They had just spent the better part of two weeks together and now they were going to spend even more, because he wasn't about to leave her alone in the hospital room alone. They had made it through the gun battle in the middle of the gated community but not before being taken by surprise. The 'nice old man' had turned out to be one of many Russian sleeper agents that had made them. Bob and Rob were down, shots to the chest each and Deeks turned his attention back to Kensi and the last remaining agent, only to find her knocked out on the floor. He raised his weapon without a second thought and pulled the trigger before the elderly man could get a round off. Pulling out his phone he called Hetty to inform her of the events whilst checking Kensi.
"Hetty, the agents are down, most likely dead, but we need an ambulance for Kensi, she has a nasty bump on her head" he heard his boss swear on the other end of the line as she shouted to Nell and Eric, then listened as she told him Callen and Sam were on their way. They both hung up.
He shook his partner's shoulder again trying to rouse her from the abyss. There was a long time, maybe not as long as he thought he was experiencing, between when he finally managed to get her to open her eyes and the time he heard the sirens of the ambulance, the crash of the front door hitting the floor as Callen allowed Sam in first. She was trying to sit up, but was failing, dizziness overwhelming her, Deeks sat next to her, holding her up as she held her head in her hands. Paramedics followed the direction of the ex-navy seal, telling them to ignore the sleeper agents who were dead by now and focus solely on the agent in front of him.
They insisted on her going to the hospital, and since she couldn't stand without help, she couldn't really argue with them. This action alone scared the trio of guys on the team, the shotgun handle to the head was harder than they thought. Getting into the ambulance, Deeks took the extra seat without so much as a word of warning, glaring at the EMT's if they so much as thought of booting him out. Callen and Sam stayed behind to take care of the mess left behind.
They had been in the hospital room for nearly an hour after multiple scans had been done. Kensi slowly sat up on the bed, now wearing a hospital gown shivering slightly. Deeks noticed right away, handing her his jacket he sat on the bed next to her. He finally decided she was atleast fine enough to talk.
"How's your head doing?" he started. She heard the concern in his voice and felt the worry seeping from his pores.
"Hurts, not so dizzy anymore, still a bit nauseous" He tensed.
"Nauseous, you never said before"
"Didn't need to, wasn't bad enough to warrant being said" she turned to face him and saws the fear sketched plainly on his features, "Maybe that chicken was undercooked" she smiled a bit as he sniggered at the comment, remembering what had taken place just a few hours earlier.
He was about to say a come back to her comment when the doctor came through the door.
"Agent Blye, you have a concussion, you may go if you have someone to stay with" Before the doctor could finish his diagnosis Deeks spoke.
"She's staying with me"
"Very well, I don't want you sleeping more than two hours at a time until atleast Friday midnight, I have some none drowse pain medication for you"
Deeks checked his watch, it was currently nearly 2am on a new Thursday morning, it was going to be a long couple of days for his partner.
"Thank you doctor, I'll take care of her." Deeks smiled and looked at the gentleman in front of them.
"I have your discharge papers to sign and you can go" Kensi made no hesitation in signing the papers and thanked the doctor as he left.
"Time to go home" Deeks grinned, "Ready to spend another night with your husband" he saw her glare through tired eyes, "You can have the right side of the bed"
"Seems a bit pointless since I'm not allowed to sleep"
"You forget that since I have to make sure you're not succumbing to a head injury, I will also be getting up every two hours" He reasoned, she relented as she put her outfit from earlier on, still wearing his jacket over the top. They walked out to find Hetty in the waiting room, Sam and Callen bickering over some basketball game and Nell and Eric playing something on their iPad. Hetty looked her agent up and down noticing the bruise and small laceration on Kensi head, before speaking.
"Diagnosis?" the team looked up and saw who she was talking to.
"Concussion, not allowed to sleep more than two hours at a time" Deeks spoke when Kensi didn't.
"For how long?" She asked again.
"Until Friday midnight" He answered fully and to the point, "She has to stay with someone, so I volunteered" Hetty smiled and neither Deeks nor Kensi knew what to make of it.
Callen walked over; followed by the rest of the team, "Drove the car round, parked out front" He handed the keys to Deeks and pulled Kensi into a hug, "I'm glad you're ok"
Kensi made the move to say her thanks for them coming out, but only to be stopped before Sam held her tightly; Nell and Eric not to miss out on showing their feelings.
Kensi thanked the guys for their support and bid them a good night.