Phantom

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Meka Hanamoa John McGarrett and Steven McGarrett (Steve's grandfather) do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for this Danni universe.

The character of Danni Williams, although originally based on the idea of male Danny Williams, is probably different enough now to be considered my own creation since she has a different background and has morphed into a different person. Grace is still Grace with some changes to her in reflection to the change in Danny. It should also be noted that Grace's surname in the Danni Universe is Taylor not Williams. Williams is Danni's maiden name that she reverted back to after her divorce.

The characters of Lieutenant Colonel David Williams, Special Agent Jack O'Connor and Doctor Rosie Lange. I should also say that any other characters who are mentioned who you don't recognise, no doubt belong to me so please do not use them without permission first.

This disclaimer will grow as more characters emerge but I think that's all of them covered for this prologue.

Author Note

Here is the next chapter for you all.

This is the last chapter of Danni explaining the world she lives in to Steve, from now there will be just the odd comment. I needed to put it in because this is Steve and he was bound to ask her a lot of questions. Now however we can focus on the case.

Much like my main saga (The beginning, Family, Burn) this story will now start being told by different characters instead of just Steve and Danni, I think it be interesting to get everyone's views especially as the members of 50 now know what Danni is.

Although this story technically is just his one story, I will probably revisit the world and do time stamps, if people are interested in seeing them?

I was originally going to focus on just this story but I think, with everything I want to explore in this story, it would be best for me to work on some other stories as well otherwise they will never be finished lol!

Anyway that's enough from me please enjoy the chapter!

Overall Summary

Danni Williams had known since the age of five that she wasn't quite like everyone else and had learned to deal with it… or rather she had learned to deal with it right up until the point she was dragged into 50, now suddenly keeping her secret is harder than ever before and when it comes out, things aren't going to be pretty. (McDanni saga)

Chapter Summary

Steve stared at Danni for a moment before his eyes drifted towards the window at the back of the room, staring unseeingly at her small, well-kept garden, her softly spoken words running though his head on loop as he tried desperately to make sense of them.

Overall Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Chin Ho Kelly / Malia Waincroft (Chalia)

Kono Kalakaua / Charlie Fong (KoFo)

Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danni Williams

Chapter Romance

Mentions of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Other Note

Point one – Please be aware that nearly all the locations I use are either from the internet (Thank you Google) or made up. I claim no knowledge of Hawaii

Point Two – Although this is technically part of the Danni saga and uses many of the characters it is to be considered an A/U of the world and not one which will fit into the main portion of it. Danni obviously does not possess what she possesses in this story in that saga.


Chapter Twelve

Steve McGarrett


Steve stared at Danni for a moment before his eyes drifted towards the window at the back of the room, staring unseeingly at her small, well-kept garden, her softly spoken words running though his head on loop as he tried desperately to make sense of them all.

Royalty.

Danni was royalty.

His Danni, the same Danni he had thought he had known so well, that he was confident he had known had kept two massive secrets from him and he had had no idea.

The logical part of his mind understood her reasoning behind why she didn't tell him. He had been on enough classified missions to have the words classified infused to his brain and to know exactly what it meant but the emotional part of his mind, the part which he kept hidden from the world was asking questions he didn't want to answer. Questions like whether Danni trusted him at all if she didn't tell him her big secret? Questions like whether she could be with him now? He had wanted a relationship with Danni for so long, he had been working steadily away at her defences, inserting himself into her life so it would leave a gap if he wasn't there but now… now she was royalty. Were there rules about who she could be with? He felt his eyes narrow, there was no way he was going to lose Danni, not when it had taken him so long to find her. Rules or no rules they were going to be together. He was determined, all he had to do was convince her that he was here to stay regardless of what she was.

He was aware of her watching him silently, her grey eyes thoughtful as she stared at his face, clearly waiting for him to speak. Breathing out slowly he looked back at her, meeting her gaze as he spoke.

"So you are Royalty" He repeated slowly, watching as she nodded at him though she still didn't say anything. "When you say Royalty what do you mean exactly Danni? I mean does Royalty mean something else in your world or is it the same in both?" He queried.

Danni sat forward, one hand coming up to her head as she tucked a loose curl behind her ear, clearly trying to decide the best way to start her explanation.

"It's hard to explain but I'll try" She said, taking a deep breath before she began speaking again. "Most of our kind are Latents Steve, people who start out as normal humans like you and then changed into something different. The only way they can change is if they have constant contact with a true Evolved."

"And you're Evolved? Your twin mentioned something in the hospital about it" Steve said, explaining when he caught the flash of surprise in her eyes.

"That's right." She confirmed. "Like I said before being a true Evolved means that I was born this way. I guess I've never actually been human in the traditional sense of what you expect a human to be. The Latent society actually outnumber the Evolved by at least ten to one and it appears to be growing somehow." She remarked, a frown coming to her face as though the thought concerned her.

"Any idea why that is? Are the Evolved dying out?" Steve asked her.

