"NO!" Callen yelled as Dimitri raised his gun towards Lori.
Sam quickly shot Dimitri but not after Dimitri had already gotten a shot off.
"G! No!" Lori yelled as Callen dove in front of her to catch the shot.
Dimitri fell down on the floor after Sam shot him.
"Granger, check him," Sam told Granger.
Sam walked over to Callen and Lori.
"Are you okay Lori?"
"I'm fine please check G."
"G," Sam spoke as he crouched down next to his partner.
Callen was still tied to the chair so Sam untied Callen's hands before rolling him over on his back.
"Damn it G," Sam spoke once he noticed Callen was hit in the abdomen. "Granger, call an ambulance." Granger quickly called an ambulance as Sam applied pressure on the wound. "Stay with me G."
"G! Don't you dare die! Get me out of these," Lori yelled. Granger undid her cuffs and Lori crawled up to Callen. "G, baby, stay with me."
"Lori," Callen's faint voice was heard.
"I'm here G, I'm here."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm good G. Don't worry about me. You just stay with me. Don't die on me, you hear." Lori placed Callen's head on her lap and took his hand. "It's gonna be okay G, ambulance is on the way. Just stay with me."
"I love you Lori."
"I love you too G. It's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay."
"Dimitri?"
"He's dead," Granger told him.
"Good."
"The girls Sam?"
"They are safely at the office. Hetty is keeping an eye on them," Sam replied.
Callen nodded as his eyes started drifting shot.
"G, stay with me, don't close your eyes," Sam spoke to his partner.
A couple minutes later the ambulance was here. They quickly assessed the wound and patched it up as best as they could before loading him onto the gurney.
"Can I ride with you?" Lori asked the paramedic. "I'm his wife."
"Of course."
"You're taking him to Pacific beach medical?" Sam asked.
"Yes we are."
They quickly brought Callen to the ambulance and Lori got in the back with him. She held his hand the entire right to the hospital. Callen was immediately wheeled into the trauma room.
"It's gonna be okay ma'am," a nurse spoke to Lori and took her aside so the doctors could work on Callen. "Where you hurt too?"
"No, I think I'm fine."
"Why don't we go check you out?"
"No, I wanna stay with my husband."
"You're husband has to go up for surgery," the doctor told Lori. "We'll keep you updated."
"Please take care of him."
"We will ma'am."
Lori watched as they wheeled Callen to the elevator.
"Come on ma'am, let's get you checked out," a doctor, OB/GYN, told Lori and took her over to one of the beds.
Lori lay down on the bed as the doctor grabbed the ultrasound.
"How many weeks are you?" The doctor asked as she put the wand on Lori's stomach.
"Twenty six weeks with twins."
"Congratulations. First babies?"
"No, we already have a set of two year old twin girls."
"Well another set of twins."
"Yeah. My husband and I were surprised to get another set of twins."
"Do you already know what you're having?"
"Yes, boys this time."
"That's nice. Well they are doing very well. There's no blood in the uterus and everything looks good."
Lori was very pleased to hear it. The doctor took Lori's vitals and examined her.
"Does it hurt anywhere?"
"No, just a bit sore wrists."
The doctor examined her wrists but they seemed fine.
"Alright, everything seems fine so I'll discharge you. If you feel any pains contact your doctor."
"I will doctor. Can I go upstairs to my husband now?"
"Of course, Wendy will you bring her upstairs?"
"Of course doctor."
Wendy brought Lori upstairs to the surgical floor.
"Could you please ask for an update on my husband?"
"Of course."
The nurse walked to the OR that Callen was in. A few minutes later the nurse came back out to the waiting area.
"Your husband is still in surgery. The doctor is still repairing the damage but the doctor said that for as far as he could see now there were no major organs hit. He'll come update you as soon as he's finished."
"Thank you."
The nurse went back down to the ER. A little later Sam joined Lori.
"How is he?" Sam asked.
