Hey, hey everybody new chapter and now it's the episode where Danny is fighting with the family court to keep his daughter with him, that episode had such cute McDanno scene (when Danny fix Steve's tie for example, what do you want to say apart from ''Oh God kiss each other you idiot, you're in love with each other admit it! Come on you can do it'') Anyway I wanted to thank everyone who is following my story because I really didn't think that my crappy story can attract people so thank you or as we say in my country Merci!
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Other: Based on episode 3x14 "Hana I WaʻIa" (Scandal)
Chapter 22
Danny waited patiently, sitting on a bench outside the family court for 8 a.m the hour where he had to be in this court to try to keep Grace with him in Hawaii. It had been a hard week for the blonde one, he ate almost never, he was very less concentrated during investigations and also he slept less and more because of all of that he had constant stomach ache or even contraction due to the intense stress he felt but luckily Steve had remained right by his side throughout this week, he had cheered him when he was about to freak out, he supported him for everything that happened and during the night he had hold him very strong against him, whispering sweet words to him, telling him that everything would be okay and that his daughter would remain here and by that showing him the love he had for his blonde headed fiancé. But here the detective was going to kill his lover because he had an appointment at eight am and it was 7:58am...! But what he was doing? The Commander told him to leave to the court before him because he had to put on an appropriate outfit but here he exaggerated damn it! But finally he saw him arrived, dressed in his Navy dress blues and Danny found him so beautiful in it:
D-Wow! The suit, the tie that's great!
S-This is for you, I wear this for you
D-Thanks, but I thought we wore no tie in Hawaii?
S-We don't wear tie but this is a special day today and for you I made an effort
D-Oh, thanks
S-Then put the dress blues without tie, it's worth the Disciplinary Board
D-Yes, but this is not a ceremony here Babe
S-This is just to impress the judge that's all
Then Danny noticed that his fiancé's tie was all jacked up, he approached him, but the brown one step aside:
S-What are you doing?
D-Is that a clip on?
S-No, it's not a clip on!
The blond ignored his comment and approach even closer:
S-Hey, what did I say?
D-You have your tie all jacked up let me fixe it ok?
The brown one let him do:
D-Come here, come here
S- I'm here
So Danny solved the problem of Steve's tie and when he had finished, the brown one lowed his head to his fiancé and kissed the lips of his lover:
S-A kiss to bring you luck, even if you don't need it
D-If you say so
S-Everything will be alright, you'll see Danno
Danny on the other hand was not so sure:
D-I hope so because I don't want to lose her in any case this is all I have in life besides you and our unborn baby and I do not want to go back to Vegas, I suffered too much out there and most important I do not want to leave you either and ...
Steve shut him up with a finger on the detective's mouth:
S-You're not going to lose her, she will stay with you here at our house, at our home and if ever things go wrong and you have to go back to Vegas this time I'll come with you, I will not let you go Danny Williams because I love you, you're stuck with me baby and also because I love Grace and I also don't want to lose both of you a second time, it would be too hard for me to lose you, her and our baby plus I will not let you from before marrying me
Danny looked at his lover and kissed him lovingly before saying:
D-I love you Steven I want you to have no doubt about that and Grace loves you too, you're her second daddy and I thank you for being there for me right now
S-There is no other place where I have to be except here to be by your side
The blond looked at his phone, it was time for them to fight and struggle to keep his daughter:
D-It's time to go
S-Ok, you're ready?
Danny took the hand of his fiancé and entwined his fingers with his saying:
D-More than ever
S-So let's go fighting to keep your daughter with us
D- Our daughter you mean, hell yes from the day she called you Dad it became a little your daughter too you know
Steve smiled and both went to keep ''their'' daughter on the island.
