20Disclaimer: The characters of N.C.I.S. Los Angeles are property of CBS
This chapter is rated M because of a graphic torture scene, per se.
Deeks ran his hand through his hair, and thought on Nate's statement; then he looked Nate dead in his eyes.
"Do you usual lead with that statement, or do you build up a false sense of security before you drop the hammer and get down to business?" Deeks asked.
"Huh?" Nate asked, caught off guard by Deeks question.
"You're definitely a psychologist." Deeks said with a chuckle.
Nate was taken back by Deeks speaking out instead of Max. Nate was about to speak when he heard Hetty speaking in his ear.
"Mr. Getz, a word."
"I'll be right back." Nate said.
Nate got up from the table and left the room.
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"That was a get opening line." Callen said as Nate walked into the main room.
Nate gave Callen a dirty look.
"Before speaking remember you called me." Nate said cutting Sam off. "If you think you can do better, I'll exit stage left."
"What do you need?" Granger asked as he gave Sam and Callen the third degree.
"Mission reports would be ideal." Nate said.
"That could take some time." Hetty said.
"Well I guess you should get to it, while I go to entertain out guest." Nate said.
Nate stared at Sam and Callen defiantly, challenging them to speak up. When they didn't speak up Nate returned to the interrogation room with Deeks.
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"So how is the big guy doing? He still partnered with the lone wolf?" Deeks asked with a smile.
Nate took what he said in stride, and then shot a look at the camera.
"What do you remember?" Nate asked, and then walked over to the chair.
"Not a lot, just a few snippets here and there. Hey is there a chance I could check out old mission reports?" Deeks asked.
"Yeah, that's what that little debacle was about." Nate said.
"I'm guessing Callen said that you blew it, and Sam was about to comment." Deeks said
"Was going to comment." Nate said and then took a seat.
"Wow. You grew a pair if you were willing to cut Sam off." Deeks said.
"Oh yeah, you're definitely Deeks." Nate said.
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Just after Nate walked backed into the interrogation room-
"So how is the big guy doing? He still partnered with the lone wolf?" Deeks asked with a smile.
Nate took in stride what he said, and then shot a look at the camera.
"What do you remember?" Nate asked, and then walked over to the chair.
"Not a lot, just a few snippets here and there. Hey is there a chance I could check out old mission reports?" Deeks asked.
"Yeah, that's what that little debacle was about." Nate said.
"I'm guessing Callen said that you blew it, and Sam was about to comment." Deeks said
"Was going to comment." Nate said and then took a seat.
"Wow. You grew a pair if you were willing to cut Sam off." Deeks said.
"Oh yeah, you're definitely Deeks." Nate said.
Hetty and Granger stared at the Callen and Sam after hearing Deeks describe their partnership to a T.
"He remembers something if he has you two pegged." Granger said.
"And that proves what?" Sam asked. "I thought Nate was brought in to prove he hadn't jump ship."
"True, but you underestimate Mr. Deeks, Mr. Hanna. Something you did a lot in the past." Hetty said defending her agent.
Sam kept his mouth shut and returned his attention to the screen.
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Noa and Kensi were heading back to the Ops, which had been relocated warehouse district, to see what Eric and Nell dug up after the latest lead that they had ran down. When Kensi and Noa entered the bull pen the ladies stopped in their tracks when they saw the boxes on the tables, and desks. Kensi approached one of the support staff and asked.
"What are these boxes for?"
"Hetty requested these reports taken to the field house," The woman said.
Kensi turned to Noa as she spoke.
"These reports are from five years ago." Noa said.
Kensi gave Noa a questioning look; she then walked over and grabbed another report in the box. Upon looking in the folder Kensi was stumped. It was a report that she revised five years ago, but there was name on these reports that caught her attention.
"Is Hetty still at the field house?" Kensi asked.
"Yes." The woman said.
"We'll take it to them." Kensi said.
"Okay." The woman said giving Kensi a shrug.
Noa mouthed "why" when Kensi looked back to her. Kensi flipped the back page and showed the signature on the dotted line.
"Martin A. Deeks." Noa said.
