A/N: Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing and alerting this story. It means so much to me that people love Danny's mom. Unfortunately, Danny's mom does not make an appearance in this chapter, but she'll be in the next, I promise because Steve promised to bring Danny by so she could baby him!
Sorry for the delay in this chapter. I was on holidays out of the country and though I had my computer with me the whole time, I didn't write at all. I spent a lot of money though.
I hope you enjoy the multiple suspects and interrogations in this chapter. I had a good time writing it and really feel that this chapter shows just how well of an oiled machine we have with Five-O, they are awesome!
As always I own nothing.
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Chapter 11: Suspects a Plenty
Steve sat anxiously in the passenger seat of the Camaro, the dynamic was all off when Danny drove, but Danny had insisted that he take the wheel, he thought better when he was driving. The car remained silent for a long time before Steve muster up the courage to speak to the stewing Detective at his side.
"Where are we going Danny?" Steve asked finally as the street of Oahu passed them by.
"I need to talk to a couple of people," Danny said in the form of an answer.
"Yeah, I get that, but what am I doing?" Steve asked as he rolled his eyes and sighed.
"You're the muscle," Danny stated.
"I feel like such a tool," Steve laughed.
"I'm also keeping you in the dark because I don't want you to talk me out of this, plus I want you at the height of your discomfort for the meeting, you're more intimidating that way." Danny explained.
"Again, I feel like a tool, but flattery is going to get you no where Williams, just tell me what is going on." Steve sighed.
"I want to talk to Noshimori," Danny stated.
Steve nodded.
"And I want to talk to Hesse," he added.
"What, why?" Steve asked, shocked at the name placed before him.
"Because we know that Wo Fat went to Hesse," Danny answered, "and if he's connected with Wo Fat, then he's connected with Li."
"Li is your prime suspect?" Steve asked, "We have nothing on him."
"Nothing but the knowledge that he was in the vehicle with Malikahi this morning and then Malikahi was tossed from a vertical in the middle of Ala Moana to send a message. The message is this; Malikahi did something he wasn't supposed to do and he was punished." Danny explained. "But our battle is still on for Friday and we need something to go on."
"What makes you think that Hesse will tell you anything?" Steve asked something like anger and hatred spread before his eyes as he stared out the windshield of the Camaro.
"He doesn't need to tell me anything. I'll just know," Danny stated.
5-0
Kono, Chin and Jenna walked into the Hotel and were greeted right away by the hotel manager and the primary management staff.
"The Governor said you'd be coming," Kalei Foster stated as she rushed toward them.
"We need complete access to the venue, your hotel and every last square inch of this building that may hide anything," Kono stated as the HPD and CSI started to fan out.
"I understand and we are here to cooperate. These functions, as put on by the Governors office, are our highest grossing events. We can't afford to loose their business." Kalei stated.
"We understand and we are here to work with you, so as long as your employees will cooperate things should run smoothly." Kono added taking the lead and authority on the situation as Jenna and Chin followed. "This is Agent Jenna Kaye of the CIA; she will be conducting interviews with some of your staff."
"I have a list of people I wish to speak with first," Jenna jumped in, putting on airs of professionalism and authority to match Kono. "If you could see that they are all present and if you could have a space that I can conduct my interviews in ready to go, that would be greatly appreciated."
"We can give you one of our finest guest suits for your interviews," Kalei stated as she rushed back to her computer.
"I'd prefer a dark, dank, storage room with no windows and only a table and two chairs. Very little light is also a must," Jenna stated, "take everything out of the room and leave it as bare as possible and I'll be happy to interview from there."
"There is a janitorial closet just off the main hall that leads to the ball room," Kalei said in confusion.
"Perfect, put your employees in the lush lounge outside to wait and I'll take them into interrogations from there," Jenna smiled.
"Joe, please take Agent Kaye and two of out house keepers and set up the custodial closet just as she says," Kalei ordered to one of her subordinates and Jenna was led away. "Is there anything else that you need?" she asked as she turned back to Kono and Chin.
"We need most of that section of the hotel shut down for the time being, no one is to go in or out of the ball room or the surrounding area," Kono stated, "we are putting that section under police surveillance and investigation."
"We can rope off the location," Kalei stated and began typing again. "The hotel staff will cooperate fully."
