Snippets - The AU saga Chapter 19: Snippet number 19 - The UN saga, a hawaii five-0 fanfic

Snippets – The AU style

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

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

The character of Danni Richardson 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 her own individual character by now, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show.

The characters of Alex McGarrett, Ryan Moore, Charlie Moore, Nicole Moore, do belong to me. As does character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of who they are!

Author Note

Here's another snippet for you all!

This snippet comes from a large A/U saga I'm working on where Danni and Steve meet originally in North Korea back in 2008 or there about… I don't want to give away too much but this is one of my favourite sagas so hopefully you'll all like it… if you do then I'll finish up the first one so you could read it.

Also I should mention that I'm in the process of making a personal website which will eventually have all these stories in order on them!

Anyway please enjoy the chapter!

Overall Summary

A glimpse into the McDanni world featuring lots of romance, drama, and gun fights, babies and a whole lot more. Based on the A/U Danni world.

Chapter Summary

"… And yeah I know it's important what she and her team do okay I'm not disputing that, I'm well aware that Danni and Rory and Jenna and Kevin and hell all of them are trying to save the world from the scum on it just like we are, but it's just one weekend you know, just one so we can spend some quality time together as a family because we are family even if me and Danni are not officially together, we have a son together, it's not the sort of bond that can just be discarded. I'm not asking for much from her, all I want is…"

Overall Romance

A hell of a lot but always with Steve and Danni ending up together…. It's better to look at the chapter romance to gather which one is which…

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett/Danielle Richardson (McDanni)

Past Danny Williams / Rachel Edwards (Danchel)

Other note

I don't have a beta so I apologise for any mistakes I make, these are not intention.

Saga

The UN saga

Snippet number Nineteen

November 2010 – Part One

Danny Williams, closed his eyes, desperately trying to will the voice of his partner Steve McGarrett away. His head had ached from the moment he woken up that morning and the pain killers he had taken with his morning caffeine fix hadn't made a dent yet. That though could be down to that fact that Steve had let lose as soon as he had climbed into the driver's seat of Danny's silver Camaro. That had been ten minutes ago and they were probably still a good five minutes away from the crime scene which they were heading to. For a moment Danny wondered whether this was what it was like when he let fumed about something bothering him but he quickly pushed the thought away. When he ranted it was because he had something to rant about. Steve as far as he could see, didn't have anything to complain about which made it all the more frustrating for Danny when he did.

He glanced towards the man next to him, tilting his head to the side with a considering look. Somehow, even though the odds were against them, they got on. Not just got on but were close enough to each other that Danny considered him like a brother, the only man he trusted in his life to care for his daughter Grace if Danny wasn't around. It was a strong friendship built on mutual trust that ran deeper then Danny had experienced before with anyone and a genuine sense of love. Danny loved the man next to him though not in the romantic sense of the word. Still that love and respect didn't stop him getting pissed off with the goofball especially at that very second. He tuned back in, curious to see whether Steve had started talking about something else yet.

"… I mean she is his mother and he misses her when she's gone and…."

"Stop just stop before I shoot you in the face Steve!" Danny snapped, breaking his silence as he glared at Steve, a sense of satisfaction coming over him when Steve closed his mouth midsentence with a snap and turned to look at him, his hazel-blue eyes turning to him with a startled look. "You really have no idea just how good you have it do you?" He demanded angrily causing Steve to frown in confusion at him.

"Danno I…"

"No" Danny interrupted holding his hand up in a classic stop sign "I'm talking now. I have sat here for the past fifteen minutes listening to you go over and over the same points. Yes I understand that you're pissed that the love of your life can't spend time with you this weekend. I get it okay but let's think of the larger picture for a moment shall we McGarrett? Danielle is Alex's mother which in eyes of the law we protect, gives her all the power and rights. If she decided for whatever reason to tell you that you couldn't see your son again she could do that and the court would probably agree with her. She could draw up any custody agreement she wanted and make you sign it, even if that agreement said you only saw him once a month, it would still be legal. There are hundreds of ways she could make this difficult for you because you're not married and you're not a couple regardless of what your SEAL brain thinks, which means that push comes to shove, however unfair it might be you have no rights in the eyes of the law. The only one with rights when it comes to your son is Danielle" He said, ignoring the feeling of guilt he experienced when he saw the colour drain out of Steve's face.

