(At Callen's House)

(Callen's P.O.V.)

I have been waiting for Sam to show up with Emily at my house for the past five minutes.

I was sitting in my chair, but ended up fidgeting to the point where I just gave up on sitting all together and began pacing back and forth in my living room.

Molly, who was sitting in the door way that lead to the kitchen, was watching me as I paced.

"It's just Emily, G. It's just Emily." I said to myself, as I continued to pace.

I was trying to calm my nerves.

"Sure, you have strong feelings for her you haven't had for someone in a long time, but, you can do this." I said to myself.

Then, I stopped walking, and looked at Molly.

"I can do this, right?" I asked her.

Molly tilted her head to the side.

"You're right. I'm screwed." I said.

Then, I began to pace back and forth again.

Suddenly, my phone began to ring.

I took my phone out, and looked at it.

And when I did, my eyes went wide, as I felt my heart stop.

On my screen, was an 'Agent In Need Of Assistance' alert.

And, it was Emily's 'Agent In Need Of Assistance' code that was activated.

Panic ran through me, as I stared at my phone.

Then, I bolted to the door, opened it, and left. Closing the door behind me.

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"Eric, PLEASE tell me you got something." I said, hopefully, as Deeks, Kensi, Hetty, and I entered OPS.

"I just got here and am searching right now." Eric said, as he typed away on his keyboard.

"Well, type faster!" Deeks said, clearly anxious.

"Where's Sam?" Kensi asked.

"I'm looking for him." Nell said, from her place at a computer.

"Got her." Eric said suddenly, as the location of Emily's phone appeared on the big screen. "She's at her apartment."

Suddenly, another cell phone location appeared on the screen almost touching Emily's phone location.

"Sam's with her." Nell said, surprised.

"Is there any way it got activated by accident?" Deeks asked, hopefully.

"Miss Taylor would never activate that code unless she was indeed in danger." Hetty said.

"I know." Deek said. "I was kinda hoping you would have proved me wrong."

I looked at Hetty, and saw she was now looking at me.

I looked away from her, as I took a deep breath and pushed the way I was feeling aside.

"Let's check it out." I said.

Then, Kensi, Deeks, and I left OPS.

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As Kensi pulled into the parking lot of Emily's apartment building, I saw Emily's car and Sam's Challenger parked side by side.

"There's their cars." I heard Deeks say from the back seat.

Kensi pulled into the parking space on the other side of Sam's car, and parked.

Then, Kensi, Deeks, and I got out of the car, and headed into the building.

Once we got to Emily's apartment floor, we walked straight to her apartment door.

Deeks knocked on the door, as Kensi put her ear to the door to listen for any noise.

"Emily! It's Marty! Open the door!" Deeks said loudly.

After a couple seconds of silence, Kensi looked at us and said:

"I don't hear anything."

Panic rose in me.

But I quickly pushed it away, as I grabbed the door knob, and turned it.

It was unlocked.

I looked at Kensi and Deeks.

All three of us took our guns out.

Then, I opened the door and went inside. Deeks and Kensi following close behind me.

I heard toward the bedroom, as Kensi headed toward the living room, and Deeks went toward the kitchen.

When I got to Emily's bedroom door, I opened it, and scanned the room.

Nothing unordinary was in the room.

I then walked across the hall to the bathroom. Where the door was already opened.

Nothing out of the ordinary there either.

"Clear." I heard Deeks say.

"Clear." I said, as I lowered my gun.

Then, I headed toward the living room.

"Clear." I heard Kensi say.

Once I reached the living room, Deeks was already there.

He was staring at the floor.

I looked where he was looking and saw a cell phone, keys, and couple other things on the floor.

Deeks bent down, picked up the phone, and looked at it.

"It's Emily's." Deeks said. "Looks like it wasn't a false alarm after all."

"She obviously had to empty her pockets." I said.

"Why did she have all that in her pockets?" Kensi asked, looking at the pile of things on the floor.

"On her days off, Emily puts extra things in her pockets so that in case something like this happens, she could distract the person with taking things out of her pockets, while she typed in her agent code on her phone." I said, as I looked around the living room.

"How did you know that?" I heard Deeks asked.

"She told me." I said.

"Huh…." I heard Deeks say.

"If Emily's phone is here," I began, changing the subject. "And if she's NOT here…Where's Sam?"

Suddenly, there was a thud.

Deeks, Kensi, and I instantly put our guns at the ready, aiming right at the noise.

Then, we heard it again.

"Where is that coming from?" I heard Kensi ask, as I began to walk toward the noise.

"The closet." I heard Deeks say.

I walked over to the closet, as another thud sound was heard.

I put my hand on the door knob, and looked at Kensi and Deeks.

They were standing by me with their guns at the ready.

I then looked back at the door, and opened it.

And when I did, a chair with someone tied in it, fell on their side, onto the floor.

I instantly recognized who it was.

"Sam!"I exclaimed, relieved, as I put my gun away.

I grabbed the chair, and began to lift it back onto its feet.

Deeks grabbed the chair, and helped me put Sam and the chair up right again.

"Well, solves THAT mystery." Deek said.

Kensi walked in front of Sam, and took the duct tape off his mouth.

"You ok, Buddy?" I asked, as I began to untie his wrist, which, were tied together behind the chair.

"Beside the bullet in my arm, I'm just peachy." I heard Sam say, slightly annoyed.

"What happened?" I heard Kensi ask.

"Emily and I were going to meet here to talk." I heard Sam say. "But, when I got here, I was ambushed."

