Hetty took the folder and opened it.

"I see you have signed it," Hetty spoke when she saw the autograph at the bottom of the page.

"Yes I have."

"Well welcome to NCIS Ms. Gonzalez."

"Thank you Hetty."

"I'll get everything in order and you can start tomorrow."

"Great."

"See you tomorrow at 9.30am."

"I'll be here."

They shook hands and Sara left before the other agents were there.

"Mr. Callen, Ms. Mathews, a word please," Hetty spoke when Callen and Marisa had arrived.

Callen and Marisa walked to Hetty's office.

"What's up Hetty?" Callen asked.

"I just wanna tell you two that Ms. Gonzalez will be joining us as of tomorrow and she'll become Ms. Mathews' new partner."

"She accepted the job?" Callen asked.

"Yes she did. Will that be a problem for either of you?"

"No, not all," Callen replied.

"No, I'm good with it," Marisa answered.

"Alright then. Back to work."

The next morning Sara walked into the office. She looked in the bullpen and saw an extra desk standing there with her name tag on it. The desks were placed in a U-shape. Sara was sitting next to Kensi and Marisa. Kensi sat on the corner next to her Sara and next to Sara sat Marisa. Marisa sat next to Callen and on the opposite of Sara sat Deeks and next to Deeks sat Sam.

"Good morning Sara," Callen greeted her as he walked into the bullpen. He saw that the desk had been rearranged and he looked for his desk.

Sara saw his name tag. She noticed it still said 'G. Callen.' "Still no idea what your first name is?"

"Nope, still looking. I have found out some things about my past though but there are still unanswered questions."

"I hope you'll find the answers you're looking for."

"Me too."

Sara placed her bag by her desk and walked to Hetty's office.

"Good morning Hetty."

"Good morning Ms. Gonzalez. Here are you badge, id and gun," Hetty told her as she placed the items on her desk.

"Thanks Hetty," Sara replied and she took the items and she put the badge and id in her pocket and her gun in the back of her pants.

"And here's your car. A 2012 Camaro."

"Nice."

"No, if you'll follow me. We'll update you biometrics, new photos for driver's license, passport, general backstopping, credit cards, and so forth."

About 20 minutes later they were done and Sara walked back to the bullpen.

"Good morning mom, dad," Marisa spoke as she walked into the bullpen.

"Morning," Callen and Sara replied.

"Ready for your first day mom?"

"Yes I am. I'm looking forward to being partnered up with you."

"Same here."

A little later Eric whistled them upstairs.

"Does he always do that?" Sara asked.

"Yep, sometimes he whistles with the strangest things," Kensi replied.

"And Hetty's okay with that?"

"Yes she is. Well in a way. It works to get us upstairs."

"What do we have Eric?" Callen asked as they walked into OPS.

"This morning Gunnery Sergeant Rick Cale was found shot to death is his apartment," Eric informed them as he put crime scene pictures up on the screen.

"Shot through the head," Kensi stated.

"According to the ME he was also tortured. They found bruising on his chest and arms."

"So when they got the answers they were looking for they shot him," Callen said.

"Or he didn't give them anything and they still killed him," Sam added.

"Kensi, Deeks, why don't you go talk to his commanding officer. Maybe he can tell us something about who did this. Marisa, Sara, you speak to his next of kin. Sam and I will check out his apartment."

Everyone left.

"I'll drive," Marisa told Sara.

"Fine by me." They walked to the car. "Nice car. What kind of BMW?"

"An i8. It's a sweet ride."

"Yeah I can see. You're into cars?"

"Yes I am. My uncle thought me how to drive. And not just regular driving but pursuit and race driving too."

"Really? That's nice. So I guess that comes in handy sometimes here."

"Yeah I've had to use those skills at some moments."

They drove to the victim's mother's house. Marisa knocked on the door.

"Yes?" And elderly woman opened the door.

"Mrs. Cale? I'm Special Agent Mathews and this is Special Agent Gonzalez, we're with NCIS," Marisa spoke as they showed their badges.

"Did something happen to Ricky?"

