Marisa looked at the pictures again. She could not believe what she just saw. She looked at the other things that were in the box and she put it safely away underneath her bed and she went to sleep.

That Monday Marisa went back to work. Trying to shake off the thought of everything she had learned over the weekend and concentrate on her job. In the morning she and Kensi were training together in the gym. Callen and Sam were training next to them.

Marisa had managed to beat Kensi 6 to 4.

"Impressive. You really have some nice skills," Kensi said.

"Thanks. I've been studying martial arts ever since I was a young girl so," Marisa said.

"What did you do?"

"Uhm, taekwondo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thia, wushu, judo, little bit of kickboxing as well."

"Wow that's really an impressive list."

"Not really what you expect from a young girl growing up," Callen said.

"Well, I've never been a typical young girl when I was growing up."

"Well you certainly have your fighting skills down. Might come in handy in this line of work," Kensi said.

"Yeah I enjoy training, keeping my skills up. Speaking of which, anyone else up for another round?"

"After you just told us what kind of martial arts you studied? No thanks," Callen said.

"You're scared I'm gonna beat ya?"

"Ohhhh," Kensi said.

"No, I'm not scared. Alright Marisa, let's see what you got," Callen said and Marisa and Callen started another round of training.

It was a close round. They were a good match for each other. In the end it was a tie, 5-5.

"You're good," Callen said.

"Thanks, you're not so bad yourself," Marisa said.

"Morning, what are you guys doing in here?" Deeks said as he walked in.

"Just some training," Marisa said.

"Marisa just bested Kensi 6 to 4 and tied G 5 to 5," Sam said.

"Really? Impressive," Deeks said.

"You got something for us Deeks?" Callen asked.

"Yeah Hetty wants everyone up in OPS. Shooting at the naval recruitment center."

They freshened up and went upstairs.

Eric and Nell explained the case to them. They went to the recruitment center to check it out. The shooter was gone already. Marisa and Kensi went to the hospital to talk to the men to see if they remembered anything from the shooting.

"Hi, I'm Special Agent Kensi Blye and this is Marisa Mathews, we're with NCIS. We were hoping to ask you some questions about this mornings' shooting if you're up for it," Kensi said.

"Yeah, that's fine. Although I'm not sure if I can be of much help. I don't remember much," the man said.

"It's okay. Anything you can remember will be useful."

"I was just working behind me desk and all of a sudden this guy came in and started shooting. I ducked under my desk, but I was already hit in my shoulder. There was a lot of chaos. I saw some other people getting shot too. I don't know what he looked like. I didn't get a good look at him. But I do remember that he left with someone."

"He took somebody hostage? Do you know who it was? Marisa said.

"No, I just saw he dragged someone out with him."

"Alright, thank you for your help," Kensi said and she and Marisa turned around to walk out to room.

"The others who got shot, did they make it?"

Kensi paused for a second to answer him. "2 of them are dead, the other two are critical in the ICU at the moment. I'm sorry. We'll do everything we can to find out who did this."

Kensi and Marisa went back to the office and informed Eric and Nell that the shooter took somebody hostage and Eric and Nell went to work to see if they could find any camera footage in the area. Kensi called Callen to let him know what was up and Callen asked the Captain at the naval recruitment center if everybody was accounted for. They came up with a name, Robert Davidson.

On the way back to the office Callen called Eric to ask him to find out everything he could about Davidson.

About half an hour later Eric and Nell came downstairs.

"We've got something," Eric said as they walked into the bullpen.

The others all watched as Eric put the video footage on the screen. They saw Davidson being pulled into the van and driving off.

"Kaleidoscope is already looking for the van, no hits yet but it did get facial reg on the guy who took Davidson," Eric said as he put a picture up on the screen. "Peter Michaels, he's American."

"Any connection to Davidson?" Callen asked.

"His brother, Kevin, was recruited into the navy about 6 months ago. He was sent on a mission about a month ago and he was killed in action," Nell said.

"Let me guess," Deeks said. "Davidson is the one who recruited him."

