Zoë looked around worried as the lights went out.

"Callen, are you there?" Zoë called but there was no answer. "Callen, Sam, anybody, can you hear me?"

Still there was no answer. Zoë reached into her bag and grabbed the gun. She held it just like Callen had told her. She figured it would be best to stay here in the office. She could go out and wander through the halls but then whoever was after her could surprise her and take her captive or something. Besides, this way Callen and Sam would be able to find her. She was sure they were on their way, they must have noticed the blackout too.

..

"Zoë? Zoë, can you hear me?" Callen asked through the coms but there was no response. "I got nothing."

"Can you get these cameras back online?" Sam asked the security personnel at the base.

"I'm trying but it's not working."

"We gotta get over there. Zoë could be in trouble," Callen told Sam and he was almost already out of the door.

Sam followed his partner to the building where Zoë was.

..

Zoë stayed ducked behind her desk with her eyes and gun pointed at the door. Her eyes had adjusted to the dark and she could see a bit of light coming in through her windows. She heard some noise outside of her door. She took a deep breath and focused on holding the gun and perhaps shooting just like Callen had taught her. When she saw the door opening she saw a figure she didn't recognize and if it were Callen and Sam they would've probably announced themselves. She saw what looked like to be a gun and it was pointed at her. She didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger. The person stumbled back onto the floor. About a minute later she saw another figure in her doorway.

….

Callen and Sam heard the gunshot and quickly made their way over to where the sound was coming from. They saw a man stumbling out of Zoë's office, it seemed like he was shot.

"Federal agents!" Callen yelled.

The man turned towards them with his gun raised. Callen shot him again and they made their way up to Zoë's office.

…

Zoë was about to shoot but then she saw the flashlight and Callen's face.

"Wow, easy Zoë," Callen said as he saw the gun pointed at him. He had heard the gunshot moments ago. "It's just me, it's me and Sam."

"Callen?" Zoë spoke a bit afraid.

"Yeah, it's me. You're okay."

Callen took the gun out of Zoë's hands and put it on the desk.

"Did I kill him?"

"No, you didn't. But it's over. We got him. It's okay. Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm fine. I can't believe I shot him."

"You did good Zoë. He was gonna hurt you. You did good."

"I did it exactly like you taught me."

"You did good."

Sam had come closer to, he had taken a picture of the dead guy's face and sent it to Eric and Nell already.

"You okay Zoë?" Sam asked.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Do you recognize him?" Sam asked as he showed the picture to Zoë.

"No, I don't recognize him. He's not one of my patients. Maybe he's connected to one of my patients but I have no idea who this is."

"We've already send the picture over to the wonder twins, they will get on this."

The MP's and other personnel were there as well, dealing with the scene. Once the power was on Zoë started looking through her files again to see if she could perhaps tie this do one of her patients.

"Did you find something out from a patient that could explain this?" Callen asked.

"No, not that I can think off right away. With every patient I saw I made sure to write as much down as I could. Any small detail could be the key to finding out why Stone was killed but no, nothing that stands out at me directly. But that guy must have been navy or something as well, I mean how otherwise would he have gotten onto the base and into this building."

"Let's hope Eric and Nell find an ID soon." Just as Callen finished saying that his phone rang. "Yeah Nell," Callen answered the phone on speaker

"We've got an ID on your dead guy. His name is Petty Officer David Reaves," Nell said.

"Reaves, Reaves, that name sounds familiar," Zoë spoke. On her computer she searched her notes for the name Reaves. "There, I found him, one of my patients talked about him. And I found the same name in Stone's notes. Also from the same patient."

"What's the patient's name?" Sam asked.

"Petty Officer Michael Torres."

"What's the connection between the two of them?"

"Torres talked about Reaves. They were teammates. Torres and Reaves got into an argument about a case they worked. He didn't go into specifics just yet. I was trying to get to that but he didn't tell me. But something was definitely going on between these two."

"And considering Reaves is willing to kill for it suggest it's something perhaps not completely in line with the navy," Callen stated.

"What's Reaves and Torres' job exactly?" Sam asked.

"They both work at the armory and impound. Torres is seeing a shrink because he has some trouble with PTSD, it's mandatory for him," Zoë answered.

"So perhaps they were into some shady businesses and stole stuff from the inventory and Torres was gonna spill it to you and perhaps he already did to Stone and Reaves wanted to shut them up," Callen reasoned.

"Eric, Nell, do you know where Torres is now?" Sam asked.

"His card was swiped earlier at the barracks, so he should be there," Eric answered.

"Where on the base is that?" Callen asked.

"Just a few buildings down the road."

Callen and Sam left with some MP's and went to the barracks. Some on the men were in the common room when they walked in and were surprised to see MP's there.

"Where is Petty Officer Torres?" Sam asked.

"He should be in his room. Haven't seen him leave," One of the men answered.

"Where it is?"

"Down the hall. Third door on your left."

They quickly made their way up to Torres' room but the door was locked.

"PO Torres, it's NCIS, open up," Callen yelled as he knocked on the door but there was no answer. Callen knocked again but there was no answer.

Sam kicked in the door and they found Torres lying on bed with blood on his chest. Sam quickly checked him and he was still alive but barely. Sam tried to stop the bleeding with his hands as one of the MP's went to get some sort of a stretcher. They quickly transported him to the car and drove him to the hospital on the base. He was quickly taken away by the doctors.

