A/N: Seeing how the story of when Deeks is under as Max is going to be pretty routine, I'm not going to into full detail of his time as Max. To give you the run down: it would basically moving the women from Paris, France to Los Angeles, California; rinse and repeat. I won't bore you to death doing that. I will tell at least two different scenes of interest, but there isn't much to tell. He was a bodyguard, so at best he protected his boss and the girls, at worst he sat in on an enhanced interrogation. There will be one scene of enhanced interrogation, but that's about it. I will however going into detail of how Sasha and his unit recovered Deeks. The rest of the story will be told in present day trying to take down the slave ring; with a twist at the end of the story. The twist takes place in the south eastern section of the country.
Present day-
Nate and I are talking about my time spent in Singapore.
"How long were you in Singapore for?" Nate asked.
"It took me a month just to become functional. Then another month to become one hundred percent." I say.
"What happened after you become fully operational?" Nate asked.
"We went to meet up with Seamus in-"
I didn't get to finish that sentence because we heard gunfire. I grab Nate's hand, and pulled him over to the fence. I press a button on the fence post, and a section of the fence slides away. I yell at Nate to follow me, and we head to the bay. There was a marina nearby. I run for the boat at the end of the pier; it was a pretty decent size boat. I get behind the wheel, and grabbed the keys from a compartment under the steering column. Nate is taking the seat behind me as I start the engine up, and throw the drive level to full power, and gun the engine.
"Keep your head down!" I shout over the motor.
Nate follows my orders. We are out of range of their weapons by the time the fire team gets to the berth.
"Thank you." Nate said.
"Don't thank me yet. We need to get clear, and make contact. Give me your phone, and any electronic devices." I say.
Nate doesn't hesitate to follow my orders. I see that our current trajectory is clear of other traffic, so I dismantle all on Nates equipment and threw it into the bay.
"I hope you backed up all you work." I say.
"Hetty could always reimburse me for the phone." Nate said.
"Yeah." I say.
The sun is starting to set, but we don't stop. We drive up the coast for a few hours, just to make sure that we lost them, or they didn't follow us out here on their own boat.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Two hours before the assault on the field house: Ops-
Kensi and Noa were entering the bull pen when Nell and Eric were coming down from ops.
"We got a hit!" Eric said.
"On what?" Sam asked.
But the Wonder Twins didn't answer, they just brought up the email.
"Callen we are holding your girlfriend at this address. If you want to see her again, come alone." Callen said.
Eric input the address, and everybody's jaw almost hit the floor.
"That's the ruins of the old Ops building." Sam said, scratching his forehead.
"Why would they keep her there?" Noa asked.
"That would be the sixty-four thousand dollar question." Hetty said entering the bull pen, with Granger on her flank.
"What's you assessment of the situation, Agent Hanna?" Granger asked.
"It's to clean to be anything else, but a diversion." Sam said.
"But a diversion for what?" Kensi asked.
"They couldn't know about this location." Noa said.
"Are you sure about that Mr. Hanna?" Hetty asked.
Hetty wasn't doubting Sam, but she had to look out for Joelle's safety also.
"If this was a ransom, why didn't send a note? If this was about killing her, they would have killed Joelle already." Sam said.
"When's the meet?" Kensi asked.
"It's in an hour?" Eric said.
Callen and Sam ran for the garage, followed by Kensi and Noa. They made it back to the city in record time, but with it being rush hour they caught traffic as the entered the city. By the time meeting was supposed to take place the team reached the ruins of their old office building.
"They're not going to keep her above ground. They want us to waste time looking for her to buy them time to achieve their objective." Sam said.
"Underground access tunnel." Callen said. "Wait." Callen said.
Callen went back to the car, and pulled out an ear wig. He gave one to Noa, and then put the other one in his ear.
"Just in case." Callen said.
Sam and Callen ran for the access tunnel entrance inside the burned out building. It took them all of five minute find the door that held the trap door to the access tunnel. After they got into the tunnels Callen called Noa.
"Noa, can you hear me?" Callen asked.
"Loud and clear." Noa said.
"Alright, we're making our sweep of the tunnels." Callen sad
"Roger that." Noa said.
There was silence as the partner's searched the tunnels. By the time they got half way through the tunnel they found Joelle. Callen cut her loose, and she hugged Callen. Joelle cried for a little bit, but regained her senses.
