Thanks to LadyAilith, amblue36 and lynnrxgal for their reviews! Here is the third chapter of the first instalment of the Seven Series. Enjoy!

Steve stood on the veranda of his beach side home nursing a mug of steaming coffee. The waves lapped gently at the golden shore and the orange glow of sunrise glinted over the horizon. He loved these clear, early mornings. The warmth of the sun was gently creeping into the air and the scent of the sea and vegetation permeated his senses. He hadn't slept well last night with thinking about Danny's harsh reaction to Seven and the medic herself, maybe he would have a talk with them both today, see if he could iron out the creases. Steve was about to go back into the house when movement on the beach caught his eye. A young woman was walking sedately towards the sea. She wore dark shorts and a pale blue vest top. She was athletically built but still had the curves of a classical female figure, from this distance he couldn't judge her hight. The growing light caught her deep red hair that was bobbed at her jaw but her back was to him so he couldn't see her face. He was sure he hadn't seen her before he would remember that hair colour. As he watched she walked into the water until she was knee deep then put her hands in her pockets looking out to sea. Steve was considering going over and introducing himself when his phone rang,

"McGarrett...yes Governor...I'll assemble the team and get straight on it"

Steve put his phone back in his pocket and when he looked up the mysterious young woman was gone.

When Steve walked in to 5-0 HQ that morning Seven was already there. He had called the team on the drive in but was astonished that Seven had beaten him there. She had been sitting looking out of the window, at least the visor of her helmet was turned in that direction, but stood when he entered the room. She obviously saw the question written on his face,

"I was already awake and dressed when you called Si...Steve, and my bike is pretty quick"

Steve had noticed the super slick black racing bike when he had arrived,

"I see, nice bit of kit by the way", he notice Seven straighten with pride,

"Thanks"

"What's with the wake up call Steve?" asked Danny as he walked through the door, closely followed by the cousins,

"And who does that bike belong to?" said Chin, Seven raised her hand. Chin practically bounced over to her, boyish excitement gleaming in his eyes,

"Sweet ride Brah...hey perhaps you'll let me take it for a spin one time huh?"

the smile was evident in Seven's voice,

"I'm sure that can be arranged, I'd have to insist you wear a helmet though"

Chin grinned and gave her a high five. Steve saw the look on Danny's face and elbowed the smaller man gently, Danny mumbled a quiet apology then something about 'what happened to not touching the scary lady's equipment'. Steve rolled his eyes.

"So what we got Boss?" Kono said from Steve's shoulder. Steve silently thanked Kono for changing the subject. He pulled up the intel that the Governor had sent over on the screens.

"OK we have intel that a drug shipment is coming into the south of the island this morning headed by The Aka drug cartel, there's a possibility they're dealing in arms as well. Our job is to disrupt the drop and bring in the major players, this stuff they're dealing is dangerous, there have been a number of drug related deaths on the island that have been linked to this particular cartel"

Steve pulled a map up on the screen with some satellite photos of the drop zone,

"We'll come in from the east and use these derelict buildings as cover. This is the man we want", a picture of a stocky Hawaiian man appeared on the screen, he had a scar over his left eye and dark swirling tattoos on his neck,

"Aka'ula, armed and highly dangerous, he should lead us to Feng Li" another photo appeared, an American / Asian man with bleached blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail that hung from the nape of his neck.

"We have our target. Chin, Kono, you two pair up. Seven...you go with Danny, I'll move between you"

Seven nodded whilst Danny gave him a look that said 'we'll talk about this later'.

"OK team lets move out"

The camero and chevy came to an easy halt behind some thick vegetation. Seven pulled up behind them leaning her bike on its kick stand. Steve peered through the leaves of a flowering bush. The derelict buildings were on the other side and beyond them he could see people moving about, he counted seven men in total. He could see their target looking out to sea. He drew his weapon and motioned the team forward. Kono and Chin went to the left, Danny and Seven to the right, Steve went down the middle.

Danny led the way gun drawn. He stuck close to the walls of the building moving cautiously. He was aware of Seven behind him, moving silently on booted feet. He stopped and turned to her,

"Look" he whispered, "I don't know your combat history so like it or not I'm gonna treat you like I would a rookie, stay behind me, don't wander off, keep quiet, do what I do and don't get in my way, understand?"

"Loud and clear Detective"

"If we're gonna work together call me Danny, and can you do anything with that visor if the sun catches it it'll betray out position"

"No problem...Danny" Seven reached up and tapped the side of her visor, the mirrored surface immediately went matte, Danny opened his mouth to say something then thought better of it, instead he moved off again.

