(At NCIS: OSP Headquarters)

(Callen's P.O.V.)

It was silent in OPS and in MTAC for a good minute or two.

"Detective Deeks, Agent Blye, go to the address where the phone is and make sure it's just the phone." Vance said, breaking the silence.

"It is." I said positively.

"And how do you know that, Agent Callen?" Vance asked.

"He believes he has Tony." I said. "If he believes that, that means he didn't personally get Tony himself. He hired someone else to get him."

"Which would explain why he thinks he has Tony but has McGee instead." Ziva said. "Thus it only being his cell phone there."

"He really needs better help." Tony said.

"Director," Gibbs said, looking at Vance. "You mind telling us about Montreal now?"

Director Vance sighed.

"Miss Jones, look for Operation 'Rabbit Hole'." Vance said.

"But," Nell began.

"Do it, Miss Jones." Vance said.

Nell gave him a nod, then she began typing on the keyboard.

"The password is Zooloo, Foxtrot, Niner, Seven, Zero, Alpha, Four." Vance said.

Nell typed it in.

And as soon as she did, paper reports and photo's popped up on the big screen around Director Vance, Gibbs, Tony, and Ziva.

"Operation Rabbit Hole started here, in Washington." Vance began. "By then, I had William Gutierrez on my radar. The reason being I heard from a reliable source that he was going to go after one of the NCIS Agents."

"Which Agent?" Deeks asked.

"Agent Callen." Vance said.

I looked at Director Vance confused.

"I was not aware of this, Leon." Hetty said, anger clear in her voice.

"I didn't want to alarm you in case it was a false alarm." Vance said to her. Then, he looked at me. "The same goes for you, Agent Callen."

"Wait," Tony began. "Emily and I were watching Gutierrez because of him? That's what this mission was about?"

"You didn't know what the mission was about?" Sam asked.

"I thought it best to keep it to myself." Vance said.

"Why was Gutierrez after me?" I asked, confused.

"I think it may have something to do you're your last mission together." Vance said.

"What happened on your mission?" Kensi asked me.

"One thing at a time, Miss Blye." Hetty said, as memories from my last mission with Gutierrez resurfaced. "Director, please continue."

"Well, this is where Agent DiNozzo can take over." Vance said. "Since he was there."

Everyone's attention fell upon Tony.

"….I met Emily for the case in a bar not too far from here." Tony began. "That's when she filled me in on what she knew, which was the same thing I knew. She pointed out Gutierrez in the bar, and from that night on we followed his every move right up to Montreal. For two weeks, we watched Gutierrez like a hawk, and nothing happened. He seemed like a normal guy, going about his days…Then, on the day Emily and I were suppose to go home, she was in the park with her brother, I wasn't' too far away, when a black van sped towards them, and opened fired at them. Then, it sped away."

"Brother?" Gibbs asked, confused. "Emily has a brother?"

"Damn it! I wasn't suppose to tell you!" Tony said. "Emily wanted to tell you."

"Did you know?" Gibbs asked Director Vance.

"No." Vance said, looking at Tony a bit irritated. "This is the first time I'm hearing about it."

"Hetty?" Gibbs asked, looking at her.

"I had suspicions." Hetty said. "I found out it was true not too long ago. I will tell you everything. But for now, let Mr. DiNozzo finish."

Gibbs looked at Tony and waited for him to continue.

"Right. Anyway," Tony began, clearing his throat and clearly uncomfortable under Gibbs gaze. "After that happened, Emily and I went back to our hotel room and got in contact with Director Vance. We told him what happened and our concern that our cover may have been blown. Director Vance told us stay there and investigate. So we did…..And to make a long story short, we caught Gutierrez on counterfeiting dollar bills, and when he took a shot at Emily, I shot him, and he was pronounce dead…Which, Obviously, he actually wasn't…."

Tony suddenly looked irritated.

"Is that really what happened, Mr. DiNozzo?" Hetty asked.

"Yes." Tony said, nodding.

Hetty stared at Tony for a moment, then she gave him a nod.

"Very well." Hetty said. Then, she looked at me. "Mr. Callen, if you will be so kind to tell us what your last case with Gutierrez was?"

I nodded.

"My last case with Gutierrez had to do with a missing diamond." I said. "The person who had the diamond, stole it, and was already on the CIA's 'to capture' list. So, it was getting two birds with one stone. However, once Gutierrez and I got to the thief's house, Gutierrez told me that he was working for the thief, and tried to get rid of me. But in the end, I arrested the thief and Gutierrez, and they were both sent to jail while the diamond was returned to it's owner."

"Sounds like Gutierrez may be after the diamond." Nell said.

"Or he may be after revenge." Ziva said.

"He may be after both." Gibbs said.

"Where's the diamond now?" Vance asked.

"I don't know." I said. "My best guess would be it's still with the owner."

"So Gutierrez, according to Sam, has Emily and McGee, who he THINKS is Tony, to have leverage over you, so that you will make a trade for them by handing over a diamond?" Kensi asked.

"A diamond I don't have." I said.

"Well…..We're in quite a pickle." Deeks said.

"What was your first clue?" Sam asked sarcastically.

"Director Vance," Hetty said. "I would like a word with you."

"I'll join you." Gibbs said.

"Can I talk to Tony?" I asked. "Alone?"

"Agent Gibbs and I will go to my office." Vance said.

Then, Director Vance, Gibbs, and Ziva left MTAC.

"Let's give Mr. Callen some privacy." Hetty said, as she headed toward the door.

Nell, Eric, Sam, and Kensi left OPS.

Deeks hesitated.

But, when he saw me staring at him, Deeks smiled uneasily, and left OPS without protest.

