Callen watched the interrogation from the main room as Anna stood by him.
Callen had turned off the speaker, not wanting to hear either of the interrogations going on as The younger two agents walked into the room, Kensi peeling off and heading out to get some food as Deeks called through to Eric for a doctor for Alexei Mishnev.
"Is he alright?" Callen asked, unable to keep the worry from his voice.
"He's feeling unwell." Deeks said, stepping back as Callen moved into his personal space. "I didn't do anything!" he added worried at Callen's reaction.
"G?" Sam warned as he entered.
Callen shook his head, "I need to go in there." He said.
"You can't." Sam replied as he looked at his partner. "As far as Alexei knows you are still being held."
"And it's probably making him sick! I need to see him!" Callen pleaded.
"I'll talk to Hetty." Sam promised, "Where is she?"
"She's in interrogation room one, with Marco and Gibbs."
"Stay here." Sam ordered as he sighed and walked towards the room.
Marco had slumped face forward as he cried for the loss of his father, not caring that the others could see his grief, his father had been a wonderful man and deserved to be mourned properly.
He didn't even look up at the knock on the door.
Gibbs moved to open it. Sam motioned for both Gibbs and Hetty to come out of the room.
"Mr Hanna, What is the problem?" Hetty asked as she pulled the door shut.
"Callen's asking to see Alexei Mishnev, apparently Deeks has just asked Eric to call for a doctor, he's unwell."
"If Callen see's him it will compromise him." Gibbs said annoyed.
"I don't care." Callen snapped from behind them, "He needs me."
"Mr Callen, this is for your own safety. You can't…" Hetty stopped as the door behind her was wrenched from her grasp and Marco plowed out making a beeline for the other agent knocking Hetty and Gibbs to the ground in his wake.
"CALLEN!" Marco yelled as Sam grabbed him, "GET OFF ME!"
Sam slammed him up against the wall, twisting his arm behind his back.
"Get back in there." Sam said, maneuvering Marco back to the room.
"He's gonna die Callen! Painfully and slowly…" Marco smiled calling to Callen as Sam shoved him back in the room.
Gibbs tried to grab Callen who pushed past him, shoving Sam out of the way and pushing Marco up to the far wall.
"What have you done?" He snarled.
"Nothing." Marco replied. "You killed my father, and now yours will die!"
Callen stepped back in shock, "I never killed your father. He died of a heart attack."
Marco laughed derisively, "Both you and I know how to fake a heart attack, you think I don't remember what you said? Remember, we were trained by the same people."
"I didn't kill him, I was with you when he died." Callen took a deep breath and turned away.
"Then that pretty thing of yours killed him, what was her name? Anna? Maybe I'll…" He stopped as Callen's hand closed around his throat.
"Anna had nothing to do with this." He snarled. "This is all on the Calling, they twisted you. She didn't kill Roberto, she never laid a finger on him. You are wrong, I was wrong, the Calling are NOT Mother and Father, they are NOT trying to make the world better for everyone."
Marco shook his head, "You're lying, they've corrupted you."
Callen moved and pulled out a chair, shooting Hetty a look which she immediately caught and understood, moving the others back to make room she nodded towards her own vacant seat for him.
"Sit down Marco. Let's talk." Callen said calmly as he sat in the seat Hetty had been occupying only moments before.
"You want to talk brother?" Marco asked with a sneer.
"You were younger than I was when you were saved weren't you?"
"Four." Marco said before he could help himself. Both men were staring intently at each other and neither saw Sam mouth the word 'Saved' at Gibbs.
Callen nodded, "The Calling gives you a sense of safety, a sense of identity, they won't understand that." Callen waved his hand at the others barely acknowledging them. "It makes you feel like you are worthy, a part of a family. Not alone anymore."
Marco nodded, "It's true, we are a part of something bigger, something greater. You know… I can't make them understand they just don't…"
"They weren't there, I know." Callen said softly.
"They don't know what The Calling gave us."
"Exactly, they don't, but I do… Tell me, why lie about who you were to Gibbs."
"He's the enemy. He rules, but he doesn't care… not really. He pretends to, while you are useful to him, then like everyone else he drops you when you are no longer useful. I nearly trusted him you know, the amount of times I wanted to tell… Then he'd show his true colors, my father was right, people will always use people like us, the unwanted and forgotten."
Unconsciously Callen nodded.
"Unloved and abandoned." Callen finished without even thinking, not noticing the looks on the faces of those listening. "We fight for the family."
"The family fights for us, that is The Calling." Marco said. Then he looked Callen right in the eye. "That's what you had forgotten."
Callen shook his head, "It's what I remembered. I remembered what a real family was like. My team showed me."
"Huh? Really? They pretended, you know what we were taught, how people will try to use and manipulate you." Marco argued, "You were brainwashed by them."
