The Beginning Chapter 21: It's over Steve, a hawaii five-0 fanfic

The Beginning

Landon Richardson

Official Disclaimer

The characters of Lieutenant Commander Steven 'Steve' McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Victor Hesse, Anton Hesse, Former Detective John 'Johnny / Jack' McGarrett, Mary McGarrett, Kamekona Tupuola, Lieutenant Catherine 'Cath' Rollins, Frederick 'Fred' Doran, Detective Meka Hanamoa, Amy Hanamoa and Billy Hanamoa do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.

The character of Detective Sergeant Danielle 'Danni' Williams probably can be considered to be mine by now. Although she was originally based on male Danny, she soon evolved becoming her own person. She has her own background, her own family, her own history and her own distinct personality. This isn't to say that the Danny Williams we all know and love is completely gone, he still emerges through her at times. I like to think of female Danni as what Danny could have been if everything in his life had gone his way. As in full custody of Grace and a decent relationship with his ex.

The character of Grace has also changed slightly due to the change in Danni. Her surname is Taylor as this is her father's surname and was Danni's married name (Danni reverted back to her maiden name when she was divorced). Her parents also are amicable which has also impacted Grace but never fear, she's still the sweetheart we know and love, if anything she's more a sweetheart now.

The character of Duncan Taylor, Detective Rory Clements, Supervisory Special Agent in charge Ryan Moore, Special Agent Kale Meade, Special Agent Alexis Moss, Hazel Lewis, Quinn Lewis, Jeanine Landon, William 'Will' McGarrett, Noah Landon, Anna Michaels nee Landon, Theresa Law nee Landon, Deborah 'Debs' Landon and Michael Landon also belong to me as does any other character who you do not recognise from the show. Please do not use them, or my version of Danni and Grace without first asking for my permission to do so.

Thank you.

Author Note

Second to last chapter for you all!

Please note that I have taken a guess with what dock they went to so if I am wrong then I apologise for that!

Please enjoy

Official Summary

When Danni Williams moves to Hawaii, all she wants to do is keep her head down and survive the time she had to stay there. The last thing she expected was to meet Steve McGarrett, a man who seems more intent on getting her blown up and finding out everything about her life than he is about following proper procedure. Danni has a job to do though and one way or another she is going to do it.

Chapter Summary

Danni hissed, bracing her hand against the dashboard to steady herself when Steve suddenly slammed his foot down on the breaks, bringing the squad car they were in to a screeching halt. She breathed out slowly, wrinkling her nose up as the smell of burning rubber hit her nostrils through the slightly opened window and sighed silently, realising this would be another thing she would have to try and explain in her report.

Overall Romances

Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Hints of Steve McGarrett / Catherine Rollins (McRollins)

Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danni Williams (Dunni)

Hints of Ryan Moore / Danni Williams (Rynni)

Meka Hanamoa / Amy Hanamoa (Mekmy)

Mentions of past John McGarrett / Doris McGarrett (Joris)

Michael Landon / Karen Landon (Micren)

Chapter Romances

Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Hints of Ryan Moore / Danni Williams (Rynni)

Warning

This story features a female Danni Williams in place of a male Danny Williams. Although in some stories I write, Danny does exist, he does not exist in this one.

If this is not your cup of tea then please hit the back button.

Another note

I do not have a Beta so please forgive any mistakes which may creep in, I always do my best to edit the story and check it but sometimes mistakes do creep in.

The places I've mentioned in Hawaii are ones which come from google, including the addresses. I've never been to Hawaii myself in person so I apologise for any mistakes which I may make, these are not intentional.

Chapter Twenty-One

It's over Steve

Friday 24th September 2010

Hawaii Kai Docks

6370 Hawaii Kai Drive #48

Honolulu

Hawaii 96825

She turned her attention to the window screen, her eyes searching the large freight boat in front of them. It appeared quiet at first glance, all she could see were containers piled on top of each other, all different colours and sizes. There was no sign of any workers or anyone onboard which was unusual, she would have assumed the area would have been teeming with people getting ready for the upcoming departure. Danni's frowned, her eyes lingering on the built up, fortified areas. Areas which would have been perfect for anyone with a gun to hide in and shoot if anyone who was not meant to be there approached.