"I bet this Reaves guy had a sweet deal going and he wasn't about to give it up just because Torres perhaps got second thoughts," Sam reasoned.

"Yeah, let's hope he pulls through so we can ask him."

Callen and Sam waited there until Torres was out of surgery. He made it through surgery but he was still unconscious, it would be a while before Callen and Sam would be able to question him. They asked the staff to alert them as soon as Torres was awake and they went back to the building where Zoë was at.

"Did you find Torres?" Zoë asked as Callen and Sam walked in.

"Yeah we did, he was at his barracks but apparently Reaves had shot him," Callen replied.

"Oh my god, is he gonna be okay?"

"He got through surgery but it's still touch and go at the moment."

"The MP's already relayed the information to their superior officer and he would launch a full investigation into this. Look more closely to the assignments Reaves and Torres had been giving to see if they can find something."

"Okay good. We'll just have to wait until Torres wakes up but that could be a while."

They wrapped up at the scene there and went back to LA. There wasn't much more to do right now at Camp Pendleton. A guard was stationed at Torres' room, in case there were more people of his group out there. They wrapped up at the office before going home.

Once Zoë was home she got into a nice hot shower. She didn't mind going undercover but when that man showed up at the office she got pretty scared, luckily Callen and Sam came in when they did. Just as Zoë came out of the bathroom dressed in her pajamas there was a knock on the door. Zoë opened the door and found Callen there.

"Hey Zoë."

"Hey Callen, what are you doing here?" Zoë replied as she let Callen into the house.

"I came to see how you were doing after, you know, everything that happened."

"That's nice of you, but I'm fine. Really Callen."

"It's okay if you're not. You're not an agent and you were put in a difficult situation."

"I'm fine Callen, honestly. Yeah it was pretty scary when the lights went out and everything went black. I still can't believe I actually shot that guy," Zoë said as she sat down on the couch and Callen sat down next to her.

"You did great Zoë. I just feel bad for putting you in this situation."

"You didn't put me in any situation."

"As the team leader I should have found another way in."

"It's okay Callen. I was okay with going in, besides it was the only way. We both know that."

"Yeah but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I was worried about you."

"It's sweet that you were worried about me but I'm fine, I promise."

Callen leaned forward and kissed Zoë. Zoë kissed him back as Callen pushed her down so she was lying on the couch. He was glad that she was alright. When the lights went out and Callen couldn't reach Zoë he worried that something had happened to her. Sure Callen had always worried when his team mates where in harm's way but with Zoë it was different. He felt different when she was in danger. Callen placed his arms around Zoë and stood up with her in his arms. Zoë automatically wrapped her legs around his waist as Callen took them to the bedroom. He gently lay Zoë down on the bed and he lay down on top of her. Callen went slow, making sure Zoë felt how much he loved her and how glad he was that she was okay.

…

The next day they got a call from the hospital that Torres was awake. Callen and Sam went down to Camp Pendleton to question them.

"PO Torres, I'm agent Hanna, this is agent Callen, we're from NCIS," Sam spoke as they walked into Torres' room and they showed their badges. "We have a few questions for you. Are you up for that?"

"Yeah sure."

"Do you know who did this to you?" Callen asked.

"Yeah it was Reaves, David Reaves, my team mate," Torres answered with hate in his voice.

"Why would he shoot you?" Sam asked. Torres kept quiet. "We know about you and Torres being partners in something."

"I didn't want to do it anymore. At first it was just small stuff Reaves had me do but they got bigger and bigger and I wasn't going to do it anymore. I talked about it to my shrink, well not in so many words but I think he knew what was going on and Reaves found out so that's why he killed Dr. Stone. I wasn't going to make the same mistake with the new doctor but I guess Reaves thought I did talk to her too so he came to my room and he shot me. Is Dr. Moore okay?"

"She is fine," Callen answered.

"What about Reaves?"

"He tried to attack Dr. Moore but we were able to stop him, he's dead," Sam said.

"I'm not a bad person agent Hanna, I didn't have any choice. When I started protesting and saying I wouldn't do it anymore Reaves started threatening me, told me he would go after my family if I would stop doing as he asked. What's gonna happen now?"

"It's up to your superior officer. He's investigating this now, to see how deep it went."

"It was only me and Reaves, at least as far as I knew. I don't think there was anyone else. I'm sorry for what I did."

Callen and Sam left the room and went back to LA.

…

The team only had two more weeks left of work before their summer vacation would start. Callen spend the evening at Zoë's place after work.

"Can I ask you something G?" Zoë asked.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Our summer holidays are coming up and I was wondering if you would like to go somewhere."

"Together you mean?"

"Yeah together. If you want."

Callen looked at Zoë as she suggested that. He had never really taken a holiday in his life. Would they be able to handle a vacation together? Sure they spend a lot of their time together outside of work but going on a vacation together would be different.

"It's okay if you don't want to, it was just something I thought would be nice," Zoë said once she saw Callen's hesitation.

"No, I think it would be kinda nice," Callen answered as he looked Zoë in the eyes.

"Yeah really?" Zoë replied with a smile.

"Yeah really. I've never really been on vacation but I think it could be nice. I want to do it. I want to do it together with you."