The Hunt is on

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The character of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast; Charles, Jenna Kaye and Max Bergman do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes

The character of Danni McGarrett is probably mine by now. Even though she was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably safe to say that's she her own individual character by now, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.

The characters of Jack O'Connor, David Richardson, Riley King, Mason Lowe, Niamh Clayton, Louisa Palakiko-Cowan, Tyler Landon, Vanessa Landon, Holly Davies and Doctor Elliot Lloyd, do however belong to me. I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

So here's a brand new offering for you all.

Although I've often worked with simply replacing male Danny with female Danni and seeing what happened I have also written several saga where both of male and female Danny/Danni were in the same story because I was curious about what would happen, how they would be towards each other for example. Sometimes I did this by having them both in 50 as you will find out from the Bomb story which will soon be up and other times by giving Danni a different job on the island and seeing how she reacted to it.

In this particular saga, Danni is the head ME of Hawaii, in charge of a team who deal with all deaths and cases though unlike the show, not just cases from 50. She's married to Steve in this story and they have a family. I should also point out that her second in command is recently married to Danny as well. There is actually quite a few stories in this saga which I refer to as the ME saga so I hope that if this one works out well then I can place the others out.

I love writing Danny / Danni and a saga like this allows me the best of both worlds.

I should warn you that there will be a lot of characters in this that you won't recognise, this is because this story is set in the future and has all the people who I eventually plan to have in 50 in the main saga, you just get a glimpse at them all in advance… I guess this is how I've always pictured 50 in my head.

Anyway I hope you are willing to give it a chance and I guess there's nothing else to say except enjoy!

Overall summary

When three young healthy men drop dead without any sign of injury the medical examiner office become suspicious that there might be something going on. Steve McGarrett doesn't believe there is but he and the rest of 50 take on the case anyway. What they didn't expect to find was a conspiracy which led right to the top and placed them all in danger (Part of the ME saga – A/U of the Danni world)

Chapter Summary

Steve McGarrett leaned against the elevator wall for a moment, closing his eyes and allowing himself to enjoy the moment of respite and quiet

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni McGarrett (McDanni)

Danny Williams / Abbie Williams (Danbie)

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni McGarrett

Chapter Two

Steve McGarrett leaned against the elevator wall for a moment, closing his eyes and allowing himself to enjoy the moment of respite and quiet. He had just returned from a meeting with the Governor who wanted an explanation as to why Steve and his team were still investigating the death of three young men who had apparently died of natural causes. The governor had been adamant that he had wanted the team off of this case and onto something else, something which in his eyes had actually had a crime committed. Even though he had been the one who initially placed them on the case after some subtle pressure from the medical examiner office.

Part of Steve tended to agree with him but his wife was convinced that there was something not quite right about the situation and Steve trusted his wife and her skills more than anything. If Danni believed something was going on than something was going on and that was that.

It was up to Steve and his team to find out what that link was between the three men other than the fact that they were all men and yet the more they dug, the more they found nothing. There was literally nothing to link them, they had different jobs; different social circles, all with different hobbies. They had no physical attributes similar to each other, other than the fact they were in good physical condition.

Steve had managed to score another day to find their answers but after that he would have to drop the case if nothing came up.

He opened his eyes again as the elevator came to a halt on the third floor.

He would head back to the crime scene and see whether there was anything which he had missed the first time round, sometimes fresh eyes were needed. His partner Danno Williams was still in court, testifying on a case they had concluded weeks ago. He had promised Danni that he wouldn't go to crime scenes alone after getting shot doing the exact same thing which meant he would have to bring someone with him.

He didn't even have to think about it.

Riley.

Riley King was a man who had been on Steve's SEAL team. They had gone through BUD/s together, supporting each other and somehow making it through it, both passing with flying colours. There was no one in Steve's eyes who was better than Riley when it came to sniping. The man acted like he had been born to do it, swiftly earning himself the nickname Archangel. In reference not only to his looks which could have easily been mistaken for an avenging angel in the old paintings but also the fact that Riley had been their guardian Angel in the field, protecting them and keeping them safe. Steve couldn't think of one occasion where any of them had gotten injured while Riley had been there.

The day that Riley had left the navy had been a hard day for Steve. He had grown used to the other man's company. Riley was quiet, remaining in the background but when he spoke they had all listened and when he was gone they had felt it keenly. Steve understood his reasoning behind going, Riley's father had been murdered by a kid trying to get into a gang while out on the job and his mother and four younger sisters had become his responsibility. He couldn't protect them if he was in other countries chasing shoe bombers down. The pair of them had kept in touch, Steve knew that Riley had become a police officer swiftly becoming a detective and that he was extremely good at what he did. It had been a no brainer for Steve to bring him into 50 when they were established and it was a decision which neither he nor any other member of 50 had ever regretted. It had appeared that once an Archangel always an Archangel.