"Danno I…" Steve began to say weakly.

"Are my lips still moving?" Danny demanded, waiting until Steve nodded before he continued "Well in that case it is still my turn." He stated, taking a deep breathe before he started speaking again. "Danielle however has done none of that, nor has she made any hint to anyone that she would do that which straight away makes you one of the luckiest single fathers I know. She moved away from Paris where her home was, where her parents and some of her siblings lived, to move to this rock because you, through the Governor, asked her to. She made it clear that Hawaii was now her base of operations and that unless it was incredibly important she was not going to be travelling around like she used to. You are so lucky McGarrett and you don't even see it and it's incredibly frustrating. Danielle let's you visit Alex anytime you want, regardless of the time or day. I know that she's let you in for a look at him at two in the morning before because you needed to see him after a hard day. She let's you pick him up from crèche at short notice if you ask, she let's you take her precious baby, because only a blind person wouldn't be able to see how protective she is of your child, out whenever you want if she doesn't already have plans. She's even given you a key to her house and the alarm codes so you can let yourself in anytime you want. The only way you could have more time with your child is if you all lived together and that's not going to happen yet because you're a pussy and haven't told her how you feel about her or even asked her out though god only knows why you haven't. I on the other hand literally have to beg my ex wife to see my daughter and even then it's only often for an hour and it's never on spur of the moment. I have to ask weeks in advance and half the time even when she says yes she then changes her mind. Danielle has never ever done that to you and yet here you sit, complaining because for once she has to put work in front of family time because it was the freaking president of the United States who has told her to do so."

There was a silence after Danny finished speaking, Danny huffed, turning and looking at the flying scenery. He felt bad about what he said, especially when he caught sight of the wounded puppy dog look which came to Steve's face but it needed to be said and no one else would do it so it had been down to him, yet again.

"I'm sorry Danno" Steve said finally. "I know I've got it good when it comes to access to Alex it's just… I want to spend time with her and I know how stupidly busy she's been this week. She's doing too much and the last time she did, she ended up being ill. I just want to make sure that doesn't happen by giving her a break and coming with me and Alex to see the baby turtles in the reserve would give her that break but she's so focused on work now, she gets into the office at eight after dropping Alex off at the crèche and then she's working all hours of the day and this whole Japanese things means that she's working through the night now I just… I just want to look after her and make sure she's okay. She is Alex's mother after all."

Danny snorted.

"And that's the only reason you're acting like a little kid who had his favourite toy taken away from him? Because she's the mother of your son? Not because you're head over heels in love with her and have been from the moment you saw her in North Korea which for the record is completely typical of you. Only you could go into a hostile enemy country and find the love of your life there." He grumbled, thankful to see the little smirk that came to Steve's mouth at the comment. "I'll never understand why you just haven't just asked her out, you've already had sex together, repeatedly from what I've gathered from when you're drunk because you're a chatty drunk and she is Alex's mother so she A) must find you attractive enough to sleep with you more than once and B) Be willing to bring your child into the world. Plus she clearly loves you and you love her and…"

"It's complicated Danno" Steve said shortly, his hand gripping the steering wheel tightly as he pulled into a parking space just outside the taped off area

"It's only complicated because you make it complicated. To everyone else it's really simple" Danny countered as he undid his seatbelt. "As for the Japan thing, well she's got no choice. I keep telling you this again and again but it never seems to penetrate your thick head. Danielle and her team of whizzes do not belong to 50. The fact they work on the floor above us in an area which is so protected by security that no one can get through should point that out. We're pretty damn lucky that they help us out as much as they do because they don't have to, as Kevin pointed out to me once when I asked him for a favour. Your beautiful woman outranks you, hell she outranks everyone on the island including the Governor and yet you seem to think they belong to 50"

"They do belong to 50 Danno" Steve replied serenely as he climbed out the car causing Danny to sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose before he followed Steve out into the warm air.

