Decision time

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua and Lori Weston don't belong to me at all. I'm merely using them for my own entertainment.

The character of Danni Williams 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. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

Here's the last and final chapter for this story!

I hope you enjoy it

Overall summary

Danni Williams liked to think that she was an easy going person in the large scale of things but enough was enough, it was time that Steve McGarrett decided what he wanted once and for all before he lost the best thing that he ever had (Part of the Danni saga)

Chapter Summary

Danni reached up and ran her hand down her face, she had overreacted big style back there.

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams

One sided Lori Weston / Steve McGarrett

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams

One sided Lori Weston / Steve McGarrett

Chapter Two

Danni reached up and ran her hand down her face, she had overreacted big style back there. Normally she found Lori's attempts at flirting with Steve amusing but not today, perhaps because she was still feeling ill or perhaps she was worried about how Steve would react to her news. Still that didn't excuse her reactions, she knew how Steve felt about her, and it was clear in every look and touch. He barely even noticed that Lori was alive but still, all she could picture was Lori's hand on Steve's arm and Steve not pushing it off. Why did he let her touch him? Could there be a chance that he did like Lori that way?

"Forgive me for speaking Detective" Max said, his quiet voice breaking the silence in the van. "But I can't help but notice that you are upset. Did the Commander react badly to your news?"

"My news" she repeated glancing towards him with a slight frown. Max nodded his head towards her stomach.

"I assume you have informed the Commander about your pregnancy" he said, Danni blinked, her mouth falling open slightly.

"How do you know about that?" She asked in surprise, Max glanced towards her, an amused look in his dark eyes.

"I've known for about a month now" he told her, "You have been showing many of the symptoms of early pregnancy. I know that you and the commander are a couple which led me to make the assumption that he is the father of your child. I noticed that you had what looked to be a row back at the crime scene and I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that it was due to that fact."

Danni breathed out an amused laugh, shaking her head.

"Well you did better than me, I've only found out today" she confided, she had always found Max surprisingly easy to talk to once she had gotten over his abruptness. "I haven't told Steve yet but you're right that he's the father. I just don't know what he's going to react, it's not as if we've ever discussed it. We don't even discuss what we're doing, I mean it could easily be that he'd rather be with someone else and doesn't know how to break it off because we are partners" Max snorted in disbelief attracting her gaze. "Something funny?" she asked coolly.

"This is normal for pregnancy" Max announced, "Your hormone are adjusting themselves leaving you feeling insecure and emotional" he continued ignoring her raised eyebrow. "I don't know much about human emotions or interactions" he admitted "But even I can see that the Commander loves you, not only loves you but is in love with you which I am assured are two different things though I don't quite see how that is possible. I am sure that the Commander wants to put down roots with you and a baby is a good way of doing that."

"He's probably angry at me" She said with a sigh.

"Possibly but he is more likely to be angry at himself that you still aren't sure about how he feels about you. Once he knows the reason behind it he will understand and if he doesn't than you can send him to me and I will explain to him about hormones and the way they affect women in the early stages of pregnancy" he offered.

"Thanks Max"

"My pleasure Detective" he replied, smiling when she shook her head to him.

"Max for the last time call me Danni" she said, "If anyone has earned the right to than its you."

"Thank you Danni" He said, bowing his head at her. "Now we have arrived, lets us begin our work." Danni nodded, waiting until he had pulled up to the building they shared before she got out.

"I'll meet you down there Max, I'm just going to check the office and make sure that nothings arrived while we've been gone and then I'll be right down with you" She said, waiting until he nodded at her before she headed into the building and up to their floor. She had just entered the lift when her phone went off.

"Williams" she said absently.

"What the hell happened sunshine?" Danni blinked at the sound of Kono's stressed voice.

"What do you mean what the hell happened?" She repeated. "Are you okay Kono?"

"I was fantastic until Boss man turned up at this crime scene looking as though someone has stolen all of his grenades, he's in a foul mood and Chin said he sounded fine this morning, he said he sounded happy and since there is only one person who can get him into this state I decided that it must have been something that you have done. So come on fess up, what happened this time?"

"Nice" She said, stepping out of the lift on their floor. "Normally I'd tell you that you are wrong but on this one occasion I think you're right" she admitted feeling guilty. "Lori was doing her usual thing and it just got to me, so I told him to stay at the scene with Lori because I was heading back to the office with Max to compare bodies" There was a moment's silence.

"And?" Kono said suspiciously. "That can't just be it"

"And I told him to choose between me and her, that if he wanted me then he needed to stop allowing all the flirting and touching."

"Danni" Kono groaned, "What the hell were you thinking?"

"I wasn't ok, I just saw her all over him again and something snapped."

"Well you need to make it up to him because he's pissing everyone off."

