Missing
Chapter 9:
The team had been assembled downstairs and were listening to Director Vance instruct them on keeping their work professional and how he would be sure to pull them off the case should they cross any of the boundaries.
At the time Eric appeared on the balcony above Callen was sitting on his desk his mind far away from anything Vance was going on about. His mind was with Kensi. He could see her empty desk beside him and his heart twinged painfully. It wasn't right. She should be there with them and Vance should certainly still be in DC. She should have been there sitting next to him on his desk annoyingly swinging her legs back and forward while they listened to Nate drone on or something like that.
When he saw Eric he looked up his heart sinking,
"Guys, Hetty, Callen, Sam, D-" The alarm in his voice had every agent thundering up the stairs before they made it into the room and by the time Eric began Deeks' name Callen was standing in front of him,
"What's wrong?"
'It's Kensi"
The group moved swiftly into the tech room crowding around the screen. Sam observed the great lump of the other man still slumped on the ground but his attention was grabbed by his friend and fellow agent when she began to move. It was only then he noticed how clammy she looked. Kensi looked deathly pale and her chest was rising and falling quickly almost shuddering. They watched as the drug began to take effect,
It was obvious that it was painful as whimpers escaped her throat and her tears welled. Callen knew that she was holding them back for as long as she could but as the time went on tears began to escape her eyes. Her skin was flushed and they could see the perspiration on her forehead.
It was their nightmare. For all they knew they could be watching her die. A while later the man still unconscious on the ground was removed from the room being dragged by two more men who they had never seen before making them gulp nervously.
How many were there?
When the first man came back in he didn't speak instead he watched her scribbling things in a small book. Kensi watched him as well as she could and Deeks could see the fear in her eyes. Once he had circled the table several times he finally came to a stop leaning over Kensi with a cruel smile on his face,
"What do you think should we leave her friends listening or cut them off for a while?" Callen felt his heart constrict. They couldn't stop the feed...
The man looked up towards the other standing by the door and grinned,
"Maybe if she's good" He smirked and looked up to the camera as he stroked Kensi's forehead making her violently pull her body away from him crying out.
"Oh yes...it's starting" And he left the room.
Deeks felt his heart beating fast as he turned to the group,
"What does he mean it's starting" It was Nate who answered,
"The drug...it's beginning to take its effect on Kensi's body" They watched her. Their girl was chalk white and it was obvious that she was quickly becoming distressed. She began to pull against her bonds and the team could see that her wrist and ankles were already turning red.
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Callen sat on the couch out the back his head in his hands as he thought about Kensi.
"hey" Callen looked up to see Nate smiling grimly at him before he sat across from him,
"You okay?" Callen shrugged and for a moment he sat, silent. And Nate waited offering Callen whatever it was that the agent needed. And then for the first time Agent G Callen spoke to a psychologist,
"We've got nothing Nate, nothing" The man waited for Callen to go on,
"We can't find her, we can't find the bastards who have her. They're pumping her with god knows what and I can't...there's nothing I can do. I mean..what..." Nate had never seen G Callen at a loss for words but here he was in front of him his mouth opening and closing as he tried to figure out how to best explain himself,
"what if something happens to her Nate? I mean... we can't..we can't lose her..not after Dom ...not Kens..not Kensi I..."
"What?" The psychologist softly prompting the agent,
"I can't lose her Nate...she's family...and I don't have family but Kens is...like Sam...even Deeks and you and Eric and Hetty" Nate wanted to tell him, shake Callen and tell him that Kensi meant a lot more to him than Sam, Deeks, Eric, Hetty or him. But he couldn't and he wouldn't. He'd let Callen figure it out by himself. It would happen he knew it.
It was Sam's voice that yelled out this time and Nate and Callen ran towards the room that they had left an hour or so earlier.
When they entered the room Callen heard the director speaking to Eric,
"What's she saying, turn it up?" Vance asked and Eric shook his head. Callen watched as Kensi tried to say something she was looking at the camera obviously she had found it and was now talking straight to it. They could hear her wheezing, laborious breaths but couldn't her voice wasn't loud enough to hear,
"I don't know Kensi's the lip reader" The technician replied,
"Abby knows how to lip read send it to her" Callen had his phone out of his pocket before the director finished his sentence selecting the first name to appear in his contacts.
