The replacement

Chapter 11:

Sam flashed his badge and the man eyeing them suspiciously from behind the bar nodded to a door at the back of building. It was almost empty in the day time and Callen felt a wave of regret wash over him as he and Sam walked past the toilets.

"Kens what are you doing, what are you doing with Fields?"

"Did I do something to upset you?"

"Because Kens…I"

Callen shook his head in attempt to rid his mind of their voices from that night as he followed Sam. Fortunately it wasn't long before he had something else to focus on and the partners exchanged a glance as they edged closer to the closed door in an attempt to hear the tense voices that they could just make out. Whoever was inside though seemed to have calmed down and the agents knew they wouldn't have a lot of luck over hearing anything. Nodding to Sam, Callen knocked while his hand ghosted over his waistband where his gun lay.

A second later they heard footsteps heading towards the door. When it was opened the two agents were met with a balding, shorter man and another taller one with dark hair and an expensive looking suit,

"Gentleman how can I help you" in answer to the man's question Sam held up his badge and watched as the man visibly paled,

"You Mr. Sal Forde?" Callen asked and the man nodded,

"Right well we're looking to have a quick chat" Sal nodded and welcomed them in,

"Ah Peter we'll finish this later on" the man said quickly and the other who they now knew to be Peter simply nodded, looking slightly annoyed before leaving the room closing the door behind him.

"Hope we're not interrupting" Callen said pulling out a chair for himself while Sam had a look around the office. They knew that they were making the owner of the bar uncomfortable and they'd had enough experience in the past to know that Sal Forde was definitely hiding something.

"Mr Forde there was a woman here on Thursday she went missing that night, we need to know if you noticed anything suspicious going on?" Callen asked sliding a picture of Kensi across the desk. Sal both visibly relaxed in front of them and frowned as he looked down at the picture before shaking his head,

"I wasn't here Thursday night but nobody has said anything" he said and Callen stifled a sigh knowing that they weren't going to get much out of ol' Sal,

"Mind if we have a look around and we'll also need your security tapes" the man simply nodded after hesitating for just a second before standing up and leading them back out the door. Sam caught Callen's eye a smirked slightly before shaking his head as he watched the jittery man. They wouldn't be hiring him for any undercover work any time soon.

It wasn't long before Sal hesitated. It wasn't long before he needed some….

Encouragement. And Sam was all for encouraging. They were quick to quietly inform Sal of the woman who had gone missing, the federal agent, and that the 'evidence' all pointed to him. The man's eyes bulged at their words and he swallowed before hastily unlocking the door. Not unexpectedly there were several weapons, clear bags of tablets that they overlooked. Sal was surprisingly cooperative afterwards providing them with all the surveillance video's the required and the with the staff that had worked that night,

"Jerry these blokes need ta talk to ya"

"I walked her up to her door and then I left, she was dead tired and said that she just wanted to go to bed" Fields said seriously leaning towards Hetty who sat on the other side of the desk,

"Where did you go after that?" the operations manager asked just as seriously, inspecting her new agent over the top of her spectacles.

"Do you seriously think I have something to do with this Hetty?" Fields asked the frown on his face deepening and something akin to outrage seeping into his accusing words,

"I have no reason to suspect such a thing Agent Fields however you know that you are involved and as you are the last known individual to have had contact with Agent Blye you are required to file an official statement which includes questions of your whereabouts after you left Ms Blye's residence" Fields just nodded as Hetty finished with a look that meant business and shrugged,

"I went home, a friend stopped in to pick up some old CD's later on but…" he shrugged again and Hetty nodded,

"I'll need his or her name and a contact number" Fields nodded, accepting the paper and pen before scribbling the information down.

"I'll expect the paper work on my desk in a couple of hours" Hetty said as she accepted the piece of paper,

"Please fill it out with as much detail as you can possibly recall Agent Fields" she said as he stood picking up the paper with him. At her words he glanced towards her for a moment. A silence filled the office for only a moment before Field's nodded and turned moving quickly away from the desk and towards the bullpen.

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