DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to the NCIS:LA characters, only my own.
"So, what are you and Katy doing for Valentine's Day?" Sam asked when he and Callen were on their way to get lunch.
"I don't know. We haven't touched one another since wedding." Callen told him.
"Are you serious? Why's it been so long?" Sam asked.
"The doctor wanted us to wait six weeks after the miscarriage; I think she's afraid she's going to get pregnant again." Callen told him.
"Well, isn't that kind of the idea?" Sam laughed.
"She's worried that she'll have another miscarriage."
"Make her dinner, light a fire in the fireplace and open a couple bottles of wine. Set the romantic mood, see what happens." Sam told him.
"What about flowers, should I buy her flowers?" Callen asked.
"Yeah, of course and chocolates and anything else you can find." He said.
"Can't I just order something and serve it on our plates; do I really have to try to cook something?"
"It would win you more points if you did." Sam laughed.
Katy and Kensi were sitting in the bullpen waiting for the guys to get back. "Did you want to go shopping with me tonight; I need to get Callen something for Valentine's Day."
"Sure, what were you thinking?" Kensi asked.
"I don't know it's been a while since we did anything. I was thinking some lingerie or something."
"Why's it been so long?" Kensi asked leaning forward.
"The doctor wanted us to wait six weeks after the miscarriage."
"Yeah, but that was what, eight weeks ago?" she asked.
"I guess you could say I'm afraid of getting pregnant again, it's been hard enough getting through this miscarriage, I don't know if I could do another."
"Who's to say the next would end in a miscarriage?" Kensi asked.
"I would rather almost not even try than get pregnant and lose it again."
"You can't live like that, Katy. I thought you were doing better?" Kensi asked.
"I am and I'm not. Nate and Dr. Wilson put me on an anti-depressant. I hate it." She said looking around. "I'm thinking about taking myself off of it."
"Is it not helping?"
"I was on them after Kari died and took myself off of them." She said.
"That's dangerous. You can't stop them cold-turkey."
"I know I'll wean myself off of them like I did before." Katy told her.
"Just be careful. Does Callen know you're thinking about going off of them?"
Katy shook her head. "He and I really didn't see the need for them; it was more or less to humor Nate and Dr. Wilson."
"Just let me know when you're going to start doing it and please tell Callen you're doing it." Kensi told her.
"Do what?" Callen asked as he and Sam put the bags on the desks.
"I'm thinking about taking myself off the anti-depressants." She said.
"I'm not surprised; I really didn't see the need for them anyway." Callen told her.
"So you wouldn't be upset?" Katy asked.
"No of course not, I support you one hundred percent." He told her. "At least tell Nate or call Dr. Wilson to let them know."
"I will." She said.
That night Katy and Kensi went directly to the mall after work. Callen and Deeks headed to the house to watch a game while the girls were out. The girls walked from one end of the mall to the other before stopping back into the lingerie store a third time.
"I really like the black lace teddy." Kensi told her.
"I don't know, I kind of like the satin one."
"What about the garter and stockings, you going to get those too?" She asked
"I think so. What are you and Deeks doing tomorrow night?" Katy asked.
"I have no idea; I know Deeks is going to take me out to dinner." Kensi said. "What's Callen doing for you?"
"Michelle said he and Sam were talking about it and Sam suggested cooking me dinner, opening a bottle of wine, lighting a fire." She smiled.
"Sounds romantic, can Callen really good though?"
"Oh yeah, he's actually a very good cook now. I trust his cooking. It's a sweet gesture." She said.
"It is. So you're going to get the Satin set?" Kensi asked as Katy held up the tiny swathes of material up.
"You don't think it's too trashy?"
"No, it's sexy. Get it I'm sure you won't regret it." Kensi said with a sly smile.
"Hello babies." Katy said as she walked in the door to the kittens waiting.
"They are so cute and getting so big." Kensi said picking up the pair. "Please tell me they have names."
"Not yet, we're getting close. The black one is quick. He's in Callen's spot so fast it isn't funny. The white one is so sweet. Aren't you baby?" Katy said nosing her.
"So what's in the bag?" Callen asked trying to sneak a look.
"You'll see tomorrow night." She teased as she walked through the kitchen to the bedroom.
"How about a sneak peak?" He asked pushing her down to the bed.
"Kensi and Deeks are in the living room." She laughed.
"It's just been so long. I miss the feel of your skin and the way you wrap your legs around me." He told her kissing her collarbone.
"Why don't you wait?" She told him in a pant as he trailed kisses up her neck. "Did you and Marty order dinner?"
Callen groaned and dropped his head to her chest. "I hate being able to look at you and not touch. Yes we ordered dinner."
"I'm sorry honey. I want it to be tomorrow night." She told him.
"Why not tonight and tomorrow night. There were times when we'd do it a couple times a day or three or four times a week. I miss it." He told her as he rolled to his back.
"Oh, be patient I promise." She said.
The doorbell rang and they bolted out of the room and through the kitchen. Callen grabbed his wallet off the counter so he could pay for the pizza. Katy scooped up the kittens before they scampered out the door as the deliveryman left. She wandered back to the bedroom and locked them in so they could eat dinner in peace. Within a few minutes, they were scratching at the door and howling at the top of their little lungs. Callen couldn't take it and let them out. Katy called him a pushover and smacked his ass as he walked past.
