The replacement.

Chapter 2

Sam's booming laughter flooded the OSP building as three well known agents rounded the corner together heading for their desks and the coffee machine,

"You just make sure Hetty knows exactly why we're late Kens" The man said laughing,

"It was not my fault! You're the ones who decided to explore my apartment like it was a crime scene; you even looked in the cupboards!" Callen laughed at her,

"Well it's been forever since we'd been to your place and you'd changed it all around and hey you said make yourselves at home" he reasoned

"I didn't mean look through my room and cupboards and everything"

"You didn't even notice you were in the bathroom the whole time" She turned to Callen mouth gaping in annoyance,

"I was not!"

"Face it Kens like most women you take forever to get ready" Callen laughed when Sam stated his conclusion with a grand finality only for Kensi to throw him a icy glare,

"Oh if looks could kill" Sam teased

"Oh Kens couldn't hurt a fly" the woman's eyebrows rose as she looked to Callen who took a second before rephrasing,

"Well other than the flies we're told to hurt" She laughed now,

"I could kill you both of you with this pencil"

"Really?" Callen challenged her smugly even though he had no doubt that she probably actually could.

Before Kensi could reply having leant towards Callen a voice from behind them interrupted their playful threats,

"um goodmorn- Oh am I interrupting something?"

Kensi quickly leant back and stood up turning to see who it was that had interrupted her fun. The man was tall probably late twenties with dark hair and blue eyes. Kensi smiled at him cursing her mind when the thought of how attractive the man was ran through her head,

"Not at all" she said to the man moving further away from Callen,

"I was just about to kill my boss here but I can do it later" She heard Callen scoff from behind her and threw a quick smirk behind her,

"Can I help you?" Callen watched the man. He knew most people who worked in the OSP building but he had never seen this man before and the fact set him slightly on edge. When he watched his eyes run over Kensi's body he found himself tensing and his eyes narrowing slightly and frowned when a sting ran through his body as he caught Kensi looking at him as well,

"I'm special agent Scott Fields, is Special agent Callen around do you know?"

Callen moved forward to stand next to Kensi as he raised an eyebrow at the man,

"Can I help you?" The man blanched for a second sizing up Callen looking as Sam had decided very uncomfortable.

"Uh I've been informed that I will be joining your team" Callen's eyebrows shot up and then narrowed again. He looked towards Kensi who had backed off a bit as she took in the man who was supposedly replacing Dom. She knew she wasn't ready for a partner. A new one.

Not yet anyway. No matter how attractive he was.

Callen looked at him again before turning towards the stairs running up them without another word.

The man standing dumbfounded turned to Sam and Kensi,

"What did I do?" he asked confusion in his voice. Kensi shrugged as she sat down at her desk,

"Nothing" Now the man looked even more confused but Sam stepped forwards sizing up the man now. He knew Kensi wasn't ready, he knew G wasn't ready hell he wasn't even ready. They, as a team, weren't ready to replace Dom. To let him go and accept that they'd lost him. They were still all consumed in their guilt and sadness and anger whether they showed it or not. As Sam felt the guilt bubble inside him as he remember dragging the bloody Dom along the ground to shelter he turned to the man,

"Really Fields I wouldn't worry, it's probably better if you don't join the team anyway...you saw her try to kill Callen before right?"

"Oh I could never kill you or Callen Sam" Kensi said smiling sweetly thankful for the change of topic,

"Really" asked Sam not quite believing her,

"Yeah, cause then I would have to go on the run again and it wasn't that much fun the first time" Sam grinned as she no doubt tried to scare off the new guy.

"That hurts Kens" Sam said in mock hurt as he turned back towards his desk. Suddenly as he heard a swish of air he froze and watched as a blade flew passed his head and stuck in the wall behind him where they had stuck up a dartboard. Sam turned glaring harshly at Kensi who was smugly smirking.

"I supposed it wouldn't be too difficult to hide your body" Sam looked back at the knife for a second as his heart rate slowly returned to normal,

"You could have killed me Blye, What if I had moved!"

"Lucky" Kensi said with a laugh as Sam pulled the knife off the wall and slammed it into the desk.

"Ms Blye I know that I say practice makes perfect but maybe outside of the office, yes?" Kensi turned to look at Hetty trying not to grin. She saw Nate looking passed her probably towards the wall where her knife had been lodged seconds before and then let her eyes flicker up to the staircase meeting Callen's eyes that sparkled at her as he grinned.

It faded however with Hetty's next words,

"Special Agent Fields I'm glad you've gotten to know your new team. I'm sure they'll be more than welcoming to you. My office is just upstairs if you have any questions for now Mr Getz our psychologist will give you the grand tour before you will join your new team at a crime scene for the case that Mr Beal will probably call you for in oh...about ten minutes" Kensi smiled at Hetty knowing that without doubt they would hear Eric's whistle from above in ten minutes and shook her head incredulously,

Hetty turned and Callen skipped down the rest of the steps his expression none too happy as he looked over his new agent once again. He turned to Fields as he came to a stop next to Kensi's desk,

"Take the desk at the end" They watched him walk to the desk and all grinned when they saw him glance towards the dartboard almost warily that was behind his desk before placing his things down.

Afterwards he moved back towards Nate who shook his hand and introduced himself in a friendly, professional way. As he led him away Nate turned backwards to the team that were watching them go and gave them a significant glance they all understood as play nice.

Later in the morning as Sam, Callen, Kensi and Scott left the tech room after being briefed on their latest case Scott turned to Kensi. It was the first opportunity he'd really had the chance to speak to her,

"So where'd you learn to do that?" the dark haired woman turned to him and Sam and Callen watched them curiously from behind,

"to do what?" She asked

"to throw a knife so perfectly, where'd you learn to do that?" Kensi grinned mischievously and without answering she held up a set of keys,

"I'm driving!"

Callen and Sam passed Agent Fields on either side of him as he stood stationary watching Kensi jump the remainder of the steps having no idea how she had managed to get his car keys. Feeling his pocket where they had been that was most definitely empty he shook his head before he followed his new partner outside to where she was getting into his car.

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