The End (part 1)
Kensi doesn't feel like herself. It's crazy to think that she's not the same just because another guy left her. The problem is that Deeks is not just another guy. Deeks is the kind of guy who would stand by her side, no matter what. The issue was that she had to allow that in order for him to do so. It kills her every single time she thinks about it. This one left because of her. He left because she's an emotional wreck. She understands his reasons. He just kept giving and giving and she was incapable of giving him anything back. There's only so much a person can handle and Deeks obviously reached his breaking point with her. That's why she sits on the couch, staring at the TV but not really paying attention to anything.
Hetty said she would get her a new partner. She doesn't want a new partner. She wasn't Deeks, and as childish as that sounds that's exactly what she tells Hetty. The woman smiles at her in the way a mother would do after her daughter's first heartbreak. Kensi is not the kind of woman who usually needs that kind of comfort. In fact, she's the kind of woman who usually punches or yells at anyone who dares to think she needs something like that. This time, though, she doesn't say a word.
She doesn't say a word when Hetty looks at her like that.
She doesn't say a word when Sam agrees to serve as her punching bag at the gym so she can release her anger.
She doesn't say a word when Callen shows up at her door with beer and ice cream just to make sure she's okay and to make sure she has someone to talk to.
She knows it's weird for them to see her like this too, so different from the strong and independent woman they know and love. She tries to convince herself that's why she allows them to do all those things. It's not, but Kensi is not ready to admit out loud just how much she's hurting inside and just how much she needs them all there for her.
That's why she sends a small thankful smile at Hetty when she looks at her like that.
That's why she ends up hugging Sam with all the strength she has left in her after he allows her to release all her anger and frustration on him.
That's why she cries on Callen's shoulder, even though words are not exchanged between them.
It's past midnight when her phone rings and Kensi is pulled out of her thoughts. She reaches for the phone and sees her brother's name flashing on the screen. It's late and Andrew is not the kind of guy who calls at that hour for no important reason. She picks it up, worry getting the best of her.
"Andrew…is everything okay?" They are not very close. In fact, they didn't grow up together. However, they are slowly learning to rely on each other when it really matters. They are only two years apart in age, him being older, but that is not important. It only really matters when they think about their parent's divorce. Kensi was 3 years old. He was 5 years old. They were thrown into different sides of the country at that young age.
"Can you come over, please?" The request sounds strange coming from him. Andrew has a wife and two kids. It's not normal for him to be calling so late and asking her if she can come over. She frowns with concern.
"Yes, but what's going on?" She hears him sigh on the other end and there's something in his voice that sounds an awful lot like fear mixed with regret.
"I just need to talk to you. Can you meet me at Dad's old garage in 30 minutes?" Kensi agrees and hangs up the phone, concern flooding her senses and making her forget all about her work and personal problems.
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Kensi parks her car outside her father's old garage and frowns. Everything is quiet and there are no cars anywhere near the place. Maybe Andrew walked all the way there. She locks the car and opens the door of the garage. The garage is a testimony of her father's deep love for cars. It's big enough to have 6 cars and has a small bedroom in a corner where he used to sleep whenever he was too tired to drive all the way home. She turns on the lights and sees no sign of Andrew.
"Andrew…where are you?" He shows up then, coming from the bedroom at the right corner. He seems tired and in panic.
"I'm sorry, Kensi. I didn't want to do this but they threatened Anna and the kids. I'm sorry!" Kensi frowns but doesn't have the time to ask him anything else because she feels an arm wrapped around her neck to keep her in place, she hears her brother's horrified scream and feels a needle piercing the skin of her neck. After that, everything turns black and she has no control over her body anymore. She has no other choice but to close her eyes and to let herself go.
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Callen walks in the bullpen and immediately senses that something is wrong. Sam is sitting on his desk, just like in any other day but something is not right, he can feel it. Hetty is on her office, clearly on the phone with someone. He can't hear their talk but can tell by Hetty's face that it's about something serious. He sits on his desk and notices Kensi is not there yet. Knowing she hasn't been quite like herself lately, Callen grans his phone and calls her but it goes straight to voicemail. That's weird and he starts to worry.
Callen doesn't have the time to say or do anything, though, because Hetty walks to them and calls Eric and Nell there.
"Gentlemen, we have a problem. Agent Blye is missing." Callen turns to Eric immediately. This can't be happening. They've already lost one agent before.
"Eric, what do we know?"
"Well, according to her phone records, Kensi received a call from her brother just a few minutes after midnight. It lasted only a couple of seconds. After that, I caught her car in a traffic camera. It seemed like she was going to meet her brother but I have no idea where. I lost her after she passed downtown. There are no signs of her car, her phone is turned off and I can't turn it on remotely which means it's probably destroyed or without battery. Her brother's phone is in the same condition."
Sam is the one who starts asking questions now because Callen in busy running through all the worst-case scenarios in his head.
"What do we know about her brother?"