"I'll call him after I'm done with Max downstairs okay"

"Make sure you do" Kono said. "I don't get why the Lori thing is bothering you now" she pressed. "You've always laughed at it before, what's changed" Danni remained silent. "Danni?" Danni cracked.

"Okay if I tell you something then you promise on your surf board that you will not tell another soul? Not even Chin"

"I promise" Kono confirmed, sounding exciting, "What is it?"

"Are you by yourself?" Danni pushed.

"I am" Kono said. Danni took a deep breath, giving into her need to confide in someone.

"I'm pregnant Kono" Kono squealed, there was no other word that Danni could use to describe the high pitch sound that came out of her friend's mouth.

"Oh my god Danni, that's amazing news, Does Steve know?"

"No" Danni said, "Not yet anyway. I only found out this morning and somehow telling him on the way to a crime scene didn't seem right. You're the only person who knows other than Max who has apparently known since the moment I conceived that I was pregnant"

"He's strange like that" Kono agreed, lowering her voice. "This is going to blow the boss man's mind. He's going to be so happy when you tell him. Do you know how far along you are?" She asked.

"Two months I think" Danni said cautiously "But until I see the Doctor and have a scan then I'm not sure."

"Are you sure you are pregnant?" Kono asked, Danni nodded, checking through her emails quickly before she headed out of the office down towards the basement where Max was waiting for her

"Yes" she replied. "The test was positive and I've got the same symptoms as I did with Grace."

"This is so exciting, I won't tell a soul" she promised, "When are you telling Steve?" she asked.

"When he gets back to the office. Hopefully that will be good enough news to put a smile on his face" she said, grinning when Kono laughed.

"We'll have a hard time getting him to stop smiling" she said, "He just shouted that we're heading back to the office so we'll be there in about fifteen minutes or something. I'll text you when we're in the building" Kono said as she hung up the phone, Danni shook her head, turning her cell phone to silence and pushing it into her pocket. She breathed out before she pushed open the door leading to Max's domain.

"Good Danni, I was waiting for you" Max said from the side of one of the bodies.

"Thanks" Danni said. "I just want to talk about the bodies before you start" she said "then I'll be out of your hair"

"Understood" Max said, "Watching an autopsy in your condition wouldn't be advisable especially if you have been experiencing morning sickness" he said. Danni nodded.

"Okay, what can you tell me about the pair of them" She asked, accepted a pair of gloves from Max's assistant and pulling them on.

"There's not much to tell at the moment Detective" Max answered "One male victim in his late twenties, one female victim in her late thirties, both have similar injuries on their body, most likely caused by being struck by a blunt instrument of some kind."

"Was that what killed them?" Danni asked, glancing down at the two bodies.

"No" Max said, "at first glance it would appear that the cause of death is this" he said, pointing to a slash mark across the throat of the man. "Whoever did this knew what they were doing, most people think that the best way to slice someone's throat is to grip them tightly by the hair and drag the head back before they slice but that isn't the case. When the head is pulled back, muscles protect the artery. Only a professional knows to bend the head down, that leaves the artery exposed making the death quicker with no chance of being saved. Even if they were at hospital when it happened I doubt that they would live."

"So when you say professional, you mean a professional hit man or a military personnel."

"Possible" Max said with a shrug. "Or someone with a medical background."

"What about the time line of the death?" She asked, "Who was killed first." Max held up his finger glancing at the notes before he frowned.

"According to the notes they both have the same liver temperature which would indicate that both victims were killed at the same time."

"The same time" Danni said, biting down on her lower lip. "Is it possible that one of them could have been killed and then moved?" Max shook his head.

"Looking at the way the blood has pooled it's almost certain that they died where they were, if they had been moved then there would be signs of it on the body."

"That means there are two murderers" she said, her stomach sinking at the implications. "Is there anything else you can tell me?" She asked.

"These wounds were made by a weapon which are very similar to each other but I won't know until I made a mould of it and passed it to CSU. Your friend Agent Moore will be able to tell you more about that side of things then I will be able to."

"Okay, when you find out the victims IDs than please call me or you know, if there is anything else then please call me for that as well and I'll come down, thank you Max" she said, flashing him a smile and leaving the room. She glanced at her cell, selecting the text she had received from Kono, frowning when she read that they were all upstairs.

She made her way to their office, taking a deep breath as she entered the room, smiling at them as four pairs of eyes swung towards her. She noticed that Steve was standing next to Chin, as far away from Lori as he could.

"Hey" she said, stepping up to the table. "I've just been with Max and he's confirmed that we're looking at two murderers" She announced. "Both bodies have the same liver temperature and neither of them show any sign of being moved meaning they died where they stood, obviously a murderer can't be at both sites at the same time," she said.

"Did he say how they died?" Chin asked, Danni nodded.

