Callen, Sam and Deeks had heard a loud crash over the com.
"Kayla, Kensi, everything okay?" Callen said but there was no answer. "Kayla, Kensi, come in. Talk to us, what's going on?"
"Something's wrong," Deeks said.
"Eric, are the coms still working?"
"Yes, as far as I can tell nothing is wrong with them and there shouldn't be anything that would jam the signal," Eric said.
"Alright, we're going in."
Callen, Sam and Deeks got out of the car and walked up to the factory. Deeks would distract the guards so Callen and Sam could go inside.
Callen and Sam asked the receptionist where Kayla and Kensi were. They said they were with the same company and that they needed to check how things were going. The receptionist pointed them in the right direction but when Callen and Sam arrived there they didn't see Kayla or Kensi. They were standing in front of the room where Kensi and Kayla got knocked out. Callen noticed something lying on the floor and he went to pick it up.
"What have you got there, G?" Sam asked.
"Kensi's and Kayla's earpiece," Callen said with a sigh.
"Damn."
"Eric, Kensi and Kayla are gone. The killer probably took them with him, can you see if you can find them, we're heading back to the office."
"On it," Eric said.
"Everything alright Mr. Beale?" Hetty said as she walked into OPS.
"Kensi and Kayla are missing, the killer probably took them with him."
"Find them Mr. Beale," Hetty said and Eric nodded and went back to work.
About 20 minutes later Kayla regained consciousness. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed that she was chained to a pipe. She looked around and noticed Kensi a couple feet away from her; she was still unconscious and also chained to a pipe.
"Kensi," Kayla said and she tried kicking her to wake her up.
5 minutes later Kensi woke up too.
"Where the hell are we?" Kensi asked.
"I have no idea. But I'm sure the guys will find us somehow."
"Did you see anything useful before we got knocked out?"
"No, you?"
"No."
"There must be a way out of here."
In the meantime back at the office….
"Any luck Eric?" Callen said as he walked into OPS.
"No nothing, signals on their cell phones are dead and no camera near the factory caught any sight of them," Eric said.
"Damn it," Deeks said.
"Why would he take them and what is so special about that room that Kensi and Kayla couldn't see?" Callen said.
"You got whereabouts for Nyles?" Sam asked.
"We caught his car leaving just before you guys went inside. He's back at the office," Nell said.
"We need to get into that factory, see what was in that room," Callen said.
"Already ahead of you Mr. Callen," Hetty said as she appeared behind the group. "The factory is closed pending our investigation. You can look through the entire factory."
Callen, Sam and Deeks went to the factory and saw the closed room. The door was locked with an electronic device. Eric gave Callen a key card that should work on the door. Callen swiped the car and the door opened. Callen turned the light on and the agents looked at what they found in the room.
"What the hell is this?" Deeks said.
"I have no idea," Callen said.
"This looks like some sort of experiment, almost a military experiment, with new weapons," Sam said.
"It looks like they were trying to build some sort of new weapon, I've got some schematics here."
"So the question is was Holmes involved in this or did she stumble upon this?" Deeks said.
"Why would she have stumbled upon this, she's a SEAL and not an Intelligence analyst."
Just as Callen said that his phone rang.
"Yeah Eric," Callen said as he answered.
"We need you guys up is OPS a.s.a.p.," Eric said.
"We're on our way, oh and Eric, send CSU to this factory, see what they can get off of this secret lab."
"Will do," Eric said and he hung up and the guys went back to the office.
"What have you got?" Callen said as they walked into OPS and he saw the worried faces of Hetty, Eric and Nell.
"We just received this video," Eric said and he played the video.
They saw Kensi and Kayla tied up and they looked like they had been beaten.
"I want you to bring me the stuff you took out of the lab. You have 3 hours to get me what I want if you want to see your fellow agents again. I'll contact you later where to bring the stuff to," a man on the video said.
"Damn," Deeks said.
"Eric, analyze the video, see what you can get off of it. Any clue to who this man is and where he's holding Kensi and Kayla," Callen said. "Nell, contact Holmes' commanding officer again I want to know if he knew about this. It's not clear if Holmes was involved in this or if she stumble upon this."
"Find them Mr. Callen," Hetty said before returning to her office and Callen nodded.
Sam, Callen and Deeks discussed what they had so far, trying to make sense of it all and to see if there was something in there that could lead them to Kensi and Kayla.
