Are you going to tell my dad?" Marty asks Will reluctantly.

"You better believe it. Because as of right now, I'm admitting you." Will replies.

Marty should have been shocked to hear this, but he really wasn't.

"Will, I am fine. There is no need to admit me." Marty argues.

Will just shakes his head. His brother has always been the same way. "I don't know what your definition of fine is, but here is a hint, it's not you. In fact I would have to say that you are the opposite of fine. Your blood pressure is so low that the only thing keeping you from going into shock is your willpower and determination, but even that isn't going to hold up much longer."

Marty knew he was defeated and had no choice in the matter. But all he could think about was his job at LAPD and his liaison position with NCIS, both of them are in jeopardy now. Now he could lose everything he worked so hard for.

Will led Marty to admittance to get him processed. Will orders a sedative for Marty. Marty could really benefit from a deep sleep to help with the exhaustion. He made sure it was a mild one as Marty himself admitted to downing energy drinks.

After Marty was settled in his room and the IV had been hooked up to help with his dehydration, Will knew that it was time to make the call to Kelly Severide, after that the chips will fall where they do.

"Hey Kelly, it is Will Halstead."

"Something is wrong with Marty isn't there."

"Yes, I had to admit him. He is currently suffering from exhaustion and dehydration."

"I saw him yesterday and he didn't look that bad, just a little too skinny for my liking."

"He was using concealer to cover up the dark circles under his eyes. This didn't happen overnight, it had to be going on for a while."

"He is going to be okay, isn't he?"

"In time, I believe so."

As Kelly hung up the phone, he couldn't understand knowing Marty the way he does how he could miss the signs. What he held onto was that Will had said that this wasn't something that happened overnight. Gabby, Leslie and Matt walk into the living room and see Kelly shaken.

"Kelly, what's wrong?" Matt asks.

"That was Will Halstead, he is admitting Marty with exhaustion and dehydration."

"Marty is what?" The three of them gasps.

"You heard me. Gabby, Shay, you examined him last night. Was he showing any signs?" Kelly wonders.

"No he had lost weight and his blood pressure was low. So something was up, but I didn't imagine it was that." Gabby answers.

"Will also had said this didn't happen overnight. So Marty knew what he was doing to himself, but why would he mess around with his health like this." Kelly said shaking his head.

"Look, I will call Antonio. Maybe the Intelligence Unit can figure out what he had been up to." Gabby offers.

"I need to inform Callen and the others about Marty anyway, so maybe I can get some information from them on what led to this."


Kelly calls Callen's cell since he programmed all of Marty's teammates phone numbers into his phone when they were here last night.

"Hey Callen, it is Kelly Severide."

"Kelly, what is up? Marty is not here. He is still at his doctors appointment."

"Actually, that is why I am calling. Marty was admitted. Supposedly he is suffering from exhaustion and dehydration."

"How is that possible, we saw him earlier and he wasn't showing signs of either one. What hospital is he at?"

"LA Med, do you know what he had been up to lately."

Callen thinks about it and honestly can't come up with anything that could have led to that.

"No, sometimes we work late, but not late enough to cause that. We will stop by later to see him."

Callen ends the call trying to figure out how their liaison managed to end up in the hospital.

Sam and Kensi enters the room at the tail end of the conversation.

"What is going on?" Sam asks.

"With me." Callen responds.

Callen leads Sam and Kensi upstairs to the OPS center. Eric and Nell are pretending to be busy or at least trying to stay busy.

"Kelly Severide called and Marty was admitted. He is suffering from exhaustion and dehydration." Callen began

No one could believe it. They all saw him and he looked healthy.

"He was admitted to LA Med." Callen finishes.

"I am going there." Kensi demands. "He is my partner and I need to see him."

Callen and Sam knew there was no point to debating the topic with her.


Gabby call her brother. Marty has been up to something and they need to know what.

"Hey bro." She said as soon as he answered.

"Gab, what's up.

"I need you do some investigating. It's about Marty."

"How did his appointment go. Is it bad?"

"He is dehydrated and exhausted. It did not happen overnight and we need to know what he has been up to."

"Jay and Erin are here with me, we will get right on that. Where is he at now?"

"LA Med. Will admitted him."

"As soon as we have something, we will be there."


What Marty has been up to that led to his condition will be in the next chapter. Any guesses