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Chapter 3: Focus
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Kensi clasped to the ground. You know that saying that your life flashes before your eyes when you about to die. Everyone who said that was an idiot as far as Kensi was concerned. All Kensi could feel was pain and she would have love to see her life flash before her eyes, to distract her from it all. She was hit in her right leg. The second bullet missed her by no more than an inch. Her world was spinning. All she could think about was what was now forever engraved in to her memory: the way Zane twisted his face right before he shot her.
Kensi was in shock from the pain and didn't notice anything that was going on. All Kensi could focus on is the searing pain, that made her leg feel like it was on fire. By the time she realized what was going on Deeks was arguing with Zane and there was a buzzing in her head. She tried to refocus, but her mind wouldn't let her. She finally realized that the buzzing in her head wasn't buzzing at all.
"Ms. Blye, are you okay, can you hear me? Ms. Byle?" Hetty's voice rang through Kensi's now throbbing head.
"Yeah." she swallowed hard trying hard not to think about the pain too much. "I'm okay." She said holding back her tears as her voice caught.
"Tell me about the injuries you sustained." Hetty said in her calming voice.
"Um, I got a." she paused holding back her tears as she examined her leg, "a through and through in my right thigh and I think I have a concussion. Oh my god this hurts." She said panting, she couldn't catch her breathe. "Why didn't anyone tell me that once you're shot your wound get a heartbeat of its own?" she said referring to the new throb that occurred in her leg, when she said this you could tell she was trying really hard not to cry.
"Ms. Blye, hang in there, we're trying to get you out of there as fast as we can. Remember your strong." Hetty said
A phone started to ring in the bank.
"Hello?" Jason picked up the phone. "Who, am I speaking to?"
"This is Casey, with LAPD, I calling about the shots that were just fired. Who am I talking to?" a woman's voice said, distracted by Deeks and Zane arguing.
"Jason, I have a demand, Casey, I want some food and water."
"First I need to know if anyone was seriously hurt then we'll talk about demands?" Casey told him.
"Someone was shot, but she'll be okay, she a fighter." Jason said. "Aren't ya Kensi?" he called to Kensi.
"How bad is it, Jason." Casey asked.
"My hunger, pretty bad, but I'm not starving or anything." Jason replied.
"No, how bad is Kensi's wound?" she asked, you could tell she was getting irritated.
"Like I said she be fine, now get me some food and I might send her out."
"Okay, we will be working on that." She said bitterly.
"That will be all." Jason said, "Bring me and the hostages food or someone dies." He said as he hung up the phone.
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Hetty and Nell found their way to the bank. They quickly walked over to the police barrier and flashed their badges. They were immediately granted access to the control van, where two men who were on break walked out.
Hetty and Nell walked over to the door of the van and opened it. Instantly the smell of perspiration filled the air. A woman and two men were sitting next to a phone with their backs turned away from the door.
"Great you got the food Alex, they seem to be getting antsy in there." The woman said and then turned around. "Who are you?"
"Henrietta Lange and Ms. Nell Jones, N.C.I.S." Hetty said pointing to Nell when she introduced her.
"Why is N.C.I.S. here, this is a L.A.P.D. case?" The woman asked.
"One of mine is in with a through and through to the leg." Hetty said.
"This is still a L.A.P.D. case, it falls under our jurisdiction." The woman said.
"No ma'am this is a N.C.I.S. case now, it fall under our jurisdiction when a marine, a navy seal, or an N.C.I.S. agent is involved and as I just said my agent is shot." Hetty said as Nell just watched as they discussed who was taking the case. "How about this, a compromise, joint investigation?" the woman looked around the room to check if anyone was objecting. No one was, one of the men just shrugged.
"Sure, you have resources that could help us." The woman replied. "Welcome." She reached her hand out to shake Hetty's.
"Sorry I didn't catch you name, Ms…." Hetty asked.
"Casey, Casey Rogers ." the woman replied.
"Well Ms. Casey Roger, nice to meet you." Hetty said with a smile.
"Wish it was under better circumstance." Casey replied.
"Yes, right. So can you catch us up?" Hetty asked.
"Sure, the guy who answered the phone, his name's Jason. In the background there was a lot of arguing, but on our last call to check in, it kinda settled." She said. The door opened and closed and a man walked in with a box. "Oh, there you are Alex, I was afraid you might have gotten lost!" she said with a smiled.
