Chapter Four
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Chapter Four
Sam sighed as he hit yet another brick wall. He was still no closer to locating his partner, he had contacted everybody that he could think of that might have even an inkling as to his friend's whereabouts. The director had been too busy to take his calls and Agent Gibbs was shown as out of the country. He was going to kill his partner when he eventually found him- painfully and slowly to make sure that he got his point across and made sure that his friend never ran off on him again.
"What is bugging you Sam?" Michelle asked as she dried up the dishes, hearing her husband sigh for what felt like the fiftieth time.
"Still nothing to say where the hell he is" Sam stated, his fists clenching at his side as his frustration got the better of him.
"Sam you know that if Callen doesn't want to be found- then no one will manage to find him- that's how he has survived for all these years" Michelle responded, knowing exactly which who Sam as referring to.
"I don't understand how he can just walk away- not after everything" he muttered, revealing the hurt that he felt by his friend's decision.
"You know how hard it is for him to trust Sam- what Hetty did went against everything that he stands for. He feels betrayed, and I am not sure that he is capable of forgiving her for it. Put yourself in his shoes" she commented gently, wrapping her arms around his broad shoulders as she spoke. Sam sighed, unable to argue with her words as he recognised that she had hit the nail on the head.
"I miss him" he stated so softly she almost didn't hear him. She wasn't surprised by the feelings- she knew that her husband and his partner were like brothers, she was however surprised that he had admitted it.
"I know you do Sam- he will be missing you too, I am sure of it. He'll come back to you" she assured him, hoping that her faith in the solitary man wasn't misplaced.
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"I am not sure I like this" Callen confided to Kort as the two men headed back to the hotel.
"Nice hotel? All expensies paid? What's not to like?" the CIA undercover asked with a smirk.
"That all went too easily- don't you think they were a bit too accepting of everything that we had to tell them? Too keen to complete the deal. Come on Trent- these things take days sometimes months, yet we have brokered a deal within a two hour discussion" Callen stated with a roll of his eyes. His attention was moving all around him as the two moved, his paranoia showing as his natural survival instincts set in.
"Sometimes things are easy man, you just have to roll with it. Not everything has to be a battle my friend" the Brit stated as he held the door open for his colleague.
"Hmm and sometimes you are launched into battle without even knowing it" Callen responded, his hand reaching for his gun as his fears were realised right in front of his eyes.
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"Leon you have to give me a chance to make this right" Hetty stated softly as she spoke with the director.
"There is nothing that I can do Henrietta" he responded, his eyes locked onto hers via the small screen they were using for the call.
"Leon, please, you know that you owe me a favour" she reasoned, a low blow but one that she was willing to make.
"Hetty I owe Callen just as many- now believe me if I could tell you then I would" he responded, holding his hand up in a defensive gesture.
"Then he is working something" she realised with a sigh- knowing that her favourite agent was still injured from his previous mission, and now he had placed himself once more in harm's way- all in the name of getting away from her.
"I can neither confirm or deny that Hetty" Vance stated adamantly.
"Come on Leon- you are not fooling anybody here. We both know that there is no way that you would accept his resignation without offering other alternatives first, he is too much of an asset to the service" she stated confidently. Leon sighed and shook his head in frustration.
"Hetty do not ask me to betray a confidence as you know that I won't. You just need to know that Mr Callen is safe, however he specifically requested no contact from the office of special projects and I have to respect that" he explained. "Now I have a meeting- take care Hetty" he added before disconnecting the call, leaving an even more frustrated Ops manager behind.
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"I have a bad feeling" Kensi stated as she bit into her breakfast burrito.
"Like you might lose a dollar type of bad feeling or the World is going to end kind of bad feeling?" Deeks asked sipping at his coffee.
"Closer to the second" she replied, ever since Callen had left she had felt a sense of impending doom, but for some reason today it was even stronger.
"Does this have something to do with Callen?" Deeks asked, treading carefully.
"I think so" she replied, suppressing a shiver as she looked at his empty desk. "Something is wrong, I can feel it Deeks" she added, her face the picture of seriousness.
"Want me to call Sam and see if he had come up with anything?" her partner offered, keen to sooth her in any way he could.
"No- he is already worried sick- I don't want to make it any worse" she responded, rubbing her hands over her face tiredly. Deeks nodded, understanding her thoughts and his own concern for their team member suddenly growing.
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Hetty looked up as her laptop chirped in front of her- signalling an incoming video call.
"Leon?" she greeted tentatively.
"Hetty I have just got off the line to the one of our Ops centres in eastern Europe and you are not going to like it" he told her his face set in a grim line.
"Go on" she invited, almost not wanting to hear what he had to tell her.
"It's about Agent Callen- and I am afraid that it's not good news Hetty"
End Chapter Four
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