Thanks to starie78 for informing me of this chapter not uploading...I hope it works this time around. So I know it has been a long time. And for that I am sorry but life just keeps getting in the way. With only four weeks left until graduation I am having to write papers, take exams, study, and work…it never seems to end. I am hoping to finish this up in a few chapters that way you guys don't have to keep waiting for the next chapter. Then I promise I won't start another one until I know I will have some time. It amazes me how quickly time flies by when I am writing this and how time drags when I am writing a paper on euthanasia or fear appeals. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. And as always thank-you for reading, reviewing, and adding this story to your alerts. Kenzie.
Kensi had been in the hospital for a couple of days, and had had a steady stream of visitors, Deeks being the main one. Mentally she was numb to everything that had happened in the house. She had seen a psychiatrist while at the hospital and he had put her on some medication that would help her relax. While the nurses had been quick to make sure she was taking them Kensi knew as soon as she was out of the hospital taking the medicine would stop. She didn't want to feel numb; she wanted to feel whatever emotion she needed to feel. Deeks had kept his promise and no one but Deeks and Hetty seemed to know the exact details of what had happened. Hetty had come up to see her the day after and told Kensi that she had dispatched Nate to come back for a while to help her along the path of recovery. When Kensi had refused Hetty told her that it was for her own good and that it would be better to confide in someone who she knew and trusted. Kensi had tried to talk Hetty into letting her confide in her or Deeks since they both already knew the story, but Hetty had insisted on handing it over to the professionals. Much to Kensi's excitement the doctor had decided that she could go home if she adhered to a long list of restrictions. She gladly told him she would and now she stood in the bathroom slowly putting clothes on. She was still in some pain but she knew she could handle it without the pain medicine the doctor had prescribed. As she left the bathroom she was surprised to run into Deeks, "What are you doing here?" Kensi asked. She had not told them that she was being released.
Deeks smiled slightly, he had known she would not inform him of her discharge until she was safely tucked away into a hiding spot where they would not find her, "I asked the doctor to call me before he discharged you. Told him that I would want to have a cop stationed at your house until we got the guy behind bars, I told him that it was protocol and that I would need to know of your discharge before you left the hospital so we could clear your house before you went in."
Kensi shook her head, "I wasn't planning on going home Deeks."
"I know that…"
"How?"
"I may have been eavesdropping on you last night and heard you asking a hotel if they had any rooms available."
Kensi shook her head, "That is rude you know?"
"Yeah…maybe. Let's go, your chariot awaits young lady," Deeks motioned as a nurse walked in with a wheelchair.
Kensi's face fell, "You cannot be serious? I am perfectly capable of walking." Kensi knew she had exaggerated; she was still very slow to move because of her injuries.
"Sorry mam, it is the rules." The nurse relied.
Deeks chuckled, "Or you could just stay here a couple of days, I hear the food is fantastic." He reached out and grabbed her elbow leading her to the wheelchair.
"You're not supposed to leave the car unattended in the circle drive you do know that right?" Kensi asked.
"It's not unattended, Callen and Sam are awaiting to chauffer you around." Deeks had succeeded in keeping her mind away from the horror that never strayed far from her mind the last few days by focusing her attention on other things and he hoped that he could keep it up until she was mentally and physically ready to face it head on. She couldn't punch a punching bag, she couldn't shoot her gun, and she couldn't play basketball to aide her in her coping so she would be forced to sit and dwell on it unless her attention remained focused on something else at all times.
Kensi's heart raced faster upon realizing that she would be in the same car as Callen and Sam. Two of the people she was intent on keeping secrets from, they had known her so long they would be able to see right through her lies and they would ask questions. Deeks noticed Kensi's body tense and once on the elevator he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "No worries Hetty said no one was to speak to you about what transpired except for Nate." Kensi relaxed significantly. Deeks had found that when he did mention what had happened it was better to do so without actually mentioning it.
Once they got to the drive Kensi seen Sam hop out of the car and open the door for her. Deeks grabbed her arm and gingerly helped her into the car before bidding farewell to the nurse.
"You feeling okay Kens?" Callen asked from the driver seat.
"I'm good." She saw Sam throw a sideways glance at Callen before he put the car in drive.
Sam was the next to speak, "So I should warn you Hetty had the doctor email her a list of your restrictions which she then forwarded to us. We are under strict orders to restrain you to your bed and call her if we catch you breaking any of them."
