Oh my gosh, I know it's been forever since we updated! I'm sorry, we were REALLY busy. But, thankfully, I was able to get this up today! Yay! So...I hope everyone enjoys this chapter! Thanks to everyone who's reviewed and alerted this story, I love hearing what everyone has to think!

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"Oh my god..." Deeks whispered. Sam sighed, worried, hoping Nell would come out of it soon.

"S-She's going to wake up though, right?" Kensi asked.

"Only time will tell." Dr. Coulter whispered.

"Can we go sit with them?" Callen asked.

"Eric's unconscious, but you can see him. However, only 2 at a time." Dr. Cornwell said. Coulter nodded.

"You can see Nell too, but the same thing applies. Only 2 at a time."

Hetty nodded.

"Thank you doctors." Callen looked at the team.

"Who wants to visit them first?"

Hetty looked at her team. Deeks glanced at Kensi.

"You guys go first. I'll wait." Kensi said, sipping her coffee.

"You sure?" Sam asked. Kensi nodded.

"I'll wait with her." Deeks added.

"Well, I'll visit with Ms. Jones then first, if you gentlemen would like to sit with Mr. Beale?"

"Sure." Callen said. Sam nodded. Dr. Coulter led Hetty to Nell's room, while Dr. Cornwell took Callen and Sam to Eric's room.

Kensi sat down next to Deeks in the waiting room. She let her mind silently wander. What if we never found Eric and Nell? What if they would have been dead? What if Nell doesn't wake up? Her hand started shaking, and dropped her coffee. Her gaze went from the coffee on the floor to her shaking hands. She stood up quickly, still shaking, and went to the bathroom to get paper towels to clean up the spill, fighting back the wetness in her eyes. Deeks blinked, concerned.

"Kensi?" He went towards the bathroom, as he saw her coming out. "Hey Kensi, it's only coffee-" He broke off, seeing the wetness in her eyes. "Kens...come here..."

Seeing Deeks look at her with concern just pushed her off the edge, and the tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. She angrily brushed them away, and didn't move. Deeks went over and grabbed her hand lightly.

"It is ok to cry..." He whispered, lightly pulling her closer. Kensi's arms slowly went around Deeks as sobs shook her body. She leaned her head to his shoulder, allowing his presence to wash over her. Deeks held her close, rubbing her back lightly.

"It's all going to be ok Kensi. I promise, it will." His voice was soft and soothing. "We found them, they are alive, and they are in the hospital, getting better."

"What if Nell doesn't wake up? W-What if she never wakes up?" She turned and gazed into his blue eyes.

"Well, I think she will. Why? Because this is Nell we're talking about. She's turning into a mini-Hetty. A mini-ninja. And there is no way she would just sleep through her whole life." His lightly brushed her tears away, his fingers lingering on her cheek. A small smile crossed Kensi's lips, and even though she finally stopped crying, she didn't release her partner. She shut her eyes and just leaned into him, letting herself relax for the first time in days.

Hetty walked into Nell's room. She silently pulled a chair over to her bed, and took the analyst's hand in hers.

"You're safe now my dear. And I promise, I'll do my best to make sure you never have to go through this again." She said softly.

Sam and Callen walked into Eric's room. Almost immediately, they saw his eyes flicker.

"Hey Eric, I saw your eyes flicker...I know you're in there. Wake up..." Callen said, sitting beside Eric's bed. Eric slowly became conscious, and blinked a few times, then bolted upright in bed. His cuts throbbed painfully, almost in protest.

"Hey. Easy there. You're alright. You're at the hospital." Sam said. Eric's eyes darted around the room.

"Where's Nell? Is she ok? Please tell me she's ok!" He rambled, freaking out. Sam ran for the doctor as Eric tried to get out of bed. "I have to see her!"

"Eric, Nell's in her own room! You need to lie back down and stay still for a bit so you don't rip any stitches." Callen stood in front of him, trying to lightly push him back onto the bed. "You can't see her right now."

"I need to see her! I have to know if she's ok!" Eric said, starting to shake. There were tears forming in his eyes. Callen pushed him back down, lightly, and tried to hold him still without hurting him.

"Eric, she's being taken care of by a good doctor. I promise you, they are taking care of her." Sam and Dr. Cornwell came back in.

"Nell is safe, and so are you. You're both going to be fine." Sam said. Dr. Cornwell nodded. She gave a small smile as Eric laid back on his bed. He wiped away the tears from his eyes, starting to slowly calm down.

"How are you feeling, Eric? Any pain?" Cornwell asked as Callen let go of Eric.

