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Chapter 5
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Danny and Steve spent the next two days together and spent their nights the same way. Danny never mentioned to Steve how they would spend their nights since Danny was the first awake each morning, although he didn't know if Steve woke during the night and if he did than he didn't say anything either.
Danny had now left after collecting a statement from Steve about what happened and making sure that if was believable so that no one would question it and it would match other witness statements. He knew that he was going to need to be more careful with what he was talking about and to people he telling the case to would ask about it, but he knew Chin and Kono would help him out with it.
Steve had called his CO after Danny left and told him that in the next couple of days he would come in for a debrief and possibly another survival drill to be re-completed. He didn't know if they would do one so soon after or not, possibly to make sure the training grounds were secured again.
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It had been over two weeks since the incident with the hunters and Danny had not heard from the Commander again and was glad, meaning he wasn't doing anything wrong. Danny was doing paperwork at his desk. It had been a slow week and his partners and he were doing paperwork that had backed up. Danny had just finished a file when the chief came up to his desk with three files in hand.
"Sir?" This caused Chin and Kono to look up.
"New assignment for you and your partners from the Governor, Detective. You three are transferring to her new taskforce."
"Sir I mean no disrespect but why the three of us? I'm sure there are more qualified people in the department." Chin asked.
"Don't know but these are the transfer papers. You are to go to the Iolani Palace, that's where the taskforce HQ are. Take your things and head over. You can send the files you complete when they are done."
"When do we need to leave?" Kono asked.
"Now. This transfer is immediate. Pack essentials and head over. I'll have a couple of officers bring everything else over later."
He handed the files to Danny before walking away. Danny looked at the files in his hand and saw they had their names on them. Chin and Kono had moved to Danny's desk when the chief had left.
"What are they?" Kono asked.
"Don't know but they have or names on them." Danny said as he handed the files to their respective owners.
Danny opened his own and saw that it was his transfer instructions with a letter on top from the Governor. Danny read the letter as Chin and Kono did as well before Danny slammed the file down shocking Chin and Kono.
"Danny?"
"Who the hell does this person think they are? Dragging us over to some special taskforce without consulting us? When I get my hands on this person I'm going to give them a piece of my mind."
"And that's different from any other time?" Kono asked.
"Excuse me?"
"Danny come on. You don't care what people think. You still speak your mind regardless of who it is." Chin said.
"True. But I still will."
Chin and Kono looked at each other and shook their heads. Danny was stubborn all the time and worse when he wanted to be. They felt sorry for whoever this poor soul was that had hired them.
"Let's pack up some things and head on over. Get it over and done with."
Danny turned back to his desk and started putting the files away and pulling out his personal items and put them in a box that an officer had brought over while the three were talking.
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Danny pulled his silver camaro into a parking spot next to a dark blue ute at the Palace, the taskforce HQ. Danny climbed out as Kono pulled up on the other side of the ute and Chin and herself climbed out.
"Shall we go introduce ourselves?" Kono asked as they stood at the edge of the car park staring at the building.
Danny nodded and they walked inside. They were soon directed to the second level and walked through a set of glass doors and saw four offices, two on either side of the hall first and beyond that was an open area that was filled with boxes and other things being set up.
Off to the side behind all that was another office with someone in the office. They had their back to them and was talking on the phone. Deciding that this was most likely the person in charge. Danny stormed forward intending on giving this person a piece of his mind. When they entered the office, Danny not caring that it was possibly a private call, they all froze at the voice.
"Yes Sir." The person said as he turned having heard someone entre and his eyes widened slightly before a smile came to his face. "I will take a few personal days in the next few days and complete the necessary drills... I do Sir, that's why I choose to transfer to the reserves and complete the training... Yes Sir, thankyou Sir." As he hung up.
The person didn't get a word in before Danny spoke. "What the hell is going on here?"
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Steve had just finished his debrief on what happened a few days with his Commander and was now going to someone above his Commander. He had lied to his Commander slightly about what had happened and went to the Vice Admiral about what really happened. He didn't like that he had to lie to his Commander but unfortunately that's what had to happen since his Commander wasn't a werewolf like the Vice Admiral was so he couldn't tell his Commander everything like he could with the Vice Admiral.