"May we come in?"

"Sure, come on in."

"Is Ricky in some sort of trouble?"

"I'm sorry to tell you but Ricky was found dead this morning at his apartment."

"Oh my god," Mrs. Cale spoke as she put her hand in front of her mouth and sunk down on the couch. "Who would do that to Ricky?"

"That's what we're trying to find out. Do you know if he had any enemies, any problems, that sort of thing?"

"No, we spoke just yesterday on the phone. He sounded fine. What happened to him?"

"We believe he was tortured and then killed."

"Tortured? Who would do that?"

"Can you think of anyone who would wanna harm Rick? Someone he had problems with at work or personal."

"No, everyone loved Ricky. He was good at his job. Everyone respected him at work. He wasn't the kind of guy to get in trouble. That's just not my Ricky."

"We're so sorry for you loss Mrs. Cale," Sara spoke. "Please contact us if have some more information for us."

Marisa handed her her card and they left and they went back to the office.

"Anything from his mother?" Callen asked when Marisa and Sara walked back into the bullpen.

"No, she doesn't know anybody who would wanna hurt him and according to her he wasn't in any kind of trouble," Marisa answered. "Did you guys find anything at the apartment?"

"No, nothing. Whoever was there did a good job of cleaning up. We did found a laptop and a hard drive. Eric and Nell are going through them now."

"Okay, heard anything from Kensi and Deeks?"

"No not yet."

"So we're still at square one."

Callen nodded.

"Maybe not," Eric spoke as he came down the stairs. "We've been going through his computer and his hard drive. We found some emails that suggest he was in some kind of trouble." Eric put the emails on the screen.

"Where is my money? You owe me 100.000 dollars. Pay up or there will be consequences," Callen read.

"The email was sent yesterday."

"Do you know who sent it?" Sam asked.

"There's no name but I've been able to find the IP address. It was send from a computer in Westchester. The address is on your phones."

"Thanks Eric," Callen spoke. "We'll check it out. Marisa, Sara, you see what you can find out about the people who live there."

Marisa and Sara got to work while Callen and Sam went to check out the IP address. When Callen and Sam arrived there the others had found out who lived there.

"Mr. Roberts, federal agents," Callen spoke as he knocked on the door but there was no answers. "Federal agents! Open up!"

The heard some noise inside and Sam saw him escaping through the back door.

"G, we've got a runner."

Callen and Sam ran around the house to the backyard and followed Roberts. Sam caught up with him and pushed him on the floor.

"I didn't do anything," Roberts yelled.

"Then why were you running?" Sam asked.

Callen and Sam took him to the boatshed and put him in the interrogation room. Callen called Marisa and Sara. A little later their faces popped up on screen.

"Hey guys," Marisa greeted them.

"We've got Roberts. Did you guys find anything out about him?"

"He's got two priors, for extortion."

"What about his connection to Cale?"

"Apart from those emails there's none."

"Alright, keep looking. We'll interrogate him."

Callen disconnected the call and they walked into the interrogation room. Callen sat opposite to Roberts at the table.

"How do you know Rick Cale?" Callen asked.

"Rick who? I don't know any Rick Cale?" Roberts answered.

"Really? Then why did you send these emails to him?" Callen asked as he put the emails on paper on the table.

Roberts sighed as he saw those emails.

"It would be smart if you told us why you sent these and why he turned up dead the next morning."

"Cale is dead?"

"I thought you said you didn't know him," Sam replied.

"Alright, I did know him. But I didn't kill him I swear."

"The emails sound like you did," Callen stated.

"That just meant to scare him. I wasn't going to kill him."

"Why did he owe you 100.000 dollars?"

"He got involved with some wrong people and he needed some money so I loaned him."

"Why did he come to you?"

"We were friends. He knew I had money so he figured I could help him. So I gave him the money. That was over 4 months ago, he said I would get the money back within a month. I asked him about it a couple of times but he always said it was coming. So I sent him an email to scare him."

"Why did he need the money?"

"He didn't say. He just said he had gotten involved with some wrong people and he needed money fast."

