A/N: Not the last chapter yet. I think the next one will be the last one. Will see how it goes when I write it.
"What's going on?" Lori asked.
"I have no idea," Callen replied as he looked around him, wondering what was going on.
Suddenly they saw some agents coming out of the cars with their guns drawn.
"Keep your hands were we can see them!" Lori and Callen heard a voice yell.
Lori and Callen put their hands up, having no idea what was going on.
"Driver, turn off the engine slowly and toss the keys out of the window."
Lori did as was asked.
"Driver and passenger, put both hands out of the window, open the door from the outside and step out of the car."
Lori did as she was asked. She came out of the car with her hands up.
"I said passenger too!"
"He can't get out. He has an injury to his spine. What's this all about?"
"Driver on the ground, hands behind your head."
Lori did as she was asked again. "What's this about? We're both federal agents, my ID is in my right back pocket and my gun is on my back."
Some agents kept their guns on them as one agent stepped closer to Lori and fished in the back pocket of her pants.
"I'm sorry. You can get up."
Lori stood up and grabbed her ID. "You mind telling me what this is all about?" Lori asked a bit angry.
"We got report that this car was speeding away from a crime scene."
"And you didn't bother to check that the car was registered to a federal agent?!"
"We've only been able to locate this car today and we were in the area so we came over."
"Well if you would have checked it you could have seen that this car is registered to NCIS. And as for speeding away from a crime scene, that was Friday and I was chasing a suspect. You're welcome to check with the office. I'm sure Hetty Lange will love to speak to you about that."
The man was visibly scared by the name Hetty Lange. "No, that's not necessary. Lower your weapons," he spoke to the other agents.
"Good, now would you mind telling me who you work for?"
"Agent Clark, homeland security," he spoke as he showed his ID.
"And what does homeland security want with our case? We've finished it already."
"We believe it's connected to one of our cases. Since we found out that this car was involved we figured we would track you down. We didn't know the progress you had made already."
"Well, I'm off today but I can have some agents brief you on what we've found."
"I'd appreciate that."
"I'll call the office and they will meet you at this address." Lori gave him the address of the boatshed.
"Thank you and sorry for the misunderstanding."
"It's okay. You were just doing your job, poorly, but you were doing your job," Lori spoke and she got in her car.
The agents went into their cars as well and drove off so Lori could drive further again as well. Lori dialed the number for the office.
"Good morning Mrs. Callen," Hetty answered the phone.
"Hello Hetty, well G and I were just coming back from PT and we were stopped by a bunch of agents."
"Are you both okay?"
"We're fine Hetty. They tracked my car to a case we worked on and thought I was involved. It was the case we were working on Friday, they think it's connected to a case of theirs. I told them someone would meet him at the boatshed to discuss what we've learned from the case."
"Of course, I'll send Mr. Hanna and Ms. Jones over to the boatshed. Which agency did they work for?"
"Agent Clark from homeland security."
"Okay, very well Mrs. Callen. How is Mr. Callen doing?"
"I'm doing just fine Hetty," Callen replied.
"That's good. Please take your rest Mr. Callen, you need to let your body heal."
"I will Hetty."
"That's good. I'll see you later."
"Bye Hetty," Lori spoke and hung up the phone.
Lori drove home and helped Callen out of the car and into the wheelchair before driving him up the ramp into the house.
Just after Callen and Lori had gotten back from PT their home care nurse Abby arrived.
"Hello, you must be Abby," Lori greeted her as she opened the door.
"Yes that's me. You must be Lori."
"Yes, Lori Callen, come on in, nice to meet you." Lori shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you too, wish it were under better circumstance however."
"Yeah. How do you know Hetty?"
"I worked with Ms. Lange for a while."
"Ah okay.
Abby hung up her jacket and walked further into the house. Ella immediately was at her feet, sniffing the new person.
"That's Ella, our dog."
"She's cute. And you must be Callen," Abby spoke as she noticed the man sitting on the couch.
"Yes that is me."
"Nice to meet you," Abby spoke and shook Callen's hand.
"Thank you for coming."
"Anything for Ms. Lange."
"This is Emily our sitter, our little girls Myra and Julie."
"Hello Miss Abby," Myra and Julie greeted her.
"Hello sweeties."
"And these are our newborns Finn and Charlie."
"Aww, how old are they?"
"They are three months old."
"Aww so cute."
"Thank you, well have a seat. Would you like some coffee?"
"Yes thank you."
Lori went into the kitchen and made some coffee. Emily took the kids to the backyard to play so Callen and Lori could talk to their home care nurse.
"How much would you be around here?" Callen asked.
"Every day from 8.30am till 5pm for now, we'll see how it goes along the road with your progress. Eventually I will come here less and less. Are you home as well Lori?"
