Two Weeks

By

Landon Richardson and Teal Rose

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Mary McGarrett and anyone else who might sound familiar to the reader do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes

The character of Danni Williams is probably mine by now. Even though she was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably safe to say that's she turned into her own individual character with her own set of beliefs and personality, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.

The characters of Jack O'Connor, Riley King and Louisa Palakiko-Cowan most definitely belong to me though

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

So here's a story which has been co-written with the wonderful Tealrose, if you haven't done so then you should read her NCIS stories because they are great and were one of things which got me back into the NCIS fiction world!

I know I had said that I wouldn't put up any stories until some of my others were finished but this story is technically finished so it doesn't require any additional work from me other than reading through it and making sure that I didn't make any stupid mistakes. If I've missed anything then that is completely my fault and no one else's.

This story belongs in 'the what if 'story saga. It could be a part of the main saga (The beginning, family ect ect) but isn't. It's more a look at how some things could have happened but didn't so this is a way which Riley King could have joined 50 but it's not the official way he did. We just like experimenting and keeping the muse happy!

Anyway enough from me, please enjoy and have a wonderful new year.

Overall summary

Two weeks was all it took for everything to go wrong and now it was up to Steve McGarrett to fix things... the only problem was he wasn't sure he could. (Part of the 'What if' Danni saga)

Chapter Summary

Steve yawned, rubbing at his eyes as he stepped into the 50 headquarters, looking around him pleased to see that his whole team was in. Riley was standing slightly to the side of the others, watching his team interacting with each other with a thoughtful expression on his face. No doubt trying to figure out each of them in his mind so he would know how best to approach them. Danni had was standing with Kono and Jenna, the three women huddled closely together, clearly discussing their next girl night out if the matching grins on their faces was any indication for them to go by.

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams


Chapter Four


Steve yawned, rubbing at his eyes as he stepped into the 50 headquarters, looking around him pleased to see that his whole team was in. Riley was standing slightly to the side of the others, watching his team interacting with each other with a thoughtful expression on his face. No doubt trying to figure out each of them in his mind so he would know how best to approach them. Danni had was standing with Kono and Jenna, the three women huddled closely together, clearly discussing their next girl night out if the matching grins on their faces was any indication for them to go by.

It had been strange to come into work without Danni that morning but she had said something about needing to take Grace to her school's breakfast club before she went to work to start her paperwork of the day. She had seemed okay after their talk, Grace had joined them and they had ended up watching a movie together before Danni had followed Grace out of the room and gone through their bedtime routine while Steve had made their lunches for the next day. When Danni had returned she had been friendly towards him, though he had detected a look in her eyes which told him that she hadn't completed forgiven him for what he had done and was still hurt by it. He still had to make it up for her.

He had spent at least two hours once they had gone to bed, lying staring up at the ceiling above, his arms wrapped around Danni holding her close as she slept, her head resting on his chest, directly over his heart. He would make this up to her, he had to. He couldn't risk losing her, not only this new relationship they were tentatively exploring together but also their work partnership which he knew needed to keep him steady.

"Morning guys, come and get your coffees while they are hot" He stated as he strode into the room, lifting the two large cup holders he was holding.

"What's in the bag?" Toast asked suspiciously, nodding towards the brown bag that Steve was also holding. Steve glanced down briefly at it before he looked back up, focusing his attention on the tall brunette, aware of his other team member watching him as well.

"Some pastries from that bakery Chin told us about the other week" Steve answered, stopping by the computer table. "Your names are on your coffee cups" He remarked, checking two cups before he pulled them out, holding one out to Danni when she moved towards him. "This is for you, large caramel latte with an extra shot of espresso"

"You remembered" Danni remarked, a smile coming to her face as she took it from him, sniffing at it absently before she took a sip of it, her smile widening as her eyes flickered up to his. "Thanks for this, its needed today."

"I got you a chocolate muffin as well, it's in the bag. I had them put it in a separate bag and put your name on it so the others couldn't get it." He told her with a wink.

Danni made a humming noise at the back of her throat, her gaze turning thoughtful before she looked away from him.

"Well thanks again" She remarked, her voice casual as she turned and headed back to Kono and Jenna who had grabbed their own drinks and were talking quietly together, clearly waiting for Danni to return before they continued their conversation. Breathing out, Steve cleared his throat and spoke.

