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I've been getting practice with the Drone, which I'll be using to create my title/introduction for my docu-series. Here are some images that I captured with said drone. (I do plan on getting interview footage in the next few days and will post the raw footage when I'm able to grab it)

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Vintage FOGCUTTER Makaha-Hawaii Handle Tiki Ceramic Cup Tall Ship Mug || SWtradepost - ebay

[pricescigar]

The Bodyguard Pt4

John Price X Elvira

Summary: With the help of Duncan... El Sin Nombre had some form of involvement with Elvira's kidnapping, to ease the tension with Phillip Graves.

Admin note: I'm so so sorry pt4 took so long! I made a lot of changes, and I am satisfied for once.

Duncan or known as "The Butcher" Had information, the information Price desperately needed. And with him calling at the right time, Duncan offered to help Price. 

"Don't worry you'll get your Princess back." Duncan replied, he tied his long locks into a messy bun. His voice was hoarse and rough. "You need to find El Sin Nombre." He said. 

"How do you know that for sure? Shadow took Elvira." Price crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow. 

"A little birdie told me it was the cartel posing as Shadow's men, halfway through Graves found out. He managed to snatch Elvira back, Valeria knew what he did to his men… They somehow came to an agreement." Duncan explained. "She allowed Graves to take Elvira, under the condition that they never cross the cartel again." 

Price sighed and shook his head as he heard this. "Fuck… Is- Is Elvira still even alive?" His tone becoming more worried.

"She's fine John, In a prison cell in Las Almas but don't worry." He reassured Price.. "A friend of mine told me… Graves is trying to break her, trying to see where Ulrich is, but she's not allowing it." Duncan chuckled as he said that.

Price smiled, the small wrinkles visible on his face. "That's my girl…" He then cleared his throat looking at his men seriously. "Let's go." He led the way leaving the room.

. . . 

"El Sin nombre."

"You think we can get to them that easily?" 

"Why not? El Sin Nombre has the information that we need. They've got to nyet?" 

"Well I know in recent events, the cartel and Shadow Company are at each other's throats lately… Should be easy enough." 

"Here, a 0.40 Calibre. Your favourite." 

Price took the pistol from Nikolai, chuckling softly, holding the fire arm in his padded jacket and straightening his posture.

"You ready?" Price asked Nikolai with a simple nod as the two men left the safehouse together. Both of them got into the vehicle and drove off, to their location point waiting for the others to strike. 

They found one of El Sin Nombre's houses, a lovely penthouse in the hills of Las Almas. The lights were on and there were a couple of guards outside doing their usual patrol, they watched a car leave the penthouse. A good time to strike… There was no sight of Elvira, she must be somewhere… Either way they timed it well tonight.

It was a hot Summer's evening, occasionally there was a cool breeze which eased them a little. 

"Gaz, Soap and Ghost are now in their positions. Ghost is up high having an overview of everything. Gaz and Soap had already found their way into the konni base." Nikolai explained to Price. "We'll get your little Princess back in no time." A chuckle escaped his lips.

"I'm just doing this for Ulrich…" Price's tone was blunt, trying to ignore his own feelings for Elvira. Brushing it aside as they continued on their journey. At this point he'd do anything to get her back.

El Sin Nombre and Graves had been at each other's throats now for a couple of days, it was the perfect distraction to sneak into the Penthouse. With Konni armed to the teeth, they had to do this stealthily if they wanted to do this right.

Soap and Gaz watched the cartel men for their daily duties, how the men patrolled, who was patrolling when and where. Mainly keeping an eye out for El Sin Nombre, but as before…. No sight.

"There." Gaz nodded towards the direction of someone walking over to a door,  which seems to be a woman. Though it was quite hard to see her face, or what she was fully wearing to get a good look. 

"We can sneak in a snake camera and overhear the conversation. Nikolai and Price should be here any minute." Soap advised as he was the first one to make the move, Gaz followed closely. Their movements were quick as they approached the door. 

Soap got the snake camera out of his tactical vest, and he placed it down on the floor setting it up. Handing the device over to Gaz as he spoke.

"You got the girl haven't you? Now give me what I want, cabròn." Valeria's voice was stern, and could almost cut any throat. She had short black hair and brown eyes. Wearing her turtleneck, a green tactical vest over it. Blue jeans and boots. Two men were beside her as she continued to talk on the phone.

