I Do not own any of these Characters From N.C.I.S. or N.C.I.S LA and only partly own Peter Ide. My little brother owns the other part of him.
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A Gunshot Away
From Death
1.
It was a warm sunny day just outside of Las Angels, a boy of some 12 years or less was surfing the cold waves of the California coast. He had been there from nine o'clock that morning September 9th 2011. It was now one o'clock in the afternoon, the boy's name was Peter Ide, and he was a tall slim and rather shy boy with brownish green eyes and straight rather shaggy brown hair. His parents were on an anniversary trip to Orlando Florida. So he was taking a break, quite free of all chores and school work.
He was just coming to shore to have his lunch when, two fake lifeguards came towards him menacingly. He thought they wanted some food, when they got near him he offered them some tuna salad sandwiches. Then they smacked it out of his hands and tried to punch him with an upper cut, he ducked grabbing his towel and wallet up from the sand and took off running towards the parking lot. He went running zigzag through the parked sports cars and RV's. The lifeguards followed suit but they were no match for his athletic ability, or speed. As he reached the main road he saw a tore buss coming his way he flagged it down and leaped in saying breathlessly,
"Please hurry and start driving again!"
"Where are you going in such a hurry young man?"
Replied a young man, in his early thirties or so.
"Just go please, those men behind me aren't friendly if you know what I mean. Where you decide to go I don't care, just go as far as you can away from those men!"
The young man grinned "okay young man, let me introduce you to some friends of mine, this is Sammy, Kara, Matthew, and Nathaniel they are regulars here to and from the Malibu beach. I am G. your bus driver. So why are they after you?"
"I am not sure exactly but they sure wanted to inflict pain… Ah man I left my surf board behind! Darn it my folks are going to kill me! That is the second board I've lost this year."
He punched his hand a few times to get his frustration out. Then he saw something to change his attitude to more reserved, the others sensed the change and the bus driver asked, "Did you remember something?"
"No."
"What is wrong then you got really quiet all of a sudden?"
"You are more than a bus driver aren't you?"
"Why do you say that kid?"
"You are carrying."
G's hand went to the small of his back replaced his shirt over the handle and whistled softly,
"You have a sharp eye. What is your name?"
"Peter Ide."
"That explains a lot actually. You are right we are N.C.I.S agents and we were hoping to bring you in to ask you some things. I may as well give you our real names then since we have you here with us, I am head field agent G. Callen; this is my partner Sam Hannah. This is special agent Kensie Bly and her partner Marty Deeks with L.A.P.D. The guy back there, is Nate, he is a very good friend of ours."
"Nice to meet you I think, what is this about?"
"We are all going under cover at the Malibu Hotel and Spa, a few minutes away from here. Where we are going to be employees for a few days or until we close this case. We need you to because we need your special talents…. But we will talk to you more about that later right now we just need you chill with us as we pick up certain guests to bring to the hotel. You in?"
"Do I have a choice? How do you know my talents?"
"We sort of did a background check on you, well, at least our boss did and she is not one to tick off if you know what I mean?"
"Your boss, she is Henrietta Lang right?"
"You know our boss?"
Cut in Sam with some surprise.
"Yeah, she has come to our house for dinner a few times mostly when I was younger. Not so much anymore. She has taken care of me when my parents were away."
"Wait she has taken care you as in she has stayed at your house? I couldn't even stand her standing by me when I was in the hospital recovering from getting shot it scared me."
"Yeah she can give that feeling Mr. Deeks but you know you are safe with her at least I did. Well as long as I know she has a plan and is behind this, then it will be an honor to work with you guys but can I be called Pete?"
"Sure, okay you guys this is it, get to work as fast as you can this is where I drop you off. Enter through the back and you shouldn't have any problems the Manager know you are coming. Pete do have any other clothes?"
"Not with me."
"Deeks, can he barrow a shirt and pants from you? You both are around the same height they maybe a little baggy on you Pete, but I am going to need you with me and I doubt the guests would like to see you in your surfing gear."
"Here Pete see if these work for you which I think they will but Nate do you have a belt because they will be a little baggie on him."
"Yeah I do, just a minute. Here will this work?"
"Sure."
"Pete, do you know how to shoot?"
"Yeah, but I wish I didn't, why do you ask G.?"
"Here is an extra one for you to use if you need one."
"Uh, thanks."
The others stepped out of the bus and entered the Hotel with a good-bye or a good luck on their lips. Peter just gave a curt nod for he could think of nothing else to say. He held his gun like it was the most precious thing in the world then he went to the back of the bus to change into the clothes the team had provided him. And when he came back to the front there was no sign of the gun. The clothes didn't seem so big after all on him and Callen would have thought they were his.
"Glad they fit and you're just in time for our first passenger your part of this mission is just getting started, play nice. Pete, do not act so nervous okay."
"Sure Callen I'll try not to, but bear in mind that this is the first time I have done something like this."
"I understand, and will try to help you any way I can….welcome miss welcome aboard sir, my aren't you a cute couple…"
He greeted many people with some type of comment and Peter just watched with a polite smile and a courteous nod now and again all the while looking intently at the many faces that went by him. He looked at Callen sometimes in the mirror and their eyes met and Callen made a note in his mind to ask him about it later. The rest of the day passed by, with the picking up and dropping off movie stars and other people of some sort of importance.
The evening was slow and a hundred and something had been picked up and dropped off, they all were tired and the room Peter was to share with Callen was a very welcomed sight. However they were just getting started on the fun.
"Now we need to introduce you to our D.C. branch Peter, they are a bit intimidating at first but I think you will like them."
They walked into the Hotel lobby, things were slow and relaxing and annoying Jazz music was playing softly and Peter let out a soft whistle and looked down at the ground following Callen swiftly out of sight into a room, Callen was greeted by a grey hair, military trained man.
"Hi, Peter, meet agent Gibbs, agent David, agent Magee, and finally, agent Dinnozo, this is Peter Ide."
As each member was named they came forward to greet him,
"Welcome to the team, Peter."
"I am glad to meet you Peter."
"Yeah welcome."
"Hope, you will be a help and not a nuisance."
Peter look hard at Dinnozo but said nothing to him, he nodded to the others and he did like Gibbs why it was hard to explain why.
