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"What the hell?" Eric practically yelled as he dove for his computer.

"Trace that," Callen said.

"I'm working on it, but if they are using anything other than a video camera, which they probably are, it will be very hard to trace."

"Just do it Eric," Callen hissed.

Sam yelled for Hetti and Nate, who were right outside the door. They bolted in, sliding to a surprised stop.

"Is that-"

"Kensi," Callen answered Nate, leaning against the table in front of him. "Can you clean up the picture Eric?"

Eric tapped some buttons and the pixley screen became almost crystal clear. Kensi had duct tape over her mouth and her hands were tied to her back. Her eyes were determined but Callen, who had know her for most of her adult life, could see the fear masked with anger. She was watching someone behind the camera."Eric what is happening?" Callen asked.

"They must have a really good hacker because they are keeping me from seeing what they are doing, and I cant track the video feed. But I'm working on it," he added the last sentence when he saw Callen's face.

A man suddenly was blocking their view of Kensi. He walked to her and started rummaging through her pockets. She squirmed as his hand moved up her inner thigh. Though they could not see his face, they could see hers. Her brows were furrowed and jaw clenched. She pulled her arms, but to no avail. Whatever was holding her was holding her fast.

Callen was concentrating on her eyes. They were defiant and angry. The brown spheres bore holes into the man's head as his hand continued to move. When he got close enough however she closed her eyes and head butted him. Everyone in the room with Callen smiled, and Sam whooped. That was the Kensi Blye he knew. Unfortunately the man didn't enjoy being made a joke of so after he whined and held his now bloody nose he came back and slapped Kensi across the cheek. Callen heard a soft grunt from his agent, but there was no other sign that she was in pain.

Another man began speaking in a language none of them understood and the first man pulled Kensi's cell out of her back pocket, holding his hand on her backside for longer than necessary. This made fire burn throughout Callen. The man disappeared behind the camera then reappeared and walked to Kensi again. He ripped he duct tape off and said, "Say exactly what we told you to."

"And if I don't?"

"Trust me sweet heart. Your not as indispensable as you think," he said catching her chin in his hand and pinching her cheek. "Although it would be a shame to loose that ass before I got a piece of it."

"You aren't getting anything from me you oversized ape," Kensi snapped.

Callen smiled. 'firecracker all the way,' he thought to himself.

The man turned and went behind the camera again.

"Talk," he instructed.

Kensi didn't say anything. She just stared defiantly above the camera at what Callen guessed was the man's face. Suddenly Hetti's phone rang making them all jump. Hetti answered it then set it to speaker. Agent Price's voice came over the line.

"Callen have they called you yet?" she asked.

"No they are videoing Kensi. They want her to say something," Callen answered a little confused as to how she knew something was happening in the case while she was on an airplane.

The phone went silent as Analei put her phone on speaker and they listened. By now one of the men had gone up and hit Kensi several times.

"Fine," she hissed breathlessly as she spit out blood.

She turned defeated eyes on the camera.

"Callen," she addressed him quietly. "These terrorists want you to come to where I am and save me. They say they will kill me if you don't, but I don't think they will because half of them are younger than 20 and I don't think they would hurt-"

But her sentence was ripped from her by a fist to the chest. She doubled over as far as her tied hands would allow.

"That wasn't what we told you to say!" it was another man, but Kensi was right.

He sounded like he was about 18, and obviously inexperienced. The first man came to his side and elbowed him in the ribs. He pushed him out of view and leaned down so his eyes would be level with Kensi's. Tears were in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. She glared at the man who was holding her chin again.

"Pull another stunt like that, and you will have one less finger instead of a bruised rib."

He roughly let her go and disappeared behind the camera again. Kensi caught her breath and looked back up at the camera. At that moment Callen almost broke down and started crying. Kensi's eyes held so much pain and fear that Callen almost couldn't stand it."They are going to kill me G," she said through clenched teeth..

Callen leaned harder on the table and rested his chin in his hands. Suddenly his phone rang. He jumped and pulled it out. His mouth fell open when he saw 'Kensi' on the phone id.

"Kens?!" he asked before he looked back at the screen and saw that she wasn't the one on the phone.

"Hello Mr. Callen," said the voice on the other line said.

Callen looked back at the screen as a man holding Kensi's phone.

"Yes Mr. Callen. I'm sure you see me," he said.

Callen could hear both the voice on the TV and the voice over the phone, and it was making him crazy.

"Who are you?" Callen asked barley able to keep his anger in check.

"That does not matter. What does matter is that this woman-" he gestured to Kensi in the background. "Will be dead if you don't get here in 34 hours."

"34 hours? Why 34?" Callen asked trying to buy time for Eric to trace the call.

"Well technically you have 24, but if you don't show up after 24 then we will inject miss Blye with a chemical that takes 10 hours to work. That gives you ten more hours to get here. Unfortunately those ten hours will be very painful for your friend here. She will be coughing up lungs, and blood. It will be very uncomfortable, but its your call. You have 24 hours Mr. Callen."

The call ended abruptly and Callen slammed his phone down.

"Damn it!" he shouted. "Eric did you trace it?"

Eric looked almost afraid to answer.

"No," he said timidly. "There wasn't enough time, and anyway he was using a router that made the signal bounce around. I couldn't get it pinned down."

Callen slammed his fists on the table. "Well how the hell are we going to find her without a location!" he shouted so loud it made Eric cringe then look to Nate or Sam for help.

Both men looked at each other and Nate stepped forward, only because Sam was just as furious as Callen was."Callen, Kensi is safe for now. We will find her," Nate said putting a reassuring hand on his tense shoulder.

Callen glared back at Nate's worried eyes.

"If we don't find her in time, the blood wont be on your hands Nate. It will be on mine," Callen hissed.

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