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Chapter 11

The next Monday Kensi stepped away from her desk when Ian called her. She saw that Deeks look up questioning when she walked away.

'Hey, Ian,' Kensi greeted after picking up the phone.

'Hello Kensi, I hope I don't interrupt.'

'No, you didn't interrupt. Otherwise I hadn't picked up. Why are you calling?' Kensi saw from the corner of her eye that Deeks was still looking at her. Fortunately Sam started to talk to him and he had to look away.

'I was wandering if I could talk with you…maybe during a cup of coffee? It's okay if you can't….maybe I shouldn't have called…it was a stupid i…'

'No, no, Ian. It is fine that you called. Only I'm at work right now. Can we meet for lunch? Around one?'

'Sure, umm…why don't we meet at the park? From there we'll find a place to eat.'

'Alright, I'll see you there around one.' After saying their goodbyes Kensi hung up and she walked back to her desk.

'So, who was calling?' Deeks asked curiously when she sat down. But Kensi knew that he already knew.

'Someone I'm meeting for lunch,' Kensi answered and she grabbed her paperwork.

'But it was your turn to get us lunch,' Callen commented. Kensi shrugged.

'I'll do it tomorrow,' she said. 'Deeks can do it today, can't you Deeks?'

'Sure,' Deeks answered with a disgruntled face. 'But you're cooking tonight.'

'No problem,' Kensi replied.

'And that means real cooking,' Deeks clarified. 'No take-out.' Callen and Sam were smiling at each other. It was always fun to hear Deeks and Kensi discussing everything that normally a couple would do. A few days earlier they were arguing about leaving the toilet seat up. Eventually they discovered it was Damian who had left it up.

'Mister Deeks, aren't you supposed to get lunch?' Hetty asked when she suddenly stood in of Deeks' desk. Confused Deeks looked at his watch and saw that it already was half past one. It was only now that he noticed that Kensi's desk was empty, as were Callen's and Sam's.

'I'm getting lunch,' he said and he got up hastily.

'Mister Deeks, I suggest you take some money with you!' Hetty called after him. Deeks turned around, grabbed his wallet and went to his car. He never concentrated this much on his work that the time had passed without him noticing. And that people had left the bullpen.

Happily it was quiet at the place he had picked to get lunch. Unfortunately the same girl that had given him a fake number was standing behind counter.

'Good day, how can I help you?' she asked before she saw Deeks. 'Oh, it is you. Same as last time? Sandwich without sauce?'

'Yes,' Deeks answered. This day was turning into a bad day. First Kensi lunching with the creepy guy from the park and now miss-giving-fake-numbers.

'Here is your order,' the girl said and Deeks paid her. 'Thank you. Enjoy your lunch.' Deeks got in the car and drove back to Ops where Callen, Eric and Sam were waiting for their lunch. He gave each their lunch. When he took a bit of his sandwich, he knew this was going to be a worse day: there was sauce on it.

Kensi on the other hand was having a good time with Ian at the small café Ian had picked. It was nice to talk with Ian. It was like they always understood each other and it felt really natural.

'…and then my little Lily smiled at me and the world froze,' Ian told her with a little smile on his face. He clearly saw his little girl smile. 'Suddenly everything was beautiful. Her smile was so powerful. She could make the whole world smile. A bit like Damian. That was the first thing I noticed, that he couldn't stop smiling.'

'Yeah, he is a happy kid,' Kensi said. 'I can remember the first time when I saw him smile again. My heart just melted for his smile.'

'A child's smile can do that to you,' Ian agreed. 'I imagine it was hard when you woke up and you missed all those years…especially not remembering your son.' Kensi nodded.

'It was really hard,' she admitted. Her admitting to that surprised her. She didn't really talk about it. With Deeks she talked about it but for some reason it was hard. With Ian it was so easy to talk about it. 'But Deeks was a great help…he still is.'

'He is your friend, right?' Ian asked to make sure he had it right.

'Yes,' Kensi answered. 'Damian and I live with him. He helps me with taking care of Damian.'

'Sounds like a great guy,' Ian said.

