Just a normal day

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The character of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua and Adam 'Toast' Charles do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes

The characters of Danni Richardson and Jack O'Connor do however belong to me. 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

Here's the next chapter for you all to enjoy

This is another story which features both Danny and Danni which I know is confusing lol! If it helps Danni is normally written as Danielle unless someone is talking directly to her. Also due to the fact that Danno obviously retains the surname Williams, Danni's surname becomes Richardson but she is still the same character as before just minus Grace (who belongs to Danno).

In this one they are both in 50 but female Danni is partnered with Jack and Danno with Steve… it's safe to say that Steve has a major crush on Danni as you'll see…

Anyway please enjoy!

Overall summary

It was just meant to be a simple case, just interview some suspects about some robberies and close the case. It wasn't meant to turn into a gun fight, ending up with a bomb explosion and a further bomb scare… still all in a day's work for 50 (Part of the 50 saga – Part of the Danni world saga)

Chapter Summary

"Steve is going to kill us" Danielle remarked to Jack, staring at the sight in front of them which had been a warehouse five minutes ago and was now nothing more than rubble.

Overall Romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Richardson (McDanni)

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Richardson

Chapter Two

14:30

"Steve is going to kill us" Danielle remarked to Jack, staring at the sight in front of them which had been a warehouse five minutes ago and was now nothing more than rubble. It had gone off as soon as Jack and Danielle had approached it, the explosion picking them both up off their feet and throwing them clear of the site. Danielle felt bruised all over but other than that she felt surprisingly fine though the same couldn't be said about their clothes.

Luckily Danielle had, had the sense to call Kono instead of one of the bosses, trusting her best friend to break the news of the explosion to the other. Kono also had a set of Danielle's spare clothes in the back of her car from when they went surfing together so at least she would have something to change into.

She glanced towards Jack in time to see him nod.

"Any chance we don't tell him?" Jack suggested thoughtfully.

"He was in the room when I told Kono and she sort of repeated it out loud so I think he already knows" She commented.

"Ah" Jack said, crossing his arms over his chest and glanced towards her. "Now that is unfortunate" Danielle nodded with a weary sigh.

"Very"

"Steven I want you to listen to me. I know you're in full blown protective, obsessive Super SEAL mode right now but having you and me ending up as a smear against the window and the road in your haste to get to Danni isn't going to do anyone any good. Not you, not my daughter, not me so let's just slow down. Danni rang Kono after the bomb remember, she's fine. Kono said she sounded her normal self over the phone so she OKAY" Danny would later deny that a shriek came out of his mouth as Steve press his foot against the pedal

"Let her go babe you said, she's done this before Steven you said, she'll be fine you said" Steve said, his voice cold and flat as he weaved through the cars like that hounds of hell were after them and gaining. "She was in a bomb explosion Daniel. I feel that that is not the definition of fine."

"Okay I'm not a mind reader, how was I to know there was a freaking bomb. They were robbing banks Steven, BANKS"

"You better hope there's not a scratch on her" Steve said smacking his hand against the steering "Damn it, I should never have agreed"

"Okay fella, you're not her husband yet. You're not even dating her so as hard as it might be to grasp this simple fact you have no say in it. If she leave 50 you'll have even less say in her life because you will have no say, you understand me. Get your anger and fear under control before we get there. Don't lose the best things which walked into your life apart from me and Grace okay" Steve's eyes flickered to him, searching his for a moment before he nodded once, easing his foot off the pedal. Danny sighed when the car slowed down.

"For the record we wouldn't have ended up as a smear on the road" Steve commented into the heavy silence. Danny nodded, swallowing hard, hoping against hope for all their sakes that Danielle actually was as fine as Kono believed. He cleared his throat slightly and spoke

"Well that is good to know"

Danielle sat down on the ground, watching as Jack sat down next to her, his long legs spread out in front of him as he rested the majority of his weight against his arms. She was aware of the CSU agents glancing at them but ignored them. Most of the time she would have chatted to them all but then again most of the time she didn't have her two bosses coming down to rip her a new one.

"We should come up with a plan" She suggested brightly to Jack who seemed to consider her suggestion before he nodded.

"I like plans" he agreed "Especially plans which stop us getting killed.

