San Quentin State Prison:
Micky is livid as he spoke to the Ex-Marine.
"Jackson Murdoch!" even though Micky controlled his voice, he still made the Ex-Marine flinch.
"You and your Russian Friend Vladimir Petrov have both taken Wit-Sec from your families and escaped with testifying against me and my people and now you have the nerve to come here and tell me that you need another $200,000 over $50,000 I have already arranged for you."
"Listen Micky, I do not want any extra money for myself. I have arranged for a Gang to get Marty Deeks. Don't you realize that he can recognize me even if I am in a crowd? The only option was to hire someone else. You may have heard about the shootout in Manhattan Beach yesterday. That was the only time they could make a move. That bastard didn't come in easily, not to mention the mama-bear accompanying him. The hired gang lost 5 people and two more are critically injured and their leader wants compensation. Oh! The Leader also said that they charge $8,000 per day to keep the prisoner." Jackson explained and Micky grunted in response.
"I will get the money to you by Monday. You will collect that bastardly cop and leave him in my ware house in Long Beach. My friends will take care of the rest. If you are double crossing me or even ripping me off, you can say 'bye-bye' to your life." Micky threatened Jackson.
NCIS LA OSP Ops Center:
Both Nell and Eric are angry, scratch that they are beyond angry. LAPD is stonewalling them, mentioning obscure rules and laws about classified operations and undercover missions to keep the identities and lives of the officers and detectives safe. Callen, Kensi, and Sam are reading through every case Deeks worked as investigating officer. Callen wasn't as surprised as Kensi or Sam were as he read through various cases Deeks solved as lead detective with LAPD.
Both Kensi and Sam only thought of him to be just an undercover officer as a Uniform cop who was elevated to the Detective rank. They were surprised to find that he topped the detective exam and then took a break from Undercover work for a year and had been a part of investigation either as a lead Detective or played support cast in solving over 200 cases which gave him a solve rate of 94% which was slightly lower than the best investigative team they know in NCIS, Team Gibbs.
As they delved into Deeks personal life to see if they are looking at a more personal enemy, given that he was kidnapped and not shot on location and even when he was shot earlier, they had very little clue to his personal life, they learnt that he was amongst very few who cleared the California Bar exam in first attempt and had a brief career at the DA's office. Callen decided it is better to speak to the then DA, now Federal Judge Alan Moses to see if he can throw some light on Deeks's enemies and headed out with Kensi, leaving Sam to leaf through the cases.
"Agent Callen, How can I help you?" Judge Moses asked.
"Judge Moses, we would like to speak to you about an employee of yours when you were the DA." Callen respectfully spoke.
"Ah! Then you must be here about Marty. What happened?" His brow creased with worry as he critically eyed both the Agents.
"He was kidnapped yesterday afternoon. We want to find out if he has any personal enemies from his time as your employee." Kensi asked impatiently. She was growing more and more irritable ever since she learnt that Deeks is missing and LADP is stone walling them.
"You must know by now that career in Law Enforcement and Judicial Systems brings quite a few enemies, both personal and professional." Judge Moses answered vaguely.
"I do know that, Judge Moses. But we need to know this information as soon as possible." Callen insisted.
"I suggest you both sit down first because this one will be a long talk. I will retrieve his case files if you can give me some time and please call me Alan." Judge Moses gestured towards the chairs in front of him and reached for his intercom phone.
"Ms Deeks, would you fetch the cases your brother worked on while he was working for me?" Alan purposefully addressed his secretary by her surname and revealed her relationship with Marty.
"Did you just call Detective Deeks's sister?" Kensi asked looking at Alan disbelievingly.
"Yes, I did." Alan answered proudly.
Both Kensi and Callen expected to see a beautiful blonde woman given Deeks's handsomeness but were surprised to find a beautiful African-American woman in her late twenties. Alan gestured her to sit in the only chair vacant near the table. As Kensi and Callen eyed Ms Deeks suspiciously, Alan spoke.
"I believe you don't know much about Marty. I prosecuted Gordon John Brandel when Marty shot him. I was successful in getting the maximum sentence to the domestic assault and battery and child abuse charges on him. CPS took away Marty and placed him in foster system. I was intrigued by the calmness and fearlessness of the young Marty and wanted to keep an eye on him. He was a very angry kid, creating trouble everywhere he went but was always protective of kids with him. He was always hostile with the foster parents though." Alan sighed.