"Steve?" Danni said cautiously, turning her gaze away from the boat to her partner instead, her hand tightening on the door handle when she caught sight of the expression on his face. An expression which made her stomach churn and caused her to say a silent prayer in her mind. Whatever thoughts were going around Steve's head right now, whatever images he was reliving, was probably bad news for them both. "Steve?" She repeated again, slightly louder since her first attempt was ignored.

"That's the boat Danni, that's the Emma Karl" He announced suddenly, his grip tightening on the steering wheel further, turning his knuckles white from the pressure.

"So, I see" She answered him looking back towards the boat again, she frowned slightly as it made a small jerking movement as though the engines had been turned on and it was preparing to set off. "Steve, I don't think they are planning to stick around here" She commented nodding towards him. "The boat is beginning to move." She glanced towards him again. "How exactly do you want to play this then?" She questioned, her eyes widening briefly when he pulled out his gun and checked the clip before he slammed it back into place. The action caused Danni to breathe out slowly making her wonder whether she had made her last payment on her life insurance before she nodded to herself. There had been no mistaking his answer even if he had failed to say the words out loud. "Okay so we're doing this the hard way then, I can't say I'm exactly surprised by that choice but how do you want to do it? We can't just stroll up to them, flash them a smile and hope that they will respect our badges enough to let us on board, especially since Hesse is on there. They will gun us down before the words have even left out mouths" She pointed out.

Steve glanced at her for a moment, meeting her eyes before he looked forward towards the Emma Karl and revved the engine, the sound loud in Danni's ears. She blinked at him, and took in the determined expression on his face before she turned and looked at the ship, shifting forward slightly in her seat so she could calculate the gap growing between the boat and the dock they were currently stationary on.

"Please tell me that you are not planning on doing what I think you're planning on doing" She demanded, her voice loud in the otherwise silent car.

"Hold on tightly Danni" Steve replied, pressing his foot down on the accelerator. Danni was flung back hard into her chair, grunting at the impact as the police car shot forward like a bullet towards the boat which was coming at them faster and faster.

"STEVEN" She yelled, gripping the door tightly, her eyes closing as the car flew over the gap and crashed down hard onto the boat, skidding side to side. She forced her eyes open, taking in the carnage as Steve ran down men with guns who had suddenly appeared from nowhere. She had one moment of sheer disbelief that they had actually made the jump and were still both in one piece before adrenaline started pumping through her system leaving her focused on the task at hand

"Cover me Danni, I'm going for Hesse" Steve yelled at her over the sound of gunfire erupting around them. Danni turned to him.

"When we get out of this mess then I'm going to kill you myself you animal" She hissed at him, kicking her door open and rolling out, shooting at the nearest man to her.

She watched as if in slow motion as her bullet fired out of her gun, flying through the air with a slight whooshing sound before it hit the man straight in the chest where his heart was situated. She heard the thud of metal hitting flesh and saw the surprised look which came to the man's face as one hand tightened on the gun reflexively while the other began making a journey up towards where he had been shot before he dropped heavily to the ground, still and dead.

It had always been that way for her. Everything moved in slow motion during her first kill as though her mind was mentally trying to prepare her for what lay ahead before everything quickened to normal time.

She turned for a second as she saw the driver's door of the wrecked police car fling open and Steve emerge from within, shooting one of the thugs before he moved swiftly into the maze of containers without another word to her. He moved so silently that if she hadn't have seen him moving away from her then she would never have known that he was gone.

Pushing the thought away from her mind, she moved cautiously towards the dead body, hunching down and picking up his rifle. She slipped her own gun back into the waistband of her jeans, the more bullet which she could save, the better it would be for her.