"No, I've just started back at work again after my maternity leave. But Hetty is okay with me having an adapted schedule since this thing with G happened. Right now I'm working two mornings and two full days, one day I'm off of work."
"Ah okay. And your sitter?"
"She's here every day when I'm at work."
"Okay."
They talked some more about what things Abby would do. They would see it at first for a week how it would go, then they would officially agree. Basically Abby would look after him and help him get around the house and assist him in his exercises he had to do for PT.
Now that Abby was here to take care of Callen Lori went to do some grocery shopping.
"Mommy, can I go too?" Julie asked.
"Me too," Myra added.
"Sure."
Lori helped the girls put their shoes and jackets on and helped them in their car seats. Lori drove to the store and helped the girls out of the car. Myra and Julie grabbed their own little kids' cart.
"Stay with mommy okay girls."
"Yes mommy."
Lori, Myra and Julie walked through the aisles. Lori grabbed the things they needed, when the groceries were low enough the girls could take them.
"Okay girls, you can each pick out one candy," Lori spoke when they were in the candy aisle.
Myra and Julie looked at all the candies.
"Mommy, I want that," Myra spoke as she pointed up.
"This one?" Lori spoke as she grabbed a bag of candy.
"Yes mommy."
Lori put the bag in Myra's cart.
"Have you picked one Julie?"
"Yes mommy."
They got the rest of the groceries and went to the register. Myra and Julie helped Lori put the groceries on the register. They could just reach it. Lori paid for everything and put it in the bag. She put the bag in the car and helped the girls in their car seat before driving home. Ella came to the greet them at the door and happily followed Lori to the kitchen since she had a bag of groceries.
"Sorry Ella, nothing for you in this bag."
Ella kept watching as Lori put the groceries away, hoping there would be something for her. When Lori put the bag away Ella went back to the living room.
…
It had been three months since Callen's shooting. It was now April, which meant the boys were five months old. Callen was slowly improving. He could walk a little better now but still not long walks and he still had to use the walker. The wheelchair he hardly used anymore unless they would go for a long walk with the kids and Ella. Callen had gotten some of his strength back. He could get up better himself now and he could do more and more things himself but he still wasn't back to his old self. The doctor and the physical therapist were both very pleased with Callen's progress. Lori had taken some stuff home sometimes for Callen so he could keep up with his paperwork. With him being the team leader he had the most paperwork out of all the agents.
Finn and Charlie were doing very well. They started moving a bit, no crawling yet but they were learning. Ella had grown already. She wasn't fully grown yet but she had gotten big and she was doing very well. She listened very well and the girls had taught her some tricks. Lori was considering taken Ella to agility when she would be a little older. She had a lot of energy but she was just the cutest little dog and she loved cuddles.
Today they had another checkup with the doctor. Lori had taken the day off so she could go with Callen. Emily was at home looking after the boys. Myra and Julie were at pre-school.
Lori parked the car at the hospital and got Callen's wheelchair out. Callen swung his legs out of the car and held onto the car as he got up. He hoisted himself up and sat down in the wheelchair. Lori closed the door and locked the car before she took Callen upstairs. They sat in the waiting room until the doctor called them in.
"How are you feeling?" The doctor asked Callen.
"Not bad, could be better but I'm okay."
"How's your back?"
"It's hurting less and less."
"That's good. Why don't you lie down on your side so I can examine you."
Callen lay down on his side and the doctor felt around Callen's back.
"Does this hurt?"
"It's a little tender but it doesn't really hurt."
"Okay good."
The doctor did some more exams on Callen and a couple of exercises. The doctor was very pleased.
"Can I try to go back to work again?" Callen asked.
"Do you have a desk job?"
"Uhm, not really but I could desk work. It's not my favorite thing about the job but I could do desk work."
"I guess we could try to see how that goes, but only one day this week. I'll call you at the end of the week to see how it went and maybe next week we can make two days of it."
"Great. I've got one more question. Would it be okay if I would start having sex again?"
"I don't think your body is ready for that type of physical effort just yet."
"Oh okay. When do you think I'm ready for that again?"
"Maybe in a month, we'll see the progress you make. Once you're ready I will let you know."
"Okay thank you."
They went out and made a new appointment for in two weeks. After Callen had gotten in the car Lori put the wheelchair in the car and drove them home. Once they were home Callen used his walker to get inside. Callen was looking forward to going back to work again. He hated sitting at home and doing nothing. They told Abby that Callen was going to work tomorrow so she didn't have to come by.
Just before noon Lori went to the school to pick up Myra and Julie. She had taken Ella with her. Lori stood at the school grounds waiting for Myra and Julie's class to come out. A little after the bell had rang Myra and Julie's teacher came out with the kids behind her.
