I just rewatched the episode Human Traffic last week. I was never satisfied with how they portrayed Deeks' injuries during that episode. Based on the fact that he was not only blown up but then took a hell of a beating at he hands of the bad guys, he shouldn't have been able to walk away unscathed. Here's my take on what the repercussions might have been. There will quotes from the episode included, but this is not a recap. I have already completed the story and expect to update it every couple of days. I don't own NCIS Los Angeles, but once again my minions and I are playing with them. As usual, thoughts or memories are in italics.
Anything in bold letters are actual quotes from the NCIS LA episode Fame or Human Traffic.
I don't own any known characters, I'm just borrowing them for fun.
Reviews are welcome.
Enjoy.
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CHAPTER 1: Going Undercover
Marty Deeks was somewhat of an enigma to most people. On the surface, he seemed like just another California surfer, taking life as he found it and doing as little as possible. What 99 percent of the population didn't know was that it was a mask he presented to the world to protect who he really was. People were always underestimating him which was a real asset in his line of work. It was what made him so successful as an undercover cop. He became a cop after passing the bar and working as a lawyer because he had found out that by the time the lawyers were involved, it was usually too late to help the victims. He had the highest success rate in the department and wasn't well liked because of it. He was also a straight arrow and wouldn't tolerate dirty cops which didn't help his standing either. He didn't care. He was a cop because he really wanted to help people and he would do whatever it took to get the job done.
He had only been on a couple of assignments as the LAPD/NCIS liaison when an undercover operation that had been in the planning stages for months finally came together and he was called back to LAPD to go under as a shady lawyer. Two weeks later, fully into his undercover assignment, Marty thought back to what he had told Kensi Bly just before he left NCIS "Don't worry Fern, I'll be back."He had to admit to himself that she was a fascinating woman. He had felt an electric charge run through his body the first time he saw her in the MMA gym when he was undercover as Jason Wyler. That was the case that had led to him becoming the liaison between LAPD and NCIS. He had never felt that on first seeing a woman before. She was beautiful and sexy as hell, but also full of herself and he enjoyed flustering her with his quips and nicknames. It was little enough payback for her comment asking if he was the best LAPD could send for a liaison officer when he walked into OPS for the first time. Even though he had made a joke, it had bothered him, a lot.
Jess Traynor was his handler for the undercover operation and the longer it went on the closer they became. He was posing as Dale John Sully, a somewhat shady lawyer working for Emilio Ortega to help set up the smuggling routes he and Lazik were going to use for smuggling underage girls across the border. Lazik was planning on going global with his human trafficking business and Emilio was helping him, Deeks reported to Jess on a regular basis and she provided him with all the intel that she could gather. As the assignment continued they began sharing things about themselves with each other. It wasn't sexual, but more a brother and sister relationship. They helped each other when they got discouraged over how long it was taking to get the evidence they needed to close the case.
One evening when he and Jess met to discuss the case, she suggested they have dinner at her place. Over dinner she began telling him a story about why the case meant so much to her. To his surprise, she began telling him about her cousin being abducted. They had been walking home one evening when they had been grabbed. Jess was able to get away but her cousin wasn't as lucky. She had been taken and Jess never saw her alive again. Her body had been found in Mexico 18 months later. Jess had vowed that she would find the people responsible and make sure they never did it to another child. "Marty she was only 13 and had her whole life in front of her. I tried to get her away from them, but I couldn't. I'll never forget the look on her face." She was crying by the time she finished telling him and he took her in his arms to comfort her. He ended up spending the night there because she didn't want to be alone and even though he knew it was a risk, he agreed because he could tell she was still struggling with her feelings of guilt. They sat and talked for the longest time before he tucked her into bed and fell asleep on the couch. He left early the next morning so that Emilio wouldn't come looking for him. He thought he had gotten away clean. What he didn't know is that staying the night at Jess' would come back to haunt him.
Deeks had been working with Emilio for months waiting for the first shipment of girls to occur. As soon as it did, he would have the evidence he needed to shut everything done and arrest everyone involved. Lately though things hadn't been going well. Every time Emilio would talk to Lazik, they would argue. Emilio didn't like doing all the work but getting little of the profits. He was making noises about cutting Lazik out of the trafficking in the states which had Deeks worried. He knew what kind of man Lazik was and if he found out what Emilio was planning it would become dangerous for everyone involved.