Arrived in front of the judge, Danny was so stressed out that he had to take his speech in hand but he couldn't comment on it because of stress and he babbled incessantly plus he had to defend his point of view to Rachel but she hadn't even moved to the court, however she left her lawyer notes on her point of view, the judge added something, saying he had to only talk to court then Danny had to told everyone that he had a perfect life in New Jersey and then he moved to Hawaii and it was not easy to live here and get used to the sun, sand and failure to find a proper pizza noticed to him, when the Judge said:
J-Come to the point Detective Williams
D-Okay, I hate this hellhole this is not a secret but I was willing to make a huge effort because it was there that my child lived and now her mother wants to moved away from here again? It is out of the question, either in Vegas or anywhere else because here is my home, it's our home to her and to me and I know it's has been extremely hard for me to recognize it but it's like that. Your Honor this little girl is all for me, she is the air that I breathe so yes we don't live together every time but we're a family and separate us by putting 4,432 kilometers of water between us that should not be a possible solution
Steve looked at his fiancé, proud of what he had said and felt his phone vibrated and the blond added:
D-And more importantly your Honor, it is also here that I found ... love and also stability in a relationship with someone that I love and gives me back all my love and who also love Grace
J-Detective, have you not being shot at recently in the presence of your daughter?
Steve got up to answer phone in hand:
S-Your Honor, this I can explain it
J-Commander McGarrett it is not a public debate!
S-Yes, I'm aware of it your Honor and I apologize but Detective Williams is not just my co-worker ... It's my fiancé and we will soon get married and...
His phone always vibrating in his hands (Denning? We want you death for ruining the moment!)
S-I saw how he was with his daughter, he's a great father, he is the father that everyone dreams of having and... Excuse me I have to take this phone call
So the brown one went out by throwing a quick glance at Danny who for his part fuming with stress and a little anger against Steve on time, the judge continued:
J-So, you are going to marry this man?
D-Uh ... Yes
Rachel's lawyer also passed her notes to the judge:
J-I have here in Mrs. Edwards' notes that you also pregnant of Commander McGarrett, something who was still unknown to me and that you didn't mention
Danny said he was screwed on this one:
D-Yes ... I am pregnant for nearly four months, and ... Well, I don't know what to say about it but just, is it going to have an influence on this?
The judge looked at him and smiled before saying:
J-Well you can go, I will call you tonight to make aware of the decision, you rather than going to see what case awaits for you, the case is closed
And she tapped it with his hammer and the detective went 5-0 in the direction of the stress with a little way down.
Arrived at the HQ, he found Steve who explained to him that the Governor had called him for a body who was found in a house on Ka'ala, the Governor gave his preliminary report but he also told Steve not to help police service and that the 5-0 unit is personally responsible on that case and that they lead it discreetly because owners of the residence were very close friends of Denning and he did not want this case making nose, Steve had told him he had to ask them questions, but apparently they were trekking in Nepal so they were unreachable. Denning also said to the brown one to make him reports on what he found, and to call him directly on the phone, Danny could not help himself but ask:
D-Tell me something is that an official case or is it a service?
S-That makes a difference?
D-Oh yeah it does and it even makes a big difference because an official case is official when a service is a bit like kind of give to give, you solve the murder for me and in exchange I will gives five days off paid by the administration or tickets to Monster Trucks' show, although I prefer the days off
S-There's no Monster Trucks' show planned in town now
D-Okay, so we consider this as an official case
S-That's it
D-Ok well I'm a little cranky about it but there's nothing that attract you in this? The houses owners for example, who they are? The largest comprometteurs in the Governor's campaign?
S-I have no idea
D-And you said we couldn't talk to them right?
S-What do you mean Danno? Stop beating around the bush and tell me!
D- To me, I think that they use us to protect the Governor's friends!
S- We are the Governor's unit
D-Yeah so why do I feel like we wash the floor for him and plus blindfolded?
S- They gave us an order Danny
D Ah yes, of course, and when McGarrett receives an order he executes it, you know what you remind me of babe? A mechanical soldier I should offer you a drum with sticks next Christmas
S-The last time we frontally opposed to Denning he ejected Lori and you see I dare not to imagine what he will do if we do recurrence
Well, well it's been awhile since the blonde one had not heard her name coming from the Commander's mouth, even though he didn't love her very much Steve was still right about Denning, so he said:
D-Ok let's do it
S-Thank you and I'm very sorry for have left the court like that
D-It's okay, but at least now the judge know that I have someone in my life and that I'm a good father from what you said
Steve smiled and the two teammates / fiancés went to the touch table.
