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Day One

Angie bounced through the doors of HQ, goat backpack slung over one shoulder, followed by Elizabeth, who was holding a large poster board folded in two.

Steve had come out of his office when the downstairs guard buzzed in that his daughter and mother in law were on their way up. Judging by how excited she'd been at breakfast about Jadon's first day on the task force, he had a strong suspicion he knew why she was there.

"Surprise, Daddy! I came with Grandma before we go for a big girl dinner," Angie bubbled as she ran to hug him. "Grandpa took DJ to Home Depot for their class on making a 'phibious Military Vehicle, then they're eating dinner after with Captain Walter and Joey."

"Am-phibious," Steve corrected with a smile as he kissed her cheek. "As happy as I am to see you, I bet I can guess why you're really here."

"Amphibious." She giggled. "To see Jadon. I made him a card!" She pointed to the project her grandma was holding.

"Jadon! Front and center, you've got a visitor," Steve called towards the conference room, where the newest member of the team was sitting with Chin, getting a rundown on procedures to access information from various secure databases.

Seconds later, the young officer came into the bullpen, the smile he'd been wearing nonstop since Friday growing at the sight of the seven year old and Elizabeth.

"Congratulations, honey," Elizabeth said even as Angie barrelled into him for a hug. "I'm confident you'll be an asset to the team. We're all very proud of you. We'll have to plan a celebration barbecue very soon."

As he thanked her, Angie gushed, "You're on the team!" and danced in place. "Daddy picked you, and you're on the team! I made you a card - a really big one!"

"You did?" he kneeled. "Wow, that's awesome, thanks." She passed it to him and he opened it to see 'Yay, Jadon!' In giant letters, with the whole team around him and stars and badges surrounding them. His smile widened as he saw the drawing of himself was between Steve and Danny, with bad guys in handcuffs.

"This is amazing!" he exclaimed. "There's me and the whole team."

"And see, I made a goat behind you! 'Cause you all saved a goat from bad guys."

Steve and Elizabeth shared a grin.

"This is super great, I'm going to hang it up so I can see it every day." He glanced at Steve, who was grinning from the far side of the smart table. "Thanks, Angie. I'll let you visit your dad while …" he began, and Steve barked a laugh. "She's not here to visit me…" he raised a brow.

"Daddy's right, I'm here to see you and ask you stuff about being on the team," Angie said excitedly. "You're not on a case right now, are you?"

Jadon chuckled at her usual enthusiasm. "Not today. I'm learning lots of stuff on day one, though. What do you want to ask?"

"So many things." A gleam captured her attention. "Can I see your badge?" She began, pointing to the brand new Five 0 badge at the young officer's hip.

"Yeah." He unclipped it and passed it into her little hands. He still couldn't believe it was his, and when he saw Elizabeth smiling at him, he grinned. "There it is. I'm all official-like."

"It's really shiny!" Angie noted. "Daddy's isn't as shiny, 'cause it's old."

Steve chuckled and looked up to see Danny and Kono entering the bullpen after running down a witness to interview. "Theirs are old too," he pointed, and Angie agreed even as she ran to give them hugs.

"Who are you calling old?" Danny said as Chin came out of the conference room to greet the visitors.

"Your badge is old, Uncle Danno, Angie explained. "Jadon's is all new and shiny."

"Wait until he follows your father into a swamp, that badge won't be new and shiny long." He turned to Steve. "We need to interview Bradford. Vaughn gave him up. They're both downstairs."

Steve nodded. "Kono, you're with me. Bradford trusts you. Chin and Danny, talk to Vaughn." He knelt to kiss Angie's cheek. "Be a good listener and I'll see you at home." He glanced up at Elizabeth. "This may take a while. Catherine'll be home by 5:30."

"No problem, we're having our dinner first anyway. DJ and Joseph's class is over at 5:00, then they're going to the diner with Walter Jefferies and his grandson."

"Perfect, thanks; then I'll grab takeout for me and Catherine." He smiled and turned to Jadon. "You're about to get a taste of being interrogated by an aggressive questioner." His eyes flicked towards his daughter "After you're grilled, drop the rest of your intake paperwork on my desk and head out. We'll go over it first thing."

"Got it," Jadon said with a nod. "So, Angie, what questions do you have?"

"Bye, Daddy! See you later," she said, and waved to Danny, Chin, and Kono, saying, "Bye everybody!" before turning her full attention to Jadon. "Did you chase bad guys today? Did you ride in Uncle Danno's car?" She bounced on her toes. "Did you get to say freeze yet?"

Jadon chuckled. "Mostly I learned about stuff here at HQ today."

Angie tilted her head. "What stuff?"

"Well," he began, rubbing the back of his neck, "There's a lot of paperwork. And, um… some training."

"Paperwork? Daddy hates paperwork." She wrinkled her nose. "But maybe you'll catch a bad guy tomorrow."

Jadon laughed. "Maybe. But I need to learn the ropes, because they're a lot different than at HPD."

"Ropes? Like on the obstacle course? Mommy can help you if you need help; she's the best at obstacle courses."

"True that," he said with a grin, "but I mean more like learn the rules here."

"Rules are very, very important," the seven year old agreed. "Right, Grandma?" She looked at Elizabeth.

"Right, sweetheart." She smiled at Jadon. "And I'm sure the newest member of the task force has a lot to go over."

"Like you don't need to wear your uniform no more. And you have to be very, very careful because everyone loves you."

"Awww," he put a fist out to bump and Angie obliged. "If I didn't know better, I'd say my mama told you to say that," he teased. "I'll be careful," he assured her. "Besides, I'll have your dad and the team backing me up."

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