The Truth Comes Out After all ( NCIS LA)

Version One (chapter two)

Version One

Hetty sat at the bedside of her LAPD liaison for quite awhile. It took him about a day and a half to wake up. He requested that no one be allowed in his room to visit- only Nell, Eric and Hetty. Nell expressed how sorry the others felt and how they wanted to make it up to him. But deep down, Deeks knew that nothing they would say or do could make up for it. They didn't see him as an equal, and left him on the line. He had to get himself out of danger and to safety on his own.

He'd expect the disrespect from LAPD, they weren't good to him anyway, and he always had his own back. But for a federal Agency to show so much disrespect and attitude to a fellow law enforcement officer, was beyond messed up. Sure he didn't have Agent training, but he was just as good as them. Kensi was a good sniper, and OK at undercover work, but thats all she had for herself other than being able to fight. Sam was good at being brute force, hand to hand combat, undercover work, and shooting, as well as speaking a few languages. Callen was good at all of this, and spoke 4 languages- English, Russian, Serbian, and Portuguese.

Desks however had something they didn't, he never had backup. He learned how to speak Spanish, German, Russian (which was completely a secret), Portuguese and English, and some ASL ( or American Sign Language).

He was released from the hospital a day later, where he went straight to LAPD and resigned. He then put in a letter to Hetty, and went through his stuff. Soon it was all sorted, some of it in storage, and the rest in a bag. From there he called Tony and said he was interested in a job. By that evening, Deeks was on a plane and on his way to Washington. Nell and Eric knew his plans, and kept what they could from the team. Nell was going to move into Deek's apartment for the time being, as he wanted to keep it and didn't want it to be empty while he was gone. Nell's lease was up anyways so she and Deeks worked out an agreement.

Hetty received the paperwork and sighed. She had just lost a man she didn't want to lose. Sending for Nell, she had the young woman clear Deek's desk once the team was gone that evening. She then poured some bourbon in a glass and swirled it gently, times were hard, and she lost one of her best assists to another division. She then put in a request for another agent, it was temporary, she wanted her man back and she'd let him come back on his own time.

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Deeks temporarily stayed with Tony until he figured things out. Deeks went through training, led by Tony and several other people from NCIS. By the end of his training, he was put on another team, but it was in the same building as Tony, in the desks next to him. The two never had to go far to talk.

6 months in to his new life in DC, he was sent to LA on a case. He did everything he could to skate around having to see his old team. He met with Nell and Eric after hours to get information, and to use resources, after all Callen's team wasn't the only team there. He closed his case in a few days, and was allowed an extra day there. He spent the time surfing and going to see all his old friends. A few hours were spent helping in the food shelter and among children. Someone pulled a few strings and got him on the flight to DC through the air force.

He landed in DC in the early hours of the morning. Instead of going back to Tony's he headed straight to work. Trading his flannel and jeans for the suit in his desk, he changed in the bathroom before sitting down to work. Most agents left cold cases to get colder, but he liked working those cases. Between his team and Him, they managed to close 20 cases since he'd been there- far more than they had been solving without him.

Tony and Deeks also bonded on a whole new level. It started with Deeks on the couch, something he was fine with as this wasn't going to be permeant.  They'd met when Tony was on a case in LA, and they hit it off as friends. Deeks had gone to DC a few times with his team for training and other tasks they were given, and the two had a beer and got to know each other.  Their relationship changed along the way. Somehow, they fell along the lines of more than friends. They understood each other on levels most couldn't. If you asked Tony, the only guy he was attracted to was Deeks, no other guy was attractive, or remotely what he wanted. Something about the blonde and his surfer like persona was intriguing. In DC, it was apparent the surfer was a bit different from the rest of the political city, but in a way he fit, he found his own spot. His team members had his back in and out of the field, and DiNozzo had his back too. Between the two of them on the weekends, they solved a few cold cases over some baseball games, beer and Pizza. Deeks and Tony shared a bed, they had been together for three months before it got even remotely sexual.