Charade

Spoiler for upcoming episode 6.9 Hana Keaka (Charade) and a bit for ep 6.8

A/N No slash. Never have, never will. I wish there was a way to clearly identify slash fics on .

A/N After seeing the preview for Episode 6.9 Hana Keaka (Charade) I got a scene playing in my head so I put it down. It was really short, just the very first part of this first chapter (about 800 words), so I added some more and then some Danny whump. Hope you like it.

A/N I can't wait for this episode. It promises lots of Danny and looks like it will allow Scott to spread his wings. Read an article recently where Claire Van der Boom said that H50 allows Scott to improvise and do his own thing because it's "such gold". She said that playing opposite him is daunting because she never knows what he will bring. For me, watching him improvise and ad lib as he pretends to be a college professor will definitely be gold! "This has epic fail written all over it!" Love it!

A/N I don't own rights to any of the characters.

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The team stood around the high tech table as Steve summarized the situation. A college professor had been killed. Danny's nephew Eric was in the class. It appeared that there was more to it than just the murder. Steve finished his summary with the statement, "We need somebody on the inside. Danny you make the most sense."

"Woah, woah woah," Danny said, hands up in protest. "Have you lost your mind? A college professor? I barely graduated high school."

"This is a Criminal Justice course. It needs an expert in criminal procedure. That's you," Steve pointed out.

"I get that you can't do it because you're not a cop and you wouldn't know proper procedure if it hit you upside the head, but what about Lou? He knows procedure."

"Does he look like a college professor to you?" Steve asked in reply.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lou asked.

"You want to do it? Go ahead," Danny offered.

"No, this is all yours Williams," Lou threw back.

"What about Chin, then? He's been a police officer for a long time." Danny kept trying.

"Chin played football at Hawaii U. His face is on some pictures there. Won't work. And before you even try, everybody knows Kono from her surfing days," Steve laid it out for him.

"So, you're saying I'm the perfect choice because I'm a nobody?"

"I'm saying you're the perfect choice because you know criminal procedure better than any of us, better than anybody I know. No offense to any of you," Steve said to the rest of the team.

They all waved off his comment. They knew he was right about Danny's expertise. He had a very high conviction rate in Newark and Five-O had a high conviction rate here because of Danny's knowledge and understanding.

"Seems to me there has to be a better way to do this," Danny protested.

"Oh stop whining Danny. This is college, not the mob."

"Yeah, replacing a college professor who got KILLED," Danny pointed out.

"Danny, you're the only one who's done real undercover work," Steve added his ace card. Kono's 15 minutes in front of Sang Min on her first day with Five-O didn't really count. "Your other work was dangerous, this is not."

"Famous last words, buddy," Danny told him.

"You've gone undercover before?" Lou asked, impressed.

"Yeah. Russian mob case was the longest. Did a few others too." Danny shrugged.

"He even learned to speak some Russian," Steve added with pride.

"You speak Spanish too, right?" Kono asked.

"Half the kids I grew up with spoke Spanish. You learn a few things."

"Things ever get 'hairy' undercover?" Abby asked. This was intriguing.

Danny nodded and started to speak but Chin interrupted.

"Seems to me that's a story for a team outing sometime." Chin was just maybe getting a bit jealous of Abby's interest in Danny's story. He turned to Danny now. "You have the knowledge and experience, Danny. Nobody else does."

Danny sighed. He was honored by the praise and he knew he wasn't going to win this argument. "Okay, okay. I'll do it."

"Don't see you as a Princeton type," newcomer/observer Abby said. "No offense. So, are you a Rutgers grad?" She knew he was from New Jersey so she mentioned their state university. "Great school."

"You play baseball there?" Kono asked now.

"They recruited me," Danny admitted, "but I didn't go. There was no money for that. There was enough money when Matty's turn came but I needed to work."

"How'd you get into the Police Academy then?" Chin asked.

"In Newark you don't have to have a bachelor's degree. An associates degree and related work experience can be enough. I worked security full time at the Budweiser brewery and went to Essex County College at night. After two years I was accepted into the Academy." Danny shrugged. It wasn't a glowing success story but he had done the best he could with what he had. A college degree wasn't the only way to a successful career.

