Recap:
"We'll tell Kensi and Deeks," Callen told them staring to dial their number "they would have gone there to see if anyone saw anything.
Kensi answered the phone quickly but suddenly ops was filled with the sound of gunshots coming through Callen's phone.
"Kensi?" Callen called panic evident in his voice.
The call ended.
Callen dialled again; no answer...
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Without hesitation Callen and Sam sprinted off towards the challenger, climbing in and speeding off to the off-licence where Kensi and Deeks are located. Nell and Eric start working feverously to hack into the CCTV system to see if their fellow agents are okay.
When Callen and Sam arrive the gun fire had ceased but the damage it had caused was obvious, shelves had been tipped over and the glass that was once the window was now shards scattering the pavement.
"Kensi? Deeks?" Sam called out his voice showing panic.
Pulling out their guns they both start to make their way into the shop. Shell cases were littered everywhere and bullet holes could be seen in the walls.
"Sam!" Callen's voice caught Sam's attention and he turned to look at his partner. Callen's gaze however was focused on something near the counter. Shifting his position Sam quickly realised what it was. A male's leg could be seen; unmoving meaning that its owner was most likely dead and no matter how much Deeks annoyed them they both wished that it was not him and that he was okay. Besides it had taken Sam this long to realise how strong and loyal Deeks actually was not that he would ever tell him that again.
Nodding to each other they both moved forwards covering each other until the man's face could be seen. Both agents were relieved when they discovered that it was not Deeks and instead was the owner of the off-licence; Callen quickly confirmed that he was dead. Noticing a gun not too far away Sam deduced that he was involved with the Russians which had probably earned him the two shots to the chest that seemed to have been caused by his missing co-workers.
Moving past the deceased owner they made their way towards the back room becoming more cautious when they saw blood smeared against the wall as if the injured party had fallen against it, staggering a few steps before regaining their balance.
Turning the corner they came to face a large room where the stock was obviously held. Kensi was sat leaning against the wall, a piece of material held against a bleeding wound in her shoulder. Deeks was relatively unharmed apart from a few minor scratches and was looking worriedly at Kensi. Both however were unarmed and being held captive by the rogue agent James Gomez and an unknown Russian accomplice.
The two captors were having a discussion across the room from the two agents but a gun was trained on them at all times. Callen vaguely wondered how his co-workers had got capture as he was sure they could have overpowered their captors but then remembered Kensi's wound and realised that must have been why they hadn't managed it. He then scolded himself for getting distracted especially at a time like this.
Kensi caught sight of the older agents out of the corner of her and smiled at them so they knew she had spotted them. She them leant over and whispered something in Deeks' ear who then also turned their way.
"Now," Callen whispered to Sam.
Both agents sprung into action.
"Federal agents!" Sam shouted "Drop the weapon!"
The Russian turned his gun towards Sam and Callen, intending to shoot them however he wasn't quick enough and was shot down, his gun clattering from him and over near Deeks who quickly snatched it up and pointed it at the rogue agent who then quickly surrendered. As Sam detained him Callen called for an ambulance for Kensi and relayed what had happened to Nell and Eric who were unable to hack the secure CCTV system.
"Are you okay?" Callen asked Kensi after he had finished; silently noting Deeks' caress on her uninjured arm as he assessed her for any other injuries.
The paramedic made quick work of Kensi's injury claiming that it was only a shallow surface wound and that she was very lucky before sending her on her way.
"So what now?" Kensi asked rejoining the group "We only have what, just over half an hour to find her or get the money or she's dead..."
"Are you sure your okay to work? Shouldn't you be resting or something?" Deeks asked concern for her lacing his tone.
"I'm fine Deeks," she replied softly before getting back to business "what's next? We really need to find her; NCIS doesn't negotiate with terrorists remember?"
"We did to save you... maybe we could to save her too..." Deeks trailed off.
"It won't come to that." Sam said sternly "What you got G?"
"Kensi, Deeks go back to ops; see if the wonder twins have got anything." Callen ordered before facing his partner and nodding towards the rogue agent "we'll go see what he has to say."
