Sans Vior
Epi tag/missing scene
a/n: okay, far, far too complicated to do an AU or partial rewrite. So—despite the fact that these are supposed to be DEEKS centered one-shots- this one is actually lent itself to Callen's POV with some team input (and hey, Deeks was still in the explosion, so technically it still counts)...since the two episodes revolved around Callen & I really liked how on edge he was when his "team" was threatened. Taking some liberties with the scenes right around the time of the explosion (god's wasn't Lambert wonderful as our villain—but to me he will forever be Connor McCloud of the clan McCloud-yeah, Highlander, another obsession!)
a/n: I also need some help...was it an actual TV episode case where they took out Lambert's character the first time and was it first season (which I DID NOT & WILL NOT watch—so don't even suggest it; because there was no DEEKS!) or was it just a flashback to a case pre-series...because I'm going out on a limb with some of my assumptions...I guess if its wrong then give it over to creative license/AU and move on...
a/n: after this one there is only one more that I am aware of, 'The Dragon & the Fairy'-another tough one, as the explosion happened at the beginning of the epi; but I'll see what I can do. If I missed any, let me know...
...NCIS LA...
Leaning forward in his seat, Janvier, his gravelly voice smug, "sometimes you have to sacrifice some pieces to gain an advantage..."
Callen looked at the suspect guardedly for a moment before the man's words struck him. With speed born of absolute terror he bolted from the room, practically screaming to Eric, "...pull them out, Eric. Pull them out now—it's a trap...pull them out..."
Callen's eyes locked onto the big monitor in the boathouse showing the only cam footage Eric could pull up showing the warehouse, as he heard Eric frantically telling the team to abort the mission.
Eyes boring into the screen, seconds ticked off like lifetimes as he willed his team to come through those warehouse doors...he thought he saw movement near one door as the first of the explosions began ripping through the east end of the building.
His breath caught in his lungs, burning for release, as his heart hammered in his chest: and in those brief seconds, as the explosions began ripping through the building, he died...there would be nothing left to him without his team...if Sam and the other's died he would be right behind them, of that he absolute. Sam, his partner, his rock...his "brother"—he knew he couldn't come back from that loss; and Kensi, that feisty little "sister" he loves to tease—she couldn't die like this: even Deeks...god, if he really thought about all the man had given to this team, how much he had sacrificed to an agency that wasn't his, how many times he had been a target by his mere association with NCIS.
Eyes never leaving the screen, he let out the breath he was holding, as the movement that caught his eye seconds before revealed it-self to be two of his team fleeing the destruction. It took his rattled mind a few precious seconds to make out Kensi and Deeks, literally running for their lives to escape the blasts tearing through the warehouse. It looked like they might defy the odds, they were on the loading dock, mere yards from relative safety when the opening behind then spewed out fire and debris from yet another explosion—the concussive blast throwing the pair from the loading platform to land motionless ten to fifteen yards away.
Hands clenching the back of a chair, eyes fixed on his agent and detective he ground out, "no...no...no...this is not happening. Eric, status...can you raise either one of them," suddenly realizing what he wasn't seeing he demanded, "Sam. Where's Sam?"
"Ambulance and fire rescue is already in route," Eric reported, adding tightly, "I can't raise them...or Sam..."
"Visual...I need a visual on the back of the building...maybe he got out that way..." Callen demanded.
"Sorry, Callen, the only traffic cam in the area is the one up now..." Eric replied.
The conversation was halted with the movement on the screen as Kensi was shaking her head in an attempt to clear away the ringing and dizziness, while also slowing pulling herself to her knees.
"Eric, put the comms on speaker...now..." Callen demanded, and waiting a beat for the tech to comply he demanded, "Kensi...Kensi, can you hear me...what's your status? How badly are you and Deeks hurt? Fire and Rescue is on its way...Kensi, where's Sam...Did he get out with you? Kensi...?"
With a growing impatience born of fear, Callen watched as Kensi slowly maneuvered herself to a sitting position on the pavement, even as she began to look around and take stock of her situation, he could clearly see she was still quite dazed by the explosions.
"Uhmm...I'm...I think I'm okay...bumps and bruises..."Kensi trailed off as her eyes came to rest on her still unconscious partner, "Deeks! God, Deeks, can you hear me...?"
