.
Steve looks up at the other man wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "Yeah, I think so, nothing left in my stomach anyway."
Havika slowly and carefully gets Steve up and leads him outside and to the adjacent public bathrooms. He helps Steve clean up, and wash his face. When Steve's feeling a bit more presentable and not like he's going to puke his guts out, the two head into the hallway.
"You stay right there don't move I'm going to go talk to Noelani really quick." Steve nods his head between his legs.
Havika is back within ten minutes, he tells her he'll be back in thirty minutes. Noelani nods in understanding and covers the body back up. Havika is back sitting with Steve in the hallway of the building.
"I'm calling your sister Mary no arguments you're going straight back home, you don't look good, and I don't mean just because you spent the last few minutes dry heaving into a trashcan."
Steve looks up and scowls at the taller man, that's a mistake it makes his head hurt contorting his face like that. He leans his head back on the bank of chairs on the wall and closes his eyes. Trying to block out the harsh fluorescent lights of the hallway.
Steve for once doesn't argue, actually he's noticed he argues a lot less or not at all on occasion whenever he's with either Scott, Lane, or Havika. It must be a dad thing, they have that Dad voice they don't even know they use half of the time. Danny would be included in that too, but he's also his husband and has other more pleasurable ways of making Steve agreeable to doing things.
Steve gives him a thumbs up nodding his head too much for the sudden headache he feels coming on. Before Mary gets there Danny shows up and is surprised to see Steve and Havika sitting out of Noelani's office, and Steve looking miserable.
"What's wrong Havika did something happen?" Danny asks worriedly looking at his partner's pale face and general poor mood. He hadn't been gone that long, and when he and Steve had left Scott's house this morning they were both happy, despite the current circumstances.
"Steve saw the body of the Navy SEAL and he bore a striking resemblance to Scott. It was a bit much for him. He dry heaved into a trashcan, but I think something else is going on with Steve." Havika tells Danny. "I called Mary to come pick him up. She's taking an Uber. She'll be here in five minutes."
"Thank you Havika. I'll sit with him until she comes. I'll let you get back to what you have to do." Danny says, without saying it. He watches the agent go back into Noelani's office and the adjoining autopsy room. "Steve babe are you alright?" Danny asks. Steve's still got his head back against the wall and his eyes are squeezed shut in pain.
"My head's killing me Danno." Steve mumbles pathetically. Danny immediately knows what's wrong.
"You seeing spots Steve, do you feel dizzy or off balance?"
Danny just gets a moan and groan from Steve in response. "Okay babe you just hold tight I'll be right back." Danny leaves Steve now lying down across the uncomfortable seats his right arm over his eyes blocking out the light. Danny goes quickly to his car to get a pair of sunglasses for Steve. While he's out in the parking lot he sees Mary getting out of an Uber and walks over to him.
"Where's Steve? Agent Kamaka told me he was sick."
"Yeah, that's from seeing something he shouldn't have." Mary looks at Danny odd. "I'll explain later when we're back at the house. Steve's in the second stage of migraine attack right now though." Danny holds up and waves around the sunglasses in his right hand.
"I knew he looked off this morning." Mary says as she and Danny enter the building and find Steve curled into himself as much as he can on the line of chairs lining the wall. "Hey Bro. Not feeling so hot, are you?"
"Mare, what are you doin' here?"
"Havika called me remember." Apparently, he doesn't because he's lying there looking confused.
Danny places the sunglasses on Steve's face and Steve opens his eyes, the light isn't so bad anymore, but his head is now throbbing, really bad. He feels like his head is going to explode it's that bad.
"Come on Steve up let's get you into the car and home." Danny says and he and Mary lever Steve's much taller frame up and walk out the door of the building. "Mary, you okay to drive the Silverado back to Scott's?"
"Sure am keys?" Mary asks. Danny is on the right side of Steve and fishes around in one of his pockets and finally finds the truck keys. One arm still around Steve holding him up. Danny tosses the truck keys to Mary who catches them in two hands. Mary makes her way over to her brother's truck and opens the driver's side door and climbing into the cab. "See you back Scott's Danny."
"Yeah, see you there Mary. Drive safe."
