Hi Guys

Since the voting is so close I'm going to give you one more tiny chapter before you find just what you've been voting for.

It has also been brought to my attention I should have done a 'Poll' since I'm new to the site I had no idea I could do that! I'll do the next one like that.

Anyway happy reading and remember you can still vote either Deeks, Holly or Kensi – it may not be a bad thing, I can assure you you're not sending them to their death.

Cheers

Lexi

Chapter 8

Lily hated hospitals with a passion. She hated everything about them. The smell, the dull waiting rooms, not to mention all the death that surrounded hospitals. She had spent most of her life sitting in hospitals waiting for her Mom to finish work. The only ward that she ever liked was the maternity ward, she loved just watching the cute little babies some only hours old, without a care in the world.

"Lilianna, come on grab your stuff I'll take you home." I looked up and saw dads' friend Sam offering me a hand. "No thank you. I need to stay here." If they thought I was going somewhere they were completely deluded. Sam looked at me for a minute before sighing and sitting next to me. "You know you need to eat, you need to rest. You've been here for 15 hours already" 15 hours? Really she had been sitting here for that long? "I don't want to go home, I'll be alone" Lily whispered.

20 hours ago

"We have connected the school shooting 3 days ago to a terrorist cell here in LA. One of the students Connor Luane that was killed was the son of a CIA agent who has been working undercover in the Middle East, we have strong reasons to believe that his cover has been compromised. His handlers have not been able to get in contact with him for the past three days" Nell explained as images of the dead students and the CIA agent was plastered on the screen.

"Hang on, so what was the hostage situation about?" Callen asked as they read over the information that was on the tablets in front of them.

"From what we can tell James was an impressionable kid who the FBI believe was manipulated by the cell, he knows nothing. He is now in prison awaiting his hearing. " Hetty added as she appeared behind them.

"So Lilianna is ok? They didn't know who she was, it was just bad luck that she was in that classroom?" Deeks questioned, terrified that his greatest fear may have been a reality.

"We have no reason to believe they know who you are Mr Deeks let alone Lilianna." Deeks wasn't convinced. Not that he was going to argue with Hetty she was most likely right, he just couldn't help but feel it was all too much of a coincidence. The chances of the children of a federal agent and a cop both who work under cover and have had dealings with this particular terrorist cell before, are pretty remote.

"So what's the plan? Find the terrorist cell and take them down? Hetty please, we're good but no one's that good." Callen said not quite sure of what role they would play. CIA had the agents' recovery mission under control. The school shooting was being investigated by the FBI and they didn't seem like they wanted their help at all.

"I want you to find Connor Luanes' mother Tori. The FBI and CIA haven't been able to find her since she was told about her son." The images changed to picture of a pretty brunette who looked to be in her mid-forties.

"Tori Luane was last seen in getting into a dark SUV at about 7am yesterday morning. We ran the plates and it is a rental in the name of Lucas Hall but facial recognition tells us that Lucas Hall is actually Massan Nasser who is a member of the terrorist cells." Nell showed traffic cam footage of Tori getting into the SUV and photos of Massan Nasser. "Kensi, Deeks you go to the Luanes house see what you can find. Sam and I will go talk to the CIA. See what information we can get on the missing agent."