A/N: Here it is. The last chapter.
Once the bullets stopped flying Lori and Sam looked up, gun in their hand they looked out the window. They saw a car driving away. Some LAPD officers were shooting at the car already.
"Lori, you okay?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, I'm good. You?"
"Good too."
Since Lori was closest to the front door she went outside. They just didn't shoot at the house but at the cars too, making sure they weren't followed.
Lori looked around the scene outside. Some people had been shot. Lori went over to one of the LAPD officers that was closest to the street and ducked behind a car.
"Did you get a license plate?"
"Yeah, seven – Charlie – Steve – Richard – five – four – two. I've already called it in to LAPD."
"Great, I'll let our team know as well." Lori called Eric.
"Yeah Lori," Eric answered.
"Eric, we were just shot at outside Mitchell's home. Sam and I are okay. I've got a license plate for you to track. Seven – Charlie – Steve – Richard – five – four – two."
"Alright got it. Will let you know if we find something."
"Thanks Eric."
A little later some ambulances showed up and took care of the wounded. So far there were three dead and several wounded.
"I guess they didn't want us poking around," Lori stated.
"No I guess not," Sam replied.
Lori and Sam looked around the place for a little while longer before going back to the office.
"Are you okay?" Callen immediately asked when Lori and Sam walked into the bullpen. "I heard what happened."
"We're fine G," Lori replied. "Have Eric and Nell found the car already?"
"No not yet. Did you get anything at the house?"
"Other than being shot at, no."
An hour later Eric came down the stairs. Kensi and Deeks had come back to the office in the meantime.
"Found a location on your shooters. Address is on your phones."
"Thanks Eric," Sam spoke.
All four agents geared up and left. They drove to the address Eric had given them. It was a house in Playa Del Rel. They parked the car a little down the street and they saw the car they were looking for parked in the driveway. They grabbed their guns and made their way to the house. Kensi and Deeks went around back while Sam and Lori took the front. Sam knocked on the door. They heard some noise inside. Lori looked through the window and saw them making a run for it.
"Kensi, Deeks, they are coming your way," Lori spoke through the com.
"Copy that," Kensi replied as Sam kicked in the door.
"Federal agents!" Sam yelled as they walked into the house.
Kensi and Deeks were waiting at the back door for them. As soon as the men came out of the house Kensi and Deeks moved in and pointed their guns at them.
"Federal agents! Don't move!" Kensi spoke.
They wanted to turn back into the house but Sam and Lori came out of the house, guns drawn.
"Hands behind your head! Down on the ground!" Sam told them.
Realizing that there was nowhere to go the men got down on the ground with their hands behind their head. Sam and Lori kept their guns on them as Kensi and Deeks went to cuff them. Sam and Lori took them to the boatshed and Kensi and Deeks stayed behind to look through to the house. Since these were the men who shot at them, maybe they had something to do with Mitchell's murder as well and the theft of the Navy files.
Lori took the man in the downstairs interrogation while Sam took the one in the upstairs interrogation room. They had send their pictures to Eric and Nell who had ID'd them.
"So, Ricky Sanders," Lori spoke as she walked into the interrogation room with a folder in her hand. "That's quite a rap sheet you've got. I see killing a cop is still missing. So what did you think huh? I would add that to my list today and while I'm at it, killing a federal agent and Navy officer too."
"Navy officer? What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me!" Lori said as she slammed the folder down on the table. "Let me guess, it's a coincidence that you just happened to shoot up the place we're investigating for the murder of a Navy officer."
"I want a lawyer."
"Oh you want a lawyer? You're not gonna get one, cus you see, what you did falls under the terrorist act. So you better tell me who send you and why you were after this guy. If your buddy talks before you, guess who's gonna get the better deal. Although good deals are already off the table for you guys. LAPD is not really too kindly about a cop killer and the Navy isn't too kindly either about killers and terrorists.""
"Your words don't scare me. You can throw any threat towards me, I'm not gonna talk."
"Don't think just because I'm a girl I'm scared of you, cus I'm not. You are gonna talk, sooner or later."
"Don't hold your breath."
"I can wait. My colleagues are going through your house and your accounts now. We'll see what we'll find," Lori spoke and walked out.
Just as she walked out into the main room Sam came downstairs as well.
"Anything?" Lori asked.
"Nope, mine's not talking. How about yours?"
"Nothing."
"Let's hope Kensi and Deeks have better luck. We still need to find those missing Navy files."
"Yeah, I'd feel much better once they are in safe hands again."
"You and me both."
Realizing that they wouldn't get much further here now they went back to the office.
"Are they talking?" Callen asked as Lori walked into the bullpen. Sam went upstairs to check in with Nell and Eric.