"You too." Mary says gives her brother and his husband one last look before peeling out of the parking lot heading back to Scott's house.
She's left two six year olds in her brother's house with Chin, Kono and two of Scott's teammates, Kali and Lane. She won't be surprised if the four adults are over run by the two hyper-active sugar chocolate filled six year olds. She can picture it now. Her three older nephews have probably sequestered themselves up in their rooms.
1226 Hours. NCIS Pearl Harbor Field Office - MCRT Bullpen, Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
Even though Havika tells Kali and Lane to stay back at Scott's house, they don't listen, and for once he's glad they didn't. Havika realizes he needs the man the manpower being down three men. First, it's at the scene, which they manage to backtrack to the Montgomery residence which is Ewa Beach, actually two streets down from Scott's house. This literally just got really too close to home.
The house and the street in front of it is a crime scene, so seeing as Allison the distraught wife and her four sons can't stay there. Lane offers his house to use as a place to question them which is only a block away. Lane and Kali stay with Allison and her boys, the two agents don't get far questioning Allison or the boys.
1 Hour Earlier
So after an hour of questioning, Lane gave Allison the number of a hotel he liked to use that gave good rates and quality service to veterans and their families. As Kali and Lane were leaving the Montgomery house, they'd let them go back to scene just to get a go bag of clothes for at least a week. Lane passed a framed photo in the living room of a much younger Scott and who he can only assume was the late Brandon Montgomery in Navy dress whites.
Allison saw the agent looking at the photo. She smiled sadly. "Those two were best friends all throughout training. Scott once told me he wouldn't have made it through those eight weeks without Brandon."
"Mrs. Montgomery, do you mind if I take a picture of the photo please?" Lane asked already with his phone out to the camera app.
"No, not at all do what you need." Allison gave him permission. "We'll just be waiting outside Agent Sullivan."
Kali looked at the photo too with Lane and she saw a different side of her team leader in that photo. He's so young in this photo and happy care free, almost. "He looks so young." Kali remarked to Sullivan.
"He's seventeen in that photo, Brandon too."
"How do you know?" Kali asked.
"Scott told me, he was seventeen when he enlisted, he got his honorary Uncle Joe to sign the parent/guardian papers allowing him to enlist at seventeen."
"Scott would be a big help right now." Kali told Lane as they walked back out of the house.
"He really would. He'd tear apart this whole island looking for his friends killer."
"So we have to do it for him. Get justice for the Montgomery's." Kali said firmly.
Present Time - 1233 Hours. NCIS Pearl Harbor Field Office - MCRT Bullpen, Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
"We've got a dead Navy SEAL shot and killed in his home, one gunshot to the head, two to the chest center mass, no weapon, no perp, and a grieving wife, and sons. We need leads." Havika tells the four other assembled agents.
"Okay, alright thank you Sergeant Lukela." Jackson hangs up the corded desk phone on Evan's desk. "That was Sergeant Lukela from HPD. I think we just got that lead you've been asking for Agent Kamaka."
Havika grabs the keys for the CRT truck off his desk and tosses them to Jackson. "Gas up the truck. Rest of you grab your gear let's roll out."
"Hey that's my line!" Lane calls out after his temporary unit chief.
"I've always wanted to say that." Havika grins back at the blond CRT operative as they head out of the building.
6 Hours Earlier 1025 Hours 91-1002 Kaiapele St, McGarrett Residence - Front Room, Ewa Beach, Oahu.
"Danno Danno Danno." Charlie exclaimed as he rushed to hug his father's knees as Danny came in through the door.
"Hi Uncle Danny, why's Uncle Steve wearing sunglasses inside. It's not sunny." The little blonde haired girl asked her other Uncle.
"Charlie buddy, Joanie can you keep it down use your inside voices, Uncle Steve's got a really bad headache, and loud noises and sounds heard his head."
"Okay Danno, sorry." Charlie whispered.
"Sorry Uncle Steve doesn't feel well." Joanie told Danny.
"It's okay kids he just needs to lie down, take a nap." Danny told them as he's still holding up a hungover looking Steve. He knows that feeling doesn't come until after the migraine has passed.
