AN: So I was feeling masochistic and went back and watched the torture scene and the rescue(s) and this is what happened to me. Yeah, you could say I went to a pretty sad place. The lack of new episodes is probably making me crazy… Anywho, this was born in, like, five minutes, so it may be rough.

Thanks Bamie02 for reading this over and letting me drag you down with me.

I'm thinking I'll continue, but let me know your thoughts!

Blessings,

bookdiva

Pain. Pain and darkness. The angel—who'd been with him through the pain earlier—had left him, and he was now alone in the dark with his pain. Everything around him was dark and painful.

He tried to cry out for the angel, but his mouth couldn't form the sound. Then suddenly, unlike before, he could smell her.

Sunshine and gunpowder.

He knew she wasn't real—she couldn't be real—but he felt lighter all the same. Then, suddenly, he heard the angel's voice.

"Deeks?" even in the pain and darkness, he became concerned. Why was the angel in such distress. "Deeks—no!"

He wanted to reach out and make the angel's pain go away, but he couldn't get his body to respond.

"Deeks? Deeks!" With each call of his name, he managed to fight his way closer to consciousness. "Deeks!"

He finally broke out of the darkness. For a moment, he was relieved. But then the pain hit him and he gasped. Everything—the lights, the sounds, the smells—hit him at once, and he was completely overwhelmed.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. It's okay. It's me. It's me," the angel—whom he could now recognize as Kensi—said. "It's me."

Relief washed over him.

She's here. My Wonder Woman will save me.

"You—you gotta get me outta here."

She ran her hands all over his body, ignoring his plea and searching for hidden injuries.

"Kensi, the kit!" an unpleasantly familiar voice called from over by Sam. His mind was too far gone to be able to determine the voice's identity. Kensi stood and tossed something across the room. She turned back and began to take out another package.

His mind, foggy with pain, revolted at the sight.

"You gonna cut me loose?" he forced out around the intense waves of pain that were hitting his jaw.

Isn't my angel here to save me?

"I don't have much time, and I—I can't." Her voice cracked at the end, but he couldn't process that. It was all he could do to wrap his foggy mind around the words she was saying.

Is she really that mad at me?

"Huh?" he breathed out. "What—what's happening?"

"You have to stay here just a while longer, okay?" she looked down. "I'm sorry."

No, it's NOT okay, he wanted to scream, but he couldn't get his mouth to form the words. She continued to avoid his gaze as she lifted his shirt, applied the kit, and explained what was expected of him.

"Are you that mad at me?" he forced out past the pain.

"What?" Her fingers fumbled, and she finally looked up at him.

"I'm sorry…" he said, his words becoming more and more slurred. "I'm sorry, okay? It didn't mean anything… I didn't even sleep with her… I'm s-s-ssss…"

And then the darkness was there, threatening to overcome him again, and he couldn't register anything. He didn't hear her protests or her apologies.

"Let's move, Agent Blye," the same unpleasant, familiar voice from before commands, cutting off Kensi's fragmented words. He looks into her eyes one last time.

This could be my last chance to see her. Cherish it.

Her eyes are wide, and he can see her heart breaking in them. He hates that she's in pain, but he also wishes she would stay. He honestly doesn't believe she could really leave him there. But then slowly, she backs away from him, and his entire world falls apart.

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