Chapter 3
Nell and the rest of the team sat together in a bar in the evening, Deeks was in the middle of giving them the news on Eric's accident from the LAPD: "So according to Officer Peter Johnson, my former colleague the car that was involved in the hit and run belonged to some bank robbers, which had just stolen a lot of cash from the LA National Bank."
"What means for us: It's definitely a LAPD case but are they willing to share their information with us?" Callen then asked who wanted to be kept in the loop by Deeks former employer even if it wasn't an NCIS Case and definitely not believed into any coincidences, especially when it came to one of the members of his team ending up in the hospital on the return from coffee run.
"Yes they're definitely going to keep us in the loop." Deeks answered, shortly sipped on his beer and then looked at Nell who hadn't touched her drink for quite a while and former LAPD officer definitely knew that her partner was on her mind right now.
Eight hours earlier
Nell was so frustrated right now: *All this state of the art high-tech and when I need it the most to help my partner it doesn't help me one bit!* She wanted to help to find this people so bad, that had put Eric into the hospital but today didn't seem to be her day to shine like she always did with her partner by her side. After some little problems at the beginning the two had surely become the dream team of OPS and now when she wanted to be by side of Eric and kind of repay him for all that he had done for her in the past, there wasn't anything she could contribute to apprehending the criminals.
She shortly sighed, looked around the large room filled with high tech equipment and of course her look stayed planted on Eric's empty chair for a few minutes before she thought: *I've got to focus on the task at hand because there has to be one way to help in this case.* So she looked at the photos again and again, tried her very best to get a better look at the faces even if the two had done everything to avoid being caught by nearby traffic cams.
Meanwhile Deeks arrived at LAPD, because the parking space of his former work place was pretty crowded he first had a very hard time finding a free space and he really wished he would pay his former employer a visit under better circumstances.
As he stepped through the doors of the Main LAPD Office, he was immediately greeted by Jennifer Pearson one of the first colleagues that spotted him as he had just walked through the office doors: "Hey Marty what brings you here?" She smiled at him, the two shortly hugged and Deeks finally answered after thinking about the answer for a short time: "Unfortunately I'm not just for fun here, one of my NCIS colleagues was involved in a hit and run and I'm here to check in with Pete Johnson to see what information he has for me."
"I'm sorry to hear that Marty, maybe I'll see you around later I've still got some paperwork to do and hopefully your colleague gets better very soon." Pearson said, Deeks thanked her for the good wishes for her colleague and then finally made his way to Johnson's desk at the other end of the large office.
Meanwhile back at OPS, Nell had finally decided to do something that she had put off already for too long: calling Eric's parents to tell them about their son's accident.
She paced around the room for a couple of minutes, till she finally grabbed her cell phone, dialed the number of Eric's parents and hoped that she was able to reach someone.
"Hello Nell, it's nice to hear from you and how are you doing today?" Stephanie asked in her usual almost sing song voice and that got a little smile on Nell's face even if the situation wasn't that motivating right now. She took one deep breath and finally said: "Honestly I could be doing better; Eric was involved in a hit and run." Eric's mom was speechless for a couple of minutes and the tone of her voice had now clearly changed as she answered: "What's his medical condition right now? And this whole thing must be also very hard for you, so how are you holding up under these circumstances?"
"Right now he still lays in a coma, the doctor doesn't yet how long it will take for him to wake up because he has to wait for the upcoming test results and yes all this is hard for but I know that Eric
will get through this."
End Flashback
AN: Thanks to- Stephen Long Board for reviewing this story and thanks to- Bard 15 for the entire constructive critic in his review. Thanks to- swimgeek 2007 for adding this story to her story alert. Please read and review
