Hello there! First of all I want to say SORRY for taking this long to update the story… in my defense, I started the University and a new job and these past two weeks have been totally hectic… I tried several times to sit down and write but I was just too tired or didn't have time.

But today I finally managed to sit down long enough to finish this chapter and, with it the story.

Yes… this is the final chapter of this story! I know it's a super short story but let's say it was a way to blow off some steam and to lighten up the mood after my previous stories before going on about the major storyline presented since the beginning…

I really hope you have like this story so far and that you like the chapter as well… remember to let me know what you think!

Enjoy!

In spite of being prepared for it, Steve couldn't help but close his eyes and flinch at the exact moment the gun was fired. He had been so sure the guy had been aiming at his forehead that he couldn't understand why he was still alive and well, if not a little deaf by the vicinity of the gunshot and his left cheek a bit red by the burn of it. He decided to open his eyes by the time the masked man let out a series of profanities.

- Where the hell did that come from?! – he asked/yelled while clutching his bleeding and gunless hand. Steve followed his gaze and saw the weapon laying on the floor a few feet away from them with a wooden arrow nearby. He looked again at Mickey, the masked man, and focused on his hand. His fingers were bleeding from a few cuts and he could only stare in amazement at what had happened. The raging man turned to one of his men – Donald! I thought you had cleared everyone! Who did that? Check that room again! – Mickey ordered signaling to the entrance of the weapons room.

When his eyes landed again on the gun that only moments before had been pointed at him, he had a little debate with himself whether to make a move for it or not.

Having a gun would definitely improve his situation and now, more than ever, was the perfect time to do so because everyone was looking in the direction the arrow had come from and Mickey was too busy holding his injured hand and shouting at his men.

The momentarily discarded weapon lay so temptingly within arm's reach that he had already and unconsciously begun to move towards it. But he knew, that even with the aid of a gun he would still be greatly outnumbered, not to mention the number of hostages that were spread around the room and could so easily become collateral damage.

So, should he just go for it or should he wait for backup like his partner always liked to remind him? And where exactly was his backup was a complete mystery. Did Danny and Annabeth have a plan? If he knew one thing for certain about Annabeth it was how much she liked to make plans.

Usually her ideas would come in handy; but some of the time her plans and ideas were so crazy and dangerous that he still couldn't quite understand why Danny kept calling him a danger magnet or a danger to civilized society. It must just be a habit.

His thoughts were abruptly interrupted when Mickey screamed at the guy names Donald again to go search the weapons room faster because, by the angle, the arrow seemed to have been fired rom that general direction.

But, who would have such good aim? The gun had been ripped away from the man's hand exactly when he had pulled the trigger, changing the trajectory of the bullet and effectively saving his life.

Could an employee of the museum be trained enough to do that? Did Annabeth and Danny had anything to do with it?

Well, if they were somehow inside the weapons room, he was about to find out because Donald was already on his way.

He tensed himself up in anticipation because if there was people inside that room, things were about to get ugly.

He glanced between the gun on the floor near him and the entrance to the adjoining room deciding to wait at least another minute before making up his mind.

… … …

The moment she fired the arrow, Annabeth and Danny ducked inside the room again. She only had time to make sure her target had been hit before she flattened herself against the wall on one side of the door right next to Danny. She knew it had been close. If she hadn't fired the arrow at the exact moment she had, Steve would have been dead. Well… she would remind him of that later; right now, they had other problems to attend to.

Donald would walk into the room any second now following the leader's orders and they didn't have time to go hide behind any of the exhibits. She glanced at Danny and when he gave her confirmation of contact with Chin, she nodded and prepared to act. If thing went according to the plan, HPD plus Chin and Kono would be making an entrance soon.

She reached behind her back to grab another arrow and tense the bow while pointing at the door; Danny took his position on the other side of it and waited for the incoming company.