Once the door was closed, I looked at Tony.

"We're alone." I said. "Now, tell me what REALLY happened in Montreal."

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(In a Building…)

(Emily's P.O.V.)

"There's got to be a way out of this room." McGee said, as he examined the concrete walls.

I was sitting on the cot watching him push and knock on the wall across from me.

"Tim, we've been over this." I said. "The only way out, is the way we came in. Which, is currently locked, and probably guarded."

McGee ignored me and pushed on the wall again.

I rolled my eyes.

"You know what?" He asked, as he stopped pushing the wall. "I'm never going to FORGIVE Tony for this. In fact, I'm never going to SPEAK to him again."

I laughed.

McGee turned around and faced me.

"I'm serious." McGee said. "I have to put up with A LOT because of him. Including the way he treats me sometimes."

"I get it." I said, knowing what he was talking about. "but you got to remember this isn't Tony's doing."

"True." He said. "But they WANTED him! It's like I'm taking his place."

"McGee," I began.

"I'm going to continue to find a way out of here." McGee said, as he turned back to the wall and began to push on it again.

I got up from the cot, and walked over to him.

"Stop." I said gently, as I put a hand on his arm.

McGee's hands remained on the wall, but he stopped pushing at it.

"Out of all things Tony does that somehow gets me in bad situations…" McGee began, his voice soft, as he stared at the wall. "This seems to be the one most likely I won't come back from."

"I won't let anything happen to you." I promise him.

"I can't let you put your life on the line for me." He said.

"You would do it for me." I said.

McGee looked at me, his arms falling to his sides as he did.

"That's different." He said.

"How?" I asked.

"…..I'll think of something, just give me a minute." McGee said.

I closed the gap between us, and hugged him.

He hugged me back.

"Nothing's going to happen to you." I said to him.

"And nothing's going to happen to you." I heard McGee say. "I'll make sure of that."

"We will get out of this somehow." I said. "I know it."

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(NCIS:OSP Headquarters)

(Callens' P.O.V.)

Tony stared at me and I stared right back at him.

"I can do this all day if I have to." I informed him.

"I already told you what happened." Tony said.

"No." I said. "You didn't. You and I both know Gutierrez doesn't counterfeit money."

Tony just stared at me.

"Nothing will leave this room." I said, assuring him. "Whatever you tell me, I'll keep to myself."

Tony continued to stare at me. Clearly debating whether he should tell me.

"Nothing leaves this room." Tony said, after about a minute of silence. "No one knows about this, but me and Emily. The Director doesn't know, and we didn't put it in the report. We figured we would tell once we found out for ourselves."

Tony paused, clearly collecting his thoughts.

Then, He said:

"After the black van shot at Ryan and Emily, and after we checked in with Director Vance, I saw Ryan again. By chance, mind you…..I sincerely thought he vanished after the shooting…Anyway, I asked him about it, and he didn't know anything about it….Once Emily and I got to Gutierrez's hidng spot, Emily and I were immediately comprehended and were brought to Gutierrez at gun point. He said that he knew we were sent by NCIS but didn't say how. He also said that no one was going to stop him from getting what he wanted. Whatever that was….He then ordered for us to be killed, so that he could send a message to the rest of the NCIS Agents to not get in his way. That's when Emily and I began to fight his guards. Once I was done fighting my guards, I saw Gutierrez pointing a gun at Emily. I aimed a gun at him that I disarmed from one of the guards. He told me to go ahead and shoot because either way, me and Emily were both going to be dead anyway. And that's when I heard a gun shot being fired. Gutierrez went down holding his chest, which, was bleeding….After that, Emily and I looked all over the building and only found a dead sniper…To this day, we don't know who took out the sniper and shot Gutierrez."

"So, you covered for whoever did?" I asked.

Tony nodded.

"Why?" I asked.

"Emily and I just thought it would be best to leave that part out." Tony said. "And try to find out who did it on our own."

"But you don't know who ACTUALLY shot Gutierrez." I said. "It could have been a passerby for all you know."

"It wasn't a passerby, Callen." I heard a voice say.

I looked toward the voice and saw Ryan standing not too far away from me.

"Ryan?" I said confused.

"Ryan! Hey, Buddy!" Tony said, smiling. "What are you doing there?"

"Hetty called me and told me what happened." Ryan said, coming closer to me.

"How did you get here so fast?" I asked. "I thought you were in Spain?"

"I was." Ryan said. "But I was also in Washington a few hours ago, and on my way here, Hetty called me."

Makes sense, I thought.

"Why did you say it wasn't a passerby?" I asked. "Do you know who shot Gutierrez?"

"Yeah." Ryan said. "I did."

"You?!" Tony said surprised. "YOU shot him?!"

"If I didn't, he would have killed Emily." Ryan said. "Then, kill you. I know ALL about Gutierrez."

"So, what, you FOLLOWED us?!" Tony asked, a bit angry.

"Yes." Ryan said.

"She was right." Tony said, mostly to himself. "Someone WAS following us."

"When I found out Gutierrez was still alive, I called him under an alias and told him to leave Tony and Emily alone." Ryan said.

"We have to tell Hetty." I said.

"Callen," Tony began.

"I know what I said, Tony." I said. "But since it's Ryan who was the shooter, we have to say something."

Tony sighed.

"You're right." Tony said. "We have to…Ryan, what was your alias name so we can look it up."

"McGee." Ryan said.

Tony and I stared at Ryan in shock.

"MCGEE?!" Tony and I asked at the same time, shocked.

"Yeah." Ryan said, looking at us confused. "Why?"

"Oh no." Tony said, obviously coming to the same conclusion I did.

"Now we DEFINITELY need to tell Hetty." I said.