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ALONE
CHAPTER 6
Deeks stirred awake as the early morning dawn sunlight crept through his window. He shielded his eyes as he peeked an eye open, first at the sun and then at his sleeping partner beside him. He smiled as he remembered they had spent last night together. The roll around in the bed with Kensi took away the tense feeling he had after reading the note for a short time but the nauseating feeling of someone knowing him all too well came rushing back to him all too easily and none too subtly.
He carefully tried to shift her arm that was resting across his chest, he heard her groan and stretch her legs;
"You okay Deeks?" she mumbled, still half asleep.
"Yeah, just need to pee" he gently kissed the tip of her nose.
"You always need to pee" Kensi rolled over but moved her arm from him.
"You won't get any breakfast if you don't behave yourself princess" Deeks shrugged, tossing the covers off him and over Kensi's head.
"Breakfast? As in…" Kensi sat bolt upright now.
"Uh huh, I was thinking of blueberry pancakes for you but if you're not interested…"
"Yes please Deeks. I'll take Monty for a walk and feed him for you while you…"Kensi sprang out of bed, tripping on her discarded clothes on the floor.
"Doesn't take much to please Kensi Blye it seems. Just a roll in the hay and a cooked breakfast usually does it" Deeks chuckled, to which Kensi hurled her pillow at his face.
"You disgust me sometimes" she grumbled.
"Funny you weren't saying that last night" he grinned.
"Oh you just got lucky this one time. You shouldn't expect that sort of treatment every time. Just saying" she smirked and held the door open for her and Monty.
"Take care of my dog!" he called out after she'd gone.
Deeks busied himself by getting Monty's breakfast ready and then moving on to getting his and Kensi's pancakes cooked. He brewed up a fresh pot of coffee and set the table. He had just finished the last batch of pancakes when he heard Monty barking at the front door. Deeks sat down at the table and while he waited for Kensi to come in he re-read the note left on the doormat last night.
"Wow something smells really good" Kensi grinned, sniffing the air. She noticed he was reading the note and snatched it away from him, "Can we please enjoy breakfast together before we have to look at this again, Deeks?"
Deeks nodded, "Yeah you're right. We'll wait until we get to Ops"
Kensi made sure she ate as noisily as possible in an effort to keep Deeks spirits up and make him laugh. Hearing the hearty laugh from him she smiled, thankful she could make him feel a little better, if only for a short time.
"Have you had enough to eat there Miss Piggy?"
Glaring, Kensi aimed her foot squarely at his right shin, "Ouch! Geez Kens"
"It was delicious thank you Deeks"
"You're welcome…I think" he grimaced, rubbing his sore shin, "It's your turn to cook next time though"
"Uh huh…look out the window Deeks do you see pigs flying? Come on let's get ready for work"
Quickly they showered, dressed and headed out to the car. The morning rush hour was in full swing, with Deeks often saying that LA drivers were really bad and constantly teasing Kensi that she was one of them. They parked outside the decrepit building housing the Ops centre and together they walked inside to their area known as the bullpen.
"Do you have the note? Let me see it" Callen pounced on Deeks as soon as he walked to his desk.
"Geez okay give me a minute here!" Deeks sighed but dug through his bag. He fished it out and handed it over.
Callen read the note before handing to Sam to read, "This was left on Kensi's doorstep last night?"
"Yep. Any news at this end from our wizards upstairs?" Deeks asked.
Callen shook his head, "Not yet. Have you noticed any tails or anyone following you?"
"No I haven't" Deeks frowned, "This isn't looking like a nice guy is it?"
"This guy, if it is a guy, which we'll assume it is, knows you are staying with Kensi. He knows your movements" Sam said.
"This means he knows about Kensi and she could be in danger. Okay I'll move back to my apartment tonight" Deeks nodded.
"No. No way Deeks. Guys isn't better if we stick together? I mean there's two of us. We have training behind us" Kensi vehemently shook her head.
"I'll let you stay with Kensi for now. If things escalate then I won't hesitate in moving you to somewhere safer, Deeks" Callen sternly answered.
"Did the answer to the problem you were having last night Mr Deeks come to you?" Hetty appeared to them.
Deeks smiled at his partner, but shook his head; "I don't think it necessarily means anything but only that Shep was the lead Detective along with Detective Beau Holton worked to take down Zachariah Ochoa. The Ochoa case was a fair while ago though and before I got to detective level in LAPD. Ochoa was a low level drug peddler but he got sent to jail for his actions"
"G, I can see you thinking. What's up?" Sam queried.
"Let's head upstairs" Callen stated, taking the stairs two at a time.
"Never interrupt when G gets like that" Sam reassured Deeks and Kensi who stared after Callen, confusingly, "I know what he's like when he makes that face. His gut is telling him something"
"Oh" Kensi shrugged as the others followed Callen upstairs.
"Nell, Eric pull up everything on the Zachariah Ochoa case. Deeks and a Det. Beau Holton worked on the case with Shep as lead Detective. Also find out details about the knifing attack and where that happened" Callen ordered.
"On it" Nell replied, turning around the same time as her partner to face their computers.
"Let us know when you got something" Callen turned and marched back downstairs.
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The team sat at their desks going through the case notes of Zachariah Ochoa.
"Everything seems pretty routine. Looks like a run of the mill take down of Ochoa who was smuggling drugs across the border into California" Kensi sighed.
"Yeah Shep arrested him here in LA with proof of his smuggling. I can't remember what Shep said his sentence was just that they he was disappointed the judge didn't give him more time" Deeks agreed.
They all turned their heads as they heard Nell and Eric come bouncing down the stairs, tablet in hands, "Okay here's everything we got so far" Nell breathlessly said.
"Deeks is right, the Ochoa case was pretty air tight and easy enough but this is a little interesting…" Eric continued, putting the file on the screen in the bullpen.
"We found no connection of the Ochoa case to Deeks other than Deeks knowing Shep was the lead detective in the case but, we have found the name Lucas Carr." said Nell.
"Who is Lucas Carr?" Kensi asked.
"Lucas Carr, born 1968 in Anaheim California, got in with a gang and got involved in drugs, thefts and other stuff. Meaning you name it, they were involved in it. Lucas violently killed a rival gang member in 1992 and sentenced to life imprisonment at Folsom State Prison for that murder and also assault of a police officer at the time of his arrest" Eric said as he displayed the details they found on the screen.
"What about the knifing attack of Ochoa?" Sam asked.
"That happened during a meal time. Another drug dealer unhappy with him over some idiotic small thing" Nell answered.
Deeks stood and made a move to walk away, "Deeks, you okay?" Kensi grabbed his arm, concerned.
"My bloody father. I thought I was rid of him the day he went to prison but he still has a way of getting to me" Deeks angrily spat before turning and stomping to the gym.
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