I'm coming out.

Chapter 17

Callen sat there, listening to The President giving his speech, his mind only half on what was being said.

He was watching for the red dot that meant Kensi was in position. He hoped that her aim was true and that her shot wouldn't be fatal. In all his life he had never thought he would find a cause worth dying for, until now. The thought of Michelle being sent back to a breeding center sickened him to his core, or worse, Jacob being wrenched away from the mother he loved and brought up in the system, segregated from others because his mother was straight. No, this was a cause worth dying for if it meant that no child would be discarded because of the way they were created and no one would again be imprisoned for loving who they loved.

He watched as the dot flared to life on the president's chest.

"SHOOTER!" He yelled as he threw himself between the bullet whose shot rang out and was now travelling towards its target and the President.

Callen felt the impact as the bullet entered his body. "Sorry Kens." He whispered as both he and the President landed in a heap on the floor.

Within seconds Chaos had ensued. The secret service moved in pointing their guns at Callen, for a second until they realized that there was blood.

"Mr. President are you hurt?" One agent asked.

For a second the President looked down at the blood on his shirt, "I'm fine... Agent Callen....?"

"We'll deal with him, we need to get you out of here now." The secret service agent talked into his cuff mike, "Package is on the move."

"Make sure someone gets him to a hospital, he saved my life!" The President ordered looking at the fallen agent with concern as the secret service agents moved to get him away from the scene.

It took The President all of two hours and a direct order to be able to go to the hospital to see how the agent was.

He walked into the waiting room, ignoring the surprised stares of the staff and walked over to Sam.

"Agent Hanna, I am told you arrived with Agent Callen, this morning, How is he?" The President kept up the pretense of not knowing them and Sam had to admit he was impressed.

"Mr. President," Sam shook his hand, "I don't know how G is, He's been in surgery since they brought him in, no one will talk to me."

There was a clamor outside the room as a group of journalists had somehow found out where the president was.

"Let them in, I'll give them a statement." The president said as he saw a doctor coming out of the room that Sam had indicated Callen was in knowing what was coming. He wanted the press in earshot for this.

"Mr. President, can you tell us what happened?" A reporter asked.

"From what I know someone tried to kill me, An NCIS Agent, who right now will not be named for security reasons put his own life on the line to save mine."

"How is the Agent?" Another reporter asked.

The President turned to ask Sam, who had been talking to the doctor.

"What do you mean you can't treat him and he has to be discharged right away!" Sam yelled, "If you don't treat him as he'll die!"

"I'm sorry, I can't treat him, we ran his bloods... He's natural born." The doctor said.

"So this man saves the life of the President of the United States and you're going to let him die because he wasn't born in a breeding center?" Sam argued.