Chapter 3

It had been twelve weeks, twelve long weeks of pure hell for Deeks. He woke up in the hospital three days after the rescue and he felt nothing, but pain for the first month and a half. Everything hurt, but especially his jaw. Having your jaw broken in six places was no light matter. Every time he talked it hurt. Every time he tried to eat it hurt. He couldn't go surfing because of the stiches and because of his wrist. He couldn't stop the nightmares from attacking him every night and to top it off he couldn't avoid the endless questions from the Nate and Kensi. Deeks didn't want to talk about what happened, but he really didn't want to talk about growing up even more. After six weeks of listening to their endless pressure and questions Deeks snapped at them to leave him alone. He couldn't handle his childhood and the last thing he wanted to do was to talk about it. For six weeks all he heard were questions about his childhood and them telling him that he needed to talk about it. He couldn't take it anymore and he finally snapped at Nate, Callen and Kensi when they were in his apartment. They didn't come by for a week and Deeks felt bad that he had snapped at them, but he just couldn't help it. With everything going on the last thing he wanted to do was listen to questions about his childhood. They had found out that he had brain damage and Hetty had explained what happened. Deeks was ashamed and embarrassed that they had found out he was abused growing up, but he took some relief that they didn't know his whole story.

When Nate, Kensi and Callen showed up a week later Deeks had apologised for the outburst and they had told him they understood. They apologised for pushing him so hard and they promised they wouldn't do it again. They just wanted him back so bad that they didn't realise that they were pushing him too hard. Callen had come by to see him fairly often at least 3 times a week. Sam had tried to come by with Callen or with Kensi, but Deeks never spoke to him. He tried to be friendly, but he truly was still hurt and angry at Sam. Sam knew that Deeks wasn't happy with him and still didn't want him around. Sam couldn't just ignore Deeks though, not after what happened and not after what Sam found out about his childhood. Sam had made a silent promise to himself to help Deeks get over his childhood horrors. Sam never realised just how many problems Deeks had internally. When Sam thought back about it Deeks always made fun of himself, he always took what they said to him to heart. He always put himself down and he didn't know how to take a compliment. Sam never thought about it, but now that he was he wanted to help Deeks. He truly was a good man and Sam didn't think he should have to deal with his demons on his own. If Sam could help him overcome some of the things that happened to him, then Sam was willing to go through hell to do it. Sam felt like he owed Deeks his life and his family. If it wasn't for Deeks, Sam would have been dead in that pool. Deeks saved his life and he risked his life to save his and his wife's. Sam owed him the world and he wasn't going to let him down.

Kensi had been the one to push Deeks even when he didn't want to do anything. She had been spending a lot of time in Deeks' apartment, but she also made sure to give him some space. She wasn't going to leave him alone with all of this. She was going to see him through, because she cared and she felt guilty. She knew she had to follow Michelle, but that didn't mean she didn't feel guilty for not having his back. He was her partner and she should have been there with him to protect him. He had always been there for her even when she didn't want him to be. He never took no for an answer and she wasn't going to either with this. She had been there for when the pain was so extreme he could barely move. She had been there for the nightmares. She had been there for when he was depressed. She had been there sitting on the beach with him at three in the morning, because he was too afraid to sleep. She had been there when he had to go to the dentist for his teeth and he had a panic attack. She had been there the whole time to hold his hand and comfort him when he needed it. There had been many nights that they had fallen asleep in his bed curled up in each other's arms. They never spoke about the kiss. They did what they always did and acted like it never happened. Kensi wanted to talk about it, but she didn't know how well Deeks would be able to handle it. She was going to bring it up once he seemed like he was back to his old self.

Over the last twelve weeks Deeks had been slowly starting to come back to his old self, but he was still a long ways away. He still didn't talk much, he rarely smiled a true smile and he didn't tell any jokes. Hetty had made sure once Deeks was awake that he was speaking with Nate and he was talking about it with him regularly, but he refused to talk about it with Kensi. They knew it was going to take more than just three months for Deeks to get over what happened. It was understandable after everything that happened to him. Sam was in therapy with Nate for a good ten weeks before he was cleared by Nate for active duty. Sam had been back to work for two weeks now and he felt better being back to a job that he loved. It had taken them three straight endless days before they finally found the remaining nuclear bombs. Sidorov refused to talk and ever since he came out of surgery he was in one of the highest secured prison in this world. In the end they had won, but it came with a great price.

