Hawaii Five-O: Regenics

25 Christmas Surprise.

Andrew hadn't slept a wink. He kept an eye on the little ones while Ben and Aletta slept with their doors open. It was twenty past six when he decided to take a trip downstairs to the restaurant and passing by the lobby he noticed that below the tree and all along the walls were newly wrapped gifts. Gifts that they didn't leave there last night along with those they had.

"Hello Andrew, would you like some tea?" LA-CIE appeared in her usual adult form.

"LA-CIE, are you ok? I mean..."

"I'm ready for travel, yes. Why are you nervous?"

"I," he looked at the gifts again, "I um, just really wanna take this bracelet off. It's been tough this year."

"I know, but you must be fair and follow the rules, the rules that you helped make,"

"Of course," he picked up a box and shook it to make sure there was something inside.

"Tea?"

"Sure, and do I have to wait for breakfast too?"

"I'm sorry, breakfast will be served in the Pilots' Lounge today. Top floor."

"How come?"

"Special request made by Knute,"

Andrew's eyes darted to and fro. The worry about Knute's revenge not being over, solidified in his mind. "Never mind the tea, thanks though, uh, for asking," he took off running towards the elevator. "Seven am!" LA-CIE shrugged her shoulders and disappeared.

...

"Guys! Guys!" Andrew woke his friends, "Guys we've got a problem,"

"What now?" Aletta rubbed her eyes at her door.

"Knute made a request for everyone to have breakfast on the Pilots' Lounge, in half an hour,"

"What?"

"That can't be good,"

"The lounge is beautiful but there's a lot of places to hide stuff. It's a trap," Simon complained.

"Hey, I'm starving so get showered and changed into whatever crap Knute wants you to wear and let's go. This is a long time coming so scream, let him have his fun so we could go to the docks," Ben hurried them along as he stood in short pants, a tee shirt with a furry sash and hat looking like 'Bamm Bamm from the Flintstones.' The sash had a white bone in it to the front.

"What the hell are you wearing?!" Aletta could not hold back her laugh.

"This morning my closet was locked and only this outfit was in my top drawer,"

"Ahhh!"

"Trish!" Ben ran back into their suite to check on his wife.

"Bloody Hell!" "Crap!"

They heard Theo and Kenzo complain from their rooms.

"Andrew, I think it's time you take a shower," Aletta smiled at him.

"Go on take it like a man," she continued when Theo came out with a full head of lavender hair and wearing a purple and black plaid trousers and waistcoat with a white shirt underneath.

"Is this how Knute feels when we make him dress casual for Christmas?"

"It should be a direct violation of a rule," Kenzo complained, " Please Andrew, let's make this a rule?" He stood there in white three quarter pants and a bright yellow diamond patterned polo tee.

"My God, you hate golf," Ben sympathized with him, "Come on honey, everyone looks like crap today," he pulled Trish out of the room. Her bright orange hair and ruffled silver dress was way too much attention for her.