"Thank you," Kono smiled.
"Is there anything else I can do for you now?" Kalei asked as she watched Chin with suspicion as he turned his attention to the tablet he was holding.
"Can you direct us toward this location?" Chin asked as he held the tablet, and a map of the hotel, up to the young manager.
"That is under the hotel. It's locked up most of the time and the only way to get into it is through a sewage system located back behind the main guest buildings." Kalei stated and cringed, "why on earth would you want to go down there?" she asked turning her nose up in disgust.
"It's actually the first place we want to start," Kono stated as she and her cousin shared a knowing look.
"Alright, I'll have our chief custodial manager take you down here," Kalei shrugged.
"Thank you," Kono smiled and waited for the tour guide.
5-0
Danny and Steve walked through the security for the correctional facility and were placed on the right side of the glass barrier that protected them from the fugitives inside. They didn't have to wait long before Hiro Noshimori was placed, shackled at the ankles, before the glass. He looked skinny, pail, and warn out, Steve noticed, from the last time they had seen him out in the open. He rolled his eyes as he picked up the telephone receiver and watched as the shorter of the detectives sat down in front of him.
"Danno, isn't it?" Noshimori smiled and spoke into the receiver.
"You can call me Detective Williams," Danny stated stone cold in his expression, "I only let the big guy call me that," he added and motioned over his shoulder to Steve, who was leaning against the barrier wall, his arms folded and his expression one of hatred.
"What brings you here, Detective?" Noshimori asked with a slight grin.
"I wanted to ask you a few questions about a friend of yours," Danny smiled.
"And who might that be?" Hiro smiled.
"Governor Jameson," Danny stated, "she's being threatened right now and I've heard that you were quite close with the good Governor before you ended up, well, in here."
"Jameson is a good, loyal, woman, with a great desire to see things right and prosperous in the State of Hawaii. She will do anything for the people of these islands. Why would anyone want to threaten her?" Noshimori asked as he looked a little shaken by the information that Danny had given.
"We were hoping you'd be able to tell us," Danny smiled, "today, her chief security officer was murdered and dumped in the middle of Ala Moana Boulevard," he added and watched the shock appear and quickly disappear from Hiro's face. "We were told that she was threatened on the campaign trail when she was first running for governor and the man in question took a bullet for her. He was hired by you wasn't he?" Danny asked.
"Yes," Hiro admitted, "he was hired to protect and that is what he did."
"And was the bullet, that was meant for Jameson, always meant for Jameson, or was it part of your plot to get people of your organization into her inner circles to carry out the plans of the people that you answer too?" Danny asked and watched as Hiro went whiter then he already looked.
"I'm not answering that question," Hiro hissed.
"You already did," Danny smiled.
Steve smirked from his place at the wall.
"What can you tell me about Yin Li," Danny asked the seriousness of the situation back in his voice.
"Yin Li, Yin Li, I'm sorry, I don't believe I know that name," Hiro stated with a pleasant smile crossing his face.
Danny shrugged, reached behind him to his partner, as Steve handed him a photograph, and slammed it against the glass barrier causing Hiro to start at the violence in he force of Danny's action, "you wanna try again?" Danny asked as the picture revealed the gathered group of Hiro and his brother, and Wo Fat and Li in their golf carts. "I think you do know the man driving Wo Fat around." Danny stated.
"He's just a driver," Hiro choked.
"Sure he is, he was driving Malikahi this morning when he shot me, and then he was driving again when Malikahi was shot and dumped in the middle of Ala Moana," Danny stated and flashed another picture that had been grabbed from a traffic cam on Ala Moana and was timed only hours before.
"That is impossible," Hiro gasped. "Li and Malikahi were brothers."
"Yes, we know that, but does his allegiance lie with his brother or his boss?" Danny asked, "And is he the one responsible for threatening the governor or is that Wo Fat's job?"
"The Governor is too important," Hiro hissed as he hushed his voice, "if something is really going on, Jameson is not the target. And as for Li, if he shot his own brother, his brother then did something to step out of line. What did you do the Malikahi that would have pissed him off enough to have him act out?"
"I called him Sasquatch, but not to his face," Danny admitted.
