Hunters and Hybrids

Chapter 3

Pulling up outside Callen's house the four of them got out of the car and walked to the porch outside his door.

"You know, for a Giant you aren't very tall." DiNozzo said with a smirk.

Nate looked embarrassed, "I'm short for my kind." He admitted as he reached into the plant pot beside the front door and took out Callen's door key.

Tony looked amazed as the door swung open and he looked into the empty room.

"He just moved in?" Tony asked.

The others just smiled and walked into the house.

"Callen is a minimalist kind of guy." Kensi said as she walked into the room.

"Well, it doesn't look like anyone has been here." Tony said, he turned to Nate, "Can you do the same thing Tim does, that shimmery thing. The thing he does when he opens a portal to the Ne'er?"

Nate smiled, "I can open the portal, if there is one, I don't think G has a Ne'er portal in his house." Nate looked around the walls, nothing looked out of the ordinary. He moved from room to room until he got to Callen's bedroom.

"He got a bed!" Nate exclaimed with a smile as he walked in the room, "I can't see any... Oh, wait... What's this?" Nate walked over to a small design notched into a wall mounted bookcase.

"Portal?" Tony asked.

Nate shook his head, "Were-mark."

"A what?" Deeks asked.

"Werewolves mark their territory, Callen's marked his."

"Eww... He peed up the wall?" Deeks asked stepping back.

Nate laughed, "That's how Monty marks his territory, Monty is a dog." He moved Deeks so he see the carved mark on the wall. "This is how Were's mark their territory."

Nate pressed it gently, nothing happened for a moment, then the bookcase moved with a quiet click.

Nate and Tony moved the bookcase and found a room hidden behind it.

Unlike the other rooms in the house this one was full. Chock full of stuff. There was a large wooden table, a chair and a pile of papers and books.

Kensi picked one up, "Werewolves. History, folklore and Myths." she read.

"Lineage and bloodlines, A guide to Werewolf breeding." Deeks said with a smirk.

"Hunters and how to avoid them." Tony read.

"Looks like he was still looking." Nate said sadly as he picked up a family history chart screwed up in the corner. He had flattened it out and all it said was G. Callen, born 3. 11. 70 and then in his mother's spot it said Clara Callen. Born..... (That was blank) Died. .../..../ 74 . There was a black ink spot where he had left a pen standing for a while. Then he had screwed it up and put it in the bin.

"Werewolves and interbreeding." Kensi read picking up another book.

"Mongrels and why they should be shot?" Deeks looked concerned.

"Damn, Hate propaganda." Nate snapped, "I've warned him against reading this stuff."

"Hate propaganda?" Tony asked.

Nate sighed, "Like homophobia in mortals. The werewolf community is divided on whether this is an issue. Some say that you can't blame the child of an imperfect mating. Callen knows that one of his parents was a purebred werewolf, but he knows his other parent was a hybrid, like he is. As a teenager, he was placed a few times with Ne'er families. In different packs to try to fit in. He would arrive human and they would take to him until he changed. As soon as they saw his size and the face he wasn't a full breed all of them kicked him out of their packs. Some were kind about it, others not so much."