"See there you go again with the not listening part. Besides why are you moaning so much, if Danielle is having to spend the whole weekend working on this Japanese thing, then doesn't that mean that you get to have your baby boy with you in your home for the entire weekend, that's what you want isn't it?" Danny asked.

"What I want is to have both Danni and Alex there. Alex knows when she's not around; it's like some sixth sense of something. He knows when his mother isn't around and he gets fussy and… and I know when she's not around and I get fussy" He admitted with a wry grin. "It's not as bad when I know she's coming later on but instead she'll be in that big house alone with no distractions. She'll forget to eat and sleep and…" He stopped and took a deep breathe. "It's just better for us all if we're together."

"I get you Steve" Danny said quietly as they closed their doors and began heading towards the crime scene, flashing their badges at the uniformed officer who nodded at them, holding the tape up for them so they could slip under.

"Anyway why are you in a bad mood? I thought you had Grace with you tomorrow and Sunday, normally that put's you in a good mood or at least as cheerful as you tend to get" Steve commented curiously looking towards Danny, who shrugged, his face dropping into a heavy frown.

"Not anymore" Danny answered lowly, the vein in his forehead throbbing. "I was meant to have her for the weekend but then Rachel decided that she wants to take Grace somewhere and since my darling ex wife has custody of Grace I just have to accept it and hope that she keeps her word that I can have her next weekend instead. Again, do you see how fucking lucky you are with Danielle and the access she gives you with Alex. She would never do this to you and she certainly wouldn't wait until the Thursday night to ring you and break the news to you knowing that you would be getting ready to have him."

"Shit man I'm sorry" Steve said, putting his hand on Danny's shoulder and squeezing down on it. "If there's anything you want me to do then let me know. I'm a trained SEAL so if you want me to kidnap Grace then I can do that for you" He said with a smile. Danny couldn't help the small laugh which escaped him.

"I'm not sure that, that would help my chances in the long run though I appreciate the thought Buddy" He responded. Steve nodded.

"Well how about plan B then, why don't you come with me and Alex to see the baby turtles, it will get you away from that depressing place you call an apartment and I know you love spending time with my son, there's no point in denying it, you turn to mush when he gives you a smile."

"The smile turns me to mush because your son happened to have inherited Danielle's smile" Danny countered grinning when he heard the noise of discontent Steve made. Steve went to answer when a new voice interrupted.

"Boss one and two"

They turned as one to look at Kono Kalakaua as she approached them, a serious look on her pretty face which told them both instantly that whatever case they had been given, it wasn't a good one.

"Hey Kono, what we got?" Steve asked slipping effortlessly into work mode, his eyes looking around, taking everything in, in a glance.

"Dead kid" She answered briefly, swallowing hard for a second become she visibly shook herself and spoke. "You can ask Danni-girl to give you the details of the case. She's over there talking to the father of the victim, he's pretty… well…" Her voice trailed off for a moment as she shook her head. "The Governor rang her personally and pretty much begged her and her team to help on the team. Needless to say they agreed to help pretty quickly."

"Danni's here?" Steve repeated, perking up.

"That's what I said" She said lightly." Chin, Kevin and Jenna are inside with Max and CSU, The others are visiting the parents of the other kidnapping victims to see whether they can get any further information out of them, anything which we can use to find the son of a bitch who is doing this. The rest of the brain squad are back at the office, hacking into every CTV camera they can in the area to see if they can see who dropped her here." She stated crossing her arms defensively over her chest.

"Who told you to do that?" Danny asked curiously, his voice gentling as though he was speaking to a skittish horse. Kono glanced at him, the tension in her shoulder easing slightly.

"Danni told us to" Kono answered as though it was the obvious answer. "You and Steve weren't here yet and she is the highest ranking officer here so it made sense to follow her instructions until you got here"

"You did right" Steve said, "Where is she?" He asked, Kono looked over her shoulder pointing towards the warehouse behind her.