"That would be correct."

"So he's looking for payback for his brother's death," Marisa said.

"Do you know where he is?" Callen asked.

"No nothing yet, still looking. His parents live in Marina Del Rey. Address is on your phones," Eric said.

"Deeks, Kensi, you go talk to the parents. See if they know anything."

Deeks and Kensi left the office and 20 minutes later they were at the parents' house and they went to talk to them. They were still dealing with the grief of their son. They knew Peter was upset about losing his brother and that he blamed the people who recruited him, but they had never suspected that he would do something like this and they had no idea where he was.

Kensi and Deeks returned to the office and the team went back to finding another lead. A couple hours later Kaleidoscope got a hit on the van. Callen, Sam and Marisa went to check it out.

"Stay in the car Marisa, Sam and I will check it out," Callen said as they pulled up to a bar.

"Got it," Marisa said.

Marisa waited patiently in the car.

"Marisa, meet us around back with the car, Michaels is running," Callen said about 5 minutes later.

Marisa was shocked that they asked her to drive. She got behind the wheel of Callen's Mercedes and drove around back where she picked up Callen and Sam. They both got in the car and Callen decided to let Marisa drive, that was faster than them changing seats.

Marisa drove off and chased the car that Michaels was driving. She was going fast through the traffic avoiding the other cars perfectly. Michaels took a left turn on the intersection and Marisa followed him with a drifting turn.

"I prefer to have my car back in one piece okay," Callen said.

"Don't worry Callen, I'm not gonna crash it," Marisa said.

"Try to get in front of him," Sam said.

Marisa floored the peddle and quickly caught up with him. She got in front of him and cut him off. Michaels managed to stop his car before crashing into the store. The three agents got out of the car with their guns raised.

"Federal agents! Get out of the car! Hands where we can see them!" Callen said.

He got out of the car and Sam cuffed him.

"Nice driving," Callen said.

"Thanks," Marisa said as Sam joined them again. "Got anything from him?"

"No nothing, he's not talking," Sam said.

"Let's take him to the boatshed. See what Eric and Nell have managed to dig up," Callen said.

They took him to the boatshed and the managed to get him to talk. He told them where he was hiding Davidson. They informed Kensi and Deeks and they arrived together at the location Michaels had given them.

The geared up and went inside to get Davidson out. Davidson wasn't that hard to find and there was nobody else there. They freed him and got him looked after and Michaels was arrested and they returned to the office.

"Very fancy driving earlier Mr. Callen," Hetty said as they sat down behind their desks.

"Thanks Hetty, but it wasn't me," Callen said and Hetty looked at Sam.

"Not me either Hetty," Sam said and they looked at Marisa.

"Very nice driving Ms. Mathews."

"Thank you Hetty," Marisa said and Hetty returned to her office.

"Where did you learn how to drive like that?" Sam asked.

"My uncle taught me. He's a driving instructor at the police academy."

"Very nice. It could certainly come in handy in this line of work," Callen said.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight," Marisa said as she grabbed her bag and went back to her dorm room.

…..

She grabbed the box from under her bed again and she looked at the items again. She already knew who her mother was but she had never seen pictures of her. She looked at the pictures of her mother and she realized that she was the spitting image of her mother. She had the same long brown hair and the same long legs as her mother. Also the color of her skin was just as tan as her mother's was. Looking at the pictures of her mother she felt sad that she never had gotten to know her real mother. But she had two very wonderful adoptive parents and maybe with the information in this box she could find her real father.

She also saw a picture of her mother holding her when she was a baby. She looked happy with her new baby girl. She noticed that there was a jewelry box. She opened it and she saw very beautiful jewelry in the box. A necklace with a heart and inside the heart was a picture of her and her mother. And also a bracelet with some lucky charms and some other pieces of jewelry. She put the box next to her jewelry box in her closet.

She put all the stuff back into the box and she decided that she needed some downtime. So she grabbed her bathing suit and went down to the swimming pool to do some laps. She got in the rhythm of things so she lost track of time. It was almost an hour and a half later when she was back in her dorm room. She stayed up to do some reading before going to bed.

