Chapter 4-

AN: This chapter follows Kensi and Deeks and they are questioning Anna's family as well. Takes place at the same time as the last two chapters.

Kensi and Deeks stopped in front of Aleksander Yashkin's house and saw a couple of cars out front. They knocked on the door and a girl of about five answered the door. "Hullo." She said sweetly.

"Hi, sweetie, is your mommy and daddy home?" Kensi said.

"Don't talk to me like I'm a baby. Daddy!" The young girl yelled running down the hall to get her father.

The two agents followed her inside and watched a man pick up the young girl and throw her in the air. "What's happening, monkey?" He looked up and saw Kensi and Deeks standing there. "Gracie, how many times do I have to tell you not to answer the door without me or mommy?"

"Sorry, daddy."

"It's o.k. baby. Go play with your cousins and sisters." The young girl ran off in the direction of the back door. "How can I help you?"

"I'm Agent Blye, NCIS. This is my partner Dt. Deeks."

"NCIS? Have I done something wrong?"

"No, sir. We just need to talk to you and your family about your sister, Galena." Deeks said.

"Galena? What happened is she alright?"

"She's been kidnapped. We need to talk to you and your wife about anything she may have told you about any of her cases."

"Of course. Follow me. My brother, Dmitri and his family is here too."

They followed Aleksander to the backyard and introduced themselves to everyone. "What happened to her? Why haven't we been notified until now?" Dmitri asked angrily.

"It was late last night and we wanted to get all of the facts straight. Did your sister ever talk to any of you about her work?" Kensi asked.

"No. She didn't like to talk about it much. The only thing was when she went abroad for a case, she would always bring gifts back for her nieces and nephews." Dmitri's wife, Camilla said.

"I would try Anna. She is the closest to Lena." Dmitri said.

"From what her coworkers say, you and your other siblings don't really get along with Agent Yashkin." Kensi said.

"Look, we were young and angry about our mom dying. It was just easier to blame someone and the easiest target was Lena. But as I grew I up I regretted it. I tried to make up for it but the damage had been done. If I could go back and fix it believe when I say that I would. I would never hurt my sister and I would kill anyone that tries to hurt her." Dmitri replied angrily.

"Thank you for time." Kensi said noticing the hostility the marine was giving her and her partner.

"Well that was intense." Deeks said.

"Yeah. But at least we got two birds with one stone. We should go and question Jackie Markson." Kensi said.

When they got to the boardwalk, they instantly saw Jackie's store. It was filled with knick knacks, t-shirts, and everything else that would attract tourists. "Can I help you?" A blonde woman asked.

"Jackie Markson?"

"Yes."

"NCIS. We need to question you about your friend, Galena Yashkin."

"What do you want to know?"

"Did Galena ever talk to you about any of her cases?"

"No, she was always very secretive about it but I understood. But Lena was like that about a lot of things. Not just her job but even about her personal life. It's like pulling teeth to get her to open up to you. But she is the sweetest person in the world. She would never hurt anyone."

"Are you sure she never talked to you about her job?" Kensi asked applying a bit of pressure and she saw the woman started to feel uncomfortable.

"Jackie, if you know something than you need to tell us."

"Like I said, she was tight-lipped about her job. I have to get back to work. Excuse me."

Kensi and Deeks walked out of the shop and to the car. "What are you thinking, Kens?"

"That she's hiding something."

"What do you think it is?"

"No idea. But maybe Agent Yashkin wasn't so secretive about her job as everyone says."

"Let's get back to OPS and see what's going on there. Maybe Callen and Sam and our friends at ICE found something useful for us."

Back at OPS

Eric and Nell received an update from Agent Lucas. "Alright, Agent Lucas sent us all of the assignments that Agent Yashkin was involved with. Holy crap that is a lot of cases."

"Well she has been working there for ten years." Nell said.

"Oh look, Agent Lucas is trying to contact us. Going live in a one minute." Eric said.

"Agent Lucas, I'm Nell and this Eric."

"Nice to meet you and please call me Amelia. Do your agents have anything?"

"Not yet. Yours?"

"Still looking for answers."

"Can you think of anyone that would want to hurt, Galena?" Nell asked.

"Over the last ten years, Lena has accumulated a lot of enemies. It would actually be a shorter list to name the people she hasn't pissed off."

"Are you two close?" Eric asked.

"Not as close she is to the other agents. I've been here for five years and I'm still considered the newbie. They've been through a lot together though."

"Has her partner been notified?"

"Yes. Unfortunately he has to stay undercover for a while longer so he and Agent Glass are stuck in Bulgaria until further notice."

"You said she has enemies. Who would be the worst of the bunch?"

"Well I'm never one to underestimate anyone but in my opinion the worst would be the Serbians, the Bulgarians, the Russians, and the Austrians." Amelia said.

"Isn't she Russian though?" Eric asked.

"Yes, she is but her father fled from Russia to come to the United States during the reign of the Soviet Union." Hetty said coming into the room.

"Mrs. Lucas, you along with Ms. Jones and Mr. Beale will be working together to solve this case. Look into everything and leave no stone unturned. Ah, Ms. Blye and Mr. Deeks, please let our techs know what you discovered." Hetty said standing to the side to listen.

"Well, the family wasn't much help but the best friend, Jackie Markson was."

"Did she tell you anything?"

"No but she was very uncomfortable when Kensi started questioning her about Agent Yashkin's job."

"I'm going to pull up all correspondence between Lena and Jackie." Amelia said. "If she made contact with her, she would either need a burner or to go through the normal channels while undercover. Well just as I thought, there were no calls connected to Jackie Markson."

"Eric, see if you can find Ms. Markson's call log and tell us if any numbers stand out." Hetty said.

"On it. And Voila."

"This number appears multiple times." Nell said pointing it out.

"Can you trace it, Eric?" Kensi asked.

"No. It's a burner. And it's shut off and I can't turn it back on."

"Probably because she took the battery out." Granger said walking into the room.

"Can you trace where the last call was made from." Deeks asked.

"The nearest cell tower was at Galena Yashkin's apartment." Eric said.

"That was at nine o'clock last night and the call lasted for over forty minutes." Nell added.

"So, Galena contacted Jackie last night after her debriefing. Why wouldn't she mention it?"

"Maybe because of something that was said in that conversation." Granger said. "Go pick her up and bring her to the boat shed."

Before Kensi and Deeks could go, Callen stormed in with Sam following quickly behind him. He grabbed Granger by the collar and said, "You're going to tell us everything."