This came to me while trying to make a different story work so combined them. M for language mostly.
It had been a tough 6 weeks for the agents after getting Sam and G out of the sub. They, plus Deeks, had been
Involved in a kidnap, a child abduction, small time gun run running by some sailors plus a 4 week undercover, mostly
By Deeks, to bring down a 2 star selling secrets to the Chinese. The 3 agents were at their desks doing paper work and
actually enjoying it (Deeks had been called to LAPD and went undercover again, as Max Gentry). G announced "I am
actually enjoying this. Paperwork and quiet for a change especially without Deeks whining and sick humor.
Sam and Kensi said nothing but Kensi spoke up "Still, I feel sorry for Deeks. As drained as we are, he is still at it
Using an alias he hates. I hope he stays safe."
G glared at her and barked "his own fault, maybe he'll grow up some by working more than ½ day at a time."
Sam smiled saying "come on G! He's had our 6 many times. He's earned a LITTLE love anyway." Kensi just smiled but G
was having none of it as Hetti walked in with a somber look on her face and said "our Mr. Deeks is in the hospital. He has
been beaten and shot mostly due to lack of back up. Lt. Bates is livid. He promised to check into it." She turned and left.
G said "serves him right. If he would stick with the A team here he would be fine." Kensi bit her tongue not
wanting to start a fight with the Sr. agent and team leader. Sam glared and said, "come on G. He was doing his job. He
had no choice. I bet he took down the bad guys again despite no back up." G snarled "he sure as hell did have choices.
He could have got us or at least his partner for backup or he could become an agent. Sorry no sympathy here."
Kensi simply walked out shaking her head. She traded looks with Sam who acted like "I tried" but she wasn't
buying and he knew it.
2 more weeks went by and as they sat in the bullpen, Kensi asked "has anyone heard from or visited Marty?"
Sam said "nope, haven't you tried to see him, he's your partner?" They hadn't noticed Deeks ease in to the hall just
short of the bullpen area. G went on "why should we go see him. He chose to go undercover for Bates. Maybe we
should get a 4th agent and cut out the liaison position." Kensi's head snapped up but before she could say anything
Nell yelled "Marty" from the landing. "Welcome back. Before you sit down I have some things for you to sign." Deeks
met her in the area in front of Hetti's desk. The agents couldn't see the reaction on Nell and Hetti's face. After he
finished, before he turned around he said "Nell I appreciate you coming to see me. Thank Eric also. I was great to see a
familiar face or 2. I was even glad to see you too Hetti (as he shot her one of his 1000 watt grins). Also, Nell thanks for
taking care of Monty. I was really worried about what would happen to him." Nell said, you're our friend and part of the
family. Why wouldn't I come to see you? I'm sure everyone else did too, right?" Deeks only answer was "Yea right.
I had a better chance of Gordon John Brandel visiting and he's dead."
Kensi was steaming at herself and the other agents. No one went to see him or offered to take care of Monty!
That mutt was the world to Deeks. She knew that much. She had made no effort to see or help her partner for a reason
she couldn't tell him yet. Then Deeks walked into the bullpen area and they all saw it. 2 Black eyes, tape on the nose and gauze in each nostril (broken nose), welts and black and blue marks on arms and neck and his
left arm in a sling. Blood was visible at the top of his shoulder. Kensi gasped and Sam said "you look like hell what are
you doing here." G just ignored him.
"Just eaves dropping and checking on my team mates and partner to see if they were still alive. I hadn't heard
from you for a month" he said with obvious anger. G was the first to speak "you were on LAPD time. We had cases of
our own. We didn't have time to visit a part time teammate."
"Wow, so I'm back to 'temp' status am I? That's just great. I even called G to be sure Kensi was ok since I hadn't
heard from her and I couldn't believe she would ignore me." G didn't respond and Kensi stammered "I –ah, um, well, er
I had some friends in town and spent most of my free time with them" all the while hanging her head and turning red.
