Sam, Kensi and Callen watch as the ambulance leave with their teammate or is it ex- teammate. LAPD cut ties with NCIS but that was all a ruse to catch the mole. However, as of yet, LAPD does not know it was a ruse. They will have to get Hetty to rectify that and let Marty come back as their liaison.
"Do you think Hetty knows that Bates is Deeks's father? Would she have let Marty do this if she did know?" Kensi asks.
Sam and Callen didn't know how to answer her. They were in on the ruse from the start. The entire plan was resting on Deeks. He was at the center of it all, it could not have been done without him. But there is no way they would have followed through had they known.
"We didn't know, if we had we would have found another way to catch the mole." Callen insisted.
"We should get the hospital." Sam speaks up. This whole thing is a mess, it was a mess from the start. But Marty played his part well, but at what personal cost to him.
At the hospital, the team found Bates pacing the waiting room.
"How is he?" All three ask at the same time.
"He is in surgery. He has a brain bleed from the explosion. When the day began my only thought was to catch Clarence Fisk. Now my son is facing an inquiry about that shooting of an unarmed man, that is if he survives." Bates answer.
Sam and Callen realize they should tell Bates the truth. But does that cause problems for them on a personal level as to where Marty's loyalties lie with NCIS or with his father.
"Marty did not kill an unarmed man. It was all a ruse, he is fine and a NCIS agent from D.C., the woman was also an agent. Both of them went home right after the shooting this morning." Callen spoke up.
Bates looked at them shocked. Why would they do this? Why would Marty agree to this?
"Why?" He snaps.
"We knew that Clarence Fisk had a mole inside LAPD. We didn't know who. But we had to find the mole in order to stop Fisk and in order to do that we had to force LAPD's hand to cut their ties with us and take Marty back. We never would have done that if we had known that you were his father." Callen explains.
"Foster. Technically, Marty is my foster son. He had been with me since he was 15."
"We didn't know and he never said anything." Sam offers.
"He wouldn't, it is not something we advertised. The higher ups know, the chiefs and commanders. But, they are not going to say anything. They know or more like they remember how I acquired him."
Angela Tully along with Monica Lee come rushing into the hospital. The team is surprised to see Monica at the hospital, after all she is Clarence's lawyer.
"Roger, how is he?" Angela asks.
"Baby, what are you doing here?"
"I was told that you and one of your cops were involved in an explosion. You were okay, but he was injured." Angela replies rubbing his back with her other hand on his arm.
"Monica Lee, why are you here?" Callen asks.
"I was at the courthouse and I heard that Marty Deeks had been injured in an explosion. Is he going to make it? He just has to make it."
"Why would Clarence Fisk lawyer care?" Kensi asks.
"I'm not a lawyer anymore. I have been disbarred. I turned states evidence against Fisk. Marty convinced me too. He came to me after he saw the picture of the LAPD mole and I together. He yelled at me for getting involved with Fisk in the first place. I tried to explain to him, that I didn't have any other choice. He told me that I did, I could have gone to him."
"What happens now?" Sam asks.
"I'm on probation for 3 years, but I'm not going to jail."
"How do you know Marty?" Kensi asks her voice laced with jealousy.
"I have known him since we were kids. There was a group of us who would hide him on the weekends. He played ping pong ball between us, wherever he could stay and be safe. My parents were gone a lot, so he didn't have to worry about them seeing him."
Bates was shocked but not really. He knew Marty must have had help, but didn't know who.
"Who else was involved in his runaway escapades?" Bates snaps.
The NCIS team have no idea what she is talking about but it is obvious Bates does.
"Monica, we should go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat, preferably junk food." Kensi offers.
"I'll come to." Angela offers.
The girls left leaving Bates alone with Callen and Sam.
"You want a piece of advice, don't get into a battle of wits with a fifteen year old who also happens to be a runaway. You will never win." Bates spoke as soon as the girls left. "It also almost cost Marty his life."
I always thought that it was weird that in Internal Affairs, Marty knew how to get to Monica's house when he escaped from the police station. He had no dealings with her in Debt, so maybe they knew each other
Next chapter will dive into Marty's past with Bates