Chapter 3

Walking down towards her office anyone who saw Hetty could tell that she was not to be messed with right now, she gave off the air of someone who wanted something done soon and she didn't care how it happened. One of her team members was in trouble and it was all because of a psychopathic ex-agent who thought that he had a claim to be Ms Blye's partner. Hetty was also concerned because Mr Deeks said that he had personal problems going on and that was why he was not focused recently, so it was time to call around and see what she could find about Mr Deeks.

Back in the control room, Callen paced anxiously. The GPS in Deeks' phone was telling them that he was at the Hermosa Beach which was where Sam was headed but the worrying thing was that the signal hadn't moved for 1 hour and he wasn't answering his phone. Sam had just called saying he was five minutes away and kensi was ten. He would be on his way as well but he was still staying to see if they got any hits for Paterson. Sam and kensi could handle Deeks, and if Paterson turned up well they were already pissed from learning the Paterson was involved in Dom's death.

"Callen the computer will tell us when we get a hit, you should head over to the beach" Eric knew that callen wanted to be there but he also wanted to be here in case they got a hit on where Paterson is.

"Okay Eric, but keep us updated. If you know something new, then I want to know, okay?

"Okay callen now go" Even though she had only been working here a short amount of time, Nell knew that this team looks after its own. Grinning at Nell he walked out of the room, heading down towards where the van, which he and sam sometimes used on stake outs, was kept.

Reaching the van, Callen's phone rang. Seeing that it was sam he answered straight away knowing that the news will either be good or bad.

"Sam, what have you got?"

"I've got eyes on deeks and he looks fine but that doesn't mean that Paterson isn't watching him. I don't see anyone but he could be anywhere."

"Okay Sam, get Deeks back here as fast as you can."

"On it G can you….G deeks is being attacked I have to go."

"Sam, just hang on kensi's on her way and I'm coming" Callen heard Sam disconnect the call and Callen started running towards the van. He put the lights on before speeding off. If someone was attacking Deeks then that meant Sam would get involved but callen didn't know how many men there were and what the odds were. As he was driving he got Eric to call Kensi and give her an update.

Arriving at the beach 15 minutes later, callen could see Sam's car parked along the street where as kensi's was park haphazardly like she'd stopped in a hurry. He could see a woman that he instantly knew was kensi kneeling next to a man who was still on the ground.

Pulling into a space wildly he jumped out and ran straight towards them. As he got closer he noticed that the man on the ground was Sam and he could hear Kensi trying to wake him.

"Come on sam wake up, we need to know what happened. Come on sam wake up" Kensi just seemed to be repeating this.

Callen sprinted the last several meters to his partner's side.

"Kens, what happened. The last that Sam told me was that deeks was being attacked and that he was going to go and help"

"Same here, that's what Eric told me but when I got here I just found him like this, an ambulance is on the way because he is probably going to have a concussion."

"So Paterson must have made his move and grabbed Deeks and they've got a head start on us now. But hopefully when sam wakes up he can fill in some of the blanks for us."

Callen kept his fingers on Sam's carotid artery to make sure that Sam's pulse stayed strong and healthy.

"Ughhh, awww man my head hurts" sam groaned

"Sam hey partner can you open your eyes for us"

Sam squinted, one eye opening half way.

"No come on sam, open your eyes" kensi's voice was commanding to the ex-seal and sam obeyed the order and opened both eyes, squinting slightly at the bright LA afternoon sunshine. Suddenly he remembered how he came to be laying on the floor.

"Where's deeks? Someone pistol whipped me."

Looking up at Kensi and Callen's worried faces Sam knew that Deeks was gone.

"They got him didn't they callen?" Sam desperately wanted Callen to say no and that Deeks was somewhere else but he knew the odds of that were slim.

"Yep sam it looks that way. Can you tell us what happened?"

Instead of answering sam tried to sit up but kensi pushed him back down.

"Sam you have a concussion so just lie down and tell us what happened."

Sam sighed but lay back down and started telling them what happened.

"While I was on the phone with you G, deeks was just walking back to his car from the beach. He looked troubled but like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. He was almost back at his car when one man walks over to him and grabs his arm but deeks punches him in the face. That's when I hung up on you callen. A van stops and two more men get out and start attacking him but deeks is fighting back. I get over there and he looked surprised to see me but he looked glad. That's when I think it was one more man got out of the van and two of them mange to grab me and one gets hold of deeks because he was more badly hurt. The first man who I'm sure was Paterson drugs him with something and then they fling him in the van. One of them then knocked me out."

