Deeks went back to the bullpen and tried to cool off from the firing match he just had with Kensi. He had definitely said some things that he regretted after they came out of his mouth. Truth be told he did understand why Kensi kept it from him, it was the same reason why he didn't tell her about killing his old partner until recently.
"Do you have any idea where Kensi is?" Callen asked when he only saw Deeks in the bullpen. It was odd to see the two of them apart when a case was personal to one of them.
"We had exchanged some words in the parking lot but I thought that she was just behind me. Maybe she just needs some time to cool off." Deeks said hoping that Kensi and him would have another chance to sit down and figure all of this out. He hadn't meant to leave her out there but sometimes she just made him so mad.
"Yeah let's hope that's all she's doing." Callen said knowing that there was a chance that Kensi would try to protect the team and go off on her own to solve the case. That of course would have a bad outcome because she needed her team just as much as they needed her.
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"Blye." Kensi answered her phone after she felt in ringing in her pocket. She had wondered off on her own in order to collect her thoughts. She just kept replaying he fight with Deeks over and over again hoping that if she thought about it more there would be some sort of solution as to how to fix it.
"I always knew that you were somewhat of a lone wolf after you left me. I guess you just never thought that I would be coming back to claim you as my own once again." A muffled male voice spoke to her from the other side of the phone. It had been so long since Kensi had heard that voice, it sent chills down her spine.
"Gregory, what do you want from me? Why are you using my hack?" Kensi asked knowing that Gregory had always been unstable which had been reflected in their past relationship. Yet she didn't think that he would actually try to take down the government.
"YOUR HACK?! If I'm not mistaken I was the one who taught you everything about hacking. I was your mentor, I was the one who thought of this master hack. You were just a tool I needed to achieve this." Gregory started to get out of control at this point. Kensi knew that the next move that she made could make or break this investigation. That her actions would be a means of national security.
"You're right. I know that you taught me everything. I am so thankful that you could be my mentor. How about we meet up and talk about all the years that have gone by." Kensi hoped that she was doing the right thing by trying to get Gregory to take her back into his world.
"I know what you're trying to do here. You want to meet me then you can have your law enforcement friends take me away. I know everything about you Kensi don't think that you have made it all these years without me knowing everything about you and what you've done." Gregory had always been quite obsessive about Kensi. He had a jealous streak that caused Kensi a fair bit of harm in her past. She knew that he had to believe that he was the most important thing to her.
"I'm not with them anymore, we had a falling out after I explained to them that I had to go back to you. You know everything about me Gregory, I know that I have made mistake sin the past but I think that if we gave us another chance that we would be together forever." Kensi hated herself for betraying her team especially since they had no idea where she was or what she was planning on doing.
"If you really mean that Kensi you can meet me at the place where I first met you. Then and only then will I know that you are truly committed to me." With that Gregory ended the phone call. Kensi climbed into her car and started to drive. She knew that she was leaving behind the people who spent their days protecting her but right now she needed to protect them.
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"Eric we need you to ping Kensi's phone. She has gone off the grid and we need her help on this case." It had been a couple of hours since anyone had seen or heard from Kensi. They were all starting to get worried, it was not like Kensi to leave them all without telling someone where she was going and when she would be back. They understood that this case was personal but they were a team and a team needed to know where all its members were.
"Well according to the GPS tracker she is at a coffee shop somewhere downtown." Eric said showing the team the map where Kensi's phone pinged. Quickly all the boy filed out of OPS and into the car, they drove hoping that Kensi would be there when they arrived and she could explain what was going on.
However , that wasn't the case. Sam, Callen, and Deeks all walked into the coffee shop expecting to see that Kensi was gone. She had left the phone on the table and left a note on a napkin.
"I am so sorry but I have to do this alone"
All three men stood there and read the note over and over again. They hoped that if they read it enough somehow the words would change and Kensi would walk through the door.
"She can't do this, she has to know that we are going to find her and help." Deeks was beside himself. Of course he did have a sense of guilt because he was the last one to speak to Kensi. He thought that because of the words that they had exchanged he forced her to leave.
"Looks like she can do whatever she wants." Sam said hating that they were now in this mess. Usually it was Callen who ran off on his own to figure things out but even then the team was there to come get him when things went south.
"We have to find her." Deeks said before he grabbed Kensi's phone and headed back towards the car. Once he was in his seat Deeks unlocked the phone and just stared at the picture on the screen. It was of him and Kensi one morning when they went for a run. They stopped for a water break when Kensi decided that se needed to take a picture.
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Kensi had been driving for a couple of hours now, and it seemed like the father she got from her team the more she wanted to turn around and go back to them. Yet there was one driving factor that kept her going forward. The threat that Gregory posed on her team, this man was one that was a major danger. When he and Kensi were together she had seen him kill multiple people for little mistakes. She hated to think about what Gregory had in store for her since her betrayal was so large.
The faster she went the more Kensi started to panic, all she wanted was to look over in the passenger seat and see that her partner was there beside her making a comment that caused Kensi to punch him in the arm. She hated herself for doing this to Deeks but she hoped that one day he would come to realize that she left him to save him. That Kensi had been running from her past for so long that she finally had the courage to face it.
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"Eric please tell me that you can get something off of Kensi's phone." Deeks ran up to OPS thinking that if anyone could find Kensi the wonder twins would be able to do it. He just needed someone to be able to tell him where his partner was that way he could go out and get her back.
"I'm sorry Deeks but I don't think that we can do a whole lot." Nell said knowing that Deeks just need the smallest amount of hope in order to save Kensi, but at this point it looked like she was really gone.
