Katy could feel the tension building when they walked into the office. She knew by the way Callen sped off in the Jag that his emotions were all over the place. They'd agreed to take two cars to work that morning since he was going to be out with Kensi dealing with Jeanvier. He waited for her in the parking lot and walked around to the driver's side when she got out. He hugged her tight and kissed her neck without a word. When he finally let her go, several of the other agents had passed by staring at them.
She cupped his face and kissed him. "Please be careful out there today."
He offered a faint smile. "Aren't I always?"
"Your mood is so dark, I'm worried." She told him as they walked into the office.
"You've got to be in that frame of mind when dealing with Jeanvier, Vasseri and Sidorov. One false move and this can blow up in our faces. We can't afford to let these bombs get out of the country." He told her, they had been holding hands and dropped them as soon as they crossed the threshold.
They walked silently over to the bullpen and set down their bags. Kensi was at her side in a moment with a hug. They talked for a few minutes before heading up to Ops for the final briefing before they parted ways. You could cut the tension with a knife when they walked in, Hetty and Granger were waiting. While Katy was out of this op, she was to provide back up to whom ever needed her as the op progressed. Nell shot her a smiled. Sam and Michelle headed off to the Biltmore while Deeks left for the bank. Callen and Kensi were getting ready to head towards the boat shed to meet the US Marshalls with Jeanvier.
Once Hetty and Granger had left Ops, Callen scooped Katy up in his arms. She kissed him, told him she loved him and to please be careful. Kensi, Nell and Eric stood back and watched, smiling. As soon as Callen let her down, Katy walked to Kensi and hugged her, while she didn't tell her she loved her, she did ask that she please be careful and she was a call away if she needed her. Katy's stomach was in knots as she watched them walk out of Ops and out of the building.
While she, she reviewed all of the available information on Jeanvier. She watched the screen, waiting for Callen and Kensi to show up at the boat shed and smiled when they finally appeared. Her blood boiled as the Marshall brought Jeanvier in shackled and cuffed. The look on Callen's face was unlike anything she'd ever seen before and it honestly scared her. She knew about their history and the hatred between them.
Sam and Michelle announced they were ready to take Sidorov. Katy, Nell and Eric listened as they got him out of the car and into the Porsche and were on their way to the bank. Katy listened intently to Deeks and LAPD as they prepared to take Sidorov's men into custody once they arrived at the bank. That portion of the operation went off without a hitch. Like clockwork, as Sidorov walked out of the bank, he saw the officers shooting into the car where he'd last seen his men. Katy laughed at the look of horror and panic on his face when he ran back to the Porsche begging for Sam and Michelle to let him in.
They all let out a huge sigh of relief that all went as expected. They shifted focus and changed the feed to the boat shed. Hetty and Granger returned to Ops shortly before Callen and Kensi started making the calls to Vasseri and Sidorov's contact. Katy waited for Kensi to give them the name of Jeanvier's daughter. When Eric took the coordinates Sidorov's contact spouted off, her heart pounded. This was a huge complication there was literally nothing around to offer them cover. Callen walked out of the interrogation room and out to the screen in the main room. He asked where they were headed and the geography of the location. When Eric told him, he wasn't happy
Granger looked at the map and shook his head. "And from the looks of it Jeanvier is going to have to drive in."
Katy saw the look on Callen's face. He looked at her, then back to Hetty and Granger. "Putting Sidorov and Jeanvier together makes me feel as if we're playing with fire, Mr. Callen." Hetty said looking at him on the screen.
Callen seemed to be lost in thought when he said, "That's because we are."
Katy's chest tightened. This had the potential to go so wrong, so very wrong. Hetty signaled to Nell to cut the feed and turned to Granger. "I don't like this one bit, Owen." She sighed. "Katy, you be ready at a moment's notice. It's a good distance away, should we just send her out now?"
"No, not yet." Granger said, turning to Katy. "I know you're fully capable, I just have a feeling we're going to need you around here."
Katy nodded to them when she saw Sam and Michelle getting out of the car with Sidorov. There was some discussion about trust issues. Sidorov was pleased when he learned Jeanvier had called wanting to broker a deal between him and the Iranians. Katy wasn't paying much attention to the goings on with Sam and Michelle until she heard Granger mention the women who'd just arrived. Hetty looked to Katy when she made a comment about how capable the women looked to be. Katy knew exactly what she meant and nodded.
There was activity in the main room of the boatshed, so she brought up the feed on her lap top. Callen and Kensi were about to take Jeanvier to the waiting car to head out for the meeting.
Callen brought Jeanvier out of the back and showed him Sam's alias. "You know Agent Hanna." He said curtly.
"Your partner, of course." Jeanvier said.
"He's going to be undercover at the meeting as David Foreman." Callen said as Kensi helped the ma n put on the blazer. "Do not acknowledge him in any way."
Kensi grabbed an ear wig off the table and said "We will be watching and we will be listening. We will be inside your head."
Jeanvier looked at her with a smirk, "It's a scary place." He said. Katy instantly got the chills.
Callen grabbed his arm. "You do anything to jeopardize this mission or my people and you'll get your death wish." He told him, Katy's eyes grew wide.