Now twelve weeks later the three agents were waiting for Deeks to come into Ops. It was going to be his first day back and he was stuck on desk duty for a few more weeks. His right wrist was in a brace; once the cast came off the doctor still wasn't too happy about how it had healed. His ribs were doing much better, his stab wounds had healed nicely and his brain was completely healed from the skull fracture and bruising. Deeks and the team were thrilled when they found out that he did not have any further brain damage done from the torture. He was only slightly sore and his wounds had healed nicely. Nate had cleared him for desk duty and Deeks didn't argue with him. Deeks was the one to admit to Nate that he just wasn't ready for active duty yet. He had also said the same thing to Bates and Bates was more than sympathetic and was giving Deeks all the time he needed. Hetty had informed Bates that Deeks had been tortured. Bates was not happy to hear that one of his best undercovers was in the hospital seriously injured and traumatized. Bates had had many inner debates with himself about terminating the L.A.P.D liaison position. He didn't like that Deeks had been tortured and he had plans of speaking to Deeks when he was ready for active duty about coming back to L.A.P.D full time. It was just after nine thirty in the morning when Deeks walked into the bullpen.

"Hey Deeks welcome back." Sam said.

"If you count desk duty as back." Deeks said as he went over to his desk. He put his bag down and sat down in his chair.

"It counts as back." Callen said seriously so Deeks knew he was more than welcome.

"It's good to have you back partner." Kensi said with a smile.

"How you feeling Deeks?" Sam asked.

"I'm fine."

The three agents looked at each other and you could see the concern on their faces. Deeks was clearly still upset with Sam. Sam had tried to repair the damage, but Deeks just wasn't having any of it. Deeks had tolerated Sam coming around with Callen or with Kensi, but he didn't really talk to him. They all started to work on paperwork and small talk for a good three hours before Deeks' cell phone rang and Deeks didn't recognize the number.

"Hello."

Deeks didn't want to say Detective Deeks, because he didn't know who was on the other end. If it turned out to be someone he was undercover for then there would be a serious problem.

"Yes may I speak with Mr. Martin Deeks please?" The gentle female voice said.

"Speaking"

"I have a collect call from a Mary Deeks. Do you accept the charges?"

Deeks put his hand on his forehead and gently rubbed it in frustration.

"Ya put her through."

The three agents could tell that Deeks was not happy about whoever was on the other end of the phone call. They all did their best to make it seem like they weren't listening to the conversation, but they were failing miserably. Ever since Deeks had been tortured the three of them became very protective of him. Deeks was not the weakest one in the group, but he was the most traumatised one. They didn't want anything to make him worse. They wanted to help Deeks get better not sit around and watch him get worse.

"Martin, are you there?" Came the rush female voice.

"What did you do now?"

Deeks was clearly not impressed by this phone call. It got the attention of all three agents. Deeks had been through hell these past twelve weeks and they didn't want him going through anymore. They could tell by his body language and tone of voice that he wasn't in the mood for this phone call.

"Martin please I need your help. Your father and I are in jail…"

"He's not my father." Deeks said immediately.

"He is your father. He adopted you and took you in. You need to come down to the court house and get us out. I'm your mother you can't just abandon me."

"Did it ever cross your mind that maybe, just maybe, I might have a problem that I would like to call you and tell you about? Did it ever cross your mind that maybe I might need your help?" Deeks snapped.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Nope I'm fine." Deeks said knowing that telling his mother about what happened would be pointless.

"Then why did you even bring that up? You make it sound like I didn't raise you." Mary said getting more annoyed and angry.

"What did you do now?"

The others could tell that Deeks was getting upset, but not in an angry way. They could see the hurt in his eyes and that just increased their curiosity.

"I wasn't doing anything wrong I swear. That asshole detective arrested me, because I wouldn't turn against your father. The court hearing is in two hours Martin, baby you need to come and get us out. You're an attorney you do this all the time."

"I'm not an attorney anymore. I don't know how many times I've told you that I'm a detective now. Have been for eight years."

"So you can still get us out. Call that asshole detective and get us out. He had no right to arrest me or your father."

"You still haven't told me what you did to get arrested."

"I don't know what happened. He had no right to arrest either one of us."

"What detective?" Deeks asked knowing he could contact the detective and get more answers than he could speaking with his mother.

"Detective Walker. He was an asshole to me and your father."

"Stop calling him my father."

"Will you come down here baby and get us out?"

"That depends on what you did. I'll call the detective and see why he arrested you both."

"Thank- you baby I can always count on you. You're such a good son."

Deeks didn't even reply he just hung up and he was clearly not impressed by any of this. He had been through enough and had enough problems he didn't need his mother's to add to his.

"Everything okay partner?" Kensi asked with concern in her voice.

"Fucking perfect." Deeks whispered.