He exited the elevator, moving down the empty corridor into the main room, glancing around him, unsurprised to see everyone hard at work, the air loud with their conversation as they bounced ideas off of each other. His eyes stopped on the familiar small blond standing by Jack and Chin talking to them. He took a second to watch her, allowing the sight to sooth him. She was so beautiful to him, her beauty highlighted by her growing baby bump.

He moved towards her, wrapping his arm around her waist and kissing her temple, his hand resting against the bump stroking it.

"What are you doing here Babe?" He asked her. Danni turned from Jack, her eyes widening.

"What's happened?" she asked him, "If Danno was here he would say that you had a face on you" one hand reaching out and wrapping round his neck, her thumb stroking the skin softly

Steve laughed softly, shaking his head.

"You know me too well" He commented, Danni raised her eyebrow.

"I've been married to you for a few years now, I'm pretty sure that entitles me to know the way you work" She replied with a smile. "So what's happened?"

"Just the Governor so nothing new really" He said, giving in and pulling her into a hug, nuzzling his face into her hair and allowing her smell to calm him further. After a moment he pulled away from her, taking a step back and putting some space between them. "So what are you doing here? Normally nothing brings you away from your stronghold and cold bodies. Or did you just miss me?"

"I always miss you Steven but I'm afraid that's not the reason why I'm here right now." She told him, glancing at Jack and Chin. "I'm here about the three men who have died" She stated. "The three men you said you were looking into?"

Steve sighed, taking a step away from her

"Those three men" He said flatly. "We've been looking into it but so far there's been nothing Danni and the Governor is beginning to breathe down our neck about it. We have one day left to find something or we have to drop it. I'm going to take Riley off to the crime scene and have a look around there to see if we missed anything the first time." He stated, leaning his hands against the table

"Would it help if I told you that I've found the link which you've been looking for?" She questioned him, tilting her head to the side, a smile playing round her mouth which grew into a grin when Steve, Chin and Jack instantly turned to her

"Blondie you best not be teasing us" Jack said giving her a suspicious look. Danni shook her head.

"What link have you found Danni?" Chin asked.

"How they all died and I can tell you now that it most definitely wasn't from a natural heart attack" She stated, turning to Chin. "Would you mind bringing up the link with the morgue, it be better if I show you what I've found"

"Considering it done Danni" Chin answered, coming up beside Steve and turning the computer screen on. "Toast" He called out, "Turn up the volume on channel two please" Adam Charles, known to the team as Toast, gave Chin a thumbs up over his shoulder, working at his computer station before he spoke.

"Done Chin man" He twirled on the seat, "Hello light of my life, how's you?" He said with a wink at Danni who rolled her eyes at him.

"Toast" Steve growled causing the younger man to grin at him cheekily before he turned back to his work.

"We're up and running Danni" Chin told her. Danni looked away from Steve, her gaze focusing on the large screen in front of them. She could see her morgue but no MEs.

"Max?" She called out, there was the sound of metal being placed on metal followed by shoes before Max appeared, looking into the screen before his eyes focused on Danni.

"Ah Doctor" He said "I am just in the process of sowing up Mr Moore as you requested. Doctor Lloyd has also returned with six bodies from the scene of the car crash earlier."

"Have Elliot begin the first autopsy on the car crash victim, I shouldn't be much longer here and then I'll take one another one. Remind Elliot to photograph the victims before he starts the autopsy on them. CSU need to have those photos for their own investigations." She stated.

She smiled when the familiar face of Elliot Lloyd appeared next to Max. He was a few years older than Danni was, born and bred in Michigan where he had been a ME before she headhunted him for her own department. He was a happy man, always surprisingly upbeat considering the job they did.

"No problem Dan, I've already taken the photos, at the crime scene and here. Luckily there were no minor victims today, just adults so I'll start with the eldest and work that way," Danni nodded.

"Thank Eli" She replied, turning her attention back to Max when Elliot disappeared after a quick wave at her. "Max, can you take the camera please and move it over to the victim. I want you to direct it to the hairline, just below the left ear." She asked, Max nodded at her, moving out of shot and picking the camera up. The image shook as he made his way to the body, steadying the camera and pointing the lenses to the area she had specified. Danni leaned forward looking closely away of all the other members of 50 gathering around to see what she was showing them. "A little to the left please Max" She said waiting until he had done it "Now zoom in plus fifty" She turned to them, her attention focusing on her twin brother David who had been a medic with the Rangers and was a trained Doctor and Trauma surgeon. "Tell me what you see?"

