Deeks was beginning to feel suffocated. Everytime he made an attempt to get a few minutes to himself Sam always found something for him to do or he followed him. He didn't know how much more he could take til he snapped at the older agent. He thought he had finally managed to sneak away when they were going through old case files looking at who had just been released from prison. Callen and Sam had taken off upstairs to have Eric look for information on one of the guys.
He was in the locker room sitting on the bench when Sam walked in. Deeks didn't even bother looking at the older man as he slammed his locker and headed for the door, he turned back to Sam "Every time I turn around you're there and I'm beginning to feel a little suffocated." Sam gave Deeks a minute before following him into the gym "Look I don't have a good feeling about this whole thing. You and Kensi spend all your time together and I pretty sure y'all split your time between each others place right?" Deeks turned "We spend the majority of nights at my place, but we spend nights at her place also." Sam was almost afraid to ask his next question "If y'all had not taken the night off from each other whose house would y'all have gone to?" The look on Deeks face when he looks at Sam tells him what he already knew.
"We have been looking at traffic cameras in the area of Kensi's house only. Lets go have Eric search the ones near yours and see if which vehicle pops up near both places." Deeks nodded and followed him "So, you think if I had stayed with her they would have taken me too?" Sam stopped walking and turned "I don't know it would have been hard to take both of you at the same time unless they had a partner."
Sam started speaking before Eric had a chance to turn around "Check traffic cameras around Deeks place see if any vehicles match ones that have been in the area around Kensi's place." Eric started typing and the cameras came up "How far back do you want me to go?" Sam looked at Deeks then turned back to Eric "Far enough to find a pattern and determine if they were being followed."
They were leaving ops when Sam turned and asked Eric and Nell what they wanted for lunch. After writing the orders down Sam and Deeks headed out to get lunch, they had just gotten back in the car when Deeks phone went off. He groaned when he saw who was calling "Yea" was all he said "No I can swing by there and pick it up." He hung up and turned to Sam "That was Bates someone just dropped off an envelope addressed to me."
After getting a description of the person who dropped off the envelope, Deeks and Sam headed back to OSP. "You're not going to open it?" Deeks was turning the envelope over and looking at it "Not right now, I will though" Sam sighed before looking back at the road "You mean you will when you're alone" Deeks was having a hard time keeping is his emotions at bay "Is it so hard to want a few minutes to myself. Like I said earlier I feel suffocated with all the hovering." Sam had parked the car and they were heading inside when I finally spoke again "Like I told you before I have a bad feeling about this case. I get it ok if it was Michelle that was missing I would be losing my mind." Deeks stopped and turned to him "But it's not Michelle that's missing is it and I had a bad feeling this morning and you wanted to brush it off as nothing."
Deeks walked away from Sam, he wanted to open the envelope in private. He had just got done looking at the pictures and had unfolded the sheet of paper when he heard someone enter the armory. "I told you I needed a few minutes to myself." He was still trying to work up the courage to see what was written on the sheet of paper when the person spoke. "No you told Sam that you wanted to be alone not me." Deeks turned to find Granger instead of Sam "I guess I should have specified that I wanted everyone to leave me alone." Granger walked closer to him "I'm not here to coddle you ok I came to see if you had gotten anything useful from who ever sent you that." He glanced down at the letter "I haven't read the letter yet but I uh I looked at the pictures and umm.." He didn't know how to voice his thoughts so he just reached for them to hand to Granger.
Martin,
Your father took something from me so I took something from you. I didn't want her but you weren't there this time so I had to change to plan b. I won't make promises of letting her go in exchange for you but I'm sure you wouldn't let her die alone now would you.
Deeks read the letter a couple more times before looking up at Granger. He was still looking at the pictures "Did anything in the background of these pictures stand out to you?" Deeks shook his head "There was something familiar about the photos but I can't figure it out." Granger handed the photos back to Deeks "You can't figure it out or you know and won't tell me?" Deeks sighed he had a vague idea of where she was being held but couldn't figure out how the place connected with his dad. He looked back down at the letter in his hands and looked back to Granger "I think I do but I don't want the team to storm the place in case it is where she is being held cause this guy could kill her." Granger nodded "How do you want to do this?" Deeks put the letter on the table "Overwatch that way if you don't hear back from me in 3hrs tops then we know that's where she is and he is with her." Granger thought about his plan for a minute "I suppose you're not going to give me the address for this place are you." Deeks gave Granger an empty smile "Not a chance cause if I know Sam he's going to get you to give up the plan and ask where I went. That way you can honestly say you don't know where I am and hopefully I'll have enough time to figure out what this guy wants with me." Granger couldn't believe he was actually agreeing to this "I'll just tell them that I had a couple agents escort you home and gave strict orders they were not to leave under any circumstances."