She moved down one of the thin alleyways that were between the containers, stopping at the end and looking out carefully. She lifted her rifle and fired as a man suddenly ran into view of her, his own gun pointed at her. The minute he was down she moved, slipping out of the alley she had been in and into another one, moving as quickly and quietly as she could

This reminded her of a game she used to play with her siblings when they had been growing up. Admittedly they had been using water guns and the worst that could have happened was that they would end up wet and being lectured by their mother but the principle remained the same. She knew the minute you fired your weapon you moved to a new position because everyone would head over to the position where the initial shots had been fired from.

She didn't have to kill all the men, all she had to do was to keep their attention fixed on her somehow to give Steve the time he needed to find Hesse on the boat. For all she knew they had already found each other and were battling it out. Danni swallowed hard at the thought, hoping against hope that Steve would be okay before she suddenly leapt back just as the container next to her erupted in sparks as a bullet hit it telling her that she had been spotted.

"I will see Grace again, I will see Grace again" She muttered to herself, using the words to briefly calm herself before she came out of her hiding place, tilting her gun up and shot the guy who was on top of one of the roofs on the surround containers. She just had time to see him clutch at his torso before he fell backwards, disappearing from her sightline.

That made at least three down,

She needed to find Etienne and take him out, not kill him although the thought was tempting. The need for him alive overrode that desire though. If she didn't find him then Etienne could attack her partner when he was in the middle of his fight with Hesse and distracted. Steve was counting on her to have his back and she couldn't let him down.

She wouldn't let him down.

She ducked down as another flurry of bullets came at her, exploding just above her head making her briefly thankful that she was small. She looked up and returned fire, meeting the dark eyes of Etienne through the gap. His eyes widened for a split second before they narrowed as he opened fire again. Danni swore when the rifle in her hand jammed. Throwing it to the side of her she rolled away, pulling her pistol out and shot three times at him, one of the bullets hitting him in the shoulder sending Etienne back a few paces. She cursed when he tightened the hold on his gun instead of dropping it like she had hoped he would. Instead of stopping him, the pain of his wound seemed to encourage him.

Danni swore again when he started shooting at her again. There was no way she could het another shot in without taking a bullet, not with the way Etienne's finger seemed to be glued to the trigger. She had to do something else, something which would cripple him when a direct shot to the shoulder had failed. She hunched down on the floor, the idea popping into her head instantly causing her to react. She rolled out of cover and shot, her bullet slamming into the flesh of his leg, dropping him to the floor with a cry of pain erupting from his mouth. The rifle dropped from his hand as he automatically covered the wound with his hand, trying desperately to stop the bleeding.

Danni breathed out deeply, relief washing over her so intensely that she wondered for a split second whether she would black out from it. She shook her head, pushing the thought away as she came to her feet, running across the space that separated them and kicked his gun away from him before he could gather himself together and begin using it again.

"Don't even think about doing anything buddy" She warned him, rolling him onto his front. "Put your hands behind your back where I can see then and keep them there. I've already shot you twice, let's not make it a third time shall we" Se stated, using zip tape to secure his hands together tightly behind his back.

She looked down at him before she moved her gaze around the surrounding area, making sure there were no stragglers she had missed but it appeared that they were all dealt with.

"Hey Danni" Danni glanced up automatically at the sound of her name, her eyes widening when she saw Steve standing on top of one of the containers. For a moment she stared at him, sheer relief coming over her that was still standing and not dead somewhere on the ship waiting for her to find his body. "Get in contact with the coast guard and get them down here now, I want them to find Hesse's body now, he went into the water" He told her.

Danni nodded slowly at him.

"I can do that. What do you want me to do with Etienne?" She called back up to him nodding her head towards the prone man on the floor. Steve looked down at them, a small smile quirking his lips.

"Book em Danno"

Danni blinked

"I'm sorry, did you… did you just call me Danno?" She demanded in confusion. "What kind of nickname is Danno for a girl?"

Steve seemed to consider the question for a moment.

"A cute one. I think it's kind of catchy."

