You're in charge

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Catherine Rollins, Victor Hesse. Governor Jameson and anyone else who might sound familiar do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes

The character of Danni Williams 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 and Phil Wentworth do belong to me though

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

Sorry for the massive delay with this story. I've been meaning to update it for a while but things kept getting in the way. I'll try my best to update this story more often.

Enjoy this chapter!

Overall Summary

When Steve McGarrett is recalled to active duty, the members of 50 knew that it would be a difficult adjustment for them all to make. What they didn't expect was a serial killer to emerge, a serial killer who is targeting naval personnel and who is always five steps ahead of them. Can they solve the case without Steve or will they become the next targets themselves. (Part of the Danni world saga)

Chapter Summary

Steve kept his eyes closed, listening to the low murmur of chatter around him, his mind fixed on the small island they were leaving behind and more specifically on his team and his partner.

Overall Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Others though they are currently a secret which no one knows bar me!

Chapter Romance

I think if you squint hard enough you can see some McDanni…

Other note

Nearly all the places I have stated are either made up or I've got from the internet so I'm sorry in advance if I get an address wrong or anything. My geography on Hawaii is very poor having never been there before!

Interlude One

Tuesday 8th February 2011 – 09:55

Steve kept his eyes closed, listening to the low murmur of chatter around him, his mind fixed on the small island they were leaving behind and more specifically on his team and his partner.

The Commanding Officer had been quick to inform them that they were heading away from Hawaii and would be gone for at least two weeks if not longer. A two week period where the crime element of his island wouldn't sit back and take a holiday just because he was gone, if anything they might assume wrongly, that this would be the perfect time to step up and increase their productivity. He hadn't even been able to make a phone call or send a text message to Danni to tell her when he was due back before an Ensign has moved round them, taking their cell phone with a half apologetic, half awed look in his eyes. Steve almost felt bad at the glare he had levelled at the kid when he had passed his cell to him, a text message only half way completed on it.

It wasn't as though he didn't believe in Danni or her abilities because he did, he knew regardless of what the others believed that he and Danni ran the team together as equals and even though it had annoyed him at first he had swiftly come to realise that he needed her because he wouldn't be able to do half the behind the scene things that she seemed to know instinctively to do. It was what made them such strong partners together. He had complete faith in Danni and her leadership ability and he knew the others would support her to the best of their ability and give her any back up which she might need.

He just wished that he hadn't of had to leave so quickly. He would have like to have eased her into it a bit more and speak to the others as well.

Did they already have a case or were they still in the office? Talking and laughing together, knowing they had files on their desk which needed to be look at but just ignoring them for a little bit longer in the hope that they would receive a call which would send them out the door onto something new.

He should be there with them.

His eyes flew open when he felt an elbow nudging him sharply in his side. He tilted his head to the left to see his second in command Riley King sitting next to him, watching him with concerned dark eyes which moved over his face, no doubt seeing beneath the mask he had placed up. His SEAL mask, Danni had named it with a smile.

"Hey, are you okay McG?" He asked, keeping his voice quiet so the other guys wouldn't clock on to what they were saying and try and involve themselves.

"Yeah I'm fine King" Steve answered with a dismissive wave of his hand before he crossed his arms over his chest. He rolled with eyes with a silent sigh when Riley gave a disbelieving snort, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Please" he scoffed "Who exactly do you think you're talking to? I've known you for years now. I can tell when there's something troubling you and there is something wrong with you, so spill it and just tell me so you can get it out of your head before we touch down." He said, tilting his head to the side. "Is it Catherine?" He queried.

Steve blinked at him, shaking his head in response to his question.

"Catherine?" He repeated as though the name was foreign in his mouth. "I haven't seen Cath in a month, maybe more. She's doing manoeuvres out somewhere in the Far East, the last time I spoke to her she was happy where she was. Her ship had joined up with the USS Angelmaker and that's Lee Martin's ship so she's more than happy- with life at the moment." Steve said with a shrug.

"Ah, say no more" Riley responded, reaching up and running his hand over his short black hair. "So if it's not her than what is it because you're acting as though this is the last place you want to be McG. Is there somewhere else you think you should be?"

"No" Steve replied firmly, hoping Riley would drop it.

For a moment he thought his wish had been granted when Riley leaned back against his chair and remained thoughtful, but a second later he spoke, a thoughtful note to his voice.

"Is this about your partner? Danni did you call her?" Steve froze for a second, turning to look at Riley carefully, watching as the other man nodded. "Well that's as close as you get to coming straight and out and saying yes." He commented. "What is it? You think she's in trouble or something?"

"No" Steve answered instantly, pushing the idea that Danni was in trouble away. "Danno can take care of herself with no problem and even if there was something up she has our whole team back home to help her out of any tight spot. We've got a good team together, I'm not worried about anything happening to her… to any of them." He corrected himself.

"If you're not worried about her then what…" His voice trailed off.

Steve breathed out noisily knowing that Riley would not drop the subject until he knew what was troubling Steve.

"Danni's a fair fighter" Steve said finally voicing his concern. "And I mean fair. There's no one on team who is faster than her, she can outrun us all if she's wearing the right type of shoes and sometimes if she's really motivated, in the wrong kind of shoes as well. She's good with a gun so she can defend herself but her hand to hand combat skills are weak compared to the others in the team. She could probably do enough to get away from her attacker but it's not always the case. I should be there to help her because…"

"Because you are a hand to hand combat specialist" Riley finished for him, raising an eyebrow when Steve nodded at him.

"When I'm there she doesn't have to get that close to the action because I can do the take downs while she stays out of harm's way with a gun pointed at the perp ready to shoot the person if need be. She's got this way of doing things as well and if the others haven't been paying close attention than it might annoy her."

Riley raised an eyebrow.

"Are you dating her?" He asked in surprised watching as Steve reared back at the question as though Riley had hit him.

"Dating her? I'm not dating her, I'm her partner; I'm just concerned because…"

"Right" Riley interrupted, drawing the word out in a way which made it extremely clear that he didn't believe Steve for a moment. "Because it seems to me that you're worrying for no reason. The woman clearly knows what she's doing and can manage the team for two weeks. You need to get your head in the game McG because otherwise she's going to be running your team a hell of a lot longer than two weeks. Trust her to know what she's doing."

Steve remained silent for a moment before he nodded.

"I guess you're right" He remarked.

"Damn right I am" Riley responded. "I mean what could go that wrong in two weeks?"

Steve nodded again, this time a smile coming to his face as he realised that Riley was right. There was nothing which his team couldn't handle.

They would be fine, after all what could really go wrong in two weeks?

Author Note

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