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Callen, Sam and Deeks drove in Ops. It was around midnight. Eric, Nell, Hetty and Granger were informed on the situation. Granger had already called Bates and had asked for Stivens transfer to the boatshed.

As soon as they entered the Operation Center, Deeks gave Eric the paper he had cut off from the notebook.

"What's that?" Eric asked.

"I don't know. Stivens said it's her location. They are probably coordinates or something like that." and Eric started typing.

"Nell, I need you to find everything you can about Greg Stivens." Sam ordered and Nell went to the other side with the computers and started working.

It had been ten minutes. Both Eric and Nell were working as fast as they could. No one wanted to accept the current situation. No one wanted to accept the fact that Kensi could be dead. And no one wanted to believe she might be. No one but Callen. He was acting like he didn't want her to be found.

There was complete silence, when Eric found something. "I got it. These numbers are coordinates. If that's where Kensi is, she is in the Angeles National Forest."

"Okay then let's go." Deeks said.

"No Deeks. We need to wait for sunrise. We won't be able to do anything tonight. With the first sun's light, we'll go there. Okay?" Sam suggested.

Deeks nodded his head and walked out.

It was a little after six when the three men started packing their gear. The sun had started rising and since the location was in the forest they had to drive for at least an hour.

With Sam always driving, they drove to the forest in the Chevrolet suburban. The location was near the road. Apparently, not a good place to hide something let alone a body. Even though Stivens hadn't said it, they were 100% sure he had buried her.

Eric confirmed from their GPS location that they were at the right place. Several men had come with them. Three of them started digging. After a few minutes, their shovels hit on something wooden.

"Is that a box?" Callen asked hearing the noise. All three were above that area.

The three men, who were digging, started doing it faster. A few meters below there was a long box. It was a box indeed. They took it out.

"Shouldn't be heavier?" one of them asked knowing the situation and that there might be a body inside it.

They placed it on the ground. Deeks knelt in front of it. He opened it. But no one was inside! No one! They only thing that was inside was a USB thumb drive. Callen and Sam were taken aback. So was Deeks. They were all expecting to find her inside that box.

"I don't understand. Stivens said she'll be here. What the hell is going on?" Deeks was right. Stivens said she would be there and yet she wasn't. Maybe the USB would give them some information about where she could be.

They drove back to the boatshed. The USB was already in Eric's capable hands. They walked in the boatshed. Granger was waiting for them. The LAPD had brought Stivens earlier that morning.

"Where is he?" Deeks asked when he walked in.

"You can't see him." Granger said.

"That son of the bitch is playing with us. He's playing with her life." he was actually yelling.

They were interrupted by Eric. He was on the screen. "Hey, guys?"

"What is it Eric?" Callen asked.

"I went through the USB. The only thing that is inside is a video file."

"What kind of video?" Granger asked.

"Um, it's a video made by probably Stivens. It shows Kensi. It was put on the USB two days ago and made a week ago."

"Play the video Eric." Deeks said.

"I don't think you want to see it."

"PLAY the video Eric." And he did.

It showed Kensi. She was tide in a chair. Her face had wounds from punches and it was bloody. Blood was coming down from her nose, from her lips. The camera was zoomed in her face. They only could see that and a hand punching her on the face again and again. But she wasn't resisting. She was too weak to do it. She wasn't even trying to hold her head up. She had hanged and she was taking the punches one after the other.

For Deeks, that's was worse than seeing a photo of her lying dead with a throat cut. He was seeing her suffering and he couldn't do anything to save her, to stop that beast.

He was angry. Everyone was. Without saying a word, he made his way to the interrogation room.

"Detective, you can't go in." But Deeks ignored his boss "Detective Deeks!"

Deeks opened the door, walked in and shut it. "Why are you doing this? Um? Why? What has she done to you? What?"

"I see you found the USB."

"Is she dead or not? Did you kill her or not? Answer me!"

"She is still alive. I don't know for how long, but she is still alive."

"Where is she?" Stivens didn't say anything. He smiled once again. He had that evil smile on his face. Deeks grabbed him from the shirt and pushed him against the wall. "WHERE IS SHE?!" Sam and Callen walked in and pulled Deeks behind.

"He's not worth to us dead." Sam said.

"If anything happens to her, I swear the God, I'm going to kill you with my own hands."

I know you are still wondering what's going to happen to Kensi. I can assure you that you won't see her for a few more chapters. Just in flashbacks. OMG spoiler. : )