24 hours at NCIS LA
Case investigating assassinations, nukes and drugs.
NCIS Team 24 Team CTU
Kensi Jack Bauer
Deeks Edgar Stiles
Callen Chloe O'Brian
Sam Tony Almeida
Hetty Michelle Dessler
Eric Chase Edmunds
Nell
Prologue: 25 hours to go. 8:00 to 9:00
Jack was back in LA after being a fugitive roaming around London. He was back to cooperate in the next 24 hours with NCIS and CTU alike. He sat in his 1970 Charger. It was the one he used for the Wald Mission during Day 2. He drove to the CTU offices in downtown and flashed his badge to get into the underground car park. He parked and got out, purposefully striding to the escalator.
Meanwhile across the city Sam Hanna and G Callen were in the Ops room of NCIS's Base while Hetty was briefing the gentleman.
"Gentlemen and Ms Blye there is a terrorist threat on the city posed by the Hernandez cartel. It seems they have a nuclear bomb and plan to use it against in the next 24 hours" Hetty said with confidence
"What's the tip" Sam asked
Hetty gestured towards Eric to pull up a driver's licence and a picture of a marine.
"This man is Pvt Ryan. He caught smuggling drugs for the cartel and gave us information on the nuke."
"Cartels don't do nukes"
"Now this is the interesting part. The Mexicans are holding for detonation until they receive word from the group and they will detonate in Los Angeles".
"Hetty who is the group" G butted in
"Mr Callen the group is Russia's Salvation."
This announcement chilled through, everybody stood serious and tense even Deeks did not make one of his trademark jokes.
"The group behind bombings in Chechnya, the group that believes in communism." G exclaimed
"Yes Mr Callen. This threat is credible and should be treated with caution, the same will go for Mr Bauer and his team when they arrive"
"Why are CTU INVOLVED?"
"Mr Callen CTU are involved as they are investigating the Russia's salvation end of the investigation. We take the cartel"
Bauer entered the CTU main office, it had changed a lot. The tech stations were now equipped with Macs and the holding rooms were dark rooms with just floodlighting which made it look more sinister. The offices on the walkway above remained including his office. He walk towards the stairs as Chloe O'Brian was walking down them. He saw Chloe and remembered what they had gone through especially Stephen Saunders. It was marvellous to see Chloe the ex-analyst now CTU director. She came down the stairs and warmly embraced Jack.
"Welcome home Jack. Welcome back" Chloe greeted
"It is good to be back Chloe. It good to be with friends." Jack replied
"Have you seen Kim" Kim was Jack's daughter who had a habit of getting into trouble.
"No I'm planning on seeing her after this day is done"
"Good to know. So Jack you know what we are investigating?"
"Yes I do, I read it in the dossier you gave me"
"Good. Now pick your team"
Chloe dropped some files onto the desk and Jack scanned through the files quickly with laser focus. 4 people stood out, Tony, Michelle, Edgar and Tom Baker. Baker was a quality agent but Jack did not have the same trust in Baker as he did in the rest of the team. He saw his old one handed but now sewn back on partner Chase Edmunds.
"Chase man how are you how have things been?" Jack asked him
"Alright, my kid Angela doing okay but I am looking for work" Chase replied
Chloe walked towards them.
"Chloe I want Chase for my team" Jack said with a stubbornness
"Ok then Jack so you want Chase, my second in command Michelle and head of field ops Tony. Fine Jack you sure are not asking a lot" Chloe said sarcastically
"Just do it Chloe" With that Jack showed his 'do not fuck with me' power.
Jack met his quickly assembled team outside next to 2 black Ford Expedition 4x4s. In front of him stood his long-time allies and more specifically friends. Jack broke the ice.
"Right you have been handpicked to come and work with me and Chloe to investigate, hunt down and apprehend Russia's Salvation. We are doing this in conjunction with NCIS as the investigation is too big for one government agency to handle. They take the cartel and we take the terrorist group. Finally I would just like to say thanks for coming together and uniting so we can takedown probably this country's worst threat." Jack said with a deadly serious tone in his voice.
Jack looked at them all turning his gaze from Tony all the way through to Chase.
"Jack great to have you back man. I know everyone else feels the same but how is the cartel involved?" Tony asked.
Jack took a brief look at his long time Tony Almeida. Tony had grown his hair back out so it was in that neat but slightly untidy style again and he had also cut that stupid goatee off. He noticed Tony had started wearing his wedding ring again.
"The cartel basically are basically holding the nuke until the terrorists group give them word to detonate it on American soil" Jack replied
"Which Cartel is it Jack?" Michelle asked.
Michelle also looked well and content that she had what she wanted but Jack also still saw the fierce sense of civic duty in Dessler's chocolate brown Seattle eyes.
"It is the Hernandez Cartel. This cartel basically took over from Ramon Salazar when his cartel was a laughing stock, from then they have grown to heights Ramon couldn't have dreamt of" Jack said with a slight twinge of anger as he remembered Ramon.
"Jack what's the motive?" Chase queried
"Basically the cartel must have monetary motives. Most likely they are getting paid to hold the nuke but there could be a 2nd reason which I reckon is lowered border security as the border security will be trying to help the detonation of a nuke in LA therefore giving the cartel to smuggle more heroin and coke across the border than ever before making the cartel boss a very rich man" Jack explained.
"Where are we working out of?" Edgar said. Edgar was a portly stripy shirt wearing New Yorker. He was a fantastic analyst with a few very useful skills.
"We're working out of NCIS as it is good to have everyone in the same location and easier to share information" Jack responded "Any questions?"
Nobody had any more questions.
"Right let's move out" Jack said with power