Here is the next chapter. Technically speaking this is only part of this chapter. My beta has neglected to get me the second part of the chapter. Which he promised I would have three weeks ago…So tomorrow I will proof read the second part myself and post it before I go to bed. All mistakes are mine.

Thanks,

Kenzie.

P.S. They better not kill off Deeks or Sam!

Kensi looked at Hetty and knew she was stuck. She glanced to the kitchen and guessed there was only ten steps to get to where no one could see her. If she could just suck it up for a couple of steps she would be in the clear.

"Is there a problem Ms. Blye?" Hetty asked.

"I'm good." Kensi smiled putting her hands on the arm cushions to help herself up. Kensi could tell the team was watching her intently. She had purposely positioned her body so that Hetty could not see her face. Kensi took her first step and when Hetty did not make a comment Kensi sent a triumphant smile to Sam. Upon entering the kitchen Kensi leaned against the counter to give her ankle a small break. Thirty seconds later she reached for a glass and got water from the fridge. She took a deep breath and mentally gave herself a pep talk. She was only ten steps from accomplishing the impossible and fooling Hetty.

"She is just exhausted." Callen was explaining as Kensi made her way back into the living room. She handed the glass to Callen and made her way back to her chair.

Deeks shot Kensi an impressed smile, "Well she will be better after she gets some sleep then." Deeks forced himself back into the conversation.

Callen nodded in agreement as he fingered the pill bottle in his pocket. He turned away from everyone and got a sleeping pill out. He broke the pill in half allowing the powder to fall into the water. He picked the glass up and swirled the liquid around until he was positive she wouldn't see the powder floating around. He turned and made his way to the bedroom, "You should drink this." He told her holding the glass out.

Nell rolled over so she was lying on her side and facing him, "I'm not thirsty."

Callen sighed and sat down by the bed, "Nell, I don't need you getting dehydrated. You've lost a lot of water today. I promise I will leave you alone for the rest of the night if you drink this."

Nell knew he was talking about all of the tears that she had cried, but she ignored it, "Fine." She sat up and took the glass.

Callen smiled and squeezed her shoulder before making his way back to the living room.

"Nell will be safe here for now. We'll have someone on protective detail at all times. Tomorrow morning we will go after Michael." Sam was telling Hetty.

"Just make sure Nell is safe and that you all take care of yourselves as well." Callen noted the worry that was on Hetty's face and silently wondered if she was hiding something.

"Will do Hetty." Deeks promised.

Hetty stood and opened the front door, "Everyone needs to get some rest tonight….and Miss Blye you may want to put some ice on that." And with that Hetty shut the door behind her.

Sam laughed out loud and Deeks smiled.

"How does she do that?" Kensi asked dumbfounded. She thought she had done a great job masking her pain.

Nell awoke the next morning and saw Callen sitting at the end of the bed, "How did you sleep?" he asked.

Nell could have sworn she seen a smirk, "Fine."

"What would you like for breakfast? Kensi is going to bring something, she is going to pick it up on her way over here."

"Oh, what is she coming over for?" Nell asked.

"She has a bum leg. I told her she could do protective detail so she wouldn't have to do much…but please do not tell her that. She never would have agreed to it had I told her the truth." Callen replied.

Nell nodded as a knock sounded on the door. Callen motioned for Nell to stay put and he put his hand on his gun. Moments later Nell heard Kensi's voice, "It's me…I hope you both like biscuits and gravy."

Nell slid out of bed and went to the bathroom brushing her hair out with a comb. She also changed into new clothes and put on some eye liner. By the time she made her way to the kitchen her stomach was growling.

"Morning." Kensi smiled.

"Morning." Nell replied sitting down at the table. She ate a couple of bites silently, "Thanks Kensi, these are delicious."

Callen had been watching Nell intently. She had woken up and acted like nothing was bothering her. And that made him worry. Nell could feel Callen's eyes on her but ignored it. Callen had practically acted like the thing in the bedroom had never occurred. If he was going to act like that then she would act like it didn't affect her. She knew he was watching so she put her thumb in her mouth and sucked slowly. She jumped as his leg brushed up against her leg. Kensi looked at her curiously. Nell smiled and when Kensi looked away, Nell reached over and grabbed his inner thigh. If he wanted to play, Nell was completely game. Callen cleared his throat and stood abruptly, "Done eating already?" Nell asked innocently.

"Yeah, gotta get going, I'm sure the team is waiting on me." Callen answered.

When Nell was sure that Kensi wasn't looking she winked at Callen. Callen shook his head and left.

"You seem to be doing well." Kensi stated curiously.

Nell smiled, "A good night's sleep did me good, I guess."

Truth be told it had nothing to do with sleep and everything to do with the blue eyed senior agent.

Kensi was doing her best to keep the analyst's spirits up. She had brought the seasons of Top Model and The Bachelor over. She was hoping to keep Nell from worrying about the rest of the team, "I even brought some ice cream." Kensi smiled.

Nell knew Kensi was doing her best to keep her busy. So she wouldn't have to think about the scenarios that could be playing out with the rest of the team. Despite that Nell kept thinking of Jeff's body lying on the floor. Jason was not scared to kill and Nell knew that he wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone who tried to protect her. Kensi was talking about how cute Sean was and how he should have chosen Desiree. Nell nodded her head in agreement despite the fact that she had no idea what she was even agreeing to.

Kensi smiled, "Sean knew what love was and because of her overprotective brother Sean sent her home. And now two people are hurt instead of one. It's not fair, Sean might love the other girls but he had a connection with Des and you could tell he was just as heartbroken as Des when he sent her home."