20 minutes later Nell came down the stairs.
"I called with her commanding officer and he wanted to brief you. He'll be in the boatshed in 15 minutes," Nell said.
"Thanks Nell, keep working on this, we need to find Kayla and Kensi," Callen said and he, Sam and Deeks left for the boatshed.
The commanding officer explained to them what he knew. Holmes had just transferred from naval intelligence to the SEALs and she was investigating this case. He was aware of the fact to he was trying to make military grade weapons.
"What was he going to do with these weapons?" Callen asked.
"We don't know."
"You don't know?! Two NCIS agents are missing and once of your SEALs is death and you don't know?" Deeks said.
"Look I'm sorry about what happened to your fellow agents and what happened to Jessica, but we were just starting this investigation. Jessica must have stumble upon something she shouldn't have."
"Gee you think," Callen said.
"I'll help you in any way I can to get your friends back and to find Jessica's killer. I'll send you over the information we have so far on this case."
Callen send the information he received to Eric and Nell to analyze and they returned to the office.
In the meantime they had heard where the supplies were supposed to be delivered. They had one hour left when Eric came running down the stairs.
"Guys, I think I found Kensi and Kayla," Eric said.
"Where?" Callen said.
"At an abandoned building in Inglewood. I tracked Nyles there and I looked at the security cams in the area and just after Kensi and Kayla were taking I saw them pulling up to the building in a van and they were taking two people inside. Couldn't see clearly who they were but it looked to be Kensi and Kayla. Address is on your phones."
"Good work Eric, let's go guys," Callen said and they headed up to the armory to gear up.
"You okay Kensi?" Kayla said.
"Yeah I'm good, you?" Kensi said.
"I'm good too. The guys will be here shortly won't they?"
"I'm sure they will," Kensi said and as soon as she said that they heard noises coming from outside the room. "You hear that?"
"Yeah I do, could it be the guys?"
"Let's hope so."
"Federal agents! Drop to your knees," they said as they entered the building.
"Well well, I see you've come for your friends," the man said.
"Where are they Nyles?" Callen said.
"Where are my supplies?"
"We don't make deals with terrorists," Callen said.
"You're calling me a terrorist? Ouch, well I guess you're right, when I get my hands on my supplies again I'll finish what I started and neither one of you will be around to stop me," Nyles said and Callen, Sam and Deeks quickly had to dodge some bullets.
They grabbed their weapons and fired back at them. After a few rounds of bullets flying through the building the other guys were dead. Callen saw Nyles trying to get away.
"Nyles is running," Callen said.
"I got him," Deeks said and he ran after him.
Callen and Sam went to find Kayla and Kensi and they found them in a room upstairs.
"Callen, Sam," Kensi said.
"You guys okay?" Callen said and he untied Kayla and Sam untied Kensi.
"Yeah we're good," Kayla said.
"Just some bruises, we'll live," Kensi said.
"Good, let's go," Sam said as they helped them up and walked downstairs.
"Hold it right there Nyles," Deeks said as he appeared in front of the man, ambushing him. "On your knees."
Nyles got down on his knees and Deeks cuffed him and brought him back to the car. As soon as he had put him in the car, the others came out of the building.
"Kensi!" Deeks said as he saw Kensi coming out of the building and he ran up to her and gave her a hug. "You're okay?"
"I'm good," Kensi said.
"I was so worried about you," Deeks said and for a minute he forgot that the others were there too and he gave Kensi a very hot kiss.
Sam looked at them in shock. Hetty, Eric and Nell were watching in from OPS and they had seen what happened and they had the same shocked look on their faces.
"Well, I see you were really worried about her," Sam said.
"Yeah I was," Deeks said half embarrassed and Kensi was looking uncomfortable too.
They returned to the office after Kensi and Kayla were patched up by the paramedics and Kensi and Deeks were summoned into Hetty's office.
"Why do I feel like we've been summoned into the principal's office?" Deeks said.
"I saw what happened after Kensi had come out of the building Mr. Deeks," Hetty said.
"Oh," Deeks said. "Listen Hetty, I can explain."
"No need Mr. Deeks, I had my suspicions about you two being romantically involved. But as long you can keep it out of the office you two can stay together, but if there's so much as a little thing messing with your work here I will split you up."
Surprised by Hetty's reaction they looked at each other.
"Don't worry Hetty, we won't let it interfere with our work," Kensi said.
