Chapter Twenty Five
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Chapter Twenty Five
"Got it Hetty- we are en route now" Sam responded, gesturing directions to Deeks who was currently driving the rental. "Yeah we are a couple of hours behind, can Eric send us the GPS of a hotel nearby?" he asked softly, nodding as he received the response. "We'll check in later" he promised as he disconnected the call. Reaching for the navigation device he keyed in the coordinates. "Head towards there Deeks, until we get an update on somewhere to stay we might as well head in the right direction" Sam instructed.
"Has Callen checked in?" Kensi asked lightly, knowing that Sam would be getting worried about his partner.
"Yes he texted a while ago, the deal goes down first thing tomorrow- so we need to be ready" Sam instructed gently, his two colleagues simply nodded- recognising the importance of the next day Deeks pushed the car to go just that little bit faster.
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Callen rotated his shoulder as far as he could without hissing in pain. It was not ideal that he was less than 100% with the mission as it was. He dry swallowed his pain killers and antibiotics before popping open an ice cold bottle of beer. He had ten hours before one way or the other this would finally all be over. He prayed that Arkady and Andrei were stowed somewhere safely and that Hetty had teams ready to grab Ivor and co as soon as the teams in Syria struck- the timing would be imperative. He wasn't nervous- he never was during a mission, he was merely calculating possible outcomes and forming potential solutions to any issues that could arise. He knew that the rest of his team would be somewhere nearby- Hetty would never have allowed him to travel all that way without some of the team in support. He just couldn't allow himself to rely on it, he didn't know where they were or what the plan was- he just knew that if he needed help it would be there and that was enough for him.
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"So what's the plan?" Deeks asked as the three unloaded the car and made through way to the two rooms that Eric had booked using a fictional company's credit card.
"Well we know when it is going down, but that is all that we know. We are going to have to rely on Eric and Nell to feed the information from Callen's GPS to us as they move off. We can only hope that he will be able to activate his ear wig so that we know when he is safely out of there" Sam stated, not liking it even as he spoke the words.
"Not to sound like Billy Downer- but isn't quite a lot of that plan based on hopes and ifs?" Deeks questioned, his face the picture of seriousness.
"There's nothing else we can do Deeks- we have no information, no details and no in" Sam argued, "don't make it worse than it already is"
"Sam's right Deeks- we have to make the best of what we have got, for Callen's sake" Kensi interjected not wanting the team to fall apart before they had even really got started.
"Right well we have an early start in the morning, we better turn in" Deeks suggested with a nod towards his partner.
"Good idea. 5am start guys, get some sleep" Sam agreed carefully as he headed to the small bathroom to complete his ablutions.
"Do you think he's ok?" Deeks asked his partner softly, once the senior agent was out of ear shot.
"He will be when Callen is safely out of there" Kensi responded with a grimace. "Night Deeks" she bid as she headed for the door and into her room next door. Deeks sighed, he had a bad feeling about the developments in the operation- he couldn't help the slight uneasy feeling he felt in his gut at the lack of certainty they faced the next day. Sure in their business there were rarely any guarantees about anything, yet somehow this time felt different. He got to his feet and set the alarm on his cell phone placing it beside the bed he stripped down to his boxer shorts and waited his turn in the bathroom.
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The next morning Callen was awake at the crack of dawn, dressed and ready to go. He had affixed a button cam to his shirt button and an ear wig was dutifully activated.
"You getting me" he whispered, all too aware of the devices within the lodgings.
"Loud and clear Callen" Eric responded, the tech had been at work all night- yet he didn't begrudge a second of it in the interest of his friend getting home safely. "Hetty wants to know if you are ok?" he asked quietly- not admitting that he desperately needed the answer to the question too. "Can you tap the camera once for yes?" he requested. Callen promptly tapped the camera once. "Good- stay in touch" Eric requested softly, pleased to at least see that the agent was safe and well. Callen took a deep breath before stepping out of the door, just as the car drove up the driveway to collect him. Soon this would be ended one way or the other.
End Chapter Twenty Five
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