"Do you know who?"

"No, he never said. He seemed really scared. How did he die?"

"He was tortured and then shot through the head," Sam answered.

"Tortured? By who?"

"We don't know yet."

Callen and Sam got up and walked back to the main area. Callen called Eric.

"Hey guys," Eric spoke when his face popped up on screen.

"Hey Eric, have you found out something? Roberts claimed he loaned money to Cale cus he had gotten involved with some wrong people."

"He might be right about it. We tracked down the money Cale had gotten and it was transferred to a corporate account. We looked into the company and we found out it's a front for the Reyes Locos."

"LAPD has been after them for years. But why would Cale owe them money?"

Deeks popped up on screen. "I talked to some people at the LAPD and they said that there have been rumors that the gang is upgrading their arsenal with military grade weapons. I believe they used Cale to get them the weapons. He worked at Pendleton and he handled the gun shipments. His commanding officer said that they were keeping a close eye on him since a crate of weapons when missing but they could never tie him to anything."

"So he could be helping them, but that still doesn't explain why he owed them money."

"Well he wasn't just stealing weapons for them. He was also transporting drugs for them using military transport. His commanding officer said they had caught a crate of drugs on one of the planes so they ceased it. The gang must have found out and made Cale pay for the drugs."

"His commanding officer also said that he had come clean about what he did yesterday. He had no other choice but to let him go. The gang must have found out. Probably used the torture to get some information out about how much he told his commanding officer," Kensi said. "His commanding officer told us he had told them everything. Including who he was dealing the weapons with. There is supposed to be a shipment of weapons coming through LA. Could be that the gang will try to grab them now that there contact is dead."

"Have Eric track down the shipment and Marisa and Sara will go in as drivers. We'll follow them to make sure everything's okay," Callen spoke and he disconnected.

Eric found the truck and Marisa and Sara followed the truck and stopped it.

"NCIS, come out for a sec," Marisa spoke showing her badge.

"What's this all about?" One of the drivers said.

"We have reason to believe that this truck will be hijacked today by the Reyes Locos."

"Yeah mean the gang Cale was supplying too."

"Yeah that's the one. So we need you to hand this shipment over to us. We'll make sure the shipment stays save."

"We can't let you do that, we have our orders to bring this truck to its destination."

"I'm afraid your orders have been evoked."

"By who?"

"By NCIS. This is our case. Call your boss if you have to but this is our case now."

The man called his boss.

"Alright, seems like we have no choice. But if this shipment gets in their hands it's your responsibility."

"We know."

Sara and Marisa had already changed themselves into Navy personal. They got into the truck and followed the route.

"We're right behind you," Callen spoke over the com. "Kensi and Deeks are a little in front of you."

"We see them," Marisa replied.

A little later they were stopped by some cars. Guys with guns got out.

"This is it. You ready?" Marisa told her mom.

"I was ready when you were still in diapers," Sara joked.

"Out of the car!" The man yelled.

Sara and Marisa got out of the car with their hands raised.

"Step aside from the car."

Marisa and Sara stepped aside. The guys quickly got into the truck and cars and drove off. Once the truck was out of sight Sara and Marisa were picked up by Callen and Sam. They had planned a tracking device in the weapons so they could track the weapons.

"Alright they stopped," Callen spoke when he saw that the red dot had stopped moving. "Eric, give the other NCIS agents, DEA and the LAPD the address and have them meet us there."

"Will do."

Callen drove to the location followed by Kensi and Deeks. They parked just around the corner. The others came up just behind them. Quickly everyone geared up and Callen told them the plan. Everyone took their positions. They were no guards outside the warehouse. Sara and Marisa took some agents and climbed the stairs on the side of the building. Kensi and Deeks took a group too and went to the back entrance. Callen and Sam took the other agents and went to the front door.

"On my count," Callen spoke and he counted down and everyone stormed the building.

Gunfire immediately erupted. The agents were firing back and ducking away. After what seemed like hours the gunfire stopped. Most of the gang was either dead or wounded. The agents went in and arrested everyone who was still breathing. They searched the place and found a whole lot of military grade weapons and drugs.

