NEW BEGINNINGS
A/N: I love watching NCIS LA so much that I had this idea: "What if I were on the show!" So I made up a character for myself and played around with it. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS LA or any of its or Shane Brennan's characters or ideas, the only characters I own are my own characters.
CHAPTER 1
It was a normal day like any other at the NCIS OSP (Office of Special Projects) unit in Los Angeles, California. Kensi and Deeks were having an argument about Kensi's love life; Sam was listening and throwing in a comment every now and again from the side lines, Hetty was enjoying a soothing cup of tea, Nell and Eric were having a debate on who had the newest cell phone apps, and Callen was nowhere to be found.
Hetty's soothing tea was rudely interrupted by a phone call from Director Leon Vance, who was attending to matters in Washington D.C.
"Ah Leon, impeccable timing, I was actually enjoying a soothing cup of tea." Hetty said in her usual intimidating, yet strangely calm voice.
"Sorry to bother you Hetty, but I have a dead marine for you guys over in L.A. to investigate." The Director replied.
"Oh Leon, does crime never take a vacation?" Hetty asked, searching for a better reason as to why he had phoned her in particular and not Eric.
"Well I'm afraid not," said Director Vance with a chuckle, "but before you ask, I called you because this particular case comes with a surprise."
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Just as soon as Callen walked through the door, he heard the piercing whistle of the witty, yet occasionally annoying tech geek. Callen quickly put down his bags and headed upstairs.
"Ah, Mr Callen, tardy to the party again I see." Hetty said coming out of the dark corner un- seen.
"Sorry Hetty, I had a late night." Callen said, making his way towards the old, (yet quite nimble) ninja known only as Henrietta Lange. "It won't happen again."
"Yes, well, make sure it doesn't." Hetty said getting ready for her grand speech. "Now you are all here because there is a dead marine. He was found this morning on the beach." Hetty began pointing to Eric, who brought up the crime scene photos.
"It doesn't look like he was there to catch a wave." Came Deeks's witty comment, (at least he thought it was witty).
"As you can see, Lt. Graham Notch isn't getting a tan either." Hetty said, with a brief glare in Deeks's direction. "According to the medical report, he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest, but that was not the cause of death."
Everyone in the room, except the two tech junkies who had already read the report, looked at the short lady with confusion.
"What was the cause of death Hetty?" Sam eventually asked, seeing as they weren't going to get anywhere with looks of confusion plastered across their faces.
"The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head Mr Hanna." Hetty said as Nell pulled up a picture of the lieutenant's head with a bullet wound.
"But why shoot him if he's already been stabbed multiple times?" Kensi asked, manoeuvring her hands to resemble a knife going in and out of her own chest.
"Because…" Hetty began, but was rudely interrupted by Callen speaking up.
"Because it lessens the risk of him finding a witness and getting help before he dies."
"Thank you Mr Callen." Hetty said, giving him the 'look'.
"Sorry Hetty." Callen said, greatly treasuring his life.
"Anyway, it seems that this case might be linked to a serial killer and Director Vance wants us to investigate." Hetty said, getting ready to leave the room.
"Alright Eric, does lieutenant Notch have any next of kin?" Callen asked, immediately taking over where Hetty left off.
"Yeah, he has father, no mother," Eric began, bringing up a photo of his father.
"And a girlfriend." Nell threw in, just as Eric brought up her license photo.
"Dad's name is Michael Notch," Eric said, "And girlfriend's name is Mellissa Stacy." Nell added, giving her 10c worth.
"Alright, Deeks, Kensi, go to the lieutenant's house and see if you can find anything that might be important. Sam and I will go and see the dad and the girlfriend." Callen instructed.
They all started making their way downstairs and towards the door when Hetty stepped in front of the herd.
"I almost forgot, this case has an attachment." Hetty said, waving her finger indicating for someone to come over.
"This is Detective Lara Baker." Hetty said, introducing them to a tall, (about Kensi's height) beautiful woman with strawberry-blonde hair and hazel eyes. "She's been working at DCPD and has been following this case for approximately 5-6 years."
"Hi, it's nice to meet you all." Lara said, giving her hand.
"Nice to meet you too," Callen said, taking her hand with a confused look on his face. "Um, this is my team." Callen said, pointing towards them. "This is Special Agent Sam Hannah,"
"Hi," Sam said, taking Lara's hand, and giving it a good, strong shake. "This is Special Agent Kensi Blye,"
"Hi, you can call me Kensi," Kensi said, taking Lara's hand, "And this guy with his mouth wide open, gawking at you, is Detective Marty Deeks with LAPD." Callen said, slapping Deeks behind the head.
"Ow! Um, I'm Marty, but you can call me Deeks," Deeks said, eager to shake her hand.
"And I'm Agent G. Callen." Callen finished.
"Well, now that you know the team, you can start working with them." Hetty said, leaving the team to acquaint themselves.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, work with us?" Callen asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Yes Mr Callen, I thought I made that quite clear." Hetty said, turning to face them again, "Detective Baker was on this case first, so you are all going to be working together. Enjoy!" Hetty added, turning on her heel and leaving.
"Alright, well I guess you're going to be working with us." Callen said looking after Hetty, now in a very bad mood. "Deeks, Kensi, take Lara with you to the lieutenant's house." Deeks and Kensi left with Lara in tow.
"G.?" Sam asked, looking at his partner with concern.
"Go so long, I'll meet you at the lieutenant's father's house." Callen said, longing to confront Hetty about their new 'team member'. "I need to have a word with Hetty." Callen started to make his way to Hetty's office when he was stopped by his partner's hand on his shoulder. "It's fine Sam, I just wanna ask Hetty a few questions." Callen said, sensing his friends concern.
"I was gonna say good luck G." Sam said giving his friend a reassuring look.
"Thanks," Callen said, "I'll see you there." He added on his way to Hetty.
Henrietta Lange was sitting at her desk, waiting for Callen to get closer and question her.
"Ah, Mr Callen, don't you have to question…" Hetty began, but was interrupted by a now furious Callen.
"Sam is on his way." Callen sat down in the arm chair he had used many times when having an important conversation with Hetty. "Why wasn't I informed earlier?"
Hetty looked up from her paperwork, sensing that Callen wasn't going to leave without a good enough answer. "Well, maybe the fact that I found out only moments before I summoned you all upstairs has something to do with it." Hetty could see that Callen, if possible was getting angrier by the second. "Anyway Mr Callen, what's done is done, and even you can't change that."
Callen started to calm himself a little before answering; otherwise when he walks out of here, he won't be coming back. "So basically, she just comes with the case, once we solve it, she leaves?" Callen asked, wondering if there was anything more behind this 'little surprise'.
"Well, I suppose," Hetty said, seeing that Callen was getting at something. "Unless you bond with her during the case, and decide to put her on the team."
Callen looked at Hetty, shocked at what she had just said. "So, wait, what?" Callen was so confused that he couldn't even string a decent sentence.
"I'm not kidding Mr Callen, if you think that Miss Baker would be a nice attachment to the team, then you may hire her." Hetty said, sounding 100%, utterly, seriously, honest.
"Ok, and if I don't want her on the team?" Callen asked, wondering if there was a catch.
"Then she goes back to D.C.," Hetty said, continuing with her paperwork, "and things go back to normal. The decision is entirely between you and your team."
Callen seemed as if he were glued to the spot. "Well Mr Callen, you better get going, unless you want your partner to ask the questions without you." Hetty said, looking up from her paperwork, as if wondering why Callen was still sitting in front of her.
Callen silently got up and made his way towards the door, letting everything sink in.
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