Three hours later, Danny was sitting on Steve's couch, trying to figure out how his life had suddenly turned into some kind of mystery movie.

In the last three hours he had learnt that there had been, in fact, a queen of Hawaii, that she had possessed very valuable jewelry, that not all of her jewelry was accounted for, and that one of the most valuable pieces was thought to be definitely lost.

Well, this piece was not in fact lost… It was lost to the State of Hawaii, but there was a Casino owner that had had it in his possession for the last five years, and an international thief that knew its current exact location perfectly. The problem was that while Benedict had been very careful about keeping the necklace hidden, the thief didn't like to keep his treasures buried, so he had put together a huge scam in order to show off his little piece of jewelry freely.

Ocean and Ryan spent far too long explaining to Danny and Steve how they wanted to steal the stolen necklace. It would take 11 people, the help of a few locals, and all the luck in the world to pull it off. After the long explanation was over, Danny just stared at them for a minute, trying to figure out if this was some kind of a joke or if he really was in front of a couple of guys that could make Steve's antics seem like a peaceful stroll down the park.

After Danny had processed what these guys wanted to do, what they wanted him to do, and had some level of certainty that this was the real plan and not some sort of practical joke, he stood up abruptly and moved towards the lanai. "Steve, a word please?" He said to his partner, but not before muttering a "Don't go anywhere" in the general direction of the two other men in the room.

Danny moved to one of the chairs and sat down tiredly, waiting for his partner to join him. Once Steve was sitting at his side, Danny started talking. "Listen… I'm going to need to take a couple of weeks off for this…" He said, not looking at his partner.

Steve raised his eyebrows. "Excuse me?"

Danny turned to his partner, but still wouldn't look straight at him. "I said I need to take a couple of weeks off for this! What part of that is unclear for you, huh?"

Steve glared at the blonde man. "Just the part where it sounds like you're thinking on doing this thing alone!" Steve growled.

Danny finally lifted his eyes to glare at his partner. "Well, yes! Of course I have to do this alone!" Danny yelled.

Steve sighed. "Is that your final answer?" He asked.

Danny nodded, not being able to say it out loud.

Steve nodded sadly, and moved to stand up. What Danny never expected was for his partner to kick the chair from under him, which made Danny fall to his knees. He was also surprised by the large foot pushing at the small of his back, which made him flop unceremoniously to the floor, laying on his stomach. Before he could start to make sense of what was going on, he felt a handcuff being secured on his wrist, followed by an uncomfortable tug on his arm and the same familiar click after the other cuff was attached to the other wrist, behind his back.

Danny laid there in shock for a couple of seconds before the shock gave way to anger. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" He growled, struggling to get back on his feet.

Steve was having more trouble than he thought keeping his partner still. "Well, Danno… What'd you want me to do? You're an accessory to theft! I have to arrest you!"

Whatever Danny was about to say flew from his mind at Steve's words. It was true, he was an accessory to theft, and Steve was right to arrest him. He allowed his partner to get him on his feet, the fact that the theft hadn't even taken place yet not even registering on his mind. He looked up to see that Steve seemed to have been talking to him. "… Five-0 business…" Steve finished.

Danny blinked a couple of times, but still couldn't make sense of what Steve had said. "What?" He asked, confused.

Steve sighed and placed his hand on Danny's shoulder. "I said that even if I wanted to, Chin and Kono would never let you do this on your own, Danno… So there's no way you're doing this alone." He said, shaking Danny's shoulder gently.

That brought Danny out of his stupor. "What? Whatever happened with you arresting me, huh?"

Steve shrugged. "Well, it's not gonna happen, unless you try to do this thing on your own…"

Danny shook his head. "What? What the hell is the matter with you?"

Steve looked surprised. "Are you seriously telling me that you'd have listened to me if I hadn't done this?"

"Well, I sure as hell am not listening to you until you get these cuffs off me!" Danny yelled.

"Well, I'm not getting the cuffs off you until you accept that you're not doing this thing alone!" Steve growled.

"Weren't you in the room just now? Didn't you hear Ocean say that they had a team of at least ten people to do this thing?" Danny yelled, feeling very frustrated at not being able to wave his hands around.

"And do you really think that any of those people are going to have your back, Danny?" Steve said, matching Danny's tone.

Danny had to take a moment to calm himself. He drew a deep breath and looked at his fuming partner. "This is not your problem, Steve."

Steve shook his head, chuckling. "This is not your problem either, Danny…"

Danny sighed. "Alright… I get your point…" He said with a nod of his head. "But I'm not making any decisions with these handcuffs on." He finished, glaring at his partner.

Steve winced. "Alright, just don't hit me once I get them off…" He said, moving to Danny's back and taking the cuffs off.

Steve was expecting to be punched in the face by his partner, so the elbow in the stomach came as a shock. He doubled over, hanging on to the wooden railing nearby, trying to catch his breath. The feel of the cuff tightening on his wrist made him open his eyes in surprise. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Danny secured the other cuff to the wooden railing; leaving Steve stuck in the lanai while he moved back to the house. "It's called payback, babe!"

Danny went back into the house, finding Ocean and Ryan looking at him uncertainly. "Ok… So I'm in. The only problem is that that Neanderthal that I call partner wants in as well, and once he's in, our two teammates are going to want to help too, so what do you say?" Danny asked, looking resigned.

Ocean and Ryan looked at each other, shrugging, and then looked back at Danny. "The more the merrier!" Ocean finally said, with a fake smile on his face.

Right then Steve rushed into the room with the handcuffs still attached to his wrist and a jagged piece of wood hanging from the other cuff. "Wait! Danny's not taking any part on this op unless I'm in as well!" He said, using his most threatening SEAL growl.

Danny rolled his eyes, but Ocean and Rusty didn't look too confident about their safety. "Welcome to the team!" Said Ocean, his fake smile still firmly in place.

TBC…

A/N: Well, I'm sorry about abandoning this story for so long, but I've been having trouble coming up with a 'heist' good enough for these guys... I think I have come up with something worthy of them, but any ideas would be appreciated! ;-)

I hope you liked this chapter and I'll try to update soon-ish?

See you around!