Just a normal Day

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The character of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Jenna Kaye 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

Danielle and Jack moved silently into the room to the side of them, ducking under cover and swinging their guns around in an arc, eyes searching every corner as they made sure the room they were in was clear of anybody who might be trying to kill them

Overall Romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Richardson (McDanni)

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Richardson

Chapter Three

15:00

Danielle and Jack moved silently into the room to the side of them, ducking under cover and swinging their guns around in an arc, eyes searching every corner as they made sure the room they were in was clear of anybody who might be trying to kill them. They had already taken quite a few of the enemy down on their way here and they could hear from the chatter on their ear pieces that the others that the others were having to fight hard for every inch of ground they gained. Either someone knew they had been coming or there was something larger here at play then they had initially realised.

Neither options was a good one for them.

"Danni" Jack commented lowly, dragging her attention away from her scouting. "Do you see what I see?" He asked, nodded towards the back of the room. Danielle twisted her head, following her gaze, her heart sinking when she found a partially hidden bomb.

"Oh" She said simply, feeling momentarily winded. "That… that's not good for us."

"Danni what is it? Have you found something?" Danielle closed her eyes listening to the way that Steve said her name, the sound causing her stomach to flip though she forced herself to ignore it and to focus on the problem at hand. If she and Jack didn't focus fully on the problem at hand then they wouldn't leave the building alive, it was as simple as that. Her complicated feelings when it came to her boss could wait until the threat to her life was well and truly done with.

"It turns out Steve that Jack and I are a magnet for bombs today. We've just located a second one on the right hand side of the building." She stated, glancing around her again to make sure they were still alone as the sound of six people sucking heir breathe in came over the ear piece. Her eyes flickered towards Jack who had moved towards the only other door in the room, checking the frame for wires before he slowly opened the door, keeping his body away from it in case anyone tried to shoot at him. A second later he glanced towards her, nodded and disappeared briefly in side.

Danni growled softly before she turned her attention back to Danny as he spoke.

"Danielle, don't do anything stupid, Jenna's already alerted the bomb squad and they are on their way and should be with us within fifteen minutes. You and Jack need to vacate the room and get as far away from there as you can. Don't try and be a hero sweetheart, just get out of there." Danny told her calmly though she could detect the concern hidden beneath it.

"Stay away from that bomb Danni" Steve repeated, cutting across Danny before he could say anything else to her. His voice coming across as brittle as though he was struggling with some emotion that he was trying to keep hidden.

Danielle swallowed looking towards Jack as he re-entered the room, shaking his head at her to know that they were still alone. She nodded back slowly, a look passing between them before he breathed out slowly, telling her without words that they were on the same page as each other.

"Guys, we appreciate the concern but we've got this and we're fine. The pair of you need to focus on yourselves, you're no good to anyone if you get yourself shot because you aren't paying attention to your surroundings. Jack and I are going to go dark for a few minutes just in case our communications somehow triggers the bomb. Make sure you're there when we get back and by that we mean all of you." She stated, sternly before she reached up and turned the ear piece off aware of her partner doing the same thing.

"At least we know why this area of the place is deserted." Jack stated after a moment of silence. "No one was going to stick around once that was activated. The Ranger unit we tracked here must have set it and then got out here leaving a mercenaries behind to keep us busy."

"Yep" Danielle answered with a nod. Her eyes fixed on the bomb, apparently according to the red numbers she could see counting down they had exactly fifteen minutes to try and figure out what the hell to do.

"You know he likes you" Jack said suddenly going on to explain when she shot him a questioning look. "And by him I mean Steve. Maybe when we're out of this and we go out for drinks tonight to celebrate the fact that we survived not one but two bombs you should flirt with him the way I know you want to. You deserve to be happy so you should let yourself be happy. If Steve does that to you then good right?"

"He's smothering" Danielle answered, wincing when she heard the tone of her voice which made it sound as though she didn't believe what she was saying.

"Smothering is one word for it, another is that he's merely protective of you and his team and those people he considers family. Since when was caring a crime? He looks after you because he actually gives a damn about you and wants to keep you safe. We're not exactly in safe jobs so it's no surprise he might go slightly overboard occasionally." Jack countered.

"He likes being in control too much" she pointed out.

"So do you, I share a car with you on a daily basis remember. The CD or radio station has to be the one you want and I'm telling you Danni, if I have to listen to one more power ballad than I'm going to cry" Jack said, causing her to smile even as she shook her head.

"I can't help that five until six is power ballad hour" She replied with a shrug, a slight smile coming to her face before it was replaced with a questioning look. "Since when are you on Steve's side anyway? I thought you said that some of the things he does is too much?"

"Well they are but you seem to find them romantic. I know you think the whole puppy thing was romantic and even the alarm system and maybe I'm just saying this because we're trapped in a room with a bomb and facing pending death but you could do a lot worse than the boss man really."

"The man is my boss and if things went wrong then I could lose the best thing going in my life at the moment and that for the record is my position at 50. I happen to like my job and I don't want to go back to HPD with the reputation that I lost my job because I couldn't keep my legs closed because if that happens I might as well quit law enforcement and open a bakery up because no one would want to work with me Jack. Now are we done discussing my love life because it might have escaped your notice but I think we have slightly more important things to worry about?" She stated, waving her hand towards the bomb which was still steadily counting down."

