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Chapter 3

Catherine entered the room. She was upset and nervous, but there was no way that she would ever let anyone see that. She had done this many times before. She had even trained many operatives in the art of interrogation during her time in Naval Intelligence. "It has been a long time since I had done anything like this; I hope I still got it." She thought to herself. This felt different to her. Maybe because it was the life of someone that she cared about that was at risk. Maybe it was because she felt a sense of obligation to spare those that were sitting out there waiting for their turn. She was going into this blind. She had no idea what evidence there was against Steve, the only observation that she made was the burn marks that branded his neck. There was no doubt that they were from a stun gun. She had seen the same type of marks on his neck several months ago when his home was broken into. She took a deep breath and made her way to the center of the room. She quickly scanned the room and noticed the two way mirror; she immediately figured out that they have Steve on the other side watching. Watching to see what he is putting his family through. She looked directly at the mirror and winked.

Steve chuckled from the other side of the glass. He knew she had a plan and he just sat back in his chair a watched.

Chief- "State your name for the record please"

Rollins – "Lieutenant Catherine Rollins"

Chief – "and what is your occupation?"

Rollins – "I work for Naval Intelligence"

Chief – "what do you do for Naval Intelligence?"

Rollins – "I am sorry but that is classified"

Chief – "You do know that we have ways of finding out. What is your relationship to Steven McGarrett?"

Rollins – she hesitated, not knowing how to classify their relationship "he's my friend"

Chief – "Just friends? How long have you known him?

Rollins – "7 years" she answered shocking herself with the number "Has it really been that long?" She thought to herself.

Chief - "Well then, are you aware of a relationship between McGarrett and Laura Hills?"

Rollins – "No"

Chief – "His fingerprints were found throughout her home. Perhaps they were romantically involved. Maybe she ended the relationship and he killed her. "

Rollins – "First of all, I know what you are doing and it won't work. He was not involved with her and if he were, he wouldn't kill her. Second of all, blowing up her car the same way his mother was killed? I don't think so." She responded with confidence but the question had bothered her.

Chief – "The last call McGarrett made before killing the Governor was to your cell phone. What did he tell you?"

Rollins – "I did not speak him"

Chief – "but he left you a message, what was the message?"

Rollins – "It's personal."

Chief – "you do realize that we have already retrieved it and are in the process of scrubbing his phone".

Rollins – "well then you already know what the message was. Why are you asking me questions that you already have the answers to? She paused "Oh… you couldn't figure out what it meant. Right?" She smirked a small victory.

Chief – "You must cooperate Lieutenant. What did it mean? Was it a plan to help him escape? To meet him after he murdered the Governor and Miss Hills?"

Rollins – "no, it wasn't some elaborate plan and yes, I am cooperating. I am telling you that it's personal and I am not required to answer any of your questions. You should be happy that any of us are here at all. So, tell me, if you have already scrubbed his phone, then you must have the recording that he made of the incident."

Chief – "How do you know about the recording?" The Chief was surprised. No one knew that the recording was recovered.

Rollins – "Ah! So there was a recording. You have proof of his innocence, so why aren't you releasing him?

Chief – Again, how do you know about the recording?"

Rollins – "Knowing Steve, that's the only reason he went there in the first place, to get some sort of confession. Now I have a question for you, why are you so quick to pin these murders on him when you have proof that he didn't do it? I bet there was no gunshot residue on his gloves also, right? And I am sure that the gun wasn't registered to him, right? What are you covering up?"

Chief – "That's enough!"

"Wow that was too easy. I forgot how good she was at this" thought Steve. "It has been a long time since I've seen her in action"

Danny covered his mouth with his hands trying desperately to hide the smile that was evolving on his face. She was confronting him with suspicions that we they all had, but couldn't relay. He gently leaned against the wall and watched the scene that was unfolding before him.

Rollins – "no it's not enough; I have plenty more to say! How involved are you? I bet you were conspiring with the Governor and want to know how much we know."

Chief- "That's ridiculous!"

Rollins – "so if I were to have my investigators look into your background, would there be any connection to Wo Fat?

Chief – "get her out of here, now!"

Rollins – "wait! I am not going anywhere". She stood up, now she was in full control. She had somehow managed to turn the interrogation on to the Chief.

"Tell me what the hell is going on. We all know…" she pointed to Chin and Danny, "…that there is more to this. We all know, including you, that he is innocent. The burn marks on his neck are clearly from a stun gun. I am sure ballistics will show, or have they already shown, that they occurred at the same time that the Governor was killed. There is no way he shot the Governor and what… stunned himself? Even you must find that a little ridiculous. You have a recording, and I am assuming that the murder is on there, and I am finding it hard to believe that the Governor's mansion does not have video surveillance. So Chief, I suggest you tell us what is really happening here or I will have to call in JAG and NCIS and whoever else needs to be here, to come in and do their own investigations. Don't forget McGarrett is still an officer of the Navy, a well-respected one! You may also want to keep this mind, once they start to investigate; you never know what else they'll find. Are you so sure that your officers are clean? Are you completely clean? Are you sure? We all have skeletons in our closets, are you ready for that door to open?

Chief- "fine!" The Chief slowly paced back and forth across the room. He looked at Danny and at Chin; he even took a look at the stenographer. A tragic, guilty, expression covered his face. "We were planning on releasing him after we questioned all of you. We do have the evidence and yes, it's pretty clear that he was framed. We needed to know what Five-0 knows about the Governor's corruption and her ties with Wo Fat and the Yakuza. Five-0 has been taking credit for every big bust, accusing my officers of being corrupt, and I am tired of being in their shadow. They never had to account for any of their actions, whereas, we forget to cross a T and IA is breathing down our necks. This was our chance to make a bust, a big bust, of our own. Of course we would have released him eventually, but…"

Danny – "Shut Up! You son of a bitch! Do you realize what you have done? Release him now. And if you think Five – 0 was on your ass before, you have no idea. Danny's hands were flying in every direction.

Chin stood there stunned. He was shocked that the Chief could have acted so unethically. He knew now why he was so eager to offer him his job back with a promotion. Chin felt used.

Steve let out a laugh. He couldn't control himself. He was pissed off alright, but it was genius. Catherine had once again saved his ass. "This is becoming a habit" he thought to himself.

Just then the Chief, Chin and Danny entered the room where McGarrett was waiting. They removed the cuffs from McGarrett and told him he was free to go. McGarrett calmly approached the Chief and placed his face within inches of his "I am not done with you" McGarrett whispered. He shook Danny and Chins hands and proceeded to leave the room.