They all heard the pitter patter of their little paws through the house and picked up their plates off the table as the two jumped up on the coffee table and promptly slid off the other side. Then they climbed up the arm of the couch to settle on the back of the couch behind Katy and Callen. When they were done eating, they climbed down and sat between them.
"They sure are attached to you guys." Deeks said.
"They are, aren't they?" Katy smiled. Katy's alarm went off; she reached for her phone on the side table and dialed Reggie's number.
"Hi Auntie, how are you?" Mary answered on the first ring.
"Were you sitting on the phone or something?" Katy laughed.
"I guess I was sitting right next to it. Guess what?" She squealed.
"What baby?" Katy asked.
"I lost another tooth." She said.
"Congratulations Mary¸ how many does that make now?"
"Four, my top two and the bottom two." She said.
"Are you going to put it under your pillow?"
"Yes I am. We also got your package today, but Daddy won't let us open it until tomorrow." She said.
"Well there's candy and stuff in it, so you shouldn't open it until tomorrow."
"Candy, all the more reason to open it now." She shrieked.
"No, wait until tomorrow." Katy told her laughing.
"How are the kittens?"
"They're good, sitting between Uncle and I. Kensi and Deeks are here for dinner." Katy said.
"Oh, tell them hi for me."
"Mary says hi." Katy said to the two of them.
"Hi Mary!" They yelled.
"Did you want to talk to Daddy?" Mary asked.
"Only if Daddy wants to talk to me." She said.
"Daddy, Ana do you want to talk to Katy?" she yelled.
Katy heard voices in the background.
"I've got to go take a bath. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She said and hung up.
By nine, Kensi and Deeks were headed to Deeks' place. Callen and Katy put the leftover pizza in the refrigerator and fed the kittens. Callen cornered Katy in the kitchen, pinning her between him and the counter.
"So, why don't we go to bed early tonight?" Callen asked kissing her neck.
"You can't wait until tomorrow?" Katy gasped.
"Do you think I want to wait?" He said putting her up on the counter.
"Really here in the kitchen?" Katy laughed as Callen worked his way down her neck to her chest.
"We'll start in here and finish in the bedroom. I was thinking I could pin you up against the wall, we haven't done that in a while." He said between kisses.
Katy allowed Callen to pull her shirt over her head and watched as her bra fell to the floor. With both hands, Callen caresses her breasts, teasing her nipples. Katy threw her head back with the pleasure. Longing to feel his skin on hers, she pulled his shirt over his head. His lips found hers and they pulled each other closer, closer than they'd been in weeks.
"God Katy, it's been too long." Callen grunted before he took one of her nipples in his mouth. Katy moaned and dug her nails into his back. She wrapped her legs tightly around his waist feeling him growing harder by the second.
"Bedroom now." Katy whimpered.
With that, Callen was off to the bedroom, kissing her the entire way. He pushed her up against the wall outside their bedroom while he fumbled for the doorknob, pressing himself harder and harder into. God she wanted him so bad, like Callen had said, it had been far too long. Finally, she pushed him away and stood on her own, opening the door. Callen pulled her into the room and quickly pulled off her jeans and underwear before shedding his. Katy tried to lay him back, but he grabbed her wrapping her legs around him. He pushed her up against the wall and entered her in one swift motion. He buried his face in her neck as she accepted him fully.
"Oh God Callen!" Katy gasped and held on as he pumped. She was sure she was leaving scratch marks up and down his back, but didn't care.
Suddenly, Callen turned and laid her on the bed. Driving himself in and out with as much control as he possibly could. All he wanted to do was fall into her deeper and deeper. Katy rolled him onto his back and rode him. Callen sat against the headboard loving the looks on her face and the noises she was making. She was back, the Katy he knew so well and loved so deeply was his again. He never wanted to stop or let go. When Katy threw her head back and writhed uncontrollably, he let himself go.
They collapsed entangled, with the kittens scratching at the door. "I don't know what I was thinking by waiting so long." Katy said trying to catch her breath.
"I love it when you do that thing." He said, knowing she'd know what he was talking about.
"Why do you think I do it?" she laughed.
"I love every inch of your body, inside and out." he said kissing her. "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"No, I was worried about hurting you. How's your back?" she laughed.
"I'm fine, never been better." He said caressing her breast.
"Should we let the kittens in now, their crying is heart-wrenching." Katy said as Callen untangled himself from her and let them in.
When Callen and Katy walked into the bullpen with huge smiles the next morning, Kensi and Sam knew exactly why. When Katy went to get a cup of coffee, Kensi followed.
"So I take it Callen got to see his Valentine's present a day early?" She said smiling like the Cheshire Cat.
Katy couldn't help but smiling remembering the previous night's encounter. "No, he still has that to look forward to tonight."
"So I take it you guys?" Sam smiled.
Callen smiled. "We did." He said looking back at the kitchen.
"Good, it's good to see a smile back on your faces." He said.
The morning drug by, the team sat at their desks finishing up what was left of their paperwork. At ten, the flowers and chocolates Callen ordered Katy were delivered. She was giddy and all smiles when she signed for it and opened the box. Callen stood back and watched when she pulled the bouquet from the box and sat it on her desk.
