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ALONE
CHAPTER 4
"I suggest you head upstairs and ask Mr Beale and Miss Jones to look into this development further Mr Callen. I agree that it seems someone is targeting Mr Deeks. For what reason is yet to be determined" Hetty said walking into the bullpen after hearing the commotion.
Callen nodded and headed to the stairs, followed by Sam and Kensi. As the black sliding doors to the tech room opened, Eric and Nell were seated at the far computers and Nell jumped in her chair as she heard the doors;
"Oh hey guys" Nell squealed, spinning around to face them.
"Is that M&M's I can smell Nell?" Kensi asked
"No" Nell shook her head.
"Yes it is. Guilty as charged" Eric mumbled with a mouthful.
"Haven't you two learnt by now? You do know there are cameras in here don't you?" Sam chuckled, "and if Hetty sees you…"
"Um…Oh god Nell, you're the one that smuggled them in. Hetty's gonna kill us. Callen what can we do?" Eric panicked.
"Nothing you can do. That's it for you guys. It was nice knowing you two" Callen smiled as Nell and Eric gulped.
"Before Hetty buries your bodies we need you to look into something for us" Kensi smiled.
"Uh sure what is it?" Eric quickly swallowed the evidence, coughing as he choked on the M&M's.
"Deeks' bank accounts have been hacked. The money has been drained from the accounts we want to find out by whom. It looks like someone could be after Deeks personally" Callen stated.
"Why would someone go after Deeks?" Nell asked as she turned back to face the computer.
"That is for you two to find out" Sam hovered over them, "the sooner the better would be best. If you get my drift…"
"On it" Eric nodded, quickly typing away, "We'll let you know as soon as we find something"
The three headed back downstairs to the bullpen, sitting down at their respective desks, "Deeks' father died in a car accident after he got out of prison didn't he Hetty?" Kensi asked her diminutive leader.
"Yes Miss Blye he did" she nodded.
"Okay so that probably rules out Gordon Brandel. So we should look at past cases and other people, see if we can narrow things down" Sam shrugged.
"What about Shep? I know he's Deeks' friend but shouldn't we look into all possibilities?" Callen pondered.
"Probably wouldn't hurt to dig into him a little. Deeks said Shep told him when he was training him to look at all the small things during a case because sometimes it's the small things that are the most important" Kensi added.
"Shep is not the one after me guys" Deeks frowned, entering the bullpen, "I think you should look somewhere else"
"Deeks we know he's a friend and we're not saying it is him, we're just saying we need to look at everything. You know that" said Callen, "It could be someone from an old case, it could be someone you know, and hell it could be someone we all know, the point is that looking at this from every angle is the best way to attack it".
Deeks shook his head, "I know it's not Shep. He's got no reason that I can think of that he would do this to me"
"Deeks what's the harm in checking him out? If there's nothing there untoward we can rule him out and we can buy you a beer every day for the rest of the month" Kensi smiled.
"I didn't agree to that" Sam mumbled.
Sighing, Deeks threw his hands up in resignation, "Okay fine, take a look. I'm sure you won't find anything on him".
Nodding, Callen reached for his desk phone and pressed the speed dial button for the upstairs tech room, "Eric, I want you to do some digging into Detective Jerry Shepparton, LAPD. He's a friend of Deeks' but it couldn't hurt to take a look into him. Thanks Eric"
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The man quietly opened the door, first checking his surroundings to make sure he wasn't seen. He walked to the filing cabinet and reached out to the second drawer, sliding it out open. Running his glove protected fingers along the many files he stopped when he saw the name of the one he wanted. He pulled it out opening it with a sly smile. "this is just the beginning Deeks", he thought gleefully as he opening his jacket a little and shoved the file into it, closing the zip afterwards.
He inched out the door, again checking the halls before confidently striding down the hall and out to his car. He drove back to his secret location, an old abandoned apartment from an old case where the lady who used to dwell there was murdered by a vicious killer many years ago. Estate agents had had trouble selling the apartment and those surrounding it consequently because of having to tell potential buyers of the horrid killing that happened there before.
He sat at his little desk and chair, turning on the little lamp and settled down to his task. Carefully he pulled out the paper and placed it in the envelope. He reached for the scissors and began cutting out the various scraps of paper to make his note, gluing them onto another blank piece of paper. Methodically he worked; making sure his note was just how he wanted it. When he finished, he walked to the kitchen and make coffee, draining it quickly with ease. Taking his car keys from the bench, he walked outside to his car with the envelope before driving to the place where he discovered Deeks was staying. Special Agent Kensi Blye's house. Arriving there, he placed the envelope just poking out from under the front door mat, with another note on top of the mat saying 'Look Down Deeks'. Confidence in his stride and a grin on his face, he got back to his car and drove back to his apartment.
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