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Chapter Two
CSU and HPD were on the scene in no time. Lou, Tani and Junior stayed behind to find out where the sniper's perch was and if there was a sniper. Eric begin to assess the area, looking high and low, before looking at the spot where Steve lay bleeding out.
"Hmm..." They watched him set up a laser pointer and the strings to find out where the shot came from, taking notice of Steve's height, his standing spot when he was shot, and the angle of which the bullet came from. Junior and Tani looked at each other with raised eyebrows and looked at Lou, but he shrugged.
"Eric, what are you doing?" Tani asked. Eric clipped the strings onto the laser stand, and typed in something.
"The cop who was standing with Steve when he was shot told me the angle was from above." Eric replied. "So, I am taking into account the way he fell, was standing, and the point of impact, so..." He clicked something, shook a can of invisible spray, and then sprayed it in the line of the pointer, and they followed the line until it was pointing at a balcony on the fourth floor of the hotel across the street.
"That is your sniper's perch." Lou slapped his back.
"Good work, kid. Tani, Junior, go ask for the footage and see if you can catch the sniper on footage and find out which room that is." Lou said. "Let me know if you find anything."
"On it."
"What can I do for you two?" They held up their badges and the receptionist raised her eyebrows.
"We need to speak with the security management." The receptionist nodded.
"Come with me." They followed her to a door, and she opened it, allowing them in, where a man in a fine suit stood with multiple men looking at the cameras.
"Excuse me." Tani said and he looked over. She held up her badge. "Five-0. I'm Officer Tani Ray, this is Officer Junior Reigns. We need to take a look at your security feed." The man nodded.
"Of course. What's this about?" He asked, shaking their hands. "Henry, by the way."
"Friend of ours was shot today." She replied and his eyes widened. "According to our crime lab, the person took the shot from this hotel."
"Which floor?" Henry asked, nudging the guard. He nodded and his hands hovered above the keyboard.
"Fourth floor security feed." Junior said. "From the earliest as can be." The guard nodded, restarting the footage from the fourth floor, and it started from six am. They watched as he fast forwarded, watching people pass by and head into different rooms, until it landed on a woman at a door, carrying a case and a backpack.
"Oh, hey, stop it right there." He paused it, allowing them to look at the room number, the woman, and the case. The woman had short black hair that ended at right above her shoulders, and tattoos swirled around her arms. They looked at each other.
"Doesn't that look like a sniper's case to you?" Tani asked and Junior nodded.
"Who checked into the room?" Junior asked.
"Room 424." Henry said to the receptionist and she disappeared before coming back and handing them a card.
"A woman under the name Laura Pines." She said. "Checked in this morning at eight, and then checked out at twelve."
"Oh, that's not an alias at all." Tani mumbled.
"Plenty of time to shoot somebody." Junior commented.
"Thank you guys. We will need to go through that footage again, so can you please pull it for us?" Tani asked.
"Of course, anything you need, just call us." Henry said.
"Thanks."
Tani slid in the key card, and when it showed green, opened the door and pushed in, allowing Junior in. Then she shut the door, following him in and pulling on her gloves.
"This place is clean." Junior said.
"Call Lou, tell him to send CSU up to room 424. Gotta search this place beforehand. Maybe find a shell casing." Tani said, and Junior pulled out his phone, dialing Lou's number while Tani walked around, walking to the balcony and opening the door, walking to the railing and looking down. It was the perfect view to where they had settled, and Tani narrowed her eyes as she looked around. She knelt down, searching for a casing, but there was nothing.
"CSU is on the way." Junior said, leaning against the door frame. "Anything?"
"Shooter policed her own casing." Tani said. "Whoever this woman is, she's good."
"Please tell me you have something." Danny said as he walked into the office. His hands shook and were tinted red from Steve's blood, and even after four times of washing his hands, they were still red. Steve was in surgery, and he couldn't sit still while he waited, because the doctor had told them it would be a while. They had to stop the bleeding and find the bullet before it became an even bigger mess. So he grabbed his backpack that had some backup clothes and took a shower at the palace, then headed in to see if they had anything and he hoped to God that they did.
"Yeah, actually." Tani replied. "CSU didn't pick up any prints in the hotel room where our sniper had perched, there was no shell casings and we only have a back shot of the shooter." Danny looked down.
"But there is some good news." Lou said. "The shooter had tattoos, and we're running through the database now to see if there's a hit."
"How's Steve?" Junior asked and Danny gripped the edge of the table.
"He's, uh... He's in surgery, doctors are trying to stop the bleeding and pull out the bullet..." His voice shook. "They don't know if he's going to make it."
"For one thing, it's Steve." Lou said. "He'll pull through." Danny nodded slowly and took a breath, before turning to the monitors.
"Can I see the photo of the shooter?" Junior nodded and pulled it up and Danny stepped closer to get a good look, and he squinted, pointing at her hand with the key card.
"What's that on the back of her hand?" Junior typed, then slowly zoomed in, clearing the image to show a trident.
"Run that too." Danny said. "We might get a faster hit." Junior nodded.