That got everyone's attention. Deeks never swore, especially at work. Deeks dialed his precinct number. Detective Walker worked at the same precinct that he did and had worked with him on a few cases. After a minute the desk clerk answered.

"Los Angeles police department. How may I direct your call?"

"Hey Marcy. Its Deeks, is Walker in?"

"He is I'll pass you through."

"Thanks"

After a few seconds Walker answered the phone.

"Detective Walker."

"Hey Walker."

"Deeks, I was about to call you. I'm assuming you found out that your parents were arrested."

"She just called me. What happened?"

"You near a computer?"

"Ya I'm at my desk."

"I sent you an email with some case files in it. Just a brief overview of them. I was going to call you and see what you thought about them."

"What are they?"

Deeks opened his laptop and started to check his email. There was a message from Walker and he opened it and started to read it. It was brief and just the main points of the operation, but Deeks could see where this was going.

"Last night patrol got a call to this rundown shady bar called Last Stop. When we got there a female was beaten up pretty bad. Jason Deeks was the one who had attacked her. Your mother was there to witness the attack and according to her Jason did nothing wrong. We spoke to the victim at the hospital, she's still in the hospital and her bill is almost ten grand so far. She had to have surgery for some internal bleeding. We spoke to her before they took her into surgery. According to her she was talking to Jason and Mary got upset and started calling her names and getting mad at Jason. Apparently she thought Jason shouldn't have been hitting on the victim back. Jason got upset that Mary was calling him names and then they both went outside. The victim was outside for a smoke and Jason lost it on her and attacked her. Mary was there watching the whole thing and was apparently encouraging Jason. We arrested both of them and Mary refused to talk same as Jason."

"Is she going to be okay?"

"The doctor said she will make a full recovery. Jason was obviously drunk, but your mother was drunk and very high. She had an ounce of heroin on her. She also had outstanding warrants for prostitution and drug possession."

"Okay, what does that have to do with what you sent me?"

"I have been working on this case for just over a year now. There is a new cartel working their way up the food chain. They started off as small time and now they are killing the higher cartels in Mexico and in LA. We have evidence that they have been stealing military grade weapons and selling them overseas to the highest bidder. I'm talking rocket launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles, automatics, grenades, even materials for making bombs. We know it's them, but we have no evidence to arrest them. They are unbelievably tight lipped and they won't betray anyone in the cartel. I can't even get someone to turn on the little fish. Jason has been seen with a few drug runners for the cartel. Before last night I was going to call you this morning and see if NCIS could lend a hand. Now that we have Jason if we can get him to talk we might be able to get some evidence against them."

"You want me to get them out." Deeks stated.

"I don't want to drop the charges against Jason for what he did to that poor woman. The problem is if he stays in jail I won't be able to flip him. There's no guarantee that he'll even talk, but he might talk to you. The choice is yours Deeks."

"Are you pressing charges or is the victim pressing charges?"

"I did. There really was no other choice."

"I can get them out on bail. I could try talking to the victim and see if there is some way to settle this outside of court. If Jason refuses to cooperate then he can just go right back into jail for aggravated assault and affiliation."

"Are you comfortable with doing this Deeks?"

"From what you've told me and what I just read it has to be done. This cartel is too dangerous to leave on the street. Are you going to court?"

"Yes I have to be there."

"Okay, bring all the case files you have on these guys and I'll see you there."

"Do you think NCIS will pick this up?"

"Ya we'll do it and keep you in the loop. You've been doing this for a year now I'm not gonna just cut you out."

"Thanks Deeks. I'll see you at court."

"Yup"

Deeks hung up his phone and could see the other three staring at him. He let out a sigh and he knew he would need to explain.

"Go upstairs to Ops I'll grab Hetty and explain then."

Deeks got up and headed over to Hetty's desk and the other three went upstairs. They knew it was something big for Deeks to accept a case without even consulting them on it. A few minutes later Deeks and Hetty came into Ops.

"Alright last night Mary and Jason Deeks were arrested for assaulting a woman at a bar."

"And who are they to you?" Callen asked.

"Mary is my mother and Jason is my step-father. The victim was taken to the hospital and had to have surgery. She is still in the hospital and her bill is already ten grand from the level of damage that was done to her. Detective Walker arrested them both and both refused to talk. They are both going up for bail in less than two hours. Detective Walker for the past year has been tracking this new cartel called Los ángeles de Satanás, translated it means Satan's Angels. They operate out of Mexico and LA. They started off small, but over the year they have grown and started to kill the cartels that are higher up on the food chain then them. They kill the top dog and anyone who refuses to follow the new leader. Those that decide to live they are forced to join them. You can imagine how fast their numbers increased in just a year. Detective Walker hasn't been able to get any evidence against them for any of their crimes. They are suspected in homicides; drug trafficking, drug making, prostitution and now arms traffickers. They have stolen military grade weapons that vary from grenades to rocket launchers and have been selling them to the highest bidder overseas. Jason has been seen with some of the small drug runners within the cartel. Detective Walker was going to contact NCIS to see if they were willing to help. He's been doing this for a year and he literally has nothing to arrest them on and the death pool is increasing rapidly."