"And no protective vest this time?" He asked with a smiled.
Callen simply said 'no' and shook his head. Katy was even more worried than she was before.
Jeanvier smiled, "See, I told you I would seduce you"
The smiled on Kensi's face fell, she looked at Callen. "Let's go." He said.
Callen started to walk out when Jeanvier called him back. "Wait; just make sure my daughter get the money."
Katy couldn't believe Jeanvier had just said that and shook her head. Amused, Callen walked back to him. "This goes right, she will." He said with a look that Katy absolutely loved. Had she not wanted to draw attention to herself, she would have cheered. Instead, she smiled.
Kensi called with the name of Jeanvier's supposed daughter, before she even hung up, Nell and Eric were working their magic. Katy knew from here on out all she could do was sit back and wait. She prayed everything went according to the plan.
Two hours later, Hetty and Granger stood before the screen as they watched Jeanvier approach the meeting site, on a smaller portion of the screen was Sam's feed. Below that was the GPS location of Kensi, Deeks and Callen. They waited. Katy listened intently to the conversation between Callen, Deeks and Ops. Jeanvier stood between the two groups of men and began talking. She shuttered when Jeanvier was told to sell him on the weapons. The thought Jeanvier raised was a horrible notion.
Katy brought just Jeanvier's feed up on her lap top and watched Sidorov's face, something was wrong, very wrong. The smile was more than just a smiled, there was something more behind it.
"Something's not right." Callen said.
Katy looked up at Hetty, wondering if she felt it too. "As soon as we have eyes on the bombs this all ends."
Something was said between Deeks and Callen, but she couldn't catch it over the pounding of her own heart. She shook her head as she watched them all drive off in different directions. Hetty turned to her with a worried look. Katy was relieved that Hetty felt it too. The tension was back up in Ops. Katy was on the edge of her seat literally and figuratively as she waited for Sam and Michelle to arrive at Sidorov's desert house. Fully aware that Deeks followed them and Kensi was to meet him there, she waited.
While the others watched the feed from Sam's camera, she watched and listened to Kensi and Deeks. She looked up when Hetty said he was testing the gold. Katy heard Sidorov tell Michelle that he needed Sam to help with the gold deposit and wished she was there. It was agonizing watching all of this play out before her and she was helpless, stuck in Ops manning the feeds. Katy hoped Michelle would refuse to go, but knew she wouldn't. This was all wrong.
She listened to Kensi and Deeks again. Katy shook her head at Marty's comment when Michelle kissed Sidorov and smiled when Kensi and Deeks discussed his poor communications skills. Katy heard Kensi walking and was nodding in agreement with what she was saying about Deeks. Then she heard silence and the sweet suction sound of two sets of lips parting. With her hand over her open mouth, she looked around the room. No one else had heard it. Katy heard Marty mentions something about his communications again and she smiled, thinking it was about time he acted on his feelings. What a way for Kensi to find out. She wanted to scream and cheer and restrained herself from calling or texting Kensi. Katy would have to wait until it was over before she could talk to her about it.
With her voice full of emotion and confusion, Kensi said. "I gotta stay with Michelle." Katy would've given anything to be a fly on the wall at that moment. Priceless.
She refocused her attention to the feed from Sam. Listening intently to the instructions Sidorov was giving him, it's wrong, 'don't go' she wanted to yell, but couldn't because of where she was. Katy heard the closure of the cuffs, a thud and the wind escape Sam as he slumped over and headed for the water. Immediately, she was on her feet praying he was alright. With that much weight attached to his wrist he'd sink to the bottom. Horror, there was absolute looks of horror on everyone's faces as Sam's feed went to static.
"Oh my God," she said eliciting a look the others.
"Hetty, I'm going in Sam's in trouble." Deeks said as Katy could hear him running.
As the seconds ticked past there was complete silence in Ops. Katy wanted to pull her hair out at the fact that she was completely able, but stood there doing nothing. She crossed her arms over her chest and just watched as Deeks pulled up to the house and ran with his gun drawn. She knew they were speaking again, but she couldn't hear them.
"Get him Marty, get him." She whispered under her breath.
Then she saw Deeks headed for the water too. Static. Eric's words were barely audible over her thoughts. She looked at Hetty, Nell and Eric. This couldn't be happening. She shook her head and returned to her seat. Katy needed to talk to Callen and Kensi. Her mind raced. What could she do? She looked up at Hetty whose back was to her. Katy ran her hands down her face praying that if she closed her eyes she'd wake up and this would all be one of her nightmares. It wasn't. Kensi and Callen would be devastated if something happened to either of them. In that moment, she felt like an outsider. Somewhere deep she knew she didn't belong with this team. She was on the outside which was why Hetty had assigned her to Ops for the operation.
Katy heard Callen's voice and looked around, realizing it was coming over the feed. "Cars are gone, they've left. No sign of Sam or Deeks." He said she could imagine what was going through his mind.
"Sidorov needs them alive to find out if there are other agents." Hetty surmised.
"He still thinks he can make a deal." Callen realized.
"Sidorov wouldn't just walk away; he's not going to trust Jeanvier." Granger said. Katy couldn't tell if he was talking to anyone in particular or thinking aloud.