"Fine, fine. I said my piece and that's all I'm ever going to say on the subject unless you bring it back up. So what are we going to do about the bomb then?" He remarked.

Danielle bit down on her lower lip, nibbling at it before she breathed out slowly and spoke.

"That's a damn good question." She commented before looking back at him and meeting his eyes. "You know I was trained to disarm bombs back at the academy. I came top of the class and I was pretty damn good at the refreshers courses they sent us to yearly after 9/11."

"That's a handy fact to know because so did I" He agreed with a nod. Breathing out again she edged towards the bomb, Jack at her side and looked down at it. "I don't think we can disarm it, it looks like it's got multiple trigger points. From the look of the C4 it's clearly designed to take out the building, most likely because of the meth lab which is through that door there. They placed the bomb here because they want to destroy the evidence of what they've been doing."

"That seems pretty logical, we've got fifteen minutes and then this place is going to go up in a blaze of glory that none of us want to anywhere near it. Let the others know so they can pull out, the lab is lost but maybe I can spend a couple of minutes taking pictures and getting a sample that we can use. You should make that call and get the hell out of here now just in case" Danielle told him, already heading towards the door leading to the deserted meth lab, she stopped abruptly when Jack reached out and grabbed her arm, jerking her back.

"I'm not leaving this place without you so you can get that idea out of your head now. I'll ring through and let Jenna know what we've found but I'll get the sample and you take the photos and then we both get the hell out of dodge and by that I mean we run like our lives depend on it because in this situation it actually does for once." Jack replied with a glare which she matched.

"You have two daughters Jack who needs you and…"

"And you have one you're raising as your own." Jack interrupted. "Either we both go or neither of us go but I am not leaving you behind to deal with this."

"Fine" Danielle said after a moment. "But let's make a pact not to tell Steve about this."

"I like that pact. That pact might just keep me alive because if the bomb doesn't kill us and he finds out about this then he'll kill me anyway." Jack pointed out. Danni shook her head, shaking her arm out of his grasp as she silently cursed the stubbornness of her partner and headed into the door, keeping a wary eye out for anyone who might have lingered behind.

The lab was empty though. She quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone, thankful that the initial bomb explosion hadn't broken it, from outside she could hear Jack speaking rapidly to Jenna no doubt bringing the other woman up to speed. Ignoring it she began taking as many pictures as she could, well aware that the time was running out. She was about to stop when she heard a muffled banging sound and turned towards a large metal door, her eyes widening when she realised that someone must be inside.

She swallowed, shaking her head, her heart sinking as she realised just how much trouble they were in now.

"Jack" She called out, waiting until he entered the room before she pointed to the door, the muffling banging becoming frantic at the sound of their voice. "I think we have a problem." She watched as Jack closed his eyes for a moment before he reopened them and looked at her.

"I think you might just be right Danni."

"Okay the second floor is now clear, Jenna have you still got a location on Danni and Jack?" Steve demanded, glancing round a corner before he whipped his head back just as some bullet shattered into the wall next to where he was. He glanced to his side as Danny appeared, shooting and taking out the two men in the corridor.

"Clear" Danny said, looking at him.

"I just spoken to Jack Steve and you all need to abort the mission." Jenna told Steve, her words rushing together. "Danni and Jack can't disarm the bomb and it can't be moved either. It looks like the Rangers are intent on blowing this place and the evidence that goes with it sky high. They gave the order to evacuate and to get as far away from here as well."

"Are they getting out of here as well" Steve said, tightening his grip on his gun as he and Danny began moving down the corridor, stepping over the two dead bodies on the floor and moving towards the area towards the front of the building which would give them a way out.

"They were just taking some photos and trying to gather as much evidence of the meth lab as they could for us to analysis later." Jenna answered, a nervous tone coming to her voice as though she was worried about Steve's reaction to what she had said,

"Chin? Kono? Have either of you got a visual on Danni and Jack" Steve demanded.

"We're not in the right area for it" Chin responded calmly. "But if they are telling us we need to get out then that's what we need to do."

"I'm not leaving them behind…" Steve began to say when a familiar voice cut across them

"What the hell are you all still doing here? What part of get the hell out of here did you not understand?" Jack demanded causing Steve and Danny to swerve round, their eyes widening when they saw the two of them were supporting a young, barely conscious man between them.

"What the hell are you still doing here and who is this guy?" Danny countered, moving to Danielle's side and taking the weight from her.

"I asked first" Jack responded with a rare glare as they began moving forward again.

"Guys" Danielle said sharply "We don't have time for this shit now. There's a bomb going off in six minutes so we needs to get the hell out of here now. Hence the message to abort the mission" She glared at them, moving to Steve and touching his arm. "We need to get out of here now."

Steve blinked at the tone she used before he nodded.

"Everyone get out of here now." He commanded before he moved forward quickly, his eyes flickering about making sure they were still alone.

"I don't think we're going to make it in time" Danielle said, an undercurrent of fear to her voice as they hurried through the corridors towards the exit.

Steve opened his mouth to speak and reassure her when there was an explosion that flung them all off their feet, bringing debris crashing down around them. He reacted instantly, grabbing Danielle and shielding her with his body as the explosion continued around them.

His last thought before the darkness took him was that the whole world must have exploded and that none of them would make it out of this alive.

Author Note

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