"He wants to flip Jason." Sam stated.

"He can't justifiably drop the charges against Jason, because of the level of the assault. However, if I can get him out on bail and talk to the victim I might be able to get her to settle this outside of court. He wants to see if we can flip Jason into giving us something we can use to arrest them. If nothing else he's hoping for a way into the cartel so he can send in an undercover."

"Why was this never reported? They had to have stolen these weapons from some base or factory. Why were we never informed?" Callen said.

"Mr. Beale, check any records going back this year for any weapons stolen on or off base. Check all of California that might be how they went under our radar." Hetty said.

"On it."

"Also see what you can find out about this cartel." Callen said.

Eric and Nell went to work on trying to gather any information they could find.

"Is Detective Walker meeting you down at the court house?" Callen asked.

"Ya he's gonna bring the case files he has on this cartel."

"Are you okay with this?" Callen asked.

"I'm fine."

"Very well. The four of you head down to the court house and bring everyone down to the boatshed. Mr. Beale and Ms. Jones continue to gather any information you can about this cartel and the stolen weapons. Mr. Deeks I suggest you go to wardrobe and find yourself a suit for court." Hetty said.

Deeks just gave a nod and headed out of the Ops room.

"Are you sure this is a good idea Hetty? He's just getting back after being off for twelve weeks. He's been through enough." Kensi said.

"Deeks is strong he'll get through this." Callen said.

"You will all be there for him. If he starts to show signs of breaking down then take him out of this. I don't want to cause any more damage than what has already been done." Hetty said.

"We'll keep an eye on him." Sam said.

"A lot has happened to him growing up. So don't be surprised if his attitude changes or he's a little short with any of you. This won't be easy for him." Hetty said.

"We'll get him through this." Callen said

They went downstairs and waited for when Deeks would be ready to go. He was up in wardrobe getting ready for court. Kensi had to admit she was a little excited to see Deeks in court. She had always been curious to see how he acted and handled himself as a lawyer and now she was going to get to see him in action. After ten minutes Deeks walked down the stairs and over to the awaiting agents. Kensi whistled at Deeks in the very well fitted suit.

"You clean up nice partner." Kensi said with a smile.

"I hate these things."

Deeks said as he adjusted his suit jacket. It had been a long time since he had to go to court in a suit. There had been a few undercover operations where he had to be a lawyer and wear a suit all day. He hated it, but that was for doing something good, this was going to court to get his mother and step-father out of jail.

"Didn't you used to wear them all the time?" Callen asked trying to lighten the mood.

"And I hated every second of it. At least then it was for something good. I put criminals in jail, not get them out."

"This is doing something good. If they don't cooperate they go right back." Callen said.

"We better get this show on the road. We don't want to miss Deeks in court." Sam said with a smirk.

"I'll have you know I was a very good lawyer."

"That's because you're full of shit." Sam said with a smile as he headed out of the bullpen.

"It's because I'm intelligent thank-you." Deeks said who clearly took what Sam said the wrong way.

"That's not what I meant. I was only joking." Sam said.

"Sure you were." Deeks said with a slight attitude as he headed out of the building.

Callen placed a comforting hand on Sam's shoulder as they headed out into the parking lot and took off in two different cars. The drive down to the courthouse was done in silence in Kensi and Deeks' car. Kensi didn't know what to say and she knew that there was a lot more to this story then Deeks had told her about. The truth was all she really did know was that he shot his father when he was eleven and he was apparently abusive. She didn't know anything about his mother, or his step-father or even if he has any siblings. Kensi never realised just how much she doesn't know about her own partner. About a man that she had basically seen every day for the last three years. A man that she loved. She truly did know barely anything about his childhood or past. She had once said that his past didn't matter and she had meant that. She could still remember Monica giving him a hard time for having to lie to her while undercover. After the first time she had seen Deeks being Max Gentry she had done some of the research. Max Gentry was Deeks' legendary alias that had been responsible for a lot of take downs and even more information for other take downs. Max had been a 'bad boy' but because of him there were a lot of innocent lives saved. She knew Deeks hated being Max and she couldn't blame him. She truly didn't care about his past or the things he had done in it, because she knew the man he was today and he was a good man.