"Unless Jeanvier's the one who tipped him off about Sam." Callen paused. "I'm heading back to the boat shed."
"Mr. Callen, control your emotions, we need Jeanvier alive. It's the only way to recover the bombs." Hetty said.
There was silence again. Katy was going out of her mind. She didn't know who to be more worried about, Sam and Deeks, Kensi and Michelle or Callen. She needed to get out of there, needed air or she was going to go insane.
Katy tried to go back to the feeds. Kensi was pulling in behind the Porsche and motorcycles.
"I've got them Kensi." Eric said.
"Give me a floor Eric." Kensi said as she curt off her motorcycle and got off.
"They're going up. I do not have a camera in the elevator." Eric told her.
"They're supposed to be going to a location where Vasseri and Sidorov can exchange the trucks. Hetty, this doesn't feel right I want to go in." Kensi said. Katy heard the desperation in her voice and looked up at Hetty.
"Go in Agent Blye. Bring me at least one of the Russians alive." Granger ordered.
"On it." Kensi said Katy heard her boots on the tiled floor. "Eric, I'm going to need another elevator."
"Public elevators are in the front of the building and you're going to have to go through security." Eric told her.
"Where's the stairs?" Kensi asked frustrated.
"Far end of the hall. Kensi they stopped at the thirtieth floor." He said.
Katy was antsy, on her feet ready to pace. Hetty looked at her. "Ms. Jones, get Ms. Levin an ear wig system and camera. Get some extra magazines as well." Hetty said as Nell and Katy headed to the armory.
"I told you you'd get your chance." Nell said as they ran down the stairs.
Katy went to get the extra magazines and bullets. She loaded the magazines while Nell slipped a vest over her head and fastened the Velcro. With two magazines loaded, Nell attached the camera to the vest and handed her the ear wig.
"How many is too many Nell?" Katy asked as she started loading her fifth magazine.
"How many have you got?" Nell asked.
"Five, not counting what's already in my pistol." She said quickly.
"Go for one more, you never know." She said smiling up at Katy.
Nell and Katy ran back up to Ops. She walked back over to her lap top and put the headphones back on.
She heard Callen's voice. "Hold on, get out, leave the building. You gave Sam up."
The feed was garbled, but Katy got the basics of the conversation. "You can't hurt me anymore. Not after what I've been through. Which by the way Agent Callen I blame you for. You giving me to them, this is all your doing. Look into my eyes, I still only live for one thing to kill what you love."
Katy heard Callen inhale sharply. "David Agent." He said softly.
"Sidorov is going to kill your beloved partner." Jeanvier said.
"Hetty, Jeanvier just admitted he gave up Sam." Katy yelled amid the chaos. "Callen's back at the boat shed and ready to rip Jeanvier apart. He's kicked the other agents and Marshalls out of the building."
Hetty and Granger both turned around. "Go now." Granger told her.
"Where Kensi or Callen?" Katy stood there wishing she could split in two and help them both.
"Go help Agent Blye." Granger said watching Katy run out of Ops.
As soon as Katy was in the car, she called back up to Ops to talk to Nell. "Keep me posted on Callen and Jeanvier."
"Will do." Nell told her.
Within five minutes, Katy was running into the delivery area of the building. "Eric do you think it's safe to take the elevator?" she asked.
"Yes, it's back at the bottom floor." He told her as she waited for the doors to open.
"Thirty, right?" she asked.
"Yes." Eric said.
Katy pulled her pistol and made sure the magazine was full. "Come on, come on, come on." She said as the elevator seemed to be moving at a snail's pace.
"Patience Ms. Levin." Hetty told her, Katy laughed.
"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine." She said.
When the doors slid open, Katy had her weapon ready and carefully looked out. She heard yelling and grunts to the left. Katy stepped out and went to the right around the back of the elevator. She followed along the back wall checking around each corner and in every room. Kensi yelled Michelle's name and Michelle called back to hurry. Katy saw the blonde limping along and Kensi fighting the brunette. The brunette yelled something at the blonde and she turned to find Katy in her face. She swung and Katy ducked taking her legs out from under her, the girl yelped in pain. From the floor she kicked up at Katy. She caught the girl's leg and smashed her elbow into her knee, the blonde screamed again.
Kensi had the brunette in a choke hold trying to get her to stop fighting. Katy looked down at the woman at her feet and kicked her in the head a few times. When she was knocked out, Katy put flex cuff on her and attached another set to them and a pole so if she came too, she could go anywhere. Katy quickly checked her for weapons and tossed a knife and pistol aside.
"Capable my ass." She said to herself and then said over the com. "Hetty, one's down, I'm going to look for Michelle."
"She's out the window." Kensi yelled struggling with the brunette.
Katy ran to the open window and looked down. Michelle was dangling precariously on some industrial plastic. Quickly she looked for something she could toss down to her and remembered seeing a fire hose. Katy ran back to the elevator and tried to pull the case open and saw the lock. Katy tapped the glass to see how thin it was and kicked as hard as she could until the glass shattered. Pulling as much of the hose as she could, Katy tied a loop in the end and ran it over to the window. Making sure she had enough length, Katy fed it out the window and down to Michelle.