"How…how badly was he hurt Sam" kensi's voice showed concern for her partner.

"Maybe broken ribs and a concussion"

They all look at each other for a second at a seeming loss of what to do, when the ambulance arrives and take Sam to be checked out, death to Sam's words.

With sam gone, they turn their attention to deeks phone, LAPD ID badge and gun that the men ahd taken off him and flung them on the floor next to were same was laying.

The phone shows all their calls and messages but it looks like deeks had turned it off. Suddenly the phone bleeps that it was a new message. Kensi calls Eric to get a trace on it but he tells them that the signal is bouncing off to many transmission towers for him to get a lock on where it was sent from.

Callen sighed another dead end. Opening the text they saw the following message.

I can't have my job then no one can. I'm a man of my word. I'll be seeing you soon but you won't be seeing me. P

They both looked at each the dread and fear for a colleague showing in their faces.

….xoxoxoxoxo…xoxoxoxoxox….xoxoxoxoxo…..oxxoxoxoxo….

Deeks' subconscious knew where he was going even if he didn't quite know himself. He felt his car pull of the freeway and turn down the street that he subconsciously knew led to the beach but his thoughts were back with what sam had said. His car stopped and he looked up. He found he was parked in a space right by the beach. There was hardly anyone there, only a few surfers that were getting the last waves of the day and a couple of people having a picnic down the other side of the beach.

He got out and walked down to the sand. He sat down heavily and let his mind wander. Some of his thoughts were telling him that sam was just trying to get the man who hurt his friend and the other part of his mind was telling him that he had been letting his feeling affect his work. He had been acting more light-hearted then usual because he was trying to hide how he felt.

His mind thought back and soon he was reliving another memory that he thought he had pushed down far enough that he would never have to think about it again but it was coming back up because of what was happening and he had been reliving it for days now.

Back about 24 years

An eight year old Marty deeks stood terrified in front of his father. He had tried to avoid his dad by hiding but he had been found and dragged into the living room. His mum was gone, she had left two days ago after telling him that she loved him and she would be back in a few days and there was no one that could protect him from his father. He could tell that he was drunk already and knew that he would be drinking long into the night before he finally passed out.

His father grabbed his chin and pulled his head forcefully upwards so he was looking straight at his father.

"You know Marty, from the day you were born I knew that you were going to be a very useless boy but know I know that I was right. With all your whining you have given your mother the flu and now she left so she could get better. Huh she won't be coming back because she will realise that she is much better off when you're not around. Why don't you just leave Marty, because your mother and I were happy when you weren't here.

As if to seal his words and let go of some of the frustration he had gotten during the day, he punched Marty in the jaw knocking him backwards and unable to catch his balance, he crashed into the wooden coffee table, sending sparks of pain up his back. He rolled awkwardly off the table and onto the floor but his father was not done with him yet and kicked him viciously in the ribs several times for good measure before wandering off to find another drink.

Marty scrambled painfully to his feet after a few seconds, knowing that if he was still there when he father got back he would get another beating only this time it would be worse. It took him five painful minutes to climb the stairs to his room and then he checked his injuries.

Looking in the mirror he could not help but wonder if he was worthless, after all his mother had seemed unhappy but he had just assumed that that came from living with his father but when she had left she seemed happy at the idea of time without him. Tears forming in his eyes he climbed into his bed and pulled the duvet around him like a shield against him and the drunk downstairs.

Back to present time

Deeks gazed out over the sea and thought about his life so far. He had shot his father in self defence when he was 11. After that it had just been him and his mother until he had gone to college and she had moved across the country and then he'd become an undercover agent where he had to depend on only himself. He had been to able hide all his childhood memories and put on a mask that he didn't care whenever someone found out about his past. After his father had gone to prison he had been free and happy.

Then he had been pulled in to be a liaison officer for a federal team and for the short time leading up too today, he had felt welcomed and it was good to have a partner to watch his back. He didn't know if he would ever tell them about his past but after today he didn't know what they would say to him.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice when the sun started setting and he didn't hear when his phone went off repeatedly.

