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Sixty days later: Greece-
Deeks and Sasha were in a hanger on the outskirts of Athens discussing their next plan of attack.
"Where to next?" Deeks asked.
"For now we're just passing through." Sasha said.
"Have we started going after any of his bank accounts?" Deeks asked.
"No, but I think it's time to form another team to tackle that aspect." Sasha said.
"Leave that to the other team." Deeks said. "That is going to involve a mess load of paperwork and a few lawyers."
"What? You didn't want to help out there?" Sasha asked with a grin on his face.
"I didn't want the headache of dealing with bureaucrats." Deeks said. "Why do you think I'm out here blowing stuff up with you, instead of being stuck behind a desk?"
"Touché." Sasha said.
Sasha picked up the phone and called one of their superiors to get the ball rolling on freezing the bank accounts. After Sasha finished the call he asked Deeks.
"How's the head?"
"The blackouts have tapered off, but I'm going to hang back with Quintus for a little bit longer." Deeks said.
"No arguments here; just as long as you know your limits." Sasha said.
"Bull crap! You don't want to face my wife without me." Deeks shot back.
"There's that to." Sasha said.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Los Angeles: Ops-
"What do you have Eric?" Gibbs asked walking into ops.
"We got a message from the field team. They have wiped out about fifty percent of the physical operation, but we still need to move against Koza's bank accounts." Nell said.
"I'll get in contact with Leon about that. You find out who made that bogus operation a few years ago?" Gibbs asked.
"We haven't gotten that far, but I can run a separate program to find the person responsible." Eric said.
"Do it." Gibbs said and then stepped off to the side while the team received an update.
"Well the residue that Sam found was an explosive of some type; the only problem is that we haven't been able to determine the exact compound." Nell said.
"No problem Nell; we'll run that down ourselves while you are doing it from here." Callen said.
"You think this is part of Johan's' terrorist plot?" Gibbs asked.
"Nell?" Callen asked.
Eric ran the past attacks that have been linked to Johan. After a minute he found no hits.
"No; explosives are not among his usual repertoire." Eric said.
"He's an arms dealer." Sam said.
"Johan usually secures it for other organizations to use, but he has yet to use it himself." Nell said.
"Eric, Nell get us a lead on that signature." Callen said.
Callen left ops with Sam and Kensi in tow. As they were descending the stairs to the bull pen Sam asked.
"What's the play?"
"You two run the leads down; I'll try to get in touch with Celeste, see if she has heard anything." Callen said.
Sam and Kensi left, heading towards the garage; while Callen pick up his phone dialing Celeste's number.
"Hi Celeste, it's Quentin; do you have a spare moment to talk?" Callen said.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Greece-
Hetty was walking around the courtyard when she spotted something in the distance. Not sure what to make of it, so she found a place to hide; waiting for the object to come into view. As the object got closer she realized that it was a helicopter. The vehicle got closer, and it landed. The thing that puzzled her most was that it didn't shutdown. There was an exchange, and then the helicopter took off just as quickly as it came. Hetty study the situation a beat, and then went back to wondering the monastery.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Streets of Los Angeles-
"You thinks there is anything going on between Callen and Celeste?" Kensi asked.
"They had a drink at the bar the night they first met. Which was followed by more drinks, and then they had dinner together one week after the meeting each other. Then after the first business transaction with Grissom they took a friendly stroll on Santa Monica Pier. Deeks is going to flip his lid when he finds out that he missed this." Sam said.
There was silence after mention the missing team mate. Sam snuck a glance at Kensi; she tense up at the mention of her husband's name, but when Sam didn't bash Deeks she relaxed.
"What do you think is going on with Deeks?" Sam asked.
"I think Deeks pulled one of our numbers when we tried to recover the nukes from Sidorov." Kensi said.
"That a theory, or were you waiting for hard evidence?" Sam asked.
Kensi turned at looked at Sam for moment, and then turned back to looking out the window.
"If I was against Deeks going rogue I would have been vocal about it, but I haven't passed judgment on the man, Kensi; I just wish he would have involved us from the beginning." Sam said resting a hand on Kensi forearm.
"I'm still trying to bridge the gap of logic there too." Kensi said.
"Name one time since Deeks became an agent has he done something logical?" Sam asked.
"Touché." Kensi said.
"With Sasha and his team out there helping Deeks, I have faith that you will see him again." Sam said.
"I hope so." Kensi said as she turned to look out the window, hiding the tears that were forming in her eyes.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Nell was sifting through the Intel when she received a message from the field. It was all of the info for known banks accounts that Koza used, plus people that have made transactions linked to those accounts. Nell did a cursory scan of the information, and then passed it on to Washington so they can start freezing down Janus' accounts. Nell has made fewer trips to the bathroom to puke, and now was walking to get some exercise. It was on her return trip that she was stopped by Kensi.