"Ready?" Gaz looked at Soap, taking the snake camera away, preparing to kick the door down. Soap nodded in agreement, getting himself ready. The moment the door was kicked down, Gaz and Soap killed the two guards in sync. 

"She's running!" Soap yelled as he and Gaz went after her, Ghost appeared from the shadows grabbing Valeria and tackled her down to the ground. 

"Got her." Ghost spoke firmly as he tied Valeria's hands quickly, pulling her back up from the ground looking at her. 

"You're making a big mistake." Valeria spoke firmly looking at the group, Price soon approached over to them nodding approvingly.

Nikolai found the others and had a few papers in his hands. "We got a good lead on where Elvira will be, let's go. I saw the patrol car coming back." He said. 

"Good work." It was all Price said, before more reinforcements could come they quickly dissected as if nothing ever happened. 

. . .

"So it was El Sin Nombre's men, or should I say Valeria, she took Elvira for Graves. I guess to ease the tension between them." Gaz looked at the others. "We got the location wrong, what do we do now?" He questioned. 

"I want to make sure Elvira is in that location for sure, for all we could know they might have moved her by now. But I just want to be 100% certain…" Price replied, a soft sigh escaped his lips. "Let's go."

The lightbulb was soon turned on, Price had his arms crossed. His blue eyes peered down at Valeria. 

"Elvira Wolff, I know you gave her to Graves. Is she still in that prison in Las Almas?" Price asked in a stern tone. 

"I don't know." Valeria replied. "Whatever Graves does with the girl is his business, not mine. I got my pay." She wasn't going to give up the information that easily.

"You put a target on your back either way, tell me." Price then got his pistol out, pressing it against her head. "And I might be merciful, if you tell me that is…" His thumb was on the trigger.

Ghost, Gaz, Soap stood there watching intently as they waited for an answer the silence was deadly. 

"... Yes. She's still in the prison, she'll be transferred to Ashkia Island if don't you get there in time. That's all I'm going to tell you." Valeria simply smiled. 

"That is enough." Price said, he quickly walked out with the others closely following behind him. He knew Alejandro and Rodolfo had been searching for El Sin Nombre for a while now, before the group left. Price left a quick text message to Alejandro.

"Found a package you might like."

Price knew Elvira was being kept now, and he'd do anything to get her back to Ulrich. Even if he would die trying to.

By the time Alejandro and Rodfolfo got to the location, Price was nowhere to be seen. Alejandro remained high in his guard and unlocked the cargo and there he saw Valeria…

"Qué chingados…" Alejandro spoke in disbelief, seeing Valeria tied up on her chair giving both Alejandro and Rodfolfo a cold look.

[hereallalong]

John “Merc” McFarlane, Bing Copland, Rick Stoner and Sonny Vardeman at Makaha, Hawaii in 1955

[pricescigar]

Time to join...

Meet Elvira Wolff

A former C.I.A Agent from the Cold War and now Task Force Member

And also ... Makaha aka Duncan

Do you guys have cod ocs ? Be it art or writing or whatever im so curious i wanna see some oc lore

Drop them if you feel like sharing plz 👇👇

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natgeotravel: Ha'a Keaulana, daughter of Brian Keaulana and the grand daughter of legendary Buffalo Keaulana carries a 50 pound boulder while running across the sea floor to train for surfing. Her father teaches surfers that they should train for a four wave hold down in case of a wipeout in big surf. At 13 second intervals between waves, that means about a minute of being held down. It is one thing to hold your breath in a swimming pool for a minute and it something completely different to swim down 30 feet, pick up a huge rock and then run as hard as you can for a minute. Thanks to her lineage, community and training, Ha’a is a true water woman from Makaha. Hawaiians have saltwater running through their veins and epitomize what it means to be connected to the sea. 📸: @paulnicklen.

Ha'a Keaulana Life

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Thrilling surf at Makaha Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Photo by Scoop Tsuzuki. From "Surf-riding, its thrills and techniques" by Otto B. Patterson, 1960. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnH7TnYtUlH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[the-cricket-chirps]

Toshiko Takaezu

Makaha Blue Moon

2000s

[tropic-havens]

Kane'aki Heiau, Oahu, Hawai'i

Built in the 16th century, Kane'aki Heiau is considered the best preserved heiau on Oahu. It is located on the island's leeward (west) side in Makaha Valley. One reason why the heiau is in such a good shape is because it has been completely restored. It was reconstructed with traditional ohia tree logs and pili, a bunchgrass, and includes an altar, god images, two prayer towers, a drum house and a taboo house. The heiau is dedicated to Lono, the god of agriculture and fertility. A large stone at the heiau is “Pohaku o Kane” (Stone of Kane). Kane is one of the major gods and is regarded as the guardian over the heiau up until today. King Kamehameha used to worship here and the heiau was in use until his death in 1812.