"I have something to say to you all." He commented, waiting until he had their attention before he turned his attention to Danni, who was waiting patiently for him to speak. "I want to apologise to you Danni for my behaviour yesterday." He told her, watching as her eyes widened in surprise at his comment, clearly she hadn't expected him to actually admit he was wrong in front of the other team but he knew he had to. He turned looking at the other members of the team so they knew he was speaking to them directly. "I messed up big time with the way I acted. I should have kept Dani in the loop with my decision and treated her as my second command. I want to make it clear that regardless of the fact I can be a jackass at times, Danni is and always will be for as long as she can put up with me, my partner. She is also my second in command and in charge any time I'm not in the office. I may have given the wrong impression yesterday that I was replacing her with Riley but I'm not. To be clear, I am hiring new people for 50, not to replace anyone but to give us all a chance to catch up on our paperwork and to give us the chance to have a day off without having to come in because something has come up. It something which the Governor has told me to do. We already have Riley and Danni should be interviewing someone today who will be helping her with the paperwork and actions which needs to be done after we've closed cases. Hopefully we'll get another two people in that as well eventually." Steve told them, finally falling silent as he looked around the team, waiting for someone to say something.

For a moment they remained quiet, looking at each other, having a silent conversation before Jack pushed himself into a standing position and spoke, an undercurrent of amusement to his voice.

"You know anyone would think you brought us these coffees and pastries to soften us up so we would forgive you." He remarked, his mouth curling into a half smile to ease the sting of his words.

"Would I do a thing like that?" Steve replied back with a raised eyebrow, thankful that at least one of his team had already forgiven him though it didn't surprise him that it was Jack. He still didn't know much about the tall blond in front of him but what he had learned was the fact that Jack didn't seem to hold onto grudges, especially if it was to do with a member of the team.

"I think we're still in shock that you paid for it all boss" Kono remarked, sounding amused though he could read her well enough to know that the younger officer was still pissed at him. She and Danni had hit it off from the first day they met and were now extremely close friends, he knew that Kono viewed Danni as an older sister figure and had clearly taken Steve's unintentional slight against Danni to heart.

"So how many people exactly are you planning on hiring? Has the Governor given you a figure to work with?" Chin asked, interrupting smoothly before his cousin could say anything further to Steve.

"She would eventually like us to hire six more people to go out into the field so that we have two teams of six that we have. It would mean that we could take on more than one case at once, our resources won't be as stretched and it will make travelling to the different island easier" Steve said. Chin nodded slowly at him.

"That would be helpful" the older native said with a nod. "Especially if it means that we'll be able to take some more time off without having to come in."

"My thoughts exactly." Steve agreed, his eyes flickering to the right when Danni came to his side, though she remained quietly. Steve's attention swung to Jenna when the red head spoke up.

"Are you planning on hiring some people to help me and Toast with the computer and Intel side of things?" She asked curiously. "We can deal easily enough with a team of six, probably even deal with a few more but twelve people working on more than one case at once may cause a problem, especially if we're to keep our high standard that we got going on."

"Like maybe two more people, one person to deal with me with the computer side of thing and one to help Jenna with her Intel stuff." Toast commented.

"I think that's a fair request from you both so we can definitely look into that and see who we can find to help, if you have any suggestions then you can pass their CVs over as well to us." Danni commented speaking up finally. "Steve and I spoke last week and we've both agreed that it's time we all started learning each other's jobs to help when the loads are especially heavy, like they are at the moment, it will also be helpful if someone calls in sick."

"That sounds like a good idea to me." Kono said with a nod while the others made sounds of agreement. Steve smiled at them.

"I'm going to leave one of you behind today with Danni, we might as well start learning a soon as possible. I'll be staying with her for a couple of days at the end of next week so during that time Chin will be in charge of the external team during any new cases which comes in. Who wants to stay behind today?" He asked, looking around the team, watching as they shared another look before Jack spoke.

"I'll stay behind today, Bella has a dentist appointment this afternoon and she's not fond of the dentist so I think its best if I'm there to hold her hand during it, just to make it easier on her. It will also give me time to work with Toast on that update the database needs as well" He commented, looking towards Toast who nodded at him in response to his comment, looking pleased at the thought of working with Jack who was a bit of an idol to him.

Steve glanced to the left of him to see Riley step forward, his gaze fixed on Danni before he spoke.

"So Danni when am I going to get my chance to learn from you? Steve was telling me the other week that you can take someone down who is as big as me so I've got to admit I'm intrigued to see your method."