"How long?" Kensi asked.
"I'm sorry?" Nell asked; hoping to keep the child growing in her a secret.
"Really? Are you going to lie to me about being pregnant-"
"Shh! Keep it down will you!" Nell said cutting Kensi off.
"My question still stands, how far along are you?" Kensi asked in hushed tone.
"Three months to the day." Nell said. "How did you know?"
"I saw an empty can of ginger ale and a box of saltine crackers three weeks back." Kensi said.
Kensi hugged Nell, and then walked off to go find something else to do. Nell thought on what just happened with her friend, and then headed back to ops where her husband was probably wondering where she was.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Three weeks later-
Callen was back at Club Balm meeting with Johan and his gang, and Celeste. The meeting went smoothly, even with Callen and Celeste giving each other love eyeballs. The meeting went on for three hours: there was a lot of negotiating mixed with a lot of small talk; when the meeting was over Celeste, and Callen stayed over for drinks. When Callen and Celeste were seated at their booth he spoke up.
"Could you not make it so obvious to the arms dealer that we are doing a secret deal on the side." Callen said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Celeste said, smiling as she took a drink.
"No idea. Look her missy, I saw you giving me love eyeballs the entire time I was dealing with that maniac." Callen said.
"Oh. Like you weren't giving me love eyeballs in return?" Celeste asked.
"I'm not going to be out done. I have a reputation to uphold." Callen said.
Celeste laughed at Callen's response as they both took a sip drink.
"On a more serious note, I heard a rumor that Johan has acquired some explosives. You wouldn't have an idea what he would be using it for?" Callen asked.
"Explosives?" Celeste asked. "You do realize that we are talking about an arms dealer right? Didn't you ask me to look into this three weeks ago?"
"Try, but I have sources that say he doesn't usually use explosives in his attacks. Now explosives show up?" Callen asked.
"I've heard chatter that he has acquired the explosives for a fringe group, but I haven't been able to confirm who was looking to buy; you know how that goes." Celeste said.
"On to other, more exciting topics." Callen said.
Callen and Celeste talked for another hour, or so, when Celeste had an idea.
"You up for a little extracurricular activities?" Celeste asked.
Callen appraised her a beat, and then decided against it; for tonight.
"I'm going to have to pass tonight, I have a flight to catch in the morning; albeit, I will take you up on it next time." Callen said.
Callen saw Celeste countenance fall a tad bit, but Callen quickly remedy this by getting up and kissing her gently and deeply on the lips.
"Something to hold on to until our next meeting Celeste, and good night." Callen said.
Just as Callen was pulling away he could see that Celeste had cheered up a little after kissing her good night, but the disappointment was still visible in her eyes. Callen felt bad about turning Celeste down, but something about her felt off. Did he love spending time with her? Yes, but he had a feeling that she was hiding something.
{It's not like I'm hiding anything for her.} Callen thought.
But never the less he was still gun shy about going home with her. Maybe it won't be a problem next time. Just as Callen had exited the club, Celeste got a call.
"Hello." Celeste said.
"Next time you get the chance bring Quentin in for questioning." The voice said on the other end of the line.
Celeste was very hesitant, but complied.
"Roger that." Celeste said, and then hung up the phone.
Celeste was now having very conflicted feelings. She feels that Quentin is more than who he than he is letting to be; in that train of thought it intrigues her that Quentin is worth looking into. Now she has to bring in the object of her affection in for question.
{I have a feeling that he is an undercover federal agent.} Celeste thought.
"Orders are orders; I just hope this doesn't ruin our relationship." Celeste said.
Celeste got up from her booth; heading home for the night.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Somewhere in eastern Europe-
Deeks and Sasha were walking through a rural town meeting a contact who knows the intimate details of the network that Janus Koza has setup in the area. Deeks was a bit nervous about meeting the locals out in the boonies, but he let Sasha take the lead; they were headed for the tavern on the east end of the town. Deeks was scoping out the area in case it went south; and just as they were approaching the tavern one of the patrons was getting thrown out of the door, face first landing in a puddle of mud.
"That looked like it hurt." Deeks said.
Sasha grimaced as if is the pain was affecting him too. The man sat up as he wiped some of the mud off of his face; it was about that he noticed Deeks and Sasha staring at him.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" He asked.
"We're here to meet with a man by the name of La Volpe." Sasha said.
"Who's asking?" The man asked.
"Jon Doe." Sasha said.
"And it seems that you gentlemen have found your man." La Volpe said.
