Callen couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"What? Where are they?" Callen asked, the anger inside of him rising.
"I don't know. Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones are looking into it. Maybe they ran into some delay."
"You and I both know that is probably not true. Send an agent to my house and one to the facility where Clara is at in case they try to grab her there."
"Will do Mr. Callen. As soon as Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones have something I will update you."
"Thank you Hetty."
"What's going on G?" Jenny asked once Callen hung up the phone.
Callen didn't want his wife to worry but he couldn't keep this from her.
"Hetty just called. She had gotten a call from the prison saying that the Comescus haven't arrived yet. Nell and Eric are looking into where they are at. They made have gotten into some traffic or something."
"What if they escaped? What if they'll come after Clara again?" Jenny asked, worried for her daughter.
"Don't worry honey, Hetty has send an agent over to the facility and one will come here too. So we'll be fine in case they have escaped and they'll try something."
"We can't let them get Clara again G. We just got her back."
"I know honey," Callen told his wife as he pulled her in for a hug. "I will make sure that they won't get Clara. I'm gonna go over to the facility to make sure Clara is okay. Will you be alright here by yourself until the agent comes?"
"I'll be fine G. I've got a gun and I will call you if something happens here. Please just make sure our little girl is okay."
"I will Jen."
Callen gave his wife a kiss before he left. When he arrived there he saw the NCIS agent Hetty had sent come over to the front desk.
"Ah agent Callen, I was just about to contact you."
"What's going on?"
"Clara is missing."
Callen couldn't believe what he was hearing! Had the Comescus already gotten her?!
"What?! Where is she?!"
"I don't know. Her room is empty and we can't find her anymore in the facility. I was just about to look through the cameras to see if someone took her."
Callen was furious inside! He would make the Comescus pay, this time for good. Callen followed the other agent to the security office and together they looked through the camera that was outside Clara's room.
"There," Callen spoke and he pointed to the screen as he saw someone go into Clara's room.
….
Moments before….
He had taken an ID and put on some doctor's clothes. He looked at the chart in which room Clara Callen was. He walked over to Clara's room and knocked on her door.
"Come in," Clara's voice was heard on the other side of the door.
"Hello Adriana," Mika spoke as he walked inside.
"What? You can't be here. Dad said he had send you away."
"Your dad is dead remember."
"No," Clara shook her head. "No, you lied, dad is not dead. My mom and dad are alive and I'm not Adriana, I'm Clara."
"This is exactly what I thought would happen when Callen saw you again. He is feeding lies to you."
"No, you are! I saw the pictures! It was me and dad was holding me. It was my room."
"He just made it look like that. He wants to trick you."
"Like you tricked me?"
"I never tricked you Adriana. Everything I've told you is the truth."
"I don't believe you."
"He has corrupted you. You will see that what I told you is the truth."
"You can't make me go with you."
"Oh yes I can."
"I will never go with you."
Clara launched forward to attack him but Comescu was faster and injected something in her.
"No, not that again," Clara spoke in a faint voice as she fainted.
….
A little later they saw Comescu come out of Clara's room again with Clara in a wheelchair. A little later he left the screen.
"Where did he go?" Callen wondered.
They checked the other cameras in the facility. Comescu made his way over to the back door, where deliveries were being made. Callen looked at the timestamp on the camera. It was around a minute ago that Comescu made his way over to the back door. Without thinking twice Callen made a run for the back door, the other NCIS agent went after him as soon as he knew what Callen was doing.
"Comescu! Freeze!" Callen yelled as he raised his gun towards him. Comescu was putting an unconscious Clara into his car.
"We win Agent Callen. We have your daughter and you're not getting her back ever again."
"That's were your wrong."
Callen shot Comescu in the arm. Callen saw Comescu was going for his gun and shot him again, making him fall down on the ground. The other Comescus in the car saw Mika go down and the driver sped away. The other agent was there too and went to check on Mika. Callen ran after the car and tried to shoot out the tires. He managed to shoot out one and the car crashed against the dumpster. With his gun raised Callen walked over to the car. He saw the driver lying with his face against the steering wheel. The passenger he didn't see. Carefully he walked up to the car. He saw the passenger moving behind the car. Suddenly he came up and Callen saw a gun. Without thinking twice he shot the man, making him fall down on the ground. With his gun raised he walked over to the man. He was dead. Callen checked the driver. He was still lying against the steering wheel. With one hand on his gun and the gun pointed at the driver Callen checked if he was still alive. The driver was dead. Callen holstered his weapon and opened the back door.
"Clara," Callen called but Clara was lying on the back seat unconscious.
Carefully Callen picked Clara up from the seat and took her back inside.
"How's Mika?" Callen asked before walking inside.
"He's dead."
Callen was glad that all three Comescus were dead. Nate had come to the back door as well. He had heard what had happened and he quickly had made his way over to the facility.
"Hetty called me and told me what happened. Is she okay?"
"I think so. But she is unconscious. I don't know what Comescu did to her."