The very second the guy stepped into the room he found himself with the tip of an arrow touching his throat. Annabeth muttered the words for him to stay quiet while Danny creeped behind him and taking his gun away with one hand, he put his arm around the man's neck and trapped him on a choke hold. This wasn't one of his favorite techniques but when it was necessary he would do it without hesitation.

When the guy was unconscious, they set his body carefully on the floor and set him aside. Now the bad guys were one man down and so that made three against three. They just needed to get Steve on board of the plan as well.

Danny took possession of the man's gun and peeked outside the door. The other masked men, except the leader, where stepping closer to the weapons room because they were getting suspicious of the lack of news from their teammate; just as predicted. The idea was to divide the bad guys into two groups: one close to Steve and one close to them so they could all take care of the problem.

- Hey Donald, you done? – came the muffled voice of one of the approaching guys – Boss he's not answering!

- Well, what are you waiting for? Get inside and find out what the hell is going on! And if you see somebody just shoot them! - Mickey answered back, earning a few gasps of surprise and fear from the hostages at hearing the word shoot.

… … …

Suddenly, Steve knew. Danny and Annabeth were still inside and they were doing everything they could to fight off the attackers, so he had to help them.

It was time for a distraction.

- I wouldn't go in there if I were you – he stated calmly, making everyone focus on him and also making the masked men who had been getting closer and closer to the weapons room turn to him.

- What? – asked Mickey, who had again stepped closer to him, still clutching his hand. This time, Steve gave up any pretenses that he was just a scared hostage.

- Like I said. I don't think it's in your best interest to go in there – he repeated with a somewhat satisfied smile.

- And why the hell is that?! – he took a step closer.

- For starters, the moment they go in all blazing guns, they're gonna get their asses kicked and maybe end up dead. If they want to still be breathing by the end of the day, I suggest they stay right where they are, just two feet from the door and with their backs turned to it – when they heard Steve's voice from outside the room, they knew he had caught up to their intentions and was relying information for them to act – and you, my friend, are gonna be stuck with me.

- AND JUST WHO ON EARTH ARE YOU? – Mickey asked beyond angry.

- I'm Five-0 – Steve said and then made a move for the weapon on the floor.

Hearing Steve give up is identity, Danny and Annabeth took that as a signal to act. If the approaching two masked men were only a few feet away from the door and with their backs turned to them, it would be easy to subdue them.

Glancing at each other with determination on their faces, they stepped outside with their weapons drawn: one a very old bow and the other one, a very modern gun.

Danny pressed the barrel of his gun to the neck of the man in the right while Annabeth did the same with the arrow to one on the left.

- Five-0! Don't move! – ordered Danny – drop your gun and get down on the ground – he said calmly.

- You too! – said Annabeth to the man in front of her.

In front of them, they could see Steve moving to his left.

Steve picked up the gun from the floor quickly and in one swift move he got up from his knees and pointed the weapon to Mickey's face; well… mask. The man halted in his track because once he had realized what was happening he had remembered his gun and had intended to get it back, not realizing that Steve had been already on his way to get it.

- On your knees! On your knees! – he ordered using his full Commander voice.

By the time all the attackers where on the floor and free of weapons, HPD barged into the room followed by Chin and Kono in full combat gear.

- HPD! Get down on the ground! Down on the…! - but the officer didn't finish his order because he realized that the people they were supposed to apprehend had already been subdued. Steve gave the order to arrest the attackers and remove their masks while Danny directed a couple of officers to retrieve the last man from the weapons room. Then he instantly turned to his partner.

- Steve! Where's Grace? Where is she? – fear had again creeped up his voice for not knowing where her little girl was during the whole madness.

- In the bathroom. Come on – Steve answered and they both ran towards the place Grace was hiding in.

- Grace! GRACE! – Danny yelled when he went into the bathroom and turning around in a circle when he didn't see her anywhere – Steve where is she? – Steve knew his partner was terribly worried so he tried to calm him down.

- Don't worry, she's safe – then he turned to the vent – Grace, honey, it's okay to come out. It's over now – they heard movement on the other side of the vent and the entrance came loose. Danny quickly ran to her and helped her out while hugging him tightly to him.

