Author Note: How did you like Tuesday night's episode of both NCIS and NCIS:LA. I wanted to take the time and thank all you that have review. Chapter 12 and 13 will be posted this weekend so be sure that you check it out.
The next morning
Callen was hanging out with his daughter while Lauren was taking Eric to school today. When Lauren got home, Callen noticed that something was bugging his wife.
"Hey, babe. What's the matter?" he asks his wife as she sat down sitting by her husband and daughter.
"I saw that car again when I was dropping Eric off at school." She reveals to her husband as he gives her Emma to feed.
"Don't worry. I will get to the bottom of this and keep you guys safe." He tells her as he gets up to go get ready for work. He comes downstairs and give her a kiss. "I will be back later."
"Alright, I love you." She responds to him as he grabs his keys and leaves. Lauren decides that she and Emma are just going to go and play at the beach until Eric gets off from school.
Eric's school
Eric is playing at recess with his friends when he sees the man standing there again. It's the second time that he sees this man watching and knows that something is going to happen. He runs up to the recess teacher and tells her that the man is back. Lucky for him, that Callen had already told the school about the man. She takes Eric inside to call his father.
Callen arrives to the school and Eric sees his dad and runs up to him. Callen bends down to give him a hug.
"Where's Lauren?" The principal asks him.
"I don't know where my wife is at. When I saw her she was at home with our daughter." Callen responds as he pulls out his cellphone to call his wife. She doesn't answer her phone either so he calls Sam to watch Eric so he can go and find her.
The Beach
Lauren doesn't hear her phone ringing since she and Emma are playing in the water so when she sees her husband arriving. She walks over to him and give him a kiss.
"hey." She greets him as he pulls her to him.
"Why did you not answer your phone?" He asks her as Emma smiles her father. He takes her out of Lauren's hands.
"I did not hear the phone ring. Emma and I have played all morning." Lauren responds to her husband. "Why?"
"The man showed up at Eric's school and they called us about it." Callen informs his wife as Emma falls asleep in his arms. "Come on. Let's go home."
"Where's Eric?" she asks him as they get her stuff together to head home.
"He's with Sam waiting in the car." he tells her assuring her that their son is perfectly safe. They head up to the car and he puts Emma into the car while Eric comes walking to his mom and gives her a hug. Eric gets into the car. Once their son is in the car, he pulls her aside and tells her that one of the agents are going to be with them for the rest of the day until he gets home.
The House
Lauren gets them home and takes them inside for nap time. Emma goes down easy leaving for Eric and Lauren to have some quiet time.
"Mommy, Why is the guy following us?" He asks his mother.
"I don't know but daddy will find out and protect us." she reveals to her son as they start to watch their movie. Emma is asleep for about two hours. Lauren just enjoys being with her children and waits for him to get home.
About two hours after he was supposed to get home, she calls his cell phone and it goes to voicemail. She leaves him a message wondering what's going on. Normally if he is late then he would have text her and let her know. She puts the kids down for bed and then heads down stairs to call Sam. Sam answers after two rings.
"Hey, what's going on?" he says.
"I don't know where he is." She responds in a worry voice. "Do you know where he is?"
"I haven't seen him since I left work. Did you call his phone?" He reveals to her.
"I have about three hours ago and he has not called me back yet." She tells him. "Sam, you need to go and find him."
"Alright and I am sending Michelle and the girls over to the house." He responds to her as they hang up. About twenty minutes later, Michelle and the girls get to their house. They put the girls down for the night in the guest room and walk back down stairs. They settle in for their movie and wait for news about Callen.
Three hours have gone by and no word from Callen, Lauren hears a knock on her door and opens it. Sam walks into the house.
"Any news?" she asks her husband's friend.
"Not yet. We have our team working on it now. I called G's phone and there has been no response. It is just going to voicemail." Sam reveals to her. Truth is that , He is worried about G. "You need to tell me about this guy that he said was following you guys."
"He showed up about a week ago. What if he has Callen?" She says breaking down.
"We will find him don't worry. You need to get some rest for your kids. Michelle and I will stay here tonight." Sam tells her as she gets up and walks upstairs. She checks on her kids that are fast asleep and wonders what she is going to tell her son. Emma is not old enough to understand what's going on with her dad. Lauren climbs into bed on his side and tries to sleep.