"I can see a mark" Kono Kalakaua said thoughtfully answering Danni before David could speak, Danni nodded, watching as Kono leaned towards the screen with a look of concentration on her face.

"A small mark" Mason Lowe pointed out, glancing towards Danni with a questioning look in his dark eyes "A mark made by a needle perhaps or at least something similar?" Danni smiled and nodded.

"Give Kono and Mase a cookie and a gold star" She teased softly, stepping towards the screen and circling the mark with her fingertip in case any of them missed it. "I believe that this mark was made by a needle. It's extremely easy to overlook, whoever did this, did it directly in the hairline. Making it almost impossible to detect."

"But you found it" Steve said, a hint of pride to his voice which made her cheeks redden.

"After an hour or so of searching" She said "And I almost missed it, I was about to sign off the ER Doctor report of a natural death. But I decided to give it one more look and then I had to answer one question in my mind to try and figure it out."

"What question was that?" Jenna Kaye asked from where she stood next to Toast, a curious look on her face. Danni looked at them all individually as she spoke.

"If I wanted to kill someone without there being any trace of it being a murder then how would I do it? And my answer was to kill them with a needle or toxin in an area where it wouldn't be detected like in the hairline."

"Okay" David said thoughtfully "So you found the entry point on this body. I'm assuming you straight away went to the other two to see if they had the same mark" Danni nodded "And since you're here" David continued to say "I'm guessing that you found what you were looking for?"

"There were a similar mark on each of the other victims though not in exactly the same area. Whoever did this killed these men with a needle."

"If the person used a poison then there would be traces of it still in the body right?" Niamh Clayton asked "So a Tox screen should show us what was used?"

"The initial Tox screens showed nothing" Danni admitted "Which doesn't necessarily mean anything. Tox screens can only show poisons we know of but it's surprisingly easy to concoct new kinds which wouldn't necessarily show up in the first testing. I took some more samples and sent them to Triston in CSU. He's our expert when it comes to this sort of thing. If there is something to find then he will find it for me,"

"And if they don't find anything?" Chin asked.

"Then they used the one untraceable thing that can be used to kill someone" David remarked, looking towards Danni and speaking the same word as her at the same time.

"Air"

"I'm sorry air?" Kono said "As in the stuff we breathe which keeps us alive? That air" Danni smiled at her.

"That very same" she replied. Steve interrupted before Danni could go into an explanation.

"Jenna" He said turning to the red head who snapped to attention at the sound of her name. "I want you to tackle our victims again, search every aspect of their lives, not just the past few weeks like we've been doing. They have a connection somewhere because something about these men triggered a response in our killer. Toast I want you to help her. Hack and delve into it all. I'm giving you both the green card on them. Whatever they have to hide I want to know."

"Oooooo I love it when you give me the green card boss" Toast said gleefully, stretching his arms out in front of him, interlocking his fingers together and cracking them. Shaking them out and turning his attention to their computers, Jenna right beside him.

Steve ignored him, turning to Riley, unsurprised to see the man standing slightly behind him on his right hand side.

"Riley you're with me. We're going to the first crime scene where Eddie Rue was found to see if we're missing anything at all. Mase and Niamh I want you to tackle the second scene, look at it with fresh eyes. Now that we know how the victims were killed we might find something. Chin and Kono do the same with the third crime scene. Jack I need you to go down to the courthouse and retrieve Danno and Ty from there. We need them there, leave Vanessa there for the moment though explain the situation. We might need a warrant quickly and having her there where the judges are will be an asset. Holly" He said turning to Holly Daniels, one of their newest member. "I need you to stay here and be the point of contact between us and the two brains over there. I want regular updates from you. Louisa Go with Danni and do the same please" He said turning to Louisa Palakiko-Cowan who nodded looking pleased with her assignment. "Danni" He said turning to his wife who looked surprised at being included in his orders. "I know you have new bodies to deal with but I really need you to go back over the first two bodies and see if there's anything more we could use, David, I know it's been a while but I need you to go with Danni and help her. You know what we're looking for." He looked around them. "Everyone know what they are doing?" He questioned, waiting until they all replied before he turned to Riley. "Ready?" He said to the tall blond.

"When have I ever not been ready?" Riley responded. Steve smirked before he turned to Danni.

"Oh and babe?" He said waiting until she turned and looked at him. "Keep this Friday free. You and me have a date at our secret hideaway"

He grinned as Danni beamed at him.

"I'll start counting down the hours" She replied "Got to go though" She said blowing him a kiss, she waved at Riley who shot her a gentle looking smile before she turned to David. "Let's go Davey. I'll take Eddie and you can take Connor" She said.

"Got it" David replied as they headed towards the door.

Steve watched them before he nodded once to himself, heading towards his office to grab his second weapon.

They had a job to do.

Author Note

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