Okay Chapter 3 here it is! I don't own NCISLA but I just love the show! Reviews welcome!
A State of Mind
Chapter 3
"Guys, Eric may have something!" Nell called, appearing over the balcony. Deeks, Callen and Sam were at their desks still going through Kensi's case files. "Thank God for that", Sam sighed. "I didn't realise how many cases Kensi had!" All three raced up the stairs and into the OSP tech room. "What do you have Eric?" said Callen. "It may not be much, but here on this camera is a guy talking to Kensi last week at a local bakery shop near Kensi's house. The thing is, this guy lives right on the other side of the city, so I'm thinking why would he be way over this side to talk to Kensi and get bread?. I got a fairly good shot of him and ran his face through the facial recognition program. "And?" asked Deeks impatiently. "And, we got a match. His name is Marcus Sutherland; he is an ex-marine who was dishonourably discharged last year." "What was he discharged for?" asked Sam. "I don't know. His file is listed as classified." Eric replied. "That's very unusual" said Callen suspiciously, "I wonder why it's classified?" "I'll make a few phone calls Mr Callen, see what I can do to get some clearance to open the files" Hetty answered. "Give me a little time".
Marcus Sutherland was being utterly sleazy as Kensi was lost in a world of frightening hallucinations. His buddies, Troy Mitchell and Jeremy Runez were standing to the side virtually cheering on their older ex-marine sergeant. "So Kensi, you want to know why you're here hmmm." Sutherland said trying to leer down Kensi's top. "You know a platoon buddy of mine who was one hell of a good soldier". Kensi couldn't think straight and it was both making her angry and terrifying her at the same time. "Who?" Kensi asked with a slur to her voice. "No, not telling you yet. Not until I get what I want" said Sutherland. "What do you want?" asked Kensi. "Mainly to clear my name but also get some justice for my friend who you know" replied Sutherland.
Hetty had managed to gain open access to the classified files about Marcus Sutherland from a few contacts she had at marine headquarters. She gave all the details she had to Eric and Nell, who were sorting through the files and had come up with some interesting details. "Okay here we are, Marcus Sutherland, ex-marine sergeant with d-force infantry platoon, mainly stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan recently." Nell said putting up a photo of the sergeant on the big screen. "His platoon soldiers who served with him are also here especially Troy Mitchell and Jeremy Runez who were his puppy dog followers as the marine files say, they used to follow Sutherland around and do anything he asked even if it was not within marine rules. But what is interesting is that there's another soldier's name here that we may recognise or more so Kensi would recognise" spoke Nell. "What do you mean Nell?" Callen asked. "I mean, the other soldier is Kensi's ex-fiancé, Jack" answered Nell. Everyone looked at each other with a surprised look on their faces. "Jack was in Sutherland's platoon too and according to the files all of them were dishonourably discharged because of serious behaviour issues. The whole platoon was found guilty of numerous physical assaults on women while serving overseas, Jack included. They were all found to have PTSD but two of the soldiers were found to have the more serious affliction of schizophrenia as well as PTSD " said Nell. "Marcus Sutherland was one and Jack was the other who was diagnosed with schizophrenia" Eric said. "What sort of physical assaults were they accused of Eric?" asked Deeks. "Beatings and rapes of women, not only in the local villages but also in the marine corps" replied Eric. Deeks felt his anger rising in his body. He was not one to get angry often he was a laid back kind of guy, but hearing the information about Jack and knowing Kensi was missing and that this guy Marcus Sutherland most likely had Kensi captive was more than Deeks could bear. "Do you have an address for Sutherland or the other soldiers Eric?" Sam asked. "Yep I've sent you an address for all three of them to your smartphones" said Eric.