"Morning," Kensi said as she and Deeks walked into the bullpen. "No Callen?" Kensi asked Sam. Usually he was here already when they arrived.
"No, haven't seen him yet," Sam replied.
"Perhaps he's at the hospital with Zoë."
"Yeah perhaps."
By 10.30am Callen still wasn't there and Sam hadn't heard anything from his partner. If he had taken Zoë to the hospital he would've called or at least sent a quick text. He got up and walked to Hetty's office.
"Hetty, have you heard anything from G?" Sam asked his boss.
"No, I haven't. Perhaps he's at the hospital."
"That's what I thought at first. But he would've let us know. I have this weird feeling that I can't shake that something's wrong. I called G and Zoë but both their phones went straight to voicemail."
"Have Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones see if they can find him."
Sam walked up the stairs and into OPS.
"Hey Eric, Nell. Can you see where Callen's at?"
"Something wrong?" Nell asked.
"He's not here yet and both Callen's and Zoë's phones go straight to voicemail."
"Perhaps they are at the hospital," Eric reasoned.
"Yeah perhaps, but I just want make sure."
"Alright, I'll check." Eric typed a few keys on his keyboard. "Both their phones are offline, last place they pinged was at their house."
"What about their cars?"
Eric typed a few more keys. "Also at home."
"Do you have access to the security system?"
"Yeah, Callen gave me the codes. Just one second."
"I've looked at the hospitals closest to them," Nell interjected. "But no patient under Zoë's name has been admitted in the last twenty-four hours."
"I can't get into the security system. It has been disabled."
"Keep searching for them. We'll go check out the house," Sam told the two techs and he practically ran down the stairs. "Kensi, Deeks, let's go."
"Go? Where?" Kensi asked as the younger agents quickly got up and followed Sam.
"G and Zoë's house. Something's not right."
..
Fear set in with Callen when his wife told him that her water had broken. This was so not the right moment for their little girl to make her appearance. He quickly walked up to Zoë.
"Hey, hey, it's okay," Callen told her as he stroked a hand through her hair. "It's all gonna be okay."
"This is not how I wanted to have her. I want to be in a hospital," Zoë told him, on the verge of crying.
"I know honey, but she's almost ready to come out. But it's all gonna be okay."
"How can you say that?! We're stuck somewhere!" Zoë screamed when a contraction hit her.
"It's all gonna be okay," Callen tried to calm her down. "I'm right here with you and I'm sure the others have noticed I'm not at work so they will try to look for us."
"What if they haven't or what if they don't get here on time?"
"Then I'm right here with you and I will help you."
"Do you know how to do this?"
"I've seen it done and I've had medical training but no I haven't done one. But it's all gonna be okay."
"Did you find anything about where we are?"
Callen decided to be straight with his wife. "We're on a boat somewhere in the ocean. I couldn't see anything or anyone around us and the boat doesn't work. But we're on a boat, it's not sinking, we have a bed here and I'm right here with you."
"We're on a boat in the middle of the ocean?!"
"Yes we are. I'm just gonna make one more sweep to see if I can find anything that could help us and I'll be right back okay."
"Okay."
Callen gave Zoë a kiss. "I love you and it's all gonna be okay."
"I love you too."
Callen hated leaving his wife alone right now but he needed to look around the boat to see if there was a way off of this or if they could get word to someone, especially now.
…
Sam, Kensi and Deeks arrived at Callen's and Zoe's house. As they walked up to the front door Sam noticed it was slightly open. He grabbed his gun and the two junior agents followed suit. Carefully Sam peeked through the window but he didn't see anyone. Quietly he opened the door and the three of them walked inside. Sam went into the living room and kitchen as Kensi walked upstairs and Deeks went out to the backyard and garage. Downstairs Sam couldn't really find any trace.
"Sam," Kensi called from upstairs. Sam hurried himself up to the stairs to the master bedroom where Kensi was. Sam was immediately met by an unpleasant smell.
"Smells like they were drugged."
"Yeah some sort of chloroform that knocked them out while they were asleep."