Callen shook his head, "More the opposite, I was taught freedom to choose, freedom to say no. Respect for myself as a person, respect for my own being."
"Your body belongs to the Calling, we exist only to serve."
"No.. My body belongs to me, not them." The anger that was rolling off Callen now in waves was unfamiliar to everyone, but Hetty who had seen this when Callen had been younger. "My actions belong to me, my choices belong to ME! And yours should belong to you. Maybe your father loved you, I don't know. I won't say he didn't and others can't either, but Marco, the Calling is wrong. Taking children from the streets, doing what they did to us was wrong."
"THEY GAVE YOU A HOME!" Marco yelled.
Callen took a deep breath and sighed, "No… They gave me an indoctrination, they taught me to choose the right, but the right was wrong."
"Not true. You have to feel what you are doing is right." Tony answered by rote.
"Does it feel right to you? Giving away secrets, killing Ned… Killing Daniel?"
"I didn't... Not Ned, I tried… Daniel wasn't my fault, Gibbs…" Marco trailed off as he finally started to think for himself. "I wasn't… it was right, for the greater good."
"How many people, not including Ned were killed in Egypt?"
Marco shook his head, "They were collateral…"
"Don't!" Callen snapped, "Do not call all those innocent people collateral damage. No one should hurt because of us, ever! We took this job to help people, to keep them safe, to keep them ALL safe. This is why we do what we do. They are not unworthy of being saved."
"But…" Marco started and then stopped as Callens words sank in.
He sat there in silence, just shaking his head, but saying nothing.
Callen stood up and walked over to Gibbs, "Leave him for a bit, he needs time to think."
Gibbs nodded and they stood up and left Marco sitting there.
In the hallway Callen stopped and turned to Gibbs, "I need to see Alexei, please."
Gibbs turned to Hetty, who nodded.
"Very well Mr. Callen, but you need to be cuffed."
"Why?" Callen asked.
"To keep your cover intact." She replied.
Callen glowered at her for a moment and as usual, she gave him a slight, understanding smile and he capitulated.
Alexei looked up as the door opened, he'd been in pain for a while and he was hoping that finally it was a doctor with some painkillers.
He looked concerned when Callen was brought in, in handcuffs and placed in the seat across from him. Gibbs placed Callen in the chair and then left the room, joining the others in the main room who were waiting, watching on the monitor.
Alexei hadn't said much, if anything while he had been here. But his face softened on seeing his boy again.
"Are you well?" Callen asked.
Alexei smiled, the pain showing in his eyes, "It is bearable, I am hoping for a doctor to help ease the pain soon." He admitted.
"They still haven't gotten you a doctor?" Callen's angry glance at the camera was caught by those watching.
"I was promised one when I answered their questions, so far, I haven't answered anything."
"You were injured." Callen stated looking at him in worry.
"Physical injuries heal, you know that moy syn." Alexei replied.
"I do Father."
"It is injuries of the heart that hurt more. Being betrayed by one you trusted."
Callen nodded, he was thinking of how The Calling had betrayed him.
"I trusted you, you were to be the next leader along with me. But now it will be DiAntonio and his useless son Marco."
"Marco's Father is dead. Heart Attack, he tried to attack Anna."
"So, a heart attack or a Heart Attack?" Alexei asked.
"It was natural." Callen snapped. "I don't use what you taught me."
"Pity." Alexei sighed, "You were such a good student. So much talent."
Callen shuddered, not a part of his past, he was proud of and he never wanted to revisit.
"So with us out of the way, and DiAntonio, who will step up now?" Callen asked.
Alexei looked over at the camera, but the light was off.
"Ah, well… Your sister was my next choice."
"She's dead too, killed by Janvier." Callen replied. "She hid her links to The Calling well, you would be pleased to know we still fought like brother and sister."
"Brother and sister… Mates… I always had high hopes for you both." Alexei sighed. "You would have made a good Mother and Father to a new family."
Callen laughed, "No, we were too competitive."
In the main room all but Gibbs looked shocked. Gibbs knew Callen had had a sister so didn't think anything of it until Hetty turned to Sam. "Did you know Hunter was his 'sister'?" She asked.
Sam shook his head, "He acted like he didn't know her, but there was an instant dislike."
"I thought his sister was Amy?" Gibbs asked.
Sam nodded, "She was his real sister."
"So, who will take over, I mean everything we worked for, everything we built, can't be over can it?" Callen continued.
Alexei smiled, "No… Not in the least, We have people, I know you will be able to get free, the list is in the same place I showed you as a child. Find it, contact those on the top. Take your place as the head of The Calling, if you can't escape, tell your lawyer where the list is, get him to contact those on the list. The Calling must survive."
Callen took a deep breath and unlocked the cuffs from around his wrists.
"I knew you would be loyal." Alexei said as Callen dropped the cuffs in front of him on the table.
"Always Father." He replied. "Always."