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Back at the field house Nate had stepped out of interrogation and was waiting in the main room.
"Is it necessary for us to wait for the reports?" Sam asked.
"Yeah I want to know what Deeks has been up since leaving the states." Callen said.
"True we need to know if he has flipped, but Deeks needs to know what happened to him before he was shot. I think you would be able to relate with the need to know right Callen?" Nate asked.
Callen shot Nate a dirty look; whereas, Hetty and Granger returned their attention to the tv. Sam shot Callen a goofy look.
"That was a low blow, but well played." Sam said.
The next thin the group heard was the side door open, but with the floors being hardwood the group was suspicious. They heard footsteps, but they almost missed them.
"Crap." Nate said, and then hung his head.
Granger realized the problem, and hung his head also. The last three looked in the direction of the hallway in time to see Kensi and Noa walk into the room.
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Paris, France-
Seamus was starting to regain his consciousness when he heard a noise.
"Ching."
And then he heard it again.
"Ching."
It was at this time he realized that it was metal on metal; like two blades being ran against each other. Seamus was attempting to get away, but he was acutely away of his bindings. At this time somebody grabbed his head and forced him to look at his captor.
"Seamus I am very disappointed in you." The man said.
"How so?" Seamus asked.
Seamus became aware of that was two people in the room when he felt a fist punching him, splitting his left cheek. Seamus shook his head attempting to clear the fog. Then Seamus became aware of a third person; judging by the sound of their voice it was a female.
"Max Gentry." The woman said.
"What about him?" Seamus asked.
The woman and her bodyguards had an accent.
{Possibly Russian.} Seamus thought.
"Did you know that he was first an undercover L.A.P.D. detective, who then became an undercover federal agent?" The woman asked.
"Nope." Seamus said.
Which reward Seamus with another punch, but to his right cheek. Seamus saw in the corner of the room a table with a lot of tools.
"What's with all the tools?" Seamus asked.
Seamus was hit again, but in his nose breaking it.
"Those tools were used on your bodyguard." The woman said.
The man on his right point to a body to the left of him. What Seamus caused him puke: a broken nose, a couple of pulled teeth, a few broken finger on his right hand while two fingers had been amputated on his left hand, and his torso had a few lacerations. The thing that caught his attention was the blood on his pants, and on his pelvis.
"Did you castrate him?" Seamus asked.
"No, we took the whole package." The man on the left said.
Which cause Seamus to dry heave.
"I'm going out a limb here, but I'm going to die?" Seamus asked.
The two goons looked at the woman and then smiled at Seamus.
"Tell what he's won." The woman said.
"Wow a gameshow announcer." Seamus said.
Which awarded Seamus with another punch in the face.
"He's won a slow agonizing death." The man on the left said.
"Screw you." Seamus said, spitting at the trio.
The man on the right had pick up a tool, which Seamus had missed, and then proceed to attack and shatter Seamus left knee. All throughout the warehouse Seamus scream could be heard.
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Los Angeles, California: N.C.I.S. field house-
The group in the house we in a standoff: Nate and Granger's were over by the front door with Sam and Callen standing over by Hetty. Next thing the people heard was.
"Hey Nate you coming back?" Deeks asked through the tv.
Kensi broke her attention from her bosses and looked at the tv. Seeing her husband in five years took her to the edge: Deeks facial hair is overgrown and hair shoulder length.
"You are forbidden to speak to him until he has been cleared." Hetty said
"Seriously?" Kensi asked.
"He's been off the grid for five years; we have no idea what identity is in his brain." Granger said.
"Deeks was wounded and got swept out to sea; it took Sasha five years to track Deeks down. Why would Deeks go native?" Kensi asked.
"That's what we're trying to find out." Sam said.
"Sam, Deeks was ready to die for your wife, really?" Kensi said.
"I haven't been undercover as long as Deeks." Sam said, disgusted at Kensi cheap shot.
"Technically it wasn't undercover seeing as how Deeks didn't know the difference between Max Gentry and Marty Deeks." Noa said.
"Noa this doesn't involve you." Granger said.
