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Chapter 1:
Callen walked into the office and saw Hetty arguing on the phone with someone. Callen approached his team and saw Kensi, Deeks, and Sam were working on paperwork but they were talking quietly amongst themselves. What's going on with Hetty?"
"What, no good morning, G?" Sam asked.
"Morning, Sam. What's going on with Hetty?"
"No idea. She was like this when we walked in this morning." Deeks said.
"I've never seen Hetty this steamed.' Kensi said.
"Me neither." Callen said.
"Well thanks for nothing, you blood-sucking parasites!" They heard Hetty yell. She slammed her phone down and the four agents starred at their operations manager. "What are you four starring at? Get your asses up to OPS."
The four agents ran up to OPS with Hetty following them. The four agents and two techs were quiets while they waited for Hetty to speak. When they saw that she wasn't going to say anything right away, Callen spoke up, "Hetty, what's going on?"
"I'll get to that in a moment, Mr. Callen. I'm still trying to process everything that I was told."
They were silent for a moment but then Sam said something that no one expected. "The last and only time I've ever seen you act like this was when Dom was missing; so what's going on Hetty?"
"As I said, Mr. Hanna, we will get to that in a moment after our guests arrive."
"Guests?" Kensi asked.
"Yes. Ah, here they were now." Three men walked into OPS and looked around. "Kyle, late as always I see."
"Sorry, Hetty but a tip had come in that we were looking into."
"It better be relevant to this case."
"It is."
"Well then, let me introduce my agents: Nell Jones and Eric Beale are our tech analysts, Detective Marty Deeks our LAPD liaison, Special Agents Kensi Blye, Sam Hanna, and G Callen. These are Special Agents: Kyle Hill, Tommy Torres, and David Jefferson. They are with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
"ICE? Hetty why are ICE agents here? Outsiders are not allowed here." Callen asked in outrage.
"Because we will be assisting them with their next case, Mr. Callen."
"Why?"
"Because I said so, Mr. Callen." All of them looked to the door and saw Assistant Director Owen Granger walking into OPS. "Don't even try to question this Callen. We're helping with this case. Play the feed, Eric."
They saw a dark street with a white van in front of an apartment building. Five men and one woman came out of the building. Three of the men were holding the woman while one of the other men was clutching his nose and the other limped along. The girl was struggling with her captors. She even jumped up and pushed her feet against the van, pushing herself and the men backwards. She managed to get away for a moment but they caught her a moment later. They dragged her back to the van and one of the men stuck a syringe in her neck.
"She was brave, she fought back but was too outnumbered." Sam said.
"Yeah, the drugs they gave her probably helped too." Kensi said.
"Who is she?" Callen asked.
"She is Special Agent Galine Yashkin. She's a member of my team. And she was kidnapped from her apartment building last night at 12:17 am." Hill said.
"Why did it take this long to respond?" Deeks asked.
"At the time, only Tommy and Lena were in LA for a debriefing. David and I were on our way back from Bulgaria and landed this morning. We still have two members of our team in Bulgaria to close out the mission. Just as we landed at seven and went to the office and noticed Lena wasn't there which was unlike her. She is always there at seven to do her reports before we start the day at eight. She's a creature of habit but at the same time she is able to surprise everyone."
"It says here she is a translator on your team." Sam said.
"That's right. As a rule we need someone who can translate any potential language that we may come across. Lena had knack for picking up and understanding languages. She was my probie and I trained her since she graduated from the academy. She's one of the best agents I've worked with."
"So she's a good agent, that's why we're helping out?" Callen asked.
"Well not only that. We have worked overseas for many of our cases so she has knowledge of past and active cases."
"If she's tortured for information then all of the operations that she knows about are at risk. Making this a matter of national security." Torres said.
"There is another reason that NCIS is involved." Jefferson said. "Aside from her connection to your operations manager and deputy director, one of her brothers is a Navy Seal and the other is a US Marine."
"Mr. Beale, this is the contact info for our tech agent, Amelia Lucas." Hill said. "You two along with Amelia will be our eyes and ears. Now, she has a lot of family. So I think the best way to do this is to split the list three ways."
"How much immediate family does she have?" Sam asked.
"Two half siblings: Anna Kibrov and Aleksander Yashkin. Their father, Mikhail, lives with Anna. She also has four biological siblings: Dmitri Yashkin, Eva Aptekar, Alla Barsukov, and Maksim Yashkin."
"Wow. Her father was a busy man." Deeks said.
"Not to mention all of her siblings are married with at least two children each." Nell said.
"Anything we should know about her siblings?" Kensi asked.
"Eva, Maksim, Alla, and Dmitri blamed their sister for their mother's death or at least that's what Lena always told us. She said over the years, Dmitri and Eva tried to reconcile with her but the relationship was always strained." Torres replied.
"I think that is the most she ever opened up about herself." Jefferson said.
"What about her apartment building?" Deeks asked.
"None of us have been able to enter it." Hill said.
"Why not?" Callen asked.
"Have you ever lost an agent, Agent Callen?"
"Yes."
"Then you know exactly why. She is not just another agent to us. She is a friend, a confidant, a sister, a daughter. She is family to us, Agent Callen. So no, we have not been able to enter the apartment and see where she was abducted." Hill said angrily. "Her apartment is our first stop. So let's go."
The seven agents went to the apartment and looked around. Everything was thrown around and there was two pools of blood on the floor. The first was near the coffee table and the other was near the window. "She put up a hell of a fight." Callen said.
"That's our girl." Torres said. "I'm gonna look around and see if anything is missing.
Kensi took samples from both blood pools and had them sent to the lab. "Alright, Boss, I looked around and found nothing missing which means that she was the target and nothing else."
"Good work, Tommy. David, do you remember four years ago when Lena was kidnapped by the Serbians?"
"Yeah. We found her forty-eight hours later drinking in her favorite bar. Got it boss, I'll check in with her old haunts."
"Alright, Agents Blye and Detective Deeks, you two go and question Dmitri and Aleksander. Agents Callen and Hanna go talk to Anna and Maksim. Agent Torres and I will talk to Eva and Alla."
"What about any close friends?" Sam asked.
"Her closest friend from childhood is Jackie Markson. She runs a boutique in Venice Beach." Torres said.
"Kensi, Deeks, check her out after you question the family." Callen said.
"Alright, let's go then." Hill said.