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"What have we got?" Danny asks around a mouthful of Malasada, chin already streaked with sugar.
Steve points to the first photo, a preteen boy, native with olive skin. "Hani Hirono. Son of Junior United States Senator Mazie Hirono. The senator found him sick in the early hours of the morning presenting with fever, vomiting and blood noses."
Danny interrupts. "Not that I'm not sad that her kid's sick and all, what does this have to do with us?"
Steve points to the next photo, a petite blonde-haired, blue eyes toddler this time. "Lane Bailey, daughter of Senator John Bailey. She was found not long after Hani, but she had depressed respiration and was unconsciousness in addition to the fever. Lastly," he points to the final photo, a grinning brunette teenager. "Declan Jenkins, fourteen-year-old son of Congressman Harold Jenkins. Fever and vomiting. All these cases were within two hours of each other."
Chin whistles, long and low.
"Governor give it to us?" Danny's polishing off yet other sugared treat.
"Ever heard of diabetes Danno?" He ignores the middle finger salute he receives in return. "Anyway, yep, straight from the big boss, but not before a representative for each of the politicians called me directly." Steve watches as the gravity of the situation begins to set in.
"Ok. I want you guys," he looks as Chin and Kono, "To head down to the hospital. Everybody is at Tripler under maximum security so you'll need your badges to get in and out. Talk to the families, this is about the parents, not the kids, that much is clear. They've all been taken to Tripler to put anyone off, they won't expect them to be in a military compound. Danny, you and I are heading over to all the homes, see what we can find. The families are in protective custody until this is over. Everyone clear?" He'd met with a series of nods and they walk outside into a day much brighter than the situation at hand.

Chin Ho Kelly had seen a lot of cases over his years as an HPD officer and then working with Five-0. The kid cases had never gotten any easier. The first room on the list is that of Hani Hirono.
Chin knocks gently but allows Kono to be the one to break the ice.
"Mrs Hirono?" the lady is in her late forties the looks of things, Japanese and wearing the look of a worried parent. She nods at the question. "My name is Kono Kalakaua and I'm from Five-0. We're looking into your son's illness in connection with a few other cases that have popped up this morning. We'd like to ask you some question, if that's okay?"
"Other cases?" She asks, ignoring Kono's question.
"Yes Ma'am. Senator Bailey and Congressman Jenkins have, we believe, also both been targeted."
"By who?" Kono realises she is not talking to the normally composed woman she sees on Tv, but a scared mother.
"That's what we're trying to figure out. We're trying to get a good idea of what' going on, can you help us with that?"
Hirono straightens, suddenly powerful. "Of course."

Danny's jaw drops as they pull up to the home of Senator John Bailey. The place is easily twice as big as the McGarrett residence, which in itself is not small. The towering double story house is beautiful, made largely of glass with gardens kept by what is obviously a professional.
"Close your mouth Danno the flies are gonna' get in." Danny glares but closes his jaw with a curt snap.
"Is this place a crime scene?" he doesn't see anything to indicate so yet.
"No, technically this isn't a crime yet, they don't have tox reports yet and we can't prove anything is wrong except maybe a batch of bad sushi. That's what we're here for." Steve is crouched by the door, examining the lock. "Looks fine, but we'll get forensics to have a better look later. They should be here in the hour. They're done at Hirono's and are finishing up at the resort Jenkins and his family were staying at."
"Alright so what are we looking for?" he asks as he pulls a pair of latex gloves over his hands as Steve unlocks the door with a borrowed key.
"Anything, check the bedrooms the kids were in when they got sick, the bathrooms they used. Chin and Kono's interviews should give us some more specific things to dig into but this is as good'a place as any to start."

"Mrs Hirono, have you ever been threatened?"
The woman manages a watery laugh. "Of-course I have. I'm a senator, I'm female, and I'm Japanese." She turns sombre. "But nothing particularly recent."
"Good, good. Have you had any controversial policies that have had particularly severe backlash?"
"Nothing that stands out, and again, nothing recent." Kono hides her disappointment well.
"Alright, just a few more questions."

Several hours later, four dejected members of Five-0 slumped round their table.
"Nothing. All three are pretty well liked, no recent threats or controversies."
"Same from us," Danny says, loosening his tie. "Houses seemed clean to us, couldn't see any signs of break in and the kid's rooms didn't have anything out of the ordinary."
"Security footage is being analysed from all the cameras but I'd say it will all come back useless."
"Boss," asks Kono when Steve pauses. "Is this even a case? Nothing so far says anything is wrong except for a couple of high profile kids getting sick in a short timeframe."
"For now, that is enough. Until we get confirmation that tells us otherwise, this is an active case. Besides," he adds more quietly. "There's something about this that doesn't sit right. It's on the tip of my tongue but I don't know what it is."

They take an hour for lunch and come back ready to work once more.
"Alright," Chin leads the conversation. "What do we know so far?"
"All the kids presented with similar and serious symptoms within a relatively short space of one another. All are children of relatively well-liked but powerful members of the community." Danny's the first to break the silence.
"Why the kids?" Chin asks. "If it was revenge, surely they'd just outright kill them. Could it be about a ransom of some kind?"
"That's a good point. There is an agenda with something like this, poisoning isn't only torturing the kids but the families too; it's also likely to take a while." Steve concedes.
"We know all the families have high tech home security as well as bodyguards. They also only send their kids to the best schools. I want to know how anyone managed to get to them."
Kono nods at Danny, before an idea comes to her. "Why have such high security. I mean, most politicians have some level of security, but nothing as high-tech as these families."
"Alright." Steve breaks in. "Keep all this in mind. Chin and Danny, I want you two to go talk with Hirono and Bailey's colleagues, see if they know something that we've not been told. Kono, I want you to head out with me. There's something at the Governor's office I want to check out."

As they drive off, Steve picks up the phone for what feels like the hundredth time for the day.
"McGarrett." The voice on the other end is one he knows well. "Max?"
"Yes, hello commander. I have some news I thought you'd like to hear, ah, straight away. I was at the hospital for ah, well never mind. Anyway, I was there and I saw Kim, who works there in labs? And I thought I'd talk to her and then I realised she was going to call you and I said I would and- "
"Max, what is it."
"Oh, right. The toxicology screens are back."

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