Mary came through the door behind Danny and Steve. "I'll help get him situated, the guest room would be better but I don't think he can make it can you Steve?" Mary asked her brother.
Steve just squinted and groaned in pain of his throbbing head. "That's a no then." Danny said. "Right couch it is. Come on partner." Danny and Mary lead Steve to the couch that he'd fallen asleep last night, and get him as comfortable as they can, pulled off his combat boots and pulled a blanket up over his body.
Eddie came trotting into the front room at all the noise of the humans, and he saw his human his Steve lying on the couch. Not moving, but seeing the rise and fall of his chest means he's alive. Eddie licked Steve's left hand that had dropped down next to the couch. Steve pulled his hand under the covers at the wet feeling of dog slobber.
"Come on Eddie let's Steve alone huh buddy." Danny said as he watched Steve's dog sit and plant himself in front of his master not moving. "You're a stubborn one aren't you just like your owner." Danny whispered. "How about walkies Eddie you want to go for a walk." Eddie got up at that ears perking up and wagging his tail.
"I'll get Eddie's leash Danno." Charlie whispered and ran off to get Eddie's leash which is in his own doggie go bag.
"Joanie, are you okay to go with Uncle Danny and Charlie to play?" Mary asked her daughter.
"Yes Mommy I want to go play with Charlie and Eddie."
"Okay you be a good girl for your Uncle okay."
"I will Mommy." Charlie came back in with Eddie doggie go bag packed by Steve last night had all the doggie essentials in it.
Danny takes Eddie leash out and he woofed excitedly but thankfully Steve didn't stir on the couch. Danny clips on Eddie's leash to his collar, and Eddie starts walking around trying to trip Danny up, though not intentionally.
"Eddie!" Danny whisper yelled, and then clamps a hand over his mouth and looks over at the couch. Steve still blissfully asleep. "Alright kiddos lets head out." Danny whispered.
Charlie and Joanie head out of the house and stand in the driveway and waited patiently for Danny to come out.
"Call me if you need anything Danny. I'm just going surfing with Chin and Kono not too far from here."
"I will, and you do the same Mary." Danny offered.
"Do you think he'll be fine by himself?" Mary asked "Maybe I should stay here?"
"No Mary he'll be fine he just needs to sleep this off, we should enjoy the day while we can." Danny said.
"Okay. I'll just leave him a few notes about where we all are." Mary said as she watched Danny walk out the door with her daughter, his son, and Steve's dog.
Mary headed out soon after Danny leaving notes for her brother when he woke up and that food from this morning was in the fridge if he wanted any. Mary decided to take Scott's Mustang GT, she never got to drive it before.
1500 Hours. 91-1002 Kaiapele St, McGarrett Residence - Living Room, Ewa Beach, Oahu.
Steve wakes up suddenly, sitting up he rubs his eyes, and pushes the New York Rangers blanket off of him. He wanders where Scott got that blanket and who from? As far Steve knows his brother is an L.A. Kings hockey fan. How he even likes hockey he doesn't know either. Neither of them ever lived anywhere cold enough to play. Maybe he'll ask Danny later maybe he knows.
He looks around and sees he's still in Scott's house and he's on the couch in the living room next to the kitchen. It feels eerily quiet. Even Eddie gone from his usual spot under the kitchen table. He feels much better, man he hasn't had a bad migraine like that in a while. Now he's super hungry, seeing as this morning he didn't really have an appetite, he didn't really have an appetite last night either, but he ate a hotdog, and half a slice of pizza yesterday and drank half of a beer with his 'dinner'.
Steve gets up off the couch and stands up and his stomach grumbles. He's about to head over to the kitchen and get food when he gets a whiff of his shirt it smells like vomit. Funny he doesn't remember vomiting actually on himself back at the ME office. He's pretty sure he got it all in the trash can.
So shower first it is and change his shirt. Problem, numero Uno he's only packed one shirt from yesterday which he's now wearing and it smells gross. Looks like he's raiding Scott's closet then. It's a good thing they're the same size and have relatively the same style. Even if Scott likes the refined designer clothes then Steve who mostly picks up his everyday wear clothes from Target in a pack of three or six. He literally has packs of white t-shirts in his office desk drawer.
