Note: thank you for sticking with me, your reward. How about some whump?

Chapter Four

A smile spread across Danny's face as he pulled up outside Grace's friends house and his daughter came running out. He was taken a little by surprise when she jumped into the car and threw her arms around him.

"Hey monkey, everything ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just glad to see you. We saw the news that a police officer had been shot. I knew you were ok 'cos Uncle Steve would have come and got me, plus they said it was an HPD officer. Was it someone we know?" Concern was written all over his daughter's face making Danny's stomach ache that she was growing up so fast.

"It was Pua Kai baby, but he's going to be fine and we caught the guys that did it."

"That's good." Grace remained quiet as he turned the car around and started to head home.

"Grace, Pua is going to be ok. I promise." Danny could tell his daughter was upset, but something else seemed to be playing on her mind.

"I believe you Danno. It's just ... It's just a reminder of how dangerous your job is. I know you are good at your job, and you wear vests, and do everything to keep yourselves safe."

"We do sweetheart. You know I will always do everything I can to stay safe and come home to you, don't you?" Grace was growing up and he couldn't gloss over it like he used to do when she was little, she could smell his bullshit a mile away now.

Grace just nodded.

"And don't forget Uncle Steve. That buffoon would take down anyone that tried to hurt a member of our Ohana. I think the guy today might have wet his pants just a little."

That finally made Grace giggle. "I'm proud of what you do, Danno. I'm proud of you."

Danny felt a lump jump straight to his throat. He threw her a quick smile unable to talk. Finally he found his voice and broke the silence, "I love you Grace."

"Love you too Danno."

5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0

The team were all in place. Chin and Kono were at the Dock and had just reported that the shipment had been collected as planned, and they were following a safe distance behind. Steve, Danny, and Lou were hidden from sight with a good view of the warehouse. From what they could see through the heat detection cameras there was five guys inside. Kono had informed them that four guys had shown up to collect the crate, so that brought their number of targets up to nine.

"Maybe we should call HPD for back up." Danny suggested.

"No, we've got this Danny. The shipment will be here any second. HPD won't make it in time." Steve decided.

"Ok, I'm just saying we are out numbered."

"Hasn't stopped us before." Steve shrugged. Danny looked to Lou to back him up, but before Lou could say anything a van pulled into the yard and the guys started to unload it.

Chin and Kono pulled up alongside the rest of the team and they watched the men move the goods inside. They wanted to corner all the men inside the building rather than risk any of them bolting. Steve was aware that Danny had disappeared back to the Camaro, but he was focused on the scene in front of him.

Danny returned and handed out extra ammo clips, which each team member gratefully accepted and stowed away in their vest pockets.

"If we're going in there out numbered I want us to be prepared."

"Ok, let's move." Steve ordered and the team worked their way silently to the warehouse. Splitting up like planned, Chin, Kono, and Lou headed to the back, while Steve and Danny headed to the front. Confirming everyone was in place Steve gave the order and they stormed into the building.

Gunfire erupted as the gang of men inside were taken by surprise and they scattered to avoid arrest. Chin easily took out the first guy that shot at him, his trusty shotgun making it look easy. Steve also managed to take out one of the gang before he and Danny were forced to take cover behind a large metal bin.

Bullets erupted around them. Danny risked a look around the bin and was able to see Chin and Lou taking cover behind another bin, while Kono was a few feet away. She had managed to take cover behind a stack of wooden pallets. They didn't provide much protection, but so far she had gone un-noticed by the seven remaining guys. Another spray of bullets forced him to retreat back behind the bin, but not before he saw Lou take out one of the guys who was attempting to climb a set of metal stairs to gain a better advantage.

A pause in fire saw Steve nodding to Danny. They popped up in tandem and fired towards the two guys that had them pinned down. Danny placed a perfect head shot and one guy went down while Steve hit the other in the shoulder. The guy flew backwards, his head slamming against the wall and rendering him unconscious. The odds were now in five-0's favour and Steve and Danny moved around to help out their trapped team members.

Three gun men were continually firing rounds off at Chin and Lou who were firing back just as many. Each team member was grateful for the extra clips Danny had handed out. Danny looked around, by his count there was one guy missing. Looking towards the crate that had just been delivered he saw Abello emerge, gun in hand. He was doing a good job at keeping himself covered, but Danny could see he had eyes on Kono behind her crate, and was heading towards her with deadly intent.

Danny was instantly on the move before Steve realised what was happening. He watched in confusion as Danny ran across the warehouse. He wasn't headed for Kono, he was headed towards the crate, in fact he was positioning himself between Kono and the crate and, oh shit, Steve thought as he saw the glint of a weapon and watched Danny raise his own. It happened in seconds and Steve was powerless to stop it. Danny fired his gun but as he was moving his aim wasn't as good. His bullet clipped Abello in the arm but he was still able to fire off three rounds, each found its way to Danny and he was thrown backwards to the floor.

Steve felt his blood go cold, his eyes were focused on his partner, who was lying still on the floor and he realised that Abello was most likely firing armour piercing rounds from the crate. Another shot snapped him back to his senses and he realised that Kono had stood from her hiding position and fired a kill shot. Abello lay feet away from Danny, blood pooling underneath him.

Steve was on his feet and moving, desperate to get to Danny who had yet to move. His heart was thumping in his chest. Danny had seen a danger he hadn't, and leapt into action to save the youngest team member. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Chin and Lou gain the advantage over the final three guys, leaving the path clear for Steve to race to his partner's side. As he passed Kono he heard her desperate call for an ambulance, officer down.

TBC

There you go. Hope it was worth waiting for.