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Back in the boat shed Sam and Callen were trying to get answers from James.
"What were you doing in the off-licence today agent Gomez?" Sam inquired.
"Looking into a suspect" James casually replied as if he'd done this hundreds of times before.
"If that's so how come you came to be holding two federal agents at gunpoint?" Callen asked.
"Holding cover, it wasn't like I was actually going to shoot them, that's why I didn't put up a fight with you guys." Gomez explained.
"Where's Ellie?" Sam spoke next.
"Ellie...? Oh! Agent Blake? I have no idea; I was hoping that one of the Russians would let it slip but they never did, have you heard from her? Is she okay?" he asked hopefully.
"She won't be if we don't find her soon..." Callen sounded dejected as if already defeated and trying to accept that she was as good as dead but Sam knew they would save her they always did, they just couldn't give up. He conveyed all this through a simple look and Callen understood, well they were partners.
Leaving the room they discussed what they thought of the 'rogue' agent.
"I don't know" Sam wasn't convinced by his story, his act. "He knows more than he's letting on, he really doesn't care if they kill her...!" his voice rising slightly at the end.
Linking to ops they told them what they had found and with less than half an hour to go things weren't looking good.
"It seems as though the man who got her out of the car, Stefan, is with her now, if we get Gomez to contact him, to find out where she is but as you think he's hiding something we'll trace the call without him knowing." Nell suggested.
"That way he thinks we trust him and we can find out the right information not what he tells us if he is indeed rogue." Eric added.
Both of them got ready to hack the phone call whilst Callen and Sam got James from the interrogation room. They asked him to phone Stefan to find Ellie's location and what else he knew about him.
James told them that it was likely that Stefan was from the gang that their NCIS unit was looking into and someone high up at that but that they didn't know much about the gang as they had only ever caught small insignificant members and their team had not found much so far.
James then proceeded to call the Russian.
Mummers and parts of the conversation could be heard by the team but with Nell and Eric listening in so any lies told by agent Gomez would be easily spotted. When the call ended Gomez gave them the address of an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs. Callen thanked him, guiding him back to the interrogation room to which he protested. Ignoring him Callen left him there warning the guards to keep an eye on him. Returning to where Sam stood he spotted Nell and Eric on the screen.
"The warehouse is distraction ploy and is meant as a trap; it's rigged with a bomb" Nell explained "The bomb squad has been sent to that location"
"We have however traced the call to an underground parking lot not too far from here" Eric continued "The address should be on your phones."
"Great work guys, see if you can get any visual inside" Callen suggested shutting off the feed.
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The four agents sped to the scene and hurried from their cars. Silently Deeks and Kensi took out the two men guarding the entrance on one side whilst Callen and Sam mimicked them, taking out the two guards on the other side at the same time. Working quickly and quietly the quartet swept through the garage disposing of Stefan's men on the way until they found the area where the young agent was being held.
Ellie was sat on the floor legs curled under her, slightly to the right. Stefan was leering over her and a few of his men stood off to the side.
"Guys, from what we can see all of Stefan's men are armed and we believe that they all know how to shoot relatively well." Eric told them through their earwigs.
"I wouldn't suggest going in all guns blazing, at least not until Ellie can get herself out of the firing range or she'll be dead before you can get all of them." Nell warned.
Stefan leant down 'till he was level with Ellie, a knife in his right hand and a gun in his waistband. The team were waiting in the shadows waiting for the best time to attack and shifting slightly to get a better aim without being noticed.
"Well, well, well, times almost up and no one's turned up yet. Perhaps they figured you weren't worth saving... I would be surprised" he sneered turning to one of his men and asking him to set up the cameras; as he did so Ellie clocked Callen's presence.
She indicated with her hand to the knife Stefan had foolishly left beside her, then motioned to herself, Stefan and one of Stefan's men who was directly in front of her. Callen who was slightly off to the side of her realised that her hands were now tied in front of her so she would be able to do something but not much. Callen wasn't certain but it was the best plan they had at the moment and if they waited much longer then Ellie would be dead before they could come up with a better one. He told his team and pointed out the targets they would each have which ended up at about three each. Now they were only waiting for Ellie's signal.