"You may not like it, but Deeks is her teammate; so it does involve her." Callen said.
"You seemed pained to say that." Kensi said.
"Not really. Deeks save my life at least once. I owe Deeks the benefit of the doubt." Callen said.
"My order still stands: until Nate clears him, you are not to have contact with your husband." Hetty said.
"Yo Nate, are you coming back?" Deeks asked again.
"Do you have those files?" Nate asked.
"Yeah, they're in my vehicle." Kensi said.
"A word at said vehicle." Nate said.
Kensi turned and exited the building with Nate right behind her.
"Anyone have a clue what that's about?" Sam asked after Nate and Kensi had left.
"Anybody want to go tell Deeks that Nate is getting the mission files." Noa said.
Hetty went to tell Deeks that Nate was getting the documents.
"I hope neither of you ever get in over your heads." Noa said speaking to Callen and Sam, and left.
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"I need you to do me a favor." Nate said, after exiting the field house.
"Yeah." Kensi said.
They walked over to SRX opened the back door, and rear door and started to unload the boxes.
"I need you to get an audio with your voice on it, maybe both of yours." He said.
"You think that hearing my voice would help regain more of his memories?" She asked.
"It couldn't hurt." He said.
"I'll see what I can do." She said.
They had three quarters of the boxes out of the vehicle by the time Noa exited the house. She approached the vehicle and helped finish unloading the rest of the files. Nate gave Deeks some time to look over a few of the boxes before continuing with the interview. Kensi stole one more look at her husband.
{I love you.} Kensi thought.
Kensi and Noa left to go run down the lead that the wonder twins gave them.
"What did Nate want to talk about?" Noa asked.
"He wanted to get an audio file with mine, or both of our voices." Kensi said.
"The one voice that could connect him to his past, makes sense." Noa said.
The women drove another thirty minutes before they got to the location in question.
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Paris, France-
"How's Seamus doing?" The woman asked her body guard
"He's looking like a train wreck." The man said.
"Is he awake?" The woman asked.
The man turned and look at Seamus who was currently unconscious, with his arms in shackles suspended with his toes just barely touching the ground.
"At the moment he is not. We had to revive at least once." The man said.
"Nice. Keep up the good work." The woman said, and then hung up the phone.
After the phone call ended Seamus was starting to come around.
"Seamus welcome back." Body guard one said.
"We missed you." The other body guard said.
"Can't say the feeling is mutual." Seamus said.
"That's too bad." The first man said.
The second man applied a pair of brass knuckles and punched Seamus in his face; collapsing the left side. The two men gave Seamus a sideways glance when they saw his left eyeball hanging from the socket by the optic nerve.
"That's weird." Seamus said.
The first man came up and severed the nerve; almost as if doing Seamus a favor.
"Before I die, can I get an eye patch?" Seamus asked sarcastically.
The second man, who still had the brass knuckles applied, punched Seamus jaw ; fracturing it. The pain was so intense that Seamus passed out. The first man unhooked Seamus restraints, and then the two men carried him over to the chair and buckled him in.
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Los Angeles, California: N.C.I.S. field house-
Two hours after Kensi and Noa left Deeks was still going over the mission files. He took a few bathroom break. Nate had walked back into the room to see Deeks sitting in the chair with his eyes closed. Deeks heard a voice.
"What?" Deeks asked.
"What are you thinking about?" Nate asked.
"Listen to the water crash against the supports, and remembering-"
Deeks trailed off. He was remembering something, but the event was evading him.
"Surfing. You were remember how you used to surf." Nate said.
"How long was I gone for?" Deeks asked.
"Gone?" Nate asked.
"How long was I pretending to be Max Gentry?" Deeks asked.
There was a pause before Nate responded. It had been a while, but Deeks could have sworn that Nate was wearing an earwig.
"Five years." Nate said.
"That entire time I was gone, not once did I go surfing." Deeks said.
"Wish you were out on the water right now?" Nate asked.
"Never a bad day on the water." Deeks said.
After speaking that line Deeks paused. He couldn't explain it, but Deeks had the strangest feeling that he had spoken that line before.
