Enemies, Friends, Lovers
Rated M
Authors notes: Ok so got into a conversation with some friends this weekend about the show. This idea got into my head and I can't get it out. So for Tracy and Lenny who inspired me with this story. We got to talking about Callen and how he refuses to date cops. From the show we know about Tracy. But what if she wasn't the real reason behind Callen's rule. What if there was another cop out there that his experiences with was the real reason behind the rule. Lenny brought up the idea of her getting transferred into OPS. What drama would come out of it.
Will be lots of Densi as well as the rest of the team and some fun with Gibbs and his team too.
Summary: After a prank goes bad Director Vance decides to send the offending agent to Los Angeles and the Office of Special Projects. How will the team deal with a new agent? Will they be welcomed or treated like an unwanted outsider.
"What the hell!" screamed Director Vance. Moments before he had exited the elevator to become covered with feathers and confetti.
Dinozzo cringed and tried to hide behind his desk. "Crap Tony you're in trouble now." Said Tim Magee from his own desk.
"Agent Dinozzo I take it you had something to do with this?" asked the Director as he stepped over to the bullpen.
"Well sir it wasn't meant for you."
"Who the hell was it meant for?"
"Agent Carter." Said Tony. "I was just getting her back for super gluing me to my chair yesterday."
Just then the elevator opened and Gibbs and Carter came walking out. Gibbs stopped and groaned. "Tony what the hell did you do now?"
"Apparently it was meant for Agent Carter. Something about superglue."
"Tony started it."
"I don't care who started it." Vance was beyond pissed. He headed to his office trying to figure out what to do with those two.
Gibbs first gave Carter a good smack upside the head then Tony. "Both of you get back to work."
Gibbs headed up to talk to Vance.
"Gibbs now is not a good time."
"Let me deal with them."
"Not this time. Those two have been at it sense Carter transferred in. I can't take it anymore. One is going."
"I need Tony here. Carter can handle herself in any posting."
"Fine I have a call to make."
Two hours later Vance came down to the bullpen. "Carter clean out your desk you're being transferred.
"Sir." Carter sat there looking shocked. She glanced across to Tony to see the same shock mirrored on his face.
Vance dropped a file on her desk. "Everything you need to know is here." He then turned and left the room. Carter looked down at her desk and slowly opened the file.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me."
"Where's he sending you?" asked Tony. "I hope it's not an agent afloat mission."
Carter looked up at Tony. "Worse I'm being transferred to Los Angeles and the Office of Special Projects."
"Make sure you tell Callen I said hello." Said Gibbs from his desk.
Carter groaned and shut the folder. It took her half an hour to clean out her desk. Tony helped her carry her stuff to her car.
"I'm really sorry this happened."
"Yeah I know." Carter and Tony hugged and then headed home to start packing. She had two weeks to relocate.
Two weeks later Special Agent Brooklyn Carter parked her car and sat staring at the building in front of her. Taking a deep breath she got out of her car and headed inside. The place was busy and Brooklyn stopped someone to ask where Hetty was. She was pointed in the right direction and headed that way.
Hetty was sitting at her desk and looked up when Brooklyn stood in front of her.
"Ah Miss Carter so nice of you to join us."
"Miss. Lang."
"Now none of that, it's Hetty." Hetty stood and led Brooklyn to a desk. "You can put your things here for now." Just then a burst of laughter entered the room. "Now let's go meet your new team."
Brooklyn took a deep breath and followed Hetty. "Everyone I would like to introduce you to your new team member." Every eye was on her. "This is Special Agent Brooklyn Carter."
"Nice to meet you I'm Sam Hanna." Sam shook her hand. Kensi and Deeks both introduced themselves. Callen stood back and watched her.
"So what did you do this time?"
"Nice to see you too Callen and I didn't do anything."
"You two know each other G?"
"Yeah it's been a few years sense we worked together." Callen looked at her and crossed his arms. "So what did you do?"
"Seriously Callen I didn't do anything." Brooklyn glared at him. "Vance got caught in a prank and I got the fall out."
"You didn't have anything to do with it?"
"No." Brooklyn looked at him. "Gibbs was told to choose who to get rid of. He choose me."
"You were always Gibb's favorite."
"Yeah but not anymore." Brooklyn shrugged.
The rest of the team stood there and listened to the exchange. They all knew there was more to the story but didn't want to ask.
"So we're stuck with you now."
"Not my idea." Brooklyn shook her head at Callen. "Don't tell me you're still mad about Berlin?"
"Not Berlin. More like Tokyo."
"Oh for crying out loud that wasn't my fault."
