They had parked the car on the other side of the busy main road to where the alleyway was. They had gotten there a good 25 minutes too early and now they sat in silence, looking out of the windows at the single place on the lookout for the man that Callen was going to meet. The silence wasn't like them, but there was nothing to joke about when one of their team members was missing, least of all when it was Kensi. She was Callen's wife, Sam's little sister, Deeks' partner, Eric's big sister and even Hetty's kind of daughter. There was no question in the fact that if they lost her, there would be a massive gaping hole in their team structure that noone would ever be able to fill or get over.

Unable to take the silence any more, Sam broke it. "Hey, G, listen," he started and even though his partner didn't turn his head to look at him, he knew that he had his attention. "I messed up earlier when I sent Kensi and Deeks down the other corridor. I should have sent some of the others with them too instead of splitting us all up." he said, knowing that he knew what he was talking about because they had all filled him in with the events of earlier that day.

Callen still didn't look at him but shrugged. "Wasn't your fault. Noone could have known how many corridors there were ahead or how many of them there were." he told him, but Sam realised that there was no emotion in his voice and he didn't know whether that was because he was already in character to go meet with the man who might be involved with Kensi's kidnapping, or because he didn't mean the words he said.

"Yeah, but still-" Sam started but Callen cut him off.

"Sam, it's done. We all mess up but we have to put that in the past and focus on what's happening now." he told him, finally looking over at him. There was still no emotion in his voice and Sam could tell him was talking from experience, probably from the time a year ago or so when they had been dealing with the Russians and his orders had led to them taking and almost killing Kensi too. But he also could tell that he wasn't blaming him at all and that he was taking his own advice and focusing on the now. "Let's just get her back." he said and Sam nodded before they both went back to looking out the window once again.

5 minutes later, they saw a man in a pressed shirt and pants enter the alleyway and they knew it was him by both the look of him and the photos from earlier. They both got out of the car and made their way over towards the alleyway slowly, listening out in case he was meeting anyone else, especially if they were part of the group too. There was the murmur of a couple of voices, both male, but it didn't seem related to what they were interested in so Callen indicated that he would go ahead to talk to him while Sam lingered back just in case, but also to look like a guard.

Callen was dressed smart too, in a plain black shirt and pants, to give the image of having money, something that was backed up by their posh Aston Martin car. It was obvious that the men they were after were all in it for the money, and they had turned down the boy who Callen had gotten his info from so they had assumed that they only spoke and cared about those with money and not gang members. They were sort of a more higher class of criminals, but criminals nonetheless.

"Hey!" Callen called out when he got further down the alleyway and closer to the man. He couldn't see him properly yet, but could see him turn to look at him as the other man simply stood and stared too. "I think we have something to talk about."

The man they were after only raised an eyebrow and smirked lightly. "Do I know you?" he asked, carefully eyeing both Callen and Sam as he joined them.

"You'll want to when I tell you that I can offer you better business than him." he said, nodding towards the other man who didn't look too happy with the interruption.

The other man scoffed. "You don't look like a dealer." he said and Callen ignored him and kept on looking at the other man who was starting to show some interest in what he was saying.

"That's because I'm not." he told him before adding. "I meant your other business." he said so that he got the message. The man nodded and turned back towards the other man to hand him something before shooing him away. He left without another word, glad to get some money and drugs for his work.

"What business do you think you mean?" He asked Callen once he was sure they were alone and stepped a bit closer. Callen kept his face blank as he stepped closer to keep himself in character and keep on with the plan.

"The money one." he said and when the other man shook his head and stepped away, he tried again. "The kidnapping one." The man stopped and turned around. "Yeah, I know about that. I have contacts in deep places and I know you're involved."

"Don't know what you're talking about." he said but Callen could see through the lie easily because of all the taletell signs both in his body and voice that he hadn't been trained to hide.

Callen stepped a bit closer this time and told him the 4 names of the victims that they had linked to them, only one of which they knew for sure was them. But by the way that he reacted, Callen was certain that the other three that his contact had told him about was good information and true. "Know what I'm talking about now?"

"Who told you?" he asked and Callen shrugged and looked over the man's shoulder for a moment to seem nonchalant.

"Doesn't matter." he said but the other man shook his head.

"Yes, it does." he told him and when Callen remained quiet, he pulled out a gun from behind his back and pointed it at him. "I said, who told you?" Callen remained silent, not liking the turn in events. They had wanted him to react with a bit of trust and appreciation when they announced they knew about the murders and either be impressed and let him in to their group or even give them more info about having another hostage, Kensi. This wasn't going to get them either right then. "I'll shoot. And I'll shoot to kill."

"Two against one, you really want to risk it?" Callen said, looking back at Sam who already had his hand behind his back, no doubt already on the gun just in case. Sam gave him a look that told him to choose what to do and to quit stalling and he knew that he was right. They didn't have time to waste, and with the plan going awry, he had to make do. "Fine. It was Morgan. Chris Morgan." he told the man and he froze a second before laughing.

"Really? Morgan told you?" he laughed and cocked the gun and Callen heard Sam do the same behind him. "Funny, because I killed him this afternoon."

Callen hadn't been expecting that and when the man took to aim, he quickly reacted and grabbed his arm to disarm him. It wasn't easy because he guessed he was use to fights and using guns, but Callen eventually managed to get him to drop the gun and kick it away before pushed him up against the wall with an arm behind his back. "You killed Morgan?" he asked him in a threatening manner, now no longer in his character. He could see Sam pick up the gun from the corner of his eye before coming closer. "Who else have you killed today?"

"What's it to you?" the man groaned as Callen twisted his arm more and pushed it against his body harder in the wrong direction. "Who are you?"

"G." Sam said as a warning, and he knew that he had to let him go so that they could question him properly and get more answers out of him, but Callen didn't let go straight away.

"I said, who else have you killed today?" he repeated and the man answered hurriedly when he pushed him once again.

"Noone, I swear." he told him and Callen wasn't sure whether he believed him or not but let him go anyway so that Sam could cuff him and they could take him into custody and down to the boathouse to question him. He wanted to believe him because that gave him hope that Kensi was still alive, but he knew that there was more than him involved in the kidnapping so he couldn't let himself believe in either until he had proof. "What are you doing? Who are you?"

Callen could hear Sam dragging the man out of the alleyway behind him as he kept on questioning them until Sam finally told him that they were NCIS and he was under arrest for murder and involvment in another 4 murders and the kidnapping of a federal agent. The man argued that it wasn't him but fell quiet when he realised they weren't paying attention to him. It was all Callen could do to not turn around and punch the man or even shoot him, so instead, he ignored him and got into the driver's seat of the car as Sam pushed the man into the back and slammed the door shut.

As soon as Sam was in, he pressed down the accelarotor and sped down the street faster than ever before. This time though, not even Sam told him off and he knew it was because it was the only way he was getting out his currently pent up anger at the fact that they hadn't gotten any information so far or the plan hadn't gone as they had liked it. The only thing that kept him from doing anything more stupid was the fact that the man knew something about it all and could give them the answers they needed, and Callen was sure that he would when he was through with him, and that he had promised Kensi long ago that he would always come after her if something happened, and he knew that if he didn't something stupid, it would just ruin that promise.


I am really sorry for the very late update! I have just too much going on with university and working and whatnot. But I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Also, a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who added, faved, alerted and reviewed the last chapter. 11 reviews! That's the most I've ever gotten for a chapter so thank you all majorly - Sairs J, grdkaitlyn, evershort, .grace, MadiL93, liesel, tibbee, ilovecallenblye, Kensicallen88, Cowboy's Girl and iloveblye. I hope you enjoy this chapter too!