Steve peered around the corner of the building that he had his back pressed to. The drop hadn't been made yet that much was obvious. The group of men were milling around looking out to sea, some were smoking, others chatting but all of them were armed. From here he could see the group's vehicles and as he watched a sleek black saloon with tinted windows pulled up and a man with a bleached blonde pony tail got out. Steve felt a lead ball drop in his stomach, Feng Li wasn't supposed to be here, his presence pushed to odds out of balance. Aka'ula and Feng Li spoke to each other before making their way towards the buildings to his right. Danny and Seven were over there and they wouldn't stand a chance against those two and their entourage. He needed to get Chin and Kono over here but he didn't have time. Steve raised his gun and stepped into view,

"Freeze! 5-0!"

Danny flinched as the sound of gun fire filled the air, he too had seen the arrival of Feng Li and had been about to instruct Seven to move back when he had heard Steve shout. Typical , bloody stupid man! Danny eased around the corner preparing to engage when he heard Seven moving behind him, he turned in time to see her perching on the edge of the roof of the building they were using as cover,

"What the hell are you doing?"

Seven levelled her hand gun then looked down at him,

"Higher vantage point, clearer shot"

Danny sighed, she was just like Steve, he turned, took aim and fired.

Steve pressed against the building, bullets ricocheting around him. He ducked around the building and fired, he saw a thug go down and allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction. He moved quickly back, sliding the empty clip from his gun and preparing to load a new one when a stray bullet sparked off the rim of an old gallon drum and buried itself in Steve's upper leg. Steve staggered as the awful ripping, burning pain radiated up his body. He grimaced in pain, pressing his hand to the wound. He felt the warm ooze of blood beneath his palm, hopefully nothing important had been hit, but his black cargo pants hid the extent of the wound. He had to move, see if he could find Seven, she was a medic after all, it hurt to move but he had no choice.

Danny reloaded his gun and was about to re-engage when Seven landed in front of him,

"The targets on the move"

"Which one?"

"Both of them"

Danny looked over his shoulder in time to see Aka'ula and Feng Li running towards the buildings furthest from them. Odds on there was a get away vehicle in that direction.

"Get after them go!"

Seven turned and ran, Danny close behind her. When they were gaining on the pair they split up,

"Go after Aka'ula" Danny shouted, Seven looked back at him her step faltering,

"Go on go!" Danny ran left her not waiting to see if she had obeyed his order, his eyes focused on the white blonde pony tail in front of him. He smiled as Feng Li led him to a dead end, then suddenly Li turned and ran at him, screaming like a banshee. Danny was shocked enough to be slow to react and Feng Li knocked his gun from his hand. The pair went down rolling in the sandy grass but Danny had weight on Feng Li and managed to pin the man under him slugging him across the jaw, blood spurted from Name's nose as Danny beat him into submission, a cut opening up above his eye. Danny sat back to catch his breath but Li managed to get a hand to his pocket and jabbed a black and yellow tazer into Danny's neck. White light exploded behind Danny's eyes and he fell side ways, his body convulsing as Feng Li got to his feet.

Seven quickly gained on her target. Aka'ula may be built like the proverbial brick shit house but he was slow. Suddenly the big man turned, swinging his gun round towards her. He seemed momentarily taken aback by her appearance and that slight hesitation allowed Seven to duck under his gun arm, grab his wrist and twist the gun from his grip. She twisted and her left boot impacted against the big man's chest. He staggered back, managed to regain his footing and swung at her, again Seven avoided the blow and stepped through driving the heel of her hand into his solar plexus then slugging him across the jaw. He flailed wildly and managed to catch her on the shoulder, the force of the blow was enough to knock Seven to the ground but she quickly recovered swinging her legs around in a vicious arc that swept his feet from under him. He hit the ground hard and Seven was immediately on him, her hand wrapped around his neck and his eyes rolled back in his head. Seven managed to roll him over and fished a set of cuffs from her belt. Once he was secured she ran after Danny.

Danny groaned. Opening his eyes he found Feng Li standing above him Danny's gun and warrant card in his hands,

"So, Detective Danny Williams...do you know how much this nose cost me?"

"I would think you had worse problems than that"

Li wiped his bloody face with his sleeve,

"Oh I would say you we're the one with the problem Detective. I don't like it when people get in my way and when they do, I remove said obstruction"

He raised Danny's gun,

"Good bye Detective"

Danny heard the mechanism click and fire, but the muzzle flash of the gun was obscured as a black mass blocked the bullets path and Seven crumpled to the ground beside him.

"Danny!" that was Chin's voice.

