Chapter 9 - nobody goes Kaboom today
Nell drives towards the crime scene in a black SVU. She parks a little away from the crime scene and runs to the warehouse so she doesn't drag to much attention and she just pretend to be a runner.
"okay Nell you should be about a 10 feet from the ventilation shaft entrances." Kensi informs her.
"Kens there is a camera here that is moving. Should I shoot it off? It wasn't on the plan."
"they are watching her." Sam says. Callen nods. "Shot it off Nell." Callen order. Nell takes out a laser pen from her pocket and points the laser at the camera lens to crash the camera.
"good Nell now they are blind but keep eyes up for other camera." Callen says.
"copy that."
Nell continues walking and around the corner she finds the ventilation shaft entrances. She put on the oxygen mask and then start removing the screws.
"I'm going in." she says and then starts crawling in. she has to take her backpack of and move it in front of her with one hand and hold the oxygen tank in the other hand.
In ops Sam, Callen, Kensi, Deeks and Nate is standing and watching Nells movement on one camera and Eric on another camera. They don't realize that Hetty has entered ops and is now standing right behind Callen and Sam.
"what is happening here, Mr. Callen?"
Everyone get surprised by Hettys surprising present.
"Hetty?" Callen says very choked.
"that isn't Miss. Jones in a ventilation shaft I see right?" Hetty asks.
"Hetty I had information about the scene that you didn't have. If you had send bomb squad in they would have instantly killed Eric the second, they touched the door handle." Nell explains over the headset while she continues crawling her way through the ventilation shaft.
"okay Nell take your next left and then you should find a hatch that would lead you down about 25 feet from Eric." Deeks says.
"copy that."
"but Nell…" Sam says. "just remember there is about 4 feet from the ventilation shaft to the ground. So careful when you jump."
"I was a gymnast in high school Sam. But thanks for the heads up."
Nell continues crawling. After a few minutes she gets to the hatch. She very carefully opens the hatch to make sure she doesn't activate any booby-traps. She takes a peek down to make sure that there is no one else there who is ready to attack her.
"okay all clear. Here comes the tricky part."
She drops down the backpack first. It hits the ground with a loud sound.
"Nell… do you know how much equipment there is in that back?" Sam says.
"that wasn't Government assigned undercover equipment and highly specified weapons that I just saw being dropped 13 feet down, Miss Jones?"
"sorry Hetty."
Nell is getting ready to jump down through the hatch but she realizes she can't do it at the same time she is holding her oxygen tank. So she takes of the mask and drops down the tank and then she holds her breath while she is crawling down the hatch so she is only holding on with her finger tips.
Eric is sitting tied to the chair and watching a person that he can't quiet identify hanging down from the ventilation shaft. Kick with her legs. He knows it must be a law enforcement officer but he doesn't recognize who it is until she let go of the ventilation shaft and jumps down on the grown. She puts on her oxygen mask again.
"dam it." she looks down at her right side. Her top is ripped up and she is bleeding. She got cut by the corner of the hatch when she crawled down.
"what is going on Nell?" Kensi asks.
"I got cut by the ventilation shaft. Nothing serious."
Nell picks up her back pack and walk slowly and careful over to Eric. He looks really bad.
"hey. You missed me, partner?" she says with a smile. Eric smiles a little even though he is in big pain.
"okay Eric I have to break the laser around you first." She says.
She takes her backpack off and takes out a small tablet.
"if you break the laser we both go Kaboom, Nell." Eric says very scared.
"but… if we trick the receiver to think that the laser isn't broken."
"how?"
"hacking. I checked their firewall earlier. I know Ira is your friend but his firewall is a joke."
She is typing for about 20 seconds then the laser around Eric turns off.
"and we are in."
"nice job Nell." Kensi says in her ear.
Nell steps closer to Eric then they hear the laser system restart.
"okay… not expected." Eric gets scared again.
"what are we going to do now?" hi sound panicked.
"well…" Nell look at her backpack that is on the other side of the laser wall. "if I can reach my backpack without breaking the laser then we can break the laser in the old fashion style."
She reaches her arm out throughout the lasers. She is less then inches from touching the laser with her ripped shirt.
"Nell careful." Eric screams.
"it would help a lot if you stopped screaming at me." She says a clearly annoyed.
"I don't want to blow up." He says very scared like a little boy.
"okay screw it." She says and takes her arm back and stands up. She takes her bulletproof vest of.
"what is she doing?" hettty asks in her ear.
