They both looked up as they heard the noise.

"Stay here," Callen told Nell. He quickly put on some pants and he grabbed his gun.

Carefully he walked out of the bedroom and peaked into the hallway. When he didn't see anything he moved further. Gun ready he moved through the entire house. He found the cause of the noise.

He walked back into the bedroom a little later.

"What was it?"

"The screen at the backdoor flew open. It was clattering."

"Ah okay," Nell replied. "Are you sure no one was there?"

"Yes, I checked the entire house and I checked the yard too. There was no one."

"Okay good." Nell relaxed.

"Let's go to sleep."

Nell crawled in Callen's arms and together they fell asleep.

The next morning Nell woke up and she was still in Callen's arms. She snuggled in closer and placed her hand on her chest.

"Good morning Nell," Callen spoke when he noticed she was awake.

"Good morning G. How long have you been awake?"

"A while. I didn't want to go out just yet."

"That's nice. I like waking up like this."

"Me too and we can stay in bed as long as we want since we don't have work today."

"I like that idea. Especially if can make use of this time," Nell responded and she climbed on top of him.

"I thought you'd have enough after last night," Callen told her with a smirk.

"I can never get enough of you."

They stayed in bed until noon. They got dressed and enjoyed lunch together. Nell was really happy with her life right now. She was glad to be here with Callen and the little baby inside of her. She hoped they would be okay once the baby was here. She never thought she and Callen could work together but here they were. And he was so sweet to her and in bed he was just so oh my god amazing. Nell was happy to carry his baby and Callen seemed to like it too. He was really helping her when needed and he was reading up about pregnancies. He would be an amazing father.

They just relaxed the rest of the weekend.

…..

It was time for another doctor's appointment for Nell. She was now 12 weeks pregnant. Callen wanted to go with her but he was called into work early.

"Where's Nell?" Sam asked as they walked into OPS.

"Nell had to go to the dentist. She'll be here shortly," Eric answered.

"What do we have Eric?" Callen asked.

Eric explained the case to them and the team got to work.

"So, Nell had a dentist appointment?" Sam asked once they were in the car.

"Nope, she had an appointment for the baby."

"How's she doing?"

"She's doing well, apart from the morning sickness."

"How far along is she now?"

"12 weeks. So far everything is going very well.

"I'm glad. You deserve to be happy."

"I'm really happy with Nell. I still can't believe this is all happening. I mean we're having a baby."

"Yeah I know, it's crazy. But don't worry G. You'll be fine."

"I hope so. I don't wanna mess this up."

"You won't G, cus I'll be there to kick your ass if you do."

"Thanks Sam."

"You're welcome G," Sam replied with a smile.

Callen's phone chirped and he saw he had a text from Nell.

'Everything is fine, the baby is growing nice and big. Here's a picture of the ultrasound.'

Callen smiled as he opened the picture.

"Text from Nell?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, everything's going fine."

"That's good."

Callen looked at the picture. He couldn't believe that small thingy was his baby.

A little after the guys left Nell arrived at the office.

"Hey Eric," Nell greeted as she walked in.

"Hey Nell, how did it go at the dentist?"

"Fine, no cavities."

"That's good."

"What's up here?"

Eric explained the case to Nell. Nell jumped in and helped Eric with what he was working on.

"How are things going with you and Callen?" Eric asked.

"They are going fine," Nell replied feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Does Hetty know?"

"Yes, she does and she's okay with it."

"That's great. I'm glad for you two."

"Thanks Eric. I do hope we're still friends."

"Of course Nell. I'm still your friend."

"That's good."

Callen and Sam had to go undercover for the case. Nell was done in the gadget room with them for equip them with button cams and ear pieces.

"Be careful G," Nell told him.

"I will Nell don't worry."

"Don't worry Nell, I'll keep an eye on him," Sam interjected.

"Thanks Sam. We'll be watching and listening in from OPS so try to get as much info as you can get and scan everything in the room you think could help."

