A/N: Here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy it! Please Read and REVIEW!

Disclaimer-I don't own anything but Maddie


Silence surrounded the team as they gathered around Callen who as still on his knees. No one knew what say in this situation because it was wrong, everything went wrong and they knew it.

Sam placed a hand on Callen's shouldered before talking to Eric, "Eric please tell me we didn't loose that van."

"I did but I'm putting it through Kaleidoscope now. It should find it but I don't know how long it will take." Eric told them quietly.

"I want you all come back at OPS." Hetty's voice came through, "We'll regroup. That means you too Mr. Callen."

The team exchanged glances between each other and sighed, Hetty knew Callen too well. "We'll get the cars." Kensi said.

Sam nodded and hand over his keys to Kens, her and Deeks then jogged back to get their cars, while they hoped Sam could get Callen up.

"G, We gotta go back." Sam told him quietly.

Callen sighed and stood up, "I can't loose her Sam." he said quietly not making eye contact with his partner.

"And we won't. Whatever it takes, we will find her." Sam told him firmly. "But you can't do this alone."

"I know." He admitted softly.

Back at OPS

Eric, Nell, Nate and Hetty were in the upstairs lab when the rest of them got back. Callen came storming in closely followed by Sam, Deeks and Kensi all of whom were looking worried and stressed.

"Tell me we have something." Callen asked the group at hand. "Anything?"

"It's still looking for the van. It's like the van just vanished. I did find out that the van was rented to a Mark Lesser but it was a fake name and they gave cash, so that's a dead end." Eric said telling them.

Callen sighed in frustration leaning on the table with his hands spread out, "Let me see the video from the boardwalk."

Eric looked at Hetty before playing the video. The video played and Callen spotted Maddie running before they had arrived. He watched her get tackled, dropping her phone then running again and as he watched Callen was having trouble steadying his breathing.

"Freeze it." Callen said walking closer to the screen. "Who is that?" point to the man who had talked to Maddie.

"I don't...hold on." Eric replied typing away furiously trying to ID that man. "Ok his name is…"

Suddenly the phone in OPS started to ring. Everyone looked at the phone confused even Hetty.

"Mr. Beal, who is calling." Hetty asked slightly worried.

"I can't...it's encrypted, I can't get through it. I have no idea." Nell replied for Eric.

Callen uncertain of what to do looked at Hetty who nodded. Callen pressed speaker so everyone could hear and answered the phone.

"Hello?" Callen answered cautiously.

"Ah, good afternoon Special Agent Callen I presume?" a male voice asked.

"Who is this?" Callen said.

"I'm sure your team has already figured that out. There were many cameras at the boardwalk." He replied. "But incase you don't know, I'm Ethan. Just Ethan will do. I'm sure your team can fill you in on the rest when we are done talking."

"What do you want?" Hetty asked coming closer to the phone.

"Ah yes Henrietta Lange. I was wondering when you would speak up." Ethan said causing Hetty to falter a little. "What can you do for me? Nothing at the moment, but right now I have a gift for you Agent Callen."

"A gift?"

"Yes, I'm sending a link to a live video stream. No you can't trace it, so don't even try." Ethan replied.

"Eric?" Kensi asked.

"Got it." He said before putting the live video stream on the big screen for everyone to see.

The room was overcome with silence as they looked at the video, which contained Maddie. She sat in the middle of a room chained to a chair, hands behind her back. She looked tired, pale and beaten up in Callen's long sleeve shirt and shorts; she had a couple of bruises and some cuts that were bleeding. Maddie looked terrified to say the least and it make Callen's heartbreak; he had to get her back.

"You bastard." Callen growled.

"So you can see the video." Ethan said laughing. "Good. Now out of the goodness of my heart, I'll let you speak to her."

A few seconds went by before they saw Ethan come in the video and stand behind her, his head cut off from the screen. He held the phone up to her ear and touched her shoulder causing her to flinch away from him.

"G?" she whispered in the phone.

"Maddie." Callen said in relief. "Are you ok?"

"Yes." She said quietly. "I'm afraid G."

"I know you are, but we're going to find you." Callen replied trying to keep his voice steady. "We're going to get you back ok? Do you understand me?"

"When?" she asked in a small voice.

Callen sighed running a hand over his face, "Soon. Very soon."

"Ok." She replied softly. "G?"

"Yeah Mads?" Callen said leaning closer to the phone and staring at the live feed of her.

"I...I love you G." Maddie said softly about to cry.

Callen stared at the screen trying to keep his emotions at bay, trying so hard not to let a tear or two fall in front of his team, his friends, his family. Callen swallowed thickly looking down at the table before looking up at the screen again tears in his eyes but not willing to let them fall.

"I love you too Maddie." Callen said softly his voice his voice shaking a little. That had been the first time Maddie said she loved him and him to her and he knew he did, how could he not love her.

"How touching." Ethan said ripping the phone from Maddie's ear and speaking again.

"Why did you take her?" Sam asked knowing his partner couldn't talk at the moment.

"Why did I take her?" Ethan said laughing. "I thought it was obvious. She is your team's weakness. Goodbye for now."

"Eric…" Hetty said after Ethan hung up.

"Sorry Hetty he was right. We couldn't trace he call, the video I might be able to but it's going to take some time." Eric replied.

"Ok Mr. Beal work on it and fast." Hetty replied. "M…"

"What did he mean that she was our team's weakness?" Deeks asked to no one in particular.

"I thought it was rather obvious myself." Nate said jumping in as everyone turned to look at him. "Obviously we would do anything to get her back and that means all of us. Callen is the most understandable being related her and his only family. Sam and Deeks think of her as a younger sister correct?" The both nodded. "Therefore wanting to protect her, to Kensi she's the only other female besides Nell and the three of them are becoming very close. Eric and I are very good friends with her and then there is Hetty. You think of her as part of the team, she's obviously the most valuable out of all of us." Nate finished looking around at everyone as they just stood there looking at him.

"G? You doin' ok?" Sam asked concerned for his partner who kept staring at the screen of Maddie.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"G…" Sam said again in warning tone.

"That was the first time she had said that to me." Callen told him quietly well aware the entire team plus Hetty could hear him.

"Deeks, Kensi stay here and help Eric and Nell with whatever they need. Sam come with me." Callen told them after a few moments.

"Where we going?" Sam asked his partner.

"Home."