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48 hours earlier

"What do we have Max?" Steve asks as he and Danny approach the coroner who's leaning over their dead body.

"Male victim in his thirties. He has a gunshot wound to his head which as of right now I am under the assumption that it's the COD," Max explains as he points out the wound in the victims forehead.

"Well, that seems to be the obvious Max," Danny says as he looks down at the body. Max gives Danny a look before continuing.

"However," Max stresses with a look back down at the body. As he explains, Max points out the other injuries. "There are a large number of other injuries. The victim has multiple broken bones in his fingers, hands, arms, and legs. On top of that, he has multiple stab wounds and bruises."

"What happened to this guy?" Steve asks rhetorically as he takes in the victim's appearance.

"I will, of course, know more when I get him back to the morgue," Max adds and the partners thank Max before walking over to the rest of the team.

"Alright, Chin, you and Lou stay here and process the scene. Kono, head back to HQ with Max. As soon as I send you an ID on this guy do some background on him," Steve orders and Chin, Lou, and Kono immediately move into action. Steve turns and looks over at Danny. "Can you call your buddies at HPD and see if they've seen anything like this?"

Danny nods his head and pulls out his phone and begins making the phone call. Steve moves back over to the dead body and pulls out the fingerprint device and takes the victim's fingerprints and runs them as Max loads the body into the van. It doesn't take long for a match to come back, the victim being a school teacher. Steve pulls out his phone and sends the information to Kono before calling the Governor. He needs to be updated on this case. Whoever did this seems to be extra dangerous.

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"We're sorry for your loss Mrs. Lincoln," Danny says as he and Steve sit on the couch. The woman in front of them nods her head as she wipes away tears with a tissue.

"I know this is hard, but we have a few questions for you," Steve adds and Mrs. Lincoln nods her head again and sniffs, trying to control herself enough to answer Steve and Danny's questions.

"Is there anyone that would want to see your husband dead?" Danny asks and Mrs. Lincoln's eyes dart up to his before down to her wedding ring. Steve catches it and when he shares a look with Danny he knows Danny caught it too.

"Mrs. Lincoln?" Steve prompts with his eyes on the woman across from him.

"Leyanna Fink… she… she was having an affair with my husband," Mrs. Lincoln says hesitantly and looks up at the two Five-0 members in front of her. She notices the look the two send each other. "I know how this looks. When I found out about the affair, I was angry… hurt. But then Mark ended the affair. We've been doing better; seeing a marriage counselor, trying to make it through this."

"Mrs. Lincoln, where were you last night?" Steve asks as he studies the woman.

"With my sister," Mrs. Lincoln answers with a look at Steve.

"We'll need to corroborate that," Danny says and Mrs. Lincoln nods her head and writes down her sister's name and number. Danny hands her his card. "If you can think of anything else."

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"Alright, thanks. Call me if you get anything else," Danny says into his phone before hanging it up. He walks over to the computer where the rest of the team is standing.

"Andrea Lincoln's alibi checks out. What did you two get on Leyanna Fink?" Steve asks with a look at Kono and Lou. He notices Danny rejoining the group.

"She wasn't too broken up about the break up. She's already moved on to her next guy. Her alibi also checks out," Kono explains with a sigh. They weren't getting anywhere on this case.

"You get something?" Steve asks Danny with a nod at the shorter man.

"Yeah, my buddy said they had a body show up yesterday morning. Same MO as our vic," Danny replies before sending a file from his phone to the computer. Chin reaches over and opens it up and pictures and information on HPD's victim takes over the screen.

"All right, so we have John Dobson. Age 20," Steve announces as his eyes search through the information. "Kono, see if you can find any links between these two victims. Lou and Chin, go talk to Dobson's family. Danny and I are going to go see the coroner about the body."

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Steve shoves the door open harder than needed as he and Danny walk outside. They had just finished talking to the coroner about Dobson and still have no leads. Dobson died of blood loss and the trauma he experienced was the same as Lincoln's. Danny hurries his steps as he keeps pace with Steve and they climb into the Camaro.

"So, what are you thinking?" Danny asks with a look at his partner after they climb into the car and shut the doors.

"I'm thinking we need to catch this guy," Steve says before turning on the car and squealing off.

"Well, I'll tell you what I'm thinking," Danny says, noticing the eye roll from Steve but not commenting on it.

"You always do," Steve says but allows Danny to continue.

"I think we might have a serial killer on our hands," Danny says as he runs his hand through his hair.

"Danny…" Steve starts but Danny holds up a hand and interrupts him.

"I know. I don't want it to be that either but we have to face facts here," Danny says and turns in his seat slightly to face Steve a little more. Steve sighs but keeps his eyes on the road.

"We only have two bodies right now. And we don't know why this guy is doing this. It could be that he's out for revenge and he's done," Steve replies without much conviction.

"My gut tells me this is just beginning," Danny sighs out and his lips form a thin line as he looks out the windshield.

"Yeah. Me too," Steve agrees quietly. His phone starts ringing and Steve pushes the button to answer the call. "McGarrett."

"Steve," Chin's voice sounds through the speakers. "Just finished talking to Dobson's father. Turns out John Dobson was making the five finger discount into a habit. Not only was he stealing from stores but from his father. Put his father in debt because of it."

"All right Chin. Meet us back at the Palace. We'll go over everything together," Steve replies and ends the call as Danny's phone begins ringing. Steve looks over and sees Danny answer the call and talk for a few moments. Steve's stomach drops when he sees the dark look encompass his friends face.

"Okay, thanks Duke," Danny says and hangs up the phone with a dejected sigh. Steve glances at the road before looking back over at Danny. Danny looks over at Steve and meets his gaze. "We got another body."

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"You guys got here fast," Duke Lukela says as he walks over to meet Steve and Danny.

"We were already on the road," Danny replies and he and Steve follow Duke to where the body is. Danny had called Chin after hanging up with Lukela and filled him in.

"What can you tell us Duke?" Steve asks as he walks alongside the older man.

"Same as the last body. I have CSU processing the scene right now but so far we haven't found anything," Duke explains and comes to a stop next to the mutilated body. Steve and Danny's lips form a thin line as they look down at the bloody body. Steve runs a hand down his face. "This is the second body in 12 hours McGarrett."

"Actually, there was another body found yesterday morning," Danny says as he squats down to get a closer look at the victim. Duke's eyes widen and he looks over to Steve who nods his head in confirmation. "We know who this guy is yet?"

"No," Duke says with a shake of his head. Danny nods his head and stands back up. "We just took his fingerprints and sent them your guys at the Palace."

"All right, thanks Duke," Steve says with a clap of his hand on the Sergeant's shoulder before walking back to the Camaro with Danny quickly catching up.

"It's times like these that I really hate being right," Danny says as he climbs into the Camaro.

"Yeah," Steve replies, shutting his door and starting up the car.

"You know what we're going to have to do now, right?" Danny asks with a sigh and Steve grimaces.

"Any chance you want to talk to the governor for me?" Steve asks with a glance at Danny who shakes his head and holds his hands up.

"Oh, no. That's your job 'oh powerful leader'," Danny says and earns a sigh from his partner.

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