"Who the hell is Blackwell?" Callen asks.
"I didn't see his name on the list of people with a grudge against Marty." Kensi adds.
"His name is Joseph Blackwell and he is a Lieutenant in LAPD." Kelly begins.
"Joseph Blackwell used to be a Commander. A lawsuit of sexual harassment caused him to be demoted. He had been using his position to persuade female rookies. One rookie, would not go for it and he tried to have her kicked out. She filed a lawsuit and he lost everything." Jay explains.
The Agents nod disgusted by someone using his position of power but they didn't see how it was connected toMarty.
"Marty was the public defender that helped her out. She was a rookie, he was a Commander. Most lawyers would not take a case like this, it would be career suicide." Antonio continued.
"Marty didn't care what the case would do his career, he was getting ready to move on anyway. Jess Traynor was his last case as a public defender. He won the whole case. Blackwell had to pay out a huge settlement out to Jess, he lost his marriage and his kids. So not only did he get busted down to Lieutenant, he has to pay alimony and child support. He blames Marty for all of it." Kelly finishes.
"So what do we now?" Kensi asks. "Knowing Marty, he won't let the case go. However, it happened; it did happen and Marty will be determined to finish the case."
"He can't go back to work yet. I won't release him until he is completely recovered and starts to put the weight back on." Will informs.
"The case may not be salvageable. If Blackwell was really setting him up to be killed; then we have to assume his cover has been blown." Callen informs.
"Jay, you do know that you can't tell Voight about this. As much as would like to see Blackwell pay, it is not Marty way." Kelly brings up as he watches his son sleep through the window.
Everyone who knows Voight and knows what he capable of nods. The NCIS agents do not understand anything about this Voight that Kelly mentioned.
"Who is Voight?" Sam asks.
"Hank Voight is my father in law and was our boss. He isn't exactly known for his tactic." Jay explains.
"He is someone that you do not want to cross. Crossing him can be hazardous to your health. He also cares a great deal about Marty." Antonio pauses and thinks on whether or not he should bring up Marty's story. He turns to Kelly. Kelly shrugs saying it is up to him.
"Before we met Marty, we had heard his story and what he been through from the investigating officers. They never said his name though. The case really pissed Voight off. Actually it pissed off all of us. I have 2 kids, one older and one younger than this child that has literally been through hell." Antonio continues.
"Voight has a son and my wife Erin who he saved from the streets and from drugs. Erin was a wreck when she heard about this child. Her absentee drug addict for a mother was bad but nothing compared to what this child had been through."
"We didn't know anything about what happened to the child. Then one day I stop by the firehouse to see my sister. They were out on a call, but at the table in the common room was a child. Gabby had explained to me that he was Kelly foster child and what he had been through. I immediately recognized that his story matches the one we had heard from those cops. I debated whether or not to tell my coworkers. A child who had gone through hell now has a second chance. Voight swears that no one will ever hurt him again."
The NCIS agents listen as Jay and Antonio takes turns telling the story. They understood what Jay had meant about Voight's tactics or lack of. It means that he believes in police brutality, anything goes as long as they get the answers they are looking for. They also realize that these people would not be telling them anything about Marty if he wasn't currently lying in a hospital bed.
Callen's phone rings suddenly. He takes it out of his pocket and glances down at the caller ID. "It's Hetty." He groans as he answers it.
"Mr. Callen, what is this that I hear about Mr. Deeks being in the hospital."
Callen doesn't answer right away so Hetty continues.
"I call to check in with my team to find out that Mr. Deeks was admitted due to exhaustion and dehydration. How did this come about."
"Hetty, it is complicated." Callen tries to explain.
"Well, uncomplicated it."
Kensi and Sam are looking at Callen wondering what he is going to say.
"Hetty, it turns out that while working with us, Deeks was doing an undercover assignment for LAPD."
Hetty starts ranting and raving which causes Callen to hang up. Sam and Kensi are shocked, nobody dares to hangs up on Hetty.
"You do know that she is going to kill you right for hanging up on her." Sam points out.
"What can she do about it. She is in DC. By the time she gets back her she would have forgotten all about it. Besides she will have bigger issues to deal with, namely Joseph Blackwell." Callen argues.
"Hetty may actually be someone who can give Voight a run for his money. She is very protective of her agents and that includes Marty." Sam points out.
"We need to get Marty to finally sign those damn papers." Callen fumes.
"What papers?" Kelly asks.
"About 6 months ago, before Hetty left to handle some business that took her out of the country. She gave Marty papers for him to resign from LAPD and become a NCIS agent." Callen informs everyone but also leaving out the details about the Romania trip vague to those who was not involved.
"I didn't know that. He never mentioned it."
"Why didn't you mention that before, say any time over the past 6 months."
Kensi and Sam question him.
"As team leader, Hetty told me when when she came back to work. I saw no point in bringing it up since he refuses to leave LAPD. If he had, he wouldn't be in this position now. If he was an Agent, Blackwell would never have gotten the opportunity to put Marty on that suicide mission." Callen says watching his team mate in the hospital bed. "I should have seen that he was in trouble."