"Okay then, you can go home," Hetty said and Kensi and Deeks stood up to leave the office. "Oh and Ms. Blye, I'm glad you and Ms. O'Donnell are back safely."
…
"That was close," Deeks said as they were sitting on the couch at Kensi's place watching TV.
"Yes it was. What were you thinking, kissing me like that?" Kensi said.
"I don't know, I'm sorry. It's just that I was so worried about you when I saw you on that video tape and I was so glad you were alive and well. I don't know what came over me."
"It's nice to hear that you were worried about me and maybe it's not such a bad thing that everyone knows about us now, we don't have to be so secretive all the time."
"That's true and I'm really glad you're alright," Deeks said and he gave her a kiss.
"I'm gonna go take a bath. Do you want to join me?"
"Sure," Deeks said and Kensi filled the bathtub and undressed herself.
"You are so beautiful," Deeks said and he kissed her in her neck.
"Come on, let's get in the tub."
Kensi sat with her back against Deeks' chest while Deeks was kissing her neck and nibbling on her ear. Kensi tilted her head back and snuggled against his chest even more and she felt her body tensing up as Deeks kissed her even harder. Kensi turned around and sat on his lap and gave him a very passionate kiss. Deeks ran his hands all the way down her back and he grabbed her tighter and brought her even closer to him. Minutes later the bathroom floor was already covered with water and soap that had splashed from the bathtub by their rough movements. By the time they were finished almost all the water had splashed out of the tub. They sat in the bathtub with parts of their bodies covered in soap scum.
"I think we might need a mob," Deeks said with a cheeky voice as he looked at the bathroom floor and Kensi looked at the floor too.
"I think you're right, but it was so worth it. It was totally amazing," Kensi said and she gave him one more kiss before getting out of the tub.
Carefully she walked around the floor getting a towel to wrap around her and walked to the kitchen to get a mob. She cleaned the bathroom floor and as soon as she was finished Deeks swept her off her feet, caring her to the bedroom where they made love once more.
…
Kayla had just picked up Alyssa from Alex's place and Callen had prepared dinner in the meantime and the three of them sat at the table eating their dinner.
"Mommy, are you and Callen getting married?" Alyssa said and Callen almost choked on his meal and Kayla couldn't believe the question her daughter had just asked.
"Why do you ask sweetie?" Kayla said.
"Well a friend from school, her mom just moved it with someone too and they are getting married."
Kayla looked at Callen not really sure what to answer and Callen's face was just as confusing.
"I don't know sweetie. We'll see. Moving in with each other doesn't mean that you have to get married. Your daddy and me lived together too without being married."
They finished their dinner and a little later Kayla brought Alyssa to bed and she went back to the living room and sat down next to Callen on the couch.
"Well dinner was a little weird tonight," Callen said.
"Yeah it was, I'm so sorry. It's just kids say stuff like that," Kayla said.
"It's okay. It was just a little bit weird. But just out of curiosity, would you ever want to get married?"
"I don't know, I never really thought about it even when I was pregnant with Alyssa I never really thought about getting married to Alex, which I'm glad about. I don't know, but I'm happy right now, just you, me and Alyssa. I don't need to be married to love someone. How about you?"
"Well I never really thought about, I mean I never saw myself as the marrying type, you know cus of our job. And I've never been in a relationship with anyone before that caused me to start thinking about marriage. But who knows what the future holds. Things can always change, but right now I'm really happy living together with you and Alyssa," Callen said and he kissed Kayla.
Callen deepened the kiss as he pushed Kayla down on the couch. Kayla wrapped her arms around his back, pulling him even closer to her. Callen reached his hand down her leg and ran his hand up her leg, reaching her waste and he went underneath her shirt with his hand. He got up and cradled her in his arms and carried her to the bedroom while kissing her and he lay her down on the bed and he stopped kissing her momentarily to take off his clothes.
"Wait," Kayla said. "Let me go check on Alyssa first, to make sure she's asleep before we do this."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you here," Callen said.
Kayla went to Alyssa's room and quietly opened the door and she saw that Alyssa was fast asleep and she closed the door again and went back to the master bedroom, where she found Callen already fully undressed in their bed. She got into bed as well and she sat on top of him.
"Alyssa was already fast asleep, so we're good," Kayla said and she kissed him.
