After Steve told her they were wherever they were going, the three of them got out of the car and walked into this little restaurant where Lila sees Chin, the guy that she met that morning and then she realizes why Steve brought them there, the guy used to be a cop so he might know somethi h about the smuggling.
"Her name is Chen-Chi," Steve tells Chin showing him the picture on his phone.
Chin looks at the picture "where'd you find her?"
Steve looks at him "locked in a house, she came here to start a new life. They drugged her and turned her into a prostitute, the guy we're looking for is high profile: Victor Hesse, CIA, FBI, Interpol—he's on everyone's radar which means he didn't just land here and get his passport stamped, he was back-channeled in"
Chin looks at Steve "Mm and you think the same network that brought this girl to the island smuggled Hesse in"
Lila nods at what Chin said inserting herself into the conversation "We do, he made a fortune trafficking kids out of Malaysia"
"Then you are looking for a snakehead. Local Chinese gangs that specialize in human smuggling"
Danny speaks for the first time since we sat down "okay we need a name"
Chin laughs "are you kidding? Look at me, I'm a rubber gun now"
"Come on you were on the force for 15 years" Chin sighs "Okay, look I know a guy who's got ties to that world"
He goes to say something else but Steve cuts him off "great, get us an intro" Chin shakes his head "forget it. He's a former confidential informant, he trusts no one. Especially Haoles"
"You talk to him then"
"I'm busy"
Lila internally rolls her eyes 'and here goes Danny getting worked up' "you're busy? What are you expecting a crime wave in the gift shop this afternoon?"
Chin looks between the three of them "look I can't be a cop anymore"
Steve looks at him "Why not?"
Chin leans forward in his seat "because I can't be! You understand? HPD accused me of taking payoffs. So, I'm the last person the department wants to see wearing a badge"
After that Chin gets up "I gotta go"
Lila looks between Steve and Danny "this is going really well don't you think?"
Steve calls out as Chin leaves "Did you take the money?"
That stops Chin in his tracks "excuse me?"
Steve turns in his chair to look at Chin "Did you take the money?"
He shakes his head "No"
Steve stands up with Danny and Lila following behind him "then come with us and we don't need to talk about this again. Ever. This is your ticket back in the game, call it payback, call it whatever you want, I don't care but I need you"
Chin looks at Steve calculating "how do you know you can trust me?"
Steve looks him in the eye "because my old man did"
Chin agreed to go with them and is taking them to see his former CI, Chin is in the front, Lila is walking with Seve behind him and Danny is in the back pulling up the rear of their little group. The group of four walk up to a Shave ice stand, Chin smiles at the man behind the counter "Hey, Kamekona!"
They do a bro hug thing "How's it?" the man Kamekona smiles at Chin "Good to see you, my brother"
Chin leans in a bit "Hey bro."
"Hmm?"
"I need a name"
He nods towards Steve, Lila, and Danny "they wait out there" Steve and Lila step back from the window as Danny was already away from the window "after they pay" Lila chuckles as Steve turns back towards Kamekona "three cones, three T-shirts to go"
Steve pulls out his wallet "Medium"
Kamekona shakes his head "XL and up brah, my face doesn't fit on anything smaller"
Steve nods looking at him "How much Kala, bulleh?"
Kamekona looks at him "you speak bird huh?"
Steve nods at him again "Yeah I grew up here"
"don't matter you still look hauli to me"
Steve hands him a fifty "this one feels a little bit lonely brah" Lila smirks thinking 'I think I'm gonna like him'. Steve hands him another fifty "cool" Steve walks away from the window "one more thing, I need you two fine white gentleman and your pretty little haole to do"
The three of them are standing by Danny's Camaro wearing Kamekona's shirts with a cup of shave ice and a little girl walks up to them looking at Steve "Are you a cop?"
He shakes his head "no" Steve crouches down to her level "you look like a cop" "you like cotton candy? Go find your mom"
Lila bites her lip to stifle her laughter at the scene playing out in front of her. The little girl looks at Steve "I don't like cotton candy" then Danny looks at the girl "I got something you might like okay? How about" he pulls a big pink stuffed bunny out that Lila hadn't even noticed was in the backseat as well "how about that?" the kid nods "yeah, thanks" "you're welcome" then the kid walks away.
Danny turns back around to see Steve looking at him "what?"
Chin walks up to the three of them laughing Steve looks at him "you better have a name"
The just got back to what is going to be their headquarters and the four of them are around a table in the middle of the room Steve and Lila are on one side, Danny is on the end and Chin is on the other side of the table.
Chin looks at them and pulls up a picture in a tablet "Sang Min" he turns the tablet so the other three can see the picture of Sang Min "Came here from China 8 years ago, and according to my man Kamekona, he runs the islands human import/export business. So, Hesse could have used him to get on or off the island"
Danny looks at them "So let's say this guy is for real. Still got no reason to tell us where Hesse is"
Steve shrugs "well' we find some leverage, twist his arm"
Chin looks at him "define leverage"
Lila smirks knowing where Steve is going with this "simple bait and trap"
Steve nods agreeing with what Lila said "exactly wire up an undercover and send him in"
Chin looks at Steve and Lila "Only one problem, malihini that might work well on the mainland but we're on an island with less than a million people, which means the bad guys know the good guys, so we need to look for our bait outside the box"
Steve gives him a look "I take it you have the perfect guy in mind"
Chin smirks "oh yeah"
Lila smirks to herself thinking 'ohhh by that smirk I take it Steve is gonna be surprised that Chin's perfect 'guy' isn't a guy at all.' she read his body language when he was answering Steve that's how she knew their undercover is a woman, not a man.
The four of them are at the beach getting ready to meet Kono. Chin's cousin who is going to be their undercover if she agrees. Danny looks ta Chin "That's your cousin?"
Chin smirks "chose your next words very carefully"
Lila smirks as Danny shakes his head "well she's very talented" Lila smirks at her little brother but she keeps her mouth shut.
"Oh, she's off the charts, spent three years on the pro circuit before blew out her knee. The kid was devastated. She had to reinvent herself and decided to wear a badge, graduates from the police academy in a week. Unfortunately, she's family, which means HPD will never take her seriously"
Some guy makes her wipeout and Steve looks at Chin "are you sure she's ready for this? She's got no street experience"
She comes out of the water sticks her board in the sand and walk over to the guy that made her wipe out "Ho brah" then she punches him in the face Lila smirks already liking the girl "think twice next time you want to drop in on someone's wave"
Lila smiles at the exchange between Chin and Kono. Chin smiles at her "Kono, meet Commander Steve McGarrett, Delila Williams and Detective Danny Williams"
She shakes Steve's hand and he smiles "Nice right cross"
"Nah man that was a love tap" she smiles and shakes Danny's hand "Hi"
Lila smiles at the girl and they shake hands as well "Hey there"
Steve gets right to the point "so your cousin tells us your graduating from the police academy next week" She nods looking a bit confused "how'd you like to earn a little extra credit before you do?"