"Sorry." Joelle said after she finished crying.
"You have nothing to be sorry about." Callen said.
"Who's Max Gentry?" Joelle asked.
"He's an undercover federal agent." Sam said "Why?"
"Because your whole team came to secure me, but there is a nominal force protecting him right now." Joelle said.
"Noa can you hear me!" Callen exclaimed into the ear wig, but all heard was static.
"Told you that it was a set up!" Sam exclaimed.
The three of them ran to the rear entrance of the tunnels, and then called Ops when then exited.
"Hello." Eric said as he answered the phone.
"Eric the field house has been compromised. The Russians know that Deeks is being held there." Callen said.
"Sending local p.d. to lock it down until you get there." Eric said.
"We're on our way." Callen said, and then ended the call.
"Do you need a money for a cab?" Sam asked Joelle.
"Yeah that would be great." Joelle said.
Sam gave Joelle a ten, and then he and Callen ran, got in the challenger, and then tore out of the old water treatment plant parking lot, followed by Kensi and Noa. Joelle hailed a cab, and then headed home.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Two hours after the assault: field house-
The team was standing out of the way and letting the L.A.P.D. do their job. They answered questions when necessary, but they tried to stay out of their way. Bates walked up to Callen so he could be brought up to speed.
"Agent Callen." Bates said.
"Lieutenant Bates." Callen said.
"Can you explain why there were heavily armed men storming your facility?" Bates asked.
"It involves Deeks." Callen said.
"How is Deeks involved?" Bates asked.
"Deeks went missing on an assignment five years ago, and it came back to haunt him today." Callen said.
"We have his finger prints here on the table, and over on that fence post." Bates said.
"Just those two place?" Sam asked.
"Other than inside the building, that's all we have for the time being." Bates said, and then walked away.
"Deeks has been back what, a week, and he is already remembering little things about the place." Sam said.
"That doesn't mean anything." Callen said.
"Don't be stupid G. What's Deeks play?" Sam said.
"Hetty and Granger want to see if Deeks is still Deeks before the welcome him back into the fold." Callen said.
"I don't buy it. Why would Deeks sacrifice everything he knows and love, and for what? Money?" Sam asked.
"Nate is like a brother to him. If he didn't care about him, why isn't Nate's body among the dead?" Kensi asked.
"So what you're suggesting is that Deeks didn't have a clue as to who he was until he came back home?" Callen asked.
"G, Deeks didn't start remembering things until Nate told him his true identity, and gave him the old case files." Sam said.
"And unlike you, Deeks has no clue as to what he was doing." Kensi said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Callen asked.
"Deeks lost his memory of the last five years; whereas, you go rogue whenever a case about your family crops up." Kensi said, her voice dripping with venom.
Sam stopped Callen from making a retort, and pushed him back into the field house; whereas, Noa pushed Kensi to the far end of the back patio.
"I know you mean well, but that was kind of low." Noa said.
"They will do the same thing to you too if you were under for that long of time." Kensi said to Noa.
Noa took what Kensi said in stride and remained quiet. Sam was waiting for G to cool down before he tries talking to him.
"You good?" Sam asked.
"Barely." Callen growled.
"That was a low blow, but you know she is right; what's even worse is if they did it to Deeks, they will do it to us." Sam said.
Callen thought on what Sam said, and then kept quiet. Sam rounded the group and they headed back to Ops.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Berlin, Germany-
"Sasha are sure this is a good idea?" Tanner asked.
"This is the head of the snake. Cut it off, and then body will wither." Sasha said.
Sasha's plan was drastic, but it was the only play that they had. They were about to the assault the headquarters of the Russian ring, and it was heavily guarded. There were a few entrances, but those weren't worth using at the moment. If they tried to go in the front door it would be cost prohibitive because it was wide open, and then feed into a bottle neck. It's a strategist's worst nightmare, but there was an entrance through the sewers that came up near the command center. If they could secure the command center, it would throw their forces into disarray, and give the main unit an opening to enter the compound.
"How are we doing Quintus?" Sasha asked.
"Be there in ten. It reeks down here." Quintus said.
