Changes

Chapter 12

Everyone looked up about two hours later when Deeks came speeding thru the mission. He stopped at Hetty's desk and put an envelope down on it.

"There you go Hetty."

Hetty took a minuet to read over it and nodded her head.

"Mr. Hanna a moment please."

"What's up Hetty?"

"Mr. Deeks will be returning to work now. And as an agent he will need to undergo more advanced training. I am putting you in charge of this training." Hetty looked at Sam then at Deeks. "Use whatever agent you feel will be the best fit for that particular training session."

"Sam old buddy." Deeks smiled at him then lost the smile when he saw the evil smile that Sam had on his face. Sam didn't get to say anything as Eric whistled that they had a case. The five of them filed into ops. Nell began the briefing.

"Ok so this morning LAPD discovered two bodies. David Lang and Miles Smithton. Both are independent contractors for the Navy. Both men were shot in the back of the head execution style."

"I know Lang." Said Mac taking a step closer to the big screen. "I worked with him for about two weeks about a three years ago when I was stationed in Paris. Guy had an ego the size of Texas."

"Was he into anything other than himself?" asked Granger.

"Yeah, high priced call girls. If I remember correctly he preferred blonds."

"Anything else you can remember?"

"Well he was an ass. I did my best to stay as far away from him as I could. I'm not even sure what he was doing there. All I ever saw him do was flirt and drink coffee and mouth off about all the stuff he had done."

Mac looked at Granger and shrugged.

"Both men were in LA to meet with the Navy over plans for a new ship. They were on a team of contractors each responsible for a different aspect of the ships design." Nell continued. "They attended a dinner last night at the Craft Room. Everyone else is accounted for."

"They have another party scheduled for tonight. We've managed to get our own invites. Mr. Hanna will be going in as security, Mr. Deeks as you are now back you and Miss Blye will go in as guests as will Mr. Callen and Miss. Taylor." Said Hetty.

"The party starts at seven so you have a few hours to get ready." Said Nell.

It would be easy for the guys, the girls would need every minuet to get to the level Hetty demanded.

"Five bucks say one of them end up in a fountain." Said Sam.

Mac gave him a look. "I seem to always end up wet when I have to get in a dress for an op."

"Now ladies lets go find you both dresses." Said Hetty smiling up at them.

Two hours later they were both dressed and ready to go. Kensi came out first wearing a short black strapless number and sky high heels. Deeks let out a low whistle.

"That's my girl." He said putting out his arm for her to take.

Sam was already in place so he was about to miss out on Callen's reaction to Mac.

"Miss Taylor please hurry up you need to leave now." Hetty stood waiting. Callen had his back to the dressing room until Deeks smacked him on the arm and pointed. Mac stood there in a deep blue one shoulder dress that was skin tight and ended just above the knees. It had little gems sewed in the neck line that sparkled under the lights. Her hair was down and wavy. The heels she wore were not as high as Kensi's but still made her legs go one forever.

Callen stood there with his mouth hanging open for a few seconds. Deeks had to snap a photo to show Sam later. Finally after Hetty cleared her throat Callen snapped out of it. Mac rolled her eyes at him and they all headed out. The entire ride there Callen kept glancing at Mac.

"You really look amazing." Said Callen as he helped her out of the car once they were there.

"Thank you." Mac smiled at him and let him lead her into the club.

They found Sam right away and then spotted Deeks and Kensi across the room.

"Recognize anyone?"

Mac looked around casually. "No. But then again let's hope I don't. Wouldn't want to blow our cover."

Three hours later they were no closer to any answers. They spoke to the other members of the team and no one had any clue as to what happened. A clue finally came when a young woman came up to Kensi.

"The men you're asking about, they paid several of us to party with them last night." She looked around and pointed out four other girls. "Five thousand each for the night."

"Your hookers?" asked Kensi quietly.

"Escorts yes." The girl looked sad. "Only one of us, Tara didn't come home last night."

"What's her last name?"

"I don't know. We don't use last names." The girl handed Kensi a card. "David he got ruff with a few of us. Kept drinking spouting off about how he could have any women he wanted. Tara said no and he slapped her pretty hard. The rest of us got out of there pretty fast after that. I don't remember Tara leaving with us but I just wanted to get out of there."

Kensi thanked her. "Nell did you get all that?"

"Yes I did."

"Ok she gave me a company card hopefully you can get into the data base and get us names. "

Hetty told them to call it a night. They headed back to the mission to change. Once there Kensi passed the card over to Nell then went to get into her street clothing. Eric stopped her on the steps.

"Guys we got something. A woman was found two blocks away from where they found our guys, covered in blood and beaten badly."

"Want to bet it's our missing escort?" asked Sam.

Hetty told them to wait till the girls were changed. Tara may speak to a woman before one of the guys.

It was late when they entered the hospital. Callen and Deeks waited in the hall while Mac and Kensi entered the ICU where the girl was.

"Hi Tara I'm Kensi, can you tell me what happened last night?"

"He pulled me back when I tried to leave with the others. He hit me then tried to push me down. He had a gun on the table, I remember grabbing it and pointing at him." She stopped talking and started crying. "I thought they were going to rape me then kill me."

Once back at the mission Nell informed them that the two men had a habit of beating up on their dates. This time they had chosen the wrong woman to mess with.

After the late night Hetty gave them the morning off unless they were really needed. Sam reminded Deeks he needed to be in early to start training. Kensi promised Sam she would have him in by eleven.

Mac walked out to her jeep and found Callen already leaning against it. He held out his hands for the keys. Mac was too tired to argue and tossed them over to him before climbing into the passenger's seat.

Callen drove to his place and led Mac into the bedroom. He handed her one of his tee shirts to sleep in. She smiled at him and didn't even bother to leave the room to change. She simply pulled her shirt and jeans off and pulled on his shirt. Callen stood there and watched. She climbed into bed and was asleep before Callen got himself changed.