Abs.
"Callen?" Her voice said into the phone
"Hey Abs"
"How are you? How is she have you heard?"
"Ok Abs, listen Eric's sending you some footage we've got to know what she's saying okay. It's Kens but we can't hear what she's saying"
"Ok send it I'll tell you"
Five minutes later Callen had the phone on speaker and it was obvious that Abby was watching the video stream that Eric had sent to her. Several moments before Tony, Ziva, Gibbs and McGee had entered the lab and the listened to Abby catch them up. As the DC team watched the video the others could hear Abby's gasps and Dinozzo's exclamations.
"ok G?"
"Yeah Abs"
"she's saying David, David Michaels" With Abby's translation they could see Kensi saying the name.
And then Abby gasped loudly and Callen's stomach tied itself in knots. They watched the door slam open literally banging off the wall.
"HOW DARE YOU" It was the man who had administered the drugs in the first place,
"Oh Agent Blye don't you learn you STUPID BITCH?" Before she could do anything the man picked up the knife and sliced her stomach open. The scream that filled their ears was a horrible, painful, haunting sound that nobody would ever forget. The knife slashed across her arm this time before he grabbed her face speaking to her so low that they couldn't hear and Abby couldn't see. He then slapped her hard, not holding anything back, across the face making it slam into the table. He battered her body with his fists and her screams went on and on until her throat became raw. She fought against him but bound to the table there was nothing she could do.
When Nate turned towards Callen this time too curious to see the man's reaction he saw the vein on his forehead looked like it was about to pop. He saw that his jaw was set tightly and his hands gripped the table tightly. But Nate saw straight passed the anger noting that for once Callen's guard was down and he didn't miss the extra glisten in Callens eyes. He turned away knowing that he was right. Knowing that all of this was killing Callen as he watched the woman he loved be tortured and hurt.
A roar from the video claimed Nate's attention as he watched the man lose control of himself. He grabbed the table pushing it over in a fit of madness and rage and the team watched as the table lost balance Kensi going over with it crying out. She had been screaming for so long that she had nearly lost her voice. The machines around Kensi were dragged down with her cords flying.
They could still hear the DC team at times reminding them they were watching as well. It was only when the two other men that they were most familiar burst into the room the larger man laying a hand on the one beating Kensi that he stopped. Looking down he kicked her once more. She was facing away from them but they heard her cry and then could hear Kensi coughing.
As the man moved away from her he turned to the man who seemed to like Kensi the most,
"Clean her up then I'll let you have some fun. Do what you want with her, do what you want to her just keep her alive" His dark eyes then flickered up to the camera.
"And disconnect that!"
"No" He heard Eric who began to type as fast as he could. Callen didn't know what he was doing, he had no idea but when the screen flickered and then shut down nobody spoke, nobody moved. Deeks stood his hands joined on the back of his head, eyes wide panicked.
"David Michaels"
Everyone turned to Callen who had spoken his voice broken. It was the only way Sam could describe it as he looked at his devastated partner.
"Leon" It was Gibbs voice that spoke out of the speaker,
"Gibbs"
"We're dropping our case here. Callen you tell me what you need and we'll get it for you. If you want us down there tell me or if we can work from here whatever."
"Thanks Gibbs" Callen said truly grateful,
"I've got an address for a David Michaels" Abby spoke through the phone and Callen almost smiled,
"54 Greene crt" Callen, Sam and Deeks stood ready to go,
"Thank you Abs can you and Eric try and get back into that feed please"
"Sure of course stay safe guys" Callen heard Abby's voice shake, not that he could blame her. He looked towards Hetty who nodded and Callen headed out of the room Deeks and Sam right behind him.
David Michaels.
The name was the only thing running through Callens head. Over and over and over.
Hey guys, pleasssse review!
And I need your opinions do you think it would be a good idea to have the DC team come over or should we leave Callen and his team to it?
Helllp I haven't decided yet. I'm leaning to them staying in DC and just working from there with them...what do you think?
Thankyou xx