"On it." Danny tapped his foot, then looked her over.
"Okay, this woman has to have some type of military training. What we know at the moment is that she has black hair, tan skin and tattoos. Her form is good, kind of like Kono's but a bit more meat, alright? Muscular, tall and very well defined. I'm thinking maybe, just maybe, she's had army training." Danny said, looking at them. Lou nodded.
"That could explain why she's such a good sniper and so good at covering her tracks." Tani said. "But what if she's not done?"
"If she wanted to kill Steve immediately, she would have done it. She would have done a head shot or center mass." Lou said. "Why do you say that?" Tani shrugged.
"Just a thought." Danny's phone begin to ring and he pulled it out, answering it and putting it to his ear.
"Detective Williams." His body visibly relaxed and he released a breath. "Yes, thank you so much. I'm on my way." He hung up and leaned against the vid screen in relief, his heart thumping against his chest.
"Steve made it through surgery. He's weak, and they're going to monitor him until he's stable. But he's alive." They sighed in relief and nodded.
"Good, go. We'll let you know if we have something."
"Commander McGarrett lost a tremendous amount of blood in the field and in surgery, but repeatedly giving him blood helped keep him alive. We almost lost him a few times, but he pulled through." The doctor said as they walked down the hall to Steve's ICU room.
"Yeah, well, he's Superman, that's for sure." Danny said. The doctor chuckled a bit.
"Also, we pulled this out. Thought you might want it." He pulled out a small container and handed it to Danny. It was a bullet, mushroomed, but he could still make it out.
"Rifle bullet." He said softly. The doctor nodded.
"Would you like to see him?"
"Yes, please." The doctor smiled and turned a corner to a room, opening it quietly.
"He's heavily sedated and is under some pretty good medication and drugs to help with the pain, and he's still under the influence of anesthesia." Danny nodded and the doctor allowed him to pass through.
Steve lay in bed, the monitor beeping a bit fast. He was pale, probably from the loss of blood, an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth, his breaths unsteady and shaky. His eyes were shut and was slightly sweaty, and Danny swallowed heavily, before walking up slowly and laying his hand on Steve's head. He was grateful that his hair was growing back, after stupidly shaving it off in quarantine. But, he had to admit, it was sort of growing on him.
"Stay strong, Steve..." Danny whispered. "It'll be okay."
After getting a huge security detail around Steve's room and the hospital, and dropped off the bullet to Eric, Danny headed back to the office, his mind reeling. He felt so much anger and hatred for this sniper, the fact that she almost took away Steve from him. He wanted to find this woman and give her hell.
"Hey." Lou greeted and Danny gave him a nod. "How's our boy?"
"He is weak and drugged out, so thankfully he's not feeling much right now." Danny replied. "Do we have an ID on our mystery sniper?"
"Yeah. Was just about to call you." Tani said.
"Alright, who is she?" Danny turned to the monitor as a picture pulled up of a woman. Her hair was pulled back in a bun, pitch black and it shone a bit with whatever light was hitting her. Her eyes were bright gray, and just looking at the picture, Danny could tell she was highly intelligent. Her skin was tan and she had a small scar underneath her eye, which looked like a knife had cut it.
"Meet Lieutenant Alyx Kyoshi, 21 years old." Danny stared at the picture before slowly turning to the others.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." He said slowly.
"Yeah, that's what we said too." Junior said. "According to official record, she joined the Navy at eighteen years old. Graduated top of her class at the Naval Academy, and according to her commanding officer, and I'll quote, "Alyx Kyoshi is an outstanding example of skill, intelligence and loyalty. She will make a fine soldier in the battlefield," end quote." Danny felt his throat close up and he felt sick.
"She was honorably discharged after serving three years in Afghanistan and two months in Iraq." Lou said.
"Why was she honorably discharged?" They all glanced at each other and Tani and Junior looked away, making Lou shake his head.
"Document is sealed, but the Naval officer I spoke to say the op she was working went south. Her four teammates were wounded and she knew that they would die, and according to one of the statements, something snapped inside her, and she took down thirteen armed men in almost a minute." Lou explained.
"That's impossible." Danny said. "Steve could barely take on five people, and he's Mr. Super SEAL."
"Another teammate said that she didn't leave them, and after it was all over, hauled them all out all by herself. Guess that loyalty part was true." Junior said.
"Okay, this makes me sick. What? That snap made her a cold-blooded killer, huh?" They shrugged and Danny rubbed his head.
"She was even awarded the medals of honor and loyalty." Tani said. "The President awarded it to her. She's a highly decorated veteran, so why would she kill?" Danny bit his lip, tapping his foot and released a breath, calming his anger that was bubbling in his stomach.
"Okay, listen to me. Tani, Junior, I want you to dig up everything in this woman's life. Find out where she was born, her parents, every tiny little misdemeanor and problem she's had in her life. Understand?" They nodded.
"On it."
"Lou, come with me."
A bloody sack dropped on the desk and he lowered the magazine, lifting his head and looking up at her.
Alyx stared at him coldly, a blood splatter on her cheek.
"It's done."