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Kensi slowly took in her surrounding. She was walking down a deserted street with a few houses littering the street on the left and only trees and nothingness on the right. If she wasn't Kensi Blye, trained Federal Agent extraordinaire and her Father's daughter – she would have stopped in her tracks and rushed back to civilization. There was just something off about this place. A sense of foreboding hit Kensi in the gut like a ton of bricks.
"Come on, you're NO Baby. Besides you're armed. You're a Bad Ass." Kensi whispered out load as she unconsciously touched the cold metal sitting snugly against her back.
As she approached the bend in the road she walked down – she stopped suddenly. "What was that?" she thought. A second ago, a flicker of movement caught her attention. At the corner of her vision - "There it is again."
"Hello? Is someone there?"
Kensi looked around her again. Searching. There, to her left, the tall bushes along the road bend - a shimmer of movement. Someone or something was there. Watching. Waiting.
Moving without thought Kensi rushed the bushes, her hand at her back. Ready.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Kensi yelled as she found the culprits.
Huddled behind the bushes, covered in dust and looking guilty and a little scared sat two children and a fur ball of some kind.
Realizing they were no threat , Kensi crouched down and smiled at the scared children.
"Hi. My name is Kensi. What's yours?" she asked as she tried to get a read from the two in front of her. She wished Sam or Deeks were here.
A boy of about ten with huge big blue eyes and light brown hair sat protectively next to a girl of the same age with deep green eyes and a long blond hair that was falling out of pigtail. The little girl, who appeared older seemed terrified of Kensi as she clutched what appeared to be a very shaggy puppy, a pathetic looking puppy.
Trying a different tact, she said "What's your puppy's name?"
The girl, unsure what to do, looked at the boy. If Kensi wasn't so focused on them she may have missed the silent communication between the two of them.
"His name is Fuzzy." The shy girl said with a smile.
As though a decision had been made the boy cautiously reached out his hand as if to shake Kensi's hand.
She shook the offered hand, noting how skinny his arm was. But she could also feel the steel strength that pulsed through him. The boy for some reason reminded her of Deeks. But she couldn't place why.
"My name is Ryan and this is Madison" the blue-eyed boy said almost like a challenge. He stared at her – judging her.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Ryan. Madison."
"Are you in the Military?" Madison whispered.
"What makes you ask?" Kensi wondered, already feeling these two kids had penetrated her protective shield.
"We saw you earlier with all the military people before." Madison said, looking away as if caught doing something bad.
Kensi laughed. She'd felt eyes watching her since leaving the Ball Park.
"Were you two following me?"
The boy, a mischievous look, said, "You're the only one who guessed right. We wanted to see if you found it."
A new spark entered Madison's eyes, "We've been waiting forever."
Amused, Kensi asked "Forever?"
Ryan, looking Kensi head on decided to trust her. "Yeah, three days."
Madison, no longer able to sit still jumped up with her little dog in her hands, excitement and energy rolling off her in ways. "Chris said we couldn't play with the Doggie but after it was found he'd bring me a bigger one to play with. Come on. Let's go!" She said reaching for Kensi.
Kensi was enamored by these two kids. She couldn't help but get sucked into Madison's enthusiasm. She got up and took the offered hand.
"Okay. But no cheating. The most you can tell me is if I'm getting Hot or Cold." Kensi said in an authoritative voice.
"Okay" both kids said at the same time.
Kensi, with her new friends walked back toward the center of the street to get her bearings. Madison on her left, swinging Kensi's hand and Ryan on her right silently watching. His silent intensity should have been off-putting, but there was just something about this kid that just called to her soul. It was if she was looking at a young version of Marty Deeks. How strange.
"Okay. Which way?" Kensi asked.
Madison took off pulling Kensi and Ryan with her.