"No" Danni replied with a shake of her head. "The birthing rates are higher than ever, especially with the surge of Latents. More of the Evolved are mating with Latents, if anything they are being encouraged to mate with them so our bloodlines can continue. It obviously dilutes the Evolved blood slightly but not as much as you think. Mating with a human is frowned upon by the society, once it wasn't but that was when there were less Latents" She explained.

"So Duncan is a Latent?" Steve remarked, wondering what ability the other man had. He had only met Grace's dad once or twice and as much as he hated to admit it, the man had actually seemed a decent human being. Danni had never discussed why their marriage had ended and he had resisted the urge to badger her into telling him hoping that one day she would tell him herself.

Danni remained silent for a moment before her mouth curled up into a half smile.

"No, Duncan is 100% human Steve, I've never been one for keeping every rule especially when that rule is one telling me who I should love." She told him ruefully.

"And Grace? She's what half Evolved, half human?" Steve asked, ignoring the way his heart skipped a beat at her words.

"No, she's 100% Evolved, don't ask me how or why because I don't know and the scientists don't know. Grace is special, she always has been. It's difficult for a human to get a member of our society pregnant, there's only been a few occasions which is why it's generally frowned upon as a suitable match. Latents are different because they are changed into one of us by that time so the baby is unaffected. I'm guessing that because the baby has no ability from the human parent it takes it all from the parent who is Evolved and therefore is 100% Evolved. I'm probably not explaining this well because… well I've never had to before, Duncan was spoken to by the council who explained everything to him and I'm obviously simplifying everything as well for you."

"What about if a Latent and a human get together?" He asked curiously.

"That's more common but again pregnancy is rare, we think it's a genetic fail safe to keep our society running." She told him.

"So how are you Royalty?" He questioned, bringing the conversation back to the original topic.

"Most blood lines are mixed with the blood of Latents but there's one or two which has managed to remain pure. My family is one of those pure blood lines.

"And that makes you Royalty?" Steve asked her.

"Our blood line can be traced back to the first. There's no other pure blood line that can do that which means that we are royalty. It sound so stupid when I say it out loud but that's the way it works." She answered him, shifting awkwardly on her sofa. "It's just a title Steven, I'm still the same Danni that I was yesterday. I never hid my personality from any of you. None of that has been fake, none of my feelings or emotions have been fake. All I did was hide what I could do from you all because I had to not because I didn't want to tell you. I've wanted to tell you for so long but I was scared what they would do to you." She stated, looking up and meeting his eyes, a pleading look to her gaze. Steve nodded, giving her a smile to show he understood.

"So tell me what does Tamacesa actually mean then?" He asked her, leaning forward and taking her hand in his.

"It doesn't really have a direct translation in the human language but the closest it would be is Princess I guess." She said with a shrug.

"Princess" Steve repeated again, bringing his free hand up and rubbing it tiredly against his eyes. "So when you were married to Duncan he was called…"

"Saiekama" Danni told him.

"And that means?" Steve prompted.

"Consort" Danni told him equally as promptly, interlocking their fingers together. "I know this is a shock Steve, I mean I doubt you woke up this morning and thought that anything like this would happen. You're not going to understand everything at once and I don't expect you to. That's the way it goes. You're going to have more questions and I'm happy to answer them later on but right now we've got a case which we need to work on because these elementals we're hunting aren't going to stop until we find them and stop them. They are just getting started."

"I know and I do want to talk more about this later Danni, we have a lot to discuss" Steve told her with a nod as he came to his feet. "So the Governor said that you were going to pick your own taskforce, have you got anyone yet or are you going it alone."

"I've hired my twin brother and Meka to the taskforce at the moment, when this case is done I'll look to hire some more people but until then we should be enough. I've sent them down to the original crime scene to have a look around. I'm going to head over to the morgue. I want to have a look at the body and see whether Rosie's been able to get an ID on the victim yet. We're going to need something to work on because right now we don't even know whether he was targeted for a reason or whether he was random."

"Can't you touch him and find out?" Steve asked her as they moved towards the hallway. Danni raised an eyebrow at him as she looked over her shoulder towards him.

"No" She told him, "To see the dead I have to have flesh to flesh contact with someone who is alive and was close to them. I can't just touch someone dead and know everything about them. I would need to find his wife or husband or a family member or even a close friend for that. Once I have that I can talk to him."

"So that's why you don't touch the others, because you don't want to see their dead?" Steve asked as he pulled his boots back on, his gaze fixed on Danni.

"Yep, exactly right. I like being able to look at them and just see them." She responded with a nod as she picked up her bag from the floor.

"But we've touched so you can see my dead?"

"Yes Steve, though not all the time, they come and they go" She told him, a sympathetic look coming to her face. "We'll talk about this later Steve, I need you to focus on the case now. If you can't do that then I'll drop you off at headquarters and head to the morgue myself. We can meet up later on."

"No I'm good" Steve said as he opened the door and stepped into the warm sunshine.

He forced all his thoughts into a mental box and slammed the lid down, ready to examine later though there was one thought which he couldn't quite shut down.

Maybe, just maybe, he could finally speak to his mother and find out exactly what happened on the day she died.


Author Note

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