"What do you think Kensi and Deeks are doing?"
"If you have to ask that, G, you really need to get a girlfriend."
"Now let's see, which would you prefer, the rogue CIA operative who fooled us all, including Hetty, or the blonde Russian bombshell whose awaiting sentencing for being unfairly convicted."
"You do have a knack for women."
"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that. Now, in all seriousness what kind of trouble do you think our newly wed coworkers have cooked up for themselves."
"Knowing Deeks, It can't be good." Sam smirked.
"I thought Kensi would have kept a better eye on him."
"Maybe I better retrain her, you obviously failed her."
"I failed her?"
"You're the boss right?" Sam chuckled.
"Touché"
"Oh my goodness, what did you just say. Deeks is rubbing off on you."
"What, it was a good come back." Callen shrugged.
"You're too much sometimes, G."
"Get some shut eye big guy, your obviously delirious from lack of sleep. We have ten more hours til we arrive in beautiful Bali."
"Oh ya, when we get to be known as the honeymoon crashers" he snatched the pillow from Callen. "Night G, sweet dreams."
The plane landed in Bali. The pair gathered their go bags and headed to the car that Nell set up for them to take. Directions were preprogrammed into the GPS.
"I guess Nellvarine is on top of her game on this case."
"I don't like it G, something seems off."
"Look on the bright side, we've gotten ourselves out of some pretty tight jams lately."
"That doesn't make me feel better."
"Let's get to our destination and check on our lovebirds."
Michelle contacted Deeks as planned. "What time are they set to land?"
"They should be to our villa in about 30 mins."
"I'll be there."
"Michelle's on her way," Deeks told Kensi. She looked at her husband still visibly shaken by the turn of events. "Are you good?"
"I'm trying, Deeks. I'll feel better when Sam knows."
Deeks understood how she felt. He also understood how this job could make a person do things they would have never thought possible. There was a knock on the door.
"Come on in."
"Hi," Kensi looked up. "I'm sorry for the way I behaved yesterday."
"Don't be, Kensi. You care deeply for my husband and my children. I know that. I appreciate that. I don't if I could have done this if I didn't know they had some wonderful people to look after them."
"I care about you too, Michelle, this couldn't have been easy on you either. I should have realized that sooner."
"It definitely wasn't. It's just what had to be done."
"Just make sure Sam is ok."
"You know I will."
"Let's go wait out front for them. We'll send Sam in alone." Deeks grabbed Kensi's hand and squeezed.
He pulled his wife close as they waited for the men. "I love you," he kissed the top of her locks.
She leaned in against him, "no matter how bad things seem, please don't ever do that to me. Trust us to figure out a better way."
"I promise Kens. I couldn't walk away from you even if I tried."
"Me either. I love you," she turned into him looking into his beautiful blue eyes.
Sam and Callen pulled up as they arrived outside. "So what did you two get yourselves into this time?" Sam laughed seeing they were fine.
"We can't leave you alone for two days, without you needed us. This puts a whole new level of awkwardness into our team. Joining your honeymoon."
Deeks tried to smile not to let on too much. "Callen, Kensi and I need to talk with you outside. Sam, you need to go in."
"What's going on, Shaggy?"
"Just go inside, Sam," Kensi put her hand on his shoulder.
"Wait, What is this about, guys you need to tell us something right now."
"Callen, let him go in," Kensi paused, "alone."
"G, it's fine," he could tell by Kensi's eyes, he needed to go and he needed to go alone.
Sam headed to the door of the villa and went in.
"What's this about, Kens?"
"Let's take a walk on the beach." She said.
The three headed out back by the ocean. "There's no such thing as a bad day at the ocean," Deeks started. He always felt that way. The ocean was his solace.
"Who's gonna tell me what the hell is going on."
Deeks looked at Kensi. Callen was like her big brother. They had a different bond than Deeks and he had. She knew how to handle him, so he let her take the lead.
"I'm really hoping you didn't have a hand in what I'm about to tell you."
He looked at Kensi in utter confusion.
"You kept Joelle's secret from us, I pray to God, this is different."
"Kens,"
"I'm not bashing you, I wish you would have trusted us about Joelle. It's fine, but There's really no easy way to say this, what Sam's about to walk into, who Sam's about to see." She paused.
"Kens, just tell me."
"Michelle's alive," her eyes began to welt again.
"What are you talking about! I saw her body. This has to be a trick. Someone trying to get to Sam, did you think about that? There's no way," he was in utter shock.
"It's not," Kensi and Deeks explained what Michelle has told them. How the ordeal played out.
"Sabatino," he shook his head. "Did Hetty know?"
"Michelle wouldn't confirm it, but she didn't deny it either. The woman knows everything, so you can make your own assumptions." Deeks filled in.
"I need some time to process," Callen said.
"I did too," Kensi assured him.
"Not to be a stickler for details, Callen, but it's not different than what Joelle did."
"I know, but it's Sam and Michelle we're talking about. They both knew the risks all along. Joelle's family didn't. You two, go, do honeymoon things. I got it from here."
"We want to be here for Sam if he needs us." Kensi said softly.
"Ya, Callen, we have a lifetime to do things. Your wife doesn't come back from the dead more than once, usually ever," Deeks shook his mop, "you know what I mean."
"I do and thank you both, but you know how Sam is."
The couple nodded and left Callen to smolder with his thoughts. He did help Joelle do the same thing. He couldn't be upset with Michelle and although he didn't agree with what either women did, he understood. They were protecting their own, the only way the job ever taught them how.
Sam stood in the main room of the villa gun drawn. His eyes wide staring at a ghost before him.
"You really gonna shoot your wife?"
"My wife is dead," he said looking bewildered.
"I'm right here, Sam. I missed you, so much."
Sam still stood in shock.
"Say something, Sam."
"I don't know what to say. I held you in my arms, not breathing, not moving, nothing. It can't be you."
"I know, baby, I'm so sorry."
"Sorry? Michelle, our kids? Us?"
"It was the only way I knew how to protect you. You would have done the same thing if it meant keeping me and our children safe."
Sam took a deep breath. He knew she was right. He knew he couldn't blame her, but it killed him inside. The pain he felt when he lost her was back in his chest again. As much as he would have done anything to protect his family, he still felt there could have been another option. "We could have found a better way. Kam cried herself to sleep every night for at least a month straight."
"She made it through. It killed me to leave. But I knew she had you."
"I wish you would have had more faith in us."
"Sam, they were hunting all of you. They weren't going to stop. It didn't stop, Jo had to do the same thing to keep her family safe. From what I heard you helped her. And you didn't tell your other teammates. You kept Kensi and Deeks in the dark for months."
"It's different Michelle!" He was angry, not so much at her, but at the fact that he knew it wasn't all that different.
"And how is that different!" She demanded to know. "Because it's you. How do you think her family felt. I know I hurt you, but it was for the same reason."
She spent the next hour explaining the whole methodical plan. How Sabatino and Joelle had still been working hard to bring down the organization haunting them. She recanted memories only her and him shared. He was tired of fighting with her because what was done was done and no matter how it hurt, he had her back now. He had a second chance that most people don't get. The love of his life was there before him.
"I can't believe your alive!" He held her. He kissed her. He didn't want to let her go.
"Here I am. We can be together again. But I think maybe we need to go back to where I'm staying. I think we've inconvenienced Kensi and Deeks' honeymoon enough."
"Ya, Shaggy's probably chomping at the bits to enjoy it with Kensi. Those two."
"They kinda remind me.."
"Don't say it, don't. I'm am not like Deeks," he interrupted her.
Michelle just smiled. "It's good to be back in your arms."
"It's good have you back in them."