Ok, I lied. I've been working on this before I did Sam and Callen. This is what finally shook out. It was some high points, but I still feel it's the weakest of the stories. I still like Kensi's the best.
"What's shaking partner?" Talia said walking up to the group but singling out Deeks with her greeting. He looks just as good as I remember, real good.
"Hey!" Deeks said with a note of surprise in his voice.
"Hi!" She returned with a little more enthusiasm.
"Hi! Hi. Hi?" Deeks stiffened a little as she wrapped her arms around him. Just couldn't help myself. He feels so snuggly. "Alright there. Hi."
Ok, I need to back this down a little. Act like I've done this before. Done a case before, not Deeks. "You guys make this mess?"
Deeks was able to handle this question with a little more aplomb. "Yea we did. DEA agent Talia Del Campo. You remember agent Callen, agent Hanna."
"How you doing?" Callen nodded his head toward her.
"Good to see you again." Sam said with slight amusement.
"You too." She said politely.
"And this is special agent Kensi Blye." Deeks made sure to add emphasis to 'special'
"Hey." Kensi responded.
"Ahh, you actually do exist. I thought you were an imaginary friend." You certainly look like you stepped out of someone's imagination. Are you part freaking amazon?
"Imaginary friend?" Kensi looked confused.
"You were on another assignment that last time we hooked up." Talia offered as an explanation.
OH MY GOD! Did I just say hooked up? I said hooked up. That is not what I meant. Not what a meant. Hold it together. Play it cool. Maybe everyone will just let it slide.
Deeks started sputtering. "Partnered up. Partnered up, teamed up. Partnered up. They teamed us up … there was an explosion at a fish market."
Thanks Deeks. That made this entire situation so much more comfortable. Couldn't you have just let it go?
"Yea. Right." The Amazon didn't seem convinced by his denial.
Callen asked. "What's your connection to Michael Wilson?"
Thank goodness that somebody here is smooth and professional. "The DEA has been following the Herrenvolk brotherhood. They move half the meth on the west coast."
"What about coke?"
"Not traditionally but they've been forming some new alliances. Why?" She decided to answer Sam with her own question.
"Something else we are working on, nothing big." Sam shut her down.
"Right, you guys hate to share." Cause I would certainly like to share things with Deeks. He just does things to me. Oh, I so need to get it together and get a social life.
"Something wrong?" The Amazon asked.
I was staring. Crap. "Just not what I pictured." At least not what I had hoped. I could take some blonde bimbett.
"Oh yea? What did…what did you picture?"
"I don't know. I guess the name threw me. When I heard Kensi, I guess I just expected Barbie's Malibu cousin. Thought I would be seeing a blonde California girl." Oh yeah. That was mature. Come on, flirting is one thing, but now I'm just being a bitch.
"Not even close."
"I can see that now." You're more like Wonder Woman. All you need is spandex, bracelets and a rope.
"OK then. We are going to run down this lead. We'll let you know what we find." Callen took his exit.
"Yea, you three should talk. See if you can find something to help on this." Sam left his parting shot.
Thank you for making this so much worse.
Deeks tried to get Sam to help with his escape. "Sure you don't want me to come with you?"
"We're good." Sam responded.
"Ah, why don't you follow us to the boat shed?" Deeks said fleeing for the car.
"Last time I was here you had to carry me to the bathroom. Remember that?" That's just lite conversation. No more silliness.
"She had a stonefish spine stuck in her leg." Deeks explained to his partner.
"Right." His partner responded with complete disbelief.
"Excuse me." I just need a moment to put myself together here.
"I'm going to go..." Apparently the Amazon had the same idea.
"Please after you." That's fine, I'll stay alone with Deeks. You scamper off.
"Oh no, you go ahead please."
"I can wait." Just go.
"No, no, guest first."
"I insist." Just let me be polite here.
"Why don't I… I'll run to the bathroom. Just go to the…" Deeks tried to defuse the situation.
His partner wasn't having any of it. He poked her finger into this chest. "Noooo. Yooou back away."
"You know what, I suggest you go after me. You see, he refuses to put the toilet seat back down, and I can't tell you how many times I've had a wet butt thanks to him." Kensi said and this left the room.
"I don't think that means what you think that means. What? Sitting on a toilet without looking down, that's just plain reckless." Deeks was rambling.
"Alright." You have got to be kidding me.
POW
She hit him in the chest.
"That is for not telling me how beautiful she is." Like Greek goddess, warrior princess beautiful.
"You should have seen the last one." She could tell Deeks was trying to play it off.
"Uh hu. It all makes sense now. I get it." All the good ones are taken. My life sucks.
"What makes sense now?"
"You partner is smoking hot and you are very clearly madly in love with her. So…" You two are obviously a couple.
"No no. No no. We're very close, obviously. But it is much more of a brother and sister relationship."
What sort of idiot does he take me for? "Really. So you are telling me that you never Tick-tick." She made a gestured with her hand to make sure he understood since he was playing dumb.
"That would be against regulations."
"That's not a no." You have so done the bad thing with her.
"Nnn.", was the only response Deeks would give.
Fine, you want to play it cool. Let's see how you play this? "Uh-ha. You know, I wouldn't have let regulations have stopped me if we were partners."
"I'm sorry just to clarity, if you and I were partners or if you and Kensi were partners?" Deeks challenged.
Challenge accepted. Game on. "Either or."
"Wow. Going to go ahead and save that image in my head."
You win that round. Let's get some business accomplished before I really embarrass myself. "Why don't you tell me why you guys burned down Michael Wilson's house?"
"Because, that's how we roll. What can you tell us about the Herrenvolk brotherhood and these uh, these new alliances?" Deeks replied.
Great, sexual banter is easy, getting real information is hard. "Well there are 450 active gangs in Los Angeles, which translates to about 45,000 gang members. The irony of the prison system is once you guys bust them, they all…end up…in the same…place."
What the hell? How can she look like that in the same clothes she walked in there with?
"They are forced to interact with each other. The smarter ones then realize that they have a lot more to financially gain by working together than shooting each other over a street corner." Kensi entered the conversation.
I am not going to sit here and just get crushed like this. How about this Deeks? How do you like this?
Talia pulled off her over shirt and pulled down the neck line of her t-shirt.
"Exactly." How did I end up here? I just threw out years of working hard to gain the respect of teammates and colleges to get into a pissing contest with an Amazon. How did I get so turned around by blonde hair, blue eyes, rock hard abs, a crooked smile, and scruff? I bet that scruff feels real good against soft skin. I bet those rock hard abs…argh!
"Hmm." Kensi murmured.
"Uuuuhhmmm, so what about the…the…" Deeks cleared his throat. "the Herrenvolk brotherhood.. ah.. they are allying themselves with someone I suppose…because they've got to do that." Deeks attempted a complete sentence.
At least I'm not the only one out of sorts. Problem is he isn't out of sorts because of me. "I'll help you out. We thought they may have been working with Brana Sola cartel, but as of this afternoon, any proof we may have had, when up in smoke."
"That makes…it..diffa…cult." Deeks looked all around the room except at the two woman.
"Uh hu." I never stood a chance.
"Poof. " Kensi said make hand motions mimicking an explosion.