"This is going to be interesting." Said Deeks quietly to Kensi and Sam. They both nodded.
Callen finally went to his desk. He wasn't happy about any of this. Brooklyn Carter was not one of his favorite people. She was a great agent but annoyed the hell out of him. It had been almost three years sense he had seen her and over six sense they worked together. She looked tired to him and he wondered what really went on back in DC. The last time he saw her she was working out of the London office.
Sam decided that if Callen was going to be anti-social he'd be the one to show her around. "So you know G?"
"Yep."
"Has he always been so anti-social?"
"All depends on who you ask." Brooklyn looked at Sam. "Callan and I have never really been on the same page. He thinks I attract trouble and I usually end up calling him a pain in the ass."
Sam laughed. "So someone pranked the Director?" Sam was trying to visualize it.
"Yeah, guess it was meant for me but I ended up being held up and Vance took the elevator before me, ended up covered with feathers and confetti."
After the tour Sam went to work out and Brooklyn headed to her desk. Kensi and Deeks were nowhere to be seen, Callen was at his desk. He looked up at her as she walked past.
"I still can't believe Gibbs told Vance to get rid of you." Said Callen.
Brooklyn stopped at his desk. "Tell me about it. When Ziva went on maternity leave Gibbs requested me personally." Brooklyn looked down at her feet then back up at Callen. "I have no idea why he would just tell Vance to get rid of me."
Callen may not like her much but he still felt bad for her. Gibbs had trained her from her first day as an agent. He had been her mentor as well as her friend for close to fifteen years.
"Sorry you got stuck with me." Said Brooklyn as she walked away from Callen's desk. She found paperwork on her desk that needed to be filled out for the transfer. She found a new phone and a set of ID's and credit cards. Brooklyn was no stranger to undercover work so none of this came as a surprise to her. She filled out her paperwork and sat at her desk looking lost.
As she filled out the paperwork Brooklyn could feel Callen watching her. From the way he acted today you would be surprised to know that years ago they had been close. Everyone that worked with them would comment on what a good team they made.
After the last mission that she and Callen had worked and went all to hell Carter had mostly taken missions where she could work alone. She had lost the ability to trust a partner.
Kensi and Deeks stood off to the side and just watched. Brooklyn was doing her best to ignore Callen and do her paperwork. Callen was doing his best to stare a hole thru her.
"So what do you think their story is?" asked Deeks.
"No idea."
"Do you think they slept together?"
"From the way Callen is looking at her I say yes."
"Miss Blye, Mr. Deeks don't you have fire arms training to attend to?"
Deeks and Kensi scurried away leaving Hetty standing there. She looked over and shook her head.
Sam came in and took his seat. He looked at Callen then over to where Brooklyn sat. "Hey G you want to grab dinner tonight?"
"Thought you had plans with Michelle?"
"Yeah but I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you tagged along." Sam pointed to Brooklyn. "Bring your girlfriend over there too." Sam had to hold back the laughter as Callen turned bright red then got up and walked out of the room. Once he was gone Sam let loose. Deeks was right this was going to be very interesting.
By the end of the day Brooklyn had all of her paperwork filled out, her evaluation in firearms done and an over view of how things were done at OSP. She was getting ready to head home when her phone chirped. Looking at it she smiled. Callen noticed this and frowned. He wondered who she was getting a text from.
Brooklyn typed in a response grabbed her bag and headed out the door. For the first time that day she didn't feel like crying.
The new few days went by quickly for Brooklyn. To avoid any undue stress Hetty had her working with Kensi and Deeks for now. Riding in the back seat of the CRX was amusing. Kensi and Deeks reminded her of Tony and Ziva before they got together. They spent most of their time flirting like crazy. And oh boy when Kensi got hit on by an EMT when she was getting checked out after almost getting run over, Brooklyn thought Deeks was going to hit the poor guy.
Brooklyn had to laugh when she caught Deeks and Kensi sharing a kiss when no one was looking. They were walking back from checking out a house and Brooklyn had stopped to talk to a neighbor. When she turned around she spotted Kensi and Deeks. She shook her head walked past them and simply got into the car.
"Um Brooklyn look no one knows about us."
"Knows what?" Brooklyn smirked at Kensi from the back seat.
"Ok so you're not going to tell Sam and Callen?"
"Well Callen hasn't even spoken to me in three days and Sam mostly watches me to see if I'm going to do something to make Callen flip out so no I'm not going to say anything."
Deeks let out a sigh. Ok so their secrete was safe for now. They knew Hetty knew, hell she knows everything. Once they got back Brooklyn went to Hetty.
"Hetty do you have a minuet?"