Warehouse
Callen wakes up to find himself tied to the chair and his gun is gone. He remembers that he was about to head home when he got hit in the back of the head. He hopes that Sam will take care of his family and find him.
"well it's about time you woke up." The man says to Callen. "I have waited for you to wake up." The man step into the light and looked exactly like Callen.
"Who are you?" Callen asks
"It should not be a surprise. I am taking over your life and you are going to feed me information to fool everyone in your life." he responded to him.
"It's not going to work." Callen reveals since he knows Hetty will tell that the man is not him. The man left the warehouse smiling and starts in on his plan.
Callen's house
Sam opens his eyes the minute that the door opens and in walks "Callen".
"Lauren is upstairs sleeping now." Sam tells his friend as he watches him walk and notice that something is not right with the way Callen is walking up the stairs. He just rubs it off that he is tired. Ben smiles when he knows that he has gotten thou the first test now it's time for Callen's wife. Since he doesn't know which room is the master, he has to search thou every room to find the right one and when he does, he climbs into bed knowing that tomorrow will be a new day for his new life.
Warehouse
Callen is hoping for his partner to see that Ben is not him. He could not believe that this guy is taking his life. He knows that the minute that Hetty test him that she will tell the difference and so will Lauren.
The next morning
Lauren wakes up to find this guy in her bed sleeping the way that her husband doesn't. She sits up and gets out of bed to go and get Sam.
"Sam, that man is not Callen." Lauren says to him. "Callen doesn't sleep thou the night and is never in bed when I wake up."
"I know. I called it in. Let's just play along until he leads us to Callen." Sam reveals the plan to her.
"Hopefully it's not long." she says as her daughter is waking up and wants to be fed. She walks up to the room and picks up her daughter and grabs a blanket to cover up while feeding. She also walks into Eric's room to talk to him.
"hey, buddy. Did you sleep well?" She says to her son as she gives him a good morning kiss. "I need you pack a bag since you are going to aunt Michelle's house for a couple of days."
By the time that Eric is done and Michelle takes him, Ben is awake and walking down the stairs.
"Good morning." He says to his partner.
"Are you ready for our run?" Sam says to his friend.
"Yeah. Where did Lauren and my kids go?" Ben responds.
"I think that she's feeding Emma now." Sam tells him.
Lauren is upstairs waiting for Sam to take the man for his run so she can search for clues over where her husband is at. Emma is sleeping in her bed again. Lauren start with the clothes that the guy came in and found this key and a phone which is not Callen's. She calls Eric and has them to trace the phone's last whereabouts. Eric quickly calls her back and tells her it was a warehouse and so she gets Emma ready and takes her to Sam's. She heads to the warehouse where she sees her husband tie up.
She walks into the warehouse and rushes to him. She smiles at her husband.
"Are you okay?" She asks him.
"yeah. Do you have my gun?" he asks her.
"Yes." She tells him as she pulls it out and hands it to him.
"Do you know where he is now?"
"Sam took him for a run and they should be back at the house in a half an hour." Lauren tells her husband as he gets up and they get into the car. "The kids are at Sam's. I did not let them go by him at all."
"That's good." Callen says to her taking her hand in his. They get to the house before the others get there. Callen hides in the closet right before Sam and Ben get there. Ben walks up to her and gives her a hard kiss which makes Callen's skin crawl. Sam pulls his gun on him and Callen comes out of hiding.
"Federal agents." he says shocking Ben. Sam puts the cuffs on him as Callen checks on Lauren. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Lauren responds to him.
"Get him out of my house." Callen orders as he just wraps his arms around her.
Boatshed
Hetty walked into where they were holding Ben. She sat down right across from him.
"So you pretended to be Callen and tried to rape his wife. You know something that it's illegal to pretend to be a federal agent and you are going away for life." She informs him after a few minutes later she walks where Callen is at.
"That man is sick." He says to his boss.
"I know, Mr. Callen." She responds to him. "By the way, you have a couple of days off to be with your family."
"Alright." He response as he gets up and walks to his car to head home.
Callen walks into the house and smiles when he sees Eric and Lauren watching their movie. He just sits down next to his wife. They spend the day together.
Author Note: Alright let me know what you think about this chapter. Let me know if you want me to do a sequel to this storyline. Have a great Wednesday and happy reading.