"Me too" Danielle said "I think you should talk to Steve when he gets here" She said, her face dropping when Jack lifted his hand and made a sharp sign in sign language to her. She raised her eyebrow. "And you kiss your mother with that mouth" She remarked. "He's less likely to kill you than me." She pointed out to him.

"Wrong" Jack said out loud "He's less likely to kill you."

"How do you work out that then?" She questioned. Jack shrugged.

"He likes you" He said simply. "No one is that concerned about someone they don't care about. Steve barely asks me if I'm okay but you so much as sneeze and he's there with fifteen cold products for you to use. The man bought you a freaking puppy Danni." Jack said.

"His name is Aries" She reminded him. Jack nodded.

"It's a good name for a dog" He said. They both looked up at the sound of tires squeezing against gravel and watched as two cars and a motorbike pulled to a sudden stop. "Perhaps it's not too late to pretend the bomb got us" Jack suggested. "Or if he fires us then you can come to the NSA with me." Danielle nodded.

"That be interesting" She said. Watching as Steve and Danny climbed out of their car, followed by Kono from hers as Chin got off his bike. All four of them turned as one to the remains of the building before they turned to look at Danielle and Jack who both lifted their right hands at the same time and waved.

"If we ran now then we might just outrun them" Jack commented from the corner of his mouth.

"I've seen Danny run, he'd catch us" She murmured back watching as Steve, Danny and Chin approached them while Kono went to the back of the car hopefully to get Danielle some fresh clothes.

"Danni" Steve said, a quality to his voice which sounded almost shaky as he reached them, grabbing her arm tightly as his eyes scanned her face. "Are you alright?" He demanded

"I'm fine" She told him. "I've got a few bruises but nothing life threatening" She said, she turned to Kono surprised when the other woman threw her arms around her and hugged her tightly before she moved back.

"Only you would manage to find a bomb on a simple recon mission" She said fondly holding out a bag to Danielle who took it.

"Well we like making things interesting" She said, ignoring the tightening on Steve's jaw.

"We're glad you're okay darling" Danny remarked, smiling warmly at her as Danielle bent over and pulled off her boots.

"I'm fine by the way thanks for asking" Jack remarked, raising a hand. Kono laughed, giving him a hug as well as Chin slapped him round the back lightly.

"Sorry fella" He apologised. "Steve's tunnel vision is clearly infectious" he said as way of explanation, Danielle spoke pulling on a pair of jeans beneath her dress,

"I suppose now is the time to tell you that we've found something big" She commented, pulling out a red and black vest top from the bag. She took a few steps away from them so she was facing a wall and reached down pulling her dress off leaving her in just her bra though from the way she had angled herself all they could see was her back.

Steve stared at the skin, his mouth falling open as he traced the black ink which covered the majority of her upper back. It was a beautiful tattoo, simple and elegant and extremely feminine. He suddenly had the image of having Danielle flat on his bed on her front as he followed the outline of it with his tongue.

"Close your mouth" Danny said with a sharp nudge in the ribs. Steve blinked, looking at the tattoo objectively before it was covered up. It was two large flowers in to separate circles going down her back joined together by stems and leaves, hanging down from a stem at the top of her back.

He closed his mouth just as she turned heading over to them again, her dress scrunched up in her hand. Steve took the chance to look at her front, his eyes landing on two butterfly tattoos on the right of her inner arm. He wondered whether she had any more hidden away.

"What happened?" He said turning to Jack.

"We spoke to the guard, saw the footage at the bank, noticed the van was pretty distinctive, followed the clues and it led us here. We were just approaching the building to have a look when…"

"Boom" Danielle finished softly.

"Luckily we were far enough away that there was little damage to us just some bruises" Jack said

"Nothing major" Danielle agreed. Steve's eyes flickered between them, hating for a moment the easy way they were together, so comfortable as a pair that they finished each other sentences and always seemed to be on the same page. It frustrated him no end.

"I'd call being anywhere near a bomb major" He said coolly. "You need to be checked out" He told Jack before his eyes moved to Danielle. "Both of you" He added, meeting her grey eyes. It amused him that before he had never like pale or blue eyes. He had always preferred warm dark eyes and yet now the two people he loved the most both had pale eyes Now suddenly Grey was his favourite eyes colour.

"Steve we've already seen the EMT" Jack told him, a hint of rare impatience coming to his voice.

