“I tried to go to her, but she wouldn’t let me. I feel like I should have.”
Oh, well, no shock there.
Callen had been trying to do that for days, too.
“Yeah, same, EJ. She wouldn’t let me either. Elizabeth said she had this under control. I hope she does.”
From his desk, Tony said one thing.
“Faith.”
Yeah, so he kept saying.
Only, finding it in a free fall was a damn difficult thing to do for anyone. Faith was tested, and Ethan felt like all of this was just that.
One.
Big.
Test.
Now, he had to hope he didn’t fail, because he was pretty sure everything hinged on this case.
Why?
No clue.
It was just there, percolating in his gut.
“Uh, some of us have work,” Tony said, as he was trying to concentrate.
Callen was curious.
“What are you working on?”
“She sent skulls,” Tony said. “Well, holographic ones. They are from the scene.”
That had their attention.
“Did she?” Ethan asked, getting up from the stool he’d been on, and heading toward Tony. “So, she found bodies?”
He showed them.
“Yeah, you both have been out of the loop. Your napping put you behind. She sent me scans of two. A male, and a female. That’s all I know so far. There are signs of fracturing on the one skull.”
Callen was curious.
He made a mental note to call his wife since she’d not checked in with them. Then again, she knew they were likely getting some downtime.
No news was good news in their world.
“Did you check her drive?” Tony asked.
Both men shook their heads.
“No, like I said, I just woke up in my office,” Ethan admitted. “So, the person was hit?” he asked, going back to what Tony had stated.
He nodded.
