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Kensi, Deeks, and Faith made their way over toward the parking lot near the shack where Callen and Sam were speaking to some of the officers on duty at the crime scene.

Kensi noticed Faith grow tense as they neared the shop. She put an arm around the girl's shoulders and Faith gave her a sad but appreciative grin. Kensi had dealt with death enough in her life to know that simply having contact with another human being could keep you sane in the worst of situations.

Deeks saw Kensi put her arm around Faith's shoulders as a way of showing support. It warmed his heart to see the two women he loved more than life itself already bonding with each other. Sure, he'd only known Faith for about ten minutes, but there was a sibling bond and love that he felt immediately. It probably had something to do with the fact that she looked so much like their mother who he'd had a special bond with since he was a child.

"Deeks" Sam said in greeting.

"Sam, Callen." He said as they approached the men.

"Who is this?" Callen asked, nodding towards Faith.

"This is Faith. She's the only witness we've been able to find. Kensi and I are going to take her back to the boatshed." Deeks informed them, not wanting to divulge that he knew that Faith was his sister quite yet. Kensi and Faith seemed to catch on and didn't say anything either.

"Sounds good." Callen said then looked back and forth between Kensi and Deeks a few times. "So, what were you guys doing down here this early in the morning?" He asked, clearly noting that Kensi's hair was unbrushed and pulled into a messy bun and she had only a pair of swimming shorts and one of Deeks' sweatshirts pulled on over her bikini. Deeks was in a pair of swim shorts and a long sleeved rash guard.

"We were going to go surfing, but when we showed up to rent a board and wetsuit for Kens, we found this." Deeks replied, taking on a defensive pose after he motioned towards the crime scene.

Sam and Callen shared a knowing smirk but didn't press the issue further. "Go on, get out of here. We'll take care of this." Sam said, still smiling.

Kensi and Deeks walked past with Faith and returned to Kensi's SRX. Kensi tossed Deeks the keys before heading to the passenger door. "So where are we going exactly?" Faith finally asked when they climbed into the car.

"We're heading back to the boatshed, its where NCIS's Office of Special Projects takes witness statements and preforms interrogations. Our headquarters is in a secret location, so we don't take outsiders there." Deeks explained as he started the car.

They pulled out of the parking lot and headed towards the boatshed. Deeks was glad Kensi had let him drive because it allowed him to do something and stop his mind from reeling over todays events. He had a sister. He HAS a SISTER. This was completely insane. The only person in his life that he's ever had to consider family is his mother, whom he hasn't spoken to in about seventeen years. Seventeen. That's how old his sister is. Wow.

Kensi seemed to sense he was allowing his mind to wander. She reached over and grabbed his hand off the gearshift, which he'd unconsciously been holding in a death grip. She met his eyes and gave him a warm grin and tangled their fingers together. Deeks smiled back at her and squeezed her hand. He rephrased his previous thoughts to himself. The only people he's ever considered family before today are his mother and Kensi. Although they were just starting out in their relationship, they'd already agreed that they're all in. They're in this for the long haul, and there's nothing he'd change about it.

They both turned their gaze to Faith, who was in the backseat. It seemed as if she was in another world, completely oblivious to what was going on in the car.

Kensi dropped Deeks hand and turned to look at Faith.

"Hey, Faith, how are you holding up." Kensi asked softly.

Faith turned her gaze to the front of the car. "I'm fine." She replied.

"A very wise man once told me that 'fine' really means you're not." She said casting a glance at Deeks who was fighting back a grin.

Faith replied after a few moments of silence. "I guess I'm just processing it all, you know? It doesn't seem real. This whole day has just been insane… like a nightmare, and I don't know what to do about it."

"Are you sure you don't want us to call your mom? I'm sure she'd want to be here for you." Kensi suggested again.

"She, uh, no I don't think that's a good idea." Faith said breaking eye contact and fiddling with her hair in a way that Kensi knew meant she didn't want to talk about it. She even had the same mannerisms as Deeks and it was slightly amusing for Kensi, but it wasn't the time to bring that up.

"Well, we're here." Deeks said as he got out of the car. Faith practically leaped out of the car and before Kensi knew it, Deeks was opening her door for her and holding out his hand. She rolled her eyes but couldn't help but grin at the gesture. She secretly loved that he insisted on playing the 'gentleman' card, even at work where she insisted that he didn't need to.

They led Faith away from the edge of the dock where she'd gone to stand, looking out over the ocean. Kensi couldn't help but hang back a little as Deeks walked up to her and simply put a hand on her shoulder and stood with her staring out over the ocean.

Kensi pulled out her phone and snapped a picture of the two of them just before they turned around to head inside.

They were about halfway through Faith giving her statement when Eric popped up on the tv screen.

"Hey guys, you may want to see this. This wasn't a random shooting. Faith and Matthew were targeted." He said as he pulled up the footage. There was video of a man clearly following the two teenagers to the beach. It seems like something spooked him, though and he ran back out of the shack talking on his cell phone and took cover and lost surveillance by weaving through the busy boardwalk shops.

"Why would he follow us?" Faith said, clearly alarmed.

"I don't know, but we're going to find out. Right now our first priority is going to make sure Matthew's family and mom are safe." Deeks said as they headed back out of the boatshed.

"Wait!" Faith called as they were heading towards the door. "Mom, she uh, she passed away a few years ago." Faith told them.

Deeks froze, he was stunned, nobody had even informed him of his mother's death. "She, uh, she had Parkinson's disease. She died just before my eleventh birthday." Faith informed them. "Matty and his dad let me move in with them so I could stay in the same school. We tried to find you but the most information we were able to find was that you were doing something with LAPD." Faith looked down, afraid to meet her brother's gaze.

"Alright, then I guess we'll just call Callen and Sam to check up on Matty's father. What is his name?" Deeks asked, trying not to react too much to the new information. He needed to do his job right now.

"Ronald McRitzer, he should be home still, he wasn't going to go anywhere until later today."

"Okay, I'll call Sam and Callen." Kensi said stepping outside. She had a feeling that the siblings needed some time alone.