"N-Not too bad. My head hurts. And t-the stitches hurt a little." Eric's voice was quiet.

"Ok, we'll I'm going to increase your morphine drip, so that should take care of the pain. Your head is going to hurt for a bit, you do have a concussion. And as for those stitches, they're hurting because you moved around a lot. You're lucky you didn't rip your stitches. So, I don't want you moving around a lot for a day or so. Ok?" She adjusted his IV drip as Eric nodded.

"Ok..." He wasn't too happy about it, but he knew there was no point in arguing.

The next day

"I want to go see her!" Eric argued.

"Eric, you need to rest. You shouldn't be moving around or walking yet. You'll tear your stitches."

"I'll be careful, Sam. I just want to see her. I need to see her."

"Eric...she's still in her coma." Callen said. "The best thing you can do to help her is to stay here and get some rest and get better."

"I still want to see her even if she's not awake. She's my partner. I need to be with her. If one of you were injured, I bet the other would do anything they could to see their injured partner." Sam glanced at Callen. Eric did have a point. But he still didn't like the idea of the tech being up and about yet though.

"I'm gonna talk to Kensi and Deeks." Sam said, then left.

"You're right Eric, we would. But if we had a lot of stitches like you do, I guarantee someone would be trying to stop us. Kensi and Deeks would probably fight to keep us in bed." Eric sighed, wishing they weren't so stubborn.

Sam walked into Nell's room, and chuckled at the site before him. Kensi and Deeks were both sleeping. Kensi was curled up on Deeks' lap. Her head was on his shoulder, and one of her hands lingered on his chest. Sam had to admit it was cute, and quickly snapped a picture of it. Kensi stirred awake as Sam walked over. She stifled a yawn and looked at him.

"Any change?" He asked.

"No. she hasn't shown signs of waking up yet. How's Eric?"

"Alright. He wants to see Nell though."

"Why don't you let him then. He will feel better once he actually gets to see her."

"He shouldn't be moving around much yet. He could tear his stitches."

"He can use a wheelchair. He'll be fine." Kensi said. Deeks blinked awake, hearing only bits and pieces of the conversation. He glanced at Kensi, then Sam.

"So Eric wants to visit Nell? Get his butt over here then." He was still tired, but he stretched. "There's this invention that I think would really help. It's a chair, with 2 small wheels and 2 big wheels, and handles on the back. It's called a wheelchair." He said. Sam rolled his eyes. Kensi got up so she wasn't on Deeks, then stretched.

"If you and Callen don't let him come, I'll kidnap him and bring him here to see her myself."

"I'll see what Callen says. And second, there's no way you'd be able to kidnap Eric without anyone noticing."

"You sure about that?" She replied, smirking. "You know better then to doubt me. With Deeks' help I could totally pull it off." Sam rolled his eyes again, then went back to Eric's room. Deeks chuckled.

"Deeks and Kensi think he should see Nell." Sam said.

"Finally, someone agrees with me." Eric mumbled. Callen sighed. He steered a wheelchair over, and unhooked Eric's IV from the pole, before hanging it on the wheelchair pole. Eric carefully got into the wheelchair. Callen and Sam silently took him to Nell's room.

"Hey Eric." Kensi and Deeks both whispered, Kensi squeezing her partner's hand.

"Hey." Eric whispered, as Callen parked the chair next to Nell's bed. smiling lightly. Eric turned his attention to Nell...his beautiful partner. She looked so small and pale laying in the hospital bed She was hooked up to a few machines. He lightly took her hand gently, then smoothed her hair back from her face, lightly kissing her forehead.

"Nell..." He whispered. "Please wake up. Come back to me. I need you." Tears glistened in his eyes. Callen quietly left the room. Sam looked at Kensi and Deeks, then nodded towards the door. Kensi and Deeks followed Sam out, giving Eric time to be with his partner. Eric brushed away his tears. He lightly touched the bruises on Nell's face.

"I wish they wouldn't have hurt you. I would have taken all the beatings for you if I could have. I can't stand seeing you hurt. I love you Nell..." Nell's eyes fluttered slowly, but she didn't quite wake up for a few moments. Her eyes shot open, feeling a burning in her throat. Tears filled her eyes and she started panicking. Something was in her throat and she wanted it out. She whimpered, but felt like she was going to choke on it. Her whimpers got more desperate and shrill. Kensi's eyes widened when she heard Nell's whimpers. She glanced into the room and saw that Nell was awake. She ran to find Dr. Coulter.

