Chapter 21:
Once they were out of the boat shed, and in the gym, Sam said, "I'm waiting."
Callen sighed as he began to explain, "Well I first met Ziva as you know when I was still a Recon Marine, what you don't know is that we were assigned to terminate an Somali warlord taking refuge in Yemen back in 93. We completed the job, and went our separate ways. Well as you know I left he Corps in late 94, and went into the CIA, well in 96 when the Khobar tower was bombed me, and Ziva were again paired together to hunt down the terrorists responsible. Well after 8 months of searching we finally did, and Ziva asked me to fly back to Israel with her, where with Langley's blessing, I stayed in Tel Aviv, and worked as a liaison officer for the next two years. Anyway while I was there, I learned Krav Maga, and worked with Ziva, and her Kidon team. We went on many operations, and before you ask, no I can't tell you anything. When I received word that our Embassies were bombed in Northern Africa, me along with Ziva, and her Kidon team were assigned to once again find the terrorist, and eliminate them with extreme prejudice, and that's exactly what we did. Well after that we were assigned to a deep cover op in Syria, in fact we were under when the USS Cole was bombed. I was asked to quietly find out who the bombers were, and report them back to my new handler at NCIS, and before you ask, I transferred to NCIS after the op in Africa. Anyways apparently I wasn't discreet enough, because I was found out in late 2000. I was captured, and held for 18 months."
Callen stopped speaking, and Ziva took over, "I found out he was being held in Syria from a MOSSAD Officer named Michael Rivkin. I convinced my father, the Director of MOSSAD, that we needed to mount a rescue operation, it took two weeks, but he finally relented, and sent me, Special Agent Laura Macy, and Retired Agent Mike Franks to affect a rescue. We pulled it off flawlessly, and returned to Israel. G was told of 9/11, and that his handler had ordered him to work with me, and Special agent Jenny Sheppard. We all worked together until 2005 at which point Jenny was made director of NCIS, I was sent to stop Gibbs from killing Ari, and G was sent to OSP , and assigned to be your partner. And the rest as you say is history."
Sam said, "Alright, I have few questions for you."
Callen said, "Shoot."
Sam nodded as he asked, "First who was your handler, second, when did you meet Gibbs, and third, how come you never told me?"
Will Callen answerthem, in this story, Callen was never married to Tracey Keller. Please enjoy