A/n: I had to give Linka a last name in this chapter so I did and well I hope you like what I came up with
"Your Goddaughter?" Kensi echoed in shock
"Yes, I met her mother, Lillian McCain years ago and we became friends. When she found out she was pregnant she wanted me to act as Godmother to the child, and that child was Kendall"
"Hetty, I'm sorry about this, we will do everything we can to find Kendall and all of those girls" Kensi said
The others nodded in agreement including Ziva and Gibbs.
"You bet we will." Gibbs said
"Guys we may have a lead" Eric said "Local leos just found Kendall McCain's fingerprints in an abandoned storage facility, there were two other sets of prints there as well, one belonged to Kendall's friend Orla Byrne. They still have not identified the girl that left the third set of prints." Eric paused "I spoke too soon, she is a Russian citizen, Linka Kozlova, she was reported missing by her grandmother... almost two months ago, the case was just revealed internationally, Kendall's case was kicked to us instantly because she is a marine dependant as well as an NCIS dependant. Orla's case came with Kendall's because they disappeared together from the same place at the same time."
"Russians were dragging their feet on the Kozlova case for some reason" Sam groaned
"Looks like it, who knows why, either way we have to find her along with those other girls." Gibbs said
Hetty had walked away and this didn't get past Nate who was getting concerned about her. He followed her
"Penny for your thoughts?" he said
"I am just very worried, Nate, I have known Kendall since she was a newborn"
"Is that the truth, Hetty"
"Okay, you want the truth, this scares the hell out of me! I held Kendall when she was just hours old, to think we may never see her again..." Hetty turned to wipe her tears away
"Hetty... oh my gosh Hetty!" a voice called
"Abby Sciuto?"
"When did you get here, Abs?" Gibbs asked
"Came via military transport a little while ago" Abby replied and then went to Hetty
"Permission to hug?"
"I could use a hug very much right now, Abby"
Abby hugged the older woman in a comforting embrace.
After the embrace Hetty thanked Abby for her concern and went on her way to her desk.
"I found out about the relationship between Hetty and one of the victims and figured she could use all the support she could get, so I talked to Director Vance and he granted me permission to fly out on the next transport. Believe me it wasn't fun, but it got me here" Abby told Gibbs.
Abby looked over at the screen and saw the pictures.
"Are these the girls"
"These are the three we managed to identify, Orla Byrne, Kendall McCain and Linka Kozlova. We are pretty sure they are still together at this point" Eric explained
"Yeah, and Hetty pulled herself off the case due to the fact that McCain is her Goddaughter and she is too emotionally involved."
"Ya think she's emotionally involved, Agent Hanna, she has known Kendall McCain since the day she was born" Gibbs snapped at Sam
"Very good point" Sam conceded
"She told me that this had her scared" Nate sighed
"And I know why" Eric said "Kendall nearly died about a year and a half ago, the roof of a covered walkway collapsed, she was under it at the time. She was in a coma for two months, they weren't sure she would ever wake up"
The team was silent
"We really have to find her, Hetty needs to see that Kendall is okay" Kensi said
"Yes we do, Kensi, yes we do" Sam nodded
Linka looked to Orla and Kendall, she knew that they had to get away, but how? That was the big question
"Linka... I have an idea, but I'm not sure if we can pull it off" Kendall said
"What is it?" Linka asked
Kendall explained the plan, they had already discovered that they were in the United States.
"No, Kendall, you can't do this" Orla said
"I am an American Citizen already, and I think I know where we are and who I can call to get help for you two" Kendall said "besides, who is the soccer ace here"
"You"
"Who here is a blackbelt in karate and Penkak Silat"
"You Kendall"
"See I am qualified, I can do this"
"Okay"
"Da, it sounds like it, but this is a dangerous mission"
"I know Linka, but... my dad taught me several tricks for situations like this, I think I can handle myself."
A few days passed and the girls had the plan down to a science and were ready to exicute the plan.
The two men walked in with the meals and found Linka doubled over with stomach pain, or so they thought. As they were tending to Linka; Kendall took that moment to slip out the open door. She was out of the building within seconds.
'Whew, I'm gonna have to really thank my Godmother for teaching me that trick' she thought to herself as she ran from the building and realized she was right, they were in Los Angeles.
'Now to call my Godmother, Henretta Lange, she's probably scared out of her mind' Kendall thought and went to the nearby payphone and dialed to make a collect call as she had no change.
Hetty was surprised when her phone rang.
"Incoming collect call from Kendall McCain, do you agree to accept the charges"
"Yes" Hetty said
Within seconds the call was connected
"Kendall, are you okay?"
"Hetty I'm fine, but... the other two girls may be in more danger than ever, but I know where they are" Kendall explained "shit, I can't stay on the phone... they realized I escaped..." She gave Hetty an adress in Russian knowing for a fact the captors didn't speak Russian as they had no idea what Linka said and would get angry when she spoke Russian the captors didn't know that Linka spoke anything but Russian. Kendall thought that was a cunning ploy on Linka's part as she knew for a fact Linka spoke fluent English.
She got off the phone and ran taking every shortcut and back alleyway possible, she soon managed to lose herself in a crowd of people, only to run into someone.
To Be Continued...