'He really is,' Kensi agreed. 'But talking with him is different. You seem to understand everything I say about feeling those things. Deeks tries but he just doesn't always get it.'

'He doesn't have…or had kids,' Ian said sadly. 'So how can he understand it? For us it is different: we both lost our kids…you were lucky enough to get him back…you should know you can always talk with me. I don't really sleep…I'm available every moment of every day for you.'

Deeks met Kensi halfway as she walked into Ops. He walked quickly and Kensi turned around to follow him.

'Where are we going?' she asked.

'We're going to a friend of mine,' Deeks answered and they got in the car. 'He might know where the four missing men are…oh right, you were away. Four men are kidnapped. One of them is Lieutenant Swinton. There are demands received for the three other men, two million each, but nothing for the Lieutenant.'

'And your friend is…?' she asked curiously.

'Someone I know and trust from one of my times undercover with LAPD,' Deeks told her. 'He used to be into kidnappings.' The rest of the ride passed in silence. Deeks wanted to ask about her lunch with Ian but they might get another argument because she would think he was jealous. After some time they arrived at a small house that could use some renovation.

'Did you tell him you're coming?' Kensi asked.

'No,' Deeks answered. 'I don't believe that this guy has a phone. You stay here.' He got out of the car and looked at the house.

'Yeah right,' Kensi replied and she got as well out the car.

'Yes, you're staying here,' Deeks said. 'This guy doesn't like people he doesn't know and he hates female law enforcement. I'll go inside and you can come inside after five minutes. To emphasize what he was saying Deeks held up five fingers.

'I know how much five minutes are!' Kensi said irritated. Deeks smiled and he walked to the door. Before he could even open the door, it was opened.

'Great, it is you,' the man behind the door sighed. 'You always bring trouble with you.' The man looked past Deeks and he saw Kensi. 'Like that…'

'That is my partner and we need to talk, Tygo,' Deeks said and he pushed Tygo away to get inside. Tygo closed the door and he sat down on the worn-out couch.

'What do you want this time?' he asked Deeks rudely.

'A Navy Lieutenant is kidnapped,' Deeks answered. 'Along with three other guys. For those three there are demands but nothing for the Lieutenant. The kidnapper didn't answer any question about the Lieutenant. We need to find them and you probably know who's behind it. I know you still have contacts in that world.' Tygo shrugged smiling.

'I don't think so,' he answered. 'Kidnapping is a crime you know and I'm not a criminal.' Deeks raised his eyebrows and he pointed at the weed that was lying on the table. Tygo smiled. 'I'm just keeping that for a friend.'

'Come on, Tygo, I know that you know something,' Deeks said. 'Do I have to get my partner? I might ignore the weed but she won't. You'll have to go to jail and you don't want to…' Deeks shut up when he felt a cold barrel against his head.

Kensi was waiting impatiently at the car. Four minutes had past and Deeks was still inside with his 'friend'. She walked to the house and tried to look through the windows but they were either too filthy or curtains were hanging in front of them. The fifth minutes arrived and Kensi drew her gun. Inside she saw two men and one of them pointed his gun at Deeks' head.

'NCIS! Drop your weapon!' she shouted and she pointed her gun at the gunman behind Deeks.

'You drop your weapon!' the gunman yelled. 'I've no trouble shooting this guy.'

'What are you going to do if I drop the gun?' Kensi asked. 'Taking him with you? Because then I have to warn you: he is a pain in the ass. Always complaining and whining about little things…'

'He is,' Tygo nodded. 'A big pain in the ass…a giant pain in the ass. Can't keep his mouth shut for a second. Always trying to get it his way which is a stupid way most of…'

'Shut up, Tygo!' Deeks yelled. 'I think we all get it: I'm a pain in the ass.' The gunman was confused by what was happing and Deeks took the opportunity. He rammed his elbow in the guy's side. He took out his own gun and pointed it at the gunman. Kensi walked to them and cuffed the gunman.

'Why didn't you arrive earlier?' Deeks asked.

'I had to wait five minutes!' Kensi answered. 'You clearly instructed me to wait five minutes!'