"He's a lawyer. Worked on some important cases recently but there are no direct threats considered serious against him. The only thing I can find potentially dangerous is that he managed to make a gang leader get arrested. However, the guy's still in jail so there's not much he can do about it."
"That means nothing. Gang leader have a huge amount of followers who would do anything for them. Let's go talk to the guys who arrested him to see what they can tell us about him." Callen starts giving the orders, his only worry being finding Kensi as quickly as possible and with no injuries. Eric and Nell go upstairs trying to find anything they can to help them find Kensi. Hetty goes to her office and prays for her agent's safe return. Sam and Callen go to find the man responsible for the gang leader's arrest. None of them seems to remember who else is working for LAPD.
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Marty Deeks is sitting on his desk when he sees the two agents almost running through the doors of the police station. He frowns and his instinct warns him immediately that something is not right. Those two are usually able to hide their nerves but he can see just how anxious they are today. Deeks gets up and walks to them.
"What do you guys need?" He expects them to yell at him and send him to call someone else. He deserves that after what he has done to Kensi. They don't, though, making him understand just how bad the situation is.
"Deeks, we need to talk to detective Williams right now, please! Can you find him?" He nods and calls his co-worker through the phone on the desk besides him. Suddenly, his heart clenches. Kensi. Callen and Sam are never this worried or nervous unless something is seriously wrong with someone they know and care about. The only time in which he has seen that look on their faces was when Kensi was taken by the Russians.
"Where's Kensi?" They look at him but don't say a word. That's how he knows he's right. Something is wrong with her. Detective Williams arrives and answers to all the questions they have about the gang. Deeks listens intently but the only thing on his mind is Kensi. She's in danger. After Detective Williams is done, Callen and Sam turn around and walk away. Deeks snaps out of his trance and runs after them.
"Callen, what's going on with Kensi?" Callen sighs and turns to him, well aware he can't break his promise.
"I can't tell you, Deeks." He sees how the other man gets frustrated and how he runs his hand through his hair. He's worried and Callen sees that. Maybe he's not the bad guy he thought. Then again, the only reason why he started thinking that in the first place was because he made Kensi cry. Callen has always had a soft spot for Kensi's tears.
"Callen, I know you can't comment an ongoing investigation but I need to know. What's going on? Tell me that she's okay…" Callen sighs once again but he can't break the promise he did to Kensi. The forbidden comments about the ongoing investigation are actually the last thing on his mind.
"Deeks, I don't care about that. I promised Kensi that if something were to happen to her you would be the last person I would tell it to." He sees Deeks heart breaking but continues talking anyway, knowing that Deeks and Kensi are too stubborn for their own good. "Sam, on the other hand, didn't promise her anything. You can try your luck with him."
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Hetty is not surprised when she sees Callen and Sam walking inside the building with Deeks right beside them. She grabs the envelope that is still sitting on her desk and goes to meet the three men in the tech room, currently trying to find the place where Kensi and her brother are being held.
"Mr. Deeks, I'm sorry but you are not allowed to be here seeing as you are no longer our liaison officer." Deeks is about to protest and Callen and Sam are getting ready to back him up but Hetty continues, cutting them all off. "However, if you sign these papers you can stay." Deeks doesn't even think twice about it. He grabs a pen and signs the papers that make him an official NCIS agent. After that's done, they all focus on the task at hand once again.
Hetty smiles and goes to her office, trusting her three agents to find Kensi as soon as possible.
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They find her in her father's old garage because they manage to find and follow one of the members of the gang. As soon as he stops the car outside the big garage, Eric finds out it belongs to Kensi and her brother. Callen, Sam and Deeks ask for backups but they don't wait the 20 minutes it will take them for get there. They grab their guns and burst through the doors of the garage, not caring about anything but Kensi's safety.
Shots are fired and before they know it the six men who were in the garage are being arrested. Deeks has a bleeding in his arm but it's just a scratch. He runs to the door on the right corner of the garage, knowing that Callen and Sam need to handle the six guys before they can do anything else. He breaks the door with his foot and finds Kensi and her brother there.
Andrew seems scared but safe. Kensi, on the other hand, needs an ambulance as soon as possible. She's unconscious and has a big bruise on her forehead that scares the crap out of him. To make things worse, he sees the shirt tightly wrapped around her leg to stop a big bleeding.
"They stabbed her in the leg after she tried to run and fight against them. After that they hit her on the head and drugged her to keep her out of it. Please, help her. I'll never forgive myself if something happens to her." Deeks knows he will never forgive himself either if something happens to her. He takes her in his arms and carries her to the door of the garage to wait for the ambulance that it's on its way there.
He sees Callen and Sam's worried faces when they spot him with her on his arms but he doesn't care about that. He needs her to be okay. He needs to make things right. He needs to tell her just how much he loves her.
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Okay, I decided to split the last chapter in two. Next one will be up as soon as I can.
Review to let me know what you think about this one…
Sarah