Hello, and apologies for the wait on this chapter. Midterms had me in a choke hold. I thank those whow have reviewed and the awesome LisaG16 pointed something out to me that needs mentioning now. This whole story is set after the episode "Plan B" so there will be spoilers and it explains the hangover Marty was feeling last chapter. If there is anything else I missed or questions, please let me know. I can answer them VIA PM and update them here in story for all future reader. Rock on and enjoy this update! - Ruki

Sitting in the office, Marty awaited the wrath of Hetty. What he got was a cup of tea in front of him and the little ninja sitting across from him. His face was still white and his eyes were bloodshot, but one way or another, he was going to pull through.

"How exactly do you know Miss Dobson?"

He looked up at her, the look coming back was genuine. She wanted to make sure Marty was ready for anything that may come his way in this case. Especially now that another one of Marty's past people are quickly coming back to haunt him. He took a heavy sigh and ran a hand through his hair.

"Growing up, Amber was the one that protected me from my father. Her mother was the same way ,so we came to each other. Shoulders to lean on especially through junior high school, and we know how those could be tough times..."

He let out a soft chuckle, Hetty setting a cup of tea in front of his face. The hangover was wearing off, but the headache still remained, and the adrenaline was taking its place at a slower pace than he would have liked. He picked up the tea, taking a sip as Hetty nodded approvingly, as if t tell him that when he wanted to share, she would listen.

Just like the loving mother figure Marty had wanted.

"One day in Junior High, Amber came to school busted up badly. I went with her to classes, principal said it would have been better had I stayed away from her. She insisted and got the principal to go along with the whole thing. Her mom came to pick her up from school."

"It didn't sit well with you?"

"She hit her in front of me because I followed her around. I grabbed Amber as she fell to the ground and the principal saw this. Cops were there in twenty."

It was the uncommon bond that he had with Amber that Hetty was slowly understanding. For now however, that was all Marty was going to reveal. He set the tea down and went on to get briefed on the case. Hetty smiled softly, knowing that now Marty had a bit more focus heading into saving Amber and solving another case, just like he had in the past.

When Marty arrived back in ops after his talk, the pictures he was seeing was like deja vu all over again.

"OK, what the hell is Ray's picture doing up on the screen? Thought that matter was taken care of."

Callen looked at him with a worried look on his face, as if he thought Deeks was going to blow.

"Ray arrived back in LA two days ago. We may think he has ties with the abduction somehow. Kensi went to interview Petty Officer Dobson at his house. You are going to stay here and gather information with Eric and Nell about his latest trip overseas. Any missions, information that could compromise our troops overseas, anything that could get his daughter killed."

"Callen, I need to be out there, under cover..."

"Like with Ray and Nicole?"

That one stung Marty to his core. He marched out of the office as Hetty marched in, giving Callen a rather stern look. To tell the truth, Hetty was even worried about Marty, but everyone knew not to confront him while he was upset, this already happened once before.