"I'll get Dr. Reynolds."
Callen brought Clara back to her room and waited for Dr. Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds checked Clara over. Her vitals were stable. He took some blood and had it analyzed right away.
"She'll be okay Callen," Nate told Callen.
"I really hope so. I'm just glad that I caught her in time."
"You got her back and the Comescus are dead."
"How could this have happened?"
"I don't know. But I will look into it and put some extra security in here as long as Clara is in here."
"Thanks Nate. Can you stay with her? I'm gonna call Jenny to update her."
"Of course."
…
Jenny was going out of her mind sitting at home waiting for Callen to call. She really hoped Clara was okay. They just got her back, she couldn't lose her again. She was shocked out of her thoughts when her phone rang. She quickly answered the phone when she saw it was Callen.
"G, what's going on? Is Clara okay?"
"The Comescus were here at the facility."
"Oh my god! Did they get Clara?"
"Almost. Luckily I was able to stop them and all three of them are dead."
"Okay good," Jenny let out a relieved sigh. "How's Clara?"
"I don't know yet. She's unconscious. I think Comescu might have given her something."
"Oh no."
"Don't worry honey, the doctor is looking into it. She will be alright."
"I'm coming over."
Jenny hung up the phone.
"Is Clara okay?" Jamie asked, having heard the conversation.
"She will be. Your dad found her just before the Comescus took her. They are all dead now so they can't hurt us anymore."
"Okay good."
"Come on, we'll go see her."
Jenny grabbed her purse and car keys and they went outside. Jenny made her way across the street to the agent sitting there.
"G found Clara and the Comescus are dead. You can go now. Thanks for coming here."
"Okay."
Jenny and Jamie got in the car and Jenny drove to the facility. Once there they immediately walked to Clara's after Jenny showed her ID to the desk clerk.. They stepped into the room and Jenny looked at Clara lying on the bed, unconscious.
"She'll be okay honey," Callen spoke as he walked up to his wife and gave her a hug.
"What's wrong with her?"
"We don't know yet. The doctor is running some tests on her. But don't worry. We'll make sure she's fine."
"How could this have happened?"
"Mika was dressed as a doctor. I guess security wasn't really paying attention. Nate will have a talk with them about this. But the Comescus are dead. They won't come after us anymore."
"Thank god you were here and you were able to stop them from taking Clara. I just hope that whatever they gave her won't set her recovery back."
"I know honey, me too. But I think it will. Comescu must have realized that we were helping her get better so he might have given her a stronger dose. But don't worry honey. I'll make sure she'll be okay."
An hour later Clara shook up. Frantically she looked around the room.
"Clara, sweetie, it's okay," Jenny spoke once she noticed that Clara was up. Callen was outside talking with Nate and Jamie was just getting something to drink.
Jenny walked up to the bed.
"No! Get away from me!" Clara spoke afraid as she jumped up from the bed.
"Clara, it's okay. Just calm down. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm your mother."
"My mother is dead. Uncle Mika told me."
"Those were lies Clara. He is not your uncle Mika."
"You lie!" Clara yelled and she started throwing stuff at Jenny.
Callen and Nate had heard the commotion outside in the hallway and came storming into the room.
"No! Stay away from me!"
"It's okay Clara. It's okay. We are not here to hurt you," Callen tried to calm her down.
"No get away from me!"
"Clara," Nate softly spoke as he stepped up to her. "It's okay. We are not here to hurt you. I'm a doctor here. It's okay. We won't hurt you. We're here to help. Will you let me help you?"
"You're not gonna inject me with something, are you? Uncle Mika had a doctor come into the room and he would give me something I didn't like."
"No Clara, I'm not here to hurt you. It's okay. But I am gonna have to give you something later to get the drugs out that Uncle Mika's doctor put in you. It'll make you better."
"Uncle Mika said to not trust anyone."
"You can trust me Clara. I promise I won't hurt you. I can tell that you're confused right now. Uncle Mika probably gave you something again. We're checking your blood right now and then we can give you something to help it get out of your system but you have to trust me Clara."
"Where am I?"
"You're in a psychiatric facility in Los Angeles."
"Los Angeles? Uncle Mika said we would go there, he had a mission here for me. I was supposed to kill Callen, he killed our entire family, my mom and dad."
Callen and Jenny looked at each other. Everything they had gone through with Clara the last couple of days was gone again. She thought she was a Comescu again and that she needed to kill Callen.
"No Clara. You are not here for a mission and you're not here to kill a Callen. You are a Callen."
"No! You lie!"
"No, I'm not lying Clara. You are a Callen and not a Comescu."
Clara looked at him with disbelieve. She was a Callen? How could that be? Uncle Mika had told her she was a Comescu. Could she be a bastard child, conceived by a Comescu and a Callen? At that moment Jamie walked back into the room. Clara looked at him with big eyes.
"Brother?" Clara spoked confused.
"Hey Clara, you're up. Welcome back."