Once I was done untying Sam's wrist, I walked into his line of sight.

"What about Emily?" Deeks asked.

"She came in after." Sam said.

"How many were there?" Kensi asked.

"Four." Sam said. "And they all had French accents."

"What happened after Emily arrived?" I asked.

"They locked me in the closet and took her." Sam said. "On her own free will…..To protect me."

"Do you any idea where they were going?" Deeks and I asked at the same time.

I looked at Deeks and Deeks looked back at me.

"Ok, that's strange." I heard Kensi say.

"No." Sam answered, as Deeks and I looked back at him. "I don't know where they went."

"Do you know why they took her?" I asked. "Did they say each other's name?"

Suddenly, Sam looked at me in a way that made me feel uneasy.

"We should go to OPS." Sam said. "I don't want to have to answer that question twice."

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Once we got to OPS, everyone was relieved to see Sam.

But, when they noticed Emily's absence, worry over took their faces once again.

After Hetty tended to Sam's bullet wound, we all gathered in OPS.

"Ok, Sam." I said. "Why did they take Emily?"

Sam took a deep breath, and said:

"They took her because of a case she worked on with Tony DiNozzo in Montreal. Apparently, the case involved him."

Sam then looked at me.

"Emily said his name." Sam said. "It's William Gutierrez."

"Mr. Beale, look him up." I heard Hetty say, as I stared at Sam.

"On it." I heard Eric say.

"Miss Jones, look for the case Miss Taylor and Mr. DiNozzo worked on in Montreal." I heard Hetty say.

"Will do." I heard Nell say.

"William Gutierrez?" I asked, shocked.

"You know him?" I heard Kensi ask.

"We go back a ways." I said, looking at her. "We were partners for a couple cases when I was in the CIA and had to go to France. On our last mission together, he turned on me."

"Gutierrez said having Emily and Tony will give him leverage over you." Sam said to me.

"Leverage?" Kensi asked.

"Emily AND Tony?!" Deeks asked, surprised. "You're saying he has Tony too?"

"It sounded that way." Sam said.

"Why does he need leverage over you?" Kensi asked me.

I thought for a moment, and shook my head.

"I don't know." I said honestly.

Suddenly, I heard Nell sigh. Clearly irritated.

"What?" Eric asked, and I looked at them.

They were seated side by side in front of a computer.

"I can't get into the Montreal file." Nell said.

"And why not?" Hetty asked.

"It's classified." Nell said. "And it seems only one person can access the file."

"Who?" Hetty asked.

It was silent for a moment, as Nell typed.

Once she stopped typing, Nell turned in her seat and looked at Hetty. Clearly not wanting to say what she was about to.

"Who can access the file, Miss Jones?" Hetty asked.

Nell hesitated for a moment, then she said:

"Director Vance."

It was silent for a moment, then Hetty said:

"Miss Jones, get the Director online."

Nell nodded, and began to do as she was told.

"I'm gonna call Tony." Deeks said, taking his phone out of his pocket. "See if Gutierrez TRULY does have him."

I looked at Sam.

"Did Gutierrez say ANYTHING else?" I asked.

"No." Sam said.

I studied Sam, and realized he wasn't telling me something.

"What aren't you telling me?" I asked.

"…..It's something Emily said to Gutierrez to convince him not to take me." Sam said.

"What did she say?" I asked curious.

"First she said you hated me." Sam said. "And that if he were to kill me, he would be doing you a favor."

"Well, that's obviously not true." I said. "You know I love you, Big Guy."

Sam smiled a little and shook his head.

"Did she say something else?" Kensi asked.

"Yeah." Sam said. "What seemed to ultimately convince Gutierrez to just take her and leave me be, was when she told him she was Callen's fiancée."

"….She's my fiancée now?" I asked, surprised she said that.

I haven't even asked her out on a date.

Yet.

"I didn't know that." Kensi said, smiling. "When's the wedding?"

Sam laughed a little, as I glared at her.

Even though I was surprised Emily said that, and I glared at Kensi, I could honestly see myself marrying Emily some day.

"Damn it!" I heard Deeks say.

We all looked at him and saw him hand up his phone.

He looked at us.

"Tony's phone went to voicemail." Deeks said.

"Keep trying, Detective." Hetty said.

"Hetty," Nell said, gaining her attention. "Here's Director Vance."

Suddenly, Director Vance showed up on the big screen in front of us.

He was in MTAC.

And standing with him, was Gibbs and Tony.

"TONY?!" Sam, Kensi, and I said at the same time. Relieved, yet, confused at the same time.

Director Vance and Gibbs looked at Tony, who was smiling a little.

"See? I TOLD them they would miss me!" Tony said.

"Tony, why don't you have your PHONE on?!" Deeks snapped at him.

"Because it's charging at my desk." Tony said.

"What did I say about charging your phone?" Gibbs asked him.

"…To always have it on." Tony said.

Gibbs just stared at him.

"Sorry, Boss." Tony said.

"Mr. Hanna," Hetty said, looking at Sam. "Are you sure he had Mr. DiNozzo?"

"What?" Tony asked, clearly confused.

"Yes." Sam said positively. "It sounded like he already had him."

"But he's CLEARLY there." I said, pointing at Tony on the screen, who was looking more confused by the second.

"Maybe he plans on taking him soon?" Kensi asked.

"Perhaps." I said. "But Sam said it sounded like he ALREADY had Tony."

"Let's say he believes he has Tony." Deeks began. "…Who does he have instead?"

Silence filled the room.