"In there" She told them. Steve nodded at her, moving past Kono and heading into the building, it took a second for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. He glanced around, heading over to the office where he could see Danni comforting a man who was slumped over in a chair, his shoulders shaking as he cried. He watched Danni rubbing the man's shoulder, speaking softly to him. He opened the door and slipped quietly into the room closing it behind him. His gaze landing on Danni, he took one moment to appreciate her, taking in the outfit she was wearing with a soft smile he couldn't hide. She stood out at the crime scene like a breath of fresh air. She looked up at him, grey eyes meeting his with a look of relief before she looked down at the man again.

"Mr Collins, this is Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett, his team are the team who will find out what happened to your daughter" She said softly, taking a step back away from the grieving man. Steve stepped forward.

"Sir, we're going to do everything in our power to find out who did this to your daughter" He told the -man who looked up at him, his dark eyes glazed with a dead look in them which made Steve want to shudder.

"Have you a child?" Mr Collins demanded, a rough raw tone to his voice, his dark blue eyes burning into Steve's. Steve nodded slowly.

"I have a son" He responded cautiously. Mr Collins nodded at him.

"How old is he?" Steve glanced towards Danni but she didn't return the look, her gaze fixed on Mr Collins.

"He's fourteen months" Steve said. Mr Collins made a sound half way between a laugh and a sob.

"Fourteen months, still so young. I remember Melanie when she was that age" He said, swallowing hard before he looked up at him. "Can you promise me that you will treat this case as though it was your son lying dead and abandoned on the floor?" He demanded fiercely. Steve felt Danni still next to him though she remained silent. Steve narrowed his eyes slightly, forcing himself to remain calm and to not allow the roar of disbelief and rage to escape him at the mere thought of his child being in danger

"We will do everything we can to bring the son of a bitch who did this to your daughter to justice Sir, you have my word on that." Steve replied, Mr Collins searched his face, his shoulders slumping down slightly as though the tension had just left his body.

"Thank you" The man murmured, reaching up and rubbing at his eyes before he hid his face in the palm of his hands.

"Mr Collins" Danni said, stepping forward, her voice soft and soothing, the French accent more noticeable telling Steve that she was distressed though trying to hide it. "It would be best if you went home and allowed the officers to do their job, I know it's the last thing you want to do and that you want to stay here with your daughter but right now there is nothing you can do here, what you can do is be with your wife. She needs you right now" She told him. Mr Collins looked at her and nodded, shakily coming to his feet. He was a tall man, taller than Steve by a couple of inches but right then he merely looked small and defeated.

"Okay" He said quietly. Danni nodded at him, taking him by the arm and leading him out of the office, she turned to two uniformed officers nearby.

"Could you please take Mr Collins home" She asked them, the officers glanced at her before they looked down at her badge and nodded.

"Of course Ma'am" the older of the two said, taking Mr Collins. They watched him go before Danni turned to him with a sigh, looking up at him.

"Morning Steve" She said tired, reaching up and rubbing at her eyes.

"Morning Danni" He responded, moving towards her and placing his hands on her shoulders, squeezing down lightly on the muscle, his fingertips digging in as he massaged, her eyes half closed as she gave a breathy moan.

"Not fair" She murmured, "If you carry on you'll put me to sleep and I need to be awake right now."

"Yeah? Well no offence babe but sleep is what you need right now. I thought you weren't going to be coming into work while this Japanese thing was going down? You know so you could sleep while Alex was at the crèche. I've got alarms set up for every thirty minutes on my phone to remind me to pick him up" He stated, smirking when she laughed, shaking her head at him.

"Please as if you would ever forget to pick him up" She said to him fondly before she sighed. "That had been my plan but then the Governor rang and said we were needed and I was going to say no, I really was but when she mentioned that it was a child… I couldn't stop thinking about Alex, what if it had been him who had been taken? Him who had been…" Her voice faded away as she violently shook her head. "Wouldn't we want the best people on the job hunting down the monster who did this?" She demanded

Steve looked at her before he used his body to usher her into a corner where they couldn't be seen straight away.