Steve heads back through the house to the downstairs bedroom and ensuite bathroom, to shower and change. He decides to indulge himself in a longer shower, his second shower of the day. It's Saturday, the weekend, and as much as he doesn't like to say it NCIS is dealing with the new body that has been found. As per is their jurisdiction. It's been a long time since Steve's had a free weekend like this. It's almost nice, if he didn't remember where his brother and his brother's boss are right now. He's heard from Havika that Isaac woke up yesterday and is talking and engaging with visitors so that's good. It's boosting morale for their unit. Now all they need is for Scott to wake up, and for him to be okay.
Steve must have been in his own thoughts for longer than he thought because even with the shower running he can hear footsteps outside the bathroom in the bedroom. Steve turns off the shower, towels off his body enough to put on fresh boxers and his cargoes and goes out to investigate the noise.
Steve opens the bathroom door into the bedroom, and sees its Brooke and she's currently changing the bedsheets with her back to him. "Brooke what are you doing here?" Steve asks.
Brooke to her credit doesn't scream, but does step back shocked at seeing her husband's brother shirtless and still wet standing in front of her.
"Me Steve, what are you doing in my house?" Brooke asks hands on her hips.
"I had a bad migraine attack Danny and Mary brought me back here, so I could sleep it off. That was...oh wow six hours ago."
"Couldn't you go back to your house?" Brooke asks as she continues fixing the room up and putting things right.
"My house is on the back on the pacific Brooke. I haven't had time to check it for damage yet." Steve leaves out the part where he got a call about a dead body that had an uncanny resemblance to his brother. "Danny's first thought was here. He's my brother Brooke I don't think Scott would mind if I crashed here."
"I've seen the kitchen it certainly looks like more than just you and Danny were here."
"There was more than just the two of us." Steve says raising his arms across his chest. He tells Brooke how he had all invited yesterday with open arms. Okay yes, he maybe should have asked Brooke first, but it's Scott's house too, not just hers. Steve decides to change the subject. "Have you seen Scott at all?"
"No, I haven't I was in Tristan and Jake's room last night. I'm sure he was fine."
"So you don't know about his fever or if it's gotten worse."
"I know about his fever, I don't know if it's gotten worse or not. I'm not the first one informed of his condition. Agent Sullivan is."
Steve can't take anymore of Brooke's attitude right now and he still hasn't eaten and he's hungry. So without staying another word to her Steve goes back into the bathroom to clean up his mess and brush his teeth. When he comes back out of the bathroom, Brooke isn't there. Instead he finds her puttering about the kitchen.
Even though it's a Saturday Steve still wants to be presentable so he heads up to Scott's master bedroom, and spends five minutes rooting through his brother's closet for a shirt or t-shirt to wear. Steve's just picking out one of Scott's more plain beigey colored pocket tees when Brooke walks in.
"What are you doing now?" Really what's it look like I'm doing Steve thinks to himself as he pulls the t-shirt over his head.
"I needed a t-shirt. Scott and I are the same size we share clothes sometimes, that a problem for you Brooke?"
Brooke yesterday had time to think about what Steve said, and what Cooper said about her needing to decide what's more important them her family or her career. "Yes Steve its fine." Brooke says in a lighter tone. "Are you okay?" She asks.
"I'm good now, but I'm hungry so if you'll excuse me I'm going to heat up some of the leftovers." Steve walks out the closet and out of the bedroom and heads downstairs to the kitchen.
Steve doesn't hear more from Brooke the whole time he's at the house. About twenty minutes after he's sat down with four slices of cold ham and pineapple pizza he hears the door shut and Brooke drive away. No doubt going back to the hospital to be with Tristan and Jake.
He polishes off the slices of pizza and then goes for the leftover pancakes that Charlie and Joanie saved for him and Danny. They're even on a plate, wrapped in plastic wrap with a note that says For SuperSEAL Love Charlie and Joanie. He smiles at the note, as he heats up the breakfast and tucks in a few minutes later. As he goes to the fridge again he sees three post it notes on the fridge.