"But how did they get it in here in the first place?"
"Good question."
"See if you can find anything here that could give us a lead. I'm gonna look at the security system. Perhaps I can get it back online and we can see what happened."
Sam walked to the kitchen and opened a secret compartment in the pantry. Sam plugged a device in the computer itself there.
"Eric get you get into the security system?" Sam asked over the coms.
"One sec." The tech typed some keys on his keyboard. "Yes I'm in."
"Yeah I got picture here too. Can you scroll back to last night?"
"Last footage I have is from 3am, after that nothing until we just put it back on. Looks like whoever broke in disabled the cameras before they came into picture."
"What about the cameras outside? They must have seen something."
"I'll have a look to see if I can find someone looking at the house or the same car driving by multiple times. We also have kaleidoscope searching for any images of them."
"Great, let me know the second you find something."
"Will do Sam."
Sam was beyond worried about his partner and also about Zoë. For all they knew Zoë could be in labor already.
..
Callen walked back outside and started looking through the cabinets and in the storage space underneath the benches. The only thing that was inside there were two life jackets. He tried to open the panel underneath the steering wheel to see if he perhaps could jump start the boat but it wouldn't come loose and he didn't have a tool to pry them open. Callen looked around to see if there was perhaps something sharp so he could carve a message on the boat. Not finding anything outside he went back inside and started tossing the place. In the bathroom was a mirror. Now he just needed to find something heavy to break the mirror. Not finding any he decided to just use his fists. He grabbed the pillow casing of the bed that he woke up on and wrapped it around his fist. He punched the mirror and it cracked right away. Carefully as to not cut himself he grabbed a piece of glass.
"What the hell are you doing G?" Zoë questioned.
"Trying to get us some help," Callen replied as he walked over to her. "How are you doing?"
"Could be better, but it's okay so far."
"Alright, I'll be right back."
Callen gave Zoë a kiss before he went back outside. On as many places of the boat he carved out the word help, hoping a passing ship or boat would see it. But so far he hadn't seen anyone close to them.
..
After not finding much at the house they agents went back to the office. Hoping the wonder twins had better luck. Once they were back in the office Sam walked to Hetty's office.
"Anything Mr. Hanna?" Hetty asked, eager to know if there was any lead on her special agent in charge and his wife, her operational psychologist.
"There were definitely signs of a break in so they were probably kidnapped. Cameras were disabled so they didn't get anything. Eric and Nell are looking at cameras in the area, to see if they caught something. CSU is going through the house right now to see if they can find some evidence but it seemed pretty clean."
"I've alerted all agencies and LAPD so they'll keep a look out. Did Mr. Callen say anything to you about someone watching him?"
"No nothing. If someone was following him he would've noticed. But I wonder how someone found out where they live."
"That's a good question, Mr. Hanna. I've asked Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones to look into that as well. If it's someone from within this office I wanna know and I'll deal with them."
"They'll have to get by me first," Sam spoke threatening.
Sam returned to the bullpen, impatiently waiting for any update on Callen and Zoë.
..
Once Callen was done carving help on as many places as he could he went back downstairs. Just as he came back downstairs Zoë got another contraction. Callen quickly walked up to his wife's side.
"It's okay honey, I'm right here."
Zoë grabbed Callen's hand tightly, relieved her husband was here with her. Once the contraction had gone down she lay back down on the bed, trying to get her breathing under control.
"Do you know how far apart the contractions are?" Callen asked.
"I don't know, I think about five minutes apart or so."
"Alright. I'm just gonna go get some things we'll need okay."
Callen gave Zoë a kiss before going to the bathroom. Luckily there were a few towels that they could use. He wetted one small towel and took the other dry towels. He put the dry towels away for now and took the wet towel to wipe down Zoë's head.
"Do you have any idea who could've taken us?" Zoë asked.
"No not really. I haven't seen anyone following me or casing our house or anything. And the last few cases we had wouldn't suggest anyone following me. Have you noticed someone around the house?"
