"Touché!" I said walking into the bullpen while annoying Deeks on the way.
"You can't say touché!" Deeks protested.
"I think I just did and I can say it when I want." I replied back to him with a smirk.
"We have been over this a million times, you don't get to say touché" Deeks said slightly getting annoyed by this. As I put my laptop bag in the locker and grab my laptop he starts again with that reasoning of why I can't say touché. "First, it's inappropriate. I am the one that says touché. It's not going to make sense unless you make a witty comment which again is highly unlikely only then and only then do you get to say touché." He tries to defend his reasoning
"Ok fine, touché." I say again just to annoy him.
"God! It's like training a dog all over again." He said while looking at Sam and Callen who were just looking at each other while having their conversation.
As I go to team bar, where all the coffee and tea are, I hear the shrill whistle from Eric.
"We have a case!" said Eric.
As I grab my coffee from the counter, I can see Kensi nearly on top of the stairs.
"Someone is an eager beaver" Callen replied while giving Kensi a funny stare.
"I'm not an eager beaver; I'm just excited for a new case! We have not had one in a week!" Kensi replied loudly to Callen.
"What's so bad about that? It's nice when we don't get a case!" I replied.
As I reach upstairs, I make my way to the front of the table with Kensi when Eric begins to talk. "Corporal Travis Lan was found at the crime scene of his best friend Corporal Sam Gillard. Corporal Gillard was shot twice in the back and once in the back of the head."
"Corporal Lan is still at the site of the crime scene." Nell said interrupting Eric
"Deeks, Kensi go to the crime scene and talk to the guy." Callen ordered us.
As we arrive at the crime scene, I could see Kensi was not as excited anymore. I think when she heard that he had PTSD, it brought her back to that case we had back in 2010. As we duck under the crime scene tape we can see Corporal Travis Lan by the ambulance.
"Corporal Lan? NCIS Agent Kensi Blye and Detective Deeks. Can you tell us what happened?" Kensi asked him.
"I was throwing out the garbage, when I heard gun shots come from my house. I ran inside and saw him on the floor with blood everywhere. I tried to resuscitate him but he did not budge." He sobbed.
"Go talk to the forensics." Kensi softly told me and I left. As I was walking to the house, I noticed that there was no trash anywhere. I enter the house and see the body off Corporal Sam Gillard. I move around the back and see there is a perfect view of the neighbours trash can. Outside, I hop over the fence and start searching the can. Towards the bottom of the can, I see the gun.
As Deeks leaves, I turn back to Corporal Lan. I start to talk more about what happened and what he did when he was in the house until out of the blue he asked me. "Why do you care so much about me?"
I did not know how to respond; I just looked at him straight in the eye and responded "Because I think your innocent and innocent men don't go to jail."
And after that he gave me his trust "I suffer from PTSD after serving 3 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sam was the only friend that supported me after all of this."
"I looked at him, you're not the only one that will support you through this. I'm here you can talk to me whenever and wherever, just give me a call."
As I give him my business card, Deeks pops up.
"Kens. I think you'll wanna see this." As I walk to him, he tells me he found the gun in the neighbour's trashcan and before I could say anything he says that he couldn't find Corporal Lan's trash can. "Look, I called Eric and they're going to pull the prints of this gun and hopefully it has a match but it's not looking good for him." he said looking in the direction to Corporal Lan. Deeks puts the gun in an evidence bag and hands it to the evidence guys and we tranport Corporal Lan to the boatshed. Now it's just a matter of time.