Callen saw that something really serious was going on. Joelle seemed terrified. It must be really bad if she came to him. They weren't together anymore but in this state Callen just couldn't send her away.

"Come on in."

"Thank you Callen," Joelle spoke and quickly stepped into the house. 'I'm sorry for coming here but I didn't know where else to go to."

"What's wrong?"

"Well, I don't know what happened," Joelle spoke as she sat down on the couch.

Callen could see that this had really scared her, whatever it was. Even though they weren't together anymore he would do anything he could to help her. Callen sat down next to her on the couch.

"It's okay Jo, just tell me what happened. We'll figure it out together. I'll help you, I promise."

"Do you remember that guy that was at my place the other day when you return my stuff?"

"Yeah I remember him. Did he try to hurt you?"

"We went to the movies and after that we went to his place. He seemed like a sweet guy. Everything went fine. I don't know what happened. We were having a good time. I had to use the bathroom, when I came back he cornered me and he had a gun to my face. I don't know why he did that. After that it's a bit fussy. I think I kicked him to get free. I ran out of there and got in my car. I didn't know what else to do. I thought maybe you could help me, I didn't know where else to turn, I panicked."

"It's okay Jo, I don't mind. It's fine. I will help you."

"Thank you Callen."

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"No he didn't hurt me, I'm just shaken up."

"Alright. Come on, I'll take you somewhere safe you can stay while we figure this out. I'll help you find this guy."

Before they went outside Callen checked the surroundings but he didn't spot anything suspicious. He and Joelle took Callen's car and Callen drove them to the boatshed. Callen got out of the car first and checked the surroundings. It didn't seem like he was followed. He didn't see anyone suspicious. Quickly Callen and Joelle walked up to the boatshed and Callen used the code to get into the boatshed.

"What is this place?" Joelle asked as they walked in.

"It's a safe place. We use it for work. You'll be safe here."

Joelle took a seat on the couch and Callen brought her a cup of coffee.

"Thank you Callen. I'm sorry to just show up on your doorstep like this but I didn't know where else to turn."

"It's fine Jo, it's not a problem. I'll help you find this guy." Callen sat down on one of the chairs. "Can you remember anything about him? Did he maybe say something why pulled a gun at you?"

"It's all a bit fussy, I don't know."

"It's okay. Just think. You went to the movies and then you went to his place. You went to the bathroom and then he pulled a gun on you. Focus on him, did he say anything?"

Joelle closed her eyes and focused just like Callen said. She thought back to the evening and what had happened.

"Oh my god!" Joelle spoke terrified after a little while.

"What? What is it?" Callen asked concerned.

"He's after you."

Callen couldn't believe it! Someone had used Joelle to come after him!

"You sure?"

"Yeah I remember it now. When he pulled the gun on me he said he was after Callen and I would lead him to you. Oh god, I'm sorry Callen. What if I lead him to you?"

"It's okay Jo, I checked while we were driving, no one was following us. You'll be safe here. We'll get to the bottom of this but in the meanwhile you have to stay here. We're gonna get this guy, I promise. Now can you tell me what you know about him, maybe his phone number?"

Joelle told Callen everything she knew about this man. Callen called an agent to watch Joelle while he went to the office after he had called the others in.

"You'll be safe here Joelle. Agent Sanchez will keep an eye on you. I'm only a phone call away."

"Okay, where are you going?"

Joelle didn't like it that Callen went away, she felt safer with him than with this other agent. Sure he was probably a good agent and he could protect her but she preferred to have Callen here to protect her, she knew him.

"I have to go to the office so we can figure this out. Don't worry Jo, it's gonna be okay. Agent Sanchez is a very good agent and he will keep you safe. And if there's a problem he will call me. You'll be safe here. Okay."

"Okay."

"I'll be back as soon as I can."

Callen left and went to the office.

"What's going on G?" Sam asked as he walked into OPS.

"Joelle came to see me, she was terrified. Someone was after her, but now it turned out they used her to get to me."

"You sure?"

"Yeah she remembered him saying that she would lead him to me just before she ran. She didn't know where else to go so she came to me."

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah, a little shaken up but she's safe in the boatshed now."

"Who is this guy?"

"I don't know. The name didn't ring a bell. I asked Joelle what she knew about him, Eric and Nell are already looking for him."

"Why would he used Joelle to get to you? He must have known you two were dating."

"Yeah. I can't believe someone used Joelle to get to me. I don't know who it could be. I always check and in all that time I was with Joelle I didn't see anyone suspicious following me."