Kensi looked at Deeks and found him nodding confirming what Sam had said, "Well but how would you know if I broke them? It's not like you guys are going to be staying at the hotel with me…I only got a one bedroom hotel room. It won't fit all of you." Kensi replied.
Callen laughed, "You're not going to the hotel you are going to a safe house. By the way you might want to take note that while we are all aware of how destructive and lethal you can be I am much more scared of Hetty. Not to mention the fact that you are kind of handicapped at the moment and she is not."
Kensi sighed, she had not studied the list of restrictions very closely at the hospital, "Do you have that list handy?"
Deeks smiled, "Right here princess."
Kensi flinched at the name even that small name took her back to the house and laying on the floor her head pounding where she had been moments before she got shot.
"Kensi?" Deeks laid his hand on her leg bringing her out of her thoughts again, he had seen the look on her face and knew she had flash backed to the house.
Kensi tried her best to smile to show her appreciation for Deeks not letting her stay lost in her thoughts any longer. She seen Callen looking at her through the rear view mirror and seen Sam turning his head slightly. She threw them a reassuring smile before scanning Deeks phone which held the list of things she could not do or had to do. While most of them seemed to be common sense: not lifting anything heavy, not taking part in any kind of physical activity, and resting. Others seemed to surprise her: take medication as prescribed, don't leave the house unattended, and telling someone before getting out of bed or off the couch seemed unlikely to have been placed on the list by the doctor, "Hetty tampered with my restrictions." Kensi complained.
"Nonetheless you are expected to follow each one." Deeks replied.
"But some of these are treating me like I am two years old." Kensi said reading the restriction that said she was to follow all orders given by Deeks, Callen, and Sam.
"It's only gonna be for a couple of days." Sam reassured her.
"Maybe we can negotiate some of these?" Kensi tried.
Callen's phone went off seconds later and he laughed, "Hetty has texted me and asked me to tell you that all terms and conditions are nonnegotiable. She would also like me to add that she is pleased that you have been released from the hospital and that she will stop by to see you later."
Kensi groaned in defeat and lay back against the seat. While she had intentionally been trying in the beginning to act as naturally as possible she was surprised to see that the amount of effort required decreased as the time went on. Being in the presence of her teammates had given her a sense of normalcy and almost allowed her to forget…
The safe house was not one she had been to before. It was a small house that was placed in an open field and it had a long driveway. It would enable them to see if anyone was coming by only looking out of the window. Callen and Deeks went inside the house to double check no one had gotten in and Sam helped Kensi out of the car, "Are you sure you're doing okay?" he asked.
"Hmmmm mmmm.." Kensi replied. Truth was the medicine the nurse had given her was wearing off and the pain was back. The bumps the car had hit on the way there had not seemed to help either.
Deeks made his way back outside and gave the all clear, within minutes Kensi found herself laying on a bed tucked in, "So all four of us are going to be staying here?" Kensi asked Deeks as he got her a glass of water.
"Nahhh…well okay yeah."
"Shouldn't someone be out looking for Ricky?" Kensi asked.
"Hetty thought it better to hand the case over…." Deeks explained.
"Why?" Kensi asked angrily.
"You'll have to ask Hetty that, I'm sure she will be more than happy to tell you."
"You mean to tell me that we have some amateur detectives out looking for him instead of us? After what he did to me, you'd think…" Kensi had raised her voice.
"Let me go get those restrictions I'm sure somewhere on their it says avoid raising blood pressure…and if it doesn't if I remember correctly I have the authority to tell you that you can't do it." Deeks replied leaving the room to go and get his phone to look at the list.
Kensi lied there and pretended to be asleep until they had left her alone. The more she thought about it the more happy she had been that Hetty had given the case up, Kensi couldn't handle one of her teammates getting injured because of her at least now she would know they were all safe. As she dozed off she heard a vibration coming from the stand and noticed that they had left her phone in there for her she picked it up, "Hello?"
"Your days are numbered Miss Blye."
Kensi's heart hammered as she realized who it was, "Ricky what do you want?"
"You know what I want. I want you. And I will take out every person on your team to get to you, you do know that right?" Ricky responded.
Callen came into the room upon hearing a voice, "Kensi, what is wrong?" he asked noticing how pale she had become.
The line went dead and Kensi looked at Callen not knowing if she should tell the truth or make up a lie.
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