How he hadn't seen them when he's getting the food before he didn't know. They're notes from Danny, Cooper and Mary telling them where they all are. Danny has taken Charlie and Joanie to the dog park with Eddie. That explains why it's so quiet, and he saw Eddie's doggie go bag in the front room open and his leash missing, and few of his outdoor toys. That reminds Steve he's got to check in with a contact of his about something he's been meaning to do for a long time now.
Cooper's note says he's gone to the hospital to hang with his brothers, and that Wyatt and David have biked over to a friend's house. With the name and number of the parents, on the back of the note as well, as per the rules of the house. Mary's note says she's gone surfing with Chin and Kono, and that's there's food in the fridge for him to heat up if he's hungry.
Steve cleans up his mess in the kitchen, and then walks back over to the couch. He's not one to be inactive and just sit around, as long as he's productive he's happy. So he decides to use his laptop that he brought from his house and do some research for when Scott eventually comes home. Scott will come home with him, no matter what the TBI aftermath holds Scott is going to be cared for by family and not in some facility. He starts researching construction or renovation companies that do home renovation projects for severely injured or wounded law enforcement officers and government agents.
Since Scott is injured in his job at NCIS and not in overseas combat all those projects or foundations that build homes for wounded service members won't work for Scott. Even though Scott is a veteran, and served honorably.
He finds two companies and calls them up and asking them just general questions. He knows this seems a bit much right now considering Scott's not even awake yet. Steve's a forward thinker always has been. Whether Scott likes it or not he's going to have to get used to life as an amputee, as someone who's disabled.
After he calls the two renovation companies, he calls his contact on the mainland about that thing he's been looking into for a few years. His contact says everything is looking good, and that he's sorry to hear about what happened to Scott. Even though there's been delays so to speak everything is still going to plan, and everything will be ready when Scott gets out of the hospital.
Steve's just about thinking about flicking on the TV, but daytime TV sucks, when hears the rumble of the Camaro outside. And two happy and chatty kids outside. Steve smiles and gets up from his seat on the couch closing it and it putting it on the coffee table.
"Uncle Steve Uncle Steve, Uncle Danny took me to the toy store, I got Lego Elsa's Sparkling Castle look." Joanie holds the careful Lego box to her uncle.
"Wow Joanie Bee that's really cool, did you ask your Mom if you could, have it?"
"Uh huh uh huh she said yes and to thank Uncle Danny, I did." Joanie says. "Can I open it now Uncle Steve?"
I think it'd be better if you waited until we went back home Joanie. I don't think Auntie Brooke would want to step on any Legos by accident sweetie."
Joanie's face falls and but accepts the answer. "Can we go swimming?" Joanie asks instead.
"Yeah Danno can we go swimming in the pool?" Charlie asks holding his own Lego set, that Danny got him. Legos are every parent's worst nightmare toy, but if it makes Charlie happy Danny'd buy all the Legos in the world for his son.
"You just ate Shave Ice buddy you have to wait a bit until you go in the water."
"Ah Danno..." Charlies whines a little.
"How about I put a movie on for you two. And you can watch a movie and then by the time the movie's over you can go swimming." Steve suggests.
He knows Scott is a closet Disney nerd, and has almost every Disney movie known to man. Yes even the girly princess ones, that's only because Lane and Havika daughters were well once little girls at one time and they'd come over to watch movies at Scott's house on the big movie theater screen Scott has upstairs.
"Can we watch Rataouille?" Joanie asks. "Do you want to watch Rataouille Charlie it's funny?"
"Okay can we have popcorn too Danno?" Charlie asks looking up at his dad.
"I don't see why not. It sounds like a perfect Saturday afternoon activity."
Danny goes and gets both Charlie and Joanie set up in Scott's media room upstairs. Once they're both settled with blankets, popcorn and drinks with spill proof lids, Danny heads back downstairs and finds Steve looking at his laptop again.
"What are you looking at babe?" Danny asks sitting next to him.
"Renovation companies that'll renovate the house, and do it as a gift or however you know they do it. You know like Wounded Warriors Foundation or the Gary Sinise Foundation."
