I know it has been a while since I wrote anything. I sort have lost interest in writing. But I am going to try again. This had been floating around my head for a while now. Hope everyone likes it. Please Read and Review.

The Team is sitting around the ops center catching up on the never ending pile of paperwork. Deeks is being his usual annoying self. Sam and Callen would never admit it; but putting up with Deeks makes things more interesting and the paperwork less boring.

Deeks keeps staring at his phone on the desk willing it to ring. Something, anything that will get him out of doing the paperwork.

A phone rings, but it isn't his. It's Callen's phone that is ringing.

"Callen." He answers.

Callen listens to the caller for a minute or two and responds. "Okay, we will see you there in 5 minutes."

Deeks watches Callen on the phone, secretly smiling that they get to get away from the paperwork. But he will soon learn to be careful of what you wish for.

"Gear up guys. Lt. Bates wants to meet us at the boatshed ASAP." Callen announces as he hangs up the phone.

Deeks smile fades, why does Bates want to meet with them as well. Him, he understands; after all, he still does work for LAPD. But why them? If it is about a crime scene, why aren't they meeting there. Why the boatshed?

"You have any idea what this is about." Kensi asks him as they are walking out.

"Not a clue, but hey we get out of doing paperwork, so don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Deeks answers with confidence he really isn't feeling.

The team is at the boatshed waiting for LT Bates to arrive. Eric, Nell and Hetty are in the ops center waiting to provide whatever information that is needed.

Lt Bates walks in and looks directly at Marty Deeks before sitting down in the empty chair.

"There was a break-in at Judge Rudolph's office this morning or late last night." He began.

"What?"

"Is anyone hurt?"

"What happened?"

Sam, Kensi and Callen asked respectively. The only one who didn't say anything is Deeks.

"Detective Deeks aren't you curious about a break-in in the office of a Federal Judge." Bates asks.

"He wasn't there."

"Just how do you know that?" Sam wonders out loud.

"Reindeer , I mean Judge Rudolph is in Hawaii meeting his daughter's Navy ship for their Tiger Cruise. He flew out 3 days ago. His secretary is taking advantage of him being gone for the 3 weeks that she is taking a vacation of her own."

Reindeer? The rest of the team wonders at that name. No one would ever think about calling a judge that and just how does he know about the Judge's travel plans.

"You seem to know everything don't you?" Bates comments.

"Not everything, I don't know why you are here telling us this. I'm sure you already checked into the Judges whereabouts after the break-in. So why are you here? Why do you want to speak to everyone, not just me? Why don't you cut to the chase and tell us what is going on." Deeks spews.

"Judge Rudolph had gotten Judge Henry's case files after his death. He has had the files in storage; but since he will be gone for 3 weeks, he is having them inputted into his computer system. Only one file is missing; it was sitting on top of stack that was going to be entered today." Bates explains.

Deeks has a horrible gut feeling as to which one is missing. His suspicions are confirmed when Callen asks which file is missing.

Bates looks at Deeks who has his eyes closed and trying not to breathe as if that would really change the answer.

"Martin Brandell."