Two Weeks

By

Landon Richardson and TealRose

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Meka Hanamoa, Amy Hanamoa, 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, Louisa Palakiko-Cowan and Rosie Lange 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, so if you haven't checked out her stories yet then you really should!

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 the chapter.

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

Riley sat in the passenger seat of Steve's truck, his gaze fixed on the scenery flashing by though he barely paid any attention to it, his mind instead going over everything which he had been taught so far, not only from his other team members but from the books which he had picked up once he had found out about the change of career he was about to experience.

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams


Chapter Six


Riley sat in the passenger seat of Steve's truck, his gaze fixed on the scenery flashing by through the window though he barely paid any attention to it, his mind instead going over everything which he had been taught so far, not only from his other team members but from the books which he had picked up once he had found out about the change of career he was about to experience. It was different from what he had expected, it was more action packed that was for sure and it was suddenly little surprise to him why Steve was so settled and happy where he was. Not only was the work fulfilling and interesting but Riley was willing to bet that his friend had fallen head over heels in love as well. Something he was glad about, if anyone deserved happiness than it was Steve.

"You're thinking so loudly you're giving me a headache" Steve remarked with a smirk, breaking the silence between them as he glanced towards Riley.

"Just thinking about the case, it's my first Homicide. I'm just trying to remember what I need to do. I know I got to wear gloves at all times while I'm there right?" He asked

"Definitely keep the gloves on" Steve agreed, his mind going back to when he first started working cases and how unsure he had been about the procedure though he had kept that quiet from his team. "We have to be careful not to contaminate the scene or do anything which may damage the case. The DA comes down hard on Danni for anything like that and she comes down equally hard on us and trust me when I say you do not want that." Steve told his friend, a grin coming to his face as he remembered the last time Danni had given the team a dressing down about doing things by the book. He pulled up outside of the hotel, glancing down at the text which Toast had sent him. "This is the place where the murder occurred." He stated as he killed the engine and climbed out looking around him at the surrounding area. It seemed busy with plenty of foot traffic. He breathed out, tilting his head back and looking at the elegant building in front of him before he moved into it, heading straight to the reception desk, smiling at the dark haired woman behind it who lit up at the sight of them both.

"Hi, welcome to the Loggins hotel, how can I help you today?" She asked.

"I'm Commander McGarrett and this is Commander King, we're with the 50 taskforce" He told her, flashing his badge at the woman, pleased to see Riley do the same thing next to them. The woman glanced briefly at the badges, bringing her hand up to smooth down her hair as she spoke.

"You must be here about the murder, the Detectives are already on the scene and waiting for you" She told them, her gaze fixed on Steve as she spoke. "I know it's probably an inappropriate thing to ask but I don't suppose you want to get some coffee after this?" She asked him hopefully, her face dropping when he ignored her. Riley grinned to himself, the suspicions he had about Steve's relationship status cementing. He leaned towards the woman and smiled.

"Sorry but he's firmly off the market and I doubt his girlfriend is the sharing type. The crime scene is on the fourth floor right?" He asked her, she nodded, a disappointed look in her eyes.

"That's right, room 415. The elevators are over there, you can take it up there" She replied waving her hand over to them. Riley pressed the call button, waiting until they were inside the empty elevator before he spoke, keeping his voice light as he looked at Steve from the corner of his eyes.

"I didn't realise you were in a serious relationship now"

Steve looked at him with a surprised look.

"Why do you say that?" He demanded. Riley raised an eyebrow.

"Well let me see whether I can put my new found Detective skills to use shall I McG?" He said, lifting his hand and counting off the points on his fingers. "One that receptionist, who for the record was smoking hot, asked you out for coffee and you didn't respond or even notice, second, I've seen the way you look at Danni, I've never seen you look at a woman like that before but I have seen your Uncle look at your Aunt that way and they are both still head over heels in love which indicates to me that you are in love with Danni. You live with her, I mean I know your house was wrecked and you're rebuilding but in all the time I've known you, you have never willingly lived with anyone or stayed with them for longer than one night but according to what Chin said yesterday you've been living with Danni for seven weeks and I doubt that has been on the sofa or in the spare room. You know what she likes and her happiness is clearly important to you, enough that you were willing to make a public apology to her. You, who had never explained any decision he made in the past. You're in love with her, you clearly consider yourself off the market because you're ignoring women flirting with you which indicates you and Danni are in a relationship and if I know you as well as I think I do, you're already looking at engagement rings. How did I do?" He asked with a wide grin at Steve.