"Callen, they're beautiful." She smiled and walked over to kiss him. "Thank you."
"You're welcome Honey." He said wrapping his arms around her. "You'll get the rest of your present tonight at home."
"So will you." She smiled devilishly.
"Really, can't wait to see what it is." He smiled.
Hetty knew they all had plans for the evening, so she let them head out at four thirty. No sooner did they get home and Callen started dinner. He opened a bottle of wine and gave a glass to Katy. She sat at the bar watching him slice mushrooms and other vegetables. He seasoned the steaks and put them on the grill between the two sets of burners. He sautéed the mushrooms and steamed the vegetables. Katy watched as he pulled the crystal candle sticks from the cabinet and took them to the table. He sat one on each side of the bouquet of flowers. He took down two plates and got out flatware. When her glass was nearly empty, he refilled it for her.
Katy walked around the island and stopped him as he rushed from the kitchen to the dining room. She kissed him hard. If the steaks hadn't popped and sizzled, he would have taken her off to the bedroom right then and there. He looked lovingly at her, kissed her again and went on about getting dinner ready. Katy took the opportunity to change; Callen raised an eyebrow when she returned in a long black satin robe. When she sat back at the bar, he caught a peek of the thigh-high stockings and garter straps.
Before they sat down to eat, Callen lit the candles and started a fire in the fireplace. Katy sauntered into the living room, the strap of her satin teddy exposed as the robe had fallen from her shoulder.
"If you keep that up, we won't make it through dinner." He told her pulling the robe back onto her shoulder.
"Who said I wanted to make it through dinner?" she asked with a sultry smile.
"I worked very hard to make you dinner; I would appreciate it if you'd sit down and enjoy it with me." He told her with a smile.
"We've got all night for what I have planned, I guess." She winked as she sat down.
All through dinner, Katy teased him. Be it with her foot or by revealing a little more of the teddy. He couldn't wait to get his hands on her, but wanted to wait since he too had something planned. Once they finished dinner, they cleared the table and Callen loaded the dishwasher. He opened a second bottle of wine, pouring Katy another glass before he told her to go in the living room. She did and heard him rummaging around in the kitchen. When he walked into the living room, he had a bowl of strawberries and a can of whipped cream.
"Really, whipped cream and strawberries?" she laughed.
"It's something we've never done before." He said pulling the coffee table out of the way.
"Should we call Mary now so we're not interrupted later on?" she suggested.
Callen sat next to her on the floor and tossed back part of her robe. "Yeah, I think it might not be a bad idea."
Fifteen minutes later, they were saying goodnight to Mary and situating themselves back in the living room. He picked up a strawberry and held it to her mouth waiting for her to take a bite. When she did, he pulled her close and kissed her. Slowly, his hand crept up her leg and under the robe, feeling the garter and the soft material it was attached to at her hip. Katy untied the robe, exposing the teddy.
"Good Lord Katy, that's the sexiest thing I've ever seen." He said with a smile.
"Happy Valentine's Day." She said straddling him.
"I guess we won't need the whipped cream tonight." He laughed as she looked down on him.
"Oh I'm sure we can find something to do with it." She said before she bent down and kissed him.
An hour later, the teddy was tossed over the back of the couch and Callen's clothes littered the floor. All of the strawberries were gone, as was half the can of whipped cream. The kittens were nipping and clawing at their toes because Callen and Katy were completely ignoring them. At one point the black kitten clawed his way onto the couch and looked down on them, cocking his head occasionally. When the white kitten joined him, both Katy and Callen had to laugh. By midnight, the fire had died down. Callen and Katy had pulled a few blankets from the chest in the corner and the kittens were curled up asleep on top of them as they cuddled into one another.
"That was fun." Katy said as she laid her head on Callen's chest.
"It was I think we'll buy a can of whipped cream every now and then." Callen laughed.
"You can't forget the strawberries." Katy reminded him as she rubbed her foot up and down his leg.
"Maybe some chocolate sauce too."
"Hell, just add the ice cream and cherries and we can make Sundays on one another." Katy laughed.
"We could always make it a banana split." Callen said teasing her with his fingers.
Katy's eyes nearly rolled into the back of her head. "You need to stop that or we'll get no sleep tonight."
"I'm sure we can go one day sleep deprived." He said kissing her neck.
"God Callen." Katy moaned.
One of the kittens stalked his hand under the blanket and pounced all teeth and claws. "I take it you don't want Mom and Dad to have any more fun?" Callen asked, picking up the kitten and putting him on the couch.
No sooner did Callen resume his teasing of Katy and the cat jumped back down and attacked his hand. Katy laughed. "He knows Mom needs some rest, thank you little boy." She said nosing him.
"Traitor." Callen said as he was head bunted by the kitten.
"That's a good name for him, Traitor." She laughed.
"No, I was thinking Pounce or Flash. This boy moves pretty fast." He said petting the kitten.
"What about her, what about a name for her?" Katy asked.
"I don't know she's so sweet. Maybe we should call her Sweetie?" He suggested.
"She's a little purr machine, maybe Purrley?" she said.
"I don't know. We need to figure something out; we've had them almost three weeks and still haven't come up with names for them." He told her.
"How was your night?" Sam asked when they walked into the office the next morning.
Katy smiled and turned red.
"That's good, huh?" Sam laughed.