Danni smirked at the comment before she shrugged.

"You'd be better asking Kono to teach you that since she's the one who taught me some dirty hand to hand fighting techniques which it's safe to say they don't teach in the academy." She told him before she frowned and looking over her shoulder towards her office when her cell phone went out. "Excuse me" She commented, twisting and jogging lightly over to her office grabbing the phone.

"That's Danni's ring tone for the Governor so we're probably about to get a new case" Steve told Riley who nodded, his black eyes lighting up at the thought of some action. Steve turned and watched as Danni looked through a pile on her desk, looking through it as she nodded in response to whatever the Governor was saying to her down the phone.

"We've got a case guys" Danni announced as she exited her office "And it's a fast moving one, fast enough that this file which was apparently submitted two evenings ago is already out of date. We have four men who have been murdered, maybe five since another man has been reporting missing after failing to turn up at his job this morning. HPD talked to a few of their friends and it seems that each victim had a date the night before they died but they have several women's number on their. Too many for HPD to deal with so the Governor wants us to take over since we clearly have a serial killer on our hands."

"How are they dying?" Chin asked her.

"Pass, the Medical examiner are understaffed due to that flu bug going round so they are behind at the moment, according to the Governor the first autopsy is due to happen today. It might be an idea for someone to speak to them today and see if they have any initial ideas about how the subject died."

"Where have they been found?" Jack queried, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Three have been found in their homes with the security system active and all the doors and windows locked and the other one was found in a hotel, turns out he was a visitor while the other three were business men who lived on the island. It probably backs up the theory that they were on a date with the person who killed them, it would explain why they allowed them into their houses." Danni answered.

"Are they all on this island" Steve piped up, meeting Danni's eyes when she looked over at her.

"The first four have been but if this fifth missing man is connected then we've moved onto another island. Maybe they are trying to throw us off the scent by spreading us out." She told him with a sigh.

"Do they know who the first murder victim is?" Steve responded, making a sound of frustration when Danni shook her head at him.

"Not until the autopsies have been completed Steve." She said simply, passing him the file. He opened it, quickly scanning it and nodded

"Okay, okay, so we're going to have to split up. Chin, I want you and Kono to head to the address of Brent Dyer, Toast will send you the address and see whether you can find anything there. Riley and I will head over to Guy Lawrence's place and do the same thing there. Jack stay with Danni as discuss, Toast and Jenna find out history on each of our victims focusing on this fifth missing guy. We need to locate him and see whether he is dead or actually just missing."

"You go it boss" Toast said, giving him a thumbs up before he began typing again.

"We'll leave now" Kono commented, nodding at them before she and Chin turned and headed to the door, squabbling good naturedly over which car they would take to head to the house.

"Danni can I have a word with you before we leave in private?" Steve asked her, smiling when she nodded.

"Sure, my office okay? Jack, grab a pen and notepad, you're going to need it." She told the blond with a grin at him before she made a motion with her hand for Steve to follow her before she moved into her office. "What's up?" She asked him as soon as he closed the door behind them. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything fine. I know Louisa is due to come in and eleven for her interview. I want you to text me once you've finished. If you like her and you want to hire her then do so, count this as me giving you my verbal permission to do so. I've already given the Governor the heads up so she knows she may have to sign some paperwork today to make it official." He told her.

"Okay then, you don't need to worry Steve. I know what I'm doing here. You just concentrate on keeping yourself safe out there and watching your six. I don't want to receive a call from Riley or the hospital telling me that you've injured yourself again. Neither Grace or I want you hurt." She told him, concern leaking into her voice.

He smiled at it, not used to the sensation of knowing there was people out there who cared what happened to him. He reached out, brushing the back of his fingers against her cheek tenderly, wishing he could kiss her though he knew she would reject it while they were at work.

"I'll miss you as well Danni, don't get too many papercuts okay?"

"If I do then I'll kick your ass for it before I make you kiss each of them better" She responded, smiling when he winked at her before he turned and headed out of the office. Danni sighed, watching as Steve and Riley met up in the bulpen, sharing a few words with each other before they headed to the door.

"You okay?"

Danni started, realising that Jack was standing in the doorway watching her with a look of concern on his face.

"Yeah, I'm fine" She assured her before she moved round the desk and sank into her chair. "Pull up a seat Jack, we've got a lot to do and not much time to do it in" She told him, smiling when he sighed in response.

"I can hardly wait."


Author Note

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