"Well at least Joelle is safe, we'll figure out who this guy is and we'll make him pay for going after Joelle."

Kensi and Deeks had arrived in OPS as well.

"What's going on?" Kensi asked.

Callen filled them in on what had happened.

"Alright what we know so far is that the man that came after Joelle is called Frank Andrews, he lives in Culver City. According to his file he works at LA Securities. We did some further digging into this company. This company is actually on the ATF's and FBI's radar for trafficking weapons, but so far they haven't made anything stick," Nell informed them.

"Okay, but that still doesn't explain why he would be after me. We have no connection with that case," Callen reasoned.

"They have reason to believe that there might be military grade weapons involved in their trafficking too but since they haven't been able to confirm that the case hasn't come to us yet. They did tip NCIS about this but nothing has been confirmed yet."

"That still doesn't answer how he would know about me or this office, or that I dated Joelle."

"We're still looking, this is all we have so far."

"If he knows about our office it's safe to say the others at the company know about us too. If it's really a front, we can't risk an undercover operation, they might recognize us. Let us know the minute you know more."

The agents left OPS and went down to the bullpen. For now they couldn't do much more then wait.

"Do you recognize that guy?" Kensi asked.

"No, I only saw him once when I went to return some of Jo's stuff. He doesn't look familiar. I don't know where she met him."

"But she's okay?"

"Yeah he didn't hurt her, she's just a bit shaken up."

"Yeah I can imagine."

Given that it was now around midnight they hoped it wouldn't be too long until they would close this case. Callen stepped out of the bullpen and called Joelle.

"Hey Callen," Joelle answered the phone. "Have you been able to find anything?"

"We're still looking but don't worry we're gonna find him. Don't worry, you're safe there. There's a bed in the room upstairs if you want to get some rest. It might be a while until we've finished the case. You're safe there Joelle. Agent Sanchez is there to keep an eye on you. You're good to get some sleep. Don't worry."

"Alright, I guess."

"I will come to the boatshed once this case if finished."

"Okay. Thank you for this Callen."

"No problem, I'm sorry you got mixed up in this. I will make it right. Try to get some sleep."

Callen hung up the phone and went back to the bullpen. It was about two hours later when the wonder twins came down the stairs.

"I think we figured out how he found out about you and about you and Joelle," Eric spoke as he and Nell walked into the bullpen.

"We looked into all the intel the AFT and FBI have gathered on this company and what they had send to NCIS. Within this we found a connection to our office. A few weeks ago we worked a case with military grade weapons. We found them and closed the case but according to the intel it's to be believed that these weapons have something to do with LA Securities. We looked more thoroughly and determined that these people were employed by LA Securities as well but under a different name. That's probably how they found out about that we were the team to get bad guys," Nell informed them.

"Okay but that still doesn't explain how he found out about Joelle," Callen spoke.

"Yes I was just getting to that. We checked into all of them to see if you had any dealings with any of them. There's a Laura Andrews in one of Joelle's co-workers class. She's the daughter of Frank Andrews. He must have seen you when you dropped Joelle off at her work. How exactly he found out you and Joelle broke up I'm not sure but this is most likely how he got close to her."

Callen was pissed that he had used Joelle to get to him. Joelle didn't deserve this.

"Have you been able to locate him?"

"We tracked him from Joelle's house. He tried to follow her but he lost her. Kaleidoscope is searching for him," Eric spoke and his tablet beeped. "Kaleidoscope just got a hit. He's on Admiralty Way heading south."

"He's heading to the boatshed," Callen spoke as he put two and two together.

The four agents quickly left and got in their cars. Luckily the boatshed was close to the office. Nell had alerted the agent in the boatshed. Luckily Joelle was upstairs sleeping. Sam drove as fast as he could to the boatshed. When they arrived the door to the boatshed was open. Weapons drawn the four agents went in. Callen saw agent Sanchez lying on the floor in the hallway. With caution the four agents went in. Just as they stepped into the main room Andrews came down the stairs with Joelle. He had her in a chokehold and pointed a gun at her.

"Let her go!" Callen warned him as the agents pointed their weapons at him.

"Well well agent Callen, how nice of you to show up."

"Let her go! I'm not good ask again!"

Callen saw how terrified Joelle was. He was so pissed at Andrews for getting her mixed up in this. Callen looked to see if he could get a shot off. There wasn't much room since Joelle was standing directly in front of Andrews.

