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Operation: Rescue:
"Callen…" Kensi called looking down at me from the stairs. I looked up and saw the urgency on her face. That's when I knew. They had found her.
I jumped up from my desk and practically ran up the stairs. I walked in the Ops center and found Sam, Kensi, Deeks, Eric, Nell, and Hetty standing around the glass and metal table that stood in the middle of the room. They were all looking at the screen. I turned my attention and saw Rachel walking with a huge man by her side through an airport.
"This was taken three weeks ago in an airport near Scotland" Nell said while I breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at me with an apologetic look and then said "We got into their security footage and this is the video of them".
Rachel had the large man's arm around her shoulder and I saw that he was leaning heavily on her. I watched as she looked back every once in a while. I saw she was limping and Dustin was barely putting any pressure on his right leg. His arm was cradled against his chest and she looked back before she whispered something in his ear and they went slightly faster.
A few minutes later four men dressed in black with bulging jackets came onto camera heading in the direction that Rachel and Dustin had just come from.
My stomach lurched at the thought. Hetty came up to me and said "I have the Director and her team on standby, waiting for a conference, whenever you're ready Mr. Callen".
I nodded trying to regain at least some of my composure that had left me. I knew the others were looking at me in pity. Here I was, with my heart broken by a CIA operative again.
"Bring it up Eric" I said fingering the note she had left me two months ago in our house.
A few minutes later the new CIA Director Franklin Andrews came up. Behind him, three men with grim expressions stood, dressed all in black.
"Henrietta, you better have a good reason for getting me and my team away from finding our two missing agents" he said.
"As a matter of fact Franklin I do. My team and I have been kept out of the loop long enough. Rachel Haven is as much a part of our team as she is yours. After all, she is our liaison" Hetty said stepping towards the screen.
"Are you sure this isn't just because she's sleeping with Agent Callen? If I'm correct, he's had your techs trying to hack into our databases trying to find information on this case" Andrews said looking at me and then at Eric.
Eric blushed when Hetty looked at him and said "If I were you I would stop accusing my agents. I was the one who had my technical expert hack into your database. This team is like a family Franklin, whether or not she is having a relationship with Mr. Callen, Rachel Haven is a part of this team, and therefore, she is a part of this family. Now, tell us what is going on".
I stared at Hetty. She had just taken the blame for something I had done, and willingly.
I waited, knowing that no one could withstand the intensity of Hetty's stare. A few seconds later Andrews sighed and I knew he had cracked.
"We sent Rachel and Dustin to Scotland undercover as tourist. They were supposed to find out where a set of assault missiles were hidden before being sent to the Middle East. They missed their first day to report in, and they have missed them ever since. We believe that someone from the Scottish underground militia has recognized Dustin from when he spent four years deep undercover as one of them, and they went after them.
"If that's the case then Rachel and Dustin are on the run from some very dangerous people. This Scottish militia isn't one that needs to be messed with, especially if they're in their own country. If they're in their own element, then they are even worse. They know the layout far better than anyone, even better than Dustin" he said.
I thought back to my days in the CIA before I went to the DEA and then landed here in NCIS. "Were you thinking when you sent them in there? The CIA has a protocol. You don't send in agents who have been in undercover on dangerous operations there before, no matter how many years it's been. There's always the risk of their cover being compromised" I said going up to the screen.
The director looked uncomfortable before saying "We didn't have much of a choice, Dustin and Rachel were the only ones who knew the place well enough so if they got separated they could get back to each other. If there was another way, it would have been done, besides, they put up a pretty good argument. In the end, I had no choice but to let them go".
"You had a choice, if it wasn't for your decision, Rachel wouldn't be on the run from a Scottish underground militia!" I said, my blood boiling.
"Henrietta, I expect you to control your lead agent" Andrews said.
Brandon stepped forward and said "We're heading out to Scotland, see if we can find them, and get them out of there alive. Callen, we will get Rachel out of Scotland and back to Los Angeles where she belongs, with you". Robert and Samuel nodded their agreement.
Sam stepped forward after exchanging a look and nod with Kensi and Deeks. "You can do better than that Brandon; I speak for all of us when we say we're coming with the three of you to find Rachel. She is family, and we take care of family" he said.
I looked at them and they gave me a reassuring smile. It was silent for a few moments before Andrews spoke. "Very well, I expect you here by the end of tomorrow evening; you leave in forty-eight hours". Then the feed went dead.
Hetty looked at us and said "You do realize what you have just done correct?"
"We've offered to assist the CIA in finding our missing team member in Scotland. We understand the risks Hetty" Sam said.
She nodded and looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Then I expect you to come back with Miss Haven. Mr. Callen a word please?" I followed her down the stairs to her office and sat down.
"Mr. Callen, I know that you are concerned for the safety of Miss Haven, but you need to keep a level mind. If you don't you are putting not only you and you're team in danger, but also Miss Haven. You have always kept a cool head when it comes to things like this, why are you acting so rash now?" she asked concern in her eyes.
"I love her Hetty, when I found that note; it reminded me of what happened eight years ago. I'm not letting her slip away again, not when I can do something about it" I said running a hand over my face.
Hetty leaned forward and placed a comforting hand over mine. "Good thing I told Miss Haven when she came for your protection two years ago that I was not going to stop you, or your team, for going out and finding her if she tried something like this again. Good luck Mr. Callen. Bring Miss Haven home."
I got up and said "Thank you Hetty".
She nodded and then I left. As I left I ran into Nell and reached out to steady her. She smiled and then handed me a picture. It was all of us together at Christmas.
"I heard that when you woke up every trace of her ever being there was gone, including pictures, so I thought you would like this" she said with a kind smile.
"Thanks Nell, this means a lot" I said with a smile before walking over to my team. They looked up and Sam was the first to say "What's the plan G?"
"The plan is to get packed and be on a plane to Langley by tonight, get some rest, and then meet up with Rachel's team tomorrow night. Then we get rescue Rachel and bring her home" I said.
Kensi, Deeks, and Sam grinned. "Works for me" they said before we headed out. I looked down at the picture Nell had given me as I climbed into Rachel's car.
I'm coming for you Rach, just stay hidden till I get there I thought looking at her smiling face, my arms wrapped around her waist.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Let me know what you think. Coming up in the next few chapters one will be Rachel's. I think the third one. Anyway, leave your comments please.
-Haleybug