'You never listen to me!' Deeks exclaimed. 'Why did you do it now?'

'Argh! You talk with your guy and I'll take this guy to the car,' Kensi said and she dragged the gunman towards the car.

'She is nice,' Tygo smiled. 'I like her.'

'You stay away from her,' Deeks said. 'Now tell me about the kidnapper.' Tygo shook his head. 'Tygo, you owe me…some guy in your house pointed a gun at me, I let you insult me and I'm ignoring the weed on the table.'

'Alright, alright,' Tygo said. 'There is this guy who really hates Navy guys. So if he would kidnap one he would never even return the guy…also this man kidnaps in groups. Always three to five people. This should be the address where he keeps the people.' Tygo wrote down an address on a piece of paper and handed it to Deeks. In return Deeks cuffed him.

'Hey! What about my free pass?' Tygo yelled.

'I'm a cop,' Deeks answered. 'I really can't ignore the weed.'

'Asshole!' Tygo hissed. 'I shouldn't have helped your partner from keeping Blade to shoot you!'

LAPD had come to pick up Tygo and Blade and Deeks and Kensi were on their way to the address Tygo had given them.

'Thank you for lying out there to safe my ass,' Deeks said as they arrived. Kensi got out the car and she smiled.

'Who said I was lying,' she said. She walked over to Callen and Sam.

'Good job, Deeks,' Sam said. 'You got almost shot but you got us an address.'

'If Tygo was right about this guy, we better hurry,' Callen said. The team drew their gun and they approached the house. Callen signaled Deeks and Kensi to go around back.

A wall prevented them to get into the garden easily. Deeks lifted Kensi so she could climb onto the wall and pull Deeks up.

'On three,' Callen said through the earpiece. 'One…two…three!' Kensi kicked in the back door and both of them went inside. Callen and Sam walked in through the front door. They went upstairs and Deeks and Kensi cleared the rest of the rooms.

'We got two of them,' Sam reported. 'Did your friend tell you how many there would be here?'

'He said that there would be at least five,' Deeks answered. He pointed at the door which should led to the basement. Kensi opened the door and covered Deeks while he went down the stairs. The basement was almost a second house, as it was extremely big.

'Guys, in the basement,' Kensi told Callen and Sam. A man hurried towards with his gun ready to shoot them. Deeks quickly shot the man.

'And now they know we're here,' Deeks added. They continued moving through the basement.

'Why is this place so huge?' Deeks whispered to Kensi. They checked every room they passed but no-one was inside of them. Deeks went inside the eleventh room, which door was already opened, but as he stood inside, he heard a yelp from Kensi and the door closed behind him. Deeks hurried to the door and tried the door handle but it was locked. Deeks banged on the door. Where was Kensi and was she okay?

'Kensi!' he shouted worried but she didn't answer and he banged again on the door. All he heard from outside were gunshots. 'Kensi! Callen! Sam!'

'Hey dude, could you please stop shouting?' a voice from the dark asked and it startled Deeks. He pointed his gun into the dark. 'I got a killer headache.'

One of the kidnapped men, Scott Miller, was sitting on a mattressin the corner of the room. He was bleeding from a wound on his head, which explained the headache, and he was holding his foot.

'So you're a cop?' he asked, not convinced at all. Deeks nodded. 'Nice way to save me, getting locked up yourself.'

'I'm not really worried about that,' Deeks said and the glance at the steel door.

'The gunshots?' Scott asked. Again Deeks nodded.

'The rest of my team is out there,' he said and he kicked the door. It only ended up hurting his feet.

'Tried that,' Scott said. 'Didn't work out. I broke my foot that way.' Movement of the door handle caught Deeks' eye and he quickly pointed his gun at the door.

'Nice move, dude,' Scott commented. 'I wish I could do that…could you teach me to do that?'

'Not now,' Deeks hissed. The door opened and he was about to shoot the person when he saw it was Sam.

'Whoa, Deeks,' Sam said. 'I come in peace.' Relieved Deeks lowered his gun.

