Deeks was true to his word. At 6:30 am, after a sleepless night waiting for one of them to reach out to him he

walked in to OPS, packed his stuff, got his bike keys and as he started out there was Hetti. She actually had tears in

her eyes. "Kneel down here and give me a hug Marty." As he did she said "you really were my favorite but don't tell

anyone. Don't forget us. This is far from over, I promise." As he stood up he had tears streaming down his face.

"I tried Hetti. With all I had. I dropped every hint I could. I really tried" he sobbed again.

Hetti responded by saying "The whole reason I let Eric send you that picture was to get that response. We all

believed she was alive and they all needed help. You got it for them. That is what counted."

"Yeah, well they need that pointed out to them. Sam knew what happened and he didn't even share it. The

other 2 never cared enough to ask. Hetti, I am tired of being beaten down and being someone's 2nd best. It's time to

take care of #1. I can't do that here. I am so sorry. I wanted to stay but the team chose to let me go."

"No Mr. Deeks, they chose to not fight Granger that is far worse. They will be set straight, if Sam hasn't already."

After Deeks left the rest of the employees started to wander in. They all saw Hetti and were elated to see her

back. She called the 6 (Granger, G, Sam, Kensi, Nell and Eric) to a meeting and closed the door. When she turned, she

saw 4 of them on one side of the long table, Granger at the other end and Kensi, alone on the other side. Kensi also

noticed that and put her head on the table not willing or able to look at them.

Hetti growled "Let me start by saying how truly disappointed I am in each and every one of you. You let

someone who I care about very much and who cares about each of you like you were his real family walk away feeling

worthless. He has been there before but this time he may not come back. That will always be on you." She then told

them about showing him the picture which caused Kensi to gasp. She explained what Deeks did to the cleric and how he

stopped and finally reminded them who saved their butts in Afghanistan without a thank you. She concluded "Now you

will all live with the consequences. Granger offered him the opportunity to sign the papers to be an agent and stay here

as Kensi's partner. His answer was that he needed to ask all of you if that is what you wanted. That was the plan 4

yesterday but you voted with your silence. Granger wanted him to stay and was prepared to pair Jack and Nell if that is

what you wanted. Had he waited one more day you might have kept Deeks but he didn't get a chance to tell you he

planned to become an agent if that is what you wanted. Now get the hell out of my sight and go to work. Jack gets Deeks

old seat. We will figure out something for Nell and the agent to be determined soon. There will not be a liaison position

as LAPD has told us to 'go stick it'. You have a case-go."

4 months later

It's 6:00 am and Deeks is dressing for a 2nd interview with DIA. He has been thru the first round and really liked

what he heard from them. Hands on police work, face to face interviews, investigating-all he was looking for. Great toys

and support staff and they wanted him. A slice of heaven. THEY. WANTED. HIM. Then he also thought about the offer

that Lt. Bates made. His own unit would be stood up-LAPD anti terrorism task force. That also sounded good. But was he

ready to lead a 30 person unit including support staff?

At that moment his phone rang. He notice it was a blocked caller id, not unusual he thought, "Go for lonely

boy". What he heard buckled his knees. Kensi's voice sounding weak and timid and saying "help me Marty I'm at home

and hurt bad." Her voice was a bare whisper.

Who is he and what did he do-more importantly why? My weird mind had to end it here, stay tuned.