I want to wish each of you a Merry and Happy and thank you for sticking with this story. Tons of credit for this chapter goes to Honus47 who is having a blast writing with me. She is the best. And to my besties Stef and Donna, hoping to get together with you two in 2019.

Disclaimer: I already know I did not get ownership of any of the TV characters and my undying gratitude to Tess DiCorsi for writing Ira, Migs, and the Matthews Consulting staff. We miss your stories Tess.

I do believe in Ghost - Part 7

OSP

Hetty is sitting at her desk with a fresh cup of tea thinking about her Detective. Maybe she should have let him go with his wife. Still in all, she was standing by her decision to keep him here. That way his wife's mind will stick to the job at hand. Speaking of which, Mr. Deeks should have been back by now. "Mr. Callen. Have you heard from Mr. Deeks at all?"

Callen looked up from work. "Actually no Hetty. Come to think of it, he should have been back here over an hour ago. You don't think . . .?"

"He wouldn't dare after I explicitly told him to stand down! There will be hell to pay if he did!" Hetty got up from her desk and went upstairs to OPS. As she walks through the doors, Nell's head spun around and she knew right away that Hetty may have figured out about Deeks little side trip. "Ms. Jones, I need you to find Mr. Deeks. He hasn't come back from the airport yet and I need to know where he is."

Nell looked at Eric and he fired up the GPS tracking program and started searching for Deeks' phone. It only took less than a moment when it pinged. "His phone is at the airport Hetty. Did Kensi's plane get delayed?"

"Check the flights Mr. Beale and see."

Eric's fingers flew across his keyboard and in no time at all he had the answer. He was almost sure that she wasn't going to like it. "All planes left on schedule Hetty."

"Check the flight manifests to see if his name or those of his aliases appear. In the meantime I will have Callen and Hanna go to the airport and see if he's sitting there or if he's hurt before we move forward." She turned and left OPS.

"Mr. Callen. I need you and Mr. Hannah to take a trip to LAX. It seems Mr. Deeks' cell phone is still there. I want to make sure nothing had happened to him. It's been over three hours since his wife left."

"You don't think . . . He wouldn't disobey you and go would he?"

"We won't know for certain until you find his phone.

Callen and Sam got up to leave. Both of them are thinking the same thing. Kensi and Deeks are as close as two people could possibly be. They both think he somehow or another got a ride to where his wife was going. It took the boys a bit to find it but they finally got to Deeks' car. And when they looked in the driver side window, they spotted the cell phone laying on the front seat. "Oh man Sam. He did it! He somehow got a flight to somewhere he was told NOT to go to." As he says that he pulls his phone out of his pocket and calls Hetty.

"Did you find him Mr. Callen?"

"No Hetty, his phone is laying on the front seat of his car and his car is parked in long term parking. He's gone."

"BUGGER! Head back Mr. Callen. I need to make a call." With that she ends the call. Hetty takes a sip of her tea and puts her cup down. She reached into her pocket, removed a key and unlocked a special drawer on the bottom of her desk, pulling out the SAT phone that resides there. She looked through her book and found the number she needed and dialed it.

"Hetty! Your call is a little early. Kensi isn't due for several hours yet."

"Major Morales, I find we have a problem. Mr. Deeks dropped his wife off at the airport and never returned to the mission. We found his car parked in the long term parking area at the airport and his phone was laying on the front seat. I believe he may be on the flight with his wife."

"Damn it all to hell Hetty! What was he thinking?! He's going to mess the whole operation up! No matter, as soon as they land, I'll have him taken into custody for safe keeping. The whole op should take less than a day. As soon as Simon shows up for the meeting, we'll take him."

"Well, good luck to you then Major. I'll look forward to your call when you catch the Ghost." And she breaks the connection and locks her SAT phone back in the drawer.

Matthews Private jet

Deeks was thinking a lot about what was to come. There were just too many ways for this op to go south and that would cause all types of problems. He was glad he got some good sleep on the way over as he's due to arrive in just a couple of hours. He needed to change into the desert garb Werth put on board and check out the "goodie bag" that Mathews gave him. When the pilot confirmed that they would be arriving in an hour, Deeks got up, went to the back of the aircraft and changed clothes. He remembered the last time he was dressed like this. He almost lost Kensi when the bomb went off in the hotel in Irag. After he had changed, he looked into the duffel bag that Tony had put on board. He was more than a bit surprised. Inside were 6 flash bangs, 4 smoke bombs, and 4 canisters of tear-gas. Also included were night vision goggles and 2 gas masks. Deeks thought to himself that it was a good thing the bag was small or Matthews might have put a howitzer in there. After familiarizing himself with the contents of the duffel, he went back, took his seat and waited to land. His thoughts immediately turned to his wife and he told himself he didn't give a damn if Jack Simon was taken dead or alive. This was his wife. He knew without a shadow of a doubt that if he had to choose the mission or his wife, his wife would ALWAYS come first! As he thought that, he heard the bell ding and the fasten seat belt light came on. They were getting ready to land. Marty could feel his heart rate pick up as he thought of what was going to happen.

After they landed, the aircraft taxied to a private hanger and as Deeks exited the private jet, there stood Werth. After uttering generalities to each other they decided to head to the airport terminal and wait for Kensi's plane to land. Once they reached the terminal area, Werth gave Deeks a pair of sunglasses. He told Deeks"Put these on. We need to hide your eyes." They walked to a small table and sat down, waiting for the flight to land.