"He's still in surgery. The last update I heard was that there were no major organs hit so that's good."
"And you and the babies?"
"We're all fine, the doctor checked us out."
"Okay good."
"What did you find out about this case?"
"Hetty, Granger, Eric and Nell are checking everyone in the office and they are looking into Andy. Maybe Dimitri contacted Andy and the others to have them kidnap G and Lori."
"Are the girls safe at the office?"
"Yes Hetty wouldn't let them out of their sight."
"Okay good."
An hour and a half later Callen's doctor came out of surgery.
"How is he doctor?" Lori asked as soon as the doctor walked up to them.
"He will be okay. We removed the bullet and luckily it didn't hit any vital organs. We repaired the damaged that the bullet caused. He's still unconscious from the surgery right now but he should wake up soon."
"Thank you doctor. Can we see him?"
"Of course, right this way."
The doctor led Lori and Sam to Callen's room. Callen was lying on the bed with an IV sticking out of his arm and some monitors hooked up to him. Lori walked over to him and grabbed his hand.
"Please wake up soon G. I love you and our kids need you."
"I'll be back later to check on him," the doctor said and he left the room.
"Don't worry Lori, G will be alright."
"Why did he have to throw himself in front of the shot?"
"Because he loves you Lori and he didn't want anything to happened to you."
"I don't want anything to happen to him either."
"He'll be alright Lori, he's been through worse."
"I hope so."
"Don't worry about him. Do you want me to stay here?"
"Can you please go check on the girls?"
"Of course. Do you want me to bring them here?"
"Once G's awake."
"Alright. Let me know when anything changes."
"I will Sam."
Sam left and went back to the office. Lori sat down on the chair next to the bed. She hoped Callen would wake up soon.
Sam arrived back at the office and walked into Hetty's office.
"How's Mr. Callen?" Hetty asked.
"He should be alright, no major organs were hit."
"Okay good. And Mrs. Callen?"
"She's alright. The doctor checked her out and both she and the babies are doing just fine."
"That's good to hear."
"Uncle Sam!" Myra and Julie squealed as they came from behind Hetty's desk.
"Hey you too," Sam replied as he crouched down.
"Wewe mommy and daddy?" Julie asked.
"Mommy and daddy are still busy with work. You will see them later."
"Okay. Stay wiss you Uncle Sam?"
"For now, but Uncle Sam does have to work."
"We good, pwomise."
Hetty smiled as she watched Sam interact with Julie and Myra. They were really two cute little girls. Hetty loved to spend time with them. They even called her grandma.
"How's it going here?" Sam asked Hetty.
"We checked everyone and it doesn't seem like anyone else had contact with them. Only Andy did. Ms. Blye and Mr. Deeks are at the boatshed right now questioning him."
"Okay. I can't believe we had another mole in here."
"We knew back then that we didn't get them all. Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones are looking into Andy's phone records and emails to see how they contacted him and where they are at."
Sam nodded at her and took Myra and Julie over to the bullpen. He got to work on his paperwork while the wonder twins were looking into Andy. Myra and Julie sat on the floor playing and Sam was keeping an eye on them.
..
Lori sat waiting on the chair for Callen to wake up. It was about an hour and a half later when Lori noticed his eyes fluttering.
"G," Lori spoke as she grabbed her hand. "G, it's me Lori. It's okay, open your eyes."
Slowly Lori saw his blue eyes appearing.
"Lori," Callen spoke faintly.
"Yeah it's me G," Lori replied with a smile.
Callen noticed he was in the hospital. "What happened?"
"Dimitri took us. He pulled out his gun and he shot at me. You dove in front of it and caught the shot."
"Dimitri?"
"Dead, Sam shot him."
"Okay good. Are you okay?"
"We're fine G, you protected us. Thank you, it was stupid but thank you."
"You're welcome honey. What about the girls?"
"They are at the office. Hetty was keeping an eye on them."
"Okay good. Did the others find out something more?"
