I really hope everyone has had a really lovely and blessed Christmas! Ours was barmy as usual, love it. Now recovering, worried if my calorie intake drops below 3000 today, my body might go into shock! To everyone who has reviewed, thank you so much! I am behind in my pms but hope to catch up soon!

This is not remotely festive but I hope you enjoy it!

Not mine - Santa must not have got my letter!

Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett checked his weapon with a practiced ease. While not his normal caliber of gun, it would do the job and his training allowed him to utilize almost anything as a weapon. He glanced at his partner who was performing a similar check, shifting from foot to foot. They shared a look - both determined but with a thinly concealed excitement at the mission ahead.

Both were camouflaged in the undergrowth, this op needed more of an ambush than a raid to succeed. The secret was in staying silent. Steve heard movement on the path and carefully peered out.

Target incoming.

With swift hand gestures the information was passed between the two and Steve waited as the target approached their location, hopefully unaware. Definitely unarmed.

He held a hand up to his overeager partner to wait then signaled to go with a shout, "NOW!"

"What the!?" Danny spluttered raising his hand to protect himself from the unexpected onslaught.

"Gottcha, Danno!" Grace squealed in delight as the water from her gun hit her father in the face.

"Argh," Danny was defenseless as Steve also emptied the contents of his water gun at him. "Animals! Both of you!" Caught completely by surprise, he wanted to be mad but the delighted laughter of his daughter prevented a complete sense of humor failure.

Spluttering, Danny launched a counter attack, ignoring the jet of water hitting him in the chest and launching himself at the excited little girl. Grace shrieked with laughter and tried to escape. She wasn't fast enough and couldn't save herself from being hoisted upside down in the air giggling helplessly as Danny tickled her expertly, water running off him.

Steve had maintained his barrage from a safer distance. Now Grace was captured it was up to him now to finish the job she started.

"You can't get me without hitting your partner, you Neanderthal Man-Child!" Danny clutched Grace tight to him, the two men sizing each other up.

"Using your daughter as a human shield, Danno. That's low!" While there was laughter in his voice, Danny could only roll his eyes at Steve's stance. Even in a water fight his focus was laser sharp. He could easily be about to take out a high priority target on foreign soil. It was hard to take him seriously though with a pink plastic water pistol aimed at Danny's head.

"You know that gun's plastic, don't you?" Danny shifted slightly as a giggling Grace continued to wriggle happily in his arms.

"Take the shot, Uncle Steve!" Grace shouted excitedly.

"Take the...take the shot? Take the shot she says...would you listen to that?" Danny exclaimed, punctuating each word with a well aimed tickle, "That's it, no more CBS for you, young lady."

Grace couldn't speak she was laughing so hard.

A jet of water hit Danny square in the face as he was momentarily distracted and Grace wriggled free running to shelter behind her Uncle who was blowing the end of his weapon, cowboy style.

"I can't believe you did that. You will pay for that, you too, Gracie. Sleep with one eye open, McGarrett." Danny ranted good-naturedly. He swiped the water away from his face with his hands. If he could bottle Grace's laughter he would sell it as an anti-depressant! She certainly breathed life into his partner whenever he got broody. The last case had hit Steve particularly hard, and Danny had been concerned about him. One glance at his partner, however, showed that Grace had once again worked her magic.

He schooled his expression into one of mock despair and watched as his attackers celebrated. Grace was jumping up and down waving her gun in delight, "We got him, Uncle Steve! We got him! Danno is the hardest to surprise!"

"High five!" Steve and the little girl performed a complicated ritual handshake which ended with the four foot child chest bumping the six foot Navy man.

Danny couldn't bite back the laugh that broke loose as he watched, finally getting a proper look at the two.

"I leave you alone for half an hour! Half an hour, Steven!" Danny shook his head solemnly. "What on earth have you two got on your face?" Steve was in BDUs while Grace was in an oversized Camo jacket, and both had their faces painted in full camouflage. "Monkey, this is not what I thought you meant when you said you and Uncle Steve were going to play with face paints." In fact he had hoped for some bankable blackmail shots of Steve with a butterfly or some such on his cheek. He should have known better.

"Uncle Steve is teaching me the art of," her face scrunched slightly, "...Gorilla Warfare."

"Gorilla warfare? Just what every father wants his daughter well versed in. Just perfect, thank you Steven. At least your teacher is the biggest Ape Man I know, Monkey."

"That's, uh, that's very funny, Danny...really." Steve nodded sarcastically at the shorter man before he bent down more to Grace's level, his tone softer, "Gracie, you mean Guerrilla Warfare and you are a natural at concealment, I know a lot of Detectives who would find it hard to shut up and keep quiet while waiting for their targets."

It was Danny's turn for the fake laugh.

Rolling her eyes at both men Grace stepped in to prevent the sniping match escalating. "Danno, we invited Aunty Kono and Uncle Chin to come join us for a cook out. They'll be here soon. We're going to get 'em. We have the paint, will you help us? Please, Danno?"

"Yeah, Please, Danno?" Steve chipped in mirroring the small girl's pleading tone. He grinned his smuggest grin, the one that made Danny want to pull one of his own limbs off, just to have something to hit the ex-SEAL with. Both men knew Danny couldn't refuse Grace.

"Ok, Monkey but..."

Any conditions he was going to add were lost in the excited tirade of orders that this provoked. "Uncle Steve, reload the water guns; I'll get the paint; Danno, you need to put this on." A third green camo jacket appeared and was thrust into his arms as the small hurricane sped off to retrieve her makeup case from the Lanai.

"She get's that from her mother," Danny sighed slightly as the two watched their little boss disappear. "You heard the lady," Danny shoved his partner towards the outside tap.

"For the record, if you turn my baby girl into some kind of SEALette all the elite military training in the world will not keep you safe, we clear?"

"Crystal, Danno," Steve grinned at his friend. He returned to filling the water guns. He hadn't had this much fun with guns in a very long time. This afternoon was shaping up to be a good one.

Hope you enjoyed it! Please review...it makes me ever very so happy!

If I don't get any other ideas than this before the new year, have a happy happy one!