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Steve is NOT happy!
Danny was in a deep sleep when he heard smashing of glass and arguing coming from Steve's room. He jumped out of bed and grabbed his gun as he approached the adjoining door. He took a deep breath and opened the door pointing his gun and shouting "Freeze!"
Steve and Kono turned quickly raising their hands in the air and shouted simultaneously "Don't shoot!"
"What the hell was all that noise?" Danny was pissed off because it was 4:30 am.
"Shut up Danny, leave me alone!" Steve was angry
"I've been trying to calm him down all the way here" Kono responded "I thought he was going to get us killed on that bike"
"What happened?" Danny asked noticing the anger on Steve's face. "You have a face, and it's not one of your better ones"
"I swear to God, I am going to kill that mother fucker if it's the last thing that I do" Steve declared as he punched his fist through the wall.
"Whoa! Can someone please tell me what the hell happened" Danny was losing his patience as he stood there in his boxer shorts.
Kono decided that Steve was in no condition to respond and took the initiative in explaining the events of the evening. Danny listened. He was concerned for Catherine and for Steve, but he wasn't surprised. He had heard of these things happening before. Many officers that had gone undercover in these types of situations had to unwillingly partake in illegal activities in order to keep their cover. A sacrifice for the greater good they called it.
He explained to Steve how common this was. Steve understood and could see the reasoning behind it, but he was upset.
"Listen Steve, once this is over, we'll be there for her. We'll get her the help that she needs. Our main focus is keeping everyone alive and busting this guy." Danny was trying to get him to see the end result
Steve rubbed his sore hand as he spoke "Danny, Kono, I see what you guys are saying, but you don't understand. She did this because of me. This is all my fault. She wanted to transfer into NCIS and do something more exciting. I told her she shouldn't quit Naval Intelligence. That she was safe there, that NCIS was too dangerous. She wanted to do something more exciting and I told her she couldn't handle it. I told her she was too much of a good girl. I told her she didn't have the inner strength and survival instincts. She did this to prove me wrong." Steve was sure he had pushed her into this
"Again it's about you. Is that why you guys called it quits? Because she wouldn't do what you wanted her to do.?" Danny responded
Kono interjected. "You know…It doesn't matter. Let's focus on this case and you can worry about that later. The bottom line here is that regardless of what she is doing with Connor, she is still loyal to the case. We still have an insider that we can trust."
Danny started "Call Chin and have him get over here. I'll contact Agent Carmine. We have to somehow figure out how we are going to pull off this heist. We need to switch out the employees and replace the money with marked bills, all within the next 5 hours."
"I'll make the coffee" Volunteered Kono.
When Kono left the room to go make the coffee in Danny's room, Danny approached Steve and sat next to him on the bed.
"Listen, I hear what you're saying and I'll be honest it bugs the shit out of me too." Danny was sincere
"But… I hear a but in there" Steve answered in what was left of his voice
"But, she isn't your girlfriend anymore. She isn't one of your subordinates. You do need to accept the fact that she makes her own choices. She chose this job. She chose how far she needed to go to get the intel" Danny was being realistic
"I know, but I still care about her a lot. I couldn't stand to watch him treat her like that, taking advantage of her. She was so sweet and innocent. I mean she wasn't a virgin or anything, but she was not a slut, and she never even so much as smoked. Now she fucking around with this guy and doing coke? I can't accept that. I won't accept that" His eyes watered.
"It's not up to you, is it?" Danny placed his hand on Steve's shoulder "You have to understand that this isn't her. It's her cover and it got out of control. While she's in there, she's Kate, not Catherine. Don't you think the fact that Roberts blew his cover and was killed has anything to do with her being scared and not wanting to give him any reason to doubt her? She's trying to stay alive." Danny had a great deal of experience in these types of situations. "Think about what your specialty was in the SEALs. Is that who you are? Are you a cold blooded killer? No, it was your job. Don't let this define what you see in her."
"Fine, I'll focus on the case. For now she's just another operative. But I am not done here. This guy is not coming out of this alive." Steve understood what Danny was saying, he wasn't happy, but he understood.
Kono returned with coffee and Chin had arrived. They all sat and went over the plans for the robbery. Danny had gotten a hold of agent Carmine and had arranged for the money and two agents to portray employees. They were ready.
