Thank you DS2010 :) Chapter 8
Alicia wheeled herself out of the elevator, as soon as she discharged herself from the hospital she got to NCIS.
"Alicia?" Tony saw her first, he was up by her side.
"Dad, I was going nuts there. Christopher's taking the children here. Have…" she stopped, her eyes meeting her fathers "Is Abby here? Lauri and Ziva?"
"I'm here" Ziva's voice was heard, she walked up and wrapped her arms around Alicia.
"What was going on, suddenly Abby was taken from me, Callen saved my life, how's he doing?" Alicia asked, emotions coating her voice.
"He's going to be ok, he asked the same, about you." A voice she had heard somewhere before, said.
"This is Sam Hanna, Callen's partner" Gibbs voice was heard, he took her hand and squeezed it.
"Gibbs" The director almost shouted from the stairs. Gibbs let go of Alicia's hand and took the stairs.
"So he's going to be ok? How many bullets did he take, was there more then the three I saw?" Alicia asked.
"Just those three, less then he took some years back, he survived that, he'll be back in no time." Sam smiled reassuringly at her.
"I knew to trust you both, cause you both saved Abby" Alicia said, he touched her shoulder with a soft smile.
Twisted Desire
She stood outside Callen's hospital room, but she couldn't go in, she stood in the door, watching the man in there sleep. She knew she had to talk to him, she owed her children that. Waking up at the hospital, tube down her throat, she had promised herself to never let her children see that pain again, she had almost lost her daughter Mackenzie back then. The man she watched from the door had saved her.
"Excuse me" A voice made her jump.
"I'm sorry" she stuttered, looking up into the woman's face. "Kensi?" She asked and burst out in tears. Kensi wrapped her arms around her.
"Maxine Roseby? What happened?" Kensi asked.
"He was shot just after I left the pub…" Maxine said, drying her tears while she tried to collect herself, she thought she heard someone she really didn't want to meet. "I promised Kensi, my daughter, to get in contact with Callen."
"What happened to him wasn't your fault, our job is full of danger, he'll be back in no time, where's Mackenzie?" Kensi asked.
"Kens?" Callen's voice was heard from the room.
"Go check on him, don't tell him I was here, I'll try to talk to him later." Maxine dried her tears, smiled at Kensi and walked away, she stayed around the corner, hearing Callen talk to Kensi. Suddenly Maxine had to back even more, she knew she had heard that voice before.
"This way Dinozzo, Conway." A nurse's voice said. Dinozzo, that had to be Alicia, Maxine then saw her, biting her lower lip she walked away, she had to get rid of everything that stopped her from focusing on her children and their safety.
Twisted Desire
"Linda, they're back, Lauri'll explain, he's safe, he's at the NCIS; take the babies here, Christopher's on his way to pick you up, guess we need an extra car though" Bianca said as she exited the elevator. She saw Gibbs close to run up down the stairs.
"Thank god" Linda whispered. "Wait, someone's at the door, hi Chris" she said.
"Anca, I'm taking them all up, Kathy got her own car, we'll be with you shortly." Christopher's voice came to Bianca's ear. As they hung up Bianca felt arms go around herself, turning around she buried herself in her twin brothers arms.
Twisted Desire
"You knew" Gibbs said angrily as he slammed Vance's door shut. "You used Alicia and Abby as baits. You knew Rebecca Ali was out"
"You have retired, you shouldn't even be here" Vance said.
"You almost had them killed, is that how you're doing your work?" Gibbs didn't sound any less angry.
"We got her, now didn't we? Everyone's ok" Vance said.
"Callen's still in hospital, recovering, we nearly lost him enough times now, and don't give me the bull about the danger this job is. She wasnt even there when they were done, she is missing." Gibbs slammed his fists into Vance's desk. "How long have you known? When did Director David tell you?"
"Jethro" Vance said "I called David, he had two men following up on a case, they were working for him through me. Ali and Marcus, Rebecca Ali had been out for 2 days when they spotted her, they tried to get her in, it didn't work. David and me knew that the only way to get her was to have someone as a bait, he gave me the names, he wanted me to send Ziva and Bianca, one each. I followed through with Alicia's idea. Lauri Rose was followed and made a threat." Vance looked at Gibbs.
"So Director David didn't like the way you ran things and sent his men to protect the FBI men and our men. Ziva recognized the two men and went to confront them, she joined them when they let her know it was an operation of protection." Gibbs stated.
"More or less." Vance cringed.
"Tony wont be happy when he'll get to know that you used his daughter as a bait, you don't know what that woman put him through." Gibbs turned to the door.
"He had a daughter with Rebecca Ali, they share a history." Vance said shrugging his shoulders, looking like he didnt care much for the conversation.
"You haven't read his file have you?" Gibbs opened the door. "I suggest you read his file before you kill one of us, oh, and I am back." He left the door opened and went down the stairs.
Twisted Desire
When Gibbs came down Tony, Ziva and McGee was having a campfire as Tony called it. "Come join us" Tony said as he heard Gibbs coming.