Sam and Callen were in Sam's charger and they were obviously talking about this case.

"Do you think Deeks is ready for this? He's only supposed to be on desk duty." Sam said.

"We'll keep a close eye on him. He's only going to court. I'm not going to let him into the field. He can't shoot a gun with his wrist in a brace. His other injuries are healed, but I don't want to push him he's still in pain."

"Mentally though, this can't be easy for him. We don't know anything about his childhood other than what Hetty told us. That phone conversation didn't sound very happy."

"All we know is that his father was abusive and he shot him in self defense. We don't know anything about his mother or his step-father. This will be a lot for him to handle. We'll keep a close eye on him Sam. I know you're worried about him ever since that day."

"Of course I'm worried about him. I completely misjudged him. He has so many problems with himself and yet I never noticed. I should have noticed that he was hiding behind a mask. I want to protect him in any way and keep him safe. I don't like this at all he should be back at Ops sitting at his desk where he is safe."

"What happened isn't your fault Sam. We all judged him at one point or another. Kensi trusts him with her life and more. That didn't happen over-night it took time. You two don't work together so that trust had to be built somehow. I trust him, because he's always had Kensi's back. For me that's good enough. We will keep him safe in the courthouse and then he will go right back to his desk."

"I know I just can't help, but think that this operation is a terrible idea. We have no idea what his mental state is right now. This could push him over the edge."

"We'll keep an eye on him Sam. If things get too intense we'll get him to leave. I'm not going to put him through any more stress then necessary. We need him to get his parents out of jail and then we can keep Deeks away from them. I'm not sure what happened between them, but my best guess is nothing good."

"From that phone conversation he didn't sound very happy. Though, that could be from whoever he was speaking to was in jail."

"I think there is a lot more to this story then we will be told. For now I think it's best to just keep Deeks away from them, especially Jason."

They pulled up to the courthouse and they parked next to Kensi's car. They got out and headed into the courthouse. Deeks made sure that his gun was kept in the car, not like he could use it even if he wanted to, and the other three had their badges out on display. They went into the main lobby and Deeks looked over at the board to see what courtroom they would be in.

"Deeks"

Deeks turned around to see Detective Walker walking over to him. Walker was a forty-six year old man with dark brown hair, clean shaven and green eyes. He was well built for his age, it was clear that he worked out on a regular bases. He was also wearing a well fitted brown suit and tie. Clearly Walker was not an undercover detective like Deeks.

"Hey Walker."

"You alright? You look a little banged up."

Deeks still had some bruising on his face and his torso. The bruising was very deep into his skin so it was taking longer to disappear and heal than normal bruising.

"Bad Op."

"Ya I gathered that from the brace and the bruising on your face. What happened to you? I didn't know you were on an L.A.P.D Op."

"It wasn't L.A.P.D it was for NCIS. I don't want to talk about it."

"Got it, no problem. We're in courtroom three."

Walker and Deeks walked over to Sam, Callen and Kensi that were just standing a little back while Deeks was speaking to Walker. They didn't know if Walker was the detective they were waiting for or if he was another lawyer.

"Guys this is Detective Walker. This is Agent Callen, Agent Sam Hannah and my partner Agent Kensi Blye. He's the one that has been chasing this cartel for a year now. I said we would do our best to include him."

"Absolutely. We're not looking to kick you off. You've been after these guys for a year we're not about to take that away from you." Sam said.

"I appreciate NCIS helping out on this case. The death pool has been increasing dramatically especially for the past three months. We have nothing to connect any of the crimes to them. No one will speak to us and they won't ever turn against the leader."

"Who is the leader?" Callen asked.

"That would be dependent upon who you ask. Some say it's a man named Jose Escobar. There are also people who claim that a man named Anthony Daniels is in charge of the cartel."

"You can't even get a confirmation on who is in charge?" Deeks asked.

"I told you I had nothing. Everyone is too terrified to talk about them. They're killing major cartels and adding their men to their cartel. No one will give these guys up. If we can just find a way into this cartel we might stand a chance."

"Who would you send in though?" Kensi asked.

"I have no idea. It would depend on the information we get out of Jason. Assuming we can even get him out on bail."

"I'm a prosecutor not a defense attorney you know that." Deeks said.

"I know, but you'll be able to do it."

"I'm gonna have to tear you apart."

"I figured as much. I was the arresting detective on the case. I won't take it personally. You guys ever see him in court?" Walker asked the three agents.

"Nope not yet." Callen said.

"We're looking forward to it." Sam said.

"He's good. The D.A was very happy when she found out that he would be working for them and not for the Defense office. He's never lost a case."