"Dr. Coulter, Nell's awake!" The doctor ran into Nell's room, while Kensi waited outside with Deeks, Sam and Callen. Sam and Callen both sighed with relief, and Kensi clutched Deeks hand.

"Nell, shh...It's ok. Calm down." Coulter carefully removed the esophageal airway from Nell's throat. Eric held Nell's hand, gently rubbing her knuckles. Nell took a few deep breathes as Coulter stepped out for a few minutes.

"W-Who a-are y-you? G-Get away from me!" She cried. "G-Get a-away!" She screamed. Callen, Sam, Deeks, and Kensi ran in. Nell shied away, shaking, terrified. Eric got out of the wheelchair and slowly backed away from Nell.

"Y-You don't remember me?" He leaned against the wall for support. Sam grabbed him, brought the wheelchair over, and gently eased him into it. Eric's eyes were wide and filled with tears. Kensi stood by the door.

"Nell?" She asked softly.

"W-Who a-a-are y-you? W-W-What happened to me?" She stared at these...strangers. They scared her. Tears streaked her cheeks as she cried.

"Nell...you don't have to be afraid of us. We all work together." Callen said, gently. He lightly stepped closer, but Nell whimpered, flinching away. Deeks stood by Eric.

"Y-You don't remember anything?" Eric asked. He ran his fingers backwards through his hair as he fought off tears. She didn't remember what happened to her... she didn't even know who he is. The woman he loves doesn't even remember him. What if she never remembers? Then what is he gonna do? Eric was shaking slightly.

"Nell...what is today's date?" Sam asked Nell, gently, trying to get an idea of how much she remembers. Kensi held Eric's hand, unable to imagine how hard this must be for him.

"A-April 19...2-2008..." Nell sobbed. "W-What d-d-do y-y-you w-w-want w-with me?" She cried, her voice shrill with fear. Deeks gazed at her.

"Ms. Jones, calm down. It's alright. They are all your friends. You are safe." Dr. Coulter said, walking back in.

"It's 2012 Nell. Your memory is a little messed up right now. You were kidnapped and got hurt really bad. Your have a skull fracture and it caused your memory loss." Kensi's voice was gentle. Nell started shaking, even more scared.

"Someone took me!" She screamed. Callen moved over and lightly held her down as she shook screaming, just to make sure she didn't hurt herself.

"Nell, calm down. You are safe now." He whispered, keeping his voice gentle. Nell tried to get away from him.

"Let me go!" She wailed. Kensi took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. She didn't mean to upset Nell.

"Nell, calm down." Sam said gently.

"If she doesn't calm down soon, I'm going to have to sedate her." Dr. Coulter said. Tears ran down Eric's face. He hated seeing Nell like this. She was so upset and so so scared. Kensi softly hugged him. He loosely hugged her back, and she could feel him trembling against her. She rubbed his back and glanced at Deeks.

"L-Let m-me g-go..." Nell sobbed. Deeks blocked Eric's view.

"Nell, it's going to be ok." Callen whispered. Nell was terrified, and she tried to pull away, still shaking. Coulter left the room and came back with a syringe. Sam gently grabbed one of Nell's arms and held it still while the doctor injected the needle and Nell fell into unconsciousness.

"She should be out for a while." Then she left.

"Let's get you back to your room." Kensi said softly to Eric, releasing him slowly.

"I-I want to s-stay here with her." He wiped his tears away slowly.

"We'll bring you back tomorrow. Once she isn't...terrified."

"Ok..." His voice was barely above a whisper. He glanced one last time at Nell, then kissed her forehead. Kensi took him back to his room. Deeks followed, as Callen spoke to Hetty, explaining what was going on.

"Poor Nell." He whispered softly.

"I hope she remembers soon." Sam said.

Kensi helped Eric up onto his bed. He leaned forward slowly, wincing as he felt his stitches pull, and held his head in his hands. Kensi sat carefully beside him, touching her hand to his shoulder.

"Eric...she will remember. It might just take some time."

"But what is she doesn't remember? What if she never remembers...t-then what will she do? W-What will I do? T-There's never a 100% certainty with these things. T-There's a chance she will never remember...All the m-memories s-she had of t-the team...o-of me...gone."

"Eric...we are talking about Nell. She will come back. But you need to have hope and give it time. Never give up." Deeks said. Silent tears ran down his cheeks. He loved her too much to lose her. He couldn't lose her to the past because of some head injury.

Oh Nell...my beautiful Nell...

So, did everyone enjoy? I know...it's a little bit emotional...but hey...if this all happened to me...I think I'd be the same way. I promise to get the next chapter up as soon as possible!

Any reviews would be greatly appreciated! -A and K