A/N: Here is chapter one of 'The Nightmare of Christmas' and I hope you like it
Disclaimer: Nope, This is clearly not owned by me, if it was I wouldn't be writing fanfic, I would be writing Densi sex scenes, and a lot of them.
December 25th - 4am.
She woke up in a hot sweat, her hair sticking up in all directions, her heart beating a mile a minute, she was sure this was what it felt like to flatline. She looked around the stale, stone cell in which she was contained, it was empty of everything but a tree and a pole - which she was shackled to - the tree however lit the room, a wire went through a hole in the steel door, strategically placed so the door could be opened without pulling the tree over; The flashing lights taunting her pounding head. Her wrists rubbed against the cuffs that chained her to the pole. She knew better than to yell out for help, because she had no idea where she was.
Kensi squeezed her eyes closed, hoping this was a dream - a nightmare, but she had no such luck. The bolts on the steel door jolted, Kensi panicked and closed her eyes. What was happening? The door shot open with such force that it barley left the tree next to it standing.
Kensi opened one eye ever so slightly, in hope to catch a glimpse of her captor. But what he saw, shouldn't have shocked her. It was a man, but not just any man, a tough man, in a red, velvet Santa suit. He could easily be mistaken for the real item, the suit looked hand-tailored and he had a real white beard, although, he was in no way 'Jolly', the hatred in his eyes burrowed through Kensi's skull - she would never forget those eyes.
The man dressed as good old Saint Nick, grabbed Kensi by the hair, holding something sharp to her throat, and then...
Lights out.
48 hours earlier - December 23rd.
"Its Christmas Eve tomorrow Kens, what are you doing?" Deeks asked during his knife sparing match with Kensi in the gym.
"Ah, don't remind me!" She said avoiding one of his swings, stabbing the prop knife into his stomach. "I win!" She said triumphantly.
"'Cause I let you win" Deeks fought.
"Sure, like you always LET me win" she rolled her eyes before grabbing her towel and dabbing her face, neck and chest of sweat.
"You probably shouldn't wear such low-cut shirts in gym" Deeks said – averting his eyes towards the climbing wall.
"Why? Is it distracting you?" she grinned and she took a big gulp of water before walking to the side of the mat, petting Monty and picking up her bag.
"Nah, but its 'distracting' Agent Kevlar, notice how he is staring, and always go to the gym when you do? Plus, He was asking me last week about what you like, and I said something along the lines of 'I'm not going to assist you in trying to get into my partners pants'" Deeks followed her and said quietly as he looked back to the Agent.
"Yeah that is creepy" Kensi squinted her eyes before lifting her bag and putting a towel around her shoulders. "I'm going to the showers." she said handing him her water bottle
Deeks nodded in appreciation and took a long gulp of the water, the icy temperature burning his stomach.
He handed the bottle back to her before speaking again: "I'm going to spar"
"With who?" Kensi furrowed her brow, standing up from her squatting position.
"Agent wandering-eyes" Deeks eyes shot quickly to the man as patted her on the shoulder, practically 'pushing' her towards the showers.
"Mhm, Don't badly injure him" She warned, collecting his signal.
"Not. Making. Promises." His smile grew large.
Kensi turned back momentarily and whispered in his ear. "He is not worth the paperwork"
Deeks scoffed and held in a laugh as Kensi walked off. He exhaled and exercised his arms "Alright Agent Kevlar, we're on" Deeks put on his padded fighting gloves.
"What..." The Agent stood up, confused.
"Time to spar, fists, above waist below head."
"Okay... Why?" The agent complied to Deeks' wishes and stood on the mat.
"Just to train your eyes away from my partners... Physique" Deeks smiled.
"It's a pretty good 'physique'" Kevlar gave him a menacing smile.
"And you creep her out by stalking it at work" Deeks wasn't going to deny the fact that Kensi had a nice body - he would be lying if he did. She worked out every day and went running in the morning to maintain her figure for easiest mobility in the field. "Let's get to it" Deeks grunted as Kevlar did up the Velcro on his gloves.
"3.. 2.. 1" Agent Kevlar counted down before they began sparing.
Two blows to the stomach, one to the left, just below his kidney, and four to the right, below the other the kidney, and one on the abdomen, sending him down.
"ha-ha!" Deeks smiled as he held Kevlar down.
"Enough, enough" Kevlar groaned in pain. Deeks let go of his arm, letting him stand. "Agent Blye..." He coughed as he saw her standing in the doorway.
"Macho" she popped the 'M' sarcastically as she entered, her still wet hair clinging to her neck and cheeks.
"Heya Kens" Deeks greeted her after her short absence; Lazy-Dog Monty even stood up and went over to her.
Kensi bent down and started petting Monty.
"You actually won" Kensi smiled as Monty rolled over.