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Vintage FOGCUTTER Makaha-Hawaii Handle Tiki Ceramic Cup

[pricescigar]

Makaha Ai’la’ausd

Born: 30th April 1983

Age: 40 (As of MW2019)

Nationality: Hawaiian

Gender: Male

Parent(s):  Redacted

Hair colour:  Dirty Blond

Eye colour:  Hazel

Height: 6ft3 (193cm)

Nickname: Butcher

"Alias":  "Duncan Anderson" New name ________________________________________

Personality:

A tall brute who could take down anyone with a single move, his skills are unpredictable and always keeps everyone on their toes. Deep down, he's just a gentle giant ego would always care for his peers.

Likes: Hot weather, spending time out in the sun, exercising, training, travelling, throwing knives and axes, drinking beer, TaskForce141

Dislikes: Shadow Company, General Shepherd, Winter, traitors, feeling abandoned and forgotten

_______________________________________________

Backstory:

Makaha, or “fierce,” & “savage” is the name of one of the largest valleys on the O'ahu's leeward coast. That's where his parents met for the first time.

Makaha grew up in Honolulu, the oldest of three siblings, his younger brothers and sister looked up to him. He always protected them from the bullies in the neighbourhood, and in school also. He did what he could to make his parents proud.

His dad was an ex Military man, and his mother was a Doctor. They all lived perfectly, and in luxury. Due to mysterious circumstances his parents passed at the age of thirteen, in 1996.

At that knew he knew it was time to step up, luckily his family lived close to each other. A relative from his mother's side got the lease of the family home and moved in, so they wouldn't loose their childhood home.

To keep things afloat, Makaha left school so he could be homeschooled along with his siblings. Since their aunt always worked, and never had the time to spend time with them.

His other family members were present at the time, though they mainly focused on his younger siblings. They knew Makaha was old enough to be taking care of himself, so they started to treat him more like an adult. Rather than a teenager.

Makaha taught himself and his siblings, and during his free time he picked up two extra jobs so he could support his siblings with school supplies, clothes ect.

Whenever Makaha needed the support or just to talk to someone... He never got it, he never got one single ounce of support. He was always told to suck it up, and deal with it... And that's what he did.

At one point he was barely only running on a minimum 5 or 4 hours of sleep each day, which wasn't good for his health... But he needed to make sacrifices.

It got worse to a point his siblings became spoilt, ungrateful whenever Makaha brought them something. It always hurt his feelings when they did that, no matter how hard he disciplined them... They never listened.

In 1999 Makaha got into contact with an old friend of his dad, who lived in England and was in the army. Telling rhe many opportunities there was here, and that he could finish his studies in England. And so that's what he did... He brought a plane ticket, packed a bag, and left in the middle night without a trace. He abandoned his old life, to better himself. And hasn't looked back since.

When he got to England, he changed his name so his daily wouldn't be able to track him down, he took the name.

Duncan Anderson

His father's friend posed as the "Guardian" To ensure this would happened, he pulled a few strings here and there and his name got changed.

In early 2001 during his training years, he met a young woman, falling in love with her immediately. They was together for a good few months, but due to his training. He was gone for weeks on end, which shifted the relationship. When he came home he caught her cheating with another man on Valentine's day.

He stood there and left the household without another word, and with the roses he had just gotten her? Well he burnt them.

During his time in the army he got the Nickname "Butcher" Because he killed his victims in how a Butcher would cut meat, he became an expert in using throwing knives and a knife as a whole.

In 2019 he joined Captain Price's TaskForce and the rest is history...

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Old picture ❤️️❤️️❤️️❤️️ (2011)

Makaha beach

[typingtess]

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch:  “Blood Bank”

The basics:  A shootout on a yacht owned by Arkady Kolcheck gets NCIS’s attention.

Written by:  Samantha Chasse co-wrote "Kill Beale Vol. 1" and wrote "Impostor Syndrome" and “Murmuration”.

Directed by:  Benny Boom directed "Ghost Gun", "767", "Fool Me Twice", "Pro Se", "Hail Mary", “Groundwork” and “Perception”.   