They wrapped up there and went back to the office.

"Good job everyone," Hetty greeted them as they walked in. "LAPD and DEA sent over their thanks for uncovering this gang."

"We're just doing our job Hetty," Callen answered.

The agents finished their reports before going home.

"See you guys tomorrow," Marisa said. Kensi, Deeks and Sam had already gone home.

"See ya," Callen and Sara replied and Marisa walked out the door.

"So how was your first day?" Callen asked.

"It's was fine. Just getting used to being out in the field again. But I like it."

"It's good to have you here. How about we go grab some dinner, my treat."

"Sure."

Callen and Sara packed up their stuff and went to a diner. They both ordered a burger and fries.

"It's good having you back in my life," Callen spoke. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too. But I had my reasons for not coming here sooner."

"I understand. I just wished Marisa would've known you were alive. She thought you were dead all these years and so did I after Marisa told me."

"I know, but I just couldn't."

"We'll we are both glad you're here now. Maybe we can give our relationship a second change."

"I'd like that," Sara replied smiling. "So what did you do in all these years?"

"Well mostly I've been working. Lots of undercover ops. Spent some time in Russia when I was with the DEA. Just moved around a lot. About a year before I learned about Marisa I bought my own home. It wasn't until I learned about Marisa I finally bought some furniture."

"You didn't own any furniture before that?"

"Nope, I didn't see the need in that. But after I found out about Marisa I bought some furniture so she could come over to my place and we didn't have to sit on the floor. She's even got her own room at my place. She stayed with me after she got shot after her parents died."

"She got shot?"

"Yeah, she disappeared out of the hospital to go look for them." Sara chuckled hearing those words. "What's so funny?"

"She just reminds me a lot about you."

"Oh yeah, she definitely my daughter. I can see that. But I see a lot from you in here too. She's got you sweet personality and she looks like you too. I saw something familiar about her from the moment I met her but I just couldn't quite place it but after I found out that she was my daughter and who her mother was I recognized the look, it was yours."

"She's definitely our daughter. Not just in looks but in personality as well. I've not been around for long but I can see she's just as stubborn as you are."

"Oh yeah she is. Trust me we have had some discussions because of that."

"I'm sure you have. So what have you found out about your past?"

"It turns out Hetty knew my mother. She was CIA."

"CIA? Really?"

"Yeah she was and so was my grandfather. I remember I was born in Romania when we went there to track down the Comescu's."

"The Comescu's? I believe I've heard of them. A crime family."

"Yeah exactly. It turns out they had a vendetta against my family and they planned on killing everyone in my family. They killed my grandfather and my mother."

"I'm sorry."

"Thanks, so Hetty went to Romania to convince them that I was dead so we went after them to rescue her. It was kind of a gang shooting but we managed to get Hetty out and we killed every Comescu in the building. One escape but we caught him about a year later in Hawaii."

"So it's over now?"

"Yes it is. As far as I know there are not any more Comescu's alive."

"Damn, a family fued. So you know about your mother now?"

"Yes, Hetty told me everything she knew about her. Her name was Clara and it turned out I had a sister. I found that out about a year before Hetty went to Romania."

"You had a sister? Where is she?"

"She was put into the system just like me. She was living in an orphanage and she snuck out with a friend at night. They went to some river, she slipped and she drowned."

"I'm sorry. You were in the system too?"

"Yes, 37 foster homes in total."

"37? Damn. That must have been hard for you."

"Some families were more pleasant than others but I turned out okay."

"Yes you did. You never told me this when we worked together."

"I didn't see the need to share my troubled past with you."

"I'm glad you did now," Sara told him as she grabbed his hand and smiled at him. Callen smiled back.

They ate their dinner and left.

"I really had a good time," Sara spoke.

"Me too. We should do this more often."

"I'd like that."

Sara stepped closer to Callen. Before they knew it they were kissing each other. All of a sudden they were pulled out of the kiss by two guys. Before they knew it they were knocked out cold and dragged into a van.