Chapter Six
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Chapter Six
"Do we have audio?" Hetty asked her tech quietly as the footage showed her agent walking into the meeting- his CIA colleague right beside him.
"No, in the circumstances Callen didn't want to risk an ear wig" Eric responded.
"Can our friends at Langley see this footage?" the ops manager queried.
"No- Kort may be camera'd up separately- but if he is we don't have access" Eric responded with a simple shrug.
"Get access Mr Beale" Hetty instructed lightly, knowing that her instructions would be followed.
"Getting access" Eric responded, turning straight back to his computer and tapping the keys- silent in concentration as he set about his task.
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Callen had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach and every fibre of his being was telling him that something was about to go horribly wrong. He stood behind Kort, knowing that the button cam would be doing it's job and that Eric would undoubtedly be running everyone in front of them through facial recognition. There were two faces that he recognised from his observations outside of the house over the last few days. He stood back as Kort spoke with the assembled group- grateful that the CIA agent had managed to get his head back in the game and forget the doubt that had been obviously plaguing him.
The introductions to the new people had gone without issue, but Callen was hoping that things would start to move along- he desperately wanted some tangible evidence to confirm where the leak had come from. His attention was piqued by another man that had stepped into the group- an air of familiarity washed over him as he took in the other man's features- and suddenly it all clicked into place for the agent.
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"Hetty!" Eric hollered- finally having some update to share with her.
"What is it Mr Beale?" she asked as she appeared seemingly from nowhere beside him.
"I have managed to gain access to the surveillance link that the CIA are running" he told her as he moved quickly back to his computer screen.
"And what do you have?" she queried- keen to discover what the latest update was in the worrisome case.
"There aren't just the feeds of Callen and Kort coming from the house- I picked up on a further two signals- one appears to be linked to Langley- the other to the FBI" Eric stated pointing at the four feeds currently displayed on the screen in front of them.
"Get me the director" she requested softly as she absorbed the situation.
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"How much longer" Sam muttered to himself as he leant against the bonnet of his car- awaiting any update from his partner.
"Relax Sam- Hetty would have told us if there was anything wrong" Kensi reassured the senior agent.
"Would she? I am beginning to doubt that" he responded, his thoughts slipping out into words before he could help them.
"What's going on Sam?" Kensi asked with a sigh- knowing full well that the experienced agent knew more than he was letting on.
"Nothing Kensi- nothing at all" Sam responded as he pulled himself upright.
"That's bullshit and we both know it" the young woman responded, being unusually blunt and cursing as her frustration made itself obvious. "Callen looks like he is ready to bolt at the merest opportunity- things are tense between him and Hetty and now you sound as if you have lost all faith in her too" Kensi reasoned, knowing that this really wasn't the best time for this conversation, but unable to help herself. Sam sighed, he should have realised that the astute female agent would have picked up on whatever was going on with their team leader.
"I don't know what is going on with him Kensi" Sam admitted softly. "I've tried to talk to him- but I just get the usual G Callen brush off. I think that something has gone on between him and Hetty- but if so neither of them are admitting it to me" he finished.
"I saw him and Hetty in some sort of discussion- Callen looked almost bitter, like he felt betrayed" Kensi stated quietly.
"We have to find out what is going on with them, otherwise I really think we are going to lose him" Sam stated sadly.
"We can't let that happen Sam- if he doesn't have us then what does he have?" Kensi asked- trying to ignore the tremor in her voice as she spoke.
"I think we have until the end of this case Kensi- he is a stubborn mule, he would argue that night is day and that the earth was flat if he was in a certain mood" Sam commented with a snort.
"Then we are just going to have to be more stubborn" Kensi suggested, a voice in her ear wig interrupting before she could continue- and within minutes their focus was well and truly back on the case at hand- and the safety of their friend.
End Chapter Six
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