Chapter 7

Hospitals can be a multitude of things to people. They can be places of joy due to births of their children or curing of ills of loved ones or they can be harbingers of doom. To Marty Deeks it was the second option. He couldn't shake the idea that something wasn't right. No one had been out to talk with them after Kensi moved to her room. No one had explained how they were going to treat her for the rest of her stay, when she'd be allowed to go home or even if they could see her. It all felt so wrong to him so he paced the small waiting room. "Why are there no window in here? Whose bright idea is it to have no windows in a waiting room?" It made him feel like a caged animal. The pacing had an adverse effect on Julia as well. His incessant pacing made her nervous and she'd found outlets in brief walks in the hallways. Not Deeks he wanted to stay where the doctor could find him.

His thoughts turned to the doctor.

His feelings were that Dr. Anderson had handled the case wrong from the beginning but Hetty trusted her, as did the others, so he'd have to as well. Letting Max out, to get in her face, probably didn't help any. Having Callen and Sam see the behavior freaked him out. No one has said anything so it must have been understandable to them. His belief was that both Sam and Callen would get into a doctors face if it were their wives or girlfriend. Maybe his behavior is what caused the doctor to say nothing to him but to say nothing to Julia wasn't right. If she didn't show up soon he'd go looking for her.

As if someone had read his mind Dr. Anderson came into the waiting room. Deeks turned to face her and Mrs. Feldman rose to greet her. Deeks was especially nervous. "Dr. Anderson, how is Kensi? Excuse me, this is Julia Feldman, Kensi's mom. What can you tell us?" He shook the doctor's hand as he spoke and she felt the shaking of nerves in it.

"Detective Deeks and Mrs. Feldman please sit down and I'll explain what has happened with your daughter and your fiancée." Everyone sat again and Dr. Anderson began speaking. "As you know Kensi suffered a beating to her torso area with concluded with three broken ribs, two cracked ribs and internal bleeding. We had fixed the bleeding and the ribs will be bound lightly to keep them from moving and doing more damage. Her broken nose has been fixed and her broken fingers have been immobilized so they can begin to heal. Physically she is on the road to recovery. We cleaned up from the rape and again physically there is no damage, however…" Dr. Anderson knew this was the tricky part of the discussion. "Mentally we are worried. She hasn't come to yet and there seems to be some mental anguish going on behind those eyes. There is twitching and eye movement which usually means dreaming. We don't know what she's thinking about or how it will affect her recovery yet. I understand that Miss Lange has sent for Nate Getz to see her and he should be here tomorrow. I can let you in to see her for a brief period. A warning though, she is badly bruised around the eyes and nose and will be for some time. Her left hand is bandaged so please leave it alone. Mrs. Feldman if you follow me please."

Deeks noticed he wasn't included in the invitation. "How about me Doc can I see her too?"

Dr. Anderson looked into his eyes and saw the pain that he felt. "I thought that you were coming along. Come on. I wouldn't keep you apart any longer would I?"

Deeks smiled and followed the two women to a private room in a secluded part of the hospital. There were two NCIS agents outside her door and that pleased Marty. Hetty still had her head in the game after all.

The room was darkened with a little night lighting and Kensi lay in the one bed in the room. She seemed to be crumpled and that made Deeks a combination of angry and sad. He'd never hoped to see her this way but knew that it had been inevitable in their line of work. She'd seen him this way a couple of times. She'd been the NCIS agent to protect him when he'd been shot and then she'd found him after he'd been tortured. That was before they let their "thing" evolve into what it is now.

Julia went and sat next in the chair to the right of the bed and held Kensi's good hand. He walked to the far side, stood at the head of the bed, stroked her hair and willed her awake, speaking softly to her. Dr. Anderson backed out of the room and let the family be alone.

After an hour or so of being in the room Deeks got antsy. "I'm going for coffee. Can I get you anything?"

Julia shook her head no.

Deeks left the room and spoke quietly to the guards outside the door. "No one except the team, Mrs. Feldman or Hetty inside that door." Both agents nodded and Deeks left for the coffee shop down the street.

The trip to the coffee shop took a half hour at most. He'd brought back a green tea and a croissant sandwich for Julia even though she said no. He hadn't seen her eat in hours so she needed something. As he walked to Kensi's door he noticed the two agents look at each other. It kicked in his 'spidey sense' as he called it. "Hey guys, I brought you back coffees. I didn't know how you take them so I brought creamer and sugar. Here you go." He watched their faces as he offered their coffees and saw consternation as they took them. He smiled at the agents and gave a little laugh and one of his megawatt smiles. "What's up guys?"

The two agents looked at each other again and one spoke up. "I'm sorry Detective Deeks, we're not allowed to let you in. Dr. Anderson gave us strict orders not to. Neither you nor any member of the team are to be allowed past this door. Sorry sir."

It had not been what Deeks had been expecting, quite the contrary. "Well make sure that Mrs. Feldman gets her tea, she needs it. I'm going to find Dr. Anderson."

One agent cleared his throat. "Excuse me Detective, it was Dr. Anderson who gave those orders. We're only following them."

Deeks smirked. "I know that. I just need to find her and find out what's going on." Deeks turned to leave but had a thought and turned back to the agents. "Oh, did you let Special Agent Callen know this because he's on his way here to see her."

The agent looked Deeks in the face. "Yes sir we did. We called the office as soon as the doctor told us. Miss Lange okayed this order."

Deeks impatience began to grow with the diminutive woman. "We'll see." He strode away and threw his coffee in the nearest trash can. The two agents sighed with relief as he turned the corner.