Hey people. Sorry for the delay, things have come up over the past month that has gotten in the way but I'm back. Hopefully.

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This Chapter isnt as long as the others but I though you guys deserved something.

Hope you like it. It is going somewhere now. There is a finish line but its still a few chapters away yet.

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Next minute the guy that looked like Callen picked up his phone and dialled. Gibbs phone began to ring. The squad room was still.

"Gibbs."

"It's Callen." He was trying his best to not sound emotional but things were getting tough.

"Put her on the phone." It sounded like an order but there was raw emotion behind it. This big tough marine was breaking down by the second.

"News gets around fast, I-"

"What the hell happened?" He couldn't believe this was happening. Callen swore to protect his baby but less than a month has gone past and Kelly is in danger.

Callen never let go of Kelly hand. "She has been shot in the lower leg, in her shoulder and a shot grazed the side of her head. They had contained the bleeding but..." He trailed off and let her hand go and brush a strand of hair of her face.

"But what?!" He yelled, stunning everyone in the room. Everyone knew to run for cover when Agent Gibbs was yelling.

"She's unconscious." He grabbed his girl's hand and squeezed it gently letting Kelly know he was there.

The last thing Callen heard was Gibbs take a deep breath and the phone went silent.

"Guess he's on his way." Callen looked down at Kelly.

Gibbs just inhaled and ended the conversation, if he opened his mouth one more time all hell would break loose. He swung around to Tim who was already on booking flights for Tony and Gibbs to LA.

"Plane leaves in 45 minutes." Gibbs grabbed his stuff and shot for the elevator. "Tony got you a ticket too." McGee saw Tony just standing there.

Those words brought him back to life. "Thanks Tim."

And then there was just Ziva and McGee in the room. "Shotty not telling Abby."

"Not telling Abby what?" The scientist was right next to him. "Where are Gibbs and Tony?"

Callen was about to hop in the ambulance with Kelly when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"G." Sam looked down at Kelly then back at his partner. "You can't go. There's more to this. A guy whispered something to Kelly before the shooting." Callen eyes never left Kelly.

"G. You can't go with her." This was the last thing he wanted to tell his partner.

Callen wasn't listening. He squeezed Kelly hand tighter and whispered to her. "I'm here baby. Not letting you go. Gibbs and Tony are coming over to rip me a new one. Would help if you were awake for back up." He smirked. Callen knew how much family meant to Gibbs, how much Kelly meant to him. His little girl. He was a dead man for sure and with DiNozzo as back up.

"What if the guy was getting to Kelly, to get to you?" Sam broke through Callen's wall.

"So I am just meant to leave her here with them while I hide and protect myself?"

Kensi stepped in. "I will go with her. Deeks and I will keep her safe Callen. She's my best friend. I wouldn't let anything happen to her." Kensi half smiled and looked at Kelly.

Callen looked from Kensi to Sam who nodded. He hopped out of the ambulance not before whispering something in Kelly's ear.

"I will call you if anything happens." But they both knew that Callen would be calling every minute anyway. Kensi hopped into the van and shut the doors. Deeks jumped into their car and followed the ambulance to the hospital.

"Agent Main and Taylor." Callen walked over.

"Yes Agent Callen." Main was worried. Sam had been quite civil with them but he warned them about Callen. "We did the best we could but the guy was firing before we could even get a shot off and Kelly was down so we went to her aid first before Taylor ran out after the guy. He was gone." Main rubbed his shoulder.

"You guys go to the hospital. Watch your backs, when you're ready come back to Ops and we will talk more from there." G nodded and the two walked off. Callen turned around to see a shocked Sam waiting. He could tell his partner was shocked only by the raised eyebrows.

"Thought you would've torn them a new one." The big guy smirked.

Callen shrugged. "They have worse things to fear. Gibbs is coming."

Sam just nodded and held back a smirk walking back to their car. "Wonder what this is all about.." He thought out loud.

"People trying to ruin my happy ever after." That was the last time either of them spoke until they got back to Ops.

When the pair arrived back at ops there was no lead. The security cameras in the bar were broken and the street camera was pointing the wrong way. Nothing.

"What about other streets? They had to of slipped up somewhere?" Callen insisted.

"Nothing. We checked all the cameras within a two block radius, no one we saw looked suspicious." Nell really wished she had better news.

Sam had an idea but he hoped he was wrong. "Go through footage every Friday night out the front of the bar for the past month."

"While you're at it, check the security camera out the front of my house." Callen hoped they didn't pull anything off that but it was better to be sure.

"On it." Eric and Nell set to work.

Back at the hospital Kelly had just gone into hospital when Kensi's phone rang.

"She just went in." Kensi didn't even have to check the caller ID to know who it was.

"Anything happen on the way back to the hospital? Anyone follow you?" Callen was speaking faster than he was thinking. He wanted all possibilities out of the way before Gibbs came.

"Nothing. Deeks held back for a bit but saw no one following us. Anything new from your end?"

"Nothing." Everyone was getting tired of hearing that word. "All the cameras outside the bar were useless. Eric and Nell are checking footage from the past month and the camera outside the house."

"Hopefully they find something from the bar footage." No one wanted anything to pop up out of the ordinary outside G's house.

"Call me when you know anything."

The line went dead before she could reply. She turned to her partner who was just getting back from buying coffee.

"Are you sure there was no one following us?"

Deeks passed his 'girl' partner her cup of coffee and repeated himself. "Yes Kens. There was no one. I stayed a couple cars back and didn't see anyone tailing me or the ambulance." He took a sip of his drink. "What did Callen say?"

"They have nothing. This is a bar shooting. How can there be nothing?" She was right.

"Main and Taylor said the guy whispered something to Kelly before shots were fired?"

"Yeah. So the one person that can connect all the dots-" Deeks couldn't help but cut her off.

"Is in there fighting for her life." A bit dramatic but true.


So what did you think? Probably not that eventful. Just a filler for whats to come. And dont worry daddy Gibbs is on his way. Trying to keep it in realistic time frame.

Also what do you think about the latest eps of NCIS and NCISLA? Anyone freaking out about the finales? They are only just over a month away... And what about NCISRED? Im still unsure on the characters, need a bit more screen time. I hope it gets picked up, just so they can explore the characters more..

Anyways, thanks for reading. THANK YOU to all who review! I see you all and you guys are the reason this story keeps going because i honestly didnt think it was that good. so THANK YOU again!