- Are you okay Monkey? Are you hurt? Are you alright? – he asked while checking her over.

- I'm okay Danno – she answered a little shyly and hugging her father again. Then Danny turned to Steve.

- What were you thinking leaving her alone like this!? – he asked.

- Danny, I…

- You should have stayed with her!

- Danny! I couldn't hide on the vent with her and they would have found me. The best thing I could do for her was lead them away from her! We would have been seen if we had tried to leave and I couldn't leave you guys… - but Danny interrupted him.

- I know! I know! – he said while setting Grace on the floor and kneeling in front of her – I know. I'm sorry, I just… - Steve took a breath and came closer to them, putting a hand on his partner's shoulder and one on top of Grace's head.

- I know – and Steve did know how much the thought of anything happening to Grace scared the living hell out of Danny, because it also scared the living hell out of him – Come on. Let's go.

They got out of the bathroom and returned to the entrance hall that was now flooding with HPD officers that were starting to lead the hostages away and a few paramedics checking on the people that had been hit during the attack to the museum.

When they got closer to the oval room, they could hear a heated argument taking place between Annabeth and a woman wearing the museum staff uniform. Danny took a greater hold of Grace's hand and the three of them made their way towards the small group. Chin and Kono where behind Annabeth watching the confrontation and ready to act if the situation called for it.

- How could you have used so carelessly such antique pieces of history?! – the staff member was asking by the time Danny, Steve and Grace made it all the way to them.

- Antique pieces of history? This bow is a fake! It's a replica. It's not the real thing!

- But the knives! They're original and hey should be treated with extreme care. You never should have picked them up!

- Oh! I'm sorry! Next time a group of barbarians come in here to rob you, I'll just walk away and let them be! – Annabeth answered back.

- That's still no excuse to… - but the woman didn't get to finish her sentence because she was interrupted by Chin who could see Annabeth was starting to get too worked up and she was still clutching a very effective bow in her hands.

- Alright, alright Ms. Kiota. Why don't you accompany this nice HPD officer so he can take your statement? – he said while he started to lead her away.

- Fine! But I'm gonna mention how this girl disregarded the museum's rules and protocols!

- You do that – Chin answered right back with a condescending tone. He was glad to get rid of the woman when the HPD officer took her away. Then, he came back to where the team was standing.

- Can you believe her? – asked Annabeth still angry about the woman's accusations – we just saved her life and all she cares about is the stupid knives! – she waved her right hand around to point on the general direction where the woman had just left.

- Whoa! Careful with that! – said Kono who had to step aside because Annabeth's right hand was still holding into an arrow.

- So you actually shot that arrow? – Steve asked Annabeth, trying to get her mind off track.

- If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it – said Danny – but she did.

- That's so cool! – added Grace – can you teach me?

- Of course! We just need…

- Nothing! You need nothing because you, young lady, won't be getting anywhere near a deadly weapon like that in your life – Danny said speaking very seriously to Grace.

- But Danno! – she whined.

- Come on Danno. You never know when it can come in handy – intervened Steve. Danny just rolled his eyes.

- How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that? And I would appreciate it if you didn't encourage my daughter to use devices that could potentially inflict harm.

- But Annabeth just saved my life with it, so it's not all that bad.

- This matter is closed. We're not discussing this anymore – Danny said with finality but when Grace turned to look at Annabeth, she received a wink from the older girl.

- How did you learn to shoot like that, by the way? – Kono asked her because she was still impressed at the scene everyone had described about an arrow shooting the masked man's gun away from him.

- I had a really good teacher – Annabeth answered while reaching the quiver of arrows from behind her back and puling it over her head. She looked then at the items in her hands with a look that could have passes as nostalgic, but then she quickly changed it for a bright smile – I had forgotten how good it felt to use this. I hadn't done it in years!

- Wait! – said Steve – you hadn't used a bow in years before shooting that arrow?