"None of those will work right since Scott wasn't injured overseas in combat."
"That's what I'm looking at it's frustrating. Though I've found two companies that'll do it for law enforcement and government agents injured severely in the line of duty, I'm just searching their creditability. I want what's best for Scott."
"You're thinking of having Scott live with us, aren't you?" Danny asks. He remember Steve say the house as in their house, and not his house.
Steve looks into Danny's blue eyes. "I am that's okay, right? With how Brooke is acting recently and with the TBI we don't how he'll come out the other side, I don't want him to have to live alone or some facility being taken care of by strangers."
"Of course Steve I don't mind, he's your brother, we look after family. We can turn the downstairs bedroom into an actual bedroom instead of just a storage collect all space."
"We can move his bedroom that's currently upstairs, downstairs to that storage room that's actually supposed to be used as a guest bedroom, and make his current room, the new guest bedroom."
This is good they're starting to formulate a plan. Steve can tell there's something that Danny wants to tell him though. Steve saves the pages he has open about amputees and also TBIs, and sets the laptop down.
"Alright D, come on talk to me what'd the Governor want? What'd she say to you?"
Danny just comes out and says it before he can think of a better way to break to it to his husband. "The Governor's throwing us the fight club case effective immediately. We're being reassigned or re-tasked back to our usual high profile cases."
"What?! She can't do that we have a stake in this!"
"No Steve we don't actually you know that. Right from the start we bulldozed our way onto this case with Tani finding that NCIS business card in Barnes' shorts."
"Danny...she can't do this." Steve says again more forcefully.
"She can and she has, she's already informed HPD of our availability. NCIS can handle themselves apprently from here. Oh the Governor also wasn't happy with Lou calling Chin and Kono, and she's barred them from Five-0 completely."
Steve gets up from the couch, and starts heading through the house to the front room and out the door. "Steve! Steve where are you going?!" Danny yells after his husband running down the driveway watching the Silverado speed off down the street and around the corner out of sight.
Danny decides to call Jerry he knows it's a Saturday, but Jerry's just as invested in this case as everyone else is. He pulls out his phone and calls Jerry.
Jerry hey man I hate interrupt your Saturday, but I need you to ping Steve's phone. Find out where he's heading. I told him about my meeting with the Governor this morning and it didn't go well."
Danny certainly does not want a repeat of what happened with Governor Jameson. Even though Steve had been cleared of all wrong, doings in that case. The Governor in Steve's eyes has done him wrong.
"Danny Steve's headed toward the Palace, I'm here at the office with Agent Carson we're going over some findings."
Agent Carson he's supposed to be on medical leave what's he doing at the Palace. Havika isn't going to like that. He is tied up with the recent body that was found, and he's only one man he can't be in two places at once.
"Okay Jerry thanks I'll be there soon." Danny ends the call and runs a hand down his face.
So much for a relaxing Saturday afternoon. Danny goes about locking up Scott's house, and takes Eddie out to do his business. He doesn't want the dog to tear up Scott's house so he puts Eddie in the downstairs guest bedroom with his food water and some toys, and he even puts down a puppy pee pad mat just in case. Eddie taken care of he jogs up the stairs to get Charlie and Joanie.
Mary still isn't back from her surfing excursion with Kono and Chin no doubt enjoying her Saturday. It's what Danny told her to do, he can't blame her. He'll just send her a quick text about where he's taking Joanie and Charlie and not to worry. Danny wants to get to Steve fast before he does something stupid something. And with the NCIS agents all occupied and Rachel and Stan too far away, Danny has no choice but to bring them to work with him.
"Hey kiddos how's the movie?" Danny asks as he walks into the media room. He sees a movie playing that isn't Ratouille but looks like some Disney superhero movie playing now.
"Good Danno do you want to watch with us?" Charlie asks.
"I wish I could buddy, but your Uncle Steve's run off to work and I've got to go find him, so you two are coming with me." Danny tells the two six year olds trying not to sound worried.
"Work on Saturday Uncle Danny, Uncle Steve's silly work isn't supposed to be for the weekend." Joanie chimes in.
"I agree completely little lady what do you say we bring him back here and make him watch movies."