"There will be a reckoning for this Detective", Feng Li snarled then turned and ran.

Danny managed to get to his knees. Seven was lying on her front, blood soaking into the sandy ground around her. Danny could see the exit wound in her back, the bullet had lodged in the wall behind him. At that close range her vest had been useless.

"Shit"

Danny rolled her on to her back,

"Seven, Seven can you hear me?", her body was limp and lifeless in his hands,

"Danny!"

"I need some help here!"

Chin and Kono came around the corner at a run, Steve limping after them.

"What happened?" Chin asked dropping his knees, Kono joined him whilst Steve leant against the wall.

"She took a bullet that was meant for me" Danny looked up at Steve. His partner looked pale, he was breathing heavily and keeping his weight of his right leg. He saw the blood on Steve's palm.

"Are you ok?"

Steve nodded,

"I'm fine, help Seven"

Danny tried to pull at the black material that covered Seven's neck whilst Chin worked on her gauntlets and Kono on her vest. He had to see if he could find a pulse. As he leant over to get a better look at what he was doing Seven sat bolt up right. Danny yelped and reared back wards falling on to his backside. Kono and Chin removed their hands from her as if she was white hot as Seven clawed at her neck. She finally managed to undo the straps of her helmet and pulled it off, tossing it aside. She breathed deeply running her hands through her hair that was slick with sweat. Hawaii was so hot! Not at all what she was used to. She looked up at the three 5-0 members on their knees around her, at their surprised expressions and open mouths,

"What?"

"Are you ok?", Kono asked, recovering enough to place a hand on Seven's shoulder,

"I'm fine"

"How? How can you be fine? I saw you get shot! That should be fatal wound, look at all the blood! How?...What are you?"

Seven smiled,

"I'll explain later Danny...Steve!"

The group turned as Steve slid down the wall he had been leaning on, leaving a smudge of bright red blood on the bleached wood. Seven was immediately at his side,

"Steve, what happened? Steve?"

The 5-0 Commander was deathly pale. He was shaking and sweating, his breath ragged and his eyes unfocused, he was going into shock. Danny appeared beside her as she ripped off her gloves,

"What's wrong? Steve? Talk to me buddy!"

"Danny, help me lie him down then get out of the way"

Danny was about to argue then did as he was told, he stepped back to watch as Seven placed a hand on Steve's chest above his heart. She froze for a second then exploded in to action, pouncing on Steve's right leg. She found the tear in his pants caused by the bullet and ripped the trouser leg open. Danny grimaced. Although the wound was small the material of Steve's trousers was saturated with blood, it ran in rivulets down his leg and oozed from the dark bullet hole. Seven removed what looked like a pair of tweezers from a pouch in her belt and bent over the wound,

"What's happening Seven? Talk to me damn it!"

Kono touched his arm,

"Calm down Danny, she knows what she's doing"

"The bullet has severed the femoral artery and lodged in the muscle tissue. I have to remove it before I can repair the damage, he's lost a lot of blood already if I don't move fast he'll bleed out", Seven's voice was remarkably calm. She dug the metal instrument into the wound and Steve groaned, trying to move away from the pain, Seven quickly snaked her hand under Steve's lower back and the SEAL relaxed, a few seconds later she removed the slug from his leg. She tossed it aside and shifted position,

"Get me some water" Chin stood and sprinted back towards the cars as Seven laid one hand over Steve's heart and the other over the wound then she went still. Danny itched to get involved to help but Seven had made it clear that she didn't want him getting in the way. As they watched colour returned to Steve's face, his breathing returned to normal and the pain and panic left his now refocused eyes. He lifted his head. Seven was kneeling next to him, one hand on his chest, the other on his leg. He could feel pulses of warmth emanating from those hands and was about to ask her what she was doing when he noticed she wasn't wearing her helmet. Her deep red hair stuck out in sweat slicked spikes, her face was angular yet soft with high cheek bones and a perfectly straight nose. Her skin was flushed and shining with heat and exertion and when she opened her eyes and looked at him Steve gasped. They were completely white, no iris or pupil but as he watched her eyes changed and turquoise blue irises appeared shot through with flecks of deep blue. She smiled at him,

"Feeling better?"

"Erm?"

Chin appeared beside her, handing her a bottle of water. She took it then removed her other hand from the wound on Steve's leg, using the water to clean away the blood. Looking over her shoulder Danny couldn't believe what he was seeing, the bullet hole was gone. There wasn't even a scar.

"I told you she was something weird about her"

Seven helped Steve to sit up then held out her hand,

"I'm Seven" she said smiling, "Nice to meet you"

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