"Last I heard Kensi and Deeks were interrogating Andy at the boatshed. I don't know what Eric and Nell have found out at the office. But you don't worry about that. You just rest up."
"Come here," Callen said as he extended his hand.
Lori stood up and took his hand. Callen pulled her over to the bed. Lori sat down on the bed and leaned forward so she could give Callen a kiss. Callen moved his hand over Lori's stomach and smiled when he felt the babies move underneath his hand.
"I'm really glad you three are okay. I can't believe Andy took you from right at the office."
"Yeah me neither. He always seemed so sweet."
"Yeah he was."
"You just rest some more. I'm gonna call Sam and get your doctor."
Lori gave Callen another kiss before she stood up and walked to the hallway. Once in the hallway she pulled her phone out and called Sam.
"Hey Lori," Sam answered the phone.
"Hey Sam, how are the girls?"
"They are fine, they are playing here next to me."
"Okay good."
"How's G?"
"He just woke up. Eager to get out of here I can tell."
"Yeah, that's G."
"Can you bring the girls over?"
"Sure, I'll be right there."
"Great thanks."
Lori hung up the phone and went to find Callen's doctor.
"Come on girls, we're gonna see mommy and daddy," Sam told Myra and Julie.
"YAY!" The girls cheered.
"Go clean up your stuff."
Myra and Julie cleaned their toys up and Sam helped them put them in the bag. He took Myra and Julie to the car, he took Lori's car, and strapped them into their car seats before driving to the hospital.
"Daddy sick?" Myra asked with a sad face as they walked into the hospital.
"Yes daddy is a little bit sick. But don't worry. He's gonna be just fine."
"Can I pwess button?" Julie asked as they walked up to the elevator.
"Sure."
Sam lifted her up so Julie could press the button to call the elevator.
"I pwess button too," Myra complained.
"You can press the button in the elevator."
They waited until the elevator was there and they stepped in. Sam picked Myra up.
"Okay Myra, press the three," Sam told her and showed her which button the three was.
Myra pressed the button and the elevator went up. They waited until the elevator stopped and the doors opened again. Sam took Myra and Julie by their hands and walked with them to Callen's room.
"DADDY!" Myra and Julie yelled once they came into the room and they immediately ran up to the bed.
"Hey my sweet girls."
Lori lifted them up on the bed and they both crawled up to Callen and gave him a hug.
"Daddy sick?" Julie asked with a sad face.
"Daddy is a little bit sick but don't worry. Daddy is gonna be okay."
"I make daddy bettew," Julie told him and gave Callen a kiss.
"Aww thank you sweetie, daddy is feeling better already." Myra gave Callen a kiss too. "Thank you Myra."
"How's the case going?" Lori asked.
"Hetty, Nell and Eric checked everyone at the office but they couldn't find any more with connections to Andy or Dimitri. Kensi and Deeks took Andy to the boatshed. He spilled his guts after a while. Eric and Nell are checking everything he said. We'll go after them shortly."
"Okay good."
Just as Sam finished saying that his phone rang.
"Yeah Kens."
"We've got a lead on the group."
"Alright. Can you come pick me up at the hospital, I drove here with Lori's car."
"Yeah sure. We'll be there in ten."
"Alright, I'll be downstairs."
"You got a lead?" Callen asked once Sam hung up the phone.
"Yep. Let you know how it turns out."
"Will do. You just rest up."
"I will Sam."
"Take care of him Lori."
"I will Sam and thanks for making sure the girls were safe."
"You're welcome," Sam smiled at them before he left the room after handing Lori the keys to the car.
Sam went downstairs and waited for Kensi and Deeks to pick him up. Sam got in the car and Kensi drove them over to the address Nell and Eric had given them. They geared up before checking out the building.
"I count five people inside, they all seem to be carrying," Kensi told them.
Sam made the plan to breach. In absence of Callen he was the team leader. With weapons raised they walked to the front door. Sam kicked in the front door and Kensi and Deeks went in first followed by Sam.