"Being an ADA back then didn't give me the freedom or the opportunity to keep an eye on Marty as I pleased. I had a friend in CPS whom I requested to keep me updated on his situation. One year after Brandel's trial, when Marty was 12, he ran away. He was overwhelmed with the anniversary of his separation from his mother. He was searching for his mother and discovered that she died due to Heroin Overdose. My friend at CPS tried to find him but he had too little time on his hands to find him. I took it upon myself to find him and one day, almost a year later I spotted him with Samantha's family." Alan gestured with his head towards Ms Deeks indicating she is Samantha.
"Samantha, would you tell them what happened while I fix some coffee for us all." Alan requested Samantha to continue as he walked towards the coffee machine residing in one corner of his chamber.
"Sure Alan." Samantha nodded and turned to face Kensi and Callen.
"Our Dad was a Cop, he is now retired. He was an avid surfer too. Most of our weekends were at the beach. Once when Mom and I went to get ice cream while Dad was surfing, I got lost. I was searching for Mom when an older boy helped me find her. He was wearing dirty clothes and no shoes and wasn't very clean. I don't know why but I trusted him and held onto his hand till I found Mom. She thanked him and offered him some money and he rejected. Mom tried again but he was stubborn and we left for our spot on the beach." Samantha regaled how Marty and her family came together.
"By the time we reached our spot, Dad was already searching for us. When Mom explained what happened, he wanted to help the boy and we returned only to see him being attacked by some bullies. Dad chased the bullies away. But as Dad tried to approach him, he curled himself into a ball as if he was anticipating a hit. Mom stopped Dad and she went so speak to him softly, explaining that her husband is a Cop and he would help. Marty nodded but when Mom and Dad asked him to come with us, he didn't. He simply walked away." Samantha told with misty eyes as she remembered how young Marty curled into a ball.
"About a week later, Dad brought him home. He told Mom that Marty was caught shop lifting and he was only doing that because he was hungry and had no money to buy anything. Mom took care of him and after a few days, Dad convinced him that going to school was not a bad thing. He stayed with us till he went to college. Mom and Dad always looked after him like they did with me and my other brother, Dean." Samantha explained how Marty became her brother.
"After finding him with Samantha's family, I contacted Thomas, that's Sam's Dad and helped him file all the paper work required to become legal guardian for Marty. Once Marty was eighteen, he changed his last name with Thomas's consent. He went to Law school and after clearing the California Bar Exam, I gave him a job at my office. After a few months, he was frustrated at the slow pace of the job and was furious as cases bombed due to shoddy police work. One day after we lost another case, he was livid. He said, he would join the force and show them how to file the evidence and the next thing I know, he is in the Academy." Alan explained.
"Dad was so proud when he topped his batch at the Academy. Being an ex-employee of the DA's office is not good at all when you are a Cop. Cops believed that due to the inefficiency of the DA's office, all their hard work was going waste and they hated him for that. When a case needed a lawyer to go undercover, Marty was asked to go and he was adamant that he was here to be a Cop but not a lawyer. Dad convinced him to go undercover." Samantha explained how Marty became an undercover officer.
"He liked being undercover because it took him away from hateful colleagues and he excelled in it. But that earned him several enemies both inside and outside the Force. Sam's Mom, Katherine was attacked at a grocery store several years ago by some gang bangers as they recognized her from a photo Marty carried in his wallet. After that Marty keeps a very low profile and very few personal affects that can relate him to Thomas or Katherine or Samantha or Dean. Sam convinced me to hire her so that she gets a chance to meet him whenever he comes to court for any warrants or to testify." Alan explained.
"Alan, you didn't tell me why you needed these files. We know he is becoming a Federal Agent. Is there any problem?" Samantha looked at him accusingly. Alan held his hands up in a defensive gesture.
We know he is becoming a Federal Agent. The sentence rang in Kensi's brain as she registered that Callen, Sam, and Kensi were only people in dark about Deeks move. It meant that he was hurt deep enough for him to keep such an important part of his life away from them.
"Marty was kidnapped yesterday. We are trying to find who might be holding a personal grudge. We need the case file to see where every criminal he put away is." Callen thanked Alan and Samantha for their time and some insight into Deeks's carefully hidden past life and left the Courthouse.
Just as they approached their car, Sam's voice stopped them in their tracks.
"Agent Callen, Judge Moses wanted me to hand this warrant to you just in case you need one to get LAPD to share all his case files. He knows you don't have one and thinks it will clear the red tape to a large extent."
Both Callen and Kensi were shocked to hear that but gladly accepted the federal warrant.