Steve stared at him, his mouth slightly open before he closed it his eyes narrowing.

"It looks like we'll make a good Detective out of you yet King" Was all Steve said as the elevator doors opened and they stepped out onto the fourth floor. He glanced around him, pulling out his cell phone and pressed down on the number one button ignoring Riley questioning look. He waited a second before he spoke. "Danni, its Steve. We're just at the hotel and they have CVTV, can you call the judge on duty and see we can get a warrant on them. If he or she signs off on it then get Toast to work his magic on them. I want to know everyone who has been on this floor in the past twenty four hours" He said, falling silent for a moment, a smile coming to his face in response to whatever she said. "Yeah I'll try and pick it up on my way back to the office. Bye babe" He remarked, ending the call before he looked at Riley as the other man spoke thoughtfully.

"This guy may be a kill of opportunity" He commented. "The killer could be staying in this hotel"

"That's definitely a possibility but it will take a lot of time to go through every guest staying here. If we can look at the footage than we can narrow down who had access to this floor." Steve responded. "Why I remember not all the Detectives who work with HPD are fans of 50. They see us as interlopers who are here to take over their cases and taking the glory of closing the case from them so don't be surprise if you may find yourself faced with hostility especially as you are the newest member. They may not like us but they still would give up a limb to be on the team. The ME office and CSU teams ae different. We have a good working relationship with them, mainly due to Danni though each of us have been building on it." He told Riley who nodded at him.

"Got it" Riley said with a nod as they made their way down the corridor towards the room which had uniformed policeman stationed outside of it. He flashed his badge at them, stepping into the room and looking around, glancing towards Steve when the older man held out a pair of gloves to him with a pointed look. He took them and pulled them on, looking around the room which looked neat, nothing was out of place.

"Follow me" Steve said quietly, crossing the room, a smile on his face as he approached a man dressed in a dark grey shirt and a pair of black slacks. He was a good looking man in his mid-thirties if Riley had to guess. Tall at around about six foot with a physique which indicated that he worked out regularly. His hair was black and short while his skin colour indicated that he was of a Chinese heritage though he could easily have been born in Hawaii. Black eyes swung round as Steve spoke. "Meka, are you the lead Detective on this case?" He asked.

"That I am McGarrett" The man responded, holding out his hand to Steve and pulling the other man into a quick hug, one hand slapping Steve's back before he pulled back and looked at Riley, a questioning look on his face "Who's your new friend?" He queried.

"Meka this is Commander Riley King, he's just joined 50; Riley this is Detective Meka Hanamoa with HPD" Steve introduced.

"So this is Riley" Meka said, glancing briefly at Steve before he focused back at Riley, his eyes narrowing slightly as he searched his face before he shrugged, holding out his hand. "Any friends of Steve is a friend of mine. It's good to meet you Riley" He said.

"Likewise" Riley said, clearly this Detective was not one of the Detectives who Steve had warned him about. From what he could tell there seemed to be genuinely respect and friendship between the two men. "How do you know each other? Did you work a case together?" He asked curiously.

"The odd case here and there" Meka responded. "I was Danni's partner in HPD before Steve flew in and stole her for his team. Danni's like a little sister to me so I had to make sure this guy was good enough for her. Turns out he's all right though if you haven't apologised for what you did to her yesterday than Amy has already vowed to kill you at the next BBQ we hold." He said, a serious tone to his voice which told them that Meka would clearly help his wife with the murder.

"I apologised to her in front of the whole team. You can tell your wife that I know I messed up and that I will make it up to Danni" Steve said to him, equally serious. Meka nodded, looking appeased by what Steve had said.

"This case is a nasty one McGarrett" Meka commented, changing the subject, his demeanour changing. "The guys been dead about two days I would guess, he was only discovered because the staff ignored the do not disturb sign on the door."

"Just what we need for a Tuesday" Steve said with a sigh as he shook his head. "The Governor passed the case to us today, with the amount of bodies which are being dropped as well as the fact that another man is missing we could use the help on it if you are up to it?" Steve offered, pleased when Meka grinned at him.

"A chance to work with my Danni-girl again? There's no way I'm giving that chance up, not to mention my partner has been transferred to vice so I'm on my own at the moment and can use all the help I can get". Meka stated with a sigh. "The body is through here in the bedroom." He said, turning and heading over to it. Riley glanced towards Steve for a moment before they followed him towards the room.

"Who is the ME on duty?" Steve called out to Meka.