Guest stars of note:  Duncan Campbell returns as NCIS Special Agent Castor from “Let It Burn”, Vyto Ruginis joins season 14 as Arkady Kolcheck.  Matty Cardarople returns as Danny, who sold pastries in season 10’s “Into the Breach” and computer supplies in “Imposter Syndrome” in season 12,.  Kathleen Garrett as Miraslava Borisova, Dalia Rooni as Riffat Murad, Nikolay Moss as Kostas Orlov, Jonathan Kells Phillips as Rupert Richardson and Emily Morales-Cabrera as Assistant

Our heroes:   Deal with more Russian nonsense.

What important things did we learn about: Callen:  Giving a deposition. Sam:   Running a taskforce. Kensi:  Nancy Drew on the boat. Deeks:  Swedish nobility. Fatima:   Late. Rountree:   Bodyguard. Kilbride:  Appalled by Arkady’s safe house.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen:  Now working on Sam’s taskforce. Sam:   Absent. Kensi:   Wields a mean serving tray. Deeks:   Wields a mean sword. Fatima:  Coffee fan. Rountree:   Lost the excuse book. Kilbride:  Found the excuse book.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  Not a mention, though I bet she knew Mira Borisova.

Who's down with OTP:  Kensi dropped her “Mom Tone” when she had to separate Arkady and Mira Borisova.  Kensi and Deeks were fine.

Who's down with BrOTP:   Fatima and Rountree have plans for covering for each other.  Fatima made a friend waiting for coffee.

Fashion review:    Callen wears a dark blue, long-sleeve tee.  Kensi has on an oatmeal pullover sweater that probably looked better in person than on the TV.  Deeks started the episode in a pale pink tee before wearing his Swedish Nobleman blue suit.  A red quarter-zip for Fatima.  Rountree started the episode with a black tee and what looked like a blue lightweight rain jacket before wearing his all black bodyguard gear.  Tell me if you’ve heard this before – blue suit, pale blue dress shirt, medium blue tie for the Admiral.  He also wears a trench coat and looks fantastic. 

Music:   "Makaha” by the Tikiyaki Orchestra is playing in the bar when the Admiral arrives to rescue Arkady.  Deeks and Arkady walk into the auction house with “Rasputin” by Boney M. playing.  A bit of the “Titanic” soundtrack pops up at the end.

Any notable cut scene:  Not today.

Quote: Arkady:  “Grisha?”

Kilbride:  “Guess again.  What sort of a moron decides to make a safe house from...whatever this place is?”

Arkady:  “Am I alive?”

Kilbride:  “Judging by the looks of this table, barely.”

Arkady:  “Listen, a Russian would not look for another Russian in a bar that serves rum-based drinks.  It is a brilliant and delicious plan.”

An Arkady-Kilbride spinoff would have worked.

Anything else:  On a yacht, a Russian woman is showing off the 43rd of the Czar’s Fabergé Eggs to buyers.  There are only 42 known eggs, she has the 43rd which “no longer exists, yet, there it is.”  She is looking for $7 million for the egg.

She wants to share champagne with her buyers but when she calls for one of her yacht staffers to bring a bottle, there is no answer.  The buyer and his bodyguard pull out guns and shoot the woman and her security staff.  They race off with the egg. 

The woman, however, is not dead.  The large necklace she wore acted as a bulletproof vest.

Walking into the office, Kensi and Deeks are debating Rosa watching a dating reality show.  Kensi assures Deeks that Rosa knows the show isn’t real.  This is news to Deeks, who thinks the program is real.  The two debate the contestants, including a “meatball specialist”.  A very amped up Rountree joins them, asking about going into the burn room.  Since it is 9AM on a Monday, neither Kensi or Deeks have a reason to do any early week burning.  Rountree tries to exit but is forced to explain the notebook he shares with Fatima.  It is a track of their excuses for when they are late.  “It’s the only way we can keep our stories straight!” 

Kensi mentions texting each other but Rountree thinks Kilbride would find a digital trail.  Fatima is late and he’s not sure what the excuse of the day will be.  And he needs that right now since Kilbride is looking for Fatima.  Rountree starts with a car appointment but that would mean Fatima scheduled it during work hours, angering Kilbride.  He changes to medical appointment but that worries Kilbride.  Suddenly Fatima has a dog – for an undercover operative, Rountree is bad at this.  And the dog was hit by a car.  Kensi and Deeks offer thoughts and prayers.

