You're in Charge Chapter 5: Tuesday 8th February 2011 – 0835, a hawaii five-0 fanfic

You're in Charge

Landon Richardson

Official Disclaimer

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

The character of Danni Williams, although originally based on male Danny Williams from the show, can probably be considered mine by now as she's changed beyond all recognition in my eyes. This also affects the character of Grace as well.

The characters of Jack O'Connor, Riley King, Abbie Fitzgerald and Matthew Lawrence do however belong to me so please don't use them without permission. Any other character who is not instantly recognisable probably belongs to me as well.

Author Note

I hold my hand up and admit that I suck when it comes to updated so a massive apology if you've been waiting for this new chapter for a while. I need to try and learn to juggle better!

Anyway here's the new chapter for you so please enjoy it.

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 becomes the next targets themselves.

Chapter Summary

Danni pulled her Camaro to a stop at the crime scene and peered out the window screen, a frown coming to her face when she saw how many uniformed policemen were standing in front of the yellow police tape keeping the small amount of curious passer-by's back.

Overall Romance for the story

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Chin Ho Kelly / Evie Young (Chivie)

Chapter Romance

Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams though you may have to squint for them…

Other note

Please be aware that I don't have a beta checking my work so I apologise for any mistakes which may slip in. It doesn't matter how many times I read it over, one always manages to! I should also add that I have no first-hand knowledge of the geography of Hawaii, Google has been answering that for me.

Chapter Four

Tuesday 8th February 2011 – 08.35

"That's unusual" She murmured, glancing towards Jack when he made a sound of agreement at the back of his throat.

"There's only about ten people trying to look at the scene, two police officers should be enough to deal with that but I count eight which means…"

"That we're dealing with something potential larger than we first thought" Danni finished for him before she undid her seatbelt, leaning down and grabbing her bag from the passenger foot well. She opened her door, stepping out into the hot air and looked around her, taking in the surrounding scene as she closed the door, waiting for Jack to do the same before she locked it behind her, heading straight to the tape.

"Morning Detective Williams" One of the officers said with a nod at her, his dark eyes flickering to Jack. "Agent O'Connor"

"Morning Officer Leon" Danni responded back, a distracted tone to her voice as she ducked under the tape and headed directly over to the Abbie Fitzgerald, the medical examiner. "Morning Abbie, what have we got?" She asked, coming to a stop, reaching into her bag and pulling out a pair of latex gloves which she pulled on, handing another pair to Jack, her eyes fixed on Abbie who stood up.

"This is a nasty one" Abbie told her, using the pen she was using to point at the still body. "Meet Lieutenant Matthew Lawrence of the USS Washington, he's your unfortunate victim."

"Cause of death?" Danni queried, kneeling down beside the body and looking at him. He was still young, probably no more than twenty five and would have been handsome if it was for the death pallor and filmy blue eyes which indicated that he had been dead for at least a few hours.

"Garrotted" Abbie answered. "Or at least that would be my guess, check out his neck" She remarked as she leaned down beside Danni pointing out the bright red line across his throat. "He was probably taken unaware by someone from behind. Once someone has you in this hold it takes a great deal of strength and luck to get them off of you again. Unfortunately the Lieutenant wasn't one of the fortunate ones who managed that. The only silver lining is that at least his death would have been quick."

"So definitely not an accident" Danni remarked, as she absently searched the Lieutenant's pocket. There was little in there other than a packet of cigarettes and a lighter. "That might explain why he was here and not on the ship" She said passing them both to Jack who put them in an evidence bag.

"It would be difficult for anyone on the boat to see him here." Jack agreed with a frown. "Which was no doubt why the killer chose here to strike rather than elsewhere."

"It was still a risk, what if someone else had arrived with the urge to have a cigarette? He could have easily have been spotted." Danni stated, coming to her feet and peeling off her gloves.

"Well whatever the motivation was behind it, it was strong enough to make the risk of being seen by a witness seem worth it" Jack said, turning and glancing over his shoulder as Chin and Kono appeared, their eyes flickering down to the body at the same time before they just looked up.

"Garrotted?" Chin asked, frowning when Danni nodded at him.

"Looks painful" Kono stated with a shake of her head. "What a waste, have we got anything?"

"Nothing yet" Danni said with a sigh, looking around her. "CSU will have a large area to go through. Chin and Kono I want you to stay here and have a look around. Jack, you and I will go and speak to the Lieutenant's commanding officer and see whether there was anything special about him which would make him a target. We'll ask to look at his bunk as well, maybe we'll find a clue in there."

"We could have really used Steve on this case" Kono said on a sigh, missing the sharp look her cousin cast at her. "His connections would have been handy and I bet there's not a naval officer on the island who doesn't know who Steve McGarrett is."

"It would have been handy but we'll have to do without Steve and rely on our own skills" Danni remarked, her voice steady though Chin could detect a hint of chilliness to it which was normally lacking. "Kono I need you to call Toast and get him on the case. I want to know everything about our Lieutenant. There is something about him which made him a target, if we can find out what it is then we may be able to blow the case wide open."

"On it Danni" Kono said, fishing her cell phone from her pocket and pressing down on one of the buttons, bringing it to her ear as she moved away from him.

"Ready Jack?" Danni asked the tall blond who nodded at her. "Then let's go"

They headed away from the scene, back underneath the tape and towards the ship's entrance, both of them looking around them for anything which they could use which may have helped them.

"Kono was right you know" Jack said quietly, glancing towards Danni who shot him a questioning look. "We could have really have used Steve's help with this case."

Danni sighed, looking away from Jack.

"Yeah… I know" She replied "But he's not here so there's no point wishing he was. We have a job to do and we're going to need to be focused on the case if we're going to solve it, not wondering how much easier it would be with Steve here. I need your head in the game Jack"

"You got it Danni" Jack told her instantly.

She nodded, stopping in front of the ship and stared at it for a moment, setting her shoulders before she headed up the ramp.

This was going to be a long day, she could just feel it.

Author Note

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I really appreciate it and an especially big thank you if you left me a review, made this story a favourite or decided to follow it. It makes my day and makes all the effort I put into this world worth it.