Redemption

Chapter 5

A detective sat across the table from the 15 year old. He was shocked to see the injuries the young man had suffered. Even if he was being accused of murder, the old detective could see the terror thinly veiled in the young mans eyes.

"Here." He said quietly reaching out and handing him a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the young man's hands and face.

As his hand came towards the boys face, the boy jumped off the chair and skittered towards the other corner.

The detective knelt down and held the handkerchief at arms length; Callen gingerly reached his hand out and snatched it.

"Your name's Callen?" The detective asked.

The young Callen nodded. He carefully, wincing as he did so and eased himself back into the chair.

"You can call me Sloane." Sloane said and Callen nodded.

"You wanna tell me what happened?" He asked.

Callens' face became impassive, and he leant back in the chair.

"Nothin'." He snapped.

Sloane looked back at the camera and tried again.

"You were found in the back bedroom of a home belonging to Jeremy Kendall, you had the body of Emily Brandel in your arms and you are covered in her blood." He stated

"And." Callen snapped.

"Kendall says you killed her." Sloane said flatly.

Callen leaned forward and snarled at the cop, "And of course I'm a liar and he's telling the fucking truth,"

A look of shock flashed over the faces of everyone in OPS watching, this was not the Callen they knew.

"Did you kill her?" Sloane asked.

Callen glared at him. However, he did not answer.

"We do know you were in a relationship with the victim." Sloane said hoping Callen would just give him something to work with.

"Hardly knew her, just another foster grunt." He said.

"Yeah," Said Sloane, "How come she was pregnant with your kid then?" Sloane shot at him.

Callen paled and promptly threw up in a trashcan in the corner of the room.

"You're lying." He said the words just barely heard on the tape, "Just tricking me." He pulled himself along the floor to the corner of the room and pulled his knees up effectively curling himself into a ball.

Sloane crouched, "Sorry son, It's a new thing called DNA checks we know it was your kid. If you confess now we can make things much easier on you with the judge." Sloane prompted.

"They are railroading him!" Kensi said shocked.

Deeks was still leaning against the table but his knuckles were white and his jaw was clenched. However, he said nothing.

Callen was shaking as another man stepped into the room,

"His social worker wants to see him." The other man said and Sloane left the room.

Callens social worker walked into shot and crouched down.

"Told you you'd end up in prison, how could you do this to Mr. Kendall?" She said.

"I….I didn't!" Callen looked up at her pleading for her just this once to understand.

"If you had just let him have Martin, there would have been no problem,"