"Really?" Kensi asked.

"The day is not over yet Walker." Deeks said.

"Martin."

They turned to see two men in a brown and a black suit coming towards them. They saw Deeks stand up straighter and hid his emotions from his eyes and face.

"David." Deeks said.

"What are you doing back here?"

"I have a client."

"You're working in court today. Who's your client?"

"Mary and Jason."

"That's our case." The other man said.

"This is my intern. I'm the D.A for the case. The defendants are your parents if I remember correctly."

"My mother. He's not my father."

"I'm surprised Martin you were always a D.A. Now you're working to get the criminals out of jail."

"I'm working to get them out on bail not the charges dropped. The victim will have justice."

"Wait isn't he the man that the head D.A. is always talking about. You've never lost a case and you were the youngest D.A. that L.A has ever had. It's an honor to meet you sir."

"Don't talk to him he's the enemy right now. I won't go easy on you. They both need to be in jail for what they did to that woman."

"Save it for court councillor." Deeks said with a smirk.

The two men walked away from the group and headed towards the courtroom.

"You were the youngest D.A. How old were you when you graduated law school?" Kensi asked.

"I was in my twenties." Deeks vaguely answered.

"That doesn't really narrow it down." Kensi said.

"We need to get in there. The show is about to start." Detective Walker said.

"Who's first?"

"Your mother. Remember she was arrested for the assault, but she also had outstanding warrants for drug possession and prostitution."

"How old are the warrants?"

"The drug possession is five years and the prostitution is three years."

"How is that possible?"

"When they picked her up for prostitution she used a different name. It wasn't until after she was released did they find out her real name."

"Alright"

Deeks headed off towards courtroom three with Walker following behind him. The three agents looked at each other before they followed the two detectives. The three of them knew there was a lot more to Deeks' story then he was letting on. The problem was he didn't appear willing to share. Deeks sat over on the defendant side as they waited for their cases to come up. Deeks stood up once an old looking woman and man came into the room. The Agents knew that these were the ones they were waiting for. The woman, Mary, looked like a drug addict. They could see she had track marks on her arms from the back of the room. She had scraggly blonde hair that was un-brushed and matted. Her clothes were a tight tank top that showed off her cleavage and a tight pair of jeans that were low rise. She was easily in her fifties, but she looked much older. The man looked very mean. He had short salt and pepper hair, with tattoos on both arms. He had some muscles, but nothing compared to Sam's. He was tall and had some weight on him. Neither one looked loving or friendly. The three Agents were starting to understand the bigger picture behind Deeks' past.

Deeks went over to stand next to Mary as the Judge began.

"Mary Deeks you are being represented by Martin Deeks. You have been charged with aggravated assault as well as two counts of outstanding warrants. How do you plead?"

"My client pleads not guilty. If you will your honor I think we can resolve these issues very quickly today." Deeks said in a very serious and authoritative voice.

"Very well. The floor is yours councillor." The judge said.

"Your honor I would like to address the two outstanding warrants first. One was five years ago and the other was three years ago. Both are past the statute of limitation. My client cannot be held responsible for those warrants due to the time frame that the Federal law has stated."

"What were the warrants?" The judge asked.

"The first one was for drug possession five years ago and the second is for prostitution three years ago."

"Your honor Mrs. Deeks had drugs on her last night as well."

"My client was not arrested for drug possession she was arrested for aggravated assault. The L.A.P.D cannot add new charges, because their old one doesn't stick. It goes against my client's rights."

"The two outstanding warrants will be removed. I cannot hold someone accountable past the statute of limitations. Your client is still being held for aggravated assault. How does your client plead to that charge?" The Judge asked.

"My client pleads not guilty. In order for her to be charged with aggravated assault she would have had to assault someone. My client didn't do anything. She never laid a hand on the victim and L.A.P.D can't arrest people who just stand by and watch. Otherwise, there would be fifty other people being charged for this case. The only reason L.A.P.D charged my client is, because she refused to talk about the attack; along with many other customers at that bar last night. L.A.P.D had no right to charge my client with anything."

"Dose the D.A's office have any evidence against Mrs. Deeks?"

"Your honor she was there and we were told by eye witnesses that she had encouraged her husband assaulting the victim." The D.A answered back.

"It's he said she said. My client can't be held accountable based off of rumors and whispers of intoxicated people."

"Is that the only evidence you have against Mrs. Deeks?"

"Yes Maim." The D.A answered.

"Then I have no choice, but to drop the charges against Mrs. Deeks. This will be added into the court record. You are free to go Mrs. Deeks."

"Thank-you your honor." Deeks said.