He went through the whole situation with the Vice Admiral before he left for the day. The Admiral told him to take the next few days easy so that everyone would believe he was still not a hundred percent even though he was.
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Steve spent the next few days deciding what he was going to do and if he would really go back to active duty. He found someone that caught his attention and wanted to get to know. He knew his wolf side appreciated his looks and he wanted to know him more but he didn't have any idea how to go about that and wanted to find a way to get to know the Detective without looking like a stalker.
Steve had been relaxing at home like he was ordered to by the Vice Admiral when he received a phone call from someone he didn't think he would. Steve met with the person and agreed to their terms.
Who Steve met with was the Governor of Hawaii. She had a proposition for Steve a year or two ago for him to lead a task force for her but he turned her down since he was in the middle of a mission that he was the lead on. But now Steve was on training and R&R so he had a chance to take it up.
"Governor." Steve greeted as he walked into her office.
"Commander thank you for meeting with me. I hear you were in a little trouble a week ago."
"Yes I was. But three very good officers found myself and the others. We are all fine."
"Well I'm glad. I want to talk to you about my offer to run my task force."
"I will Governor."
"You see I need... What? You will?"
"Yes I had a think about it over the last week. I will take the job."
"Really?"
"Yes. I have to clear everything up with the Navy but I can start next week."
"Alright well I already had a place in mind for the taskforce headquarters so I'll send everything there along with staff files so you can pick you team."
"Governor I already have some people in mind."
"Really? Well I'll still have the files transferred for you and I'll have access to all police department records ready for you tomorrow."
"Thank you Governor."
"No thank you Commander. I'm glad you decided to take the job."
Steve shook her hand before leaving the office. Steve received the address to the taskforce headquarters from the Governor's receptionist before he headed off to look at the headquarters.
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Steve spent the week looking through the files and was finding that no one was who he wanted to work with him so he pulled Danny, Chin and Kono's files and liked what he saw on them compared to the ones he'd read on anyone else in the departments on the islands. Steve picked up the phone and dialled the Governor.
"Commander what can I do for you?"
"Would you be able to send transfer papers to the HPD?"
"I can but Commander you have that ability."
"True but the transfers will hold more weight coming from you and they won't go against it."
"Alright. Who for?"
"Detective Danny Williams, Detective Chin Ho Kelly and Officer Kono Kalakaua."
"These who you want on your task force?"
"Yes. I looked at their records and like what I see."
"Very well Commander. I'll do that straight away and they should turn up tomorrow."
"Thank you Governor."
Steve hung up and looked at the time and decided that it was time to head on home. The police techs that were installing the high tech equipment the Governor requested to be installed in her new task force headquarters, had gone home for the day so Steve was the only one left. His team would arrive tomorrow and he was sure they were going to be in for a shock when they see who they would be working with. Deciding that it was time to head on home Steve locked up the officers and headed on home.
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Steve arrived at the office early the next morning and was going through more things that he needed go through and he also needed to clear everything with his commanding officer and then the Vice Admiral before he was called away to duty.
Steve spent the morning going through some paper work and he sent an email to his commanding officer for him to give him a call when he was free seeing as he was always busy. He was just about to head out to get something from one of the other rooms when he received a phone call.
"Commander McGarrett." Steve said as he answered the office phone.
"Commander, Captain Carter here."
"Captain."
"I hear you want to talk about something important."
"Yes Sir. I'm putting in a transfer to the reserves. I thought about this for a while Cap."
"Alright well there is still the issue of your drills that still need to be completed regardless."
"Yes Sir." Steve turned to see the three people he was waiting for and a small smile made its way to his face. "I will take a few personal days in the next few days and complete the necessary drills."
"Alright you sure about this? You understand what you are giving up? You will have to give one weekend a month to the reserves for training or missions."
"I do Sir, that's why I choose to transfer to the reserves and complete the training."
"Alright I will set everything up. I just need by tomorrow what days you will be come for training."
"Yes Sir, thankyou Sir."
Steve hung up the phone and turned to the three in his office but unfortunately he was unable to get a word in before Danny spoke up instead.
"What the hell is going on here?"
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