"Don't" He told her. "If you take every case that has a child then it will kill you and then what would Alex and I do?" He asked. "I know it's hard but we can't make this about Alex because it isn't about him, it's about a little girl called Melanie. Alex is safe Danni." He stated, reaching down into her bag and pulling the tablet she kept with her. He ignored her half-hearted protest about privacy and unlocked it, smirking when he realised that the password was the same date as the day they met. He looked through it, selecting the folder names ASRM and opened it, glancing down at it to see an image come up, he stared at it for a moment, allowing the sight to sooth him before he moved so he and Danni were side by side and she could see the screen as well. "See he's fine and he's happy" He told her. Danni looked down at the picture, a soft smile coming to her face when she saw her son playing with some Duplo, making something with another kid who looked a few months older. "This right here is the reason we pay off the chart school fees for Alex, so we can see him anytime we want from their CCTV and known instantly he is okay and he is." He reassured her. "I need you to take a few deep breathes Danni and then I need your head with this case. We need you okay? I need you"

Danni lifted her gaze from their son to look at Steve, remaining quiet for a second before she nodded.

"Of course" she said, moving away from the wall and towards where Danny was standing. "I should brief you both" She said over her shoulder to Steve before she stopped in front of Danny with a faint smile. "It appears that a gang have been kidnapping children as young as two years old. HPD were handling the case by themselves and seemed to have a grasp on the situation until this morning when a construction worker found the body of five year old Melanie Collins. According to Max's first observations Melanie was suffocated and then discarded here. The whole place was due to be demolished today and no one was actually meant to come in but the man in charge wanted a final sweep just to be sure that there were no stray cats or animals in the ruin." Danni told them, swiping something on her tablet and handed it over to them.

Both of them found themselves with a blue print of the building as well as a picture of a small girl with dark hair and dark blue eyes grinning at the camera. A girl they assumed was Melanie Collins.

"The red dot is…" Danny commented, glancing up when she answered him.

"Is where Melanie's body was discovered" She answered. "Mr Collins identified her" She went on to say. "Mrs Collins was with him but… but she couldn't do it in the end which is completely understandable. It's too much to ask a mother to identify the child she carried in her womb for nine months, the same child she birthed and loved and cared for." She swallowed, looking at Steve in surprise when he moved to her side and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to his side.

"Any witnesses?" He asked, his voice calm and professional.

"None which are coming forward" She told him. "I've got my team linking into the CCTV cameras in the surrounding area to see whether we can pick something up. Melanie had to be transported here somehow so we're hoping we strike it lucky with a car or truck, if we do then we can use the camera to follow it progress through the streets and see exactly where it's heading to." She commented, looking towards Steve when he took his arm away from her, instead lowering his hand to the small of her back and making a soothing circular motion with it. It wasn't exactly the most professional thing he could have done at a crime scene swarming with cops and CSU agents but at that one moment Danni didn't care. "These guys are good, they know which properties have cameras but they aren't perfect. They tried to abduct a small three year old called Tamera Bolden from her house but they hadn't counted on the large German shepherd the Bolden's own. The dog managed to save Tamera and he also bit the attacker." She said, taking the tablet back and bringing up some footage showing the scene she had described.

"You are getting a dog Danni" Steve murmured to her, glancing towards her when she nodded.

"Already on it. My brother Elijah isn't on shift at the hospital today so he's picking me up two Labrador dogs which were trained by Robert Hilton, you remember him right?" she asked, smiling when he nodded. "Well he wanted to repay me for the favour I did him so he's been training the two dogs for me, and he's giving me two Puppies for Alex so my house is well protected. We've already met them so they now know mine and Alex's scent" She remarked happily.