"No, but you did verbally castrate him," Steve added with a chuckle.
"Oh, yeah I did do that," Danny admitted with a smile.
"So he shot you, against orders, and his brother had to shoot him to clean up the loose ends," Hiro stated, "I'd watch your back, Detective, you now fall into the category of loose end."
"I'm not afraid," Danny stated fire flashing in his eyes.
"I'd be afraid," Hiro sighed; "I'm not saying anything more to you." he added and hung up the receiver.
5-0
Jenna ushered employee number six into her little interrogation room and motioned to the chair that was away from the door, up against the back wall and the employee sat down.
"So, Bobby, do you mind if I call you Bobby?" she asked as the door was shut behind them and the anxious employee sat staring at her through the darkness that had fallen.
"No ma'am," Bobby whispered.
"Good, so Bobby, how did you get this job with your record?" Jenna asked as she flipped open a file before her and leafed through it.
"On the application, where it asked if I had any convictions, I wrote 'will discuss'," Bobby admitted truthfully, "and when I got the interview I told them that I was out on bond, that I was clean and I would gladly take a test to prove it, and that I needed the job to pay for my bond fees and to keep myself out of trouble by doing good honest work."
"I believe you," Jenna smiled, "that is very forth coming of you and respectable. Well done, but I do need to ask you about this one charge that I know you have against you and that is the charge of being involved in gang related violence. Are you a violent person Bobby?"
"No Ma'am, I was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time," Bobby said, but his eyes shifted.
"Hmm, describe the wrong place for me," Jenna stated, "Who were you involved with at the time."
"I was selling drugs, just as my primary charge states." Bobby said, he was telling the truth on that one. "I was selling for a gang, yes, but I didn't belong to the gang."
"Bobby, tell me, what do you know about the CIA?" Jenna asked and looked him straight in the eyes accusingly.
Bobby shifted nervously in his seat, "not much," he answered.
"Oh, but I think you do," Jenna smiled, "you know that it stands for the Central Intelligence Agency, you know that we know a lot of things, and that we are really, really good, when it comes to interrogations. I'm now going to tell you how good." She added, "you shifted in your seat, means you're nervous and your eyes deviated to the left when you told me you didn't belong to the gang. That tells me that you are lying. Why, Bobby, would you lie to an officer of the law, a member of Five-O and an agent with the CIA?" she asked.
"Because I need to keep this job," Bobby sighed as he lowered his eyes.
"But, you are doing something that could jeopardize this job, what are you doing Bobby?" Jenna asked.
"I've been letting people into the basement secretly," Bobby stated as tears rolled down his cheeks. "They said they'd help me out, pay me for it, and all I had to do was let them in. That's all."
"Are these any of those men?" Jenna asked and showed Bobby stills from the surveillance.
"Yes, all of them," Bobby admitted.
"Thank you, Bobby, I'm going to let you go now, but I don't know if I can trust you," Jenna stated as she stood. "You need to not let anyone that you helped me, you need to not tell these men that they are being looked at and you need to keep doing your job honestly. Can you do that?"
"Yes ma'am," Bobby said.
"I believe you," Jenna stated and opened the door, "you're free to go."
5-0
Kono and Chin walked slowly through the dark underground under the hotel. The strong smell of chlorine from the pool and the dampness of the pipes, chilled the air and made it hard to breathe, but they knew that this would be the place. Suddenly Kono's phone began to vibrate in her pocket and they stopped.
"Jenna what did you find out?" Kono asked as she answered the phone.
"One of our listed suspects was letting Malikahi, Li and Wo Fat into the hotel secretly." Jenna explained. "That's all I've got so far."
"Did he say where he was letting them in?" Kono asked.
"Basement," Jenna answered.
"We're down below that now, we'll keep you posted." Kono stated, "Good job Jenna."
"Thanks," Jenna stated cheerfully and hung up.
"We're in the right place, Cuz," Kono stated as she clicked on her flashlight again and moved forward into the darkness.
5-0
Danny sat patiently at the glass window waiting as Hiro was taken away and his next suspect was brought in and sat down before him. Steve stayed in his place away from the receiver, but still within eye shot of the fugitive.
"What happened to your face?" Danny asked as Hesse picked up the receiver and saw the huge cut and bruising around his left eye and nose.
