Tom & Jack had always been close friends with Ed Travis & David Mitchell. Back when Evie was still young, the four uniformed officers hung out together at Malone's. Ed always seemed to ahead of his friends. He was first to become a detective and he was the first to become sergeant. When people thought of the prototypical good cop, they thought of Ed. However, Ed had a darker side which only grew more darker as time passed. Tom, Jack & David noticed this, but always passed it off as Ed getting older & grumpier. Ed seemed to become more preoccupied with what others had and how much. When answering a call from someone who had money. Ed always took the time to point out such details as the artwork, or gold candlesticks in someone's home. Over the years, Ed's preoccupation with other people's wealth gnawed at him like a cancer. He was busting rich crooks who he knew would get off lightly with the right lawyer. Money was power and power meant you could do what you wanted. Ed always boasted that one day he'd be living in the lap of luxury. Jack would always tell Ed, "Not on a cop's salary." These words Jack spoke only added to Ed's lust for power & wealth.
Ed had always been a good looking man. He was 5'9" tall, weighted 180 lbs and had dark hair which was already receding when he joined the force. This however didn't impede his getting women. Ed was always popular with the ladies. As time passed, Ed noticed more and more how easy it would be for a cop to earn extra money. It made him wonder why more cops weren't doing illegal activities? Sure, some cops took bribes, but that was chump changes compared to what they could make in other areas. The cops had all the best street connections when it came to drugs & weapons. Plus there was a never ending supply down in the basement at the Central Station. The property room at the Central Station is were all the drugs & guns removed from the streets ends up. Those items are kept there for use in trials against suspects. Millions of dollars in cash is often kept there. 10's, if not 100's of millions in drugs & weapons are also stored there. The police had their own supply warehouse and no one was using it. Ed finally decided that he had to make himself rich. He came up with a plan to start using the drug dealers he was busting and put them to work for him. Ed started out small and for years no one knew what he was doing on the side.
The years came & went. Ed's bank account was getting fatter with each passing year. Everything was kept hidden from his friends. Not even Ed's closest friends, Tom, Jack & David knew his secret. By this time all four friends were detectives and Evie was away attending college back east. Things started turning against Ed on the day one of his dealers was busted. Ed knew that the man wouldn't keep his mouth shut, so Ed decided to shut it for him. While the man was sitting in a holding cell. Ed slipped in unnoticed and kill him. In those days cameras weren't all over like they are now. But David Mitchell who was Ed's partner began to notice some odd behavior. Ed would disappeared from the robbery/homicide squad room and make phone calls on the public phone. Sometimes it was the public phone in the lobby. Other times it was a public phone down the street, or even acrossed the street. The department never cared about it's personnel making, or getting private calls while on duty. It just couldn't become a habit. Ed never made any private calls from his desk phone. One day while running the required safety check on their unmarked police unit, David found Cuban Cigars rolled up and stashed under Ed's seat. David knew that only Ed could have dropped them there. The questions were. Where did Ed get them and why was he carrying them around? David never asked these questions. He was to afraid of the answers he would get. Ed & David had become like brothers, in the same way Tom & Jack did. 2 weeks had passed since Davis started to wonder about his partner. It was then while out on a date that David saw Ed taking an envelope from a man who Ed once busted for drugs. David couldn't be sure, but he felt it had to be money. This meant that at least Ed was taking bribe money and at worst Ed was taking money from the sale of drugs.
During their off hours, David started tailing his partner. He was keeping logs and taking pictures. As the days passed, it was becoming clearer that Ed had become a dirty cop. Still David held out hope that his friend could turn over a new left and change his ways. David decided not to tell anyone else what he found. On a dark night in an alley behind a liquor store David confronted his partner. The two men talked for a while about what David had suspected all along. Ed admitted to being dirty, but wasn't about to change his ways. He was making to much money and was going to retire a rich cop in a few more years. David knew he had no choice. He told Ed that he'd be turning him in if Ed didn't stop this madness. Ed then acted like he would stop. He even started to cry, but his tears were only an acting job. David said that it was getting late and they could talk about this more in the morning. He then turned and started walking towards his car. Ed pulled a 9mm and shot David in the back. The gun Ed used was one he picked up after an armed robbery. To police it would look like just another cop killing by a street gun. Ed put on another great acting job when Jack called him and said David was dead.