After about one hour he decided to go home. Walking back to his car, he once again got the feeling that he was being watched and looking round the now almost empty car park he saw a man watching him from under a street light. Deeks reached for his gun but found his holster empty. He cursed; he had left it in his car. Walking towards his car a little faster, the feeling intensified and just before he reached his car, he felt a hand on his arm spinning him round. Deeks could see a gun in a holster by his side. Reacting quickly deeks punched the man in the side of the face and he stumbled back. Before he could hit him again though, a van stopped in front of him and two more men got out grabbing deeks. Knowing that this couldn't be anything good, he fought back thrusting his elbow back into one man's face. Before turning and kicking the other man in the ribs. As he was fighting he heard someone yelling his name. Looking up he saw sam running towards him. Moment's later sam joined the fight and it looked like they were going to get out of this alright. A fourth man got out of the van and hit deeks viciously in the ribs. Deeks felt some of his ribs break and he heard a thud from behind him and it sounded like sam was down. After one man grabbed him and restrained him he saw that sam was also being restrained by two other men but he looked unharmed.

The first man walked round in front of Deeks, allowing deeks to get a good look at him.

He was about 6'1 and had longish dark hair and green eyes. He didn't have muscle like Sam but there was still some there and he was dressed in dark clothing.

When he spoke his voice, sounded like he had travelled a lot but stayed in one place long enough that he had picked up the accent. "Well, well detective, I won't say a lot because I'll explain it all later but we will be spending a lot of time together. See you soon detective Deeks."

The man produced a syringe and plunged it into deeks' arm and the drug quickly took effect and deeks started feeling weak and his eyelids heavy. The last face he saw was Sam's and he heard Sam's voice calling out angrily as the darkness took him.

The man took his cell phone and badge and walked back to where sam was. He nodded to one of the men and he pistol whipped sam round the face knocking him out. The two men let go of sam and took hold of deeks, flinging him in the van. The van left and Paterson checked that sam was out cold before walking to the shadows to wait and watch the show unfold.

….xoxoxoxoxox…..xoxoxoxoxoxo…..xoxoxoxoxoxo….xoxoxoxoxox

Back in the control room, everyone was silent. Eric and Nell were gone. Hetty had told them to go and get coffee and food as it was going to be a long night. Sam had discharged himself from the hospital and come straight back to Osp. Hetty was in her office making call to some of her many contacts and now each of the agents were thinks about deeks and what they'd seen of him on cases so far.

Callen thought back to when Hetty told them deeks was missing. When she said that they were investigating because deeks was our liaison officer and that was as close to one of us as it gets. He remembered following Hetty when she went to see deeks and when he saw deeks and heard him talk about why he still wanted to put his life on the lie for his job, he knew that he would have to work to make deeks safe but he was happy that he was on his team.

Sam thought back to when, Hetty sent deeks and kensi into the desert and he remembered how much deeks complained as he tried to get out of going. He thought to when kensi called them to say that they had found the marines and they had to move, when they got there if they had been another half a minute they would all be dead. A small smile came to his face when he thought about how deeks came out from behind the burnt and mostly destroyed trailer saying that he was fine to if anybody cared. He had given him thumbs up because even though he would never admit it the detective had grown on him.

Kensi thought back to weeks ago when she and deeks had been undercover as alarm fixers when they were trying to work out how would want to kill Emma Mastin. Her 6 year old son Joshua had pulled deeks off to play video games. He was so good with children because the next minute she had heard little happy shouts coming from the other room as she talked to Emma. Later on when they been in the fire fight she was glad that she had deeks looking out for her back. In one day she had shown him that he could be serious in a fight but he could also be childlike. He brought a happy side to the team and he was good at lightening the mood.

They needed to find him; they couldn't handle another Dom situation. They needed to find him before Paterson sold him or hurt him in anyway. Hetty's thoughts were focused as she kept calling people and calling in favours. Mr Deeks will be found and Paterson you will be behind bars where you deserve or if one of my agents find that you have hurt Mr deeks you will most lily end up dead. Of course there would be time for revenge on what he had done to Dominic Vail.

That's the end of chapter 3. I hope you liked it and I'll update soon.

I hope you liked the changes and just in case anyone was wondering this story takes place between borderline and special delivery when Nell was a recurring character. Chapter 4 will be up soon.