Mission 101

Chapter 6- Friends Are Worth Fighting For

Callen's POV

I looked at Sam and nodded. Time for us to go old school.

"Mate, it's okay. We aren't going to stop you. Actually, we're here to finish the job off." I stated, suddenly getting this random guys attention. "Ohh, you're working for Brandel too?" Well that was easier than I thought. He stepped closer to me and Sam, staring at us, trying to figure out if we were telling the truth or not. "No. And neither will you." Sam informed, kicking the guy in the you know what, making the guy fall to the floor and cry out in pain. I walked over to him and handcuffed him, while Sam untied the ropes that we're keeping Deeks on the chair. Deeks looked horrible. As soon as Sam untied the second rope that was tied around Deeks neck, he suddenly fell, not being able to move. He had no strength, what so ever.

We called an ambulance and it arrived about five minutes later. Deeks was rushed into the ambulance and set off for another trip to the hospital. Wow. I just got a big sense of déjà vu.

Just as Sam and I went to get in the car, it hit me. "Hey, where's Kensi? She wasn't here? Where'd she go?" Sam looked confused. "I have no idea. Hetty probably sent her to do something. I mean, she did leave straight after her conversation with her." I nodded and we got in the car and drove to ops.

When we got to ops, we walked into Hetty's office, but she wasn't there, so then we walked into ops. "Eric, Nell, where's Hetty?" I asked. "I thought she was in her office?" Eric answered. "Uhm, no. She's not here?" Eric shook his head. I just realised Nell hadn't said anything. " Nell? Do you know something?" She still didn't answer. "Nell!" I said again.

"Hetty is accompanying Agent Blye in a private investigation." Nell stated, with complete seriousness crossing her voice. Sam, Eric and I exchanged looks. I guess Eric didn't know about this either. "What do you mean a 'private' investigation? Is Kensi okay?" Sam questioned.

"Miss Blye has been assigned to track down a victim. That is all I can say." Nell answered. I was about to ask what victim, but then I figured, she won't tell us anything else, so there is no point.

"When will they be back?" Sam asked. Nell just shrugged her shoulders."Not until they find the victim." Well that was preposterous.

"Considering there is no new cases, you guys can enjoy a quiet afternoon." Eric stated. "G, we still have that game of paper basketball. Wanna finish it of?" Sam asked. "Bring. It. On."

"Uhh, guys? Not so fast. When I said 'quiet afternoon' I meant it. You guys are doing paperwork." "Ohh, and I would try to finish it before Hetty gets back. If she sees the amount of paperwork you guys still haven't gotten around to doing, you might not make it through another day on this earth." Nell added, as we walked out of ops and down into the bullpen.

Sam and I sat at our desks for twenty minutes doing boring paperwork. "G, can't we just sneak out and get a beer? Hetty's not here, Deeks is still in hospital,Kensi's 'investigating', Nell and Eric are up in ops, they probably won't even know we were gone and Granger is in Washington." Sam mentioned. I nodded and we went to walk out of the bullpen, when Hetty walked in, followed by Kensi and Deeks.

"Deeks, I thought you weren't getting out of hospital until tommorow?" I asked.

"Who's Deeks?" He asked. "What did you wake up with amnesia or something?" Sam asked, laughing quietly. "Ahh, Mr Callen. Mr Hanna. I'd like you to meet Max Brandel. Mr Deeks' brother." Hetty stated. Me and Sam just looked at her and laughed. "Good one Hetty. Almost got me." I stated.

"Ohh, right. I totally forgot he changed his last name. Why didn't I think if that? Anyway, I'm Max Brandel, Deeks' twin. Identical, if you want to be specific. Identical twins run in the family. Well, actually I don't know about 'identical', clearly I am just so much better looking than he is. " Max replied. Ohh great. Another Deeks.

"Ohh right, nice to meet you. I'm Sam Hanna and this is my partner G Callen." Sam stated, pointing to me, before Max asked the one question I wish everyone would stop asking me." G, huh? What, your mum could only afford one letter?" Everyone laughed. Apart from me. Yep, same sense of humour as Deeks too.How am I going to deal with two Deeks'? It's hard enough as it is having to put up with one. I feel so sorry for Kensi.

Nell and Eric came running down from ops. "Max, nice to meet you. I'm Nell Jones and this Eric Beale." Nell greeted. "Ahhhh, finally a pretty girl who can tell me and that ugly brother of mine apart!" Max replied, making everyone laugh, considering him and Deeks were in fact 'identical'. "Uhm, I wouldn't get your hopes up with that. I'm an intelligence analyst. We have access to records. It's my job to know who people are." Nell stated. "You couldn't have just played along? Come on, man!" Max complained. Yep, exactly like Deeks. "Wow, it's just like Deeks has been cloned or something. Far out! Kensi, I don't know how you haven't strangled yourself yet!" Eric read my thoughts.

We all sat down around the lounge area of the bull-pen, talking and laughing, Max telling us embarrassing stories about Deeks' childhood, that Sam and I can use to tease Deeks later. Things are finally back to normal. There's nothing better than a good beer with the friends you love. Except when one of them isn't in hospital.