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When Steve and Danny met up with Kono, Chin, SWAT and the HPD officers at the dock-side warehouse, there's already a lot of activity.
"What's going on?" Steve asks when he joins Chin and Kono who are talking with SWAT Captain Lou Grover.
"I don't know man," Grover says with a shake of his head. "We pull up, out of line of sight, and there's movement in the warehouse and office."
"We might have had this figured wrong," Chin adds.
"How so?" Danny asks. He looks from Chin to Kono who is bringing up the video feed to the surrounding property.
“When Duke got here, he said it didn’t look like Yamada was being held against his will. In fact, he said he saw him get out of a black BMW and walk into the warehouse’s office,” Kono replied.
“Any sight of Angelo Li?” Steve asked.
“Right here,” Kono said as she finally got the video from the external cameras. “Li was waiting outside for Yamada, they shook hands and entered the building.”
“So they were in it together,” Danny stated for clarification.
“Looks like it, but we can ask when we go in,” Chin replied. “We better do it now, though. It looks like they’re packing up shop.”
“How do you want to do this?” Grover asked as he joined the group in looking at the video.
“It doesn’t look like they have much security,” Steve thought out loud. “Grover, have half of your team secure the perimeter with some of the officers from HPD. The rest will enter with us.”
Grover nodded his head and went to relay the plan to Duke. Once everyone was set up, teams swarmed the building, with SWAT and HPD officers capturing any men who tried to escape. Danny put a bullet in Angelo Li’s shoulder as he attempted to jump into truck being driven wildly by a bystander wanting to get out of the way. Steve, with the help of an excellently fired bullet to a pallet of fertilizer, stopped Hideki Yamada from escaping.
Before their rights could be read to them, Hideki Yamada and Angelo Li began yelling for their lawyers and claiming police brutality.
“The one time I do everything by the book, I get perps yelling about brutality,” Steve says with a shake of his head.
“You can’t catch a break, can you, Boss?” Kono asked with a fake mournful look on her face.
“At least I can’t get yelled at for shooting anyone,” Steve replied as he watched Danny shove Li towards the waiting ambulance.
“This time,” Chin and Grover added with a laugh.
Steve ignored their comment in favor of reciting the now memorized Miranda Rights to the guy he had in cuffs.
Danny joined the group after he made sure a HPD officer would be accompanying his prisoner to the hospital to be checked out.
“What’s so funny?” Danny asked.
“Steve’s pouting about being yelled at even though he did everything by the books,” Kono said with a laugh.
“Poor him. I’m sure he deserved the yelling at for something, though,” Danny said.
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“I almost feel bad for White,” Kono said to Danny as they watched Steve and Chin interrogate Hideki Yamada.
“Almost?” Danny asked. “Why?”
“He got double crossed,” Kono replied. “I mean, I know he broke the law, but they were going to let him go down for it...and the supposed murder of Yamada, if we’re to believe what he’s saying, was the next part of their plan.”
Danny made a thoughtful sound. “Yeah, I guess that does suck, but you know that crime doesn’t pay.
Steve and Chin exited the interrogation room and Danny and Kono met them in the hall. “He basically confessed to everything,” Chin said even though they heard everything. “I’ll arrange for transport back to HPD.”
“When you’ve done that, head home. It’s been a long day,” Steve said. “We can do reports tomorrow.”
“And will you actually be doing your report?” Danny asked as he followed Steve to the elevator that would take them up to their offices.
Steve gave a noncommittal shrug and fought the laugh that was threatening to bubble up as he listened to Danny rant about him having an aversion to writing up reports.
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It was late by the time Steve and Danny got home. They stopped for dinner and some minor necessities they needed for Lucas and Lilia that they wouldn’t have time to get in the morning and that couldn’t wait until the weekend.
“I’m proud of you, babe,” Danny said as they walked up the path to the house, “We were at a warehouse and you didn’t blow it up or decide to go for a swim in the ocean.”
“Today’s just Wednesday, Danno,” Steve said gleefully. “I can always decide to do that on Thursday or Friday.”
Danny groaned as he pushed the door open. “Of course you can. What was I thinking?”
“We’re home,” Steve said as he entered the house behind Danny and closed the door behind himself.
“And you’re out of diapers,” Mary responded.
Danny held up the box of diapers and baby wipes. “I come with gifts for stinky babies!”
“Awesome!” Mary replied giving two thumbs up, “They’re waiting upstairs to be given a bath and changed. My Auntie/Mommy duties are done for the night. I’m going out.”
“Don’t you want to stay for bath time?” Steve asked.
“I would,” Mary said as she grabbed her purse from the couch, “But I’ve already had my bath for the day and don’t need another one just yet.” She blew them kisses when she opened the door, “Don’t wait up!” she called out from the other side of the quickly closing door.
Danny pulled Steve towards the stairs. “Come on. Your stinky babies await us.”
“Why are they always mine when they stink?” Steve asked as he followed Danny.
“You’re the one who stinks more,” Danny said, “so any stinkiness they get comes from the McGarrett genes.”
= FIN =