The next morning she was at the office bright and early. Nobody was there yet. She decided to head to the gym to work out. She went to the dressing room to get changed and she walked into the gym and she found Callen there.

"Morning Callen," Marisa said.

"Morning Marisa, you're here early."

"Yeah, I thought I get an early start and do some work out."

"Very well."

Marisa went to do some punching at the punching machine. Callen was at one of the bicycles. Callen cycled a little slower to watch Marisa train. He was impressed with her skills. She was just an intern but she was just as good with her fighting skills as any other member of the team.

After 3 rounds she took a little break to drink some water.

"You looked good," Callen said and he got a weird face from Marisa. "With your fighting skills I meant."

"Thanks. Wanna play a game of basketball?"

"Sure, but I've gotta warn you, I'm pretty good at it."

"That's fine, some competition is nice," Marisa joked.

They started their game. The game was pretty close. They were busy for about 15 minutes when Hetty walked in. They hadn't notice Hetty walking in and Hetty just stood there watching her lead agent and the new intern playing basketball. She was glad to see her lead agent interacting with the new intern. Marisa had the ball and she tried to do a lay-up but Callen blocked her and somehow they tumbled over ending up on the floor together almost on top of each other.

"Woops sorry, you okay?" Callen said as he helped her up.

"Yeah I'm good, don't worry. Thanks."

"Having fun?" Hetty said and she saw she startled the agents.

"Yeah, we're just playing a friendly game of basketball," Callen said.

"Well I'm afraid the fun is over. OPS centre 10 minutes," Hetty said and she walked away.

Callen and Marisa went to get showered and joined the others up in OPS.

Eric and Nell explained the case to them and they went to work. Some weapons had been stolen from Pendleton. They found out that a bar here in LA was used as a front for arms deals. It was a Mexican bar so Kensi and Marisa went undercover, Kensi as a waitress and Marisa as a dance girl.

Marisa was a bit nervous about going undercover. Kensi noticed as they were getting dressed.

"Don't worry Marisa, You'll do fine," Kensi said.

"Thanks, I'm just a bit nervous, cus this is the first time going undercover," Marisa said.

"Just stick to your role and everything will be fine."

"Right, easier said than done."

"I'll be there too so everything will be fine. You'll do fine. You are very good at everything else so I'm sure you can do this too."

"Thanks Kens."

Callen was in Hetty's office to go over the plan.

"You're absolutely sure that Ms. Mathews is good to go undercover?" Hetty asked.

"Yes, she's ready. She'll be fine and she's not alone. Kensi is with her. And Sam, me and Deeks will be there too as customers to keep an eye on things," Callen said.

"Alright, just make sure that Ms. Mathews will be safe. The moment her cover is blown I want her out okay."

Callen nodded and went back to the bullpen. Kensi and Marisa left for the bar.

They were shown around the bar and told what was expected of them at work. Kensi went to the head waitress and she told Kensi what was expected of her and where all the tables where and which area she would be working at.

Marisa was in the back with the other dancers of the bar going over the routines for the night. It wasn't hard for Marisa, it where mostly just basic Latin dance moves and the Mexican blood in her made her learn the routines pretty easy.

They continued getting ready until it was time to open the bar. After an hour the bar was pretty crowded already. Sam, Callen and Deeks where already inside. They sat in one of the booths in the back so they could keep an eye on the entire bar. Kensi served them their drinks and a little later Marisa came out on the stage with the other dancers and she started dancing.

It took 3 days for them to get a break in the case. Marisa kept on dancing on the stage while looking around at the tables to spot anyone suspicious. She saw a couple of suspicious guys heading into the back room with the owner of the boss and she signaled to Kensi. Kensi read the signal and a little later the owner called to the bar for some drinks to be served. Kensi served the drinks and she managed to plant a bug on the table to listen in on the conversation. They were talking about the weapons and when the deal was going down.

Everyone at OPS had heard the conversation and they made a plan of attack.