"No. I mean I don't have the agent skills like you but if there was a suspicious car or something outside of our house I would've told you. Could this have anything to do with your trip to Russia?"
"Unlikely I think. How would they have find out where we live?"
"Do you think someone from our office is involved?"
"I hope not, cus if they are I will kill them. I promise you we will get out of this. Someone has got to come by here at some point right? And I'm sure the team is looking for us as well."
"I hope they get here in time cus I really don't wanna have the baby here," Zoë almost cried.
"I know honey. But whatever happens, I'll be right here beside you. And if it comes to it we will have the baby here. It's not like we're somewhere out in the bushes or something. We're on a boat. We've got towels and water here and you have a bed to lay on. So it's all gonna be okay."
"I hope so."
Callen gave Zoë a soft kiss on her head. "I love you."
"I love you too. Please don't let anything happen to our little girl okay."
"I promise honey."
Zoë needed to change positions so Callen helped her up. She leaned with her arms on the bed as Callen rubbed her back in slow circles, trying to ease the pain.
"How's the pain honey?"
"A bit better now that I'm standing, but it still hurts."
"I know but you're doing great."
..
It had been a few hours since the team had come back from the house and still there was no word on Callen and Zoë.
"I think we found something," Eric yelled as he ran out of OPS and beckoned the team upstairs.
The agents quickly ran upstairs and once they were all inside OPS Eric secured the room. Since they didn't knew if someone from the office was involved, the only people that could know about this were him, Nell, Hetty and the agents.
"What have you got Eric?" Sam asked, eager to find his friends.
"We have a lead on Callen and Zoë. We managed to find a car going past their house often in the last couple of days. So we tracked that car with kaleidoscope and it drove to a marina. The marina has a security system and the cameras caught this," Eric explained to the team and put a video up on the screen.
They all watched the video and saw a car pull up and a driver and passenger getting out. A moment later they saw them pulling two people out. Eric zoomed in and they could see it were Callen and Zoë, both unconscious.
"They are on a boat?" Deeks asked astonished.
"Yes," Nell replied. "It took some digging but we figured out which boat they got on, which took off. A few hours later the two men came back and got back in the car. We have facial reg running on the two men but the image is not great quality so we don't know if we'll get any luck."
"I've alerted the coast guard already," Hetty spoke. "There will be a boat waiting for you in Marina del Rey. The coast guard is trying to find the boat using satellites but they are sending a boat and chopper out to patrol as well. Based on what Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones found they made a search grid on how far the boat could've traveled."
"Let's go!" Sam said and he, Kensi and Deeks quickly left. They drove to the boatshed and got on board the coast guard ship. There were watchers on each side of the ship scanning the water, hoping to see an abandoned vessel. Sam, Kensi and Deeks each took a set of binoculars as well and started scanning the water.
..
Over the last few hours Zoë's contractions started getting closer and closer together. Callen had supported her all the way, only going back outside a few times to see if someone was perhaps nearby. She had hoped that someone would find them before it was time to push but it seemed like that wasn't going to happen. Her contractions were now less than a minute apart.
"I feel like I need to push," Zoë admitted. She really didn't want to have the baby here, but it was happening, whether she wanted it or not so she needed to push.
"Alright." Callen shifted his position so he was in between Zoë's legs. "I can see the top of her head already. So whenever you're ready you can push."
Zoë put one foot against Callen's shoulder for leverage and pulled her other knee up as close to her and she grabbed it to hold onto with one hand and with the other hand she grabbed Callen's arms. When Zoë felt a contraction coming she mustered up all her strength and pushed.
"You're doing great honey," Callen coached her.
In between pushes Callen wiped her head with a cold towel.
"Alright, once more push and I think the head will be out," Callen told his wife. Zoë pushed hard. "Alright, the head is out. You're doing great honey. Just a few more pushes and we'll see our little girl."
A few more pushes later the baby was almost out.
"Alright, last one I think Zoë. You're doing great. You're almost there. Just one more big push, big push."
Zoë grabbed her leg tightly and pushed with all her strength. A little later she felt the baby pop out.