"None of that matters," Steve said. "We'll be creating a back story for you anyway. So, you need a name, educational background, home town. All that stuff. You can go home at night to your house or we can set you up somewhere else if you prefer."

"My house is fine. When I have the kids, I have to be there."

"You sure?" Abby asked. "You might not want to get your kids involved."

Danny threw his hands in the air. "I have no idea how long this will take and that's fine with me, but I have no intention of not seeing Grace and Charlie." He turned to Steve now. "You ask me to do that and the whole thing's off."

Now it was Steve's turn to hold his hands up. "Hold on, buddy. I'd never ask you to stay away from them. You know that." He then turned and glanced at Abby. "Family first, is the code we work by". She was here as an observer so she could help her own State Task force that was being created so she was still learning the ropes.

"We'll keep an eye on things when the kids are around. Don't worry, brah," Chin assured Danny.

"I think we need to keep his background as New Jersey or New York. He's got that way about him," Lou said with a smirk. "That mind-set."

"Doesn't matter to me," Danny said.

"But having you come from somewhere else you'll have to do a bit of local dialect to be true to your cover. Not worth the effort, man," Lou added.

"Good point," Steve agreed. "We'll keep you from New Jersey. How about Camden?" He remembered Danny mentioning it recently so at least he was familiar with it.

Danny nodded. "Works for me."

"You should make your name Jeffries. Professor Jeffries," Kono said. "It suits you."

Danny shrugged. It was a very generic name and it didn't make much difference to him.

"You want to be a Princeton grad?" Chin offered as he typed on the smart board table.

Danny laughed. "No way. I've been told I'm not the Princeton type." He gave Abby a friendly wink. "Rutgers is fine."

"I think you should wear glasses," Kono offered now with a smile. She was really getting into this. "You'd look good in glasses. And you have a ton of ties so you can wear those. Very sophisticated."

Danny laughed again. "I don't think anyone has ever called me sophisticated before."

"If you're going home to your house then we need to put the kids into your new cover," Steve said as Chin continued to create the undercover persona on paper.

"I'll get you a driver's license and create a bank account and get you a credit card in the name of Jeffries," Chin said. Then I'll link it to the Five-O account.

"Credit card?" Lou said with a laugh. "I'm meeting you for lunch, Williams. You're buying."

"Always a pleasure," Danny laughed back.

Danny had been undercover as Professor Jeffries for a couple weeks now. His nephew Eric was in his class because he had already been enrolled but it was kind of nice to have him around –when the kid wasn't speaking up and making trouble in class just to annoy him, that is. He had actually helped them with some information and insights from the student side.

Danny had done well with the class. He actually rather enjoyed the teaching, enjoyed the interaction with inquisitive, eager, open young minds. The students seemed to respond well to him. Some of the young women seemed to have an un-professorial interest in him, which was surprising yet flattering. He'd worked hard to handle it professionally.

He had jumped right in to try to form connections with some of the other professors as well. Anyone was a possible source of information so all needed to be tapped. He had even headed out to lunch with a few of them.

They had figured out the mystery behind the murder and the other crimes involved – a campus presence that had its hand in the drugs and arms trades. It appeared that it might be connected to Gabriel but they did not yet have proof. They were getting close though. Danny's position inside the university was garnering quite a bit of information that would put a number of people away for quite some time.

Those people were getting wind of the fact that this new professor was asking a lot of questions and seemed to be figuring out who was involved in the organization. They needed to stop him before he got too far.

Danny was standing in the classroom, writing some information on the whiteboard behind his desk. It all reminded him so much of his school days but he was surprised that the room wasn't at least a bit hi-tech. Class was due to start soon so he wanted to finish with the board before the students came in. He didn't even turn around when the door opened, intent on finishing what he was writing. "I'll be right with you," he said. It was probably the same young woman who had come to him asking for 'extra help' yesterday in a voice way too sultry for a 19 year old he thought.

Suddenly, the hairs on the back of Danny's neck stood up. Something wasn't right. He started to turn and saw movement behind him, a flicker of light glinting off metal.

Tbc – just because so many of you like some Danny whump