Nell doesn't respond and takes of her ripped top so she is only wearing sports bra. Eric can't help but starring at her. She also hears Deeks, Sam and Callen in her ear very surprised.
"did she just…?" Sam says.
"okay close your eyes guys if you can't handle a girl in a sports bra." Nell says and try to reach for her backpack again. This time she gets her backpack and pulls it closer to the laser wall. First she takes out the oxygen mask for Eric and put it on him. Then she reaches into the backpack and take out a tampon and some bandages tape.
"this is going to hurt." She says and then sits down and stick the tampon in to the deep wound he has in his hand. It looks like something was forced through his hand.
"this will help stop the bleeding." Eric starts screaming when Nell push the tampon in to his hand and then she tapes It so it stays there. Eric has tears in his eyes because it hurt so much.
"okay I'm done. You okay?" she asks. He nods in silences.
"good.' She touches his hand gently.
"okay let's get you out of here."
Nell grabs a scissor from her back pack.
"Eric, I'm going to cut your hands and angles free now but… Promise me you will stay seated after."
She looks at him with very serious look. He nods.
"promise me?"
He nods. "I promise."
"good there is a pressure bomb under you. If you move, we both go boom."
Eric nods.
She cuts his hands and angles free.
"stay!" she demands and then she kneel down to look at the bomb under the chair.
"Sam you see this?" Nell holds up her Neckless with the camera so Sam can get a better view of the pressure bomb.
"yes Nell, I see it. I will guide you through this." Sam says. "it seems pretty sloppy."
"It looks like Spaghetti." Deeks says.
Sam guides Nell through how to disarm the bomb while Eric is sitting and is sweating a lot while he is just looking at Nell working. He still
"okay Nell now it should be safe to cut the red wire and then you have disarmed the bomb."
"should be?" Nell asks.
"ye. I mean you can never be 100 % sure but it doesn't seem like this is the most professional work."
"okay Sam I trust you."
She reaches up and hold Eric hand and then she cuts the red wire like Sam Said. The sound from the bomb stops. Nell and Eric look up at each other with a very relieved look. Back in Ops is there also relief. Eric stands up and hug Nell very tight.
"Sam… I love you right now." Nell says. Eric look a little surprised about those words.
"okay. Next step…" Nell stands up. How do we get out of the lasers?"
Nell look around.
"oh boy. We are in trouble." She says after a little.
"really? We are standing near a bomb inside a cave of laser and a room where each door is covered with C4 enough to take a man down." Eric says very sarcastic.
"shut up Eric." Nell says. She continues to look around. She kneels down to observe the lasers.
"nahh, it will not work. I'm too fat to get through the lasers."
"fat?' Eric says in surprise of those words.
"yeah my breast is too big to get through."
Nell is standing in silences and thinking. Eric is unwillingly starring at her. Back in ops they can all see Eric how is starring a little low of the camera.
"is he starring at hers…?" deeks ask almost whispering. Sam and Callen nods. Nell doesn't seem to notice Eric right now.
"hey Kens? I need your help." Nell finally says.
"anything Nell."
"Kens go to my computer. It has access to Eric's gamer computer. There is a software that you can use to jam the laser signal just long enough to Eric and I can get out."
"you have to use the video file with the firefighter to connect to Nells phone." Eric says.
Nell look at Eric.
"you have to use my phone as a transmitter. Witch also will mean that we will go blind for about 30 seconds…" Nell informs Kensi. "firefighters?" Nell says after a little. Eric nods with a big smile.
"thanks for that."
"oh you are so welcome." Eric says with a teasing tone. He sounds almost like C3PO from Star Wars.
In ops Kensi walks over to Nells computer and to like Nell told.
"okay Nell it is some pretty good-looking firefighters you got here." Kensi says.
"do you have a thing for firefighters Nell?" Sam asks.
Nell look over at Eric how just have a big grin on his face. Nell punches him on his arm.
"av."
"everything okay there?" Nate asks.
"year we are good. How is it going Kensi?"
Nell hear typing from Kensi.
"almost there Nell."
"Eric how are you Holden up?" Nate asks.
"he can't hear you Nate, but he seems to be okay based on the circumstances."
"Nell there is an earpiece for Eric in the front pocket of the backpack." Nate informs.
Nell doesn't respond o that.
"okay I can connect to your phone know Nell."
"okay we are going blind know guys. I will talk to you in 30 seconds." Nell says.
"3… 2… 1… now." Kensi counts and then her voice is gone.
"now." Says and jumps through where the laser wall was while she is holding Eric's hand.
In ops the screen is dark and the there is no sound in the earpieces.