Note: Yes, this is my sequel to my fic from last year. I liked doing it so much and I loved all the page views it got. Plus, I get to hash out my feelings about the Season here. (No need to read The Season 12 Misadventure if you don't want to)

While I'll try to make this as canon centric as I can, I'm also gonna insert my own stuff in here if I have to improvise (looks like I'm gonna be improvising a lot again), because anything I can come up with is 10 times better then actual show canon that's for sure!

Enjoy this, and I'll tell you more in the endnotes.

Date: I don't really know anymore.

It's been a while since I've done these recordings. Thought it was time to bring them back.

I arrived in Syria today. This time, I'm staying in a better place then where I was a while ago. As for why I'm back, it's a long story. Let's start at the beginning:

I was up late 1 night with my Scotch, going over some stuff related to Syria. Most nights now, I either get restless or bad dreams keep awake. It's either PTSD or insomnia.

Anyhoo, I was going through the stuff, then I got an alert on my phone saying there had been a security breach at work. I thought about setting off the entire building alarm, except I knew what room had been busted into, and who the culprit was. And I knew I'd have to deal with him in the morning.

The next day, I was in the armory, packing every good weapon that I could take, when 1 of my agents walked in and wanted to talk.

She was considering adoption, and she wanted to know if she could put me down as a reference. I was very touched, and I wanted to say yes, except my experience with parenting involves training orphans for war. And I don't think that would sit well with most agencies. So I politely declined her offer.

My day took a bad turn after that. I was at my desk packing more stuff when a real pain in my ass walked by and wanted to know why I requested to go back to Syria. I didn't want to ask him, mainly because he's retired, and I love annoying him. Except he would've thrown a major fit if I just took off without telling him.

Back to the topic. He threatened to get rid of me if I made things worse in Syria, and he brought up what happened to me a few years ago in Vietnam in the most inappropriate way! I wanted to punch him so badly, but I had to remain professional.

I was tricked back then, and it was 3 months of pure hell! I still get the occasional nightmare of the whole ordeal! For him to suggest that it was my fault, is a horrible thing to say!

After that, I went to the burn room to get rid of incriminating files. Then my top agent (and the culprit who busted into the file cabinet) walked in, demanding that I tell him who Subject 17 is. After he raised his voice too many times, I broke down and said yes.

Back in the 70's, my experience as a spy and a soldier in war had taught me that there were so many enemies out there who want nothing more then to see America burn. My solution to that was to find young people with bright minds and train them for battle.

It may sound horrific, but this was back when Vietnam had ended terribly, and we were engaged in a Cold war of trying to manipulate our enemies with wordplay nad threats. T any moment, we could've all gone to war. Needing soldiers who could fight at a moment's notice was very crucial. And 1 of those soldiers is my top agent.

I know how terrible this makes me look, but his mother had been killed, and his father was nowhere to be found, and I knew his mother. And I was worried about him. I wanted him to have the skills to fight and survive, and I helped give them to him, through teachers, and when he was a teenager, through me, in some ways.

I left before we could have another confrontation.

As for why I'm back in Syria, my previous mission went south, and I'm here to clean up my mess.

This time, I didn't come alone. I invited a friend over for help. And he'll be here any minute.

Hopefully, I get to leave this country alive.

End recording 1.

Endnotes: Truthfully, I'm very mixed about the premiere went. And also very pissed.

1: I hate how canon about Callen is being changed, and why it might be being changed. (I love the fact about Hetty taking him in as a teenager, but making it look like she actually trained him as a kid just for that angsty scene in the burn room, which was their 1st scene in the same room since S11's Fortune favors the Brave?! No. And I'm now convinced that these foolish writers want to drive a real wedge between Hetty and Callen, just like these past 2 years with Hetty and Nell, all for dumb angst.)

2: Since Season 10, I've come to realize just how important Hetty is to this show. And if she's not around, this show just really stinks! (I may love Densi, but I could fucking care less about all the stupid never ending baby drama!). And with last night's horrible stunt of demoting Linda to 'Special Guest Star', I think I just realized that if she's not going to be around full time and she's gonna be pushed aside for this crap, then I have to stop watching future episodes live and just get spoilers from Tumblr and Twitter.

3: As I said above, I'll try to follow canon here. But since it looks like show's canon is going to either keep on changing things or just plain ignoring her all together, I get to add my own fun stuff in the chapters! So, be prepared for possible ridiculousness. (and also, ANYTHING I come up with can't be any worse then the crap that this show is pulling!)

4: I absolutely hate what Killjoy (lol) said to Hetty in her office! Bringing up a very traumatic event like that in such an inappropriate manner is very unacceptable!

See ya next week for Chapter 2.