Stefan turned back to her, drawing close once again.
"Now as they obviously don't care about you, you can stop caring about them and tell us what we want to know!"
Instead of replying Ellie spat in his face and gave the signal to attack. She grabbed Stefan, pushed him in front of her and used him as a human shield from one of his men's shots. She then grasped the knife from next to her and threw it at the shooter. Now her two targets were dealt with she moved towards the wall and out of the firing range. Unfortunately she was not quick enough as a round caught her side leaving her to slump to the floor just before she reached it.
Callen and Sam made quick work of their targets and rushed to her aid, untying her restraints and tending to her wound. Kensi and Deeks finished seconds after their team mates had.
"See told you I'd finish first!" Deeks joked in his usual manor to Kensi who turned towards him.
"You so did not, you barely did anything!" she taunted bruising his ego "and yo-"
The next thing Kensi knew Deeks had tackled he to the ground a gunshot soaring past where she had just been standing. He shot the new shooter who was stood by the entrance.
"I have now" he replied softly from his position above her.
During this time Callen had told Nell to call an ambulance for Ellie.
"You two good?" Sam asked Deeks and Kensi.
"I am now" Deeks retorted in a suggestive tone as he grinned down at Kensi.
Kensi rolled her eyes and pushed him off her causing him to hit the ground next to her with a grunt of pain. She was about to respond when Callen's frantic voice caught her attention.
"ELLIE! ELLIE! Keep your eyes open!"
(A/N: I was going to stop here but thought since I took so long to upload I'd give you a little more.)
Deeks and Kensi quickly rushed towards them to see if they could help. The young agent's eyes only stayed shut for a few seconds before fluttering open again.
"I'm awake, stop shouting... my head hurts..." Ellie groaned at Callen, managing a small smile despite her injuries and then blacking out again.
The paramedics arrived on the scene and whisked Ellie away to the hospital.
"I'm going to the hospital to see what she knows about our rogue agent and if she's okay." Callen told them.
"I'll come too; it'll be nice to know why she had my picture" Kensi said.
"And hey I'm her 'big bro' I've got to be there" Deeks chuckled trying to lighten the mood even though he was actually quite worried about Ellie and needed to know she was okay.
"Might as well make it a team thing" Sam joked joining them.
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It wasn't long until the doctors told them Ellie was going to be fine and had started to come round so they were allowed to go in and see her. Deeks was the first one in the room, smiling as usual; Ellie had only seen Callen and Sam in the garage.
"Marty!" she gasped moving to sit up and quickly halting her movement with a wince when her stitches pulled. "Fudge, fudge, fudgy fudge" she chanted in pain before calming down and smiling at him. "What are you doing here?"
"Came to see you," he replied "what kind of brother would I be if I didn't? And besides I was assigned to your case" he leant forward and stole her jelly.
Ellie decided not to mention the fact that weren't actually related because he was the closest thing to family she'd ever had.
"You stole my jelly!" she accused teasingly.
"Jell-O" Deeks corrected mockingly.
"So they gave my case to LAPD?" Ellie inquired curiously but surprisingly not bitterly.
"Nah, NCIS" he told her gesturing to his co-workers who stood off to the side of the room "I'm their liaison officer"
Ellie smiled at them.
"They wanted you?" she gasped dramatically enjoying the banter with him that she had missed over their years apart.
"Ha-ha" he said sarcastically.
Ellie's eyes flicked back over to the surprisingly quiet agents focusing on Kensi.
"You look familiar" Ellie noted.
Kensi half shrugged offering her a small smile before walking over and passing a picture to Ellie. It was the picture of Kensi as a child that they had found at Ellie apartment.
"Who's this?" Kensi asked.
"My sister" Ellie chirped.
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Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to upload :P I'm trying to get everything ready for uni...
I hope you like it, don't forget to review.
I also want to know, do you guys want me to write up the shooting scene in the off-licence with Kensi and Deeks or not?
I'll try to upload quicker next time :)
Rachel x