"Michelle, put your foot in the loop and I'll pull you up." She yelled down.
Michelle looked up at her and nodded. She maneuvered herself so she could reach for the hose. Once she had it, she slipped her foot into the loop and let go of the plastic. With her full weight now on the hose, Katy braced herself and pulled. It felt like she was making no progress as she pulled. Suddenly, she realized there was someone else helping her when the hose came up a foot at a time instead of inches. Katy didn't bother to look to see who until she knew Michelle was safe.
Michelle was leaning in the window trying to pull herself in when Kensi ran over and dragged her a few feet from the window. Katy let go of the hose and ran to Michelle's side. All three women turned to see Callen standing there.
"Where's Sam?" Michelle asked between deep breaths.
Katy and Callen looked at each other then Michelle and Kensi. "Sidorov has them." Katy said.
"What?!" Michelle asked. Kensi stared at her in disbelief.
"Let's get them downstairs and I'll tell you on the way back to Ops." Callen said.
Callen hauled up the brunette while Katy cut the blonde loose and pulled her to her feet. There were agents ready to take the two into custody outside the loading dock.
Once they were alone, Michelle stopped Callen. "What happened to Sam?"
Callen took her over to the Expedition and put her in the front seat then walked around the driver's side and got in. They sat talking for a few minutes. Michelle gestured a few times and looked angry. Katy and Kensi stood back and watched.
"So, what happened, you were in Ops the whole time weren't you?" Kensi asked.
"Yes I was." Katy smiled.
"What's the smile for?" Kensi asked.
"We'll talk about it later. After you left to follow Michelle, Sidorov told Sam to help deposit the gold. Sam put on the handcuff and started to follow one of Sidorov's guys when he got hit from behind and wound up in the pool. Marty said he was going in and he wound up in the pool to get the handcuff keys and get Sam out. We lost them after that. By the time Callen got to the house, they were gone. He headed back to the boat shed to talk to Jeanvier."
"Oh my god, they could be anywhere by now." Kensi said worried, with her hands on her head.
"Jeanvier gave Sam up. I don't know how, but I saw it in Sidorov's face, he knew." Katy told her.
"Have you talked to Callen?" Kensi asked looking back at him and Michelle.
"No, but from what I heard he admitted it and said he lived to kill everyone Callen loved." Katy told her.
"Are you worried?" Kensi asked.
"About myself; no. Sam and Marty yes, we're wasting time." Katy said looking at her watch.
"So you were listening to the conversations on the feeds?" Kensi asked awkwardly.
Katy smiled again. "Yes I was."
"Oh lord, please tell me you were the only one." She said with her hand over her mouth.
"I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that heard the entire conversation." Katy assured her.
"Thank God, you're not going to say anything are you?" Kensi asked.
"No. I'm not going to say a word." Katy smiled.
"Ms. Blye, I'd like a sit rep, please." Hetty said over the com.
"The girls are in custody, Michelle's safe." She told her.
"Did Mr. Callen make in time to help?"
"Yes he did, Hetty." Kensi told her.
"Very good. Get back to Ops as soon as you can." Hetty ordered.
"On our way." Kensi said.
Katy as walking towards the Expedition and knocked on Callen's window. He rolled it down and snarled at her. "What do you want?"
"Hetty wants us back at Ops." She told him and walked away.
She got in the Mercedes and sped off. Katy tried not to let his outburst bother her and chalked it up to stress and anger. He pulled in right after her and hurried out of the Expedition, running after her. She stopped when he called after her.
"Katy, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you like that." He said.
"It's alright; we're all a little stressed out and angry right now. I understand." She said and walked away.
Callen stood there not sure if she did truly understand. Michelle walked up behind him and patted him on the back. They trickled into Ops praying they figured out where Sam and Deeks were. Katy took her position behind the table and sat down.
"Good work. Agent Levin." Granger smiled.
Katy smiled and thanked him. When Callen and Michelle walked in, all hell broke loose. There was shouting and yelling until Eric whistled. Everyone looked at him.
"We may have figured out where they are." He told them.
"Where Mr. Beale?" Hetty asked.
"We went back through the traffic cams and found the SUV Deeks was driving parked outside an industrial complex on the edge of town. We checked the records and it's owned by one of Sidorov's associated, Dmitri Larionov. We're running his background now." Eric told them. Katy knew the name immediately.
"What's the address?" Callen asked.
"Already sent it to your phone." Eric smiled.
"Who all's going?" He asked.
"Definitely, Ms. Blye, Ms. Levin and yourself. I don't think it's safe for you to go Mrs. Hanna. I'm sure Sidorov already suspects you're not who you said you are." Hetty told her. Michelle nodded.
"Are we just getting Sam and Deeks or are we looking for the bombs too?" Callen asked.
"You understand given the circumstances that the bombs are the priority, Mr. Callen." She said.
He clenched his teeth and nodded. "I understand. In the off chance we find them first are we allowed to get them out?"
"Of course." eHetty said.
With that, Katy and Kensi followed him to the armory to load the assault rifles. Katy quickly loaded as many magazines as she could before Michelle came down to help. Katy was avoiding Callen's stare and concentrating on the task at hand.
"Katy, are you okay?" Michelle asked.