"I'll have to get in contact with him and see if we can get some for my house as well, did you…"

"Give them something with your scent on?" She finished for him before she nodded. "Of course I did, I don't want them attacking you after all"

"That's my Danni" He murmured to her, watching as she smiled before her face became serious as she accepted the tablet back from Danny just as Chin, Kono, Kevin and Jenna came up. "What have we got guys?" He asked, leaving his hand on Danni's back.

"Nothing on the body" Chin said, "Or at least nothing visible to the naked eye. Max is taking the body back now and he's pushing her to the top of the list so we should have the cause of death by the end of today."

"CSU are looking over the scene top to bottom with a fine toothcomb. Ryan has a son called Charlie who is five so I think the case has hit a bit too close to home for him, he's like a man on a mission" Kono said. "If there is something to find here then he'll find it"

Danni looked concerned at the news, Ryan Moore was the head of CSU and the two of them had hit it off instantly mainly due to similar interest and the fact that they were both parents, Danni to Alex and Ryan to Charlie and Nicole.

"I'll give him a call later and see how he is doing" Danni remarked "Kev, Jen and I will head back to headquarters, I think the three of us will be more help there doing what we do best" She told her two agents who nodded, turning and heading toward a bright yellow car which belong to Jenna. She looked back at the others. "You can reach me on my cell" She told them. "Just keep the information coming, the more we have to work with the easier it will be to find these people and deal with them" She commented.

"Will do" Danny said while Chin and Kono nodded their agreement.

"Danno, go and talk to Ryan and see what he's got. I'll be with you in a moment. Chin and Kono, follow Max to the morgue, I want to know what he finds when he finds it" Steve told him team.

"You got it boss" Kono said before they turned and walked away. Steve turned to Danni.

"I'll walk you to your car" He told her, expecting her to argue the point but instead she merely nodded at it.

"I'm parked over there" She said, waving a hand towards a familiar looking red mustang. Steve nodded, taking his hand from her back, they walked towards it, close enough that their fingers brushed together with every step they made. "And here I was thinking that working through the night for a week was going to be the most difficult thing I would have to cope with" She said tiredly. "I think it would be best if you had Alex from tonight instead of from tomorrow, an extra day won't hurt and it will give me time to concentrate." She commented, unable to hide the tiredness from her voice.

"I'm always happy to have Alex" Steve replied "But how about this instead. You don't need to be in your house to do this Japanese thing, whatever it is, all you need is your laptop so why don't you come and work at my house. Bring the dogs with you because it wouldn't be fair to leave them alone on their first night and spend the weekend there with me and Alex. I promise not to look at your work, I know it's above my classification level or you would have talked to me about it. If you're at mine then you know it will be relaxing for you. I'll cook for you and if you fall asleep I'll wake you up, plus it will give the dogs a chance to get to know me so you're killing two birds with one stone" He told her as they came to a stop by her car. "Not only that but you'll be close to Alex and to me and we both know that, that is what you need when you're tired. There's no point trying to deny it either." He teased softly.

"You know that actually sounds like a good idea" She said softly. "I'm going to take you up on your offer. What time do you want me to get there for? Elijah is taking the dogs to mine for two"

"Whenever you want is good with me, you already have the keys and I have a toothbrush and a large t-shirt with your name on it Danni. I'll take care of everything" He promised causing her to make a small sound of amusement.

"You always do" She said warmly. Steve smiled, leaning down and kissed her by the side of her mouth, lingering over the contact for a second before he forced himself to stand up. "Steve" She murmured, an undercurrent of warning to her voice. He sighed cupping her face in his hand.

"I know we're not a couple" He said, looking away from her.

"It's not that at all, it's the fact that we're at work." She told him, wrapping her hands round his wrists, her thumb stroking lightly over his pulse point. "We're professionals remember so act like it. I'll see you tonight, I'll text you when I'm on my way. I don't know what time it will be because of this case but I'll try and get there as soon as I can" She promised him with a warm smile.

"Okay" He said, taking a step back from her. "Get to work then" He stated before he turned and walked off, his heart surprisingly light considering everything which was going on around him.

Author Note

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