A/N: Just one more chapter to go. Oh and I don't own this show...Just in case you were wondering.
Kensi didn't drive them back to OSP like Daniels thought she would, but to the hospital where she led the way to Deeks room. She showed her ID to the officers that had been place at his room and smiled at them when they let her enter the room.
Though he was still sleeping, he had gotten his color back and looked much healthier, aside from the machines and bandages that he was still attached to.
"Wow," Daniels said when he stepped into the room.
"What?" Kensi asked and glanced over at him.
"Sorry, it's just that hearing Deeks is in the hospital and actually seeing it for myself and completely different." He explained. "Deeks has always been that one cop that no matter what hit him, he always got up and walked away. In fact I heard a rumor somewhere that he had been shot and still managed to kill a suspect that was after him."
"He killed a guy that was going to kill me." Kensi nodded and turned her attention to a nurse that had just walked into the room. "How is he doing?"
"Well as you can see, he's gotten his color back which is great. His heart rate is at a normal pace and we haven't had any issues with blood flow to his hands which is a good sign that his veins are healing properly." The nurse explained.
"When do you think he should wake up?" Kensi asked.
"I'd say he should wake up tomorrow." The nurse said and checked on Deeks vitals.
He then gave them a smile and headed back out of the room.
"You want to solve this before he wakes up don't you?" Detective Daniels asked.
Kensi nodded, but didn't look at him, her eyes were instead focused on Deeks as he slept.
"I want to be able to tell him what happened and that it's over." Kensi explained and looked at Daniels who had an understanding expression on his face.
"Does he know?" He asked and saw her confusion. "Does he know that you're in love with him?" He reiterated.
Kensi scoffed and got an odd look on her face. "He's my partner."
"That' doesn't mean anything." Daniels shook his head. "It doesn't mean that you can't and don't love him. It happens all the time agent Blye and honestly, he's lucky to have someone like you loving him. He's never really seemed to belong anywhere. That was until he started working with NCIS that is."
"We're a family that excepts strays from time to time." Kensi shrugged and let her eyes wonder back to Deeks.
"Deny it all you want." Daniels shook his head and left her alone with Deeks.
She watched him leave and then took the seat next to her partners hospital bed and covered one if his hands with her own.
"You have a lot of enemies Deeks." She sighed and gave his fingers a gentle squeeze. "Everyone is trying to find who did this. We found out that you were drugged which is actually a good thing because I couldn't imagine you doing this to yourself. You're important to us Deeks. We can't lose you, I can't lose you."
She hadn't wanted to admit it to the other detective, but he was right, she was in love with Deeks and she couldn't even begin to imagine her life without him in it.
Kensi wasn't sure how long she sat with Deeks before detective Daniels came back with his phone in his hand.
"Agent Callen just called, he said that the crime techs are done and that they've found something." He said.
"Okay." Kensi stood up and followed him out of the room.
Once back at headquarters, they headed to the operations room and were greeted by the team and detective Hetch.
"Okay so let's start." Nell said and looked down at the paper in her hand. "First off all we knew that Deeks was drugged by Rohypnol. The techs tested everything in his place and found remnants of the drug in a bottle of water that he must have drank. They said that there is a tiny needle mark in the cap of the bottle. After he drank the water, it would have taken about fifteen to twenty minutes before he started to feel the effects and pass out. Now going off the assumption that he didn't drug himself and then cut his wrists, the techs looked for any signs of a break in and found that one of the windows had been damaged slightly and no longer locked. They think that someone went through the window, which doesn't leave many people as suspects because the window is tiny."
"So a really small man?" Hetch asked.
"Or a woman." Sam pointed out and had everyone's eyes on him. "Think about it, if a guy broke into his house then he would more than likely shoot Deeks or stab him, not drug him, wait fifteen to twenty minutes and then make it look like a suicide."
"He's right, that would take a lot of patience and a lot of guys are not known for their patience." Nell agreed.
"It would make sense too, I mean with all the times he's gone undercover and had to lie to the woman he was working with…I'm sure he's pissed off his fair share." Daniels stated.
"No offense, but wouldn't it be a bit hard for a lady to move him into the bathroom?" Eric asked.
"Not if she was determined enough." Hetty shook her head. "You would be surprised what even the thinnest of ladies could do if they put their minds to it."
"Okay so let's say that a woman drugged him and dragged him into the bathroom. Why would she take his clothes except for his boxers?" Callen asked.
"Maybe she thought it would humiliate him?" Daniels asked. "Whoever found him would find him mostly naked."
"Okay so let's run with the idea that it was a woman that did this, not a man." Callen said. "Are there any women that you can think of that would want to kill him?"
"We'll do what we did for male suspects and go through his records to see, but to be honest most of the people I see Deeks bring in are men or teenagers trying to be cool or someone they're not." Hetch sighed.
"Or it could be like detective Daniels mentioned, a woman that Deeks hurt while undercover." Sam said.
"Most women wouldn't take getting lied to hard enough to try and kill someone." Kensi stated. "He would have to have done something that she found one hundred percent awful."
"I agree." Hetty said and let out a long sigh. "Mr. Deeks attacker would have to be very angry indeed to drug him, drag him across his apartment, undress him and then cut his wrists."
"I would suggest looking into people that have a history with violence." Sam directed at Daniels and Hetch who both nodded in agreement.
"I suggest that we get to work." Hetty said and left the room with two detectives while Nell and Eric started going through databases.