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#1 in the After the Fade to Black series
Tag to Legend Part 1
Pre-Series
Laura Macy always thought the last 30 seconds before you met your target when you were undercover were the hardest. Callen had laughed at that said that he thought the hardest part was the 5 minutes before you knew the cavalry was coming through the door and acting like you didn't.
She and Hetty had talked about the difference before and Hetty had told her it was most likely because she did not view her whole life as "just a cover".
"Laura, Callen knows next to nothing about his life before he was five," Hetty had said, "and because of that he spent most of his childhood being whoever he wanted, changing it as many times as he wanted. It is why he is so good at it."
But for Mace, standing in OPS wanting for the knock on the door, not knowing who or what would be on the other side was the hard part. Having Gibbs here looking over her shoulder was not helping either. He was one of Callen's oldest friends and one of the few he considered family.
Over the com Mace heard the knock they had been waiting for.
Showtime.