"A Moment In Time"

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; those belong to their original creators. The way it's all stringed together is of my making. No profit is being made out of this (*sigh* unfortunately).

Fandom(s): NCIS: Los Angeles and Nikita
Character(s): G. Callen and Nikita (some of the OSP team)
Pairing: none

Rating: T
Words: 872 words

Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: Two months was all it took to make an everlasting impression…enough of one to spend 24 years searching for the other.
Inspiration: I was watching a Callen-centric NCIS: LA episode and the idea popped up into my head.

Spoiler(s): post-2x08 "London Calling" (Nikita)
Time Frame: 2011. Season 2 for Nikita and Season 3 for NCIS: Los Angeles.

A/N: Additional comments at the end to avoid spoilers. I apology for any grammatical/spelling errors (I tried to get them all before posting).

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"Twenty-Four Years of Waiting"

It's been about a week since she first laid eyes on him.

Although many years had passed, she could still see the teenager she once knew in the man that she now had her eyes on [for the past week]. The very man who, as a teenager, showed her much love in a world where she was brushed aside very often.

She remembered his brief stay with her foster family from long ago. She may have been only five years old at the time, but he made an everlasting impression on her (so much so that she got his name tattooed on her left arm years later as a reminder; G.卡連). When her foster parents showed no love to her in the privacy of their own home, he was the one that stepped up and took care of her. For two months, all his attention was on her as he took care of her with the basics while trying to cheer her up and make her beautiful smile show up more often. It was definitely the best two months of her childhood, so when he left once he turned eighteen, she was crushed…as crushed as a five year old could get.

Yet here she was now, in Los Angeles, seeing him for the first time in twenty-four years…and it was all thanks to her nerd back in on the East coast.

She was so close yet so far away from him. For the longest time she wanted to find him; both for answers and to simply say thanks for those two months he had given her. She didn't think she'd ever find him yet that was all before Division discovered her. Their technology gave her hope that she could one day find her foster brother yet she never had the opportunity to do so. Until now.

With Birkhoff now on her team, Nikita had the resources she needed through him to find her foster brother. It was around the time that Michael decided to stay in London to get to know his son, Max, did Birkhoff finally get a hit.

After reading his impressive file, Nikita figured that she could hit two birds with one stone by going out to find him, not only to reunite but to also ask for temporary help with her mission against Division since Birkhoff wasn't experienced enough in the field like her, Michael or Owen (who was still searching for the guardians in Europe).

Normally she'd never bring a civilian into her fight but her foster brother had quite a record, with many references to him being a legendary agent of sorts…a true born operator. If anyone could be her temporary partner, it would be him…the legendary Mr. G. Callen.

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Someone was watching him. It wasn't some innocent look like some girl was checking him out or something intense like when he's been made while undercover. The feeling was like a mix of the two but he knew for certain that someone was following him.

It was only by the fourth day that he did something about it since he was getting the feeling while on a current mission with the team. He knew that Eric would already have cameras on him and the team to provide extra coverage so he figured now would be the perfect time.

"Hey Eric, check the cameras for anyone having a particular interest in me." Callen slightly ordered as he maintained his nonchalant cover as Kensi was conversing with their target.

"Is there something we should know about G?" Sam questioned into his comm. link as he shifted his attention between his partner and the team's target.

Callen turned the page of his newspaper as he pretended to read it. "Someone's watching me and I don't think it's who we're after."

"It could be the Asian chick who's about a few feet behind Sam. She's on the phone but she keeps looking your way Callen." Deeks offered since he was the only team member that was able to look that particular way without making it look suspicious.

"Got it. I'm running her through facial recognition." Eric stated as he punched in a few commands into his computer back at Ops. It took awhile but once he got a match, he was stunned by what it uncovered. "Uh guys…you're not going to believe this."

"Spit it out Eric." Sam stated as he watched Kensi walk away from their target, having completed her part of the mission (she had planted the bug/tracker onto their suspect just as planned).

Eric gulped. "According to the database, this woman was killed on death row six years ago."

The team was stunned into silence for a moment before Deeks asked the most vital question; "This woman got a name?"

"Nikita Meers."

Callen's head immediately snapped up, forgetting his position as his eyes went to the spot that Deeks had said he had seen the woman before. Her name was all he needed for recognition to set in for him; she was the toddler he had left behind in his escape…the only other being he allowed himself to call his sister.

"Find her Eric…find Nikita." Callen commanded before he disconnected his comm. link.

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A/N #1: I figured since Callen had spent his childhood in 37 foster homes, why can't one of them be Nikita's own foster home (when she was with Gary and Caroline Meers)? So what do you think? I might expand the idea later on into a multi-chapter but for now, it's just a snippet.

A/N #2: Thank you for everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet on my SPN/DA snippet, it means the world to me! A special thanks to Ghostwriter and Enx2103 for leaving me a review...once again, thank you for always leaving your thoughts for me to read and respond to. THANK YOU!

Coming Up Next: TBC (plot bunny)

Originally Published: March 9, 2012