Both Tanner and Sasha share a laugh at their comrade's expense. The plan after they secure the compound was to find all the funds and freeze them. It would take too long to go to all the countries and shut down the sites individually.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Los Angeles: Ops-
"What happened?" Hetty asked as the team walked into the bull pen.
"When we got to the field house all we saw were our dead agents and what few men they managed to kill. Bates asked how we were involved, and I kept it to the point." Callen said.
"We found Deeks and Nate at the marina near the field house. They jumped in the boat that Hetty left there in case of emergencies, but we haven't found them yet." Nell said.
"Nell check cities besides Los Angeles. If they wanted to protect themselves, they would have left Los Angeles." Noa said.
"Hetty." Kensi said.
"Yes, Mrs. Deeks." Hetty said.
"What do you make of Deeks actions?" Kensi said.
"What's the nature of this query?" Hetty asked.
"You're almost treating Deeks as if he turned states." Kensi said.
"I wouldn't go that far Mrs. Deeks." Hetty said.
"Maybe not verbally, but that hasn't stopped you in any other capacity." Kensi said.
"To my office Mrs. Deeks." Hetty said.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Five hours after the assault on the field house: San Diego -
I'm pulling up to the dock in San Diego. Nate grabs the rope as I shutting off the engine. I leap onto the dock and grab the rope as Nate throws it to me. I tie off the boat, and then we make our way up into the parking lot.
"We need to buy a burn phone so I can send out an S.O.S." Deeks said.
Nate pointed to the booth and saw that it was still open for, I check my watch, another ten minutes. Nate hands me the money and I purchase the phone. I open the container, grab the phone, and through the box out. I activate the phone, and then send the A.I.D. Then we wait for the cavalry to show up.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Los Angeles-
"Speak freely Mrs. Deeks. I won't hold you accountable for your words." Hetty said, knowing that her agent was missing her husband, and that her children were missing their father.
"Why is Deeks being detained?" Kensi asked.
"You may not like it, but it was for his own good." Hetty asked.
"How so?" Kensi asked.
"What would have happened if your husband would have been attacked last week, when he didn't have his memory back?" Hetty asked.
"What do you mean?" Kensi asked.
"Mr. Deeks was already cleared by a psychologist in D.C. before being moved back out here." Hetty said.
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Kensi asked, anger building in her chest.
"I needed you to do your job, and I needed to give Mr. Deeks the time to get acclimated to the job and the area again. If I would have thrown your husband back into fire last week he would have been killed." Hetty said. "I never doubted Mr. Deeks dedication to his country Mrs. Deeks, but it killed me once when I thought he was dead."
Kensi couldn't see anything because of the tears that were blurring her vision. To think all this time Hetty was hold Deeks back because he was a danger to himself, more so than the team. Hetty got up from her chair, and then walked around to stand in front of Kensi.
"But when Deeks came back from being tortured by Sidorov, you threw him into the fire his first day." Kensi said.
"A mistake I wasn't willing to make again." Hetty said.
Hetty held her arms out to Kensi, and Kensi hugged the tiny woman crying her tears. As Kensi pulled away from Hetty, Eric was walking into her office.
"What's the word Mr. Beale?" Hetty asked.
"We just got a call from the N.C.I.S. branch in San Diego." Eric said.
"They have Deeks and Nate?" Kensi asked excitedly.
"Yes. About an hour ago they receive an agent in distress from an unknown number. When they went to investigate they found Nate and Deeks at a port on the south end of the city." Eric said.
"Where are Mr. Hanna and Mr. Callen?" Hetty asked.
"Right here." Sam said, as both he and Callen walked into Hetty office.
"It seems our wayward agent and psychologist have made a trip up north to San Diego. First thing in the morning two of you will go get them. Everybody else go home for the night." Hetty said.
After everybody had left for the night, Granger walked into Hetty's office.
"How did the Mrs. take the news?" Granger asked.
"As well could be expected." Hetty said.
"When Deeks gets back I want him in the bunker, and I want him to myself." Granger said.
"Mr. Hanna, and Mr. Callen are going to get them first thing in the morning." Hetty said.
A/N: I'm sorry for shorting this story from it was originally, but I don't want to bore you with a lot of back and forth nonsense. Next chapter will definitely have at least two scenes before Deeks ends up in N.C.I.S. custody, but I can't honestly put you through more than that. I will also go into detail about the raid on the headquarters in Germany too.