Lovely Lane Chapter 5 Spring Vacation II

NCIS-OSP BOATSHED

Hetty is curious, almost furious. "What the hell happened to the OP? That was pretty routine, and you are the best 'I thought'," she glares at Kensi and Deeks.

"Well, there was this . . . couple," Kensi stammers.

Kensi and her partner, Marty Deeks, tell the story.

"Who are they?" Hetty is steaming.

"We don't know," Deeks mutters. "It all happened so fast."

"Eric, do we have video?" Hetty is on the warpath. Callen and Sam are staying on the sidelines, for now.

"Yes . . . ah," Eric hesitates.

"We pasted together a couple of sources and here is the composite video," Nell finishes.

They watch the incident from when Clark gets up from his chair, to when he disappears around the corner after giving Deeks the baggie, to when Kensi and Deeks go around the same corner looking for the couple.

"When you rounded that corner, what did you see?"

"Nothing . . . nobody!"

"Nothing? What is the time differential?" Hetty is scowling now.

"5 seconds," Eric answers.

"5 damn seconds? And the both of you, highly trained, saw NOTHING!?"

"There was nothing to see," Kensi defends herself and her partner.

"Who are they – to disappear into thin air?" Now Hetty is puzzled.

"Give me a minute, I'm closing in," Nell responds.

Silence for 2 minutes. Finally, she speaks up.

"Ok, we got good images for facial rec. Here goes: the young man is Clark Kent, sophomore at Met U in Metropolis, Kansas. The young lady is Lana Lang, also a sophomore at Met U. Both hometowns are Smallville, KS. They are lifelong friends and classmates. They share a loft apartment near the Met U campus."

"Sharing an apartment?" Sam smirks.

"Probably here on spring break?" Callen surmises.

"Probably," Nell agrees. "I have their hotel if you are interested?"

"Yes," Callen asks for it on their phones. "Do they eat breakfast at the hotel?"

"Yup, room service at 07:00 every day. They have already ordered for tomorrow."

"Excellent. Kensi and Deeks, you will be serving room service tomorrow morning. We need to have a chat with these kids." Now Hetty is excited. 'Maybe I should serve? I do have that maid uniform from that stint in Paris. Yes, this will blow their minds!'

"Change of plans," Hetty interjects. "I will serve, Nell will be my trainee. Miss Jones, we'll need to meet and set up our scenario."

"Hetty, are you sure?" Callen wonders what's going on.

"Yes, Mr. Callen. This won't be remotely dangerous. And I have a long unused maid uniform rom a time in Paris."

The agents, detective and Ops staff look askance at each other; but she's the boss and they aren't dealing with armed & dangerous criminals here. What could possibly go wrong.

HOLIDAY INN 06:55

Clark has showered and is sitting on the foot of the bed, wearing his robe and slippers. He is looking through some tourist brochures, they hadn't decided what to do today.

Lana has finished her shower and is working on her hair & makeup. He doesn't think she needs much beautifying – he has always thought Lana was the most beautiful woman on the planet. He is deliriously happy that they have worked things out, and are together . . . finally together. She feels exactly the same. This is their first "vacation" together – spring break from Met U.

KNOCK, KNOCK. "Room service!"

TBC