"Yeah, it was a good night. Callen made a wonderful dinner. The strawberries and whipped cream was fun." She said looking at Callen.
"Strawberries and whipped cream? Where'd you get that idea from?" Sam asked.
"It was something Reggie suggested." Callen laughed.
Katy laughed, "Are you serious, you got that from Reggie?"
Callen looked around and when he saw no one looking, he rested his arms on Katy's shoulders and leaned in to kiss her. "Yes, I got it from Reggie."
"Alright." She laughed.
Nate was walking down the stairs and stopped when he saw them together. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop from smiling. He snapped out of his daze and took the rest of the stairs down. When Katy and Callen saw him approaching the bullpen, they immediately separated. He walked over and stood in the entry, greeting everyone present.
"Hey Katy, can I talk to you for a minute?" He asked.
"Sure what's up?" she asked taking a sip of her coffee.
"Let's go on up to my office." He said leading her up the stairs.
"I have a feeling I know what this is about." She said as she sat on the couch.
"I'm sure you do. I got a call from Dr. Wilson yesterday; he said you called him informing him that you were taking yourself off the antidepressants." Nate said with a worried look on his face.
"I am, I don't feel like they're helping, if anything I feel like I can't cry or anything else for that matter." She told him.
"I wish you'd stay on them a while longer." He told her.
"I don't want to. I think Callen and I are trying to get pregnant again and I can't be on them while pregnant." She smiled.
"Really, you guys are trying to get pregnant again?" He smiled. "Already? Wow."
Slightly embarrassed to share what she was about to, she blushed. "Callen and I started having sex again. After two months."
Nate cleared his throat and smiled an awkward smile. "Good. Are you going to be okay with getting pregnant again?"
"I think so, don't know really. We'll have to see when it happens." She said.
Katy walked back down stairs and patted Callen on the back as she walked past his desk. "Everything okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, Dr. Wilson called to let him know I called about going off the meds." She told him as she sat at her desk.
Callen laughed, "How'd Nate take it?"
"He wasn't happy."
Eric whistled from the landing. The team followed him up to the stairs where Nell was waiting with a video. As soon as they were all present and accounted for, she began. "This video was taken last night just outside the Amtrak station in Oceanside."
The team watched as a group four men tied a fifth to the train tracks. Katy gasped when she saw the head lights of an engine creeping closer and closer to the man in the tracks. She turned her head into Callen's shoulder as the train passed over him. Miraculously, after the train passed, the man stood, grabbed his chest and collapsed.
"The man that was tied to the tracks was identified as Lance Corporal Tim Simmons. He was recently assigned to MARSOC at Camp Pendleton. One of the train yard workers called Oceanside PD when he saw the footage and led them to LCpl. Simmons. He's in critical condition at the Naval Hospital on base after suffering a heart attack. We also found four other videos on the internet showing this being done to four other Marines. All of them stationed with MARSOC."
"Sounds like some serious hazing." Katy said evoking a nod of agreement from Sam.
"I thought the Corps banned hazing." Kensi said.
"Well, openly they did. But it's complicated. As long say a NCO or Staff NCO is doing whatever the subject is doing, it's not considered hazing. Nell, you said he was just assigned to MARSOC, how long ago? I'm wondering if it was some kind on initiation." She said.
"He's been there almost six months now and it looks like he's almost finished with all of his classes to become a fully vested MARSOC Operator." Nell told her.
"What courses are we talking about?" Callen asked.
"Considering MARSOC is a step above Recon, everything that Recon requires. BRC, jump, dive, sere, sniper, advanced sniper. Nell will have to tell you if there's anything else." Katy told him.
"I'll have to check on it and get back to you, but that sounds like the gist of it." She said. "We ran Simmons' financials and found that he's making several payments to several of the NCO's and Staff NCO's. At first we thought maybe he was purchasing a vehicle from one of them, but records show his father purchased him a car when he got out of MOS school."
"So why are we getting this case?" Callen asked.
"Lance Corporal Simmons' father works for one of the defense development companies. One of their products failed during testing, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Marines; including several MARSOC and Recon Marines." Hetty said when she stepped forward.
"So you're thinking this particular incident is payback for the equipment failure?" Katy asked.
"That is the suspicion." Hetty told her.
"That sheds a whole new light on this." Katy said.
"Alright Kensi, Deeks go talk to Simmons. Katy, Sam and I will go talk to the command. While we're gone, try to enhance the video and see if you can get any shots of the faces of the guys that so kindly tied him to the tracks." Callen said.
"Will do." Nell said as they walked out.
Callen was in the guard shack using the restroom, so Sam took the opportunity to talk to Katy. "So are you doing okay?"
"Yeah, I'm doing good; honestly. I know that look." She said.
"Michelle and I worry about you two." He told her.
"Callen and I are fine Sam, really."
"Can I ask you a question, why do you call in Callen and not G?"
Katy thought for a minute. "I don't know he's always been Callen to me. I think calling him G would be awkward."
"Have you tried it?" Sam laughed.
"I've called him G a few times; do you think it bothers him that I don't call him G?" Katy asked, worried.
"I don't know you might want to talk to him about it." He said as Callen walked back out to the car both Katy and Sam were uncharacteristically quiet.
"You guys okay, you're awfully quiet." He said as they pulled out of the parking space.
