KING'S RETURN
/Chapter 6/
For a long time after King left, neither man spoke; each lost in their own thoughts concerning their predicament.
Deeks was growing increasingly concerned by the silence of the other man...who seemed to fold in on himself after King's revelation.
"We're gonna get out of this," Deeks finally said.
Colby didn't acknowledge the comment.
"Look, Granger, my team caught him before, they'll do it again..." Deeks coaxed.
"It doesn't matter..." Colby interrupted bleakly.
"What, man...what doesn't matter...getting rescued; 'cause that's right up there with 'things that really matter for a thousand'," Deeks cajoled.
Shaking his head, Colby muttered, "It'll never be over, not really...Lancer's dead...Dwayne's dead...and my team...my team still...sometimes I don't think they'll ever really trust me again...and then the Chinese; I never thought about after the mission...ya' know—never thought about the fact that I could be lookin' over my shoulder for the rest of my life..."
Deeks had nothing to say to the stark admission; yeah, on some level he could relate, anyone in law enforcement could-that you could get caught up with just that one criminal that would make it personal...but what do you say to a young man who has an entire government that wanted him dead?
Deeks decided to change tactics, give Colby something to focus on and hopefully redirect some of the guilt and self-doubt he knew the man was carrying to a more useful outlet, "Ya' know, one of the guys on my team used to be a SEAL...he's real big into this whole teamwork thing—big change for me I'll tell you, deep cover just didn't mesh with the whole team dynamic they had going on...an man, did Mr. Military and I clash over it; but ya' know what, he, Sam, that is, he was right...a team is important...someone's got your back and you have theirs...and right now Agent Colby Granger...you're my team, and I need to know that I can count on you to back me up here."
After a moment, Colby took a slow deep breath and let it out, "Sam sounds like a smart guy..."
"Yeah, don't let him hear you say that..." Deeks scoffed with a chuckle. "He's hard enough to live with now."
Colby couldn't help but give a small smile and a shake of his head, the time for guilt and recriminations could come later, right now he had to focus on here and now: no one else was dying because of the choices he made."Yeah, I'm with you...so, tell me about King."
Deeks filled the agent in on King's high end tastes and equally high end skills...the fact that he was good enough at his job to be hired by foreign officials to break into a secure government facility, how his partner had gone in undercover; and though it still pained him to think about it, he told Colby about the explosion and the fear he felt when they lost contact with Kensi.
"And ruthless...he makes sure no one can ever tie him to a theft...he shot his last partner in cold blood right in front of Kensi...then killed three other partners in the explosion; never once batting an eye," Deeks explained as way of warning as to what King was capable of.
"Quite the charmer," Colby commented sarcastically, adding, "What I still can't figure is how, if he was caught stealing for a known Chines spy, he's out...no one slips out from under those kind of charges."
"Whoever helped him is gonna be toast when Hetty finishes with them..." Deeks commented.
"So, we need a plan," Colby said.
"A plan is good...don't suppose you got one handy do ya'" Deeks asked.
"Was kind of hoping you had one," Colby replied.
"Well there's always..." for the next several minutes the two men bandied about ideas...finally coming back to where they started...nothing.
"Yeah I got nothin'," Deeks finally said.
"Well, they gotta move us sooner or later...once we're out of this room we just have to find the first opportunity and take it," Colby said.
"So that's the plan...hurry up and wait...I gotta say, as far as plans go...not really feeling it..." Deeks said.
Colby just shrugged. "Block room, no windows, locked door, tied hands...not seeing a whole lot of options..."
"Still sucks..." Deeks grumbled.
Both men lapsed back into silence, silently willing their captors to return, to make a move...give them a chance to act against their abductors.
...ncis la...numb3rs...ncis la...numb3rs...ncis la...
A/N: sorry its short but I'm kinda going back and forth between the action, and this is all the farther I can get with our boys until the teams put a "rescue" plan into action...I think I've figured out where to put in the Sam/David scene too...but it will be awhile...