Katy gave her a brief smile and said. "I'm fine; we're going to get him back. You and the kids and Callen need him."
"Katy." Callen said from across the table. She didn't look at him. "Katy"
Kensi and Michelle stood back. Katy slammed the magazine and bullets on the table. "What?!"
"Do we need to talk?" Callen asked.
"No." she said picking the magazine up.
He tossed what he was doing on the table and walked out. Katy didn't look up, but felt Michelle and Kensi's stare. She looked at Kensi. "What?!"
"Nothing." She said.
They rode out in the Expedition, Callen and Kensi in the front seat, Katy in the back. There was complete silence in the car. When they got to the building, Callen looked at them and the other agents that Hetty sent to join them and said. "We're clearing room by room. As soon as we find Agent Hanna and Detective Deeks, we will look for the bombs. I want Sidorov alive."
Katy took her position behind Kensi and prepared to clear the building. As soon as Callen opened, they moved in. It was a large open space in the middle of the building with offices along the outside. One half of the team went to the left, the other to the right. Callen, Kensi, Katy and two other took the left side of the building. Room by room, they went through the building and came up empty handed. There wasn't anything in the building. More frustrated then when they started, Katy removed the magazine from her rifle, cleared the chamber and threw it in the trunk.
Callen glared at her. Had she not been so worried about getting Sam, Deeks and the stolen bombs, she would've gotten into it with him. She got in and slammed the door waiting for Kensi and Callen to get in. He asked Kensi to wait a minute before she got him.
"What the hell is your problem?" He asked when he got in.
"Absolutely nothing, what makes you think there's something wrong?" She asked calmly.
"Gee Katy, I don't know. You're walking around with a huge chip on your shoulder and you've barely even looked at me since we got Michelle." He snapped.
"Remember the conversation with Hetty about bringing out personal relationship to work? What the hell do you think you're doing right now? If we had a problem and we don't we can deal with it at home." She told him.
"We don't need this right now." He said.
"I'm not the one ranting and raving in the front seat, Callen." She reminded him.
Callen turned around and stared out the window. "I'm sorry. I'm just a little stressed out right now." He told her.
"Honey, I'd say you're more than just a little stressed. We will get them back. We will get the bombs. I promise you that." She said putting her hand on his shoulder.
He reached back and held onto it. "He's my best friend. The closest thing I've got to a brother."
Katy moved to the center seat and sat forward. "I know, he is Callen. Just remember to tell him that when we get him back." She said in his ear.
He reached back and grabbed her around the neck, kissing her temple. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, now let's get back to Ops to see if they've got another location for us to check." She told him kissing his cheek.
He let go, started the Expedition and put down the passenger side window. "You ready Kensi?" He asked.
"You guys okay?" she asked when she got in.
"We're fine." He said, Kensi turned around and gave Katy a look.
"We're fine, Kens. We just want to get them back." Katy told her.
When they returned to Ops there were three more addresses to check. Hetty had managed to get agents from 29 Palms and Camp Pendleton to help with their efforts. Hetty and Granger watched from Ops as each teams cleared the buildings. Callen, Kensi and Katy were sent to the second building. The other seven agents with them were in position. Like before, Callen and his team went left while the other team went right. Ten rooms down and ten or fifteen left to go on the left side, just when they'd given up hope, they ran across a sound proof room.
Slumped over, passed out sat Sam. There were leads clipped to the chair he was sitting in that lead to a power source. Callen quickly made sure it was off before he touched Sam. With a single touch, Sam's head shot up and he began coughing and convilsing. Katy called over the com that they'd found Sam and needed an ambulance.
"Deeks," he managed to say and bobbed his head in the direction of the connecting room.
When they entered the room, Deeks was lying on his side. His lower jaw and his shirt were covered in blood. Katy feared they'd cut his tongue out. Kensi was at his side in a heartbeat. Slowly, Deeks woke up and looked up at her. He tried to smile but was in too much pain.
"Shake your head yes or no, did you see the bombs at all?" Callen asked and Deeks shook his head.
"Deeks, what happened?" Kensi asked. As soon as he opened his mouth to try to speak, blood poured out.
"Eric, those ambulances had better get here quick, looks like these two are in pretty bad shape." Katy called over the com.
"Any sign of the bombs?" Hetty asked.
"Not yet." Callen told her and turned to Katy and Kensi. "Come on, let's finish checking this place."
Quickly, but thoroughly, they cleared the rest of the building. They reported back to Hetty that the bombs were not in the building. By the time they returned to Sam and Deeks, the EMTs were with them. Sam was badly burned where his skin had made contact with the metal on the chair. Deeks' mouth was packed with gauze and cotton. Kensi asked Hetty if she could accompany Deeks to the hospital, but she was told no.
Callen asked what the results were from the other two buildings. Hetty begrudgingly announced that neither Sidorov nor the bombs had been found at either location. She asked that they head back to Ops. Michelle was on her way to the hospital when they walked into Ops. The three remaining team members leaned against the long table, emotionally and physically exhausted. Hetty turned to them and smiled. Katy and Kensi looked as if they were holding each other up and Callen had all he could do to keep his eyes open.
