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Chapter 2

"Man things look bad out there," Kensi was saying watching the monitor in the main area of the mission. In fact everyone in the Office of Special projects in Los Angeles was watching the news and it was not good.

"Yeah, I heard there's flooding and Staten Island is a mess." Callen was saying as they stood with everyone else watching the screen.

"Morning everyone isn't this a beautiful morning," came Deeks as he came in.

Kensi just glared at her partner while Callen and a few others gave him a dirty look.

"What I was just saying …" his banter came to a halt when he saw the image of what looked like airport gateways under water. "Is that …"

"New York." Spoke up more than a few voices.

"La Guardia Airport to be exact," said Eric as he came to join them.

"Oh man," Deeks spoke in a quiet voice to much in shock at what he saw.

At that moment, Sam came in speaking on his cell phone. "Yeah, okay if you hear anything else, let me know."

Callen turned to his partner as he hung up the phone. "Everything okay Sam?"

"Yeah, heard from family in Brooklyn."

"They okay,"

Letting out a huge sigh he nodded. "Everyone's fine so far. They all had a scary night though."

"Well that's good to know."

While everyone was watching the news, no one noticed Hetty in the office on the phone. "You have no idea when service will be restored." As the petite woman listened to whoever was on the other line. "Well keep me informed." Hanging up the phone she pinched the bridge of her nose "Bugger." Not sure what to do now. All airports in the New York City area were shut down indefinitely. Well, she figured she keep trying since they hadn't cancelled the Marathon yet.

Back in the main area Nell had arrived and she was not in a good mood. No one dared to ask why. A few knew she was set to go out of town to the east coast later this week and figured this storm was about to wreck her plans. Besides the look on her face was enough to shut everyone up. Heading for Hetty's office, she found her boss not in any better mood either. Looking up from her desk, Hetty saw the young woman come in and sighed. "all airports are closed out there. I'm aware you're flying into La Guardia"

Nell sighed and nodded.

"So you've heard,"

"And seen it on ZNN." Nell said in frustration.

"I've already made some calls, it turns out no one knows when the airports are going to reopen."

Nell just nodded.

"And they haven't cancelled the Marathon yet. Uh, …" Hetty said in frustration. Knowing that the woman in front of her had been looking forward to this since qualifying for it months ago. "I have you're reservation information. As soon as we know when flights will resume I'll see about getting you there."

"Thanks Hetty."

She just nodded and Nell headed to her desk to begin her day occasionally glancing at the news. It wasn't good. Staten Island where the race was to begin at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was a mess and that was an understatement. Also the New Jersey shoreline was in shambles, Breezy Point had been set on fire and Lower Manhattan was flooded. When she had learned that she had qualified for the New York City Marathon, Nell began researching New York City and its five boroughs and the entire race route from end to end. She'd also read stories and spoke to others who have run the Marathon and had been so looking forward to this. But with the damage that was being seen in Staten Island, Nell was wondering if the race would ever take place.

As the day wore on, Nell basically kept to herself. They had no active cases so the only for her to do was just go over intelligence that had come in. During lunch, she checked with the airline about resumption of flights and between her and Hetty were In touch with a travel agent to see about flying into other airports nearby. It was no luck. The airlines themselves were basically screwed as well.

Everyone knew something was up with her but didn't bother to ask. Besides Nell was not willing to share period. This was her dream and hers alone and she wasn't about to let Deeks or Eric turn it into a joke or Sam or Callen either for that matter. She could take care of herself. The same went for Kensi too. Only Hetty knew and had respected her decision not to tell the others and that this was something she needed to do for herself since it was her dream.

Nell went home at the end of the day not sure if she would even get to New York or not but she was determined to try since the Marathon was still on despite the damage.

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