Fatima, however, is getting coffee.  Fatima chats with a woman waiting for coffee.  Riffat works for an agency finding housing for refugees from Afghanistan.  After trouble with the barista, Fatima is on her way.

Kilbride walks into an empty Ops, except for Rountree.  Based on the case that just arrived, Rountree wanted to do the debrief alone.  Two Russians were found dead on a yacht in Marina del Ray.  Demetri Fedrov and Simeon Babanin, former Russian military and now with the Wagner Group, are persons of interest in moving cultural and historical pieces of art.  The boat, the Diamond of the Ocean, belongs to Arkady Kolcheck.  “Why am I not surprised?”

Kensi and Deeks enter Ops with news that Arkady was attacked.  They know nothing about what happened on the boat the way Rountree and the Admiral know nothing about the attack on Arkady.  There is a “Who’s on First” vibe going on.  Arkady was attacked at his house that morning but was able to move to a safe house.  He contacted Callen, who wants Kensi and Deeks to ping Arkady’s burner phone.  Callen is giving a deposition so he’s unavailable. 

Deeks thought Arkady was out of the spy business but Kensi thinks it could be his past causing Arkady trouble.  The Admiral isn’t so sure that Arkady is out of the spy business.  Rountree offers to call Callen but the Admiral is going to find Arkady himself.

In a Tiki bar, a rather overserved Arkady is looking for “Grisha” but gets Kilbride instead.  Kilbride is wondering what kind of “moron” makes a Tiki bar a safehouse.  Arkady is wondering if he is alive.  Explaining himself, Arkady tells Kilbride that a Russian would not look for a Russian in a place that serves rum-based drinks.  “It is a brilliant and delicious plan.” 

Ignoring what has led the two of them to “this idiotic moment”, Kilbride wants to know what happened.  Leaving his house that morning, two men with guns came up to Arkady’s car.  He high-tailed it out of there, running over one of the gunmen’s feet.  Kilbride asks if that’s what caused the shooting on Arkady’s boat.  Arkady is confused, he hasn’t owned a boat for 40-years.  “Must be another Arkady Kolcheck.”   Saying he is just a typical ex-KGB Agent who defected to America, “who could want me dead?”

On the maybe not Arkady’s yacht, the original thought is murder-suicide.  Looking at the lack of blood spatter behind one body and the way the blood pooled, Kensi thinks this is a set-up.  The investigation says there was no video but that doesn’t make sense.  A boat this big and fancy would have security cameras, according to Kensi/Nancy Drew.  Deeks tries a mirror but it is one way, not two.  Kensi found a camera in the smoke detector – “Nancy Drew you did it again.”

In the boat shed, Arkady is finishing a call with Anna as Callen pours some coffee.  Arkady isn’t a fan of the boat shed because it smells like a crab shack.  His safe house has blended drinks.  On the plasma screen, Rountree and an arriving Fatima have the footage from the camera Kensi found.  Most of the footage is useless, it was over there table where the Russian woman was showing the egg.  The woman, however, drags herself into the camera’s range.  Fatima has facial rec but Arkady already knows – “Mira.”  And he claims to know her biblically. 

Mira is Miraslava Borisova, a Moscow museum curator turned black market antiquities dealer.  With Borisova’s access, Arkady was able to put her in contact with people interested in buying what she could provide.  But that was 40-years ago.  Callen wants Arkady to set up a meeting.

Outside of a fancy hotel in Beverly Hills, Callen is surprised Borisova would hide in such a public place.  Being a well dress, wealthy woman, Arkady thinks she’d fit right in.  He’s a bit nervous about reuniting with Borisova.  Callen offers some advice and help but Arkady remind him that he was doing this before Callen was born.  The roach coach is now a plumbing company van with Kensi and Deeks inside with a lot of surveillance equipment.  Callen tells them that Arkady dated Borisova before he met Anna’s mother. 

Rapping on the door, Arkady finds it opened.  He calls for Borisova as he walks inside.  She has a rather heavy coffee table book and starts beating him with it.  Callen asks Kensi and Deeks what’s going on and they’re not sure.  Back in the room, Borisova is furious that Arkady finally calls and it the day she was almost killed.  To get her attention, Arkady pops her with a couch decorative pillow.  She returns the favor. 