"Nah, we're fine. So where is MARSOC now?" Sam asked Katy.
"Do you know how to get to Edson range and Pulgas?" She asked.
"It's been a while, but I think I can find it. It's a left after the commissary, right?" He asked.
"Yes it is." Katy smiled from the back seat.
Several times during the twenty minute drive, Callen looked back and smiled at her. Katy wanted so much to lean forward and kiss him. He reached back and took her hand, squeezing it. He mouthed the words 'I love you' to her and she mouthed them back to him. Sam watched the exchange from the rearview mirror and smiled.
Two Marines with M-sixteen's were guarding the entry to the camp. "How can I help you Sirs and Ma'am." One said when they pulled up.
"NCIS, we need to speak to the CO." Sam said.
The guard stood back and nodded to the other, who stood back and let them pass. As they drove around to the company offices, there were a few Marines milling about. All of them looked at them suspiciously as they drove past. When they parked and got out at the company offices, they could hear the yelling from inside the building. Katy followed Callen and Sam into the building, but looked behind them noticing everyone had stopped to watch.
"What the fuck is wrong with you? You're NCO's; you're the ones these young Marines look to for guidance. You're supposed to be the ones who set the example. What kind of example are you setting if you're tying the fresh meat to the train tracks?" They heard coming from one of the offices.
A young Marine behind a desk stood at attention and addressed them. "Welcome to MARSOC, Lance Corporal Pierce, how can I help you Sirs and Ma'am?"
All of them produced their credentials. "We're with NCIS, I'm Special Agent Callen, and this is Special Agent Hanna and Special Agent Callen. We need to speak to whoever is bellowing in that office and whoever he's yelling at now."
"Yes Sir." He said running to the door, knocking furiously.
"What the fuck is it? I told you no interruptions." The man said as he threw the door open.
"Master Guns, there are three NCIS Agents here wanting to speak with you and the four Marines you're yelling at, Sir." He said.
"Fuck." He said. "You four are done. NCIS is here you tell them everything."
He walked out of the office and introduced himself to them. "I'm Master Gunnery Sergeant Kohn. I'm the company commander."
"I'm Special Agent Callen, this is Special Agent Hanna and…" Callen started to introduce Katy, but the Sgt. Maj. interrupted him.
"Levin." He said with a smile. "Corporal Levin. So you're working with NCIS now?"
"Good to see you sir." Katy smiled awkwardly, shaking his hand. "Actually it's Callen now."
He looked from Katy to Callen. "Really? Well congratulations, I guess. I figured you and that twig you were buddy-buddy with would've gotten hitched after he knocked you up."
Katy smiled. "No sir."
Seeing Katy was uncomfortable with the direction the conversation was headed, Sam cleared his throat before Callen could. "We need to speak with you with regards to LCpl. Simmons."
"Yes, I know. Follow me; I'll introduce you to the four pinheads that tied him to the tracks." He said and walked into his office. All of the Marines stood at attention. "This is Sgt. Grady and Cpls. Donaldson, Keyes and Gomez."
The four looked Katy up and down before they looked at Callen and Sam. "I'm Special Agent Callen; this is Special Agent Hanna and Callen. We need to ask you a few questions about what happened last night."
"Don't even think about her, she was a first rate barracks whore when she was in the Corps." Master Guns said.
Katy shot him a look, ignoring his comment. "We'd like to speak to them separately, preferably."
"I'm sure they'll talk to the other two, but doubt they'll talk to you. We don't favor WM's around here."
Callen looked back at Katy, while he could tell she was angry, she still held herself together. "Is there someplace we can talk to them individually?"
"Sure, you can use the office down the hall." He said leading them out of the room.
"You okay?" Callen asked Katy.
"Fine." She said sternly.
Sam caught all four of the NCO leering at Katy as they followed them out of the office and down the hall. "What's his story?"
"He was my Staff Sergeant back in North Carolina. I went to him after I was raped by a couple of the Marines in the barracks. He didn't do a damn thing and labeled me a whore." She said.
"A real piece of work?" Sam said shaking his head.
"An asshole and then some." Katy added.
"You three wait out here, no talking. Sgt. Grady." Callen said as he stepped into the room.
The conversation was short but very informative. Grady admitted to doing this to every new MARSOC Marine as initiation. This was just the first time something had ever happened. When they asked if he knew anything about why Simmons was paying a SSgt and several other NCO's he laughed, telling them that he like everyone of the other new kids had to pay for certain privileges, but didn't explain further. By the time he was done, they had seven more names.
One by one, they brought the rest of the Marines in and questioned them all of them gave the same story, yet none of them mentioned anything about Simmons' father and the suspected vendetta against him. As they were leaving, they stopped into the Master Gunnery Sergeants office, thanking him for his cooperation.
"So Levin, does your husband know what kind of whore you were while you were in the Corps?" he asked as Katy stepped out of the office.
"Sir, with all due respect; it's Callen and you were the one who swept the rape under the rug. By labeling me a barracks whore, you opened me up to countless other rapes. You're the shitbag, not me."
"How dare you!" he shouted.
"What are you going to do to me?" Katy asked with her arms crossed over her chest.
"I'll call your superiors." He said.
"I am her superior." Callen told him.
"Fucking the boss, doesn't surprise me." He laughed.