Callen climbed in behind her and pulled her close. She murmured something before setting back against him.

The next morning Mac woke up to the smell of coffee. She opened her eyes to find a cup on the night stand.

"Hey there sleepy head." Said Callen coming in the room still wet from his shower.

"What time is it?" asked Mac picking up the coffee.

"Just past nine." Callen pulled on a shirt and tossed his towel into the hamper in the corner of the room. "Figured we could get something to eat before we head in. I talked to Eric and nothing is going on except Deeks complaining about Sam trying to kill him."

Mac stood up and stretched. "Ok but I'm going to need to stop at my place for something to wear."

"You could always borrow one of my shirts."

"And you want Sam to tease you about me wearing your stuff to work?"

"Yeah good point."

"Ok so I'm going to grab a shower and we can go." Mac reached up and put a kiss on Callen's cheek before walking into the bedroom.

Half an hour later Callen looked up from the paper when he heard a knock at the door. He opened it and was shocked to find Paris standing there.

"Hey Callen long time no see." Paris pushed past Callen and began to look around the room. "Nice place, it's you."

"Paris what are you doing here and how did you find out where I live?"

"I am a federal agent, I have my ways."

Paris got very close to Callen just as Mac came walking into the room wearing nothing but a towel.

"Callen what did you do with my bra? I left it on the bed…" Mac stopped dead. Callen looked like he wanted to crawl under a rock and Paris looked both shocked and confused.

"Mackenna this is Paris Summerskill, Paris this is Mackenna Taylor, my girlfriend."

"Wow the one and only Agent Mac Taylor or should I call you Black Widow." Paris said giving Mac a once over.

"Black Widow?" asked Callen.

"What she hasn't told you they call her that?"

"Ok I'm going to go get dressed now." Mac turned and walked back to the bedroom. Callen followed behind her.

"You two know each other?"

"Only by reputation." Mac grabbed her panties and pulled them on under the towel then her jeans. "Seriously what did you do with my bra?" Mac looked at Callen. He shrugged then pulled it out from his back pocket. "Seriously G."

Mac was a bit pissed off right now so she wanted to see how far she could push him. So she simply dropped the towel and put on her bra before grabbing her shirt from the day before. Callen stood there watching a smirk on his face.

"So the Black Widow comment?"

"It's a long story I'll tell it to you later. Short version is when I first became an agent within three years six different agents I worked with died." Mac shrugged.

They walked out into the living room to find Paris still standing there.

"So Paris why are you here?"

"I was in town and thought I'd stop by and see you. Guess I should have called before." Paris looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Well we were just on our way out. Late start today for work." Callen opened the door and waited till Paris stepped outside.

"Give me a call when you get tired of her." Paris stepped back.

"Not gonna happen." Callen crossed his arms and watched as she headed to her car. He felt Mac come up behind him. "You ready to go?"

"Yep." Mac handed him his go bag and headed to her jeep. Callen still had the keys so he drove them to her place. Neither said much on the fifteen minuet drive.

"I met Paris on an op a while back nothing more."

"I didn't ask did I?"

"No but I can see the wheels turning."

They pulled up outside her house and headed to the porch. Mac waited for Callen to unlock the door then headed for the bedroom.

"You know you can leave stuff at my place if you want."

"Ok." Said Mac as she grabbed clean jeans and a tee shirt. She grabbed her change of clothing and headed for the bathroom.

"What no show this time?" asked Callen as she walked away. A second later her bra came flying at his face. He laughed and tossed it onto the bed. As he walked past the bathroom door it was closed. "So when am I going to see that stuff you bought?"

Mac opened the door in her jeans and a blue lace bra. Callen smiled and stared. "Wow. Your wearing that today there is no way I'm going to be able to concentrate."

Mac pulled her shirt on and leaned into Callen. "And it's a matching set." She walked away from him.

"You really are trying to kill me."

They walked into the mission and heard Sam drilling Deeks. "Ok Deeks procedure for clearing a building alone?"

"One you really shouldn't do that." Deeks sat at his desk a stack of manuals in front of him.

"Hey Sam guess who showed up at my place this morning?"

"No clue G."

"Paris."

"No way, how she doing?"

"Not happy Mac walked in wearing a towel and Paris got a bit nasty."

"Yeah you should have seen her face when G called me his girlfriend." Mac laughed and put her stuff down on the new Desk Hetty had move in for her.

"What's she doing here?" asked Deeks.

"I think she was making a booty call." Laughed Mackenna.

"No way, Damn G two women and you didn't do anything?" Sam cracked himself up.

"Not funny Sam. Those two do not like each other."

"No I dislike her, she really hates me." Mac simply shrugged and leaned back in her seat. Callen shook his head at her. "Especially now."

"Kensi you ever think…" started Deeks. Kensi glared at him.

"No."

"But you don't even know what I was going to ask."

"Yes I do and it's a no." Kensi stood up and leaned over Deeks desk. "Keep in mind where I like to shoot targets lover boy."

"Yes Dear." Murmured Deeks as he started back in on the current manual.

Hetty soon joined the team along with Nell.

"Miss Taylor I would like to introduce you to your new partner" Nell stood there smiling.

"Sweet you get Nell." Said Deeks.

"I hope this will be alright with you Miss Taylor?"

"Yeah it's fine." Mac smiled at Nell.

"Good you will be her training agent for field work. She and Mr. Deeks can study together."

After Hetty walked away Nell move in closer. "We are lucky, most new field agents have to go thru their training in DC. Hetty pulled some strings so the team wouldn't be short two members."

Nell had her own manuals in her arms and smiled at Mac. "Ok then let's get started."