"Not so far. Did you find anything out?"
"Nothing so far."
A little later Sam came back downstairs.
"Any progress up there?" Lori asked.
"Eric and Nell are still looking but they have determined that the files that were taken was information about an upcoming op the Marines would do in Mexico. It's about one of the cartels who are dealing in drugs and weapons. Mitchell was part of this op. He's the one who gathered the information."
"Did Eric pass this information to the Marines?"
"Yes he did."
"Okay. But that still leaves the question how they found out about Mitchell and the guys we have in custody right now are not Mexican."
"Maybe they are part of the American group of this cartel," Callen interjected.
"Yes, Eric and Nell are looking for that too," Sam stated.
"That would explain why they came and why the US Marines are after them but that doesn't explain how they found out about Mitchell," Lori spoke.
"Yeah, I wondering that too," Sam replied. "Eric and Nell are looking for that too, to see if maybe someone on the inside tipped them off."
It was about two hours later when they had a lead. Eric and Nell came down the stairs and into the bullpen.
"Okay, I think we have something," Nell started. "We looked into the two guys we have in custody. We found out that they have had contact with this man." Nell put a picture up on the screen. "José Torres. According to the intel Mitchell had gathered this man is part of the cartel as well and he's living here in LA."
"We looked further into Torres," Eric continued. "And we found out how he found about Mitchell. As we suspected they had a man on the inside."
"Had?" Callen asked, noticing the word the tech used.
"Yes he was let go about a week ago."
"So he couldn't give them any more information," Callen said. "But they did found out who were involved with the op and they found out where Mitchell lived so they decided to get the information that way."
"Probably yeah."
"Where's this guy now?" Kensi asked.
"The mole? As far as we could tell he hasn't gotten another job yet."
"Why was he let go?" Lori asked.
"Budget cuts."
"Do you have an address on this guy and Torres?" Sam asked.
"Yes and yes. It's on your phones."
"Thanks. Send LAPD to pick up this mole guy. We're going after Torres and his group."
"Be careful," Callen spoke as the agents walked out.
"We will G," Lori replied.
Lori gave Callen a quick kiss before she joined the others. They grabbed their gear and went to the address. It was a well-guarded compound with a high fence around it. The gate on the front was open. They had gotten some assist from some other NCIS agents. They stayed low behind the wall. Kensi had put a sweater over her vest and had given her riffle to Deeks.
"Excuse me," Kensi spoke as she walked a bit onto the compound. "Did you happen to see a dog come by here? Small, white. I was walking her but she got loose and ran away."
Once the guard was close enough Kensi kneed him in his stomach and put him unconscious. Before the other guards could respond the agents came around the corner and shot them. They made their way inside the house and shot everyone they came across, since they had guns pointed at them as well.
"Clear," the agents spoke one by one after the gunfire had stopped.
They finished up at the house before going back to the office.
"Well done everyone," Hetty spoke as she agents walked in. "You're just in time. The Marines are about ready to breach the compound in Mexico."
"They are still going?" Kensi asked astonished.
"Yes Ms. Blye they have a job to do. You can all watch it from up in OPS."
They all went upstairs. Callen was already upstairs. They watched as the Marines breached the compound and heavy gunfire was exchanged. After a few minutes the gunfire stopped.
"Tangos are down," they heard over the feed.
They all let out a relieved sigh. The Marines had gone in even though the mission had probably been compromised. But they did their job and got the people they were after. The agents finished their paperwork before going back home.
…..
It had been four months since Callen's shooting. In the last month he had really improved. He was working three days a week now, still desk work, but at least he could work. Walking went much better. He hardly had to use his wheelchair anymore, he could do it with the walker now.
Today was Callen and Lori's anniversary. They were married for three years now. Even though Callen wasn't as mobile as he normally was they did decide to make a date for tonight. They wanted to celebrate their anniversary.
Lori did have to go to work today. Callen was off today since he had PT. Abby took Callen to PT. She sat in the waiting room while Callen went to do his exercises. Since the physical therapy was in the hospital Callen's doctor came by to see how he was doing. Callen was doing really well. He had really improved already. He wasn't as tired anymore after the exercises and he could do them better and better.
"Hey doctor," Callen called when they were done and the doctor wanted to leave the room.
"Yes sir."
"I have a question. I know I asked it before but today's my anniversary."
"Congratulations."
"Thank you. So I was wondering…."
"Normally I wouldn't recommend it to someone in your case but you're doing remarkably well and your injury is healing nicely. So I guess you could do it for this once, given that you stop immediately if your back starts hurting and don't do something crazy."
