Boom.

"Argh…damn it!"

Kensi opened her eyes and felt the grip around her neck loosen. Her hands immediately went to neck as she struggled to catch her breath. In front of her, Granger had fallen back at the loud boom and was now on his back. His arm was soaked in blood that was already spilling onto the pavement. While the assistant director screamed out in pain, Kensi pulled herself up onto her knees to face Granger.

What the hell was that noise? Kensi thought as she scanned the bridge in a panic. Her eyes fell on a spent and bloody .50 caliber bullet lying next to Granger. It meant one thing to her- there was a sniper in the area.

"You little bitch! Call 911!" Granger spat at Kensi. The brunette agent responded by grabbing Granger's gun, which had fallen onto the pavement when Granger had been shot. Kensi stood and aimed the gun at Granger while praying that the sniper wasn't planning on shooting her too.

"Not on your life," Kensi growled. She felt her finger tremble while on the trigger. She wanted to shoot this man so much.

"You think you can do it? Deeks couldn't!" Granger growled. He leaned onto his side, pressing a hand against the wound.

"You're going to lose that arm," Kensi said. She paused when she began to hear the sound of police sirens. "You want me to shoot off the other?"

Granger suddenly tried to reach for the gun in Kensi's hand, but the agent took a step back. Kensi nodded no and looked up to see police cars and SUVs drive onto the bridge. Police officers and NCIS agents jumped out of their cars and SUVs, drawing weapon and yelling, "LAPD! NCIS! Put the gun down! "

Kensi placed the gun on the pavement and kicked it away from Granger. She put her hands in the air and yelled, " I'm Special Agent Kensi Blye and I was brought here by Assistant Director Granger against my will! I didn't fire any weapons!"

Two male police officers ran to her side- the younger of the two men pulled Kensi towards the herd of police cars at the edge of the bridge. As she was pulled away, Kensi looked over her shoulder to see a group of police officers and agents surround Granger with weapons aimed at the assistant director.

"What the hell?" Kensi gasped. She pushed off the officer next to her and demanded, " Who authorized this arrest?"

"I did, Agent Blye," a voice from behind Kensi said. She spun around to see none other than NCIS Director Leon Vance. The director slowly approached Kensi, saying, " Unless you have a problem with that?"

"How did you….when did you-"

"You're wondering why I arrested Granger and why I'm not worrying about you being out of prison right now," Vance said. He crossed his arms behind his back and showed what Kensi could assume to be the smallest hint of a smile. "A man who was supposedly dead approached me a few months ago with damming evidence against Granger. I gave him time to find the conspirators and the lead to take down that son of a bitch down."

Kensi cocked her head in confusion before something in the forest caught her attention. She stepped around Vance to see a dark figure holding a sniper rifle emerging from the forest. A grin suddenly appeared on her face when she saw the figure to be her partner and boyfriend, Marty Deeks.

"Told you I'd come back," Deeks said as he walked up and pulled Kensi into a tight hug. She looked up at Deeks and kissed him on the lips. "I didn't doubt you for a second, "she laughed.

"I know. Sorry it took me so long."

Kensi gave me a light punch in the arm. " Yeah, about that- a year? What- did you stop for coffee?"

"Ah, well you know…." Deeks looked over to Vance, who was handcuffing Granger. The blonde haired agent called out, "Director Vance, may I do the honors?"

Vance nodded and forced Granger to face Deeks and Kensi. Deeks cleared his throat before saying, "I've been waiting a year and a half to do this. Assistant Director Owen Granger, you are formally under arrest for treason, false accusations against seven awesome federal employees-"

Kensi nudged Deeks in the ribs. " Focus."

"I am. You are also under arrest for aiding and abetting two other douches in committing treason, one being crispy and the other in prison-"

"Agent Deeks…." Vance warned.

"I'm doing it! You have the right to remain silent, which knowing you- you aren't going to use. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, I will raise five types of hell to stop you from getting an attorney to get off those charges-"

"Close enough," Vance sighed before dragging Granger over to a black SVU. When Vance was out of earshot range, Kensi turned to Deeks and asked, " How did you get Vance on our side?"

"I waited until six months ago before climbing into the back window of his home and telling him everything," Deeks said. He remembered standing in the director's living room on a rainy night, praying that Vance would listen without shooting him. "Oddly enough, he listened and then gave me the resources and time to hunt down the only person who could really serve as proof of Granger's wrongdoings- Lyons."

"Hmm, I see," Kensi said softly. She watched the SUV carrying Vance and Granger drive away. " Marty, why did you kill him?"

Deeks inhaled deeply before replying. "After all this time, me shooting him dead would be allowing him to get off easy. He'll be going to Guantanamo where he'll suffer for the rest of his life. But I don't want to talk about that- I want to talk about good things…like getting our friends out of jail."