"They gave us a full bill of health besides…" Danielle added.

"If we don't get our asses into gear now…" Jack continued.

"Then they'll be gone and god knows what they would do next." Danielle ended. Steve ran his hand through his hair aware of his team watching him. He knew deep down that they knew that this wasn't a battle of will between Steve and Jack. It was a battle of will between him and Danielle.

"Danni" He said, his voice softening. "You were in an explosion."

"I know I was Steve, I was there remember but I'm okay Steve" She said her own voice softening as she took a step towards him and rested her hand against his bare forearm. "Steve look at me, I'm okay" She promised quietly. Steve looked down at her, covering her hand with his, relishing the warmth for a moment before she lightly tugged her hand away turning to Jack "Come on babe, we've got six guys to catch who owe me a new dress, you a new t-shirt and us probably about six rounds of drinks."

"Ten rounds" Jack corrected, plucking at the ruined blue t-shirt he was wearing. "This was one of my favourite t-shirts" Danielle nodded.

"Ten it is"

"Make it twelve" Kono interrupted. "For the most stressful journey I've had in a long time" Kono said, a glimmer of remembered fear coming to her expression. She gave Jack a grateful smile when he wrapped an arm round her shoulder and gave her a comforting hug.

"If we're going down that road" Danny stated "Then its thirty five rounds of drinks. I was in a car with this mad man" He said jabbing his thumb towards Steve who rolled his eyes. "I think I've lost at least twenty years of my life. Next time you both decide to get close and personal with a bomb then at least have the decency to do it close enough that we can run there."

"I'll try and remember that" Danielle remarked with a roll of her eyes.

"Noted" Jack said at the same time.

"Right" Chin said "So we've got six men who owe us a new dress, a t-shirt and fifty rounds of drinks because I like rounding up so what's the plan" He said, not turning to Steve but to Danielle who looked surprised then pleased by the vote of confidence.

"Danny boy" she said turning to Danny who switched his attention away from Steve to her effortlessly. "Jack and me, we're going to need back up this time" She said simply. "I counted six men all with submachine guns and assault rifles." She said, her finger absently tracing one of the butterflies on her arm attracting Steve's attention for a moment.

"That's what we're here for. This is yours and Jack's case though so you're both the lead. Just tell us what you want and we'll get it done" He said glancing at Steve again before he spoke. "Me and super seal will go and get our vests on. Kono, Chin I suggest you break out your big guns and I mean the ones you've both named for some reason" He said, grinning at the two natives before he dragged Steve to the Camaro, heading to the back and pulling open the trunks.

"Danny" Steve hissed, glaring at his partner, a thousand questions in the one softly spoken word as Danny located their vests and pushed Steve's against his chest.

"Listen to me. I know Danielle okay and I know that she would never be with someone who didn't view her as an equal or someone who didn't trust her. Danni can do this babe, she is going to be great the same way she always did. Support her and she will recognise it and she will love you a bit more than she does right now. Show you believe in her abilities and that you trust her. Besides" Danny said. "We'll be there giving her back up oh and Steven" he said "Stop being an ass to Jack because you're jealous. It's not attractive"

"You think… you think if I do she'll… she'll grow to love me?" Steve asked, stumbling over his words clearly barely able to get them out. Danny nodded.

"Yeah" He answered honestly. "Just show her the real you beneath all of this" He said waving his hand at him "You're a good person Steve so allow her to see more of the guy who spent five days straight searching for a puppy for her because you didn't want her to be lonely."

"Okay" Steve said, becoming business like as he shrugged on his vest. "Let's do this then"

"I got us ear pieces" Chin announced as they approached, holding out one to them both. Steve took it and put it in his ear, looking around the team. "Jenna, Toast?" Chin said, "Put us all on channel three he said. Danni girl, Jackie boy you're the lead." He said.

"Call me Jackie again and we'll be rumbling" Jack remarked, a look in his eyes that told them he was serious.

"Jack" Danielle said, tugging at his t-shirt. He nodded, taking the t-shirt Steve offered him with a thankful smile, pulling off his ruin t-shirt and pulled the simple grey one on. Danielle waited until he was finished before she spoke. "The team appears to be a team of six but it could easily be a large team. They work well together, they cover each other weak points and they move as one which points to military training. I've seen those kind of moves before and it's the Ranger corp so we're dealing with experts. Jenna I want you to have a look at flight manifest and cross check them to see if anyone who has been dishonourably discharged has come in recently. If I'm right that will be our team." She said.