"You're not in the position to make demands agent Callen."

"She has nothing to with this. It's me and the team that you want. Let her go."

"You cost me quite a lot of money when you stopped that delivery of military grade weapons."

"Just doing my job."

"And now your job is getting Joelle hurt." Andrews grabbed Joelle tighter causing her to scream and he pointed the gun at her head. "You have three seconds to back off or I'm gonna put a bullet in her."

Kensi and Deeks were up on the balcony.

"I have a shot Callen," Kensi softly spoke.

"Take it."

Andrews looked at him, wondering who he was talking to. Before he knew it a bullet entered his shoulder causing him to let go of Joelle. Sam and Callen quickly moved in. Callen took Joelle away from him as Sam cleared him of his weapon.

"It's okay Joelle, it's okay," Callen tried to calm her down.

"Callen, I was so scared."

Callen put his arms around her and pulled her closer. "It's okay Jo, it's over. We got him. He's not gonna hurt you anymore. It's okay."

Andrews was still alive. Sam pulled him up and put him in the interrogation room.

"You can't keep me here, you shot me. I need medical attention!" Andrews yelled as Sam put him down on the chair.

"You'll live. Now the sooner you start talking the sooner you can go to the hospital."

"You can't do this! I have rights!"

"Multiple agencies have been after you and your company and they would all love some answers and to talk to you. Now you can talk to me or I can hand you over to one of them but then a deal is off the table."

Sam sat across the table from him and waited for Andrews to start talking.

Callen took Joelle over to the couch to make sure she was okay.

"You hurt anywhere?"

"No, I'm good I think."

"Come on, I'll take you home."

Joelle grabbed her things and Callen drove her to her place. Callen went inside with her and made sure everything was safe.

"I'm really sorry about tonight Jo. I can't believe he used you to get to me."

"It's not your fault Callen, you couldn't have known."

"But still it's because of me you were in this. I'm really sorry."

"It was really scary but I'm okay. Thank you for helping me."

"It was my pleasure Joelle. I checked around here, everything is safe. You'll be safe. Andrews is in custody. He can't get to you anymore."

"Can I ask you a favor Callen?"

"Of course, anything."

"I know we're not together anymore but could you maybe stay here tonight. I'd feel safer with you there."

"Yeah of course. No problem. It's the least I can do."

"Thank you Callen."

"Everything is safe around the house. You can go get some sleep."

"Or try to."

"I'll be right here if you need me."

Joelle went to the bedroom as Callen stayed in the living room. Callen lay down on the couch and kept an eye and ear open for any new sign of danger. He was really glad that Joelle was doing okay. They may not be together anymore but Callen still cared about her. He still couldn't believe this son of a bitch had used her to get to him. This is what he had been afraid of ever since he started seeing Joelle, that someone would use her to get to him. It was his job, the dangers the job brought with it. Not just for him but for the people in his life too. Maybe he was just destined to stay alone forever, it would be safer that way. He sometimes wondered if he could have what Sam had but maybe that just wasn't meant for him. He had been alone for his entire life, he was good at it. Maybe it was just better that way. He had really liked the time he spend with Joelle and for a while he thought that it maybe could work out, but he was just kidding himself, this would never work out. He totally understood why Joelle broke up with him and if he was in her shoes he probably would have done the same. He was glad that Joelle had turned to him and that he had been able to help her. They weren't together but Callen couldn't help but help her when she showed up at his house. If it wasn't for the case and the danger Joelle was in he would have liked spending time with her again. At least she was safe now and the threat had been dealt with. They probably would have enough to go on to move in on this company, so this case may have not been all that bad in the end. Joelle was safe, they had captured the bad guy and maybe they could bring down this company. Callen had closed his eyes for a little bit when his phone chirped. He looked at the screen and saw he had a message from Sam.

'Managed to get Andrews to talk. Have a lot of intel on his company. Nell and Eric have send it through to the ATF and FBI. They are working up a plan to move in now,' the message read.

'That's great Sam. Thanks for letting me know.'

'How's Joelle?'

'She's okay, a little shaken up but okay. She's in bed now, hopefully asleep. She asked me to stay the night here so I'm on the couch here. I'm glad she's alright.'

'Yeah me too. I'll see you tomorrow G.'

'Yeah see you tomorrow Sam.'

Callen put his phone back on the table and tried to get some sleep. He had just dozed off when he heard a scream coming from Joelle's bedroom.