A week later, as all members of Five-0 are unusually gathered in the office, filing reports or reviewing some old HPD unsolved cases, Steve receives a call from Duke that leaves him truly alarmed: there's been a bombing at the water purifying plant, and a plant worker has been killed. He and Danny immediately head out to the location, but en route, they get another call from Duke: this time, another bomb went off at Kalaeloa Airport, seriously damaging the facilities, and apparently having killed a few military personnel. Danny sighs, invaded by a sinister feeling; this is starting to look serious, and on two locations, at that. As the two men turn around to head to the airport, Steve calls Lou at the office and directs him to the water purifying plant with Tani, catching them up on the latest developments.
"Danny… remember that HPD report from two weeks ago, with some underworld rumours about a new player in town, asking questions about explosives?"
"Yes, but we tried to chase it up and it never went anywhere. Whatever it was, it died as soon as it started. Maybe now we know why," he sighs, uneasy. The loss of human lives is always unacceptable in any crime, but this feels like something different.
"Wait a minute," Steve reaches for the center console, dialing Iolani Palace. "Junior? Pull up HPD's reports from 2 weeks ago, we're looking for the one on explosives."
"Got it," Junior types the words into the mainframe computer and starts reading, "an undercover officer from vice reported hearing some rumours about a new player in town, looking for plastic explosives," he becomes quiet for a second, before proceeding, "Steve, we're talking a thousand pounds of explosives, the report was updated two days ago."
"Crap," comes the easy expletive, muttered under his breath. "Listen, Junior, send the crime lab to both locations, I want to know if there's any commonality between the two."
"I'll bet you there is, it's too much of a coincidence, two explosions in one day, what, minutes apart?" Danny exhales, sure he's read the situation correctly.
"Well, you know what Chin used to say, coincidences take a lot of planning," Steve mutters, speeding up.
Junior agrees by nodding, as he says, "Will do, I'll keep you posted."
Reaching the airport, Steve and Danny contemplate the level of destruction before them. The central building is in flames and at least one hangar is engulfed in smoke. HPD is crawling all over the place and both men head over to where Duke is, taking charge of the situation. Noelani is leaning over a tarp, and when both men come closer, they realise it contains two charred bodies, burned beyond recognition.
"Duke, what do we have?"
"Steve, four dead, five jets destroyed in the hangar, the main building was taken out by a bomb. CSU is still processing the scene, and we have to wait until the fire department puts out the fire so they can start over there. It looks bad, Steve," Duke says with a grave look on his face.
"What happened at the water plant, Duke?" Danny puts in, not willing to let go of his theory. If Duke confirms it, this case will go from a possible accident to domestic terrorism immediately.
"HPD is at the scene, too, I'll know more in a few hours. Looks like a bombing, as well, but I don't have any more details, I'm afraid. We have to wait."
"Let me know as soon as you do, Duke, I'll have to inform the Governor. This is bad, really bad."
Suddenly, Steve's phone rings and as he answers it and moves slightly away, Noelani starts to give the men her preliminary report. The dead are both male, and they died from the explosion. The other two bodies will be harder to extract from the rubble, and she'll get to them at the morgue. Suddenly, Steve moves closer to the trio and sighs, unable to believe what he's going to say next.
"There's been another explosion, at the Navy weapons depot. Eight military personnel are dead. This is a nightmare," he exhales, pushing the heels of his palms into his eyes. "Duke, hold down the fort, here. Danny, let's go. This is going to be a mess of monumental proportions. Oh, and, let me do the talking when we get to the base."
As they head to the car, Steve's phone rings again. He opens the door and sits down, letting the car's Bluetooth sync with his phone, and waits until it's on speaker, so he can start moving.
"Adam, talk to me."
"Steve, it was definitely a bomb, took out the functioning capability of the water purifying plant. You need to warn the governor. Apparently it was C-4, and a lot of it. CSU is still processing. I'll keep you posted."
"Thanks, Adam," Steve mutters, as both men drive to the Military facility, not looking forward to what's coming next.