So sorry for the long wait with this chapter, it's school's fault! 1st semester is ending January 21st and I'm in a rush to get everything done before then or else I will get a 0% for all uncompleted assignments. Wish me luck, I need whatever help I can get if I intend to pass (and I do.). :-)
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Driving toward the warehouse Eric had directed him to, Deeks couldn't help but think he didn't have a plan. He needed to get Jessica out and possibly take down Cedro Rung without blowing his cover. How in the world would he manage to do that? He couldn't just march in and demand they let her go could he?
-NCIS: LA-
"I demand you let her go." Deeks said as he walked through the unlocked door of the warehouse. Immediately, everyone there pointed their guns at him with deadly looks in their eyes. "Who are you?" One of the men asked with a heavy Russian accent. About half-a-dozen men were standing there, and most of them seemed to recognize Deeks already.
"My name is Jeremy Cole, I work with your boss and I'd like to have a word with him... please." The Russian man who had spoken before and seemed to be in charge turned to the one behind him and began to speak quietly in Russian. When they were done speaking, the Russian man turned back to Deeks. "Why should we let you speak with him? I have heard of no 'Jeremy Cole'. He has mentioned no 'Jeremy Cole'. Who are you?"
"It's alright. I would like to speak with him as well." Came a familiar voice. Deeks turned to see who had spoken, on the right wall of the warehouse was a door, Cedro Rung was standing just outside of it. He beckoned Deeks to come forward before reentered the room he was previously inside of.
"Mr. Cole, I did not expect to see you here." Cedro said once they entered the room. "Well, that's a lie. I actually did expect you. I'm sorry for my men, they can be quite dull at times. I told them to alert me when you showed up. Apparently they do not take orders seriously."
Automatically Deeks began to scan the room for any signs of Jessica or exits he could use in case of an emergency. Looking around he realized this must be an office. The walls were painted a tan-like yellow and there was a wooden desk in the back right corner. There was also a window on the wall across from the desk and a bookshelf beside the window. Another door, this one metal was on the wall opposite the other door he had just walked through.
"Do you like it?" Cedro asked pulling Deeks away from his thoughts. Cedro had clearly realized that Deeks was scoping out the room. "I decorated it myself." He said sliding his index finger along the desk. "I don't use it often, though." Cedro informed as he blew dust of his fingers. "Anyway, I assume you are here for your lady friend, correct?" Cedro smiled mischievously.
"Where is she?" Deeks asked with a threatening glare.
"Oh do not worry Jeremy, I would never think of hurting such a beautiful thing." Cedro smiled again.
"Where is she?"
"She's quite a woman, isn't she? Beautiful, strong, fierce. I thought you were more of the.. ah, what is you Americans say... 'once and done' type, is it? I am not surprised you decided to keep this one."
"She's not an object, okay? She's a human being, and I'm not the 'once and done' type. I care about other people!" Deeks shouted back. Those words weren't part of the plan and they definitely weren't part of his cover. Jeremy Cole was supposed to be the complete opposite of what he just said. Deeks knew Cedro had said all that to purposefully have him lose his temper, and unfortunately it worked.
"I see," Cedro smiled knowingly. "I will take you to her, come." Cedro lead Deeks to the metal door and began to open it. The room that the door lead to was filled with freezing cold fog. There were fridges and dead animal meat hanging from a long wire running along the roof. "This warehouse was once a grocery store. As you can tell, they kept meat in here to preserve it. The cold temperature kept the meat fresh for longer periods of time. I decided to keep this room for a reason you'll soon find out." Cedro smiled again.
After a few seconds, Deeks began to shiver, he was wearing a jacket and he was still freezing. He felt bad for the guys that had to work in here. Tucking his hands roughly into his jacket pockets Deeks asked again, "Where is she?"
"Ah, back to the female. Here she is." Cedro pointed. Deeks walked a little further into the room. There were two kitchen fridges to the left of the door he was standing in front of. Curled up in the corner between the fridges and the wall was Jessica. She was clearly unconscious and saying she was 'cold' would be the understatement of the year. She had been stripped of her jacket and long sleeve shirt, leaving her in a thin white sleeveless tank-top and black thin tights she had been wearing under her jeans, which were also nowhere to be seen. Sitting on the cold concrete ground, Jessica was unintentionally shivering nonstop. Deeks immediately hurried over to her. He quickly pulled off his jacket and rested it around her shoulders. He lifted her, putting one arm under her knees and the other behind her back. He brought her out of the room and rested her in the chair behind Cedro's desk.
Cedro himself was staring in amusement as he watched Deeks try to help his friend. "What did you do to her?" Deeks asked once he settled Jessica down.
"We were merely having a little fun, Jeremy."
