Sam only had to wait for 5 minutes before he was joined by his partner. They sat on different benches to face each other. The area was deserted and well covered so that noone could possibly see them just in case Callen was followed.

Sam looked at him for a moment and knew that he wasn't going to talk first so he started. "How you doing?" he asked him and Callen smirked and shrugged, resting his elbows on his knees as he did.

"Fine, Sam." he rolled his eyes typically. "Undercover and still trying to mother me." he said and Sam smiled tightly.

"Just making sure." he said, not sure how to get onto the subject but he didn't have to because Callen noticed his tight smile and sat up a bit straighter and seriously.

"What's going on?" he asked. "Hetty said it was urgent."

Sam nodded and cleared his throat before pulling out the cell phone from his pocket and just held it. "Unlock this." he told him and Callen raised his eyebrows at him. "Please?"

Callen shook his head but accepted the item anyway but didn't do what he was asked to. "What's this got to do with?" he asked but when Sam stayed silent, he turned the cell phone around in his hands and realised that he recognised the small dents and scratches on it. "This is Kensi's."

"Yeah." Sam nodded and Callen typed something in to unlock it anyway but didn't go any further than the main screen. "We need to get into the pictures."

"Not until you tell me why she couldn't do this herself." he said and Sam could hear both the worry and anger in his words.

Sam sighed and nodded. "The case from this morning, the one you informed us on, well, we found the warehouse you said and we went to check it out." he told him and he could tell that Callen knew what was coming up by his fixed jaw and hardered eyes but he didn't say anything so he carried on. "Kensi found where they kept the bodies or something, but she saw the people in charge and took pictures for proof, but before any of us could reach her, she was gone."

"Gone?" Callen asked with a raised eyebrow.

"They took her. Eric couldn't even find a trace for her." Sam shook his head.

"How long ago was this?" he asked as he looked down at the phone in his hands and did what Sam had intended him to do.

"About 3 hours now." he told him and Callen looked at him coldly before looking at the phone. "You got the pictures?"

"Yeah." he said but he went through them first and shook his head. "Do you know who he is?"

"No, do you?" Callen shook his head and sent the pictures to Eric like he knew that Sam would do later on. "We'll see if he's in the system."

Callen shook his head again and finished sending all the pictures and locked the phone to just hold it. "He won't be." he said and then looked around. "Ok, tell Hetty that there's going to be a meeting at the main base for almost all the gang tonight at 6. Get a team together and crash it." he told him and Sam shook his head in confusion when he started to talk about his undercover job all of a sudden.

"Wait, I though you said another week." he said.

Callen shook his head again. "That was before Kensi went missing." he told him. "I want out now."

"We'll get her back. You can't break out of your character now. You'll put yourself at risk if it doesn't go right." Sam told him and Callen nodded.

"It'll work." he said with confidence. "It has to be tonight, alright? And if Hetty disagrees, then I'll do it myself. Either way, I'm out of here by tonight."

Sam knew that this would be his response but it wasn't something that he knew how to reply to. Telling Callen what to do wasn't a choice because when it came to something as big and personal like this, he wouldn't listen to anyone. "You're not going to help anyone by getting yourself killed."

"I can't keep in character anymore, Sam. It's gonna be hard to not break it until 6 because until I'm out of here, all I'm going to think about if whether or not she's still alive and how the search is going. That'll get me killed faster. You got it?" Callen told him strictly and Sam understood.

A thought from earlier that day came back to his mind, something that he had intended to ask either his partner or Kensi but never had the chance to until then. "The info that you passed on to Kensi, how did you get it?" he asked him.

"One of the guys heard some stuff from some people he knew." Callen shrugged. "It wasn't much though. He tried to get in with them but they're pretty exclusive."

"Maybe he knows more than he let on." he suggested but Callen brushed it off quickly.

"He doesn't." he sighed fraustratedly. "He's just kid looking to make an easy million. He picked up the goss from some others and tried to find a way in."

Sam nodded but wasn't totally convinced. "He might have been lying. Who turned him down?" he asked and Callen looked up at him, trying to recall the conversaion.

"He didn't give me a name. I'll see if he'll give me a description." he told him. "And he wasn't lying."

"You've only been in there for a little while compared to the others. How do you know they trust you enough to tell you everything? Maybe they're involved too." Sam said and Callen frowned angrily.

"Sam, if they knew anything then I would know too. My cover has a rep that's been around for longer than some of their's." he told him seriously. "They're not involved and they trust me enough. What else? Has he got in touch with you yet?" he asked, changing the subject.

"No. We don't think he wants anything but just took her because she found him out. Maybe to help them cover their tracks for next time." he stated and Callen nodded.

"Makes sense. Means she has more time." he said.

"The victim from this morning died after 3 days and Kensi said that she heard them talk about the others in past tense." Sam told him and Callen took in the information.

"So she's safe until the next body dump. Then if that works, they might not need her anymore." he said and Sam hated to agree. "Dammit." he muttered angrily as he thought about everything that he had just been told.

"We'll get her back. She's strong too, so she won't give in. She'll know that we're looking for her and we won't stop until we find her." Sam told him reassuringly and Callen nodded and handed Kensi's phone back over to his partner. "I'll let Hetty know what you said and she'll get in touch with what she says. If she doesn't agree, send me a message and I'll help you get out."

"You focus on finding Kensi. I'll get myself out. She's top priority right now, alright?" he said forcefully and Sam sighed and nodded and Callen nodded back before standing up. "Let me know if you find out anything else."

Sam didn't say anything but nodded as his partner left carefully, looking around just in case out of practice and waited a few more minutes before leaving himself. The conversation was one that he never wanted to have but now that it was done, he was glad it went smoother than he thought it would and at least they had a lead now.

Sorry for the delayed update. I've had 2 exams today and have another 2 tomorrow, so I'm sorry for the short chapter too. Hopefully, I'll be able to post a longer one tomorrow. Thank you all for the encouragements and the reviews. I cannot believe the response I'm getting for this fic! It overwhelms me :D Thanks to all of you who have read, added, faved and especially - montydam, MadL93, tibbee, evershort [yep, there'll be a chapter from Kensi's POV after the next, I think], Allie [yeah, I like the brother/sister relationship between Sam and Kensi too but I hate that they avoid much interaction with the two of them in the show], TWHATT18, Peonywinx, Cowboy's Girl and Kensi14. Please enjoy and R&R this chapter too guys!