"Jugular was sliced and he said it was done by someone who knew exactly what they were doing so we're looking at two professionals or two military personnel or perhaps a surgeon or some strange mixture of the two"

"Did he give you an ID" Steve asked, Danni glanced towards him, her heart skipping a beat at the look in his hazel-blue eyes before she shook her head, wondering even as she spoke whether their baby would have his eyes.

"He's going to text me, he still needs to confirm his findings but he's just started the autopsy for both of them now so we should soon know" she said.

"Okay Chin and Kono, run through the crime scene photos from the second scene and see whether anything sticks out, Lori do the same for the first one. Danni a word please" he said, turning and walking over to Danni's office, pushing the door open and stepping into it. Danni raised an eyebrow, surprised that he had chosen her office to speak, she glanced at the other three, her gaze meeting Kono's who gave her a little subtle nod before she turned her attention to the photos.

Danni moved across the room, slipping into her office and closing the door behind her.

"Danni what you did today was childish" Steve stated coldly. "Leaving the crime scene and-"

"I left the crime scene to look at both the bodies so I could see the similarities between them" she interrupted. "I didn't leave the crime scene unattended, both you and Lori was still there."

"That's not the point Danni" he stated.

"I think it is" she replied.

"Danni how can you think I want her when I have you" Steve burst out, reaching up and dragging his hand through his short brown hair. "You're the only one I want and if you think for a moment that-"

"I'm pregnant" Danni interrupted, the words escaping before she could hold them back. "I found out this morning, you're the father. We're having a baby Steve."

There was a silence, Steve's mouth falling open as his eyes widened.

"We're… we're having a baby" he repeated. Danni nodded.

"I know it's a shock but… but I'm keeping it and I'd like you'd to be involved but if you don't want to or you can't then I understand, I-" her voice was cut off as Steve moved across the room, picking her up, his lips crashing against hers as he twirled her around.

"We're having a baby" he said, excitement in his voice as a wide grin covered his face, his hazel-blue eyes gleaming with male satisfaction. "You're having my baby" he said, cradling her to him. Danni laughed at his reaction, glancing to the side to see the other three staring at them. A wide grin on Kono's face as she gave Danni a thumbs up Both Chin and Lori merely looked confused.

"Yep" she replied.

"How far are you along?" Steve demanded, slowly lowering her to the floor though he kept his arms around her, the pose protective.

"Two months I think" she said cautiously. "I need to go to the Doctors and get it confirmed but the pregnancy test was positive and I feel the same way as I did with Grace so-" her voice trailed off, smiling up at him as he placed her hand over her stomach.

"Two months" he said, "So you're due in May" he asked, Danni nodded.

"Yeah it would seem so." She said. Steve bit his lower lip, looking the happiest she had ever seen him.

"You're having my baby" he said again. "Move in with me Danni" Danni laughed.

"Somehow I knew you were going to say that" she said. "I need to speak to Grace first but if she's happy then yes we'll move in with you Steve" she stated. Steve bent down and kissed her.

"You make me so happy" he said, before he grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the office. "We're having a baby" Steve announced to the team, his grin widening if that was possible.

"Congratulations" Kono squealed, moving across the room and dragging Danni into a hug. "I told you he'd be happy" she whispered into Danni's ear, her arms tightening around Danni before she took a step back, looking critically at Danni. "You look gorgeous" she announced, "Pregnancy suits you Danni" Danni smiled, accepting Chin's hug when he barged passed Kono.

"Congratulations" he said, "I'm so happy for the pair of you."

"Thanks Chin" Danni replied, "It's a bit of a shock but-" her voice trailed off leaving her smiling

"You'll have to let us know when the wedding is" Kono piped up, Danni moved back.

"No one is getting married yet" she warned, "He's only just asked me to move in with him." Steve snorted, standing behind her and wrapping his arms around her, one hand resting on her small bump, his thumb stroking it beneath the material of her top.

"I've been asking you to move in with me for ages" he complained, "You just didn't realise. You already have half your clothes in my wardrobe, make up there and god knows what else."

"Yep but you never came out with the words" Danni said, stepping out of his arm and accepting Lori's hug and whispered congratulations, she sounded disappointed but Danni could hardly blame her for that, anyone would be disappointed to lose Steve. "Shouldn't we get back to work?" she asked. "The baby isn't going anywhere for the next six months odd, plenty of time for you all to bond with baby McGarrett" she remarked, catching the proud look that came to Steve's face at her words.

"Baby McGarrett" Kono squealed. "That's so cute, he's going to be adorable."

"He?" Danni repeated. Kono nodded.

"Oh yeah, McGarrett junior is definitely going to be a boy" she replied.

"Work, now" Danni said, making a shooing noise at them, grinning when Kono blew her a kiss as she made her way back to the table.

"Baby McGarrett" Steve repeated causing Danni to roll her eyes.

He was going to be unbearable.

Author Note

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