"Mr. Beale, do we have any more addresses to check or can I send out three agents home for a while to rest." She asked.
"I have nothing right now." He said looking at her, unsure if he should smile.
"Very well, go home get some rest and come back. It's almost eight, be back by six. If we get more locations between now and then, we can have the other teams search the buildings. Thank you for your hard work today. Ms. Levin, I know you feel like you didn't contribute enough to the efforts, but you did more than you know." Hetty said as the three sulked out of Ops.
"Kens, why don't you just come home with us, a fifteen minute drive is a whole lot better than a forty-five minute drive." Callen offered.
"You guys don't mind?" she asked.
"Of course not, we'll stop by the hospital on the way." He told her.
They all got in the Mercedes and headed out of the parking lot. Once they got to the hospital, they headed in and up to the information desk. They were given room numbers and directions to the rooms. Kensi went on her own to see Deeks while Callen and Katy went to see Sam. Katy waited outside while Callen went in to talk to Sam and Michelle. Sam had severe burns and was in a considerable amount of pain, numbness and tingling in all of his extremities. Michelle told Callen that it was going to be at least a month before he was able to return to work. Michelle excused herself and went out to talk to Katy.
"How is he?" Katy asked when she walked out.
"He will be fine; it's just going to take a few weeks." She told her, giving Katy a hug. "Hetty said you watched the entire thing unfold."
Tears filled Katy's eyes and she shook her head. "I've never felt so damned helpless. It was a horrible feeling, Michelle."
"Thank you for getting me back in the building, if I'd been out there much longer, I wouldn't be here." She smiled.
"I couldn't let anything happen to either of you. Too many people need you in their lives." Katy smiled.
"Same goes for you, you know. I was honestly worried about you when I first found out about you joining the team. You're the only one of them; aside from maybe Callen; who can give him a bad time and he won't rip you in half. He has a lot of respect for you and what you've been through. I know he and Callen are in there talking right now, but he wants to see you too." Michelle told her.
Katy smiled. "I'll see him tomorrow."
"No, tonight." Michelle told her with a laugh.
"You okay Sam?" Callen asked once Michelle left.
Sam nodded. "I'll be okay. Everyone else ok, how's Deeks?"
"Kensi's with him now." Callen said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Did Katy ever get to see any action?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, she did. Granger and Hetty sent her over to help Kensi get Michelle. She also helped clear the buildings when we were searching for you, Deeks and the bombs." Callen said.
Sam smiled. "What about the bombs?"
Callen shook his head. "No sign of them yet. Hetty's gotten a few other teams from 29 Palms and Pendleton to help. We're due back at six tomorrow morning to pick up the search."
There was a long silence between them. "So G, it's usually you sitting here in the hospital; I'm not used to this."
Callen laughed, "Yeah me neither. Don't ever do this again; you scared the hell out of me."
"Aw were you worried about me?" Sam laughed.
"Yes he was." Katy said from the door.
"Hey Katy" Sam smiled.
"Hey Sam, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"Not too bad. So it looks like I'm going to be out of the office for a while. Take care of my partner. I want him back in one piece." Sam said with a smile.
"If I decide to give him back." Katy laughed.
"We'll let you get some rest, be back sometime tomorrow. Hopefully with good news." Callen told him as he and Katy left the room.
"Should we go check on Marty?" Katy asked him.
"Yeah, we should." He said taking her hand.
They walked down the aisle to the elevator and took it down a floor. When they got to Deeks' room, Kensi was sitting on the bed facing him. His mouth was no longer packed with cotton or gauze, but he did have stitched beneath his tongue. He smiled at them and winced in pain.
"Hey guys." He said trying not to move his mouth or use his tongue.
Katy walked to his bedside and gave him a hug. "Hey Marty, how are you feeling?"
Callen walked to her side and shook his hand. "Hey Deeks."
Kensi turned to them and told them what the doctor told her. "He's got lacerations under his tongue from whatever it was that they did to him. He's going to be released from the hospital tomorrow, so providing we aren't still working the case, I'm going to bring him home with me. He's not going to be able to eat solid foods until next week, but he should be back at work within a week or so."
"Just don't forget to tell your landlord." Katy reminded her.
"Thank you." Kensi smiled.
"Is Sam okay?" Kensi asked.
"Yeah, he's going to be out for a month for better. He's got some burns and nerve damage. He looks good though." Callen told her.
"So it looks like it's going to be just the three of us for a week then you'll be Callen's partner, should be interesting." Kensi smiled.
"Yeah, it should be interesting once Marty come back to work too." Katy said with a knowing smile. Deeks looked at Kensi and over at Katy.
"You told her?" he said.
"No, I heard the entire conversation. I heard everything, including the conversation between Callen and Jeanvier." She said.
"You heard that?" Callen asked.
"I did. We can talk about it later." She told him.
"Alright Deeks, try not to give the pretty nurses a hard time. We're going to go get something to eat and head home. I'll be back tomorrow." Kensi told him fluffing his pillow and tucking him in.
"See you guys tomorrow." Deeks said.
