At the Ops center:

"You tried to call me at the hospital, Mr. Beale?" Hetty entered the Ops room as silently as ever.

"I tried to call you, Hetty." Nell butted into the conversation.

"And," Hetty prompted.

"We have just found traffic cam footage of a badly injured Hispanic man near the 'No Vacancy' motel. Facial recognition software identified him as Felipe Perez, a distant cousin of Fernando Perez. He had taken part in the beatings on Kensi." Nell informed.

"He must've led Mr. Deeks to the motel. Mr. Deeks must've let him go when he saw Mr. Hannah and Mr. Callen pinned by Fernando Perez and his body guards." Hetty thought out loud.

"Ms. Jones, get Mr. Callen online." Hetty ordered.

"Callen" Callen's voice rang through the speaker phone.

"Mr. Callen. Ms. Jones is sending you details about a Felipe Perez. Find him."

"Any connection to Fernando Perez?" Sam asked down the line.

"A distant cousin and an enforcer in the cartel. He is one of the people who had beaten down on Kensi." Eric answered the question

"It appears that Felipe Perez led Deeks to the motel. I am guessing that Deeks let him go to assist you. Find him before LAPD does or they may get a witness they need to press charges on Deeks." Nell explained the urgency of the situation.

"Last known location?" Callen asked.

"He was last seen on a traffic cam limping away from the motel. I am running a combination of Kaleidoscope and Facial Recognition software to find him. I will call you when I find something." Eric's voice came through the speaker at the other end.

"I have gained access to Deeks's reports from the undercover operation. He mentioned a few clinics where the cartel members were sent for treatments. I am texting the addresses to you." Nell continued the conversation. Both Eric and Nell had barely taken a break and have been working ever since Hetty asked them to find anything that can clear Deeks of the current predicament with LAPD.

"I am not ready to lose Mr. Deeks to a witch hunt. I know what he did was against the law but definitely something I would do when my team is attacked. I don't care how you get Mr. Perez. Just capture him before LAPD gets wind of this." Hetty's firm voice ordered the senior agents.

"We will, Hetty." Callen hung up and sighed.

"I want to know every detail about the undercover mission Deeks was on. I want you dig up everything." Granger was fuming with anger as he entered the Ops.

"What happened, Owen?" Hetty asked in a composed voice while Nell and Eric began hacking into LAPD network to find the required files.

"I just got off the phone with Chief of Detectives. That bloody undercover mission is not an old one as we thought. It was at the same time as the Janvier mess that we went through and it continued for the next few weeks. Deeks was practically working 24*7. He was our Liaison here during the day and undercover for LAPD during the night." Hearing Granger spew out the facts made Hetty lose her composure.

"Who made him do it?" Hetty growled.

"No details of the case are available on the LAPD network, Hetty." Nell reported.

"I found something." Eric almost shouted.

"What is it?" Hetty, Granger, and Nell crowded around him.

"I have hacked into Bates' laptop. The operation was completely off the books. The only people involved were Bates, Detective Driscoll, and Deeks. Deeks didn't even know that Driscoll is involved in the operation because; his reports indicate that he was sure Driscoll was the mole in the operation. Driscoll was acting as the handler via Bates. I am very sure Bates never read the reports because if he did and still he retained Driscoll on the op, it means only one thing…" Eric trailed off looking at Nell.

"Bates was either in on the take and he is rushing things to save his own career." Nell finished.

"Not at the cost of one of our own. Ask Callen and Sam to meet me in Kensi's room. Send the details of Felipe Perez to Amanda's team and tell her to drop everything and take him in either dead or alive." Hetty growled as she turned angrily and left the Ops quickly followed by an equally pissed Granger.

"I wouldn't want to be Bates right now." Eric commented as she followed her orders.

"Oh My God! She used the first names." Nell whispered as she dialed Sam's number.

"Yes Eric." Sam's irritated voice came through as he had been to the 7th clinic with no success.

"Bates is trying to save his own ass at the cost of Deeks. Driscoll was involved in Deeks' undercover op from the beginning and they were the only three involved. Hetty and Granger need you both at Kensi's room as soon as you can. Felipe Perez details have been handed over to Amanda Johnston's team who will bring him in."

"How angry is Hetty?" Callen's voice came through.

"She used first names." Came Nell's answer causing both Callen and Sam to look at each other.

"Hate to be Bates, right now." Both the senior agents commented.

"Now, get to Kensi's room or you'll have her anger directed at you." Nell disconnected the call.

Both Sam and Callen knew that Nell is being trained to take over from Hetty whenever she is ready to hang up her boots but the uncanny similarities between the both always troubled them. Callen drove them towards the hospital while Sam called Amanda and brought her up to speed about the operation.