Jack & Tom had been given David's death to investigate. Ed knew how good they were and beat them to David's apartment. He ripped the place apart looking for the evidence which David had on him. Ed never did find the logs, or the photos. By the time Jack & Tom reached David's apartment, it was clear that this wasn't just another cop killing. Someone had been here looking for something important. Jack & Tom just didn't know what yet. Ed was starting to feel the heat. He decided on making a quick getaway when the time was right. A few days after David's funeral, the a detective from the Narcotics Division called Jack with questions about Ed. Word had reach narcotics about Ed's operation. It may have started out small, but over the years it grew. It had grown so large that it was no longer possible to hide it. People were whispering on the streets about the dirty cop who was selling drugs and was now selling weapons. When the street people were questioned, each of them described Ed Travis to a "T." Captain Charlie Warren who had been the Central Division Commanding Officer at the time, told Jack & Tom to expend their investigation and check out Ed Travis. Jack & Tom searched anything and everything that belonged to David Mitchell. They found a key which fit a safety deposit box at a local bank. After getting a court order, Jack & Tom searched the box and found David's logs & pictures that he took of Ed and his dirty deals. There was now enough evidence to believe that Ed killed David to keep him quiet. Plus as luck would have it, Tom found a homeless man who watched the two men talking and saw Ed shot David in the back. It ripped the guts out of both Jack & Tom to think that their close friend was not only a big time drug pusher, but he was also a killer. To make matters worse, that killing was of another close friend of theirs. Gone where the days of friendship, good times and laughter. Jack & Tom had no choice but to bring their friend to justice. A warrant was issued for Ed Travis, but Ed got word of this. He skipped town and head for Mexico, just like he planned on doing. Once in Mexico, Ed just seemed to disappear. Ed stayed on the run for 8 years until he was picked up by the Five-0 task force. Not being one to wait a chance, Ed used the one phone he got to call LA. Ed set in motion a plan that he came up with years ago. This plan was made just in case he was ever caught.
Ed's people in Los Angeles knew all about the mole inside the LAPD. In fact, once Ed found out this news, he used this mole to keep tabs on how close the LAPD was to catching him. The LAPD was never close to tracking Ed down, so he was living an easy life in Hawaii when the Five-team busted him. Ed was still up to his old trick selling drugs which is how he ended up getting caught. It was just before 8 am Tuesday morning when Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett along with Detective Sergeant Danny Williams & Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly led Ed Travis into the Honolulu Airport. McGarrett had planned on taking Travis to Los Angeles himself. But Lieutenant Catherine Rollins just happened to have a day off and invited Steve to the beach with her. The two had been dating for sometime now and things had been so crazy they hadn't spent a lot of time together. Chin Ho said he could take Travis to LA and be back in no time. Hawaii was one hour behind LA in time. The flight would take about 5 hours so McGarrett figured Chin would be back before nightfall. It all seemed so easy. Chin would keep Travis with him and meet Lieutenant Reed & Sergeant Taylor at LAX. After the paperwork was signed, Travis would be turned over to the LAPD's MCU.
Everything was set by the Monday before. Jack however wasn't pleased when Travis would return on Tuesday. A case Jack & Steve had worked on was coming up for trial starting Tuesday. Jack had to be there in court. James also had the day off since Cindy decided to stay a few more days after the girls night out. Kim was left at the office manning the squad room. Tom decided that he & Evie could pick up Travis at LAX. The information Tom received was that the plane would land at 2:45 pm LA time. So he & Evie weren't in any rush. Chin Ho was told just the names of the two detectives meeting him. He was never told that one should be a woman. Chin's flight touched down just after 2 pm. After making in through security Chin finally met with two men who flashed LAPD badges. An important detail such as the MCU having special LAPD badges was left out when Chin was told who he was meeting. There was no way that he or anyone else on the Five-0 would know that the MCU carried badges with those letters on them. Everything seemed on the up and up when Chin met with Reed & Taylor. However things turned against Chin when Travis acted sick. Chin and the fake Reed & Taylor rushed Travis into a nearby restroom. Once in there Chin was jumped by the fake cops and knocked out. Travis was now freed by these men who worked for him. Tom & Evie reached LAX just before 2:30. They were expecting to wait a while even after the plane landed. Evie noticed while checking out the board of incoming flights that the one they were looking for had landed already. Tom & Evie went to the security area where they were told Lieutenant Kelly was at the medical station in the airport. There was a bad feeling growing in Tom's stomach by the time he & Evie reached the med station. Tom & Evie walked up to where Chin was sitting. He was holding an ice pack on the back of his neck. " Lieutenant Kelly?.......I'm Lieutenant Tom Reed......This is Sergeant Evie Taylor......We're with the MCU. " Chin looked up upon hearing the voice. He just shook his head after seeing the letters "MCU" on their badges which were being held out for him to see. " Really? " Chin's reply wasn't a question. It was just the fact of learning the MCU carried special badges that become clear too him.
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