"Yes Nell, I know how it works," Callen told her.

"Sorry, yes of course, I tend to ramble when I'm nervous."

"It's gonna be okay Nell. I promise."

"Okay, just be safe."

"I will. I'll be back before you know it."

Callen and Sam left. Nell couldn't help but feel worried about Callen. She knew he's a great agent, but now that they were together and they were having a baby Nell found herself worrying more about Callen when he was out in the field. She went back to OPS to help Eric. She was halfway up the stairs when she felt nauseous. She quickly bolted to the bathroom and threw up. Luckily no one was there in the bathroom, she didn't want to explain it. They had agreed to wait until she was in her second trimester to tell the others.

After she rinsed her mouth she walked back upstairs.

"Just in time, Callen and Sam have just entered," Eric told her.

"Good."

They watched the feed from Callen and Sam's button cams. Eric ran facial reg on the guys that came into frame. Nell looked for any information that could help them.

"Oh-oh, this is not good," Eric spoke after a while.

"What is it Eric?" Nell asked as she turned to his computer.

"I've got facial reg back."

Nell's face went white when she saw who one of the guys was.

"This is not good," Nell spoke.

She grabbed her tablet and ran downstairs to Hetty.

"We've got a problem Hetty."

"And that is Ms. Jones?"

"Eric ran facial reg on the guys and one of them came back as this one," Nell spoke as she showed Hetty the file on her tablet.

"Bugger. Does Mr. Callen know?"

"I don't know. I don't know if he recognized him but Callen could have been made."

"I'll inform Mr. Callen."

Hetty walked upstairs with Nell and put in her ear piece.

"Mr. Callen, cough once if you can hear me please," Hetty spoke to her lead agent.

They heard a cough on the line.

"Eric ran facial reg on the guys and one of the guys came back as Antoni Comescu. You may have been made Mr. Callen."

Callen was shocked by what Hetty just told him. He hadn't recognized him but maybe Comescu had recognized him. He turned to Sam.

"I may have been made, Hetty said one of the men is Antoni Comescu," Callen whispered to Sam.

"Comescu? Are you sure?" Sam whispered back.

"Yeah. We have to get out of here."

"We haven't got anything yet."

"Mr. Callen is right, Mr. Hanna, you could have been made. It's too dangerous and according to Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones we have some information that we can use."

Callen didn't like it but he wasn't about to risk it. If Comescu had identified Callen he could be in trouble.

"Hang tight, Mr. Deeks and Ms. Blye are on their way over there."

Callen and Sam tried to fit in and stay clear of Comescu. Callen walked off to use the restroom a little later. Antoni Comescu saw him go and followed him shortly after that. Comescu walked in and saw Callen standing at one of the urinals.

"Quiet day so far huh," Comescu spoke with a Romani accent.

"Yes it is, hope we get to see some action soon," Callen replied.

"Yeah, I heard you were a man of action."

"Yes I am, you?" Callen glanced over and saw it was Comescu. He tried not to show it.

"Me too. I should expect it from you, Agent Callen."

Before Callen knew it Comescu slammed his head against the wall and Callen fell unconscious. Comescu opened the door to the restroom and two other men came inside and took Callen with them. They got out the back door and put Callen in a van before driving off.

Sam wondered where his partner was and decided to go look for him. He wasn't in the restroom like he said. Sam searched for Callen put her couldn't find him.

"Guys, we have a problem, G is missing," Sam spoke through the com.

Nell could hardly swallow when she heard those words.

"What do you mean missing, Mr. Hanna?"

"He's not here, I've searched everywhere and Comescu is not here either."

"Bugger. Mr. Beale, check cameras in the area to see where Mr. Callen has gone. Ms. Blye and Mr. Deeks should be with you within 5 minutes Sam."

A little later Kensi and Deeks arrived with some other agents and they stormed the place.