"Do you have documentation of the times you were raped and how many times you came to him with the issue?" Callen asked Katy.
"I do as a matter of fact." She said.
"Looks like we're going to have to turn it over to the Inspector General, I'm sure over the last fifteen years you aren't the only one he's done this to." Sam added.
"You wouldn't." He said dropping to his chair.
"Keep harassing my Agent and wife like that and I will." Callen told him.
"Look at her; she looks like a two dollar tramp." He said.
If Sam hadn't stopped Callen, he would've launched himself over the desk at him. "We're done here."
"Yes we are." Kohn said.
"There is one thing I've always wanted to tell you." Katy smiled.
"And what is that?" Kohn asked.
"Fuck you and I hope you rot in hell." She said and spun on her heels, walking out the door.
Callen and Sam followed her out to the car, both smiling at her outburst. "You alright?"
"I'm fine. That's been waiting to come out for fifteen years." She laughed.
"Yeah, but you probably shouldn't have said it." Callen told her.
"I'll deal with Hetty, I'm sure he's on the phone trying to find out who we work for right now." She told them.
"Ma'am" a young Marine called from behind them. "I heard what was said in the office and wanted to let you know you weren't the only one. He did it to my sister about ten years ago."
"When was she in the Corps?" Sam asked.
"Two thousand three to two thousand seven, she was an armor. Jen would call home every night crying about the shit he was putting her through. He basically put her up on the auction block and sold her to the highest bidder on a regular basis. Rumors are that he's been running a prostitution ring." He said.
"Are you serious?" Callen asked. "Do you know LCpl Simmons?"
"Yeah, we were in MOS school together." He said.
Katy asked if he know the Marines that Nell said Simmons was paying, he did and they were rumored to be working for Kohn collecting the money from those who frequent the services. Katy was sick to her stomach and asked if he knew the names of any of the female Marines being exploited. He said he didn't but he'd ask around. Katy gave him her card and asked that he call as soon as he had the names.
Katy sat silent in the back of the Challenger the entire drive back to the Mission. When they got back her, Sam and Callen immediately talked to Hetty. They explained about the rumors about the prostitution ring and that they personally thought that Simmons was tied to the tracks because he owed money for the use of said ring. While the still thought the coincidence was too great between Simmons' father's work and his incident, she agreed to allow them to begin investigating the prostitution ring. When they got up to leave, Hetty asked to speak with Katy.
"Are you alright working this case?" she asked.
"Yes, I am. If anything I need to see this through. Kohn was a Staff Sergeant in my command when I was stationed in North Carolina. I went to him on several occasions with the rapes, he labeled me a whore and I lost count of the number of other rapes and attacks there were. I feel he was selling me as well." Katy told her.
"If it becomes to be too much for you, I will make you sit this one out." Hetty warned her.
"I understand Hetty." She said.
"Now, I got a call from the MARSOC CO telling me that one of my agents had some disparaging remarks for the Master Gunnery Sergeant." She said with a smirk.
"I said a few things." Katy said.
"For the duration of the investigation, try to bite your tongue." She suggested.
Katy and Callen stood in the kitchen getting dinner ready. Callen was cutting the vegetables for the salad. Katy was pulling the leftover steak out of the refrigerator. The kittens were running through the kitchen and into the hallway after one of their toy mice. The pink mouse flew into the air and back down again before the white kitten swatted it back into the kitchen. Both Callen and Katy stopped to watch them play as they batted the mouse from the kitchen into the dining room.
"Are you going to be okay working this case?" Callen asked.
"I'll be fine honey." She told him. "If nothing else, it will be closure from all of the crap Kohn did to me."
Callen walked over to Katy's side and put his arms around her. "I just don't want this case to be the only thing on your mind; your main focus."
Katy gave him a reassuring kiss, soft and sweet. "I promise it won't be."
Kissing her deeper, Callen pulled her closer to him. "Maybe we can finish getting dinner ready in an hour or two?"
Katy laughed and dropped her head back; Callen took the opportunity to kiss her neck. "Can I ask you something?"
"Of course." He said leaning back to look at her.
"Does it bother you that I don't call you G?" she asked.
"No why?" he asked.
"Sam and I were talking while you were in the restroom this morning and he asked why I don't call you G."
"I think you've called me G a couple dozen times. What did you tell him?"
"That I've only known you as Callen and that it felt awkward to call you G." she said.
"I don't care what you call me. You could call me hey you and I'd respond to it." He smiled.
"Do you want me to start calling you G?" she asked.
Callen's response was a kiss, deep and passionate. Katy could barely stand on her own when his lips left hers. "Like I told you, it doesn't matter what you call me."
They sat down to eat with the kittens in the middle of the coffee table trying to swipe bites off their plates. Katy put a piece of lettuce on the table and both of the kittens nibbled on it. Callen offered up a couple small pieces of his steak, of course it was gone in one bite. After that, the cats were in their laps pawing at their plates.
"Good one honey. We're never going to be able to eat without them expecting scraps." Katy laughed.
"You started it with the lettuce." He laughed.
"Yeah but I didn't think they'd eat it." She told him.