They learned that indeed the two house's owners was in Kathmandu for a week so for now the Governor was right then Steve asked if Max had found the reason of the woman's death, but he had not completed yet the autopsy, however, given by the traces in the neck they thought she may have been strangled, a crime of passion, perhaps? Then Chin added that Max had found a powdery substance on the left clavicle, which Fong was workin' on for analysis. Kono then came up with the identity of the victim, Serena Andrews known by the police services for soliciting, so a prostitute was killed in a house on Ka'ala held by friends of the Governor, seamy. So did the Governor know her and plus did he know she was a prostitute and more importantly did he was involved in this? Danny added to Steve with sarcasm:
D- You like the twist it's taking Babe?
S-Not too much
Chin and Kono therefore went to Serena's house and they asked her roommate who told them that her friend was not working just with locos, rich tourists and congresseurs and that she found customers through the Internet so they took her laptop to bring him to Fong in order for him to find the last hot date Serena had even if it was under a false name and then on the road Chin realized something:
C-You should not bring the laptop to Fong right now
K-Why?
C-Look, there is a black truck two cars behind us
K-Oh yeah you right
C-Yeah, and he follows us since two kilometers
For their part Danny went to Steve's office to tell him new information:
D-Hey honey
S-Hey, the time of Serena Andrews' death set in between eleven a.m and midnight last night and Max confirmed that she had a sexual relationship before the murder
D-Ok so we have a DNA
S- Yeah and Max put pressure on the lab to advance the maneuver
D-Okay well, I just have them on the phone
S-They have already finished?
D-No idea
S-Well, you just said that you had them on the phone
D-Yes, and they told me that they were ordered not to proceed DNA tests
S-Who ordered that?
D-Governor Denning's desk
Chin and Kono from their side tricked to know who followed them and saw the black truck had a government license plate.
Neither one nor two Steve burst into the Governor's office and asked Denning:
S-It is me who leads this case or not?
People left the office and Governor Denning said:
G.D-Don't ever redone this again
S-So tell me why you gave me this case if it is to interfere?
GD-There are chains of command and you are far from the circle of decision
Steve lost his cold-blood:
S-A government vehicle watched over my team Sir! And the lab refuses to do DNA analysis under your order! Why do you try to slow us?
GD-I don't have to submit my order for your approval Commander
S-What are you hiding Governor?
G.D-What does that mean?
S-The victim, did you know she was a prostitute?
The Governor said nothing:
S- This DNA, is it is yours?
G.D No!
S-Is it yours Sir?!
G.D- No! And I did not know the victim was a prostitute and no it is not my DNA!
So Steve asked Denning that when the DNA will be given which will be placed on the grill? Chris Freed he said, the future congressman and senator, the Governor also said that it was purely political matter and more to watch over Freed back as much as possible, the brown one responded by saying that it was mostly his head he wanted to protect to what the Governor said that he knew Freed for a long time and that he offered his help before for a home in the city and he had arranged himself to give him for a few days ... The house in which the body of the young prostitute was found:
S-Why didn't you tell me this at the beginning?
G.D-Because a scandal like this could break his career and minimize his chances of getting elected
S-And you really think I would not have discovered it?
GD-I really thought I will control your research moment by moment. Understand one thing Chris was awarded of the Honor Medal from the President's hands and he's head of the Veterans committee
S-And this is also the number one suspect in the murder of a prostitute
G.D-This is also my friend Commander
Steve paused at this time:
G.D-We served together, you know it better than anyone how much it count and I can also add that he is a very devoted single father as your fiancé
S-Don't bring Danny in this!
G.D-I wanted to make sure we have all the evidence before breaking his entire life
S-Without you disrespect Sir we found a dead prostitute in his bed so you who are his friend, I have to ask you this, do you think Christopher Freed could have killed this woman?
G.D-I don't know
Steve and Danny then went to Freed's office and they asked the congressman's press officer even though Danny had kept to his fiancé that these people were paid to lie, they still asked him where was Freed but unfortunately he wasn't there because so-called his days were too crowded so he was very busy, but he told them he was able to answer their questions, Steve ironically asked Freed's position on the discovery of a prostitute in his bed, a strangled prostitute Danny added:
Jo-Maybe we could talk about it privately?
