Missing

Chapter 21

"Is Dom okay?"

Callen frowned and felt his stomach swirl as the others surrounding the bed mirrored his expression. Seeing their confusion Dr. Greene stepped forwards,

"Kensi, Dom's fine I promise but what I need you to focus on right now is you, okay. We need to take you down to have an MRI scan okay" Kensi looked to Callen who had thrown the doctor a look,

"Dom?" she asked and out of Kensi's line of vision Greene nodded discreetly and Callen gulped before looking down at Kensi. He didn't want to lie to her but he also realised that he couldn't tell her what had happened. Obviously she didn't remember but telling her wasn't going to help anyone. Upsetting her, confusing her even more.

"He's fine Kens promise" she nodded slightly and turned back to Dr Greene,

"Okay this is Robert and Shaun Kensi they're going to take you down for your scan okay?" Kensi took in the two men who had just walked into the room. She frowned but shook her head,

"No, I don't want to go" she rasped out barely audible and Greene nodded as if he'd been expecting it,

"I know you don't Kensi but it's really important that we find out how you're going and you'll be safe with them" he promised his distressed patient,

"Love I'll come with you okay" the nurse said gently and Kensi considered the woman for a moment, a vulnerable expression creased on her face,

"It's okay Kens, they'll look after you promise" Nate said from the end of the bed taking in her trepidation. Kensi stared at Nate for a second before nodding and the nurse who's ID card identified her as Anita smiled down at her before clicking the brakes off of Kensi's bed.

"We'll be back soon" she said smiling down at Kensi. Callen looked down at her and squeezed her hand,

"We'll see you in a minute okay" she nodded and slowly let go of his hand.

As the team watched Kensi being wheeled out of the room they collectively frowned not wanting to see her go as much as she didn't want to go. They wanted to keep an eye on her, they wanted to know where she was, be able to see her every second. They couldn't risk her being taken again, ever again.

Once she was gone the doctor turned to the group.

"I'm sorry I probably should have warned you that temporary memory loss is very common in cases like Kensi's. She'll remember soon enough we just have to give her time. May I ask who Dom is?" it was Hetty who answered the doctor,

"He was Kensi's old partner. He died almost a year ago now" the doctor nodded,

"I'm sorry to hear that." He said sincerely before sighing,

"We need to let Kensi regain her memory as she remembers not try to force her to remember anything yet. If she hasn't remembered most things after seventy two hours of her being awake then we'll get a neuro consult but until then it's not something we need to be concerned about. We still have a lot to do for her physically and perhaps if Kensi doesn't remember what she's been through in the last couple of weeks we can focus on her physical injuries without needing to simultaneously treat her mentally. But that will come" the team nodded taking in the doctors words,

"Well that's what Nates for" Deeks said. They had her back, they'd finally got her back and while it stung a little that Kensi didn't remember him, okay stung a lot, it was perfectly normal, even expected. And he wanted her safe, he trusted Nate, they all trusted Nate and so did Kensi but it was their psychologist that answered,

"No Deeks we need to offer Kensi more than what I've got. I can help her as well but it would be better we work with a psychiatrist, she'll need medication and often it is better for women to speak with women." Deeks nodded unsure of his words. But he trusted Nate. So did Kensi.

The scan showed the doctors that the surgery was a success. The scan also showed the doctors that there was a lot of work still to be done. Groups of men and women sporting dark blue scrubs along with identical copies the patient's chart in hands and stethoscopes slung around their necks stood around Kensi's scan. Looking at it, analysing it. Staring in wonder at the internal mess that was Kensi Blye's body.

By the time Kensi had returned from her scan she was exhausted but the stubborn woman had refused to close her eyes until she was back in the familiar room that she had woken up in. The one that had kept her safe, the one where the team were waiting for her. Only when Callen and Sam stood on either side of her and she could see the others around her she allowed her body to slowly relax.

Renko, Deeks and the others left shortly after Kensi fell back asleep. They had seen her and Callen had been updated on how the case was going, which was really nowhere however now they were all even more anxious to get back to the office. They would go over everything...all over again if they had to. But seeing Kensi. Seeing the pain she was in, the injuries that she had been left with made the team even more determined to do their job and find them. Find the bastards that took her.

For the rest of the day Kensi mostly slept and Callen sat with her going through some of the files that Sam had brought him to look through. The disappointment that welled in Callen was obvious to both the nurses and doctors who had all been hoping that Kensi would be awake that day and would remain awake. But it wasn't to be and Dr Greene had assured the agent that it was perfectly normal. Her body just wasn't yet strong enough to maintain a conscious state for too long and there was still too much of the disgusting yet powerful compound of a drug circulating around Kensi's body.

Like usual Kensi was restless as she slept. She didn't toss or turn, her body exhausted from the time she spent awake, but she would slightly move and her face would crease with a frown that Callen would use his thumb to smooth, as if he could wipe it away.

But then, against the doctors predictions, Kensi stirred and Callen was almost sure it was just to spite the man's words that she would be too drained to wake up twice in one day. But none the less a wide grin spread on Callen's lips as he leant over Kensi's bed while he pressed the call button on the wall.

"Kens" Kensi's brown eyes flickered up towards him and he watched her chest heave as she took in extra breaths,

"Hey love" he said quietly as she began to calm down, well at least until the doctors arrived. Callen grabbed her hand as they swarmed in checking over Kensi.

After everything had been said and done not a mere twenty minutes later Callen would wish she had stayed asleep. By then it had happened several times but the one that he had just witnessed had been ...terrifying. Callen fumbled with his phone as his hands shook slightly. Raising it to his ear he hit speed dial and waited for his partner to answer,

"G?" he could hear the trepidation in Sam's voice, hoping there wasn't something wrong,

"Hey, I just thought I should let you guys know she woke up again. But she had another hallucination. It was...huge. It wasn't good. She worked herself up and they had to sedate her again." There were several beats of silence until Sam responded,

"Is she okay?" Callen sighed as he looked back down at Kensi and he eyed the newest bandage that had been fixed to the back of Kensi's head after the doctor had put in several stiches.

"Yeah she's alright"

"Are you?" Sam asked quickly afterwards,

"You guys got anything?" he asked not bothering to acknowledge the question,

"Not really we're looking though; everyone's working hard" Callen nodded knowing they would be,

"There's nothing in the files you brought me so send me over some more okay I need more to do"

"Alright...well I'll let the others know and I'll probably see you tonight. But I'll call you before then with news hopefully"

"Yeah, alright thanks man"

Once he'd hung up the phone Callen placed it on the table next to him as he looked down at Kensi. His heart clenched and the senior agents felt his eyes sting. Blinking furiously he glanced towards the door making sure that it was shut as he felt the moisture in his eyes. He could still feel his heartbeat racing erratically. It was like he had been going into an op or chasing a suspect except he hadn't done anything. All he had done was stand helplessly and watch Kensi lose herself. Right there in front of him. And it was one of the scariest things he had ever seen.

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