"The line is familiar because about nine an half to ten years ago you had suffered an incident at the hands of a Russian arms dealer." Nate said.
"Sidorov." Deeks said.
Nate shot a glance at the camera, and then continued.
"Yeah I met you on the beach-"
"Four months after mine and Sam's abduction." Deeks said.
"That was the opening line to our session." Nate said.
Nate looked at the room and saw that Deeks had gone through ten of the twenty boxes.
"I didn't know you were a fast reader." Nate said.
"Not fast, just selective." Deeks said perusing another file.
"How about we take a break." Nate said.
"And do what?" Deeks asked.
"You look like you could use a breath of fresh air." Nate said.
"Are you sure Hetty and Granger are going to allow that?" Deeks asked.
"Well with Sam and Callen nearby, do you think you will be able to get away?" Nate asked.
"Touché." Deeks said.
The two men exited the room and head out the back door. It exited out onto an open air patio that was fenced off.
"Afraid that I'm going to run off?" Deeks asked.
"That's what we're here for." Callen said, as a he and Sam exited behind them.
Deeks saw a table with a meal on it, so Deeks sat down and ate. As if remembering the lay out Deeks packed up his trash and then walked over to a trash can that was built to look like it was part of the structure; Sam and Callen shared a look. Deeks went to sit down next to Nate and then breathed in the fresh sea air. Back in the field house Hetty and Granger were conversing about Deeks competency.
"It seems that Mr. Deeks is getting more than just his memories leading up to his shooting." Hetty said
"Yes. Yes it does." Granger said.
Hetty picked up her phone called Kensi and Noa for an update, while Granger returned his attention to the interrogation on the patio.
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Paris, France-
"Seamus good to see you that you're still with us." The first man said.
"Sad to say that this is the end of the line." The second man said.
Seamus was regaining consciousness after blacking out. Seamus took stock of his injuries: a destroyed knee, a partially destroyed face, a missing eyeball, a busted jaw, a broken nose, and five missing fingers between to the two hands.
"Any last request?" The woman asked.
"Can I still get that eye patch?" Seamus asked.
"No." The first man.
"Well before you kill I'm going to throw a little advice out there." Seamus said.
"What?" The woman said.
"If Max Gentry is a serious threat good luck trying to catch him." Seamus said.
"Why?" The second man said.
"If he is in the states Max can disappear into thin air." Seamus said.
As soon as the words left Seamus mouth the woman pulled out a gun and shot him between the eyes.
"Is that true?" the woman asked as she put her gun away.
"Five years ago was the first time we we're to prove that Max was a cop." He first man said.
"Do we have a lead on Mr. Gentry?" The woman asked.
"Whoever abducted him knew what they were doing." The second man said.
"Max is from Los Angeles; head there and see what turns up." The woman said.
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Los Angeles, California-
The sun was going down when Deeks and Nate decided to head back into the field house. Upon entering the main room Hetty was waiting for Deeks and Nate.
"So the tiny ninja with insane hearing has come to tell us that she is calling it night." Deeks said.
Hetty and Nate shared a look, and then Deeks continued.
"Is there a chance that I could take a shower later?" Deeks asked.
"Yes, but once we can confirm that you are Martin Deeks, and not Max Gentry." Hetty said.
Deeks gave Hetty a pointed look, and then signaled to the guard to lead the way to his arraigned sleeping quarters.
"Max Gentry was the worse alias he every created. Do you really think he sold out his country?" Nate asked.
Hetty started to walk away, but stopped short before exiting.
"That depends on what he did while he was under." Hetty said.
"That's not a yes." Nate said.
Hetty shot Nate a look over her shoulder and then exited building.
"And I'm pretty sure you did whatever was necessary when you did your time with the C.I.A." Nate said.
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Deeks woke up to see Kensi sitting on the edge of his bed; he sat up, startled by her presence in his room.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Deeks asked, frantically.
"Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis." Kensi said, and then kissed Deeks deeply.
Deeks grew wide eyed upon recognition of the phrase.
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"Kensi!" Deeks gasped as he woke up from his dream.
T.B.C.