"Turns out, people don't like cop killers anywhere you go," Hesse stated with a smile as he caught Steve's angry eyes.
"No they don't," Danny stated.
"What do you want Detective," Hesse asked, "You took me out of my nice, quiet solitary confinement for this."
"I want to know why you are in cahoots with Wo Fat," Danny stated coming right to the point.
"How do you know that name?" Hesse asked his eyes flashed something like absolute fear.
"We know a lot of stuff about a lot of people," Danny stated.
"And yet, you don't know anything." Hesse hissed.
"Victor, please, you're not scaring me." Danny laughed.
"You should be scared, the closer you get the shorter your life will be," Hesse whispered, "hell, I'm scared in here. You don't think he's watching my every move. He'll kill me and anyone else that gets in his way, and you are getting way too close."
"What can you tell us about Yin Li?" Danny asked seeing the agitation and the fear in the man's eyes.
"He's the one that will pull the trigger if you come within yards of his boss," Victor stated. "Stay out of his way."
"It really is a shame that I can't do that!" Danny sighed, "Where can I find him?"
"With Wo Fat," Victor stated.
"And where do I find Wo Fat?" Danny asked.
"You don't but he knows where you are," Victor stated and hung up the receiver.
5-0
Kono and Chin rounded another corner and saw what looked to be a solid wooden door, but there was a light that came from underneath it.
"That's not on the map," Chin stated as he looked up from his tablet.
"Where are we in relation to the rest of the building?" Kono whispered as she drew her weapon.
"We're right under the ballroom." Chin stated stashed his tablet in the small pack he was carrying on his back and drew his own weapon.
"How should we proceed?" Kono asked.
"It's not supposed to be here, lets break it down," Chin stated and moved past Kono, "you ready?" he asked.
"Yup, go for it Cuz," Kono stated and waited.
With one swift movement Chin kicked in the door and it fell away from the make shift hinges that barely fastened it to the wall. The light that exploded from the room was a shock to the two officers for a moment, but their vision cleared quickly and they found the room empty of any persons, but full of large keg sized barrels and wires.
"There is enough here to take out the whole wing of the hotel," Chin stated as he looked from barrel to barrel.
"Through the concrete of this level and the basement and up through the ballroom?" Kono asked.
"If anything, it would level this whole area; no one would survive this, when this goes, so does the lower levels crashing in on itself." Chin stated.
"This would definitely crash the party," Kono sighed as she lowered her weapon.
"We've got to get the bomb squad down here," Chin stated.
"Do you think this is finished?" Kono asked.
"I don't see any of the mechanisms for detonation, but then again, I'm not a bomb specialist," Chin answered.
"Alright Cuz, lets get outta here and get the proper people in," Kono sighed and turned to leave.
"Who are you?" A little voice asked from the makeshift doorway, a weapon trained on Kono and Chin.
"We just got lost," Kono stated and raised her hands up in front of her.
"Sure you did, Detective," the little voice hissed and moved into the bright light of room to show the face.
"Who are you?" Chin asked looking at the little man seeing something of the familiar in his looks but not knowing what.
"You don't need to know," He stated and turned swiftly on Chin.
Kono took the opportunity that was given and rushed, head down toward the little man, catching him off guard and knocking him backwards onto his back. She ripped the gun out of his hand and tossed it over her shoulder before she planted both of her hands on his shoulders and straddled him, keeping him pinned to the ground. "You don't know much about guns do you?" she asked as she hooked one of her feet between his legs and swiftly rolled him onto his stomach.
"Now you should answer my question." Chin stated as he aimed his weapon at the little man. "Who are you?"
"My name is Doctor Jeremy Kin," the little man stated in defeat.
"You're a chemist," Chin stated, "I've heard of you."
"You read medical journals?" Kin asked.
"I do," Chin admitted and Kono rolled her eyes. "What are you doing down here, in the sublevels of a hotel with all these explosives when you are one of the leading researchers in the state when it comes to cancer treatment?"
"I'm not saying anything else until I have a lawyer," Jeremy stated.
"Whatever," Kono stated and hauled the man to his feet, "we'll get what we want out of you if we find your prints all over these kegs, and then you'll be the leading researcher out of Halawa."