"It can't be. They said you died."
"Who did?"
"Uncle Mika."
"Clara, he's not your uncle. He's a bad man who took you from us."
"Us?"
"Yeah us, me, our mom and dad."
"No," Clara shook her head. "They said mom and dad had died."
"No Clara," Jamie replied confused. "They are not dead. They are right here," Jamie said and pointed to Callen and Jenny.
"Mom? Dad?" Clara asked confused as she looked at Callen and Jenny.
"Yes sweetie," Jenny answered. "We are your mom and dad."
"They didn't die Clara," Jamie told his sister. "They are right here. Those people, Uncle Mika, they took you from us. They wanted you to become a Comescu so they could use you to kill our mom and dad. They are very bad people. They have been after dad for a while now."
"Why?"
"Some kind of family feud."
"They said that Callen killed my mom and dad."
"No Clara, our mom and dad are right here. They are the ones who were trying to kill mom and dad and they tried to trick you into doing that."
"They were trying to trick me into killing my own mom and dad. Who would do that?"
"Very bad people," Callen spoke as he walked up to the bed where Clara was sitting.
"So you are really my dad?"
"Yes I am sweetie and that is really your mom. And Nate over here is a doctor and he's been helping you get better. This is just a small setback sweetie. I promise you will get better."
"Did they make me try to kill you?"
"Yes they did. When we found you, you didn't know who I was. They had completely brainwashed you and you tried to kill me."
"Oh no!" Clara gasped and but her hand in front of her mouth.
"It's okay sweetie. You didn't know. That wasn't you. That was just the version the Comescus made of you. You didn't know what you were doing."
"I'm sorry dad."
"It's okay sweetie. That wasn't my Clara. You are Clara Callen and you are strong enough to beat this."
"Will you help me?"
"Of course I will Clara. You are not in this alone. Your mom and I are helping you and so is Jamie and the doctors here too."
"Can I come home with you dad?" Clara asked with a sad voice.
It broke Callen's heart to see the sad look on his daughter's face. "I'm sorry sweetie but we talked about it with Nate and he said it's better if you stayed here. They can get you better faster if you stay here."
"Will you come visit me?"
"Of course I will sweetie. We'll be here as much as we can."
"I love you daddy," Clara said and she launched herself in Callen's arms.
"I love you too sweetie," Callen replied as he wrapped his arms around his daughter. "It's gonna be okay Clara. We're Callens, we are strong, we can fight this. We will not let them win."
"I'm sorry dad," Clara sobbed into Callen's shirt.
"It's okay Clara. It's not your fault. We're gonna fix this."
Clara relaxed in Callen's arms. Callen was afraid to let her go, afraid something would happen to her again. He was so relieved that he had been able to stop the Comescus from taking Clara again.
A little later Dr. Reynolds walked into the room.
"I've got the results here. They gave her a more stronger dose of the same drugs they used before. This will set our progress back. We will give her a higher dose of medications to stop the effects of the drug," Dr. Reynolds explained to them and he stepped up to Clara who was still in Callen's arms. "Clara, I'm Dr. Reynolds and I'm gonna help you get better. I have some medication here which I'm gonna have to inject into you to get the drugs out of your system okay."
Clara looked at Callen who nodded and Clara nodded towards the doctor. The doctor got the syringe ready and injected it into Clara's arm. Soon after the medications were injected into her Clara fell asleep.
"It's good that she's asleep," Dr. Reynolds told them. "This will make the medication work faster. Don't worry agent Callen, we will make sure Clara will be alright. We will put some more security in here and only me and Dr. Getz will have access to her room."
"Thank you."
"I'll stay here Callen, to keep an eye on here and I will let you know as soon as something changes," Nate said.
"Thanks Nate."
Callen and Jenny both gave Clara a soft kiss on her head before they and Jamie left the room. Everyone was relieved that Clara was okay and that she would be back to her normal self in a while.
Just as they arrived at home Hetty called.
"Hello Hetty," Callen answered the phone.
"Hello Mr. Callen, how is Ms. Callen doing?"
"She will be okay. Unfortunately Comescu had injected her with a stronger dose of the drugs but Dr. Reynolds will counter that effect with stronger doses of the medications. They will keep a close eye on here but they said she should be okay."
"Okay, I'm glad to hear that."
"Did Eric and Nell find out how they had managed to escape?"
"Yes they did. They found out that someone helped them. They ambushed the transport. Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones managed to the find them and Mr. Hanna, Ms. Blye and Mr. Deeks arrested them."
"Okay good."
"You and Mrs. Callen may take the rest of the week off, go spend it with your family Mr. Callen."
"Thank you Hetty."
"If there's anything I can do for you or Ms. Callen please let me know."
"Thank you Hetty."
…
A week had gone by since the Comescus tried to take Clara again. They had gone with the original plan of not seeing Clara the first week in her recovery. Today they could see Clara again. Both Callen and Jenny were really anxious to see her again.