Chapter 20: Epilogue

Steve at quietly in his office going over the mountain of paperwork that Danny had predicted, and that, indeed, arrived for the Five-Os to handle when the Governor started receiving angry calls from the cruise line and vice versa. The day dragged and dragged after the capture and the interrogation of the Commodore that finally convinced Danny that the man was telling the truth and that he had no idea of Richard Rosswell's history.

The Commodore, and the rest of his top ranking crew members, were returned to the ship, with Carl, to carry out their duties even though the ship would not be moving for several days. They still had many passengers accommodate while they waited.

Anna-Lisa also opted to return to her duties on the ship, once she had been made aware of the situation on board, and the Commodore himself made an apology to the young woman. He also vowed to help her in any way, shape, or form, to get her the promotions she deserved and to protect her while she remained with him.

After all the excitement of the morning disembarkation and arrests, Steve settled into his office, dealt with one very angry phone call from the Governor and then dove into the international paperwork and connection to see Ken and Dick removed to stand trial and to be returned to their native lands for further prosecution.

Steve was torn away from his paperwork, in the late afternoon, nearing the end of their general office hours, by a knock at his door. Looking up, he waved his partner into the office.

"We have some guests who would like a word with you," Danny said formally with a smirk that cross his face and then he promptly closed the door again.

Confused, Steve stood from his seat and walked around his desk. He exited his office to find Danny at the smart table with a gathering of familiar people.

"So I guess we won't see you boys for drinks tonight," Rodger said as he greeted the commander.

"We saw your big show first hand on the pier this morning," Joyce added with a laugh.

"Oh goodness, what a day," Lisa continued and Mark just nodded as he looked around in amazement at the office space and just where they had ended up, thanks to Danny.

"Wow, hi!" Steve said by way of stowing away his shock at seeing them in the office and not in the jazz lounge. "We could take you for drinks at our favourite place tonight, seeing as your ship is docked here for an investigation. I'm pretty sure Danny has already vetted you, and so you can enjoy the rest of your time here on the island."

"You owe us that much," Mark commented. "And an explanation."

"Danny has been very kind," Lisa added. "You're very good at what you do, dear."

"Awe, thanks!" Danny blushed.

"But I want to hear it from Steve," Mark insisted.

"Oh Mark, stop. Danny's already cleared that up and you googled them as soon as you got a wifi signal on shore," his wife scolded. "You know all there is to know about these boys. He's been positively obsessed with you since this morning."

"Quite the charade, none the less, wouldn't you say. You boys are very good undercover!" Rodger said in defence of his friend. "An elite task-force, murder investigations and an overly elaborate lie to cover your identities. Was any of it true?"

"I have two kids," Danny answered, and using the technology before him, he pulled up a picture for them.

"They're beautiful!" The ladies cooed.

"Awe, Thanks," Danny repeated proudly. "I think they're pretty great, but they are with their mother, my ex-wife, tonight. So I won't be able to introduce you, but I can go out for drinks. I am, however, never getting married again."

"You say that now, dear, but you haven't met the right lady," Joyce countered sweetly and petted his arm. "She's out there somewhere."

"So we know all about Danny, what about you, Steven?" Mark asked.

"I was actually born here, but we're not cousins," Steve added. "Our colleagues are, and my dad was a cop here. The rest, well, most of it is classified information, but I can tell you that I am a Navy SEAL, and the Commander of this unit. And that's about it."

"Yeah, that's all on the internet," Mark said with a wave of his hand. "Tell me something I don't already know."

"I can't, it's classified," Steve said apologetically but with a seriousness that warned them not to pry.

"Well, I guess you had a job to do," Rodger said to accept the explanation and to show that he really wasn't that upset about the whole thing. Mark, however, was less convinced but knew better than to question classified.

"And to think, you boys made friends with us on the boat. This is all to crazy," Joyce said as she looked around the office and gasped at the wall cases of weapons. "Of all the people on that boat, us."

"We're sorry we had to lie to you and that we ruined your vacation," Danny apologized. "But we're very good judges of character. You are good people, and we like."

"Oh you sweet boys!" Joyce cooed again.

"But we are very sorry to cut your vacation short. It was all the job, please accept our apology and the offer to have a meal with us tonight," Steve added to Danny's statement.

"Don't apologize, Mark and Lisa were sure they weren't going to find the excitement that they wanted on this cruise, and look at all the excitement you've provided in one day. What is the rest of the week going to be like stranded in Oahu?" Joyce asked mockingly. "It was quite the caper at sea, and I'm sure you could regale us with a multitude of your adventures now that you are not under cover."

"But we best leave you to your work, now that we know you've been working this whole time, we don't blame you," Lisa added sympathetically.

"No, no, we have this so under control, I think we deserve to call it a night. We generally keep regular office off. Let's get those drinks, and dinner. I'm starving. We're call in our whole team, including Toast and Charlie, and we'll show you a good time. The Aloha way," Steve said excitedly. "Danny, round up the gang, we've got some celebrating to do." He order.

"All on the Governor, I presume?" Danny asked sarcastically. "Or are you going to chance pissing him off more today?"

"Call it a business expense," Steve winked, "it's the least we can do for interrupting these lovely people and their voyage," Steve said and moved to leave. "Wait, did Danny give you the grand tour of this place? It's kind of a big deal for tourists, mainly for the statue out front but, I mean, we're here," He said excitedly.

"No, not at all, but he was busy," Mark answered.

"Oh, well, follow me then," Steve said and motioned to their guests. "Danny round up the team," he shouted over his shoulder once more. "Call Max too, get him down here to meet our friends. He's our coroner, met the bodies on the big island, so yeah there was a murder on the Pacific Princess, actually three but who's counting?" Steve finished as he turned back to his guest.

"Yeah, we figured that much," Mark said with a laugh. "After the police took the whole boat."

"That was Steve's idea," Danny called after them. "Blame him for the piracy!"

"Don't listen to him," Steve said and steered their guests toward the exit. "He can be bitter."

"You boys are too much," Lisa said with a laughed and they carried on.

"Danny, hurry up!" Steve carried on.

"Yeah, yeah just go all ready and tell them all about the Hale," Danny responded and waved them away as he held his phone to his ear and got down to business.

"So this is the Ali'iolani Hale, it was built between 1871 and 1874 and currently houses Five-O and the state supreme court..." Steve turned on the tour guide and moved with his visitors through the office as he tried to make up for the disruption in his new friends Hawaiian adventure.

The End.