This is kind of a get from here to there chapter. Passing on some needed info. and a little humor

It was the end of a long day, Deeks had demanded that Kensi go home and get some sleep.

"Ok but only cause Monty needs a tummy rub. I'm staying at your place. Not real keen on going back to mine right now." Then thru moist eyes Kensi simply grabbed his hand and said "today, tomorrow and forever shaggy. I'm not goin' anywhere. We made it thru Hettys "plot" to draw em out and we'll make it thru anything else. Now we gotta find that shooter. I owe em a beating. I am the only one allowed to shoot you from now on. Understood? Good. Now I'll leave after you fall asleep."

Deeks was chuckling as he looked at Julia and said "We have a- -ah- -er rather unique relationship Julia. Kinda hard to explain, right Sugar Bear?"

"Oh don't think you two are the only ones with a strange relationship. You seem a lot more solid that you give yourself credit for-besides, what woman would ever willingly let go of a sex machine" and with a huge grin on her face and chuckling as she left Julia gave them both a hug and kiss.

After they quit laughing the 2 junior agents spent the next hour just holding hands and smiling as they Deeks finally feel asleep with the knowledge that all was right in his world and seeing Kensi's smile, he knew he was home again.

THE NEXT DAY AT OSP

The agents (ex. Kensi and Deeks) were gathered in OPS as Eric and Nell were updating them with what they had found as well as hearing the information gathered by the senior agents at Air Tours.

"They described a woman, long brown hair, probably Latin or Mediterranean ancestry" offered G. "That kinda fits what we can see of the woman coming out of Kensi's with the rifle. Are we any closer to identifying her? Was there anything at the house-DNA, prints, anything?"

"Nothing we can find" said Nell. We are still digging trying to find something in security and/or traffic cams. We have also contacted LAPD about any other robberies in the area that might give us some data. Surprisingly they were eager to help. Seem like someone up the ladder has reamed a few people about shoddy treatment of one of their own. We hope to find out more"

Sam interrupted saying "G let's go see Kensi and Deeks and see if they or especially he can shed any light on this whole thing. I wanta make sure they sorted stuff out also. It's gonna be tough but they deserve to be together so we gotta find out who is after him and give em a chance." Looking at Nell and Eric he offered "you 2 keep digging. Think outside the box. Take Deeks history apart going back to when he shot his dad. If you need to open some records, Hetty can you make sure that happens?"

As Eric was assuring them they would leave no stone unturned, Hetty nodded her assurances that any and all files would be opened as necessary.

G and Sam arrived at the hospital and peaked in on the 2 junior agents. What they saw made em both smile. Even at 10 am, Kensi was stretched out beside Deeks, her head in the crook of his arm and his head buried in her hair. He was asleep again. She looked up as the 2 quietly entered the room and made the ssshhh motion with finger to lips. "Well guess we can assume they worked everything out" G said quietly but with a smirk on his face.

Then with a twinkle in his eyes came "AAAHEM" from Sam as they entered the room. This caused Deeks to jump as he woke and Kensi was ready to kill him. Finally realizing who it was Deeks moaned "not nice big dog" and flopped back down on the bed.

For the next hour the 4 went over everything that had happened from each one's perspective trying to find any thread they could pull to shake a shooter loose. Finally Sam said "Deeks, take us thru anything that could be an issue starting from when you shot your dad. Hetty has indicated she will open files if we need to but hearing it from you, with your interpretation, would be better. Hi-light anything you think could fire up IA or lead to someone wanting to shoot you."

"I've already been thru this with Kens and over it a dozen times in my head but one more time can't hurt." Then after thinking a few minutes Deeks began talking. It was almost 2 hours later when he finished. The 3 agents looked at each other and G was the one that said "Deeks I had no idea you have been so active. Between being a public defender, cop and detective, you rattled a lot of cages. Can we agree on anything we have heard that might be the catalyst for this?" Looking around the room they all noticed that Kensi had a big grin on her face. They were for sure seeing a 'that's my man and he's done a lot of good' grin.

Finally Deeks said "My monies on something or someone involved with Scarli. Fisk was cut and dried. All of it done with the knowledge of everyone at LAPD. There are no relatives or family to my knowledge that could come out of the woodwork. The lawyer is a dead end also. Fisk picked people with no family and no ties to anyone so nothing would connect back to him. With Scarli we know nothing about his family or friends or if there were any skeletons in his closet. I'd shake that tree if it was me."

They all sat silent for a minute and finally G offered "do we agree on Scarli then? Realize we are narrowing our focus on Deeks gut. Not that I don't trust it, but if we are wrong you might get shot again and they might get it right this time."

After what seemed like forever "I totally trust his gut so let's go with it." This came from Kensi in a very strong, firm voice. The 3 men looked at each other and finally G showing a big smile, nodded, got up walked over to Deeks and put a hand on his shoulder. He didn't say a word but just stood there for a period of time then squeezed Deeks shoulder and leaned over and whispered something causing said detective to break out in a big grin and then nod at G. Kensi looked at the 2 men and finally at Deeks who looked back at her with a "I'll tell ya later" nod.

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