"Of course what can I do for you?'
"I was thinking its time I worked on my own."
"You don't like working with Miss. Blye and Mr. Deeks?"
"Working with them isn't a problem. I 'm just used to working on my own. I prefer it that way."
"There will be times when you will be partnered up with other members of this team, I hope you understand that?"
"That's fine Hetty but for the most part it's just better if I work alone." Brooklyn got up and headed for her desk.
That morning Callen was surprised to find an email from Gibbs. It said simply *Take care of her.* What the hell did that mean? He knew Gibbs had to be talking about Brooklyn. He was one of the only people who knew their true past. Hell if it wasn't for Gibbs he never would have met Brooklyn Carter. As far as Callen could tell she was doing just fine here in Los Angeles. She got along with everyone. So why would Gibbs think she needed taken care of?
It was Friday night and Brooklyn was packing up to leave. She had been at OSP for a month now. It wasn't half bad. Callen still avoided her when he could. The others had all embraced Brooklyn and she was pretty sure Eric had a crush on her.
Just as she was about to stand up she noticed Kensi and Nell standing at her desk.
"Girls night." They both said at the same time.
"Um ok." Brooklyn stood and looked at them. "So where are we going?"
"Monster truck rally." Said Nell almost jumping up and down with excitement.
Brooklyn made a face and she heard Callen laugh. She looked around Kensi to give him a glare.
"Good luck with your night out girls."
"Callen what do you have against the monster truck rally?" asked Kensi.
"Nothing but Brook is a gear head. She'll drive you crazy tonight."
"He's just mad because of the time we worked a street racing case and I was the one that got to drive the car."
"That's because you fit in the car and I didn't." Callen crossed his arms and smirked at him.
"Right, and you whined like a little boy because you wanted to drive the shiny import." Brooklyn laughed at the look on his face. Kensi and Nell exchanged a look that said more than words would at that moment.
"Ok I hate to break this up but we are going to be late." Said Hetty coming over to join them.
"Ok but I want to know what type of car it was." Said Kensi.
It was a 2006 Aston Martin Vanquish." Said Brooklyn.
Kensi let out a low whistle. "Nice car."
"Indeed a very nice car. Now let's so I don't want to miss anything."
Callen was still giving her a look so Brooklyn stuck her tongue out at him as she walked past. Sam and Deeks found this funny and laughed at Callen.
"Man would I have loved to have worked that case with you two." Said Sam.
"She was a pain in the ass then and she still is now." Said Callen.
"Sam I think our boy here tried something and got shot down."
"I think you might be right Deeks."
"I did not get shot down." Said Callen starting to storm off.
"Then I bet he never had the nerve to do anything." Said Deeks.
Sam nodded and started to reply when Callen turned to them.
"For your information Brook and I were together for over a year. Happy now?" Callen then walked off leaving the others to wonder what happened to make him hate her so much.
The girls were in their seats beers in hand when Nell asked the question everyone was thinking.
"What happened between you and Callen?"
"I really don't want to talk about it."
"Was it that bad?"
"He thinks it was."
"I always thought his no cops rule was because of Tracy." Said Kensi as she worked her way thru a large popcorn.
"I was after Tracy." Said Brooklyn quietly. Hetty put her hand on Nell's arm and shook her head. Nell knew better than to say anything else about it right now. Once the event got started they all forgot about the conversation.
Once home Callen showered and at a sandwich he had picked up on his way home. He went into the living room and pulled down his box. He dug thru it to the bottom and pulled it out. It was a bit faded and worn but the image was still clear. He and Brooklyn looking out at the person taking the photo smiling. His arms were around her and the sun was setting in the background. Callen sighed and leaned back in his chair.
He closed his eyes and remembered that day. Callen smiled and slid the photo back into the box this time on top before putting the box back onto the mantel. He turned on the radio and got lost listing to other people's problems.
By month two Callen had stopped acting like Brooklyn and was now bugging her constantly. Nell had started a book on how long it took her to knock him on his ass. Hetty was starting to think that this transfer was a bad idea.
"Why don't we just lock them in a room overnight and see what happens?" said Granger. Hetty had a better idea. She pulled Sam aside.
"Mr. Hanna I need you to take a few weeks off."
"Ok, why?"
"I need a good reason to pair up Mr. Callen and Miss Carter."
"Hetty you do realize they will most likely kill each other?"
"They were once an amazing partnership, much like that of Mr. Deeks and Miss. Blye."
"And you think that they can work that way again?"
"Yes."
"Ok I guess I can take a vacation with the family."
"Good. Enjoy the next two weeks off."