"Would that company be named Jack" asked Sam with a smirk on his face? "G and I saw you draped all over him at the
mall a couple times." Deeks head snapped "what! Did you-Kensi really-Jack? Maybe I should have left you a long
time ago!" And then he just hung his head. Then, looking up, he growled "Well that cooks it." As he leaned into his desk
he yelled "Hetti, Eric, Nell get in here right now." Once they all gathered, he said "ok, after I leave Eric you can bring up
the medical file of Martin James Brandel. That will confirm what you are about to hear. Settle in, shut up and listen.
From the time I was 5 till I was 11 my father, Gordon, beat my mom and I pretty much every day. Then he came at us
with a shot gun and I shot first, with a 38 Ray had given me. After the hospital, social workers and cops hand finished
with me, my mom says she can't deal with the son who shot her husband and I went into the system. Yea Callen, the
same system you were in. Just for much worse reasons. I felt for you as you told you story but did anyone ask about
mine? It's no secret. Hetti knows and would have shared. Anyway 7 years on the street while still going to school and
then getting to go to law school which, paid for by my aunt-Marge Deeks- who left me money to go on. I left the law
because I could do more as a cop. I have the highest arrest record in LAPD history and have had no cases tossed due to
bad evidence or procedure errors. I took a chance to join you to get the bigger, badder guys and have someone at my 6
for a change. What do I get-this. Let's don't even talk about the times I have saved your butts-even from a hospital
bed-right Kensi. I sold my soul in Afghanistan to save all of you, plus the CIA jerk and Granger. Then Kensi makes puppy
eyes at Jack and thanks you 2, but not me! And the topper, my partner wants to make sure I never forget my dad, so she
punches me all the time including a shot to my newly rebuilt jaw. She claims I can't communicate, but when I do she
leaves me, then she leaves again in the garage and in the ER. For good reasons, but not a word about being sorry,
coming back. Just gone. Then she wants me to be patient so I am. She comes back from over there, wants to talk about
us, but the way she'd been acting-remember I called you beautiful and you hit me TWICE-it was to break up so I made it
easy and gave her the knife back. She then opens the box to reveal another box. The joke was on me all along. Nothing
in the box was my birthday present and what she wanted for us. I was someone to pass the time till she got Jack back.
She went into a cave unarmed to get him. And I get slugged twice for calling her beautiful. Now I got no partner or
anyone else to talk to and I have sold my soul and became my dad again. That does make it easy to be Max. I stayed
away from Kensi cause I was scared my dad would surface at any time and you 2 would kill me if I hurt her and would
never consider I had any issues. Only the 3 superstars are allowed to have flaws. You all getting the message yet? Let me
make it crystal clear even for the slow to learn. I resign Hetti, it's obvious I don't belong or fit in here so I think it's
back to hell for me, but at least they are obvious about it. The 3 of you can get a partner that you approve of instead of
the temp. Bates will send you the papers Hetti. I have to go back under in 3 days. The Melanochaes from Florida are
trying to take over the drug business here and we have to stop them. The good news is that I'm sure it won't cross your
desks for any reason. I really hope the 3 of you grow up. You treat me like a child but have no idea what life is like in my
shoes. I grew up at 11. Humor keeps me from eating my gun sometimes and so does Monty. I was sure hoping you guys,
especially Kensi might give me the anchor I needed. Finally, partner. It's simple you are my one and done. I love you
more than words can ever express. I thought I finally got thru the armor. Guess #2 doesn't count, even if I never let you
down." Would you explain to me some day how he can leave you on Christmas morning, not call you for 9 years then
you take him back but the guy who hung in there got kicked to the curb. Thanks for wasting 5 years or so for me." With
that he turned and walked out.
So there you are. I kinda unloaded but wanted all the stuff I see in Marty and his head out on the table. As you can see, he has a lot of baggage. I wonder if/how they can deal with it on the show. Let me hear what you think.