"You doubted me?" Deeks feigned hurt.
"No, I just expected more of a fight out of you Kevlar, you spend a lot of time in here, I should know we always seem to be here at the same time" She raised her eyebrow and she stood up once more - much to the dismay of the dog that was loving the attention.
"I... Uh let him win" He said using Deeks exact lines from previously.
Kensi just hummed a quick response before turning to Deeks
"Deeks, Is anybody in thy guys locker room?"
"No. Well I don't think so, why?"
"Hair dryer isn't working in the girls, I'm gonna use the guys - if anybody comes through, warn them." She glared.
"Will do Fern" He clicked his tongue after finishing the sentence for emphasis on the fact.
"You better." She walked off.
"Nice chick" Kevlar bit his lip.
"Seriously dude, sort out your choice of wording around me" Deeks groaned as he went over to Monty.
"Eh, thought you would agree." Kevlar walked over to his bag.
"Well I'm not disagreeing, but she's my partner Stan." Deeks swallowed as he rested on a bench, Monty rubbing against his legs.
"I guess, so you've never thought of her in – that way"
Deeks thought for a moment "Well."
"I knew it!" Kevlar laughed
"Hasn't everybody who has a female partner thought that, I mean, It would be weird if they hadn't, unless they were gay"
"Most definitely, I had a female partner when I was in LAPD"
"You were In LAPD?"
"Only for a year, before I quit and director Sheppard – Rest her soul – offered me a position here."
"Nice going" Deeks said standing up.
"I'm gonna go take a shower" Agent Kevlar said.
"Did you not just hear her?" Deeks said, slightly annoyed.
"Of course I did." Kevlar said with a menacing smile that made Deeks shiver inside.
Kevlar walked in the direction of the changing rooms, quickly followed by Deeks.
Deeks began talking as they entered the locker room "Kensi I tried to st-"
Deeks froze at what he saw - A small pool of crimson blood, the hairdryer still going strong hanging by its wire just inches above the blood.
There were scuff marks on the white floor and drops of blood leading to a smashed window, more blood on the jagged edges. "Kensi?" Deeks said quietly, getting no response he raised his voice, "KENSI!" He immediately started looking around the locker room as Agent Kevlar was stood frozen at the door.
"Kevlar! Go get Hetty, Sam and Callen!" Deeks said frantically, With no results he sat down and ran his hands through his hair. He saw her bag across the room - her clothes and towel strewn across the floor. 'How could this happen in the space of five minutes.'he thought to himself as Callen, Sam and Hetty walked - rushed - in.
"Deeks?" Sam said worried "What the hell happened?"
"Kensi... She was drying her hair in here, now she's gone." He managed to say.
"In here Mr Deeks? This is the Mans locker room." Hetty avoided the blood.
"She said the hairdryer in the Women's locker room was broken, and she needed to dry her hair... She was only in here five minutes... nobody came into the Gym, how could this happen?" Deeks ran his hand through his hair.
"What made you come in and 'Check up on her?'" Sam asked.
"Agent Kevlar-"
"The guy who has a crush on Kens'?"
"Yeah, he knew she was in here but was going to come through here anyway, no doubt to hit on her inappropriately, So I followed him in to try and stop him and apologize to Kensi if I failed, and we saw this"
"Whoever took her can't have gotten far, How long did she come in here?"
"About seven minutes ago" Deeks sighed.
"Mr Hanna, Mr Callen, you find a team to process, Mr Deeks, you need to get out of here, We'll find her."
"Oh no, you are not excluding me, do you see that blood, she is badly injured Hetty, I'm working this case"
"You're too close Mr Deeks."
"Too close? I'm her partner, if Callen was the one taken, you would have no problem with Sam working the case, so explain, how am I 'too close'?" He knew the answer, he knew Hetty knew about their untold (Practically untold) feelings for one another, but that wasn't going to cloud his judgement.
Hetty took what Deeks said into mind, she would allow Sam to work the case if it was Callen in harm's way, and although she thought of the conversation she had with Kensi previously to this when Deeks had been 'Fired' she could not give him a direct answer. "Fine Mr Deeks, you can work the case, But I trust you will not be biased or overly... Violent towards any possible suspects"
"I have self control Hetty." Deeks told her
"Everybody In ops, Now." Hetty said as she walked off.
"You stood up to Hetty" Callen said wide-eyed.
"You would do the same"
"True" Sam said as they all walked up, Monty following Deeks closely – Like any dog he could sense the tension in the air.
A/N: So here is chapter one of this story :) Please review if you like it, because If I don't get any reviews I probably won't continue it because usually No reviews = No readers. :)
I REALLY hope you liked it! :D I'm probably going to make some photoshop edits relating to this fic later and they will be up on my tumblr (LINK ON PROFILE) :)
Love ya :D
-LJ