A/N Thank you so much for all your reviews, to the guest who asked if Klaus was based on TVD...THANK YOU! I had no idea what TVD was and googled it I just watched my first two episodes of The Vampire diaries. I still don't know who Klaus is in that, I haven't seen him yet, but it seems to be a good show and I am going to watch more. but to answer your question, no he isn't. Although I do prefer my vampires darker, such as the Near Dark version of Vampires (Brilliant movie highly recommend.) as opposed to the sparkly Hollywood Vampires of late, this show is catching my attention.

Disclaimer, Not mine, Don't own...and far too happy to care!

WARNING: This story is about to take a darker turn than I originally planned although not graphic may upset some people, If you do not want to read walk away now! The warning is for language and graphic imagery.

Peace and love.

Chapter 13

Todd woke up beyond happy, his very first ever birthday party had been more than he could have ever wished for; The cookout had been perfect spending time with his new family had been great, and having Callen help guide him through it so he didn't make any mistakes had, been for him a blessing. To top it all he had a car…He'd just started Drivers Ed and with the extra lessons Uncle G was going to give him, he'd be driving it to school in no time.

Grabbing his bag he ran down the stairs skidded past the kitchen door and ran in to grab a glass of juice off the kitchen table.

"Hey dad, Can't stop gonna be late for the bus." Todd smiled at his dad as he ran out the door.

Eric knew he should get his son to slow down, but watching the boy slowly come out of his shell and be as bright and happy as his sister was so worth it all he could do was smile and wave as his son ran down the driveway to meet the bus.

Turning to go back inside Eric felt an overwhelming sense of peace, he wished that Myra could have been here to see the people their children had become, "You'd have been so proud of them Hun," He said to himself as he grabbed his toast out of the toaster and ate a bite.

Down the bottom of the driveway Todd ran to a halt as he watched his school bus turn the corner and drive off without him, He threw his bag on the ground in frustration and started counting the small change in his pocket to see if he had the dollar, forty for bus fare.

As he was counting he was unaware of the van that rolled silently down the hill and stopped near him.

Todd looked up as his light was blocked by a shadow and he was suddenly overcome with a feeling of dread as a hand clamped roughly on his shoulder.

"I told you I wouldn't let you get away from me." Klaus snarled as he pulled Todd into the van.

"Get off me!" Todd yelled struggling; "HELP!" he called as Klaus backhanded him and Todd fell sideways into the van.

Todd struggled against Klaus until he felt a pinprick on his neck and his world went dark.

Eric arrived at work and dropped his bag down by the desk, "Good Morning Mr. Beale, how did Todd enjoy his party last night."

"It was a great success Hetty, thanks for coming, he was the happiest I have ever seen him this morning," Eric said pleased the whole saga was over and he had been able to get his life back on track.

He got started with his work and twice that day found himself humming as he typed. Nell smiled but wisely said nothing.

Downstairs it had been a slow week and with the exception of Todd's birthday party the team hadn't had much else to do with themselves except complete their paperwork, Kensi and Deeks were in the middle of a game of paper football with Sam refereeing while Callen as team leader with twice the amount of paperwork kept working away on his pile, stopping once in a while to throw a wad of paper in the trashcan furthest from him and getting Sam to try and beat that.

Hetty walked into the office and tapped Callen on the shoulder, "Mr. Callen, my office." She said, ignoring the glances of the others he got up and followed.

"What's wrong?" Callen asked as he saw the worried look on the operation manager's face.

"Nicklaus Beale has escaped from prison a week ago; we were not informed as no one had told them of Eric's connection to him. Christian Beale knew but also neglected to let us know. He has been questioned by LAPD but he has no knowledge of his son's whereabouts." She told him.

"Have you told Eric?" Callen asked.

"I was on my way when I received this," She handed a piece of paper over to Callen and he read it.

"Has this been confirmed?" Callen asked.

"No I need you to talk to Eric while I have Nell inform the rest of the team, you'll be taking the case on and dealing with this."

Callen got up and headed towards the stairs, "Sam!" he called.

Sam ran over and Callen filled him in as they went upstairs. They walked to one of the conference rooms where Eric was sat with Nate. "Hey guys' what's up?"

"We have some information for you Eric." Sam said

Eric's gut lurched, "What's happened Sam, are my kids ok?" he got up and tried to go to the door.

"Nicklaus has escaped from prison, the van taking him to his long term facility overturned and he escaped." Sam told him.

Eric went white and then jumped up, "I need to get to my kids…I need to know they're safe!" He exclaimed

"Eric, there's more, Summer and Todd are both missing."

Eric started visibly shaking, "No….not them…I….I have to….I mean." He could think or even function. He took a deep breath, "I need to get to OPS, there will be some camera footage, If Klaus has them, and he'll be easy to track by kaleidoscope." He said trying to get up.

"Nell's on it, you can't be involved in the investigation, you're too close."

"I can't be…!" Eric trailed off looking incredulously as the two men, "I am involved, he has MY kids!"

Nate tried reasoning with him as Callen told him that he had to wait in this room while he and Sam went looking for them. Eventually Eric capitulated and settled in a chair with Nate.

