Hey folks! Sorry the last chapter was a tad short but writing about Kensi wanting to eat (in the last chapter) made me hungry so I had to fill my little tum-tum. Anyway…..here you are. Oh please read & review? Thanks a million!
Disclaimer: NCISLA is not mine.
Silent Secrets
Chapter 9
As the team made their way into the bullpen, Eric appeared over the balcony with a different version of his usual, slightly irritating whistle.
"Like the whistle guys? Just trying something different", a proud Eric nodded.
"Not really Eric", Callen shook his head.
"How is it different to the normal annoying whistle?" added Sam.
Eric dropped his head in defeat and sighed, "Well you better come up anyway. There's something you need to see".
As they arrived in the tech room, Nell, Hetty and Eric waited until the whole four were inside and the door closed before Hetty just nodded to Nell, meaning to start explaining the situation.
"Okay guys, this video has just arrived courtesy of Glen Nichols. As suspected he has kidnapped Sharni Nichols and he believes that we interviewed her in regards to the death of Lt Rowan McIntosh. He intends harm to Sharni as punishment for her talking to us. Just a warning it's not a nice video to watch", said Nell, as she pressed play to start the video.
A piercing scream could be heard as the video showed Sharni with her hands and feet tied together, her arms stretched out above her head and Glen was whipping her back with a leather strap, flogging her indiscriminately. Deeks flinched with each strike, knowing exactly what she was going through. He had endured similar beatings at the hands of his father and right then and there he made a silent vow to find Glen Nichols and dish out retribution for the abhorrent treatment of Sharni. The sight of the deep red blood flowing from the wounds on her body made him feel sick. As Callen glanced at the young detective he knew what Deeks was thinking and feeling and placed his hand on Deeks' shoulder as a way of telling him to focus on the case, not to worry we would find Glen and help Sharni. Looking into Callen's eyes, Deeks' knew he was right. The team would find a way to save Sharni and punish Glen at the same time. The bad guys were always defeated right?
"How can we find this guy Eric?" Sam growled angrily.
"We may have a breakthrough in that regard Sam. A Doctor Dean Robertson heard about Lt McIntosh's death. He said he was a medic involved with both McIntosh and Nichols' navy team. When we told him of Glen Nichols' possible involvement in his death, doctor Robertson told us that six months ago, Sharni was badly beaten by Glen where he took her to Doctor Robertson's house for treatment. Our good doctor never reported Nichols out of fear for his life after Glen threatened to kill him if he did so. Apparently Sharni was unconscious for three days and Glen paid the doctor $100,000 to insert a GPS locator in Sharni's arm, without her knowledge or consent. Which he did, but the doctor kept a record of the number of the GPS" said Eric.
"So is the GPS still in Sharni's arm Eric?" asked Callen.
"It is lucky for us. But before you take off, there's something else".
Nell pulled up more disturbing images from Glen's video. Glen Nichols sat in front of the camera and started reading from a piece of paper he held in his hands.
"The US Government has betrayed its own soldiers. These men went off to fight in a war that wasn't theirs to fight! For what? To be outcast by civilians and brushed aside as liars and told they are wrong in their claims of unjust treatment! My own father was exposed to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War and for doing his duty for his government he comes back home to end up dying a horrific death of cancer from these chemicals and the government says he didn't get exposed and his cancer was just from something else entirely and it's not their fault. Well guess what? It is your fault and now you all will pay for your negligence" he said as he cut Sharni down from her hold and stopped recording the video.
"Wow that was intense. In a sick kind of way he's right about the treatment the Viet War guys got from everyone on their return, but planning to hurt people is not the way to get your message across", said Kensi.
"Yeah and we think we know where Glen and Sharni are headed. The GPS has indicated they are up in the hills where there's a Vietnam War memorial function going on for vets. The thing is if Glen has accessed Agent Orange and ricin he could be willing to use it. There's also a major dam up in those hills meaning he could be planning to dump it in the water up there which flows down and supplies the city likely contaminating the water making it dangerous to drink", said Nell.
"We also have info that Nichols has got his hands on some C4 explosives too so he may be wanting to use that. I've sent Sharni's GPS to your smartphones", said Eric.
"Mr Callen, you have been given authority to stop Glen Nichols any way you can. Dead or alive doesn't matter as long as he doesn't get the opportunity to unleash his plans on the city. Do you understand?" Hetty said as Callen nodded yes.
"Got it Hetty. Let's go guys. Separate cars. Nell, alert the vets up there to what Nichols could be planning, get them evacuated if possible".
"Oh Mr Callen...please be careful" called Hetty after the team.