Nell had only slightly been paying attention until she heard the part about how two people were hurt instead of one. Nell knew that had she ran or allowed herself to be found by Jason she would have been the only one who had to be hurt. Now by staying she was allowing the rest of the team to risk getting hurt as well. Here heart was racing as she excused herself to go to the restroom.

Nell sat on the edge of the bathtub trying to push the thoughts to the back of her mind, but no matter how much she tried, bodies lying on the floor filled her vision, bodies of people that didn't need to die. Kensi was right, it wasn't fair. If only one person needed to be hurt, why put a whole team at risk? She stood making her way to the window. She cautiously opened it, listening for Kensi as well. She stood on top of the toilet and climbed awkwardly out of the window.

She landed on the ground and made a run for the gate. Within seconds she heard Kensi knocking on the bathroom door, "Are you okay Nell?"

Nell knew if she answered Kensi would know that she was no longer in the bathroom because her voice wouldn't echo. She sighed and opened the gate as she darted to the front of the house, she realized she had not thought her escape out very well. She knew they would be able to trace her cell phone so she tossed it into the bushes. She swiftly walked down the sidewalk, since she didn't have access to a car.

"Nell! Come back here!" Kensi yelled.

Nell turned around and saw Kensi limping down the stairs leading to Callen's house. Nell knew she would be able to outrun the agent because of Kensi's bum leg….so she ran.

The moment Eric had told Hetty that Kensi had called Hetty had jumped in her car and made her way towards Callen's house. Hetty had also ordered Kensi to stay put. Hetty knew that Nell would not make it too far.

Hetty's phone rang and she picked it up, "Yes?"

"I have sent Nell's last location to your phone, she was heading East according to traffic cams." Eric informed her.

"Nice work Mr. Beale." She told him hanging up the phone.

Hetty turned the corner and just like Eric had promised Nell was jogging up the street. Hetty pulled up to the young woman, "Fancy meeting you here Miss Jones."

Nell's face turned red as she looked at Hetty, "I just told Kensi I would get us something to eat, you know with her leg and all."

"Kensi was unaware of this field trip Miss Jones. Next time I suggest you order delivery." Hetty motioned for the passenger side and Nell nodded dejectedly before making her way into the car.

"Were you aware you were being followed?" Hetty asked simply.

Nell shook her head and accepted the gun that Hetty handed her. Hetty threw the car in reverse and changed direct ion just as the man who had been following Nell closely pulled out a gun and began firing at the car. Bystanders screamed and ducked for cover. Nell returned fire. A bullet hit the back windshield. Nell fired once more as they rounded the corner and then the man was out of sight.

Hetty remained silent as she drove the opposite direction from Callen's house, "Where are we going?" Nell asked quietly. She knew she had made Hetty mad.

"Call the others and tell them to meet us at safe house 5."

Nell knew by the sound of Hetty's voice it was no time to ask questions and no time to question her decision, so Nell merely nodded and accepted Hetty's phone.

After hanging up with Callen Nell sat silently watching the scenery. Ten minutes went by before Hetty pulled over to the side of the road. "I trust I don't need to tell you how disappointed I am in you?" Hetty asked.

"No." Nell replied.

"And you do realize that the consequences of your bad decision could have been a lot more severe?"

"Yes."

"And I assume I am correct in my belief that you will not pull another stunt like you did today?"

"Yes."

"Good because the next time there isn't going to be this little chat. I will personally have you committed. I'm sure Nate will be helpful if it comes to that." Hetty responded.

"I'm sorry Hetty."

"Apologies only count if your future choices reflect your apology. You will do good to remember that." Hetty told her.

Nell wanted to tell her that threatening to have her committed was low and that Hetty was being unfair but instead she said, "I will."

And with that Hetty put her car in drive and drove away.

Hetty pulled into a driveway of a two story house. Nell noticed that Sam's car and Kensi's car was already there. Hetty motioned for Nell to get out of the car. Nell obliged and followed Hetty into the house. Kensi sat on the couch with her leg propped up and she had ice on her ankle as well. Deeks sat next to Kensi allowing her ankle to rest on his knee. Sam stood leaning against the wall. And Callen stood his arms crossed glaring at Nell.

"Well this is awkward." Deeks said after a minute of silence.

Nell stood waiting for the lecture but it never came. Instead Nell silently looked at her hands, when she couldn't stand the silence anymore she spoke, "I'm sorry."

Callen had clearly been waiting for the analyst to speak, "Did you not think before you acted?"

Nell stood speechless.

"Miss Jones has assured me that it will not happen again." Hetty told her senior agent.

"Damn right it won't. You could have gotten us killed." Callen told her angrily.

"You think I don't know that? I was trying to prevent that!" Nell answered hotly.

"You and I both know that's a lie. You're selfish; don't want to think about anyone but yourself. Do you think for one second we would not have continued to look for you and fight for you, even if you had run away?" Callen yelled

Nell picked up a plate that had been sitting on the sofa table and brought her arm back to throw it at Callen. Sam acted quickly grabbing her arm preventing her from throwing it.

"Miss Jones you already owe me a windshield, let's not add anything else to the list." Hetty said calmly.

"I'm tired; I am going to go lie down." Nell informed everyone handing the plate to Sam before heading down the hallway.

"Nope, your bedroom is through there." Kensi said pointing towards a door.

Nell opened the door to find a bunch of stairs, "That's the basement."

"And while we are stating the obvious, there aren't any windows down there that you can climb through." Kensi said.