"Federal Agents! Hands where we can see them!" Kensi yelled as they walked in.

They arrested everybody including Sam to keep up appearances. Once they others were taken away they pulled the cuffs off Sam.

"What happened to Callen?" Kensi asked.

"I don't know. I think Comescu got to him."

"Damn it."

They went back to the office and impatiently waited for any information about their team leader.

…...

Callen woke up. His head hurt and he felt a bump on his forehead. It was sticky so it probably was bleeding. He noticed he was in the back of a driving fan. He thought back to what had happened.

Comescu! He followed him to the restroom and caught him by surprise. Callen cursed to himself for letting his guard down. Callen had no idea for how long they had been driving or where they were. There were no windows in the back so he couldn't watch. He felt behind his back and noticed his SIG was missing. He noticed the button cam wasn't on his shirt anymore but he still had his ear piece in.

"Hello, can anybody hear me?" Callen quietly spoke.

"G, it's Nell," Nell replied relieved. "Where are you?"

"I don't know. I'm in the back of a van. Comescu took me. Can you locate my cell?"

"No, they dumped it at."

"Damn it."

"Can you hear something around you Mr. Callen?" Hetty's voice was heard.

"I don't know. All I here is the sound of the engine. What time is it now?"

Confused Hetty looked at her watch. "It's 3.05pm. Why do you ask?"

"I remember it was 2.30pm when I went to the restroom. So I'd say we are driving for about 30 minutes. Wait, we're stopping now. I can hear something in the background. It sounds kinda like an ice cream truck."

Eric pulled up the ice cream trucks in LA.

"There are 15 active in LA at the moment," Eric told him. "I have the music here. Let me know which one it is."

Eric played the music. The 5th one was the one that Callen heard.

"That was it. We're driving now again. We went left right after that and now are still driving straight."

Eric pulled up the map and located the ice cream truck. Luckily that point had a camera.

"Alright, I think I've got you Callen. There was a white van a short while ago and it turned left. I'm following it on Kaleidoscope. Sam, Kensi and Deeks are on their way."

They were pursuing the van a couple minutes later.

"Kensi, go around and cut them off," Sam spoke through the ear piece.

A little later they had cornered the van. The three agents got out of their cars and raised their weapons.

"Federal Agent! Hands were we can see them!" Kensi and Deeks yelled to the drivers.

Sam tried the door but it was locked.

"Kens, get the keys!"

"Toss the keys out now!" Kensi yelled.

The man tossed his keys out after hesitating a bit. Kensi threw the keys at Sam and Sam opened the door. To his surprise it was empty.

"G is not here," Sam spoke disappointed.

Eric was looking at the camera feeds. "Shortly after the van turned left it disappeared into an alleyway. A little later the same van came out. At least that's what appeared. Another camera picked up the same van leaving the other side of the alley. Callen has got to be in that one."

"Where is it now Eric?"

"Searching now." Eric typed in some commands. "Got it, it's at a warehouse in Culver City, address is on your phones."

…

Callen was tied to a chair. Comescu was standing in front of him with a big grin.

"I finally got you now Agent Callen."

"The others will find me," Callen spat.

"Oh I have no doubt of that, the question is will they find you alive or not."

"You can't do anything worse to me then what you're family already has done."

"Oh believe me I can." Comescu punched Callen in his chest. "You are gonna pay for what you did to my family."

"Your family brought it on themselves."

Callen was rewarded with another punch and he was sure he broke a rib. Comescu punched him a couple of times in his stomach before punching him in the face.

Sam, Deeks and Kensi pulled up to the warehouse 20 minutes after Callen had arrived there. They busted in the door, guns ready. They cleared the place and found Callen nearly unconscious in the back room. Comescu and two other men were standing close to him.

Sam signaled to Kensi and Deeks and they moved in.

"Federal Agents!" Sam yelled as they moved in.

They shot Comescu and the other two guys.