"You did it honey, she's here. She's here, she's out."
Exhausted Zoë fell back down but only for a second because she wanted to see her little girl. Callen looked at the little girl lying on his hands in between Zoë's legs. She was just perfect. A full head of dark blond hair and piercing blue eyes and a good strong cry. A smile appeared on Zoë's face when she heard her little girl cry.
"Is she okay?" Zoë asked.
"She looks perfect," Callen replied with a big smile on his face. He couldn't believe that his little girl was finally here.
Carefully Callen wrapped a towel around her. With the umbilical cord still attached Callen placed her on Zoë's chest and he moved to sit next to his wife.
"Look at her," Zoë said with tears in her eyes. "She looks beautiful."
"That she does. You did great honey."
Zoë turned her head towards Callen. "Thank you for helping me. I couldn't have done it without you. We have a little girl!" Zoë spoke that last sentence with a smile on her face.
"Yeah we have a little girl," Callen replied with a smile as well. "She's finally here. I love you honey."
"I love you too honey."
Callen gave Zoë a kiss before they turned their eyes back to their little girl. She was lying peacefully on Zoë's stomach looking up at her parents. Life was just perfect right now. For a moment they forgot that they were stranded on a boat.
"I think I hear something outside," Callen spoke after a few minutes.
..
The coast guard boat searched the waters, hoping to find the boat. The chopper was ahead and had spotted a boat in the distance and had gone to take a closer look. The lookout saw help carved out in the boat so this was probably the boat that they were looking for. When they were close to the boat they saw someone coming out.
..
Callen walked outside and noticed a chopper hanging above the boat. As soon as he saw it was the coast guard he started waving his arms, indicating he needed help. The chopper flicked the spotlight underneath the chopper on and off, indicating they had seen him. Callen looked out in the distance and saw a coast guard ship as well. Quickly the ship came closer and Callen saw his fellow agents standing on the bow.
"G!" Sam shouted towards his partner.
Callen was so relieved that they had found him and Zoë. "SAM!"
The ship pulled up alongside the boat so that they could cross over.
"You okay man?" Sam spoke as he gave his partner a hug.
"Yeah I'm fine."
"And Zoë? Is she here with you?"
"Yeah she's just inside. She gave birth to our little girl about five minutes ago."
"She had the baby?" Kensi spoke astonished.
"Yes she did."
Once the paramedics had come aboard as well Callen took them downstairs. The others stayed outside, giving them some privacy.
"Zoë honey, the coast guard is here," Callen spoke as he walked back downstairs and the paramedics followed him. "We're getting off this boat."
"Hello ma'am, my name is Rachel and this is Dennis," the female paramedic introduced herself and her partner. "How are you doing?"
"Good, tired but good."
"I see the umbilical cord is still attached."
"Yeah, I didn't know how to cut it," Callen admitted.
"That's fine sir. We're just gonna check you out and then get you out of here."
"Wait. G, could you please ask Sam for his phone so we can take a picture of her like this?"
"Yeah of course."
Callen quickly walked out and a second later he popped back in with a phone.
"Sam had our phones with him. Nell and Eric had checked them over to see if they could find anything."
Callen took a picture of Zoë and their little girl with his own phone. Carefully Rachel opened the towel to find the cord. She clamped it off before handing the scissors to Callen.
"Wanna do the honors dad?"
Callen took the scissors and handed the phone over to Dennis so he could take a picture of Callen cutting the cord. Once the cord was cut Dennis took the little girl to check her out.
"Do you have a name for the little girl?" Dennis asked.
"Yeah, her name is Fenna," Callen told him.
"Beautiful name."
Dennis checked Fenna out as Rachel checked Zoë over. She pressed down on Zoë's stomach a bit to deliver the placenta.
"She's seems perfectly fine but the pediatrician will check her out in the hospital just to be sure," Dennis told the new parents.