"It's kind of catchy? I'll give you kind of catchy" She replied, unable to stop the smile coming to her face. "Just get off from that container and get down here before you fall or something okay?" She said, waiting until Steve nodded before she turned her attention back to Etienne as he tried to wriggle away from her. "Really fella?" She asked him. "Where exactly are you trying to go? Your hands are bound behind your back so even if you managed by some form of miracle to be faster then me and get to the ocean you'll drown the minute you fall into it So just stop, it's you've lost, don't make me shoot you again" She told him almost pityingly.

Shaking her head, Danni reached into her pocket and took out her cell phone, breathing a sigh of relief when she saw that it was still working and hadn't received any damage to it. She pressed down on the number which would put her directly through to dispatch and waited

"Dispatch" A cool male voice answered.

"This is Detective Williams, badge number 7576 requesting back up at the port. I need MEs, EMTS, CSU and the coast guard to be sent to my present location as a matter of emergency." She informed the man, he sounded vaguely familiar but she couldn't remember the name that went with it.

"Understood Detective Williams, they'll be with you shortly. Please stay at your current location until they arrive." He told her.

"Understood, thank you" She started as she hung up the phone and looked around her suddenly feeling extremely drained. She hoped to God that every case they investigated wouldn't end up like this one or she was going to have to look into booking some vacation time sooner rather than later.

"Danni, did you get through to them?"

"Yeah I just spoke to them and they are going to send out the usual suspects to us" She answered, turning to Steve as he limped towards her. Her eyes widening as she took in the state of him. Blood was trickling down his arm and from his lip while the rest of his face was beginning to erupt into bruises. "Jesus Steve" She said, moving towards him automatically, gripping his uninjured arm lightly as she scanned him, looking for more injuries. "What the hell did he do to you?" She demanded, tilting her head back and meeting his eyes. "You took him out right?"

"See this is why I told you not to attempt to take him on Danni" Steve remarked before he answered her question. "I emptied a round in him, he fell off the container we were on into the ocean" He told her, waving his hand back in the direction he had come from.

"You need to see an EMT Steve" She told him, continuing sternly when he opened his mouth clearly ready to argue with her over it. "No, do not even think for a second that this is up for discussion or that you're going to argue with me about this Steve. You made me get a small cut checked out earlier by them so I'm going to make sure you get checked out" She stated, reaching up with both hands and lightly gripping his face in her palms, turning his head side to side to make sure she hadn't missed anything before she let go off his and took a step away from him. "I need you fit and health so I can kill you over your car stunt earlier. For that record as well, that stunt has set you back at least five months when it comes to driving my own baby" She warned him. "That poor police car will never be the same again."

"You'll let me drive your car soon enough, you'll see" Steve said confidently, his gaze warm as he looked at her. "What about you? Are you injured? Is your arm still okay?"

Danni shook her head at him.

"A few close calls but no injuries this time" She replied. "Though having two gun fights in one day must be a new record for me. I usually try and have one gun fight once a week as my limit." She said with a roll of her eyes. "Look Steve, will you please sit down or at least lean back against a container or something. I'll take care of everything until the others arrive, they should be…"

"Ah man, did we miss out on the fun again?"

Danni twisted on the spot, a grin coming to her face as Chin and Kono appeared from one of the narrow alleyways, guns in hands as they scoped out the scene. She saw their eyes widen when they caught sight of Steve but wisely remained quiet about it.

"I'm afraid so" Danni commented with a sigh. "See this is what happens when you snooze Chin, you tend to lose out on all the adrenaline packed gun fights which for the record I hope are not going to become a regular thing in our lives. I don't want to return to Gracie every day with some form of new injury on me. She'd grow a complex over it and never let me leave the house again."

She caught sight of the confused look which came to Kono's face at the mention of Grace but before she could explain Steve spoke.

"Chin, Kono" He said from where he was leaning against one of the containers. "Go around and see whether anyone is left alive, if they are then I want you to bring them here."

"You got it" Chin said with a nod, turning and heading towards the right. Kono glanced at them, looking after Chin for a moment before she turned and headed in the opposite direction to him. Danni checked on Etienne again, noticing that he had finally stopped trying to wriggle away from them, clearly realising that his attempt to escape was pretty useless. She glanced around her again before she moved to Steve, leaning against the space next to him.