2 days later the deal was going down. It was before the bar was open so Kensi and Marisa went to the office and geared up as well before going after the weapons.

They got into the van and drove to the location where the deal was going down. They took their positions, each on a different side of the abandoned dock. About 15 minutes later they saw the owner of the bar arriving with some bodyguards followed by the buyer.

"Eric, need an ID on the buyer," Callen said as he took pictures and sent them to Eric.

"On it," Eric said.

They watched as the weapons were being unloaded and a few seconds later they heard Eric over the com.

"Buyer is Antonio Ruiz, a Mexican, suspected of dealing in weapons. He's got connections to some of the most powerful Mexican drug cartels."

"Got it Eric," Callen said. "We can't let these guys get away. Kensi, Marisa, you ready?"

"In position," Kensi said.

"Ready," Marisa said.

"Take the shot on my count, 3, 2, 1."

Kensi and Marisa took the shot and took down the bodyguards. Callen, Sam and Deeks moved in guns raised.

"Federal agents! Down on the ground!" Callen yelled.

Both men fell to their knees with their hands behind their heads and Sam cuffed them and they were taken to prison.

"Weapons are secure Hetty," Callen said.

"Good work Mr. Callen," Hetty said.

…

Marisa was having a fun night out with some friends. It was about 1am as they walked out of the club and to the cab. Marisa was sharing a cab with one of her friends. She was dropped off before Marisa. Marisa got out of the cab as it pulled up to the campus and walked to her dorm room building. As soon as the cab was out of sight 2 men grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a van and drove off.

It was 3am when the agents received a call from Eric telling him that he was needed in OPS. The agents arrived at the office and quickly made their way up to OPS.

"What's going on Eric?" Callen asked.

"We just received this video," Eric said as he put a video up on the screen.

They saw Marisa being tied up to a chair. A man with a mask came in the picture.

"If you want to see her alive again, you'll do as I say. She has something that belongs to be. Her mother took it away from me and now she has it. You have 4 hours to get it and bring it to me on the Santa Monica Pier," the man said in a Spanish accent.

Marisa looked terrified into the camera before she spoke up: "Box je v mém pokoji na koleji pod mou postelí. Můj pokoj je čtyři třináct. Položka je v malé krabičce. Tři muži mě vzal někam na jih od města. Myslím, že někde v blízkosti vody. Vzali mě z jídelny na Pico."

As soon as she said that the man slapped her across her face. Callen recognized the language she spoke and understood what she was saying.

"Oh my god, Marisa," Kensi said.

"What language was that?" Deeks asked.

"She was speaking Czech," Callen said. "Eric, Nell, see what you can find on the video maybe something will lead us to her. She said she was taken from a diner on Pico. Her car should probably still be there. Check for any cameras in that area. And she thought they had taken her to the south of the city, nearby water."

"On it," Eric said and he and Nell sat down behind their computers and went to work.

"Sam, Kensi, Deeks, see what you can find out about her mother and why someone would be after something she took from them."

"What are you gonna do?" Sam asked.

"I'm gonna check out a lead," Callen said and he walked out of OPS and downstairs and out of the office and into his car and drove off before anyone could stop him.

"Where's Mr. Callen going?" Hetty asked as she saw the other agents coming down the stairs.

"He said he's checking out a lead," Sam said.

"What kind of lead?"

"I don't know. Maybe something Marisa said. She was speaking Czech. Callen told us what she said but maybe he didn't share everything."

"I'll worry about Mr. Callen, you just make sure you find Ms. Mathews and bring her back safe."

They nodded and went to the bullpen and went to work.

15 minutes later Callen arrived at the campus and walked into the building where Marisa's dorm room was in. He walked up the stairs to room 413 and he checked to see if anyone was around as he picked the lock on her door. He closed the door behind him and walked to her bed and pulled the box from under her bed.

He opened the box and started looking for the small box that Marisa mentioned, but he stopped for a moment when he saw the pictures in the box. He picked the pictures and some papers up and looked at them. He couldn't believe what he saw.