"We need information about certain operations be ran in the area." Deeks said.
"What exactly are you looking for?" La Volpe said.
"Information on the networks being ran by Janus Koza." Sasha said.
"That's a pretty tall order, but for me that won't be a problem. It seems that Koza has become "cozy" with another man recently." Volpe said, getting up off the ground.
"Who?" Deeks asked.
"A man by the name of Johan Grissom." Volpe said. "But Johan is currently doing a business deal in Los Angeles."
"Well at least we can take down Koza's network in the area for the moment." Sasha said.
"Where are you keeping this information?" Deeks asked.
Volpe pulled a case out of his pocket. He opened the case, grabbed a flash drive, shut the case, and then return it to his pocket.
"That gentlemen is the information that you seek; just be careful when accessing that information." Volpe said handing over the flash.
"I'd leave town if I were you." Deeks said taking the flash drive.
"Why?" Volpe asked.
Sasha and Deeks stare at Volpe, and then Deeks raised an eyebrow.
"Leaving town as we speak." Volpe said taking the hint of what the two men were implying.
With the information retrieved, Deeks and Sasha head back to their base to analyze the information.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Two weeks later-
Callen had just got off the phone and something felt off. Sam saw his partner's face and knew there was a problem.
"What's wrong G?" Sam asked.
"Celeste just called me asking me if we could meet up right now." Callen said entering the bull pen.
"And that's a problem because-" Sam asked trailing off
"Celeste never gives as specific spot when we meet unless it's a bar, and usually when we get together it would be on a Friday, or Saturday day night." Callen said.
"So, what's your plan G?" Sam asked.
"I think it's time to see who we're playing with, or who is refusing to play with us." Callen said.
"Overwatch?" Sam asked.
"Overwatch." Callen said.
Sam and Callen walked away to grab the tracking spray. Sam applied it to Callen's neck, and then Callen left to meet Celeste. As Sam was entering the bull pen Kensi was coming in too.
"Where's Callen?" Kensi asked.
"Going to meet Celeste and her handlers; want to tag along?" Sam asked.
"No. I'd rather not get involved with your mess." Kensi said smiling.
"My mess." Sam scoffed
"Callen is you partner." Kensi said.
"Shut up." Sam said, and then left.
"Where are they going?" Gibbs asked.
"Celeste called to meet up with Callen, which had set his radar off." Kensi said.
"Going to see who else involve in the deal with Grissom?" Gibbs asked.
"Maybe." Kensi said.
"Eric and Nell found this lead a little bit ago. Check it out, and if there are any problems call it in." Gibbs said.
"On it." Kensi said, and then left to run down the lead.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Callen met up with Celeste, and to no surprises he was arrested; Celeste was arrested also.
{Celeste was probably arrested to keep her cover intact.} Callen thought.
Off in the distance Callen saw Sam standing in the crowd. Callen nodded to Sam, and Sam nodded back. As Callen and Celeste were directed to the nearest unmarked car, Sam made his way slowly to the challenger and waited for the cars to pull away. Sam gave the agents escorting Callen and Celeste a two block lead before following them and with Eric giving him directions.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Kensi was on the other side of Los Angeles staking out a warehouse; taking picture of random people, and vehicles. Two people walking out of the warehouse caught her interest, so Kensi snapped the photos. The first person was Johan Grissom, but person number two was strangely familiar. After sending the photos out Kensi received a phone call.
"Hello." Kensi said.
"Kensi I you need to fall back to the mission now." Gibbs said.
"Why?" Kensi asked.
"The other man with Grissom is Koza." Nell said.
"Koza as in Janus Koza?" Kensi asked.
"One in the same." Eric said.
"Falling back." Kensi said.
Kensi started the engine of the SRX and pulled away from the warehouse across the street and high-tailed it back to the business distract, attempting to lose any tails before heading back to Ops.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Sam was making his way to the building that Callen was being held in. Eric said that they haven't seen much communication coming and going from that building since Callen arrived twenty minutes ago. Sam casually walked up to the door and knocked on it; few minutes later he saw a stiff in a suit.
"Can I help you?" The man asked.
"Yeah I getting low on gas, can you give me directions to the nearest gas station?" Sam asked.
"Two blocks north, then one block west." The man said.
Just as he was shutting the door Sam stopped him. When the man looked at Sam again he was hold his badge out for the man to see.
"Your suspect is one of ours." Sam said.
"Well you suspect is nosing around where he shouldn't be." The man said, and the attempted to shut the door in Sam's face again.
Sam opened the door and walked in.
"You can't be in here!" The man said.
"Let me be more specific; your suspect is my partner." Sam said, holding up Callen's credentials.