She scrabbled over to her partner, and gently began assessing him for injuries. He had the same array of cuts and bruises over him that covered her body, as well as a knot on the side of his head and a deep cut to his arm that was bleeding profusely.
Though it was killing him not to have a visual or verbal confirmation on his partner, Callen knew he had to focus on the two team mates he could see; cutting through Kensi's dazed panic, Callen said, "Kensi, how is he..."
"He's got a big knot on his head and the wound on his arm...it's bleeding bad..." she replied in barely controlled panic as she pulled off her top shirt and began applying pressure to the wound.
"Fire and Rescue is six minutes out," Eric cut in over the comms.
"Kensi...Kensi, listen to me; where's Sam? Did Sam make it out of the building...?" Callen asked evenly,
"What...Sam? Where, where is Sam...?" Kensi said in confusion as she began looking frantically around the lot, saying in a panic, "Callen, he's the one who realized it was a set up...saw the triggering device...I think...Deeks and I ran out the front...Sam was closer to the rear entrance..."
Kensi pulled herself to her feet and began stumbling towards the west end of the building, yelling hoarsely for her missing teammate, tears standing in her eyes, "SAM! Sam...Sam..."
Callen watched helplessly, as the Kensi's frantic calls, began to rouse the unconscious detective, who attempted to push himself into a sitting position, only to cry out in pained surprise when his injured arm gave out beneath him and he rolled over to his side, cradling the injured arm. Even through the poor feed, Callen could see the makeshift bandage was already sodden with the injured man's blood.
Kensi turned to go back to her partner when a movement from the corner of the building got both her and Callen's attention, and they both cried out simultaneously, "SAM!"
Callen nearly cried with relief at seeing his partner stumble from around the side of the building, and fall to his knees in a daze. He may be injured, but thank whatever god was with them this day, his partner—his team—wasn't dead.
The agent watched with a pang of sympathy as the dazed woman stood an equal distance between the two downed male agents, clearly torn as to whom to go to.
Kensi was saved from the decision when Fire & Rescue suddenly poured into the scene and EMT's scrambled out of their vehicles to converge on all three of his teammates.
Not being able to stand the helplessness and distance separating him from his injured team, Callen shot out, "I'm going to me team..."
In Ops, Hetty's eyes met Grangers, daring him to call Callen back to the boatshed. For his part, Granger met the woman's gaze without comment or emotion before turning back to the large ops screen showing the carnage and rescue at the warehouse.
...NCIS LA...
Callen tore through the streets between the boatshed and the warehouse like a man possessed, and in the back of his mind he briefly wondered if perhaps Eric was somehow manipulating the traffic lights from ops, as he had yet to come across a red light or a police cruiser.
The fire department had the blaze under control when Callen skid into the parking lot, and he was relieved to see all three of his team conscious and being treated at the back of an ambulance.
"Sam...Kensi...Deeks," Callen called as he came up to the ambulance, eying his agents critically, "you guys alright?"
"Fine, G...cut and bruises mostly. Deeks got the worst of it...piece to shrapnel caught him; got a deep gash to the arm, probably need a few stitches," Sam explained.
Anger pouring off of him, Callen put his hands on his hips and turned to look at the destroyed warehouse before turning back to his team, "the bastard set this all up..."
"Yeah, well, he lost this time..." Deeks shot out angrily, his eyes on all the injuries he could see covering his partner.
"It was close. Too damn close..." Callen huffed out, "I'm tired of playing his game..."
"Maybe we don't have to," Eric cut in, "Nell and I ran the traffic cam footage of the streets leading away from the warehouse in the minutes after the explosion. We caught a van speeding away, ran a light...plates 2-Sierra-Alpha..."
Head cocked curiously away from the others, Deeks chimed in, "Quebec-3-2-1..."
The three agents looked at the distracted detective in surprise when Eric's unbelieving tone asked, "Uh, yeah...how'd you know that...?"
Nodding towards the street, the others following Deeks line of sight, he said, "'cause I'm starring right at it; you might want to finish running that plate..."
...NCIS LA...
a/n: and the rest of the epi plays out from there...as I don't think there were any more explosions while Callen was playing "rogue" agent in the follow up epi of season 4...this was more of a character study than anything else, I guess...
