"I should have seen that he was in trouble." Callen stated as he stares at his teammate through the window.
"He wasn't going to let you see anything he doesn't want you to see. I knew he had lost weight, but that was it." Kelly mentions.
The elevator opens up and 2 people walk out.
"So much for Voight not finding out." Will mutters.
"What happened to him?" Voight asks.
Jay looks to his wife who had entered with Voight. Erin just shrug. Voight walks from the waiting room to see Marty.
"He is sedated." Will speaks up coming up behind him and then going to check on his patient. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.
"Will, how is he doing?" Kelly asks.
Kensi watches anxiously. She hates seeing him so still. Marty is so active, always moving around or at least fidgeting.
"He is in bad shape. His willingness to push himself as hard as he did, pushed his body into overload. His metabolism had taken over so that he could continue to work. The exhaustion will be taken care of due to rest." Will begins.
"But," Kelly interrupts.
"The dehydration is still a problem. He knew better than this. I warned him not to let himself get this badly dehydrated." Will stops as he remembers treating Marty years ago. "When Marty was brought here after that shooting; his metabolism was in overload. He was underweight, severely dehydrated and had a bad case of malnutrition. The IV's to take care of the dehydration and malnutrition were not working. His metabolism was to strong, adrenaline was contributing to the strength of his metabolism. In the end, we got him on steroids to slow down the metabolism and to the allow the IVs treat his health issues."
"How do we fix it this time?" Kelly asks.
"We have to wait and see. If once the exhaustion gone, the adrenaline metabolism slows down and his dehydration gets better on its own. If not, we may have to go the steroid route again."
"You said he was going to be okay." Kensi cried to Will.
"That was before, when the IV stood a chance at working. He will be okay eventually. He is not out of the woods, but I am not giving up."
Everyone took the information. No one knew what to say.
"How did this happen?" Voight seethed. "How did he get so exhausted and dehydrated?"
"While working as a liaison for NCIS, he took an undercover assignment from Joseph Blackwell and was working 20 hour days." Antonio explains.
"What is he, insane? That is a suicide mission. Blackwell would have set him up. The subject of his assignment probably knew all along that Marty was a cop." Voight comments.
"What was the subject of this suicide mission?" Spoke a new voice.
There stood an older woman that no one recognized except 3 who have yet to turn toward the voice. Finally Callen turns around to come face to face with Hetty.
"I thought you were still in DC?" Callen comments.
"I was already on my way home when I heard about our Detective Deeks. Although I did not appreciate having you hang up on me."
Callen just shrugged as Hetty glared at him. She then walks into the hospital room to check on Marty herself. She shakes her head. As she returns to the other she asks again. "What was the nature of the assignment."
Mouse who has mostly been quiet and observing since arriving at the hospital, "To bring down a drug dealer ringleader. A Maxwell Munoz."
The name rings a bell with both Voight and Hetty. Everyone else can tell by the looks on their faces.
"A little talk with Munoz and he will tell us whether or not Blackwell told him about Marty." Voight speaks up.
"I want in on that conversation. I know a bit about Munoz myself. My Tech Operator and Intelligence Analyst will fill me on the rest before we see Munoz." Hetty adds.
Team NCIS would feel sorry for Munoz, except for the fact that he is a drug dealer. Eric and Nell are very good at their jobs.
"Dr. Halstead, after this is all said and done; and Detective Deeks recovers completely, will he be able to return to the field." Hetty asks.
"In theory yes. However, he can't keep doing this to himself. The ends does not justify the means when it comes to his health. If after he recovers from this and he does it again, then he is risking permanent damage to his system."
"So he is suppose to avoid adrenaline, that is hard to do in our line of work." Callen comments.
"I didn't say he was supposed to avoid adrenaline. Adrenaline is fine as long as he takes cares of himself and not living off the adrenaline. He was combining adrenaline with energy drinks to avoid the let down which was what let to the exhaustion.
Kensi can't believe this is happening. How he could he willing do this to himself. What about her and their thing? Do they have a thing? Sometimes she wonders. Why does it always seem to be 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. He was on a suicide mission and none of them knew. What if he was killed what would she do then.
"Dr. Halstead, he is waking up." Kensi points as she sees him moving and twitching.
I have no doctor knowledge at all. I completely made up Marty's health issues.
I am considering doing a oneshot about when Marty was brought into the hospital after the shooting. What do you think?