Mary stood up and the court bailiff took her out of the room where she could be discharged.

"That's one. Jason will be the trick. Let's see if Deeks still has it." Walker whispered to Sam, Kensi and Callen.

"Next case is Mr. Jason Deeks. I am assuming you are also representing him Mr. Deeks?"

"Yes Maim." Deeks said.

Jason stood up and stood next to Deeks.

"Mr. Jason Deeks you are being charged with aggravated assault how do you plead?"

"Not guilty." Jason answered.

"Are you going for bail councillor?"

"We are." Deeks said.

"Proceed."

"The evidence that L.A.P.D has is circumstantial at best. There is no security cameras, no eye witness statements; the victim hasn't even identified her attacker. I move that my client is granted bail, due to the lack of evidence as well as the fact that he is not a flight risk. My client doesn't have the means or funds to leave the city let alone the state. He also has not been arrested in over ten years. I am not pushing to have this case thrown out, out of respect to the victim. However, that does not mean my client deserves to sit in jail while the L.A.P.D get their heads together."

"Your honor my client is in the hospital in the ICU from the beating that the defendant gave to her."

"The L.A.P.D has no physical proof of any of this. There's no DNA, no video, not even an eye witness. The victim has only been spoken to before she went into surgery. She was out of it with pain so any information they gathered from her is irrelevant; all of this is just speculation. I could have this case pushed to dismissal, but out of respect to the victim I am willing to give L.A.P.D the time to get their evidence. However, my client who is still innocent doesn't deserve to sit in jail. Not to mention the legal rights this is in violation of."

"Councillor, do you have any hard evidence you can provide for me right now that would give me cause to keep Mr. Jason Deeks in jail?" The judge asked.

"Not at this time your honor."

"Then I grant the bail and will see you all back here on the trial date." The judge said.

"Thank-you your honor." Deeks said.

Jason was dragged away just like Mary was into another room where they would wait for their discharge papers. Deeks walked out of the courtroom and Detective Walker and the three agents followed him out. They could tell that Deeks wasn't happy about having to get them out, especially his step-father, but he didn't have much choice. They were out in the lobby waiting for Mary and Jason to be discharged when David came up to them. Deeks barely had time to look at him when he was punched across his jaw. Pain immediately filled his jaw and head. His jaw wasn't fully healed yet and it was still causing him pain from the metal plates and his teeth. He could taste blood in his mouth. Kensi came over to him and placed her hand on his back. She knew that his mouth was still causing him a lot of pain and that punch was going to cause him a lot of pain.

"Deeks talk to me are you alright?"

Deeks didn't say anything he just made his way to the bathroom so he could spit out the blood and rinse his mouth out. Kensi went to follow, but Sam went instead. Callen and Walker were busy with David who had just hit Deeks for no reason.

"What the hell David?" Walker asked.

"He got that bastard out on bail when he should be in jail. He knows damn well that he assaulted that woman."

"He only got Jason out on bail, because we need him for a federal case. That's why Deeks got him out on bail. You just punched an injured man for no reason and until Deeks says otherwise you're under arrest." Callen said.

"This is ridiculous." David said.

"No what you did was ridiculous, because you lost in court. It's his first day back and you just punched him in the jaw, that twelve weeks ago was broken." Kensi said.

"I'm sorry alright I over reacted."

"We'll see how Deeks feels about it." Kensi said.

Sam walked into the bathroom to see Deeks spitting out blood into the sink. He turned the tap on so he could rinse out his mouth.

"That's a lot of blood. Are you alright?" The concern was clear in Sam's voice.

Deeks rinsed out his mouth and spit the tinted red water into the sink.

"Ya I'm fine. Jaw is just a little fragile right now."

"What's with all the blood?"

"It's from the pain killers. Main side effect is that they thin my blood and without my spleen, clotting can be a small issue."

"Is the doctor going to give you some medication to help with that?"

"He can once I don't need the pain killers. So until then I just can't get shot or stabbed."

"Well that shouldn't be hard considering you're on desk duty."

"Yup."

"Are you alright with this? You've never talked about your mother and step-father before. They don't look and sound like the best of people to be raised by."

"It doesn't matter what I want. We need to catch this cartel and Jason is the only way to do it. Just don't expect me to be doing the interviews."

"Callen and I will handle Jason. You don't even have to be inside the boatshed if you don't want."

Deeks turned off the water and used some paper towel to dry his hands and face off. He put his hands on the counter and had his head down. Sam could tell that he was thinking

"I know things between us are a little rocky right now. I judged you and I'll never make that mistake again. I trust you Deeks and more importantly I trust you with my family. If you ever want to talk I'm here to listen no matter what time of the day it is."