"Is this some kind of joke?" The man asked.
"Afraid not." Sam said.
"Is there a problem?" A woman asked.
"Sam Hanna, N.C.I.S.; you are?" Sam asked.
"Not a word." Another voice said.
Sam turned and looked at the new voice entering the playing field.
"And you are?" The man asked.
"Sam Hanna, N.C.I.S.; and you guys are?" Sam asked.
"A.T.F." Callen said entering the main room.
"How did you-"
"Never leave me alone handcuffed without checking my body for keys; make-shift, or otherwise." Callen said cutting off one of the lead A.T.F. agent.
"Explains their interest in our arms dealer." Sam said.
"Oh yeah, why's that?" The guy who answered the door asked.
"Seamus walked it off." The lead agent said.
Seamus huffed out a breathe, and then exited the building.
"I'm Agent Johnson, that was Agent Moore, and Agent Callen it seems that you are already familiar with Agent Vega." Johnson said.
"Vega?" Callen asked.
"Noa Vega. Callen?" Noa said.
"G Callen." Callen said, shaking Noa's hand.
"G?" Noa asked.
"Tell you later." Callen said. "Long story."
"Long story." Sam said holding his hands out with his arms at full extension giving the impression of how long the story is.
"What do you have?" Agent Johnson asked.
Sam's phone rang, and he checked the id. Sam saw that the id was from Ops.
"I have to take this call." Sam said, and then stepped away to take the call.
"Well when we first got the case it was murder marine Lance Corporal. Then half way through the investigation we caught wind of Johan Grissom." Callen said.
"At the first meeting with Grissom I ran into Agent Vega, and you already know the ending." Callen said.
"Actually no you don't." Sam said returning to the group.
"What don't we know Agent Hanna?" Johnson asked.
"One of our agents was scouting out a lead and found two people of interest over in the warehouse district." Sam said.
"Who?" Vega asked.
"Johan Grissom and Janus Koza." Sam said.
"Koza." Johnson said.
"When did he get back into town?" Callen asked.
"Not sure, but our tech engineer and analyst are looking into." Sam said.
"Vega you are staying in with Agent Callen to take down Grissom." Johnson said.
"What about Koza?" Noa asked.
"Play nicely and we may invite you along." Callen said with a gleam in his eye.
"Could be fun." Noa said, playing coy with Callen.
While Sam and Johnson went over the details of their respective cases together, Callen pulled Noa aside and asked.
"Is the offer still on the table?"
"Some "extracurricular activities?"" Noa asked.
Callen nodded. Noa grabbed a notepad and wrote something on it. She ripped the page off, and folded it in half handing it Callen.
"Maybe." Noa said, smiling as she walked away.
Callen opened the paper and saw that it was Noa's address; plus a time and a date.
"I'll be there." Callen said with a smile on his face.
At that time Sam and Johnson were finishing up their debrief, and both Callen and Sam exited the building.
As they were getting into the challenger Sam asked.
"Got a hot date this weekend?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out." Callen said. "How long have they been following Grissom?"
"Three years." Sam said.
"That's a long time." Callen said.
"Tell me about it." Sam said.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
"Do we have any idea what Koza is doing here in Los Angeles?" Callen asked as he and Sam entered ops.
"Not really sure; other than Koza and Grissom have done business together in the past before, nothing points to these to being partners or allies." Nell said.
{Is it possible that out vigilantes have caused some minor hiccups in Koza's operations, and he's seeking Grissom's help in doing away with them.} Kensi asked.
"Let's keep an eye on Grissom for now; he might lead us to Koza." Callen said.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Saturday night-
Callen pulled up to a nice house; a one story with a ranch-style porch. Callen parked the car and walked up and knocked on the door. Two minutes later Noa answered the door wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
"You look beautiful tonight; not that you didn't look beautiful every other time when we were together." Callen said.
Noa blushed as she let Callen in.
"So are you hunger?" Noa asked.
"I already ate." Callen said.
"So did I, but from that look in your eye you're still hungry." Noa said.
"Depends, what's on the menu?" Callen asked.
"Ask and you shall receive." Noa said.
Callen and Noa stared each other down, and then embrace each other while kissing. Though they have been under as an alias, but they felt that they could move onto the next level of their relationship from here. Callen picked Noa and carried her to the bedroom, with a little assistance. Upon nearing the bed Callen put Noa down, and they started to undress each other. When they were both naked Noa pulled a fast one on Callen and shoving him onto the bed.
"I like to be on top." Noa purred into Callen's ear as she mounted him.
"Be my guest." Callen said smiling.
The couple made love into the early hours of the morning.
T.B.C.