"Doctor Lange is" Meka replied cheerfully, glancing over his shoulder at them before he stepped into the room. Riley watched curiously when Steve grinned, waving Riley through the door.

"Rosie" Steve remarked. "Good to see you again."

"Hello Steve, I should have known that 50 would appear sooner rather than later. Have you apologised to Danni yet? I'm guessing you have" The woman leaning over the bed commented, not looking up examining the dead body which lay on top of the sheets.

"You as well? Does everyone know what I did Rosie?" Steve demanded, rolling his eyes when she nodded at him.

"I'm guessing the answer to that is yes, it wouldn't surprise me if everyone from the Governor down to the people who fill up the gas for the patrol cars know what you did. News, especially news about the king and queen of 50 travels fast in these parts." Rosie answered with a casual shrug, a hint of amusement tinging her voice "Danni is my best friend, do you really think she wouldn't tell me about what you did?" She asked, looking up, her pale blue-green eyes looking at Steve before they focused on Riley, moving over his face before she spoke. "You must be Detective King?" She asked politely, lifting an eyebrow as she straightened.

Riley blinked at the tall red-headed woman coming towards him.

"Commander King" He corrected her "I haven't got a Detective badge yet. I prefer Riley rather than King though" He told her.

"You can call me Rosie though I'll reserve judgement on you for now." She stated before she suddenly spun round, giving Steve a hard look as she pointed a gloved finger at him. "Danni mentioned you were hiring someone to help her. Whoever it is had better be for her or I'll kick your ass myself McGarrett" she threatened.

"If Danni hires her than Louisa will be strictly for Danni's use unless there's a case which requires everyone to be on deck" Steve told her, holding his hands up as though to placate her.

"Good and she'll be back with you soon right because no offence Riley but seeing Steve without his much better half just seems wrong." Rosie said with a shake of her head. Riley blinked, looking towards Steve.

"Ignore her, Rosie is well known for speaking her mind about absolutely everything. She is extremely good at her job though so Rosamund tell me what we got this time?"

"I can tell you that you'll have an elbow in your kidney if you call me Rosamund again Steven, You've been hanging out with Danni way too much."

"Can't help that." He replied with a grin before his face became seriously. "How are they being killed Rosie. We've got four dead men, one man missing and no leads. Are the cases even linked together?"

"I would say they are. The method of them dying seems to be the same. There's something creepy about it. From what Meka has been telling me the apartments are spotless, nothing out of place or anything. Even the bodies don't have a scratch or bruise on them which would indicate whoever this is, is using drugs to subdue them before killing them. We're waiting on the Tox reports to come back but the labs are swamped at the moment. It seems to be Homicide month this month because we've never been so busy." She said.

"The places are clean" Riley said thoughtfully, looking around the bedroom before he focused on Meka. "Nothing out of place?"

"Yeah, it's strange, each place was like a show home or something." Meka responded with a nod at him.

"That is strange" Riley agreed. "Each victim so far has been a single male living alone. Each of them would have a job, probably working long hours so unless they had a cleaner than there would be no way they would have spotless home, they wouldn't have the time and even if they did they would probably not have the inclination to. I'm thinking that she drugs them, kills them and then cleans up the entire place, washing everything, hoovering; the works. I bet if we look in every cupboard then they would be spotless as well." He said, frowning slightly as he met Rosie's eyes before he turned to look at Steve who was watching him with a thoughtful look clearly running through the theory in his head.

"OCD maybe?" Rosie commented. "So if you walk into one of his old girlfriends homes and it's spotless then you may have your killer" She commented before she turned to her intern, making a movement with her hand to indicate that the body was ready for transport. "I'll do the autopsy as soon as I get back and I'll look at the other three cases to see what I can find to link them" She told them, nodding at the three of them before she headed over to the body to lend a hand.

"What do we do now?" Riley queried. "Carry on looking around the place?" Steve nodded.

"Yeah, but first of all we ring the office and speak to Danni so she can instruct the others about what we're looking for." Steve stated as he pulled out his cell phone and swiped his thumb over the screen, looking over at Riley when he laughed.

"Sure you don't just want to hear the sound of Danni's voice?" He asked quietly so Meka wouldn't overhear them, his eyes twinkling with amusement. Steve snorted.

"You're hardly one to talk, don't think for a moment I didn't catch the way you were looking at Rosie. Looks like I'm not the only one who is smitten" He stated, bringing the phone to his ear and ignoring Riley's sound of denial.


Author Note

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