"Eric, we need an ambulance," Kensi spoke.

"How is Mr. Callen?"

"Alive, but beaten up."

Nell couldn't believe it. Another Comescu had come into his life and nearly kill him.

"Mr. Callen will be alright," Hetty tried to comfort her.

"I hope so."

"You can go meet him at the hospital Ms. Jones."

"Thank you Hetty."

Nell grabbed her things and went to the hospital.

"Sam," Callen's faint voice spoke.

"It's okay G. They are dead, you're safe. You'll be alright buddy. Help is on the way."

"No hospital."

"You're not gonna argue with me on this G. Hetty's order."

"Fine."

The ambulance came and brought him to the hospital. Callen smiled when he saw Nell. He was glad Kensi and Deeks weren't there with him since Nell walked up to him and kissed him.

"Are you okay G?"

"I'm fine Nell, don't worry about me."

Sam and Nell stayed in the room while Callen was away for x-rays and a CT-scan.

"Is he dead?" Nell asked.

"Yes, he's dead Nell."

"Okay good."

Nell couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

"Hey Nell, it's gonna be okay," Sam told her as he pulled her in for a hug. "Callen is strong, he's been through worse."

"Every time he thinks he can have a life someone from his past pops up again."

"I know Nell and it sucks."

"Yes it does."

"But if anyone can handle it, it's G. He's strong. He'll pull through. Just be there for him when he needs you."

"Of course Sam."

About an hour later Callen came back. Nell was immediately at his side and grabbed his hand.

"I'll see you later G, looks like you're in good hands."

"Thanks Sam."

"It's okay G. Just get better soon okay."

Sam left and Callen looked at Nell.

"I'm sorry Nell. I had no idea."

"It's not your fault honey. It's that stupid Comescu."

"I'm sorry Nell. I'm just glad you're not hurt."

"I'm fine G. Just worry about yourself."

"I'm fine Nell."

The doctor cleaned up his wounds and sutured or closed them with a band aid. A little later Callen's films came back.

"You have two broken ribs and two cracked ones," the doctor explained.

"I kinda knew that already."

"At least 3 weeks of rest and then we'll see how your ribs have healed."

Callen sighed. He wasn't looking forward to staying at home for three weeks.

"Don't worry doctor, I'll make sure he gets his rest."

"That's good. Your head wound seems fine but I would like to keep you overnight just to make sure."

"Do you have to?'

"Yes, you can leave against medical advice if you want but I don't recommend it."

"I'll make sure he stays here doctor, he's not a big fan of hospital."

"I kinda got that idea already. I'll be back later to check on you."

The nurse bandaged his ribs. It hurt but Callen didn't want to show that.

"You'll stay put as long as the doctor says so," Nell told him once the doctor and the nurse left.

"I'm fine Nell. I can work with some cracked ribs."

"No, you can't. You'll stay at home till the doctor clears you for work."

"Yes mom," Callen joked.

"I know you don't like it G, but you have to do it to get better."

"I know. I'm just not good at sitting around all day all by myself with nothing to do."

"I can maybe ask Hetty if I can work from home a few days a week."

"That would be nice."

"Good." Nell leaned in to kiss him. "I'm glad you're alright."

"Me too. All I could think of was you while they punched me. I just hope you'll never get hurt because of me."

"I can handle myself G and mostly I'm up in OPS so."

"I know, but still."

"Don't worry G, I'll be fine."

Nell sat next to Callen on the bed.

"I wonder how your parents would react if they knew how many times I was in the hospital."

"I don't think they'll be okay with it. But they won't find out. They think we work at a TV-station right."

"Yeah I know. Sometimes I don't envy you guys of having a family, you just have to lie to them."

"I know, it's not always easy. But I like my job and wouldn't give it up for anything."

"Me neither, this is who I am."

Nell stayed there for the night. In the middle of the night she was woke up by a loud sound. It was kinda like an alarm.