"I will doctor and I won't. Thank you."
Callen went outside and Abby took him back home.
"Ah you're just in time," Emily spoke as Callen walked in. "Finn is starting to crawl."
Emily had the film camera and was filming Finn and he tried to crawl. Slowly he put his right hand forward. He bounced back and forth for a while before his leg joined in and then his other hand and leg. He now had the hang of it and crawled up to Emily.
"Hey Finn," Emily spoke as she filmed Finn. "Are you crawling huh buddy? Well done Finn. Do you see daddy over there? Can you crawl to daddy too?"
Carefully Callen sat down on his knees on the ground.
"Come on Finn, come to daddy."
Finn looked Callen's way and slowly started crawling again. He was all smiles as he crawled up to Callen. Emily filmed as Finn crawled up to Callen.
"Hey buddy," Callen spoke once Finn had reached him and picked him up. "Well done buddy. You're daddy's big boy." Callen gave him a kiss.
Charlie watched his brother and tried to crawl too but he couldn't yet causing him to start crying. Emily turned off the camera and went to pick Charlie up.
"Hey, it's okay Charlie. You'll learn it too.""
"I learn Chawlie," Julie spoke.
Emily put Charlie back down on the ground and grabbed the camera again. She started filming as Julie was teaching Charlie how to crawl.
"Okay Chawlie, look at me."
Julie showed Charlie how to crawl and then helped him a bit. She put his hand forward and then gently shoved his leg forward. She helped him for a little while.
"Okay Julie, let him go, let's see if he can do it on his own," Callen spoke.
Julie let go of Charlie and Charlie tried to crawl himself. Eventually he managed to move a little bit and then a bit more. He now had the hang of it and crawled up to Callen.
"Hey buddy. Well done." Callen picked Charlie up. "That's my big boy." Callen gave him a kiss. "Daddy can't believe it, you're both crawling. Mommy is gonna be so happy to see that movie."
Now that Charlie and Finn were mobile they had to see how it would got with Ella. Ella was really a sweet dog with the kids but you never know. Callen put Charlie and Finn back on the ground and they crawled over to their toys.
It was just after 5pm when Lori walked into the house.
"Mommy!" Myra and Julie squealed and ran up to Lori, followed by Ella.
"Hey sweetie." Lori greeted them with a hug and a kiss. "Hey Ella." Ella got some love too.
Charlie and Finn heard their mother's voice and started crawling over to her.
"Oh my god! You're crawling! G, you see this?"
"Yeah, they started crawling earlier today just after I got back from PT."
Lori got down on the ground. "Come on boys, come to mommy." Charlie and Finn smiled as they crawled over to Lori. Lori picked them both up and gave them a kiss. "Well done boys. You're mommy's big boys. I can't believe our little boys are crawling."
"I know me neither. We made a video earlier today. It was really cute to see."
Lori put the boys back on the ground and they crawled back over to their toys. Lori sat down next to Callen on the couch as Callen looked up the video on the camera. Callen showed Lori the videos they had made.
"Oh my god, that is too cute," Lori exclaimed as she watched the video of Julie helped Charlie. "Our little boys are crawling."
"Yeah they are."
Abby had just left before Lori came home. Emily was still there and she would stay there considering Callen and Lori would go out to dinner tonight. Before they went to dinner Lori and Callen fed the boys as Emily was preparing dinner for her, Myra and Julie. Once the boys had been fed Lori and Callen got them ready for bed. They put the boys to bed and got dressed for dinner. Lori wore a short cocktail dress. The skirt was soft green with a layer of silk over it, which was flowing at the bottom. The top was white and strapless. Attached to the top was a layer of see through lace. The layer had green sequences on it. A lot of them on the white top and less on the sleeves. The shoulders were a bit naked. She finished the dress off with white pumps, a silver necklace with a green stone in it and matching earrings. Callen wore a pair of dress jeans with a dark blue and white plaid dress shirt.
"Can mommy and daddy get a kiss?" Lori spoke just before they left.
Myra and Julie came to give Callen and Lori a kiss.
"Be good girls to Emily."
"Yes mommy."
"Have fun you two," Emily spoke.
Lori and Callen went outside and walked to the corner of the street. Callen had arranged a cab for them.
"Do you want to tell me now where we're going?" Lori asked.
"Nope, it's a surprise."
They got in the cab and Callen gave him the a card with the address on it. The driver drove them to the address. Callen paid him once they were there. They stopped in front of Angelini Osteria.
"Oh my god! Are we eating here?" Lori asked astonished.
"Yes we are. I hope that's alright."
"I've heard a lot of good things about this place. But isn't this a little expensive?"