S-Of course
They followed Josh in his office and he told them it was impossible that Freed could jeopardize his future by sleeping with a prostitute because his position on sexual slavery was very clear and about the murders...
D-Oh don't tell me he is against it right?
Jo-Do you know Mr. Freed?
D-Well as much as you may know someone who passed on the televised journal
Jo-Ok so if you spent at least ten minutes in his presence you will not utter charges as outrageous as that and if that country contained more men like him...
D-Everyone would receive bread at every meal and a dead hooker in his bed right?
At this Steve had to admit that Danny push a little things to far here (probably hormones) but he was right.
Josh went on in saying that he work with Freed since he was in the capital and that even if he was not a perfect man he was very close to so think that he could be in a bargain so scabrous was limit of insulting for him, for his family and for the action he led, Danny lost patience:
D-Ok we loved your little speech but now we want to know where he is
S-And if your boss is such a strong supporter of the police services he will understand that we have a job to do so I'll ask you one last time, where is he?
The press officer broke down and said that in fact everyone was looking for him:
D-Are you kidding, you say you don't know where he is?
Jo-I don't have any idea about it
S-And you were counting on telling no one?
Jo-Listen politics is a special thing ok? This campaign is very stressful and you don't have time to prepare it, it can be played on anything so if we learn that Freed vanished without any traces let's say things would be wrong, very wrong
D-No, no where you'll be very wrong it's if on the first page of the newspaper you'll see ''a member of congregations suspected in homicide''
S- Josh be honest, in your opinion where can he be?
Jo-All I know is that right now he should be with Amy to prepare the next debate
D-Who is Amy?
Amy Davidson, according to Josh she was the Chief of Freed's Staff and his greatest confidante, she also managed his campaign but unfortunately she was impossible to find.
But Kono then learned to them that the lab had finally proceeded to DNA analysis, Freed's DNA? Well no, but rather the one of a teacher in Ohio named Ryan Webb who was in Honolulu at this moment to attend a convention of thrillers writers and the IP address of the hotel matched to the last contact Serena had, normally he will give his room back this morning according to the reception but Chin and Kono were able to intercept and take him to the HQ for a few questions.
The teacher told them he had no idea about Freed but Chin reminded his party in a house last night at Ka'ala but Webb told them he had been going to a conference, wrong because Steve showed him Serena and the Hawaiian one told him that they found his DNA on her which confirmed their theory, the teacher defended himself by saying he hadn't kill anyone:
C-Nice ring by the way, you've been married for a long time?
S-Exactly we're gonna call your wife just to ask her where you were last night
The teacher snapped saying that when he and Serena had left, she was alive:
S-So how you ended up at Freed's house?
Ry-We never get there, she and I had never left the bar
C-What bar?
Ry- the Likki Tiqui Lounge bar it's by a website that Serena gave me an appointment there
S-So if I understand good, you slept with her in the bar right?
Webb told them they had done it in the toilet, a fantasy from him but after he stayed at the bar and had a few drinks he advised them to check on his credit card, he paid with it and stayed until the close of the bar.
The professor actually telling the truth and then Kono arrived saying that Josh had called saying Amy Davidson was back, Steve and Danny then left to Freed's office.
Once there they met the No.1 enemy of Freed, Brad Powers with whom Amy was in great discussion, he made some remarks on Freed's campaign before leaving and the two teammates walked into Amy's office and they asked her where was her boss:
A-I don't know but he may have done a horrible thing
Amy didn't know where Freed was and for her absence she justified by the fact that she had gone in search of her boss and the situation was very complicated right now:
S-Oh Yeah? Well explain it slowly to me because I cannot understand the fact that a Congress member could risk everything to offer himself a prostitute
Amy responded by saying that she was the one who introduced him to this woman:
D-Well, it was a great idea! And why?
A-It's not happen very often but he sometimes suffers of a lot of stress right now and he is single and feels a little lonely, out of his daughter he has no one so he sometimes needs company for the evening
D-So you are at the same time campaign manager and mother madam right?
A-Please, he is above all human
S-Ok is do you know if Freed had been violent with other women?
