Chapter 4

Kensi and Sam were in ops studying a picture of Monica as Nell ran her through the database to see what they could get and was getting increasingly frustrated as she kept hitting a classified firewall.

"I can't get anything, it's all redacted." Nell groaned.

"I think, I can help there." Hetty said as she and Deeks walked into OPS.

Hetty walked up to the keyboard and typed in her password. With a small, apologetic smile to Deeks she opened the file. "Monica Jane Brandel; Nee, Laing. Born 7.31.50. In Honolulu Hawaii, she married Gordon John Brandel in 1976 and Martin Aaron Brandel was born on 1.18.78."

Deeks sat in a chair looking thoroughly miserable, "Hetty do I have to stay for this?" He asked sadly.

Hetty shook her head, "No, go wait in my office Martin." She said kindly.

Marty walked over to her, and to everyone's surprise kissed the top of her head, "Thanks." He said quietly and then he turned to Kensi, "I'm sorry." He said looking dejected and then left.

Kensi looked at Hetty confused, "What are we missing?...Wait, Laing? Are you two related?" she asked.

Hetty nodded, "Monica is my little sister, she ran away to be with Gordon when she was 26, we had no idea where she had gone. Gordon was arrested for assault and battery and abuse of a minor in '89 and that was when I last heard of Monica, she was screaming at her son for shooting his father and making him go to jail, she threatened to kill her son in court and she got six months in jail, child services took the boy and moved him over to the mainland to keep him safe, he grew up with Karen and Charlie Deeks in Los Angeles. Charlie Deeks was a lawyer and Karen Deeks was an LAPD detective, she died in a shoot out when Martin was 18. Charlie died a year later of a heart attack." She said.

She looked sadly at the files from the battered and bruised body of 11 year old Martin staring forlornly into a camera to the picture of a smiling Deeks at his high school graduation with the proud adoptive parents standing nearby, Kensi stood staring with tears running down her face.

"He never said, he hinted, but he never said." She exclaimed.

"He was failed by a lot of people in the beginning, I always wished I could have given him a home, but I was never in a position to do so, I tried to adopt him, but…," she paused then carried on, "although since moving to Los Angeles, Mr. Deeks has never lived more than a mile from my home."

"So you're his aunt?" Sam asked.

Hetty nodded, "I am, I would appreciated it if you would allow me to impart this information to Mr. Callen, hopefully at a more appropriate time."

"No need." Callen said from behind them, his face was unreadable but his eyes were stormy.

"Mr. Callen, I…." Hetty started.

"Not now Hetty, So where is this sister of yours and how do we bring her down." He said

"I don't know where she is, but I know where she will be, kaleidoscope has her following Deeks for the last few weeks so I would assume that she will either know by now that she got the wrong man, or she will be heading for the hospital."

"I…I left Sally and the kids at the hospital, are you telling me I left them in danger?" Callen shouted.

He turned on his heel and then snapped his head back, "If anything happens to my family because of yours, I swear Hetty, we are done."

Callen ran down the stairs seeing Deeks already running out of the building, "Deeks!" Callen yelled after him.

Deeks had heard Callen shout and he realized that Monica would be heading to the hospital, he needed to get there and he needed to get there fast. Grabbing Kensi's keys he got in her car and pulling out saw Callen running after the car looking really mad. His phone started ringing and he looked down at it, "shit!" he swore to himself and pressed the button.

"Hey." He said as he put the phone on speaker.

"Martin…" Hetty's worried voice filled the car, "Where are you going?"

"I have to get there before she does anymore damage."

"Where?" Hetty asked.

"The hospital, you said yourself that Mom would head there, if she doesn't know it's Eric, she's going to want to make sure I'm dead."

"I'm coming." Hetty told Deeks flatly. Kensi and Sam in ops looked at the smaller woman in surprise.

"No! She hates you too remember, she already tried to kill you when you tried to adopt me, and I can't take that chance." Deeks sounded distraught.

"Are you in my car?" Kensi asked as she listened to the cd playing automatically in the background.

"Er, yeah…sorry Kenz, I'll fill her back up with gas, but I can't let my mom hurt Eric or his kids…You heard Callen, If I don't stop her he'll kill me."

The line went dead and Kensi thumped the table in ops.

"Ms Blye, I take it you require a lift, and you as well Mr. Hanna as Mr. Callen seems to have appropriated your car as well." Hetty told them.

"What!" Sam looked at the security Camera just in time to see Callen roar off down the road in his challenger.

