OSP DECEMBER 21 1997
As Hetty watched the flames ignite against the limp and thin paper, she hoped that she had made the right decision. A decision that would affect not only her life but her future agents lives as well. But the effect could never be foreseen. The future was uncertain and Hetty only hoped that the past never caught up with her.
OSP DECEMBER 20 2017
Kensi arrived OSP heading straight for the coffee machine in the bullpen. She was running late again this morning and hadn't had time to stop and get a coffee. Sam and Callen were in the shooting range and Deeks was in the bullpen finishing his mountain of paperwork he had allowed to build up. " Hey Kensi, late again? That's the third time this week and it's Thursday." Deeks stated. "Oh yeah, Was trying new route and traffic was a nightmare. Won't be taking that route any more." She laughed it off hoping that Deeks would just let it go and unexpectedly he did, with a quick quip of "everywhere in LA is like that." he went back to the stack of paperwork he had. She sat down with her coffee and set her desk for the day. Her laptop and phone on the desk and a couple of files that she was working on. She lent back and finished her coffee before opening a file and began reading. Deeks occasionally looked cross at her, but she didn't look up from the file.
An argument coming from the gym, broke the silence in the bullpen, Callen and Sam were arguing about some score that Callen had allegedly got when Sam was in the hospital after getting shot. "Oh, and how can you prove that? You didn't save the score sheet and I'm sure you did it alone, so no one can corroborate." Sam said defensively. Callen laughed "Of course but as you're my partner you should trust and believe me." As they can into the bullpen Sam saw Deeks and Kensi looking intrigued at the pair arguing but Sam decided to change the subject. "Late again Kensi?" Kensi looked at Sam wide-eyed. She didn't think he would have noticed. "Umm Yeah. Traffic was a nightmare, there was an accident, sat there for ages." Deeks looked across at her. He couldn't put his finger on it but something wasn't right.
The day was slow and without any cases, the day was filled with simple chatter and finishing paperwork that was no doubt overdue. Lunch came at last and it was take out Thursday so Kensi was just about to get ready to fetch lunch when Deeks piped up "I'll come with, give you a hand." Kensi didn't argue and Sam and Callen were all too glad to have a moment of quiet without him. They got in the car and headed to some trashy takeout place. Deeks knew that something was going on with Kensi and he was going to find out. "What's that file you were reading earlier, you looked really interested?" Kensi looked confused at first and the clocked on to what he was talking about. "Oh it's just a file from someone who worked in the bureau around the time of my father's death, he said he had some new information that he wanted me to know," Kensi replied hoping Deeks wouldn't take it any further because she wasn't ready to tell anyone, not even Deeks. Deeks was bewildered as far as he knew it was a cold case and had been for years. He wanted to press it but he felt that he would only hurt Kensi if he asked anything more. She still had so many raw emotions about her father's death, ones that instead of dealing with she hide from.
When they returned back, they handed out the food and they all began to eat. The magic of food caused a satisfying silence to fall over the bullpen. Once lunch was finished the team resumed paperwork and pointless arguments about who had the most accurate shot and who was the better sparring partner. It was around four when Hetty wandered over. "Ms Blye a word in my office if you will?" Kensi Got up and followed suit. The guys sat there shocked. "What has she done Deeks?" But Deeks didn't know and he wanted to know. Hetty sat down and invited Kensi to sit. As she sat Hetty began to explain why she wanted to talk to her. "Ms Blye I wanted to talk to you about some information you recently acquired. I know about the file and I would just like to know who you got it from. That's all." Kensi's gaze shifted from one wall of the office to the other. "Just someone who knew my father and felt like it was the right time to give it to me." Hetty's gaze narrowed on Kensi. "A name, Ms Blye?" Kensi had promised not to give him up. "He never gave one, just said that he felt it was right that I knew what he had found." Although Hetty didn't believe her, she knew that Kensi wasn't going to give in easily, she was strong-willed. It was one of the things that made her such a good agent."You can return to your work." Hetty said and with that Kensi returned to her desk.
When she sat down and began reading her file again, the guys just stared at her. "What did she want?" Callen asked. Kensi looked up. Quickly coming up with an excuse she said "She was just seeing how my mother was and how we were doing. That's all." And with that, she returned her attention to the file in front of her. As did Callen and Sam. But Deeks just stared at her, he knew that wasn't true, he wouldn't fold as easily as Callen or Sam. He would find out, eventually. He went back to his work but he was absent-minded and hardly did anything, he was wrapped up in trying to figure out what was happening.
It was nearly five when Eric came sprinting down the stairs. "Guys we got a case." And he headed back to OPS. The team hauled themselves up the stairs, grumbling at how the criminals were doing something bad when they were just about to leave. When they got into Ops Eric gave a quick break down of the case. It was a robbery gone wrong and a Navy personnel had been killed helping. Luckily there were some high-quality surveillance cameras in the area, which had caught everything. As the surveillance camera rolled on the large screen in front of the team, Kensi saw a face she would never forget in the corner of the image. Her father. Her father and Granger. She felt pain in her chest and clouds blackened her vision. The team didn't notice until Kensi was falling. Luckily Deeks was next to her and caught her as she fell.