The campaign manager said it was not his thing, but you never know what is going on in a room, she said that she found Serena at Likki Tikki Lounge and that she had dropped her in Ka'ala's house, ironically Danny says:
D-Basically you have done like for a pizza delivery
A-You can say that
S And why did he not go to his appointment at eleven a.m with Powers?
A-I don't know and that's why I went back to his house but he was not there and the girl was dead
D-So as the good little politician soldier you are you chose to go to the Governor instead of the police
A-Because I knew that he and Freed were friends and I needed time to think
D-And cover his tracks!
A-Not at all, such a scandal has a national impact, it was necessary to develop a strategy
Then Davidson said she passed to pick up Serena around nine a.m, it was 9:15 she was on time and asked if they arrested her.
Steve and Danny went out and the blonde said she was lying and asked his fiancé why he didn't arrest her but he replied by saying that Christopher Freed was perhaps fleeing and that therefore he necessarily try to join her, he suggested instead in put her on wiretap and let Freed come to them to know why Amy lied.
Fong for his part had been able to detect the powdery substance and it corresponded to corn starch that was used for surgical gloves which explained why no one had found fingerprints on the body, so that wasn't a crime of passion but premeditated so why Freed would premeditated the murder of a prostitute he didn't even know? Maybe he was not the murderer after all.
At the touch table, the team realized that the chronology of events as Amy Davidson said didn't fit so she had lied but also that she had gone in another bar, the Ocean Lounge where she paid two rounds and two drinks per person:
D-With who was she?
C-Josh Laurie the press officer who confirmed me to develop a strategy, but they left the place separately according to the bartender I asked and she have left the bar with a unknown man
Although they didn't have a camera Kono had managed herself to have access to the in-car patrol camera and when they watched video clips from the unknown man who was none other than ... Wo Fat.
At the sight of the man, Danny looked immediately at Steve and the brown one had a face, the face he had when he was in full SEAL mode and it was not good at all because he knew that his fiancé would do anything to get to him shuttered for good, Steve speculated he was using Amy for a trap to Freed and of course who would win if Freed was splashed by a scandal? Brad Powers! And what a better way to rebuild an empire than to buy a politician for Wo Fat who had nothing and was on the run and by that Powers would win and Wo Fat would have a support in Washington, Danny looked at Steve and said:
D-That's that my give to give from earlier
S-Well, we will not let that happen
Somewhere Freed was held prisoner by Wo Fat who ordered him to write a suicide letter, he categorically refused to do it and anyway Wo Fat would still kill him but the murderer said he would not kill him but that he might kill his daughter in revenge.
Steve and Danny then burst into Amy's office:
S-Where is he?
A-What?
S-Wo Fat! Where is he?
A-You better get out of here
S-I think you don't know who you deal with!
A-I said get out!
D-No, because from the beginning you didn't stop lying to us, Freed who sleeps with a prostitute you who pass to bring one for him
A-I cannot tell you anything
S-Know one thing, if Freed is not already dead Wo Fat will kill him!
Amy said nothing but unbuttoned her blouse, saying the two teammates/lovers to be quiet and then she showed that she had a microphone on her bras, she destroys it by saying she was sorry and that if she ever say something he will kill her but she couldn't tell them more because she took a bullet in the head, Steve and Danny looked out from the window but there was no one. They left the building and saw a car coming down the way to them, they shot on the driver who lost control and failed to crush them, they jumped but in his jump and in wanting to get up, Danny felt a big pain in the stomach:
S-Danny! Oh my God are you okay?!
D-Yes I am don't worry I'm just a little sore
S-I hope you took your pills this morning!
D Yes I have taken them and I'm fine
Steve approached the car's driver and checked his pulse, nothing he died and then he saw a phone ringing on the other seat, it was Wo Fat:
D-Chin you have to trace me a phone call
Wo Fat hung up and saw that Freed had escaped, he decided to catch him, he killed a man and took his quad when he saw Freed run away, he shot him in the shoulder and was ready to finish him up but a helicopter with at his edge Steve and Danny stopped him, the blond one shot in his direction but Wo Fat was too fast and hid behind the quad and when the assassin had no ammunition Danny grabbed Freed and bring him in the helicopter then Wo Fat shot at them again, Danny said:
D-Go on he has been touched, come on we need to fly off!