"Federal agents!" They yelled as they stormed into the building.
They quickly had to duck away from flying bullets. A few minutes later the bullets stopped flying. Carefully Sam, Deeks and Kensi looked up from behind their hideout.
"All down," Sam stated.
Guns raised they made their way over to them. Some of them were dead, there were still two alive. Sam called in for an ambulance. They all would live, it was just a bullet in the shoulder or leg. Kensi and Deeks escorted them to the hospital as Sam looked around the place to find any evidence.
….
"Hello Mr. Callen," Hetty spoke as she walked into the hospital room.
"Hello Hetty."
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, just a little sore but fine. Thank you for watching Myra and Julie."
"It's my pleasure Mr. Callen. Mr. Hanna, Mr. Deeks and Ms. Blye have found the others. Two of them were still alive. They have been brought here to the hospital, I'm gonna question them now. I wanna know why they are after us."
"Give 'em hell Hetty," Callen spoke with a smile.
Hetty smiled back. "Take care Mr. Callen and you too Mrs. Callen."
"Thanks Hetty, we will."
Hetty left the room and went to the room where Kensi and Deeks were at with the two perps.
"Who would wanna come after our office?" Lori questioned. "And how would they even know how to find us?"
"I have no idea how they found out that they worked at the office. I mean we screen everyone thoroughly before they can work inside our office."
"Yeah, hopefully Hetty can get some answers out of them or maybe Eric and Nell have found out how they contacted Andy."
"It's just sick that someone working at a government facility can do this."
"Yeah it is. I'm just glad it's not one of the main staff, you know, me, you, Hetty, Granger, Sam, Kensi, Deeks, Nell and Eric. I would have felt really betrayed then."
"Yeah me too. Luckily we know they won't do something like that. We know each other well enough for that."
"Yeah. I can't see any of them do that. Let's just hope Hetty can get something out of them so we can put this behind us."
"Yeah, I'm just glad you and the girls are okay."
"You protected us honey."
"I was wondering how they found the house but now that Andy is involved I can figure how they got a hold of our home address."
..
Hetty walked to the room where Kensi and Deeks were. They were waiting outside for the doctors to finish with them.
"Are they talking yet?" Hetty asked.
"No, not so far," Kensi answered.
"Alright, you two go see if we can make something an interrogation room here. Make it nice and intimidating."
"Will do Hetty," Kensi replied with a smile and the two walked off.
Hetty watched through the window as the doctors worked on the men. She really wanted to know why they had targeted her office. Was it something personal against her on one of her employees? Hetty looked at their faces but she couldn't make them out. She didn't recognize them. She really hoped they would give her some answers so they could put this behind them.
"Interrogation room is ready Hetty," Kensi said as she and Deeks returned a little later.
"Great."
A little later the doctors stepped out of the room.
"They both should be okay. We've removed their bullets and patched them up. You can question them now," the doctor told them.
"Thank you doctor."
Hetty went to the interrogation room with Deeks and Kensi brought her one of the guys.
"What is the meaning of this? I should be in a hospital bed. You shot me."
"Relax, you're gonna be fine," Kensi told him.
"Well, Mr. Andrews," Hetty started as she opened a file. "I just have a few questions for you."
"I know you, you're that Hetty lady right."
"Who told you that? Brown, Andy?"
"You'll never be able to defeat us all. You may have gotten to us at the warehouse but there are more of us out there and we won't stop until the job is finished."
"And what job would that be?" Hetty spoke without showing him anything.
"We won't stop until every last one of you is down and the office is ours."
"You will never get away with that. Even if you managed to get a hold of our office all the other NCIS offices will bring hellfire down on you."
"How's agent Callen doing? I heard he took a hit."
"He's gonna be fine."
"Not for long. You see we had a contingency plan in case you managed to catch us."
"What contingency plan?"
"Someone should be on their way right now to finish agent Callen and his wife once and for all."