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Trafficking
It was early afternoon when the call came to Henretta Lange that something was going on that needed her urgent attention. She wondered what it could be, then went to have a talk with Leon Vance to find out what she needed to do.
"Hetty, this is an important investigation, there has been a lot of chatter as of late about young girls being brought into the country illegally and we want to put a stop to this."
"Of course, but when did this become a Naval matter?" Eric asked in confusion
"When they captured an American Marine Dependant" Vance replied
Hetty stifled her gasp as the image of fifteen year old Kendall McCain
"No, not Kendall..." Hetty whispered, Eric heard this but didn't say anything
"Kendall McCain, her father is Gunnery Sergeant Robert McCain and her mother is one of our own Special Agent Lillian McCain, they currently live in France their daughter along with her best friend Orla Byrne went missing a few days ago, needless to say their parents are extremely worried about their girls. There are several other reports of missing girls out of Europe most of them are Caucasian and teenaged"
Meanwhile outside of Los Angeles a man forced three girls into a sparsely lit room
"Bozhe moy!" one said as she was shoved to the floor, and the other two looked surprised. They hadn't expected to hear Russian spoken by one of the captured girls, but she spoke it, they figured she was from one of the countries that were part of the Soviet Union that still spoke Russian as they numbered pretty high. The way their captors handled her they figured the captors saw her as being a risky capture, one that was willing to fight back, what they didn't know was that one of the other girls was just as willing as the blonde Russian to fight back.
"*Do you speak English?*" a girl with red-brown hair asked in surprisingly good Russian
"Da, I do" the blonde teen replied "my name is Linka, what about you two?"
"My name is Orla" the red haired teen replied with a rather thick Irish accent.
"Mine is Kendall"
"If only they hadn't taken my ring" Linka muttered
"You're what?" Orla asked
"Oh it is complicated"
"Apparently we have nothing but time on our hands"
Linka told them about her ring or what she could about the ring and both girls were shocked by what she was telling them, and they figured it was most likely true, especially considering they had spent months fighting a psychopathic computer virus.
Hetty had briefed her team about the situation at hand and they were all extremely concerned that this marine dependant might have been captured not knowing that she was an American or marine dependant. They didn't know that Hetty knew said dependant personally.
"Where do we even start?" Callen asked "We have no leads"
"That isn't true, we know that..." Hetty's phone began to ring and she paused to answer it, she was shocked to hear Jethro Gibbs on the other end.
"Agent Gibbs, what is wrong?... Gibbs that isn't necessary, my team is perfectly... you do? Okay, are you... no...? Okay we'll see you and your agent shortly"
"Hetty, what was that all about?"
"Apparently Vance has sent Gibbs and another agent as backup, someone who has more connections in Europe and the Middle East than there are days in a year." Hetty said
"Who could possibly have that many connections in that region?" Sam asked
"Yeah, that guy gets around" Eric said
"Who says this person is a male?" Hetty asked
"Wait, this well connected agent is a woman?" Callen said in shock
"She is a former Mossad control officer" Hetty said
Sam gave a low whistle
"Sounds like one tough woman" Callen said
"She is" a voice said
The team looked up to see Gibbs Kensi and another woman enter the room
"Agent Gibbs"
"Callen" Gibbs nodded
"Everyone this is Agent Ziva David" Hetty said
"Sam Hanna"
"G. Callen"
"Nate Getz"
"Eric Beal"
Gaia was pacing the floor of the crystal chamber when the four remaining planeteers arrived
"Gaia, what is wrong?" Kwame asked
"Planeteers, I am worried, I cannot locate Linka"
The planeteers shared a gasp
After telling them all she knew Gaia sent them on their way and then the spirit turned around and summoned for another that didn't know what was going on.
"How long have you not been able to contact Linka?"
"Too long, my friend, too long"
Sam was impressed by Ziva's abilities and her connections.
Hetty sighed and looked at Gibbs
"Jethro, I don't know how long I can be objective, I know Kendall McCain and her family personally, she is my Goddaughter for Heaven's sake!"
"Then maybe you should remove yourself from the case, I'll take the lead if you like, all I need is some ideas about your team,"
"Maybe that is the best idea" Hetty sighed, "but I really want to be involved, after all I did give my word that I would keep an eye on Kendall"
"I'll make sure she gets out okay, Hetty"
Hetty approached her team, Gibbs behind her
"Team, I am going to have to remove myself from this investigation" she said
"Why, Hetty?" Kensi asked
"Kendall McCain is my Goddaughter"
To Be Continued...