"So, it looks like we did it" She commented softly as she stared straight ahead.

"I won't believe that until we have Hesse's body as proof" He responded with a sigh.

"You said that you emptied at least a round into him, did you notice him wearing any body armour when you were fighting each other?" She asked, continuing when Steve shook his head at her. "Well there you go then, the chances of him surviving without wearing something like that are pretty slim" She stated confidently. "Even if he did somehow miraculously survive that kind of physical damage then the ocean would kill him. He would surely drown. You did what you came here you do Steve. You found your father's murderer and you dealt with him. Your father can rest in peace now."

Steve tilted his head to the side, staring at her for a moment before he sighed again, turning his face towards Etienne.

"I hope you're right Danno, I just want this to be over once and for all." He admitted to her lowly.

"I know you do Steve, I know" She replied gently.

They remained standing there in silence for a moment, both lost within their own thoughts when Steve spoke again.

"What time do you have to pick your daughter up?" He asked her.

Danni blinked at the sudden change in top before she glanced down at her watch.

"I need to leave in about two and a half hours' time if I'm to get to the school from this location, slightly later if we're back at the office by then" She told him. Steve nodded at her response, a small smile coming to his face.

"So, you'll be able to start with the reports when we get back to the office then" He remarked to her, the comment causing her to snort.

"You'll be lucky" She told him bluntly "I'll be adding the reports for this to my things to do list, right smack at the bottom of it. I'm only beginning the Doran case. Beside there's no point I writing it up until all the forensics and everything are dealt with" She suddenly sighed looking around her again. "Ryan is going to kill us for this. Three big crime scenes in a twenty-four hours, all requiring a lot of people and work. We might owe the CSU team a drink after this."

"I think the only two people who deserve a drink right now is you and me" Steve responded, reaching up and pressing his hand against his shoulder, wincing at the contact.

"Come on Super SEAL" Danni remarked softly "Let's go and wait at the entrance and get you seen by an EMT, you're no good if you're bleeding over the crime scene and unfortunately I don't happen to have a mini medical kit tucked away in the pocket of my jeans" She said glancing up as Chin came back from his scouting trip empty handed. "Chin, do you mind bringing Etienne with you? I need to get Steve to the entrance so an EMT can have a look at him" She said, smiling when Chin nodded at her.

"Don't worry about it, 'll take care of this guy, you focus on Steve for now" He answered her. Danni nodded looking towards her partner.

"Can you walk with your injuries?" She asked him, rolling her eyes when he shot her an affronted glare, his male pride clearly hurt by her suggestion that he couldn't.

"I'm fine Danni" He told her shortly.

"Of course, you are because you are looking the picture of good health right about now" She retorted, crossing her arms over her chest. "If you can walk then be my guest, after you Steve." Steve shot her a look before pushing himself off the container and moving forward, heading towards the area where they had crashed the police car. Danni followed him, close enough that she could reach out and steady him if the need arose but not close enough that it would piss him off.

They arrived just as the police and ambulance pulled up. Danni moved past Steve, lifting her hand up and flagging down the nearest ambulance to them. It pulled to a stop, the door opening as two EMTS climbed out and headed towards her, Danni's eyebrow rising as she recognised the woman EMT.

"Hey Hazel, what did I tell you? I knew we would end up seeing a lot of each other" She commented with a warm smile.

"So, you did" Hazel responded with a smile of her own. "This is Quinn, my partner. Where are you hurt Danni?" She asked, he eyes already looking at Danni for any injuries.

"I'm okay this time around thankfully, it's my partner Steve who need to be checked out" She explained as she moved to one side, waving her hand towards Steve,

"Someone has certainly done a number on you buddy" Quinn remarked mildly. "Come up into the back and let's get you on a gurney so we can have a proper look at you." The tall man said as he took a few steps forward, gripping Steve's arm and leading him towards the back of the ambulance, ignoring the grumbling which erupted from Steve's mouth at the contact. Danni could just about make out Steve talking about it being a waste of time.

