I'm coming out.

Chapter 11

Callen awoke his arms wrapped around Michelle, he sighed in contentment and found himself snuggling into her neck.

"Morning Greg." she sighed, "What's the time?"

Callen looked over at the bedside clock, "7.30am, we need to get up, you have to pick up Jacob later." he said kissing her and rolling away to sit up.

Michelle groaned, "It was a great night Greg,"

G looked at her, "But….?" he asked his heart constricting.

She looked confused, "But nothing? It was a great night, and I meant what I said, I love you Gregori Callen Reznikov."

He let out a brilliant smile and pulled her to him, "I love you too, Michelle Mason, and Jacob as well."

She pulled his shirt on and sat cross legged on the bed, "So you're staying?" she asked.

Callen nodded as he stood up, "I am...if I went back it wouldn't be long before the containment team sent me to Guantanamo, I have fam...family here." He stumbled over the word as his throat constricted with emotion. "I know they don't want me there so, yes, I'm staying." he grabbed a towel from the closet, "I'm gonna grab a shower, Hetty is on her way down and I want to be ready when she gets here, you rest...I won't be long."

Michelle smiled and stood up, "I need a shower too...got room for one more?" She asked innocently and burst into laughter as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to him.

Hetty was tired, she had been driving all night and she turned up the dirt road leading to the NBSCA camp, not noticing the van with no lights that followed.

"There is no one following her," Sam said, "Are we sure that this is where Callen is?"

They pulled over as Hetty stopped and got out of the car at a checkpoint, she stood her arms outstretched as she was searched.

"We need to ditch the van and do the rest of this on foot." Kensi said.

The sun was a third of the way across the sky as Hetty and her escort reached the house. Kensi Deeks and Sam followed at a distance but hadn't been spotted.

"It's like a self contained compound down there." Sam said as he looked through his field glasses at the buildings in the small valley.

He watched as Hetty was taken to a large house, she stopped and Sam watched as a dark skinned woman carrying a small child walked up to her and said something. She nodded and walked inside.

We've lost sight of her, Kensi, you take the perimeter, Deeks and I will go to the house, we need to get her out of there.

They came down the side of the valley, the scant brush giving them just enough cover so as not to be seen.

Deeks put a finger to his lips and pointed as two men walked out of the house.

"Arkady...we have to do this. We cannot continue as we have been, it is time for change, the authorities know where we are, Gregori may trust the woman, but she may be a spy, Gregori will get it out of her."

"Nikita, you cannot hurt her, Gregori trusts her."

"I have no intention of breaking my son's trust, but we need to know if we are to move operations." Nikita sighed, he looked directly at the bush that Sam and Deeks were hiding behind but saw nothing. Then he turned and walked back into the house.

Sam looked at the windows, there were men with guns in the house and he took note of where they were, then he saw Callen.

Callen walked out of the back of the house and sat on the porch with a mug of coffee in his hand. The woman they had seen earlier followed him out and kissed him, he took the child from her arms and sat with him on his lap.