'Thanks,' he said. 'Sam, this is Scott Miller. 'He has probably a concussion and a broken foot.' Scott held his hand up as a greeting. Deeks helped Scott up and they got out of the room.

'Did anyone get hit?' Deeks asked Sam worried.

'Some dumb bad guy,' Sam answered. 'And a bullet grazed Callen, even though he keeps saying it is nothing. Kensi is fine. Angry because some guy pushed her, but fine. Bradley Williams and Tom Barden are found.'

'What about Lieutenant Swinton?' Deeks asked and Sam shook his head.

'The guy shot Kevin almost immediately,' Scott told them. 'How are Bradley and Tom? Are they okay?'

'Bradley had big gash on his side but Tom is fine,' Sam answered. 'You can see them when we get you to the ambulance.'

'What happened at the door?' Deeks asked when the team was back at Ops. 'Why did you leave me locked up in a room? What if one of the kidnappers was in the room?'

'One of Noland's guys pushed me against the wall and he locked the door,' Kensi explained. 'I left you locked up because I didn't have a key or anything to open the door and why would the kidnappers is in the room?'

'I don't know,' Deeks answered. 'Maybe planning an ambush? They could have killed me in that room.'

'But Scott Miller was in the room,' Kensi said.

'You all did a good job,' Hetty said satisfied when she walked towards them. 'You got Noland and his men.'

'Only not Lieutenant Swinton,' Sam said disappointed.

'But you save the other three men,' Hetty said. 'We couldn't have done anything for Lieutenant Swinton. He was already killed when you arrived. At least his family has closure.'

'Let's go home,' Kensi said. 'Melissa probably wants to go home and I promised you to make you dinner.' Not only Deeks stood up but Callen and Sam as well.

'Great, I'm hungry,' Callen said. Kensi looked surprised but was too tired to argue.

'Why not?' She said. 'You can all come. But don't expect a three course meal. Maybe if you're nice and eat your entire plate, you'll get a dessert.'

'We should get some more beer,' Deeks commented.

'Callen and I'll take care of that,' Sam said. 'We'll meet you at Deeks' apartment.'

Kensi had made them spaghetti carbonara and everyone was enjoying the meal. Damian was eating with them, but he also enjoyed playing the spaghetti and throwing it on the floor so Monty could eat it.

'You can really cook, Kensi,' Eric said. 'This is really good.'

'Thanks, at least someone appreciates it,' Kensi said and she tried to make Damian eat his food. 'Damian, stop playing with your food and eat.'

'Let me try,' Sam said and Kensi handed him gladly the spoon. 'Damian, look what Uncle Sam got for you. This bite is for your mommy.' And to Kensi's surprise Damian took the bite without any fussing.

'That is amazing,' Deeks said. 'I usually get the food in my face when I try that.'

'Damian clearly likes Sam better,' Callen smiled.

'Who doesn't like me better than Deeks?' Sam joked. Only Monty didn't like that Damian stopped throwing food on the ground and he decided to get it himself.

'Monty! Bad boy!' Deeks said when Monty tried to eat the food right of Damian's plate. 'You can't do that!' But Monty kept eating and Damian began to clap in his hands. Deeks got up and he grabbed Monty's collar.

'Well, this was the nice meal at Deeks' apartment,' Kensi said. 'Went like it usual does. Does anyone want more food or more to drink?'

TBC
Sorry it took this long for a new chapter but in the weekend I was at the little island of my aunt and uncle to relax and have fun (was very necessary. I had a lot of stress). I have schooldays which start at 9am and end at 8.30pm...so I'm all day at school and don't have any time to write. Normally I would write during class but this are important (three hours!) classes for our finals. I have to pay attention. I have to arrange a lot of things since it is my final year of high school (there is all the stress coming from=S)...for example I had no marks for philosophy in the fourth class. I had to find them from somewhere (my great friend had all our marks (we had to do everything with someone else)xD) Yeah, my school is great =(
Also the sun has been shining all week and that isn't normal here in the Netherlands (like I have said before but I'm still shocked by it). I have spend a lot of time in the sun =D
Please review and I think the next chapter will be posted sooner than this one.