S-How is the wound?
D-Ugly we must go to the hospital immediately!
S-Wo Fat before Danno!
D-No Babe let it go come on let's go!
But Steve didn't move and Danny shot again at Wo Fat and when he missed touching the blonde one the Commander returned to his senses by seeing this and he finally fly them off and bringing them back to Honolulu.
Then the two lovers went to the HQ to say that Freed was out of danger and Chin and Kono asked for Wo Fat, Danny replied for Steve saying that the entire jungle's perimeter was safe and under protection and the cousins added they had found a phone in the warehouse, Wo Fat's phone and given by his recent calls he wanted to offer himself a powerful ally, Brad Powers naturally, they went to arrest him.
At McGarrett/Williams residence, Steve and Danny sat in the chairs in front of the ocean and Danny noticed the concentrated face and disappointed face mixed together on his fiancé then he said:
D-I'm sorry
S-Sorry for what?
D-For making you miss an opportunity to kill your father's murderer once and for all
S-What? No Danny you don't have to be...
D-Yes I have, I made you choose between Freed and Wo Fat and I'm sorry for that I'm really...
Steve shut him up with a finger on his lips:
S-You didn't make me choose and then somehow we had to save Freed but you know what? It's you that I chose to save
D Me? But why me?
S-Because as soon as I saw that he almost shot you I finally take back to my senses and I have made us fly off. If there's someone who should be sorry it's me, I once again left my vendettas surpassed me and it took me to almost lose you to react so I am the one who is sorry Babe
D-I risked nothing but thank you for apologize anyway and I love you even with your vendettas and all your crazy ninja SEAL senses and I promise we will find that jerk and he will die and rot in prison to have done so wrongs and horrible things to you and your family
The Commander approached his lover and kissed him with all the love he could until the Governor comes up behind them:
G.D-Can I join you?
S-Sure Mr. Governor
Then Danny's phone rang, it was the judge:
D-Excuse me I have to take this call
The blonde went away and the Governor sat in the empty seat and put the package of beer:
S-Don't offer one of it to Danny he's...
GD-Yes I know he is pregnant, congratulations by the way that has to be a shock to you
S-In a good way the shock, I'm scared to death but I'm also eager to see my baby girl
G.D-This is normal
Then the Governor said that Powers had confessed about being in cahoots with Wo Fat and that he also had a debt to Steve and that he was sorry and the Commander said:
S-I have great respect for you and your job but if you insist that everything goes well between us, honesty is the best solution because your predecessor didn't see it that way and that conduct her to be kill
GD-Well she was her and me it's me
They clinked glasses to 5-0 when Danny returned to them, a strange frame on his face:
D-Hum...
S-What, what's goin' on?
D-Well ... Uh, she's not leaving!
S-Grace?
D-The judge ruled in my favor for joint custody, she cannot leave the island, she's not leaving!
Steve took his lover in his arms and hugged him strongly:
D-Thanks babe and all of this is a bit thanks to you
S-Oh really?
D- Yes the judge told me that even if your attitude was completely inappropriate and unacceptable she said that in her own words'' your future husband is a fantastic character witness'' and sends her congratulations for our wedding
S-That's great, I'm happy for you
They remained in the arms of each other when Danny said with a smile:
D-Babe, you know what I want now?
Steve had a great idea about it but he nether less said:
S-Say it Danno
D-I want to get married right now!
S Me too, but there is no one and Chin and Kono should at least be here!
D-We just only have to call them and tell them to come and call your mother too and I also call Grace, please I wish that finally you'll be mine and I'll be yours forever and more the weather is perfect with all that colors plus we have the Governor in our house now!
S-Okay let's do it!
But the Governor said:
GD-I'm sorry but I cannot marry you now, however, I can get you two married in three days
D-It suits me perfectly
S-Yes me too!
G.D-Great
Then they all clinked their glasses (Danny with a glass of iced tea) in Hawaii and to Steve and Danny's wedding.
For Rachel, her plan fell into the water but she still had a trick up her sleeve.
So what do ya think? Yes Rachel has lost but her and Catherine haven't gave their last word, see ya soon! And REVIEW!