"They aren't going to come in easily" Jack said taking over "So we should expect a dirty battle."

"That's where Steve will come in handy" Danielle said, looking at Steve and smiling warmly at him, a soft look in her eyes. "Who better to combat a mole than a squid" She said gently.

"So based on that I think it's safe to say that they would rather shoot to maim or kill then talk" Jack said rubbing his hand through his hair and dislodging some debris from the bomb blast.

"Just a normal day in 50" Danny remarked dryly.

"Toast, get my twin brother on the line" Danielle said, glancing towards Steve in surprise when he took her weapons from her. "Explain what we're going up against and ask him what the Ranger frequencies are. He might be reluctant to give them at first because of the whole loyalty thing but perhaps you could point out that if he doesn't his twin might die. I'm sure he'd change his mind after that. With that code Toast and Jenna can listen in and warn us of what's happening" She stated.

"It's a good thing your twin is a Ranger and not a SEAL otherwise you would be perfect" Steve remarked casually as he checked her weapons for her. "Here" He said passing the gun back to her before he moved to her back, his fingers itching to trace the tattoo he knew was beneath her top though he resisted instead putting more ammo into the pouches.

"I'm hardly perfect" She said. Steve shrugged aware of the others making a show of focusing on something other than the two of them.

"You are to me" He replied back. "Take care out there, I want to finish this night with all of us toasting each other in the nearest bar not with one of us in hospital especially if that one is you"

Danielle let out a startled laugh.

"Well I'll try my best" She assured him, feeling her face flushing. "Does this mean that drinks are on you because I've heard rumours that you never buy and you always conveniently forget your wallet?" Steve smiled at her though he remained silent. Danielle glanced round when Jack pointedly cleared his throat. "Okay is everyone ready?" She asked, focusing her thoughts back on work again. "A Ranger team always has a sniper so let's make sure we don't make ourselves easy targets for him to take out. Jenna hack into the surrounding camera feeds and keep your eyes peeled for anything." She stated. She breathed out, looked at them one more time and smiled. "Let's go"

"Steve, you and Danny head to the back of the warehouse and cover the exits there. Chin and Kono head to the roofs and find a good position there to cover. Me and Danni girl will take the front door" Jack said, for once showing them the man behind the mask. He looked round them all, his blue eyes as deadly as Steve's "They won't have any mercy on us so let's not have any of them. I'm not greatly happy about them trying to blow me and my partner up. I feel a little pay back is in order" He said, watching the feral smiles which came to the other faces while Danielle merely looked amused having seen this side of Jack before.

"Jack" Steve said dropping his hand on the blonde's shoulder and squeezed. "I have never liked you more than I do right now"

"I hate to break up this bonding moment" Danielle said "But I'd rather we get the drop on them rather than them getting the drop on us"

Steve rolled his eyes, wrapping his hand round the back of her neck for a second and squeezed it.

"Do not get shot" He told her before he let go and followed Danny round towards the back of the building, his ear straining for every sound he could hear from Danielle, anything to know she was still okay. He wished he had said no to her taking on this case but Danny was right. He has to trust her to do her job. If Danny said she was the best then she was the best.

"Can everyone hear me?" Danielle asked quietly.

"I hear you Danni" Kono announced.

"I'm here as well Danni girl" Chin said.

"I'm here blondie" Danny said looking pointedly at Steve.

"I'm always here" He said quietly. Danny pulled his earpiece out indicating that Steve did as well, he did.

"What's with the face" Danny demanded.

"Look I know she's good, I do but… but she's important to me Danno, more important than even you know. Knowing she's there with only Jack, it's just difficult"

"You my friend have it bad" Danny said "But think of it this way, Jack has sent us to the back where all the bad guys are because he's very clever. We take out the main hoard and then they can't get to your… Danni" He said hesitating over the right word to use.

Steve nodded, getting into position and putting the ear piece back into his ear. He closed his eyes for a moment, imagine Danielle's smile before he opened his eyes, twisted and began shooting. Every one of them he took down was one less that would get to Danielle.

Author Note

Thanks for taking the time to read!

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