"I don't talk about it and if I did you would be the last person I go to. We should get back out there I'm sure David is trying not to pee his pants with Callen and Kensi right now."

"Kensi did not look happy when I left them. She's very protective of you." Sam said with sadness in his voice.

"That's because she doesn't want to break in a new partner." Deeks quietly joked.

They made their way out into the lobby and they could see Callen and Walker standing very close to David. Deeks walked up to Kensi and smirked at David.

"You good Deeks?" Callen asked.

"Ya I'm good just had to wash the blood out of my mouth."

"How much blood?" Kensi asked.

"I'm fine Kensi."

"What do you want us to do with idiot over here?" Walker asked.

"Did anyone explain to you what we're exactly doing here David?" Deeks asked.

"They explained. I'm sorry Martin I over reacted and I shouldn't have done that." David said.

"I suggest you get out of here, before one of them changes their minds." Deeks said.

"You don't want to press charges?" Walker asked.

"Too much paperwork." Deeks answered.

"I'm sorry Martin. If you need any help with this investigation just call me. I can help you get warrants if need be." David said.

"Thanks." Deeks said.

David walked away and the others waited around for when Mary and Jason finally came out of the holding room. Kensi put her hand on Deeks' arm and moved her mouth to his ear.

"Are you okay?"

Deeks turned his head so he was by Kensi's ear.

"I'm fine as long as he doesn't talk."

"He's not going to hit you is he?"

"I'm not too sure about that one."

Mary and Jason made their way towards them.

"Callen" Deeks said.

"Ya"

Deeks moved his head indicating for Callen to come over there and Sam followed.

"Just stand there." Deeks said to Callen.

"Is he going to do something?" Callen asked.

"He might. The last time I saw him was six years ago and he shot at me with a shotgun. Thankfully he was too drunk to aim."

"Oh lovely." Sam said sarcastically.

Mary came right over to Deeks with her arms open and a smile on her face. She hugged Deeks tight.

"Martin it's so good to see you. I knew you wouldn't let me down."

Deeks fought to get her arms off from him. He had no interest in getting hugged by his mother.

"Stop, get off me."

Deeks gently pushed her away from him and you could see her getting upset.

"I know I haven't been around recently, but that can change. What happened to you?"

Mary went to reach out and touch Deeks' face, but he moved back so she couldn't touch him.

"Hey don't treat your mother like that." Jason said with anger in his voice.

"It's fine honey. He has every right to be upset. I did call him from jail after all. Thank-you sweetie for getting us out. I owe you one."

"I wouldn't thank me just yet."

"Jason Deeks you are under arrest for affiliation to a drug cartel. You have the right to…" Callen said.

"What the hell is this about?" Jason cut Callen off.

Jason moved away from Callen who was about to cuff him and got right into Deeks' face. Sam wasn't even going to give Jason a chance to do anything. He grabbed his arm and put it behind Jason's back at an awkward angle making Jason groan.

"Do you want to add resisting arrest to your charges? I suggest you shut your mouth and do as you're told." Sam said as he cuffed Jason.

"What the hell is this? I don't know any drug cartels."

"We have pictures to prove otherwise." Walker said.

"Martin what is the meaning of this? How can you just stand there and let your father be arrested?"

"He's not my father."

"You shot your father so it's a good thing I'm not." Jason spat out.

"Keep talking and you'll see how it feels." Callen said.

"Let's go." Sam said

He dragged Jason with him as they made their way outside. They all followed outside and Mary was not going to give this up.

"Martin Andrew Deeks you explain yourself right now." Mary said.

"I don't have to explain anything to you." Deeks stopped so he could face his mother. Sam and Callen were getting Jason into the back of the charger, but they could hear the conversation.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that! I am your mother you will show me respect!" Mary yelled.

"You want respect then get sober. Stop getting arrested for doing drugs and selling yourself out to the highest bidder. Be a damn mother for once in your life. No one can respect a heroin addicted hooker. Now shut the hell up or you'll be in the car with him."

Deeks walked away and towards the car. Everyone could tell that Deeks was pissed off and they knew that they had to keep an eye on him before this got out of hand. There was clearly a lot of hurt feelings and anger on Deeks' end still and they had a feeling they were about to get a glimpse why that was. Kensi turned her attention to Walker who was still standing there by her.

"Why don't I take her in my car and follow you guys." Walker suggested.

"I think that would be a good idea." Kensi said.

"Come on Mrs. Deeks we'll go in my car and give Deeks some time to calm down." Walker said politely.

Mary followed him to his car and got into the passenger seat. The other agents got into their own cars and headed out for the boatshed.