Fuaʻamotu International Airport- Tongatapu, Tonga
" I have to say," Deeks commented when the jet touched down on to a small asphalt runway, " I was never really good with geography, especially in the Pacific. Where exactly are we? And why?"
It had been a long 37 hours of traveling for him, Jamie, and Heim. To throw off any possible trail, they had flown from Algeria to southern Uzbekistan before stopping for a few hours to get Deeks medical treatment in Meghalaya, India before heading towards Tonga.
"How long have you been agent now?" Heim grunted from the back of the cabin.
Deeks smirked, placing his right arm that was in a dark blue cast on the head of the chair. "About two and a half weeks."
Heim looked up in disbelief, which made Deeks chuckle. Up front, Jamie shook his head and told the two men, " Tonga is a small island with just over 100,000 residents- no one will look here. Now, remember, we will be pulling up to a private hanger where there will be a vehicle for you, Agent, to drive back to the safe house."
"You're not coming?" Deeks asked in surprise. Although he had spent a large chunk of the trip annoying Heim for fun, he had grown to like both Heim and Jamie. The captain reminded him of Callen, in terms of his personality. And in many ways, Heim's quick irritation with every word that came out of Deeks' mouth reminded him of Sam.
"No, Agent. We've done all that we've can. Both Heim and I need to go our separate ways," Jamie grinned, "It's best that Granger doesn't catch us all at the same spot."
"Oh," Deeks held out his good arm and shook Jamie's hand. "Thank you for everything. I- we wouldn't have gotten anywhere without you guys."
"I wouldn't say that," Jamie stated, "We just gave you a little push." The captain pulled out a manila envelope from his duffel bag. "Here's a couple grand to help you all on the way, your own personal keys to the safe house which is fully supplied to last you all at least a month."
Deeks graciously took the envelope and stuck it into his own bag. The plane was now pulling up to a small white hanger away from the terminal. Deeks pulled himself onto his feet and limped towards the cabin door, still not used to the boot cast that he also wore. Deeks pulled the duffel bag onto his good shoulder before giving both Heim and Jamie a gracious nod. When he felt the jet come to a stop, the cabin door opened and the stairs extended towards the ground.
Deeks hobbled down the stairs and spotted a black SUV sitting near the entrance of the hanger. With a loud groan, Deeks continued to limp over to the SUV until he got to the passenger door. It was then that the agent didn't realize that he had no keys to open the SUV. Deeks turned around and saw that the stair jets had already been pulled back into the plane.
Why would they…unless they forgot…Deeks paused before pulling the manila envelope out of his duffel bag. He dug his hand inside and felt his fingers touch a ring of keys at the bottom of the envelope. He pulled out the keys and thought, Of course.
Malapo, Tongatapu, Tonga
"Hello?" Deeks called out when he entered the safe house forty minutes later. It was a two story house that sat hidden in the rainforest at the edge of the small village. Deeks had driven the car down a deep trail and parked before walking a half a mile towards the house.
"Anyone home? Kensi? Callen? Sam?" Deeks called out. Sore and exhausted, Deeks dropped the bag to the ground and headed up the stairs. On the second floor, Deeks sat down on the ground next to the top of the stairs. " Anyone? Oh come on, guys. I'm tired…..kind of hungry…and need some lovin'- Kensi!"
No response made Deeks more irritated. He grabbed onto the railing and pulled himself onto his good foot. He limped towards the closest bedroom and opened the door to find Kensi lying on her bed with her headphones on.
"Kensi!" Deeks yelled, which got Kensi's attention. She shot up and pointed her gun at Deeks. The blonde haired agent groaned and exclaimed, "Seriously, you didn't hear me calling you?"
Kensi placed the gun onto the nightstand. "Hello to you too, Deeks."
"Why- are you blasting stereo while ¾ of the world is out to kill us?" Deeks continued, "You should be on high alert all the time, Kensi!" He stopped to catch his breath. Kensi slid off the bed and put her hands on her hips.
"Feel better?" she asked in a calm, soft voice. Deeks sighed and dropped his arms, muttering, "Yeah."
"Good." Kensi walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him tightly. Deeks hugged her back and kissed her cheek. Kensi pulled her head back and whispered, " I'm scared, Deeks. I know I'm usually strong and badass, but right now I'm actually scared. I'm trying to be positive, I really am and it's getting hard. When we were rescued from the house, I thought for a second that you, Sam, and G. had all died. It's so hard- that's why I was listening to my music- I was trying to calm my nerves by doing that beach daydream thingy we did in San Diego to music."
Deeks chuckled lightly. " What happened to it being silly?"
Kensi lightly hit his arm. " Shut up. I guess I was wrong."
"Yeah." Deeks quickly glanced out the window where he could see a faint outline of a mountain. He said, "I'm scared just like you. Every day since we left I've been blaming myself for this. If I hadn't of looked in that building, all of us would be home. Sam would be with his daughters and the rest of us could go home to our beds feeling only slightly paranoid that someone was sitting across the street ready to kill us. Now, we…..we're fugitives, Kens, and I'm so sorry."
Kensi furrowed her brow and took a step back. "Deeks, yes- we are on the run and we'll probably never go home, but I am so glad that you found those codes. I'd rather be out here with you, Sam, and Callen trying to take down Granger than sitting at home. So I don't ever want to hear you say otherwise, got it?"
"Yes, ma am," Deeks replied with a salute. He motioned over to the bed. "One quick thing- the beach daydream doesn't work when it's just one person."
Kensi rolled her eyes and crawled back into the bed. Deeks crawled in next to his partner with a goofy grin. They both closed their eyes and Deeks began describing the both of them a new beach scenario, both still on high alert, but relaxed- a first in weeks.