Callen reached his hands under the hem of her shirt and rolled it up and took it off. Callen ran his hands over her back and unhooked her bra and threw it on the floor. Kayla got up and took off the rest of her clothing and sat back on his lap again. Callen turned her around, laying her on her back and placed soft kisses on her bare skin. They kissed each other like this for a couple minutes before making very hot and sweet love.
…
The agents were in the bullpen working behind their laptops when Kayla received an e-mail. She opened the e-mail and was shocked as she saw what the content of this e-mail was. She quickly got up and took her laptop with her to Hetty's office.
"We have a problem, Hetty," Kayla said.
"What is it, Ms. O'Donnell?" Hetty said.
"This," Kayla said and she put her laptop on Hetty's desk showing the e-mail that was on her screen.
"You're right, we do have a problem. You do realize what this means?"
"Yes, I'm well aware of that."
"Okay, I'll ask Mr. Beale to trace the e-mail to see if we can figure out who's behind this. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to send you home until we figure this out."
"I understand," Kayla said turning around and walking out of the office.
"Ms. O'Donnell, we're gonna do everything we can to figure this out. You're not alone in this."
Kayla nodded and headed back to her desk and started packing up her stuff.
"Going home?" Callen said.
"Yep, Hetty send me home," Kayla said.
"What? What for?"
"I got burned," Kayla said and the other agents were shocked to hear this.
"By whom?" Kensi said.
"I have no idea. I just received an anonymous e-mail saying that they know about me working with NCIS, so until we, or better said you guys, figure this out I can't work here," Kayla said and she walked outside to her car.
Callen got up and followed her.
"Kayla wait," Callen said and Kayla turned around.
"I have to go, I can't stay here," Kayla said.
"I understand, but just so you know, we're gonna do everything we can to get you back here again, okay. Everything is gonna be alright, don't worry," Callen said and he gave her kiss. "I'll see you later, everything is gonna be fine."
Kayla drove her car to an abandon parking lot and walked a couple miles towards a motel and rented a room there. She figured that it may not be safe for her to go home. On the way over there she had bought some cheap new clothes and a burner phone and she had ditched her phone and her credit cards in a bin somewhere along the road. After she had settled into the motel room she called her mom.
"Hey mom, it's me Kayla. Listen could you look after Alyssa for a while, I'm busy with work and I don't know when I'll be finished, so if it's no problem I would appreciate it if Alyssa could stay over at your place tonight," Kayla said.
"Of course no problem, I'll pick her up from school," Kayla's mom said.
"Thanks mom, oh and just go out and buy the stuff that she needs. I don't have time to bring over her things."
"Okay, is everything okay sweetie?"
"Yeah everything is fine, just work is crazy busy right now, I can't leave and this needs to be finished as soon as possible."
"Alright, don't worry about Alyssa. She'll be fine with me and grandpa."
"Thanks so much, mom."
"Anytime."
Kayla waited anxiously in the motel room. She felt so helpless. She got burned and now she was cut off from the rest of the team. About 2 hours later she decided to call Callen to see if they had any updates.
"Hey G, it's me Kayla," Kayla said. "Any news?"
"No, not so much yet. Eric has been unable to trace the e-mail that you received. But don't worry. We'll get to the bottom of this."
"Thanks, oh and I ask my mom to pick up Alyssa, she'll be staying over at her place tonight."
"Okay, that's good. I'll see you soon."
"See you soon."
The team was doing their very best to find out who had burned Kayla, but by the end of the day they weren't any closer than to when they started. Just after midnight the team decided to go home to get some much needed sleep. Before Callen went to bed he sent a text message to Kayla using the number she had called him on earlier.
Kayla received the message and read it: "Sorry, no news yet. Will continue again tomorrow. I love you, G."
Kayla replied to the message: "Love you too, K."
In the middle of the night two men broke into Kayla room at the motel. Kayla tried to fight them off but one of the men grabbed her from behind and pushed a syringe in her arm causing her to lose consciousness. The next morning Kayla woke up and she noticed she wasn't in the motel anymore. She was sitting on a chair in an empty room with her hands tied behind her back. She was still a bit groggy but she could hear voices coming from the next room. She looked around the room and noticed 2 men standing next to the door.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Kayla said.
"The boss wanted you," one of the man said.
"And who's your boss?" Kayla said but the man didn't respond and seconds later the door opened and a man stepped inside.
"Well, well. It's so good to see you again Kayla," the man said.
"You?!" Kayla said as she was shocked to see the man that had taken her.