"I think the Jaguar would be fastest." Hetty said as she walked out; Sam and Kensi following apprehensively behind.

Sally looked over to the two children Todd had curled up on the end of his fathers' bed and Summer had fallen asleep in the chair next to the bed.

She looked towards the door as a nurse walked by the window for the fourth time, looking in at her and the children. Seeing as they were asleep Sally walked to the door and stepped into the hallway.

"Excuse me miss, do you have a problem?" Sally asked.

"Is that the young man who was injured on the motorbike this morning?" The nurse asked.

Sally nodded, "Do you know him?" she asked, "Are you a friend of Eric's."

"Eric…Eric, that's the name he's using now?" she said.

"Yes, that's his name, why? Is there a problem?" Sally asked.

"Actually, yes, there is a problem with his paperwork, I have been asked to get you to accompany me to the Admin office," The nurse asked.

Sally nodded, looking in on the kids one more time she followed the nurse to the elevators, "The stairs will be quicker," the nurse said.

Sally looked at her, "I know but I'm pregnant and my feet are killing me." She told her. Suddenly she jumped as she felt something round and cold in her back. "What?"

"Take the stairs," Monica snarled.

"Who…Who are you?" Sally asked her voice quivering as she laid a protective hand over her baby.

"I will make him pay, for what he did to me, he deserves to pay." She mumbled as she guided as terrified Sally down the stairs and into a dark blue transit van.

Monica put handcuffs on Sally and shoved her roughly into the van. "You will stay with me, and when he wakes up he'll see the pain of losing a child and know what he put me through."

Sally leant against the wall of the van shaking in fear and tears coursing down her face, 'G, please…come find me!' she prayed as the van started up and the pair of them drove off.

Summer woke up first, looking around for her aunt she sat up as she realized that Sally wasn't there. She checked on Todd and her father and walked out into the corridor to use her cell phone. "Uncle G, I can't find Aunt Sally, she was here when I fell asleep…." She waited as Callen reassured her on the other end of the phone.

Callen's blood ran cold as he pulled up next to Kensi's car in the parking lot.

"DEEKS!" He yelled to the blond who was running for the doors. Deeks pulled up and turned.

"Callen, she's gonna come here, I know she's gonna come here. We have to stop her."

"Fine, let's stop her together, I just had a call from Summer, she can't find Sally, we need to get straight up there." Callen told him.

Running for the Elevator the rode up in silence, Deeks turned to Callen, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what my mother did." He sighed.

"I'm not mad with you about what your mother did Deeks, I am mad that you didn't see fit to tell me that you and Hetty were related."

"I couldn't, I can't…" Deeks tried but he couldn't explain it, not yet.

"Fine." Callen snapped, the elevator doors opened and he walked down the corridor but broke into a run as he saw Summer standing holding her phone and shaking.

"Sum?" Callen ran up and enveloped her in a hug, "Is your dad ok?" he looked over her shoulder; Eric and Todd were both sleeping peacefully.

"I…I asked a nurse, Sally went off with a woman, She wouldn't leave without letting us know, uncle G, something has happened to her, I know it."

Callen walked to the desk and got the nurse to show her the security feed from the floor.

"It's her." Deeks breathed unable to stop his hand from reaching out and touching his mothers face through the screen.

"Your mother kidnapped my fiancée and my unborn child." Callen ground out. "Why?"

"I…I don't know…maybe, maybe she thinks she's with Eric…I mean me…I…" Deeks took a step back from the threatening stance Callen was taking.

Callen grabbed Deeks and pushing him up against the wall, "Mr. Callen, please take your hand off of my nephew and tell me what's happened."

Callen took a step back and looked distraught in Hetty's direction, "She took Sal, his damn mother took my fiancée and my child, all because YOU needed to keep your damn secrets….How many more people Hetty? How many more people are you going to hurt because you keep all these damn secrets to yourself?" Callen paced the corridor as Kensi put a comforting arm on Summer and Sam looked concerned in his direction.

"My mother, his mother, HIM!" Callen turned and went nose to nose with the smaller woman, "You have too many bloody secrets!" he snarled.

"Get off her!" Deeks pulled at him.

Callen whirled and hit Deeks in the face. Backing off quickly realizing what he had done as Sam tried to intervene Callen turned and walked out, but not before stopping beside Deeks who was holding his bloody nose, "I don't care if she's your mother, if she hurts Sal, I will kill her." Callen growled. "The Comescu's aren't the only Romany's that can hold a blood feud." He stormed off leaving a group of shocked people in his wake.