- Nope!

- But the gun was inches from my face! What if you had missed? – he asked, paling a little bit at the thought of how close the arrow had been from embedding on his skull.

- Well… I didn't.

- Yeah, but you could have!

- Just be glad I didn't! – she spat back wanting to drop the matter because she really didn't want to think in what would have happened if she had missed.

- Fine!

Everyone watched the exchange between the two members of the team. It was strange how the two of them interacted; sometimes perfectly agreeing on things and then other times getting into stupid little arguments that never lasted more than a minute (unlike the arguments Steve and Danny where know to held. They could last up until days). It had always been amusing how the young girl could stand up to the tough SuperSEAL and sometimes (most of the time) end up winning. Danny specially liked it when that happened.

- Okay! Who's ready to get out of here? I'm starving! – he asked.

- I think that's a good idea – said Chin – who's in for some pizza?

- I AM! – came the high pitched reply from Grace. Everyone laughed at her enthusiasm.

- Sound's great! – said Kono.

- Sure – added Annabeth.

- Let's get going then – Danny picked up Grace from the floor and carried her out of the museum with everyone following behind. HPD could handle the rest of the scene by themselves. There had been no casualties, nothing had actually been robbed and all the attackers had been arrested. Piece of cake – Oh! And, by the way… Never are we ever going to go to a museum ever again!

- Oh Danno! – said Grace while rolling her eyes and laughing. She knew the statement had been coming ever since that shot had sounded and Uncle Steve had hidden her in the vent. She also knew the statement was a lie since he had said the same thing about football games and they had already gone to all the games of the season.

- I'm serious this time! No more knives, bows, swords or dragons! They can stay in the movies…

Everyone laughed and pretty soon the subject of discussion within the group changed to what type of pizza they were going to order from Steve's house while they were walking towards their respective cars. Annabeth and Danny exchanged a look of complicity because they knew that if they wanted to be able to enjoy their dinner, they had to get to the phone first and make sure there were at least a couple of pizzas free of pineapple.

As always, Chin and Steve would delight themselves on the fruit covered sacrilege while Grace and Kono would go even beyond measure and add tuna to the thing.

By the end of the night, the incidence at the museum had already begun to be a fun story to tell and the source of a lot of laughter among the pizza overdosed team. To put it in Danny's way: if they got a dollar every time they found themselves in impossibly absurd situations, they could all retire young.

As the night wore off and the get together got to an end, everyone headed home. And, Annabeth, just before she went into her room was halted by Steve.

- Thanks – he said – for what you did.

- No problem – she smiled – what are friends for, right? Good night! – and she closed the door.

- Right…

He stood staring at the door for a few seconds before heading to his own room.

He was going to have to tell her soon.

He just didn't know how…

Aaaannnnndddd DONE! I know the ending is a little bit off, but I hope it leaves the window open for the subject of my next story which will hopefully be the one where Steve tells Annabeth the truth. Are you excited to find out how it happens? ME TOO! Hahahaha I'm kidding… I already know how it happens… I'm just really excited to get to write it.

I really did try a little bit of humor in this story and it was always meant to be short… just a little episode on the lives of our characters but, to tell you the truth, I'm excited to go back to writing drama! It's just such a release mechanism for me and I think my best scenes are the ones filled with it.

I'm not sure when I'll start writing this new story but now that I'm more used to the new routine I have with work and the University, I may be able to start soon and not wait too long before posting chapters. I can't promise anything but be assured that I always have this stories in my mind and the urge to write them!

Also, i know there still a story unfinished (Unexpected Events) which was the very first story i posted introducing the OC Character of Annabeth. I really don't know why i can't bring myself to finish it. I think there's only one more chapter left to do it and i PROMISE i will finish it... i just don0t know when :/

That being said, I guess we'll see each other when the next story arrives! I would really love to read your comments about this story and what do you think will happen on the next one… anyone care to guess how does Steve tell Annabeth the truth?

Well… until next time!