Kensi's Flight

Kensi watched out her window as the plane approached the terminal at Kandahar International Airport. She was getting rather anxious at seeing Jack again. But her husband's words kept echoing in her head. Be an agent not a scorned ex-fiancée. As she disembarked the plane, she looked for the person that was going to take her to Camp Chapman. She remembered Capt. Miller from the video conference. As she walked through the terminal she spotted him by the baggage claim area. As soon as she saw him, her "spidey senses" started to tingle. Wait . . . What? Apparently it was true. Spend enough time with someone and you just might start sounding like them. Kensi chuckled to herself. As she thought of her husband, she got another feeling. Her head snapped around and she scanned the throngs of people walking towards various gates but no sign of any male with blond shaggy hair. But yet, she felt "his" eyes on her. She had ALWAYS known when he watched her and she felt it now. But how could that be possible? He was back in Los Angeles. There was no way that he would be here. Was there? No, she just must be missing him alongside of her. She tried to shake the feeling but it stayed with her. She also noticed that the closer she got to Capt. Miller, the more her spidey senses grew. She kept her defenses up as he came up to greet her and took her go bag. As they headed to the Humvee, the spidey senses really picked up and again she looked around. Not seeing anything to warrant the feeling, she got in the vehicle and started to buckle up. She heard Capt. Miller open the back door to stow her go bag and then she felt a prick in her neck. All of a sudden, her world turned to grey and then the walls started to come together and everything turned black. Her last conscious thoughts were of her husband and how bad things always happened when they weren't together.

Deeks and Werth both spotted Kensi walking down the gangway to the terminal. It was at the same moment that he caught sight of who he was sure was Capt. Miller. Both men saw Kensi pause and look their way but her gaze passed over them never lingering on them. "Damn it." Deeks thought. "We've been together too long. She could always sense me close by." He actually chuckled now that he thought about it. It was what made their partnership so great.

Werth noticed both Kensi and Deeks reactions. "Well that could've been awkward." Deeks smiled and told Werth, "Yeah my wife always knows when I'm around. But did you see her. It wasn't just that she thought I was around. She wasn't comfortable around Miller. She always had a sixth sense about these things. Come on we need to get set up and figure out how we are going to play this. The sooner we get Simon the better."

Werth helped Deeks with his gear and they went to a place Matthews Consulting had in the village. Once inside, Deeks opened his laptop and activated the Overwatch software. He also fired up the GPS tracker on the bugs he planted on Kensi. Everything was operating fine. He and Werth watched as she moved through the airport. When it seemed like she was moving faster, they assumed she was now in a car."

"How long does it take to get to Camp Chapman from here Damon?"

"Just about 30 minutes."

"What direction?"

"West, why?"

"Because the software says they're headed north!"

"NORTH!? There isn't anything that way except a small mountain range with a series of caves. Why would they be going that way?"

"I think the person feeding Simon the info was Capt. Miller. He's taken Kensi and they're heading to Simon who is more than likely waiting for them."

Werth pulled out his SAT phone and quickly dialed a number.

"This is Major Morales. Werth, is that you?"

"Yeah Migs, I'm in the village with Deeks." Werth put the call on speaker.

"Deeks? You really did disobey Hetty's orders and came here?" The irritation in his voice could be heard loud and clear.

Deeks sounded equally irritated as he responded. "Yeah Migs, I'm here, protecting my wife! And right now we have a problem. I believe Simon has her. Your Capt. Miller was the man feeding intel to Simon. He picked Kensi up and they left the terminal. But before Kensi left we put GPS bugs on her clothing and I sprayed her with Overwatch. When we fired up the tracking software, we noticed them going north and not towards Chapman."

Migs cursed a blue streak. He vetted Miller personally. He told Werth and Deeks to heads towards Kensi and he will contact Ira and Hetty. "And Deeks?"

"Yeah?"

"You get your wife back by any means necessary."

"Copy that!"

The men gathered their equipment and left.

"Hold on Baby, I'm coming."

CAVE

Kensi started to come around from whatever she had been drugged with. Her first thought was the pounding headache that she woke up with that seemed to radiate all the way down her spine and into her toes. The pain was everywhere, and damn it hurt! She couldn't move her legs as they were tied together. The handcuffs on her wrists were painfully tight as she tried moving her hands slightly. She could hear voices nearby speaking in a language she didn't know and that started to bother her. There must be more people here other than Jack and Capt. Miller. The rough material of the hood that was covering her face made it impossible to see anything, but she had the feeling that her captors weren't interested in being careful with her. She seriously doubted any of this would have happened if Deeks was with her. The hood was ripped from her head and she had to squint slightly into the light that met her eyes. She wondered if anyone knew that she was missing yet. She had no idea of what time it was but judging by the light that streamed into the cave from above, it was late afternoon. Migs would know soon when she didn't report in that something was wrong. Kensi heard a commotion towards the cave entrance and the hood was quickly put back on. There was an ominous silence in the air. Kensi did her best to sharpen her senses to hear any tiny noise around her.

"Hello Agent Blye."

She clenched her jaw as he addressed her. "We're going to find out exactly just how much you're worth." His voice was light and mocking.

"What do you want Jack?" Her head was throbbing from the drugs and she was having trouble understanding what he was saying to her.

"I want safe passage to a non-extradition country. We're going to contact the base commander find out if your life is worth that much." Kensi felt her heart speed up as it hammered painfully against her chest.

She licked her bottom lip before replying; "We don't negotiate with kidnappers." Her voice cracked giving away the emotions she felt. He laughed coldly at her. Jack then set about rooting through her backpack looking for something. He smiled as he held up her SAT phone. He looked through her contacts and was all set to press the button when he saw another contact listed next. "I wonder" he thought. Jack then pressed that button and held the phone to her ear. It was already ringing. She knew before the call connected that her voice would quiver and tried to get herself calmed down. She held her breath as the call was connected wanting to sound strong when Migs answered. Her gasp when she recognized the voice on the other end made Jack smile, pleased with his decision. It took every ounce of strength she had not to overreact when she heard his voice.

"Hello?"