The three picked up dinner on the way home. Katy fed the cat so she'd leave them alone while they ate. Once they were done, they took turns showering and went to bed. No one had a problem sleeping. By five, their alarms were going off and they were wandering the house. Katy made a pot of coffee while the other two were trying to get out of bed or off the couch. Katy loaned Kensi some clothes and got dressed herself. By five thirty, they were ready and headed out the door.
The office was dimly lit when they walked in. Hetty and Granger were sitting in her office with coffee and or tea. "Please tell me you two got some rest too?" Katy asked.
"Yes, both got a few hours of sleep. I believe Ms. Jones and Mr. Beale are still asleep, though." Hetty said looking up at Ops.
"Alright." Katy nodded.
"Did you make it over to see Mr. Hanna and Mr. Deeks last night?" She asked.
"Yes we did, both are doing well. Deeks is being released this afternoon, so Kensi's going to take care of him over the weekend. He will need about a week off. Sam on the other hand will need at least a month off to recover from his injuries." Callen told them.
"Well, Agent Levin, it looks like you and Agent Callen will be paired up until Agent Hanna returns." Granger said.
Katy smiled and said. "Yes sir."
Hetty eyed the two of them.
"Any news on the bombs?" Katy asked as Callen was about to.
"The other teams have searched four other buildings and have all come up with nothing." Granger told them.
"Okay, let's get up to Ops and see if there are any other locations." Callen said.
Nell and Eric were yawning and stretching when the three walked into Ops. No other locations had been found and the all of the local ports and borders had been notified. From here on out, it was a waiting game. Throughout the day, they'd receive information on several locations and they'd go check it out, finding nothing. Towards the end of the day, everyone was discouraged, and feared the bombs would disappear. Finally word came through that there was a tanker scheduled to leave the port of LA headed for Iran, the authorities had been notified when the cargo tested high for radiation.
Callen, Kensi and Katy left for the port. They met with a member of the port authority who led them to the container in question. Sure enough when the container was opened and the crates checked, they found the two bombs. Warrants were issued for Vasseri and Sidorov and sent to the proper international agencies. It was a cooperative effort which paid off three weeks later when both were finally arrested.
The team; minus Sam; handled several small cases with little difficulty. Hetty was pleased with how well Callen and Katy were able to hide their relationship and put their feelings aside long enough to allow one another to do their jobs. The search began to find Katy a permanent partner. Of the thousands of possibilities, Hetty felt none were suitable either to work with Katy or with the team.
"What did you learn about Katya?" Dmitri asked.
"Ha, Vitaliy wants her back badly. Since Isakk's arrest, he's nervous. Very, very nervous. Your beloved Katya is federal agent; Naval Criminal Investigative Service. She is part of the team responsible for Isakk's arrest. She's very good. Would be very useful to us if she would work for us." He told his father.
"In her personal life, what is she doing, is she married?"
"No, she's living with another agent. A G. Callen, Romanian born. He is good man. Treats her well, seems to love her. Protects her." Yuri said.
"What have you done about Vitaliy? Have you taken care of him?" He asked.
"Papa, Vitaliy has been friend for decades. Does he really have to be punished because of what he did to her?" Yuri asked.
"Yes he does, Yuri. You heard how he treated her, what his did. He must pay." Dmitri told him.
"You said yourself she was trash like her mother." Yuri said in anger.
"Do not talk about Katya that way. I loved Polina more than I ever loved Svetlana, your mother was bitch." Dmitri snapped.
"No she was not!" Yuri argued.
"Enough!" Dmitri yelled. "You have forty-eight hours, if you don't take care of Vitaliy, I'll do it myself."
"Yes Papa, whatever you say Papa. It will be done." Yuri told him and hung up.
A week after they closed the case, Hetty called Nate to her office. "We've received some information that could be potentially problematic for a certain member of our team." She told him as he took as seat across from her and took the file she held out to him.
Nate gave her a perplexing look and opened the file. He scanned through the documents inside and looked up at her. "Have you showed her this yet?"
"No, I wanted to show it to you to see how we should proceed. How do you think she'll handle this news?" Hetty asked.
He sighed and reread the key points of information. "I don't know it's hard to tell. It could go either way. Are you going to show her this beforehand so it doesn't hit her like a ton of bricks?"
"Mr. Getz, that's why I called you, I don't know how to handle this." She told him.
"I definitely think she should see this before everyone else. Give her time to process it." He told her handing the file back to her.
"And Mr. Callen, should he be informed of this at the same time?" Hetty asked.
"I think it would make it easier on Katy if he was with her when you told her." He said.
Hetty sat the file on her desk. "We Mr. Getz, when we tell her. You're the Operational Psychologist."
Nate nodded his head. "When?"
"Now is as good a time as any." Hetty said taking a deep breath. "Should we do this in a more private setting, say your office?"
"Yes. Right now?" he asked. Hetty nodded. "I'll get them and meet you up there."
Nate walked over to the bullpen and asked Katy and Callen to accompany him up to his office for a few minutes. They figured it was their weekly check in and thought nothing of it. However, they knew something wasn't right when Hetty was sitting in his office. Katy's heart sank.
"What's wrong?" Katy asked.
"This has nothing to do with your relationship, this has to do with some information we've uncovered about Dmitri Leshev and Yuri Larionov." Hetty told her.