"It's my gift to you and my way to say thank you for the past few months."
"You are too sweet G."
Lori gave Callen a soft kiss before they walked inside. A waitress showed them to their table. They had a half round booth. They sat next to each other. Since it was their anniversary Callen had booked a special menu for them. A sort of Valentine's day menu. A waiter came to their table and poured them both a glass of red wine.
"Thank you," Callen told the waiter and the waiter left the bottle of wine at the table.
"Here's to us," Lori spoke as she picked up her glass.
"To us." Callen picked up his glass too and they toasted. "Thank you for putting up with me for these past few months. I know it hasn't been easy for you with taking care of the kids and me."
"Don't worry about that G. You're my husband and I love you and I don't mind taking care of you. I'm just glad to see you're doing better."
"You and me both. When they told me what happened I was afraid that I would maybe never be the same again but it's started to get their again. I know I have some more progress to make but it's going in the right direction."
"I'm really proud of you G. You're really doing amazing with all of this."
"I have a good support system," Callen replied with a smile.
"I'm here for you G, no matter what."
A little later their first course arrived. Callen had picked scallops for them. As main course Callen had picked lasagna verde and as dessert tiramisu. As they were waiting for their dessert Lori pulled her present for Callen out.
"Happy anniversary G."
"Thank you honey."
Callen took the present and opened it. It was a new cologne.
"The other present was too big to carry with me so you'll get that at home."
"Another present? You spoil me honey."
"You deserve it honey."
Callen leaned over and stole a kiss from Lori. After they finished their dessert Callen paid for the dinner and they took a cab back home. They were dropped off at the corner of their street and they walked to their house. Lori had her arm looped through Callen's arm so Callen had some support to walk and he used a walking cane.
"Hey," Lori greeted as they walked into the house.
"Hey, how was dinner?"
"Very lovely and delicious. How did it go here?"
"Great. They are asleep like angels."
"Great, thank you for staying."
"It's no problem."
Lori showed Emily out before she and Callen went upstairs. Lori retrieved the present from her closet and handed it to Callen.
"Well, what's this?" Callen asked as he took the big package from Lori.
"Open it."
Callen opened the present. It was a picture of the family, printed out on Plexiglas. They had taken this picture a little while ago in their back yard.
"Wow, this is beautiful honey. Thank you for this honey."
Callen put the picture away carefully and walked up to Lori to give her a kiss.
"I love you Lori Callen."
"And I love you G Callen."
Callen took Lori over to the bed and laid her down on the bed and got in himself too. He lay on top of her and kissed her passionately. As they were kissing Callen's hands were busy taking Lori's dress off. Lori felt what he was doing and arched her back so Callen could get the zipper loose.
"Wait honey," Lori spoke as Callen pulled the zipper down. "Can you have sex again?"
"Yes, I asked the doctor this morning and he said it was okay. But I had to stop as soon as my back would start to hurt."
"Okay, than maybe you shouldn't do all the work then."
"Maybe, but let me get you naked first."
Callen kissed her again as he proceeded in taking her dress off. Lori lifted her hips up so Callen could push the dress down her body. God, it felt so good to be in his arms again and feel his lips on her bare skin.
"Hmm G," Lori moaned as Callen kissed the spot in her neck.
Callen pushed her panties down and pleasured her with his hand. When Lori had finished Lori turned them around and placed Callen on his back.
"You're overdressed mister."
Lori took Callen's shirt off and then proceeded with his pants. Lori teased him a bit as she went slowly to remove his pants and boxers. Callen could hardly take it anymore. It had been so long since he had made love to his wife. She hardly had done anything but he was already about ready to explode. When Lori started pleasuring him it didn't take him long to finish. Lori straddled him and joined them. It felt so amazingly good to make love again. Callen lay there and helped Lori move up and down. His back felt okay. After two rounds Lori collapsed down on Callen, both of them breathing hard.
"Wow," was all Lori could say.
"Yeah I know, wow. I've missed this so much."
"Me too honey, me too."
Once Lori had some more energy she rolled off of him and put some underwear and a pajama on and Callen pulled some boxers and a shirt on before they got back in bed.
"Happy anniversary G," Lori spoke as she lay on her side facing Callen.
"Happy anniversary Lori. You've really made me happy these past three years of marriage and the past four years of being in my life. I don't know what I would do without you and they kids. I feel so lucky have you."
"We're not going anywhere G. We're a family, the six of us. Thank you for giving me such a wonderful family."
"You're welcome. I love you."
"I love you too."
Lori gave Callen a kiss and snuggled into his arms. It didn't take them long to fall asleep.
The end. Hope you liked it. Thank you for reading and reviewing