"Where's the others?" Gibbs asked as he took Elena's chair and pulled it to where Tony, Ziva and McGee sat.
"Bianca's with Lauri and his family in Abby's lab, Chris's down there too. Elena's up at the hospital with Alicia who's visiting Callen." Tony said.
"Talking about Callen" Sam Hanna said as he came out of the elevator. "He's driving the hospital mad. Not to mention Kensi." He snickered.
"He's discharging himself?" Gibbs asked, sounding slightly amused.
"Something like that." Sam said. "I heard you were coming back"
"Depends on what Vance says." Gibbs said.
"What was the yelling about?" Tony asked.
"I knew Rebecca Ali was out, I sent your daughter and Abby undercover, knowing that Rebecca would come." Vance said and was floored in a second by Tony. Sam grabbed a hold of him before he managed to do any harm.
"You risked her life, you risked all our lives, let go of me" Tony was so angry. "You almost had my daughter killed, you dont know how dangerous Rebecca Ali is, you damn idiot!"
"He risked my best friends life, he risked all our lives, I don't know why but decking him wont help our case." Sam said calmly, having quiet some trouble with holding Tony back.
"I need to get out of here" Tony said. Sam didn't let go of him but he lead him to the elevator and just before the doors closed Tony looked at Vance "I quit." With those words he got up his gun and badge and dropped them on the floor outside of the elevator before he and Sam got into it and took it down.
Twisted Desire
"Oh hell with it all" Maxine thought for herself as she entered the building where she used to train, before everything went downhills. Getting dressed she locked her stuff into the locker and grabbed her boxing gloves and walked to the sandbag. She threw her left fist into the sandbag. The right fist followed and soon she fought the sandbag as if it was her worst enemy.
"Maxie" a voice startled her, turning around she saw the man from the pub, the bartender.
"I never caught your name" Maxine said as she threw another punch at the sandbag.
"Xavier" he said as he reached his hand out to her, he helped her take the glove of her right hand. She took his hand in hers.
"Hi there Xavier" Maxine smiled softly. "Sorry if I sounded like a bitch, and probably acted like one, are you ok?" She asked.
"I am, why wouldn't I?" Xavier asked.
"Max called me from the hospital, he was caught in the cross-fire" She looked down. "I thought he stood me up, mom came, we did the dinner, he never showed up, I was so angry, he couldn't come, he was hurt, no wonders he didn't come." She dried her tears.
"He'll be ok, wont he?" Xavier wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"He will be, he promised me. He told me to go and work out like I always did, back before we met… I haven't been here for the last 6 months, it's good to be back." She admitted, she couldn't believe how easy it was to lie. She didn't trust the man for one second.
Twisted Desire
"You are not leaving the hospital Callen" A woman said as she sat down by his side.
"Kensi, I'm going insane here" He sat up, grimaced at the pain but made no move to stop.
"Everyone else'd go insane if you ain't here Agent Callen." Elena said as she entered the room, she stopped and had to force herself to not stare at the man in the bed, good lord he was the hottest man she ever laid her eyes on, it didn't say click, she just found him so very sexual.
"You are?" Callen asked, a half smile on his lips. Kensi half stood, ready to protect him if she needed too. Elena flashed her badge.
"Special Agent Elena Conway, me and Alicia goes way back. She saved my life and I saved hers." Elena said.
"You saved my life so many more times than I ever saved yours, so the times I saved yours doesn't count." Alicia's voice was heard before she wheeled herself into the room.
"Ouch, don't make me laugh" Callen grimaced.
"Sorry" Alicia said softly, wheeling herself passed her best friend and up to the bed, she touched Callen's shoulder, reaching for his hand. "Thank you for my life." She said seriously.
"Don't mention it" He shrugged his shoulders, grimacing again. "And I'm still leaving the hospital" he said stubbornly.
"I thought I told you not too" Kensi said.
"Stay the week out" Alicia said "Talk to the doctor, go half the way and you'll get out of this hell hole before you know it" she smile softly.
"Week out?" Callen rose an eyebrow "It's 5 days" he sighed.
"5 days or 3 weeks, your choice." Alicia said before she wheeled herself backwards. She met Kensi's eyes. "I trust you will make sure he's here the week out?" She asked.
"We're in the same team, he's mostly with Sam, but he's part of the family." Kensi said.
"Family is important" Alicia looked at Callen who looked the other way, his body-language telling her to not go there. "I didn't know much of it till I met Luukas, our life together was one big lie, the only truth in it is my son and my best friend, Elena. I then met my father and learned the real meaning of family, my bound with my step sister grew. Just cause you haven't found that yet doesn't mean that it ain't there." Alicia finished as she wheeled herself out of the room.
Twisted Desire
"He can't mean that" Ziva said, "Tell me he didn't mean it" She looked at Gibbs but she already knew the answer.
"I'll talk to him" Vance said.
"You will leave him alone" Gibbs said. "You're not approaching him if he doesn't come to talk to you." He then left them sitting there, he got up Tony's badge and gun and took the elevator.
Vance walked upstairs, closed the door and made a phonecall.