"Ignore him" Danni advised. "His bark is worse than his bite… at least I think it is" She corrected herself thoughtfully. She turned to Hazel. "Please let me know once he's been checked out" She told the other woman who nodded at her, reaching and patting Danni on the shoulder.

"Don't worry Danni, we'll take good care of him for you" She promised. Danni watched as Hazel climbed into the back of the ambulance and closed the door behind her. For a moment she simply stood there, staring at it before she turned and headed over to where the CSU agents were piling out of their truck, wincing when she caught the sight of Ryan Moore's face. He looked pissed.

"Don't look at me like that" She said when he noticed her approach and glared at her. "I'm not the one who was trying to smuggle a wanted terrorist off the island on a boat."

"Not you aren't" Ryan replied. "You're just the girl Jersey who has somehow been involved in three large crimes scenes over the period of twenty-four hours. We're still trying to get through the Doran case from yesterday while my secondary tram is still down at the warehouse dealing with everything there and now this" He waved a hand towards the boar to indicate what he meant. "I have no idea who is going to deal with this one other than we will all be pulling in a hell of a lot of overtime now."

"I'm sorry" Danni said, reaching out and patting him on the arm. "Trust me that fighting on a boat wasn't exactly my choice."

"Yeah, I know, just… at least tell me that you limited the fight to at least one area of the boat" He asked, groaning when he caught sight of her face. "Jersey!"

"I owe you a drink or five I know, don't forget that I'm cooking for you tonight at least, that surely has to be a start" She commented hopefully.

"Danni…" He began to say, stopping when a secondary voice called out her name. Danni blinked, glancing round just as Hazel appeared from behind the ambulance.

"Sorry Danni but he's asking for insistently for you." Danni nodded turning back to Ryan.

"I've got to go, Steve was hurt and…" She began smiling when he waved her off.

"Go and see to him, I'll start the ball rolling here" He said, returning her smile reluctantly.

"Thank you, seven o clock tonight" She said as she squeezed his arm again before turning and jogging lightly over to the ambulance. "How is he?" She asked Hazel, unable to keep the concern from her voice.

"He's going to be fine, we're taking him down to Queens to get him stitched up and sorted out. It looks like we may have a couple of cracked ribs so we just want to do some scans to be sure. He's not happy about it but it does have to be done." Hazel explained.

"Thanks" Danni said as she stepped into the ambulance, smiling at Quinn who nodded back at her before she focused her attention to her partner.

"Hey" She commented lightly. "Hazel said that you've got to head off and get some scans done to make sure nothing is broken?" She asked, crossing her arms over her stomach.

"It's a complete waste of time, I've had broken ribs before and these are not broken but neither of them will listen to me" Steve complained.

"Well they are the professionals here Steve so if they say you need to go in and have the scan then that is what you have to do. Do you want me to come with you?" She asked. Steve opened his eyes and looked for a moment, appearing to be hesitating before he shook his head and spoke.

"No, I need you here running things while I'm gone Danno."

Danni nodded reluctantly.

"Well luckily for you taking care of crime scenes is one of my specialities"

"I thought you said earlier that looking for intel was your speciality?" Steve responded, the remark causing Danni to shrug at him.

"They both are, I'm multi-talented and stop calling me Danno" She said lightly. "Danni will do fine. Call me when you've finished there okay, If I've picked Grace up from school by then I can come and get you and bring you back to yours rather than you having to get a cab"

"Sure, I'll call you later" Steve told her. She smiled at him before she turned to Quinn who had remained quiet throughout the conversation.

"Please take good care of him" she told the dark-haired man who nodded at her.

"We will do" He promised.

Danni nodded, smiling once more at her partner before she climbed out of the ambulance watching as Hazel climbed into the driver's seat. The lights began flashing and the ambulance began slowly moving away from the port.

Danni watched it until she couldn't see it anymore before she turned and looked around her, searching the crowd for Chin and Kono.

They had work to do.

Author Note

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