"Giving an innocent person hypothermia isn't 'a little fun', okay? It's sick!"
"What is her name?" Cedro asked ignoring the previous comment Deeks made.
"Taylor." Deeks used her alias. "Taylor Greene."
"Well, Taylor Greene managed to kill seven of my men helping you escape." He said. Cedro began to walk toward Jessica and began to softly caress her cheek. "A beautiful one, yes?" Cedro smiled at Deeks.
"Don't touch her!"
"Or what?" Cedro questioned. "What will Jeremy Cole do if I touch his things?"
"She's a person not a-a... thing! She's a human being!"
"Of course, simple mistake Mr. Cole." Cedro smirked. "Although, you do not seem to realize that at the moment I can do whatever I want to whomever I want. You are highly outnumbered. I would play my cards correctly this time Mr. Cole, because Ms. Greene here will not be rescuing you." Cedro smiled again. "Oh yes! I almost forgot, if you do anything that I do not approve of, she will be paying price, and may I remind you, the price will most certainly not be cheep."
-NCIS: LA-
"BEALE!" Sunny yelled as she knocked on his apartment door.
"Sunny hey, I didn't expect to see you here." He said as he answered.
"You've been ignoring my calls and texts all day, Eric. What's going on?" She asked with a deadly stare.
"Eric!" Callie screamed standing at Sunny's feet.
"Hey Callie, what's up?" Eric asked hoping that starting a conversation with Callie would cause Sunny to change the topic.
"Nothing, what're you doing?" She asked as Eric lifted her into his arms and carried her into his apartment.
"Playing a videogame, wanna play?" He asked handing her the controller. Callie immediately lit yp with excitement as her tiny fingers fiddled with the controls.
"Your kid is a natural, Sunny." Eric chuckled.
"Thanks, she definitely didn't get it from me though." Sunny laughed. "Anyway, why have you been avoiding me?"
"Wh-what? avoiding you? Why would I be avoiding you? I'm not avoiding you?"
"You're a terrible liar."
"I know, but I haven't been avoiding you."
"You do remember that I'm a lawyer right? I work with liars on a daily basis. I can tell when one of my friends are lying."
"I-I'm not!"
"Whatever you say." Sunny said although she still knew he was lying. They remained quiet for a while watching Callie play the game before Sunny broke the silence. "Have you found anything on Marty yet?"
Eric's eyes grew wide. "Huh?" He asked pretending he hadn't heard her trying to buy time to come up with a good answer.
"Have you found Marty yet?" She asked again.
"Found him? Um, nope. Not yet." He answered. After all he wasn't lying, Eric still didn't know where Deeks was.
"Have you found any clues?"
"Clues?"
"Yeah, you know, objects that help you find something. You work in a top secret law enforcement agency. You know what clues are." She classified.
"Haven't found a single object." Eric answered again. Still telling the truth, no objects had been found yet.
"Any non-objects?" She asked confused with his answers.
"Actually, I've found a lot of those. Last week we had a case where an ex-wife kidnapped a sailor's kid and we had to find ber before the time ran out. Sam and Callen went to the crime scene and Kensi went to talk to the ex-wife's sister and-"
"Eric, anything pertaining to THIS case?" Sunny asked.
"Your brother? I have no idea where he is."
"Okay, I'm not sure what's going on, but I know you have something on Marty. What is it?"
"What are you talking about?" Eric chuckled nervously.
"Eric please. If you have anything that could help me find him, please tell me. If I lost Marty I don't what I'd do."
"Sunny, I wanna help you. I really do. But... it's just... I made a promise I have to keep."
"You made a promise to me too, Eric."
"This one could cost someone their life."
"Same here. What do think is gonna happen if Marty doesn't get backup? We both know that LAPD sure as hell isn't giving him any."
"Sunny, I'll try to find him. But I can't do anything else. I'm sorry."
"If you were anyone else, I'd punch you. But be happy you're Eric Beale and my four-year-old is sitting right there." Sunny grumbled. "C'mon Cal, it's time to go."
"Awww!" Callie whined as she put down the controller.
As the two were walking out, Sunny turned back and put a sisterly kiss on Eric's cheek. "Thanks anyway Geek." She smiled before leaving.
-NCIS: LA-
IMPORTANT:
Just to clarify, the kiss on the cheek was a PURELY platonic kiss between two people who have a sibling-like relationship. Nothing romantic is going on between Eric and Sunny.
P.S. I know the new year just started, but I cannot wait till February 1st, Superbowl Sunday! GO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS!
I also cannot wait till May 1st, cause that's when the new Avengers: Age of Ultron comes out! I'm so excited, this year is gonna be AWESOME!
P.S.S. Review, review, review!