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CHAPTER 12

"Uh…pardon me what do you need?" Bridget blurted, looking confused.

Kensi rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Deeks is in danger and we need a car to go help him. Can you get us a car right now or do I have to get angry?"

"Please. That's the word you forgot there Kens" Sam admonished her.

"Any sort of car will do if you can thanks Bridget" Callen smiled.

Bridget quickly snatched up her phone and pressed a speed dial button and waited for the call to connect, while trying not to look at Kensi's glaring stare. After a minute the call connected;

"Hello Kris? This is Bridget from the Anker Hotel. Yes I'm fine thank you" the pretty receptionist blushed.

Kensi tapped her fingers impatiently on the desk.

"Kris I have three Federal Agents here at my desk and they need a car straight away because a friend of theirs is in serious danger and they want to go help him. Can you help me?" Bridget asked.

After what seemed an eternity, Bridget finally smiled and gave thumbs up to Callen, Sam and Kensi.

"Thank you so much Kris. Yes I'll tell them. Thank you" Bridget disconnected the call.

"Well?" Kensi demanded.

"Kris has a car available for you. The car yard is a block west of this hotel on the corner you can't miss it"

"Thank you Bridget" Callen smiled genuinely.

The three turned and as Sam dialled Ops back home to alert them of what they were going to do, Kensi stopped and whirled around, jogging back to the desk.

"I'm sorry Bridget. I…I didn't mean to be so harsh…it's just Deeks is a really close friend of ours…"

Bridget stood and embraced the young Federal Agent, "Don't worry about me. Besides I already asked him out and he said no. There was someone special back home that he cared about. I'm pretty certain now that that someone is you"

Kensi stood back a hint of a blush was creeping onto her cheeks, "Thank you"

"Now go and bring Marty Deeks back!" Bridget gave Kensi a gentle push.

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Deeks sat down in the chair, looking warily at the gun still pointed at him by Bernd Forran. Nikolai was beside him going through the bag of things that Deeks had brought to the house.

"Well…look at this Bernd" Nikolai held up the photo of Deeks' grandfather Henrik Frederickson and Bernd's father, Alexsander Forran.

Forran studied the photo closely before a smirk appeared on his face as he turned to the detective in the chair.

"It seems we have a little bit in common Detective Deeks. Thinking about things now, I do remember my father speaking about your grandfather a little bit. From what I remember him telling me, Henrik was a sly bastard that did the dirty on my father" Forran growled.

"Yeah? Your father must have deserved it then" Deeks shrugged.

He saw the curled fist headed straight for his face and tried ducking out of the way but failed. Gasping for breath, Deeks staggered in the chair a little as he felt the rush of bright red blood come streaming down his nose like a river.

"Bernd! Enough! We need to get working here" Nikolai stood in front of him.

"I'm not finished with you Deeks" Forran wrapped his hands around Deeks' neck, putting slight pressure on his throat.

Coughing, Deeks forced himself to sit straight in the chair, "How's your hand?"

"Still good enough to shoot you dead with Deeks" Forran laughed.

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"Okay so this is what I have for you" Kris waved at the red car parked in front of them.

"I feel right at home" Callen sighed.

"It's just like the one you drive back in LA, G" Sam snickered.

Callen shook his head vehemently, "No, no Sam. This is a step up series from the one I have at home. Much better"

"Maybe you can ask Santa for one next Christmas?" Kensi laughed as Callen ran his hands lovingly over the shiny red hood.

"Well I know Hetty definitely wouldn't get him one so he'll have to ask Santa" Sam smirked.

"No I think Deeks needs a new car before Callen does" Kensi smiled as she opened the rear door.

"Hey yeah. Sam you can always hand down the Challenger to Deeks and you ask Hetty for a new car" Callen grinned back.

"No way is surfer boy getting hold of my baby. He'll ruin it with beach sand!" Sam mumbled.

"Get in big guy, we got surfer boy to go and rescue first" Callen motioned as he turned the ignition on.

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"Bernd look, it's the gold key" Nikolai held it up.

"Ah now we are getting somewhere. Who gave this to you?" Forran demanded.

Deeks shrugged. Stayed silent.

"Deeks said he collected some items from a safety deposit box his mother held at a bank in Los Angeles. I'd say these items were all in there" Nikolai answered.

"His mother must have inherited the items. This means we must move quickly. Nikolai gather the items together. I know where to begin our chase" Forran ordered.

"Where?" Nikolai asked.

"You'll find out. And so will Mr Deeks" Bernd sneered.

"Come on guys I need you" Deeks thought as he squirmed in the chair.

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