Once Zoë was covered up Rachel called the coast guard inside. They were going to help to get Zoë to the ship. Zoë scooted onto the scoop stretcher. Dennis handed Fenna to Callen so he could carry the paramedic bags. Callen took Fenna from Dennis and looked down at his little girl. He was holding his little girl, a little girl he helped bring into this world. It hadn't quite sunk in with him that he had actually delivered his own daughter.
They carried Zoë up the stairs. Zoë was momentarily blinded by the bright light but her eyes soon adjusted and she saw Sam, Kensi and Deeks standing there.
"Hey guys, thanks for coming to find us," Zoë told them.
"Not a problem. I'm just glad you are okay," Sam responded.
"And I heard you had your little girl? Congratulations," Kensi spoke.
"Yes we did. She's right behind me."
Once Zoë was up Callen and Dennis followed.
"Hey guys," Callen said. "Meet our little girl, Fenna Clara Kirsten Callen."
"Aww look at her. She's so cute," Kensi stated.
Sam looked at his partner. Callen was smiling from ear to ear. Sam knew the feeling all too well, there was nothing like seeing your newborn.
"Congrats man," Sam told his partner and squeezed his shoulder.
"Thanks."
"She definitely got your eyes," Deeks remarked.
"Oh yes she does."
Zoë was carried over to the coast guard ship and they had a small cradle waiting to transport Fenna in. Carefully Callen placed her in the cradle and she was carried over. The others climbed over the railing. Once Callen was over the railing he picked Fenna back up and followed Zoë inside. Members of the coast guard quickly checked the boat over to see if it was save to transport the boat. Once they deemed it okay the boat was tried at the back and they returned back to shore. When they were back in Marina del Rey Zoë was loaded into the ambulance.
"Sam," Callen called his partner. "Could you perhaps go by our house and pick up the bag that's next to the door? Assuming it's still there."
"No need, I already took it with me when we were at your house. I figured you perhaps needed it."
"Thanks big guy."
Sam fished the bag out of his car and handed it to Callen before Callen joined Zoë in the ambulance.
"Kensi, Deeks, you look through the boat. See if you can find any evidence as to who took Callen and Zoë. I'm gonna follow them to the hospital," Sam told the junior agents.
"Got it Sam," Kensi replied.
Sam followed the ambulance to the hospital. Zoë's doctor was waiting for them when they arrived at the hospital.
"Good afternoon Zoë. I heard you delivered the baby already."
"Yes, I did."
"How are feeling?"
"Good, a bit tired though."
"That's to be expected. Well let's get you inside so we can check you out."
Dr. Fuentes took Zoë upstairs and Callen followed, holding Fenna. Zoë was situated on the bed before Dr. Fuentes checked her over. Callen handed Fenna over to the pediatrician so she could check her out. Callen pulled his phone out and took a few pictures.
"Apgar score is ten," the pediatrician spoke after a while. "That's very good. Do you have any clothes for her?"
"Yes we do, in the bag here."
Callen grabbed the bag and fished out a diaper and a onesie. The pediatrician stepped aside so Callen could dress Fenna. Callen was looking at how the diaper needed to go on so the doctor instructed him how to do it. Callen managed to get the diaper and the onesie on. Callen picked her up and walked over to Zoë.
"Here we go mommy, all dressed," Callen said as he handed Fenna over to Zoë.
"Hey there little girl," Zoë replied as she took Fenna from Callen.
As soon as she was in Zoë's arms she started fussing, letting them know she was hungry. Zoë exposed her breast and directed Fenna to her nipple. Fenna felt around for a little bit before she took the nipple into her mouth and started sucking.
"That's a good girl."
Callen took a picture of his wife nursing their little girl. Callen was already totally in love with his little girl. She was finally here! He wondered what it would be like now that she was here but he was definitely going to do his best to be a good daddy to Fenna.
Once Zoë was finished feeding Fenna Sam stepped in.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Sam."
"Congratulations you two."
"Thanks Sam," Zoë and Callen replied.
"Any news about who kidnapped us?" Callen wanted to know.
"Yeah Nell just called me. They were able to ID one of the guys." Sam pulled out his phone and showed Callen the ID. "His name is Florin Comescu."