Author Note: I ogrinally had this story as part of one take Monday in March 2017 but I decided that it's time to rewrite this story into something longer. I hope that you enjoy it.

Character Summary:

Callen is a single father of two children while trying to make sure that the world is safe for everyone.

Emma is the daughter of Callen and his wife, Marissa.

Marcus is the son of Callen and his wife, Marissa.

Marissa is the wife of Callen. She will appear in flashback during the early chapters but is she really gone?

Chapter 1

Callen pulled into the driveway after a long day. It had been three days since Marissa went missing and he knew that he just needed to find her but where is she. The team had been assigned to her case in favor to Callen as long as he was not on the case. He got out of the car and headed inside of the house. He was so thankful to his mother-in-law for taking care of the kids. He walked inside to find the kids screaming in laughter. He was happy that he could make the world a safer place for his kids following what happen to their mother. He knew that the kids were missing their mother and it was his job to find him

"Daddy." His daughter yelled as she watched her father sit down on the couch. She ran over to him and sat right on his lap.

"Hey baby girl. How was your day with grandma and your brother?" He asked his daughter with a smile as she cuddle into him.

"It was pretty good. We went to the park and then watched a movie." His mother-in-law said to him as she came in with his little boy who was clearly upset.

"Buddy, what is wrong?" Callen asked as he took his son out of his mother-in-law's arms. He knew the reason but he wanted to hear from him.

"I miss mommy. I wish that she was home." Marcus said to his father.

"I know buddy. We all miss and want mom to come home and she will be." Callen said to his kids as his mother-in-law went home for the night.

Callen woke up the next morning to find the kids in bed with him. He knew that he wanted to do something special for the kids so he decided to take them to a movie tonight after work. He wanted to make sure that he protects the kids from the same people that took his wife.

Meanwhile, Marissa was sitting in an empty room. She knew that she needed to get back to her family. They must be worried sick about her right now. Marissa watched as her captors came into the room.

"What do you want from me?" She said to them.

"We want to see your friends and family suffer like we did. Your friends took away my brothers from me." one of the captors said to her. It was clear as day that they did not know that she was just married to one of the team members.

"Please let me go. I have two children at home that need me." Marissa tried to reason with them.

"We know. Trust me, we feel bad for those kids expect for the fact that they have their father with them." one of the captors responded to her.

"So another word, I am being punished for another person's crimes against your family. Why not just take one of them?" Marissa asked.

"Because this is the best way for them to suffer." The captors said together. Marissa knew that she just needed to hold out faith that the team would find her so she could get back to her family and friends.

"This is not right." Marissa responded to them. She knew that she needed to keep playing them because they will get what they desreve.

Back at the house, Callen got up for the day and went to take a shower. He kept thinking about Marissa and how he needed to find her. He remember the day that she went missing. They had a big fight about his work and how it was effecting their marriage which was not something that he wanted.

- Flashback -

Callen just walked into the house to find Marissa sitting there. He knew that she was not happy about the fact that he was gone for so long on cases.

"Hey, we need to talk." Marissa said to her husband.

"Talk about what?" Callen responded to her hoping that it was not about his work.

"The kids were telling me that they miss having their dad at home for dinner and bedtime and you know sometimes I wish that you were." Marissa responded to her husband. "Callen, I am not trying to be mean about this."

"Marissa, I want to spend as much time with them as I can. I want to spend as much time as I can with you. I just need to figure out how to make that work." Callen responded to her.

"I know." Marissa responded to her husband.

-End of flashback-

Callen was not paying attention when his daughter came into the bathroom.

"Daddy, what's the plan for today?" Emma asked her father.

"I was thinking that we could go out to dinner and see a movie. I'm taking the day off to spend it with you and your brother today." Callen revealed to her with a smile.

Callen could tell that his daughter was happy about the day's plan along with his son when he told them. He just hoped that Marissa would be home soon whereever she was at.

Author Note: I hope that you enjoy this story. Be sure to follow me on twitter as Carson34ff where I update all the time. I am going to be posting the second chapter next week so be on the look out. I am off to go write my Thanksgiving story at the time that I am writing this.