Since Katy made most of dinner, Callen rinsed the dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher. Katy fed the kittens and stood with Callen in the kitchen talking. When Callen was done, he dried his hands with the towel and flicked it at Katy. She backed away from him laughing. They wound up chasing one another through the house trying to flick each other with hand towels. The kittens looked at them like they were crazy. Breathless and laughing, Callen cornered her in the hallway and pushed her against the wall.
"You know we've still got a half a can of whipped cream." He said with s sexy smirk.
"We should go get some chocolate sauce." She laughed kissing him.
"Mm, how about you get the covers turned down on the bed and I'll get the whipped cream." He said kissing her neck.
"I bet I can get in the room, turn down the bed and undress before you can come in." Katy said.
"You're on." Callen said and took off for the fridge.
Katy threw open the bedroom door and grabbed the covers, pulling them to the foot of the bed. She pulled her shirt and bra off at the same time and then pulled her jeans and panties to her ankles. She was sitting off the bed struggling to get the pants off her feet when she heard Callen running through the kitchen yelping as he ran. The kittens followed him into the room and jumped on the bed before he could make it in the room. He sat on the edge of the bed looking at the scratches around his ankles and on his toes. Katy crawled up the bed and pulled him on the bed and straddled him. The smile on his face said it all; she bent down and kissed him.
The next morning, it was in to the office, up to Ops for the backgrounds on the female Marines the PFC had given her. All were young women, between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one. All came from low-income families and what made Katy the maddest was that none of the girls received any of the money Kohn gained from selling her. The six women had been taken to the NCIS office near the Naval Hospital on base. The entire team took the Expedition down to Pendleton, but Katy and Kensi would be the ones to talk to the women.
It was emotionally taxing on Katy. Callen, Sam and Deeks stood in the observation room as Katy and Kensi talked to the girls. Callen could tell Katy was having a really hard time hearing everything these girls had to say. She would look away from time to time when the girl got overly descriptive about one of her attackers. By the sixth and final girl, Katy looked back at the two-way glass and shook her head. Callen walked out and next door to the interrogation room.
"Do you want to call it a day, finish this tomorrow?" he asked when she answered the door.
"Please tell me this is the last one." She said stepping out, closing the door behind her.
"It is, unless PFC Johns calls with more names." Callen told her. "You look exhausted."
"God, you heard these stories. It's exactly what I went through. We're going to need to stop by the store on the way home and pick up a bottle of wine or a case of beer after this." She told him.
Kensi stuck her head out of the door. "Come on, last one."
"I'm next door if you need me; stop it if it gets to be too much for you." Callen told her.
By the time they were done talking to the last girl, Katy wished she'd put off the interview until the following day. The girl was horribly graphic about the attacks or encounters as she called them. Katy and Kensi asked her the name of the last Marine she was with, Simmons, two nights before. LCpl Carr gave a very vivid account of the scene from the moment Simmons entered her barracks room to the moment he walked out. Katy was on the verge of tears when she was done and left the room before the interview was over.
As soon as Callen saw Katy make her way to the door, he was on his way to meet her. He was standing outside the observation room when she walked out. Immediately, she walked to him and sunk into him. "Too much?" he asked in a whisper.
Katy nodded. "I'm sorry, but Simmons deserved it. I wouldn't be surprised it Kohn taped all of the rapes so he could watch it himself; the sick son-of-a-bitch."
Callen let go of her and walked back into observation. "Sam, call Nell or Eric and ask if they can search social media sites for videos posted featuring these girls. Try the amateur porn and voyeurism sites."
"You don't think he taped them, do you?" Sam asked, disgusted.
"We also need to get out hands on a warrant for his house, his office, everything. We also need to search the girl's barracks rooms for cameras." He said before going back into the hall to talk to Katy again. "I need you to go back in and ask for the names of all of the Marines she knows raped her."
"Alright," Katy said and disappeared. "I need names, the name of everyone you've been with voluntarily and as a result of Kohn."
"But I didn't know many of them." Carr told her.
"Then we'll set you and the others up with sketch artists." Katy told her.
"Alright." Carr said.
Callen and Katy sat in the back of the Expedition on the way back to the office. She was a wreck. Callen worried that this case would be her undoing. All of the progress she'd made to get past her own rapes and the progress they'd made together since the loss of the twins, he hoped hadn't gone out the window. He wanted her off the case, but he knew if he voiced his concerns to either Hetty or Nate, she'd be pulled. On the other hand, he knew Katy would never forgive him if he did. He was at a loss. Sam was watching through the rearview mirror and saw the look in Callen's eyes.
Katy was the first one in the office, giving Callen and Sam a chance to talk. "She's not going to make it through this is she?"
"I don't think so. I'm going to talk to Nate. If I pull her off the case, I'm never going to hear the end of it." Callen told him as they walked into the office.
When they walked into the bullpen, Katy was nowhere to be found. He asked Kensi if she saw where Katy had gone, she hadn't.
"Mr. Callen?" Hetty called from her office.
He walked over. "Did you see where Katy went when she came in?"
"I believe she went to Mr. Getz's office. Is everything alright?" She asked.
"Today was a hard day." He told her.
"Do you want her off the case?" She asked.
"I don't know. I think it'll be good for her to see this through to the end, closure and justice for her past. I think if we pull her off the case it'll do more harm than good." He said.
"Let's see what Mr. Getz says after talking to her." Hetty suggested.
"What happened?" Nate said when she burst through the door.