The two kids cheer in glee and get up and follow Danny after he's turned off the TV and cleaned up the room a little bit. Room cleaned up, Eddie secured, Danny grabs his keys from the front room table in the bowl and usher Charlie and Joanie out of the house.
1602 Hours. Iolani Palace - Five-0 HQ - Main Office Area, Honolulu, Oahu.
Steve strides into the office and sees Jerry at the smart table with Agent Carson who has his black sling over his shoulder and is sitting down in a chair.
"Hi Steve, how're you? You feeling better?" Jerry asks.
"I'm just great now Jer. Agent Carson does Agent Kamaka know you're here?"
"No he doesn't Commander, but I just had to get out of the house. He told me about the body that was found I had to do something to help."
Steve thinks about this for a minute. "So you have access to NCIS files, then right?"
"Yes, I do why?" Evan asks.
"I need you to look into a personnel file for me." Steve says.
"On who?" Evan asks genuinely curious. He can't think of anyone who the Commander would want to look into.
"On my brother Scott." Steve announces. "Look kid I don't have much time. Blackburn told us to look past the Thatcher case that you guys had a few years back. That's what I'm doing."
"I don't feel right doing this. I...I don't even think I can. I'm just a junior agent. I won't have access to personnel files."
Jerry decides to voice an opinion he has. "I may be able to help with that."
"Jerry you're a computer whiz, what have you got?"
"Steven! Whatever the hell you're doing don't do it!" Danny comes in like a whirlwind yelling and waving his hands. He got a security officer to watch Joanie and Charlie downstairs. Danny had seen two black unmarked Chevrolet Suburbans with flashing lights and sirens barreling past him on his way to the palace. They got stuck behind a traffic accident that should hold them up for a while.
"I have too Danny I have to find out what Havika knows about Scott. What he wouldn't tell Lane." Steve turns back to Jerry. "Jerry, do it, get me in those files."
Jerry looks up at Danny and then back over to Steve. "I built in a backdoor when SAC Blackburn first gave Five-0 access to their database and files just in case."
"You knew this would happen?" Danny asks Jerry.
"What, what would happen?" Steve asks.
Evan looks up from his phone at text from his boss. From Blackburn.
"SAC Blackburn's just locked you out our database completely. Shut you out." Evan says.
"What am I looking for Steve?"
"Anything related to my brother and his history with NCIS, no predating NCIS."
Four NCIS agents all dressed in professional business attire come storming into the Five-0 offices. One of them Danny and Steve recognize as Agent Emma Warren.
"I have to say Commander I thought you'd learned your lesson last time. I told you what would happen last time if you tried to interfere with an investigation."
"Jerry Ortega step away from the laptop, and keyboard." Another male agent tells Jerry he does as he's told holding his hands up in a non-offensive gesture.
"You're not serious, are you?" Danny asks Agent Warren. Steve sees the male agent going towards Jerry with handcuffs.
"No stop he didn't do anything I forced him, it was all me. They had nothing to do with this." Steve tells the male agent. Looking between Jerry and Agent Carson.
"Is that true Agent Carson?" Emma Warren asks her colleague.
"It's true I was just an observer I had no idea what the Commander was doing. I'm not even here in any official capacity, I just came to talk to a friend."
Emma takes that as the truth, and then turns back to the Commander. "Turn around hands behind your back Commander." Steve surprisingly does as he's told without a fight. "Commander Steven J. McGarrett you're under arrest for the murder of Chief Petty Officer Brandon T. Montgomery."
Wait what murder no way that can't be right that's not at all what Steve thought he'd get arrested for. Obstruction of justice and tampering with and trying to gain access to federal documents maybe, but not murder. This is not at all turning out how he thought his Saturday would go.
Steve hears the resounding click of the cuffs and knows his fate is sealed. Steve is led away by Agent Emma Warren and through the glass doors of the Five-0 offices and out the front door of the Iolani Palace for all to see. Leaving a stunned and shocked Danny, Jerry and Agent Carson behind.
TBC...
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A/N: Look like Steve's got himself into some real trouble this time. Tune in next to find out if he can get himself out of his pickle he's in.