"Katy, what do you know about your parents?" Nate asked.
Katy took a deep breath and told him, "All I know is that my parents were Polina and Dmitri Levin. She died during child birth and he committed suicide a short time later. Why?"
Hetty opened the file and handed the top sheet of paper to Katy. "This is your official birth record."
Katy scanned the sheet reading the best she could. Callen translated it for her. It says your mother's name was Polina Levin, but that your father's last name wasn't Levin. In fact it's Leshev. Dmitri Leshev." He said looking from the document to Hetty and then Katy.
She gave a slight laugh and shook her head. "Wow, I'm a bastard child. Let me guess, my mother didn't die during child birth, did she? Dmitri is an old friend of Vitaliy's we'd met several times while Vitaliy had me under his thumb."
"No, your father was married to another woman, Svetlana Larionov Leshev. To hide his affair with your mother, he had her murdered and you shipped off to an orphanage. This is your mother's death certificate." She said handing it to Callen. "What did Dmitri say to you when you met him?"
"He said I had my mother's eyes. Even tried to buy me from Vitaliy." She told them.
Quickly, Callen read her the document. Hetty and Nate watched Katy for her reaction, but saw none. She looked up at Hetty, "Yuri is my half-brother?"
"Yes and Intel says he's here for you.
"After thirty-five years, why is he suddenly interested in me?" Katy asked.
"We aren't sure." Hetty told her honestly. "Was Dmitri's name on your list of Vitaliy's contacts?"
Katy sighed. For some reason, this didn't surprise her. Not much did surprise her anymore. "He was, yes."
"Katy, are you okay?" Nate asked.
"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? Nothing changes because I found out my father isn't really dead or that he's a Russian Mob Boss or that I have a half-brother. This changes nothing." She assured them.
"We didn't know how you would take the news and wanted to tell you before the others found out." Nate said.
Katy smiled. "I appreciate that. This doesn't change my status, does it?"
Hetty smiled, "No, of course not. You're still a member of this team."
"Alright. Can Callen and I look over the rest of the information before we brief Kensi and Deeks on this?" She asked.
"Yes you may." Hetty said. "It's three o'clock, if you'd like to take the rest of the day you may. We'll brief the team in the morning."
Katy and Callen walked down to the bullpen and packed their bags. They told Kensi and Deeks that they'd explain everything in the morning. Katy headed right home, while Callen stopped off to pick-up dinner. When he walked in, she had all of the papers from the file spread out over the dining room table. What was written in Russian, Callen translated for her. Together they went through everything. He was worried how the revelation would affect Katy when it actually sunk in. She seemed fine, but he wondered how much of it was an act.
Callen did everything to try to get her to eat, but she refused. The only thing she wanted to do was go through the paperwork over and over again. At eight, Callen literally picked up Katy and carried her to the couch to eat. He shoved the plate at her and laid his legs across her lap. If he had to sit on her, she was going to eat.
"Callen, really you don't have to do this." She laughed.
"Your one track mind got the best of you again." He told her.
"I know." She smiled.
"Are you okay with all of this?" He asked.
Katy thought about it for a few minutes. "Like I told Hetty and Nate, this doesn't change anything. He's still dead to me. I don't have a brother or half-brother whatever you want to call him. I don't know what he wants with me."
"Are you worried about the fact that he wants you?" Callen asked brushing her hair out of her face.
"Honestly, I don't know. I am for the simple fact that I don't know why after thirty-five years he's taken a sudden interest in me and I'm not because I have you." She said smiling at him.
Callen leaned over and kissed her. "Like I promised before, I'll never let anything happen to you."
"I know Callen." She smiled and put her plate on the table.
Katy pushed his legs off of her and stood facing him. He pulled her down to him and kissed her deeply. Callen could taste the sweet and sour sauce on her lips. She straddled his lap and pulled his shirt over his head.
"Really, on the couch?" Callen laughed between kisses.
"We can got to be bedroom if you're uncomfortable out here." She told him.
He saw the passion in her eyes and couldn't think of much more than being deep inside her. Callen nibbled on her earlobe and kissed down her neck, unzipping her sweatshirt as he went. He thought she was wearing something under the sweatshirt, but all he found was her luscious, beautiful breasts. Hypnotized by her body, he cupped her breasts in his hands and kneaded them, pinching her nipples. She leaned down and kissed him, then watched as he took one of her nipples in his mouth.
She threw her head back in pleasure and scratched her nails up his back. Callen shivered from the pain and erotic sensations. He ran his hands down her taut stomach to waistband of her shorts, in one swift movement, she was on her back and Callen was pulling off her shorts. Not able to take much more, he had to have her. The deeper he plunged into her depths, the more consumed he became. Everything, be it a sound, the look on her face, how her body reacted to him and his body's reaction to hers drove him mad. Katy moaned and met every thrust as he drove himself deeper and deeper.
Katy pulled him closer and bit her lip, Callen kissed her. She began to writhe and buck, then euphoria washed over her. He loved the look on her face when she reached her orgasm, that and her moans was all he needed to push himself to the brink. He rested his head on her chest, breathing heavily.
"God I love you; everything about you." He told her.
Katy wrapped herself around him and held him, arms and legs. "I love you too.