"I see mommy," Julie told their teacher.
"That's good Julie. See you next time Myra and Julie."
"Bye Miss Kelly," Myra and Julie said and waved to her as they walked to Lori.
Ella was jumping happily and pulling on the leash when she saw Myra and Julie.
"Hey Ella," Myra and Julie greeted her and gave her some love.
"Hey girls, did you have a nice day?"
"Yes mommy," Myra and Julie replied but they were too busy giving Ella love.
"Come on, let's go home." Lori took the girls back to the car. "Ella up." Ella jumped into the car and sat in her basket.
Lori secured Myra and Julie in their car seats, got in herself and drove them home.
"Hey daddy," Myra and Julie greeted as they walked into the house.
"Hey sweeties, did you have a nice day?"
"Yes daddy."
Myra, Julie and Lori washed their hands before they sat at the table to enjoy lunch.
…..
The next day Lori took Callen with her to work. Emily was at the house looking after the kids.
"Hey good morning G," Sam spoke once he saw his partner walk in.
"Morning Sam."
Callen used his walker and walked to his desk.
"How are you feeling G?"
"I'm okay. Just glad I'm back at work again."
"Yeah, but you're not going out. Not with the walker."
"I know. It's just desk work for now. But it's better than nothing."
"It's good to have you back G."
"It's good to be back."
"Well hello Mr. Callen, I wasn't expecting you just yet," Hetty spoke as she walked into the bullpen.
"Just one day this week and only desk work. But it's better than sitting at home. I can do some desk work."
"That's good. Just don't do too much."
"I won't Hetty."
"That's good. Welcome back."
"Thanks Hetty."
Hetty went back to her office just as Kensi and Deeks walked in.
"Hey Callen, you back already?" Kensi asked.
"Just one day this week and just desk work."
"Well it's good to have you back, you've been missed."
"I've missed you guys too."
A little later Eric appeared at the top of the stairs and he whistled.
"New case. Hey Callen, welcome back."
"Hey Eric, it's good to be back."
Callen went upstairs with the others. It took a while but he managed to walk up the stairs. Lori supported him up the stairs and into OPS.
"Hey Callen," Nell greeted. "Welcome back."
"It's good to be back."
"What have we got Eric?" Sam asked, since Callen's absence he had become temporary team leader.
"LAPD stumbled upon this when they examined a crime scene this morning," Eric spoke as he put some pictures on the screen.
They saw pictures of a crime scene. A man was lying on the ground, he was dead.
"Who's he?" Callen asked.
"He's not what made LAPD send the case to us. They looked at the crime scene and saw his computer open on a page of the Navy. Their tech guy said that an USB drive had been plugged in and some of the files had been downloaded onto the USB drive but they couldn't find a USB drive anymore."
"The killer took it with them," Lori stated.
"It's looks that way. It's probably why he was killed."
"How did he get his hands on this?" Sam asked.
"He is listed in the Navy, Frank Mitchell. He's an intelligence analyst. They wanted to send the case to the NCIS office at Pendleton but when they found out the files had been taken they send the case to us."
"Anything out of the ordinary with him?" Callen asked.
"Nothing so far," Nell answered. "His service record seems clean but we'll look more thoroughly."
Hetty walked into OPS. "His superior officer is waiting in the boatshed."
"Kensi, Deeks, you go see him. Lori and I will check the crime scene," Sam spoke.
Lori helped Callen back down the stairs and back to his desk.
"Take it easy," Lori told him.
"I will."
Lori gave Callen a soft kiss on his head and left with Sam.
"So G's doing better?" Sam asked as he drove them to the house.
"Yeah he is. It's going slowly but he's doing much better. He can do more and more himself."
"That's good. Bet he wasn't easy to be around in the beginning."
"No not always. You know how he gets when he's sidelined."
"Oh yes I do."
"But he has been taking it easy. He knew he had to let his body heal."
"And how's it been for the kids?"
"It's okay. The girls have been very sweet to him. They are taking it easy to him."
"That's good. And the boys, how are they doing?"
"They are doing just fine. They have grown quite big already and they are starting to move a little bit."
"That's nice."
"Maybe you and Michelle can come by again with Kam."
"That would be nice. I'll talk to Michelle about that."
"Great, let me know."
"Will do."
Sam pulled up to the house and they showed their badges to get on the crime scene. They put their gloves on and looked around the scene. Lori plugged a flash drive into the computer.
"You're getting this Eric?"
"Yes, searching now. Will let you know when I'm done."
"Great."
While Eric was busy with the computer Lori went to look at the rest of the house. Suddenly a car screeched down the street and Sam and Lori had to duck away from bullets being fired at the house.