"This whole case," she said plopping down on the couch. "It's like I'm reliving all the rapes again. But we're so close to ending it I can taste it. I think Callen wants me off the case, but I think I can handle it. I may need to talk to you more often, but I think I can do it."
"Are you sure that you can make it through this case?" He asked.
"This man did this shit to me, sold me on a nightly or weekly basis to the highest bidder. I never understood when they told me they paid good money for me until now." She said.
"Oh lord." Nate said finally fitting all the pieces together. "I don't know Katy, I know you need closure, but you're too close to this. You're one of the victims."
"No, I'm not; I'm the one that's going to bring this asshole down." She told him.
"Do you really think you can work this case, hear all of the accounts and still focus on the task at hand?"
"I have to, I will." She told him.
"Alright, I'll talk to Hetty. Have you talked to Callen about it?"
"Yes and no, we haven't been able to talk about the interviews today." She told him.
"Alright, talk to him tonight; let him know that you feel you'll be alright to finish the case. I'll deal with Hetty." He said.
When Katy came down the stairs, she was smiling. Callen about fell out of his chair. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked.
"Sure." She said and followed him to the hall.
"Are you okay?" he asked. "In the car, you were so."
"Honey, I'm okay. Nate's agreed to talk to me whenever I need. I need to finish this case for me." She said.
He smiled. "I just worry about you."
"I know you do, but I will be okay. We'll talk more about it tonight at home, okay?"
Callen leaned in and looked around, when he saw no one, he kissed her. "Maybe a little more than talking again tonight?"
Katy grinned. "We used all the whipped cream last night."
"We don't need the whipped cream." He smiled and kissed her again. "I love you; I just don't want to lose you over this case."
"You won't baby." She told him.
Callen and Katy stopped off at the store on the way home and picked up something quick for dinner. They walked down the refrigerated section and laughed when they came to the whipped cream. For the fun of it, Callen tossed a can in the cart. When they got home, they put dinner in the over to warm it up and fed the kittens before they sat down to eat. While they waited until their nightly call to Mary, Callen asked her about her feelings on the case and whether or not she truly felt she could get through it.
By the time seven thirty rolled around, he was convinced that she was going to be fine. Mary was hoarse and had a horrible cough. She'd mentioned the night before that she wasn't feeling well, but neither Katy nor Callen thought she'd sound like this. When Reggie got on the phone, he told them Ana had taken her to the doctor's office that day and that she was put on an antibiotic for walking pneumonia. They wished her well and let her get some rest, promising to call the next evening.
Friday morning, they got word that some two thousand videos and CDs had been confiscated from Kohn's house, by the NCIS office on base. They gathered in Ops to view one or two. As the girls that Kensi and Katy had talked to; food was delivered to their rooms on several occasions. All reported waking the following morning with no recollection of what had happened the previous evening after eating. Katy recalled the same thing and mentioned that she'd taken herself to BAS the next morning to find she'd been raped and sodomized.
All of the tapes and CDs were coded, none of the victims names appeared. The first video in particular was given a higher rating over several others. Going out on a limb, the team gathered in Ops to watch part of it. The scene opened with a food delivery, the girl sat on her rack eating and within minutes passed out. A man entered, bound the girl and blindfolded her. The rest of the video was grizzly and graphic. The clothing the girl was wearing was cut from her body. Katy caught a glimpse of a mole on the girl's hip and another on her left breast.
"Stop the video, stop it now." She yelled at Eric.
Callen looked at Katy "What's wrong?"
"That was me, Callen." Katy said and slumped to the floor, everyone in the room had seen her naked, compromised.
"No one watches those videos." Callen said getting Katy out of the room as fast as possible. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Callen. I just don't want anyone to watch that video. Any other video but that one." She said.
"No, no one will watch any of the other videos." He told her.
"Can we go back in now?" Katy asked with a smile.
For some reason, Callen just started laughing. He pulled Katy to him and gave her a hug. "Yes, we can go back in now.
"Mr. and Mrs. Callen is there a problem?" Hetty asked from behind them.
"No not anymore, we started watching one of the videos confiscated from Kohn's. It unfortunately was Katy." Callen told her.
"Mrs. Callen are you alright?" Hetty asked worried.
"I'm fine. I stopped Eric before the entire room saw very much." Katy told her.
"No more of those are to be played by anyone on this team. They will be handed directly to the Inspector General." Hetty ordered.
The rest of the day passed quickly, before they knew it they were all standing in the bullpen discussing their plans for the weekend as they packed their bags. Both Katy and Callen were looking forward to a nice quiet weekend just them and the kittens. In spite of Sam's best attempts, they turned down all of his invitations to come down to his house for the weekend. Katy knew at some point that weekend, Michelle would start calling and either they'd give in and drive down to San Diego or Sam, Michelle and the kids would show up unannounced.
They ordered Chinese food to be delivered before they left the office so it would be delivered shortly after they got there. They fed the kittens as soon as they walked in the door so they weren't so inclined as to beg for food like they had the night before. Once dinner was delivered, they sat down to eat and did nothing but watch TV and talk to Mary the rest of the night. Little Boy and Little Girl; as they were now affectionately known; curled up between the two of them. When it was time to go to bed, they scooped up the kittens and carried them to the bedroom.