Ten minutes after Callen and Sam left Eric looked up, "I need a coffee, you want one Nate?" he asked.

Nate nodded, "I'll go Eric, and you stay here in case there is any news." Nate said and walked towards the kitchen area.

Eric waited a full thirty seconds, he had never realized before how long thirty seconds actually was when you were waiting for it to be over, it felt like an eternity. As soon as the allotted time had passed he grabbed his messenger bag and ran.

Summer woke up in a cold dark room, she couldn't believe where she was the last thing she remembered was sitting in a bar on campus talking to some friends about oceanic tidal patterns and the next thing she knew she was here.

"Good morning Summer." A tall man said

Summer looked at him, he looked familiar but she was sure she hadn't met him before. Finding her throat scratchy she croaked out, "Who are you?" Then she coughed, "Where am I?" She asked.

"You are nowhere, and you can call me Sir," Klaus said as he walked past her.

"Bollocks will I!" Summer snapped, her green eyes flashing angrily.

Klaus smiled, "So much like your mother…..I wonder how much like your mother you are?"

Summer's eyes widened as she realized who the man reminded her of…..her father….. "Klaus…you're Klaus aren't you?" she asked.

She yelped as he backhanded her, "You will address me as Sir and only in answer to a question otherwise you will not be permitted to speak," He told her, "Do you understand whore." He snapped.

"My name is Summer," She insisted.

He hit her again this time with a length of 4mm chain links, "You are a whore and will be addressed as such,"

Summer looked up in horror, she was by no means a whore, and she was a virgin and proud of the fact that she was saving herself for marriage. "I…I'm not….I'm a virgin…" she sobbed.

Klaus smiled and Summer couldn't stop the cold fear that ran through her as Klaus walked towards her and ran his hand down her face.

"Not for long." He laughed and walked out his laughter increasing at the scream of terror she let out as a group of men walked in.

Todd heard a woman screaming and for a second thought it was his mother, his head felt fuzzy and as he woke up and his mouth was dry.

"Mom?" He called.

He looked around and he knew exactly where he was, he was in the room where he had grown up, looking down he was in the vest and pants he always wore, there were no shoes, no new clothes, no new house and no dad or sister. He sobbed as he realized he had to have been a dream. He heard some men laughing and the woman scream again and he cried, it had all been a dream, his mom was alive and from what he could hear Sir had his men raping her again, he grabbed the bucket of water he had from the corner and he pulled the sheet off his bed and began tearing it into strips for the bandages his mother would need when Klaus finally threw her back into his room, when they had finished with her. He should have known his dream of a father and a life away from Klaus and the beatings, was too good to be true.

But oh, how he had hoped.

He looked up sharply as the door opened and Klaus stood blocking the light.

Todd immediately dropped to his knees. "Sir?" he asked ready to do as he was asked.

Klaus smiled the drug had worked exactly as he had hoped.

"I'll be sending a woman in for you to tend boy, she is a whore and a liar, she will lie to you and try and convince you that she is your sister and that you will be rescued, this is not true, she has been messing with your mind and is being punished. She told you stories about a life and a father, you were being drugged, and I saved you."

"Th….thank you sir." Todd said his tears of gratitude shone in his eyes as he looked up with devotion, if sir was saying so, it must be true.

"I am not a cruel man, but you must never be lied to, she is taking her punishments well." Klaus said as he heard her screams. "Bandage her wounds and then you must explain to her how life with us works and the futility of breaking out."

Todd nodded. Klaus looked at him, "Did you believe her?"

Todd knew better than to lie, "I think I did, I thought I had a father and a home with a room and a birthday." He admitted.

Klaus smiled, "You know better than that. You are a pet, nothing more, I use you as I see fit, animals do not have birthdays or anything more than this kennel of yours. Do not let her mess with you even more, from today onwards every time she defies me, you will be punished for it. Every time you listen to her she will be punished. Do understand boy?"

Todd nodded, "Yes Sir, thank you Sir."

Todd looked at Klaus and he knew the boy had a question, "Yes boy?"

"Does the woman have a name?" Todd asked.

"Her name is whore, or girl, you are to address her as such."

"Yes Sir." Todd replied and sank down onto his mattress on the floor as Klaus left; he had hoped so much that her name was Summer and that some of what he had dreamt was true.

Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks traipsed back into the mission dejected after raiding Christian Beale's home and finding no sign of Klaus had to come back to the mission empty handed.

Worried for their friend Callen headed up to the room he was supposed to be in and was met by a very pissed of Nate Getz.

"He's gone, his cell phone is here, but I don't know where he is, Hetty and Nell have been looking for him." Nate said as he walked back into OPS.

Nell was searching her computer trying to trace Eric leaving the building, but there was no sign of him.

"I'm afraid Miss Jones, that if anyone knows how to get out of here without being seen, it would be Mr. Beale."

Nell turned to Hetty, "We can't let him do this alone?" she said.

"It's worse than that…" Nate told them, "I've just been to the armory, Eric's taken a gun."