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"Sam, how much time does a person get for being an accessory to a felony?" Callen asked Sam after Ricks asked for a lawyer.
"Fifteen years." Sam replied
"Oh, that right, fifteen years." Callen remarked.
"You're not supposed to be talking to me, I lawyered up." Ricks said to Callen and Sam.
"No one's talking to you. I'm just talking to my partner." Callen said pointing to Sam putting a lot of emphasis on the word partner. "But if you're ready to talk, we can." Callen said sarcastically, Ricks looked away like he wasn't even going to dignify that with a response.
"Well, G. you forgot about the fact a federal agent was shot, and she could very much end up dead." Sam said to Callen and that caught Ricks' attention.
"You kill a cop don't you get twenty-five to life, isn't it the same if you kill a federal agent?" Callen asked.
"I think it is, and that plus his fifteen years, right?" Sam asked.
"Yeah." Callen said then looked at Ricks when he squirmed in his chair.
"I didn't shoot no cop?" Ricks said.
"First of all, it's 'I didn't shoot a cop' and second if a murder happens in a robbery, everyone involved are charge, and they get the same time just like if they pulled the trigger themselves." Callen said.
"Wait you think I knew about the robbery, because I didn't. Zane just told me he knew where the money was and how to get to it; he didn't tell me what he was planning. I swear." he said pleadingly.
"So you didn't know?" Callen said reiterating what Ricks just said.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." With that Callen and Sam left the room. Sam pulled out his phone.
"Yeah, he didn't know, Hetty. We're coming to you." Sam said as he hung up his phone. He and Callen walked out the boatshed.
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By now Kensi was light headed from the loss of blood. Her skin was starting to turn very pale. She was getting dehydrated and probably suffering from hyperthermia. She kept zoning out because the lost of blood. She couldn't keep her eyes open for more than a minute.
"She hurt and….." That's all Kensi heard before her brain fogged, "…why can't I help her she hurt."
"No, you can't help her, now get back to the window." Zane yelled at Deeks.
"She needs…" Deeks said right before she couldn't hold her eye open any longer, everything was like a bad dream, like she wasn't living her live but watching from outside. "…..let me help her, she bleeding." Kensi zoned out again. Kensi heard mumbling she tried to refocus and hear what was being said but by the time she opened he eyes she saw Deeks run to her.
"Kensi I'm right here, you hear me, don't give up on me, okay." She heard Deeks say before she zoned out again. Deeks took off his shirt and tied it around Kensi leg so he could try to stop the bleeding. He tied it tight. Then he came back up to her head. "Kens, you okay?" Kensi nodded her head but the pain was too much to bare, she wanted to scream.
"Deeks I'll be okay, I mean I'm alive, right?" her voice started to catch. Her eyes started to water, after a while tears started to stream down her face.
"Hey, let's get your mind of the pain, okay Fern?" Deeks said, Kensi giggled lightly, he gave a little smile. "Remember the day we met?"
"Yeah, at the MMA gym." Kensi replied slowly and weakly.
"Yeah, that's right." Deeks said and place the back of his hand on her forehead. She was burning hot and sweating. More tears streamed down her face. "It's okay, Kens, you're okay." The phone rang again.
"Hel…."
"Where's our food?" Jason said cutting off Casey.
"That's what I called to talk about…."
"So we aren't getting anything to eat? Because if we're not prepare to have a body on your hands." Jason said cutting her off again.
"That's not what I said, we are going to send someone to the door with the food and we're sending in some medical supply for Kensi. Anything else?" Casey asked.
"Yes, I want to talk to N.C.I.S." He said and hung up.
Hetty walked into the control van and looked at Casey, "Jason wants to speak to N.C.I.S." Casey said to Hetty.
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"So he didn't know?" Casey asked.
"No he didn't know." Callen repeated.
"So what money was he talking about?" Cassie asked.
"The money was never recovered by the police, maybe because no one knew where the cash was stashed. Maybe it's in the bank." Nell said.
"What, like in a safety deposit box?" Eric asked on a video chat line they opened.
"Exactly like a safety deposit box. Give me a list of everyone that was in the bank when the robbery started." Nell said.
"Okay," Eric said. "There." Something popped up on Nell's computer, blocking Eric's face.
"That fifty people, there must be a way the list can be narrowed down." Nell said.
"Well they would be trying to get out of there if they had what they wanted, so what if they don't have the key yet. What if one of the hostages has the key?" Callen asked.