Kensi yells that “they’re fighting” – Borisova thinks Arkady set her up in Malta and set her up today – while Deeks is enjoying the “geriatric WWE”.  Kensi wonders if they should go in.  Callen isn’t sure.  Deeks brings up the time Arkady made them de-booby-trap his car because Arkady couldn’t remember how he booby-trapped it.  Kensi brings up a failed mission in Chechnya.  Callen talks about Arkady cursing his engagement to Anna.  They’re going to let Arkady and Borisova work things out for a while.

After Borisova picks up the luggage rack, getting NCIS’s attention, Arkady threatens to remove the tag from a rare Beanie Baby.  When he does, Borisova really starts knocking him around.  Callen, Kensi and Deeks walk into the hotel room just as Arkady goes flying.

Near Ops, Fatima runs into the Admiral while she tried to evade him.  She apologizes for her tardiness.  Fatima tells him her dog is doing well.  The Admiral, a dog lover, wants her to bring in the dog as he recovers.  In fact, he insists. 

In Ops, Rountree apologizes for freaking out and going with the dog.  Fatima is more concerned about finding a dog.  On the big screen, Kensi and Deeks are in the boat shed.  Rountree identified the missing object from the yacht – it is one of eight missing decorative eggs, made for the Russian royal family.  While killing Borisova to steal the egg makes sense, why go after Arkady?  Fatima sends a picture of the egg to Callen, who is interrogating Mira.  Arkady is on the back deck in a time out.

Callen shows Borisova the egg.  She plays dumb but knows she’s been caught.  Callen asks why was the boat registered to Arkady.  Again, Borisova plays dumb until Callen says he’s going to turn the yacht over to the DOJ.  They have a special taskforce that confiscates Russian belongings.  After explaining it is her boat, Borisova tells Callen that she has put Arkady’s name on everything she’s bought – from condos in Cape Town to safe deposit boxes.  For all the world knows, they’ve been partners in crime for 40-years.  It is the perfect revenge – “petty but effective.” 

Bringing up the attack on Arkady, Callen believes someone going after Borisova tried to kill Arkady as part of her fake partnership.  Since the men who robbed her thinks she dead, she’s not interested in talking.  Callen is – the men are still after Arkady and it is Borisova’s fault.  

The men on the yacht were new clients and vetted by an auction house.  Callen is surprised – why would an auction house be involved.  Antiquities have to be stored carefully not in a storage locker rented by the month.  The only people who knew about the sale were the auction house, buyers and the seller, Alexey Pasternik.  Pasternik was motivated – he wanted the sale.  Moving the item quicky meant selling at a discount.  And that means he’s the problem.

Alexey Pasternik died three-days earlier.  He “threw himself” from a 12-floor condo by going through the window.  A suspicious death.  Fatima has a map of billionaires like Pasternik who left Russia days before the Ukraine invasion.  More than half are dead. 

Callen tells Borisova about Pasternik’s untimely fall.  She tries to joke about the Russian national bird being a flightless bird because of all the falling Russians.  Callen wants to know what Pasternik was trying to get away from.  Borisova explains that the billionaires had their loyalty bought by the Russian government.  Lots of money was given to these people and now with the sanctions causing financial pain in Russia, the government wants the money back. 

The government was hiding their wealth with the billionaires – they are blood banks.  Since the government was not happy with the way Borisova was selling off the assets, they went after her and her partner, Arkady.

Doing a ton of exposition, Deeks explains that the money given to the billionaires to invest and spend was reclaimable.  Once the billionaire dies, the money goes back to Russia.  All the murders of the billionaires all over the world was to get back the money.  “This is so much bigger than we thought.”

In his office, Kilbride tells Kensi and Deeks on his smaller plasma screen that the DOJ will not be cooperating with NCIS.  With tactical nukes on the table, NCIS has to be involved in a discreet investigation.  An investigation without Callen, since he is joining Sam’s joint task force.  It is Kensi, Deeks, Fatima and Rountree on this one.

Since they don’t know the gunmen or how to smoke them out, Deeks thinks they should approach the auction house since the auction house still thinks Borisova and Arkady are in business together.  Arkady could approach the auction house to get an item and the insider in the auction house could tip off the gunmen.

Borisova is willing to help but only if she’s running things.  The auction house will have rules for wealthy clients and a well-dressed Deeks – fancy suit, tie, and a medal of some sort around his neck – is just that client as Swedish nobility.  She reminds everyone that the auction house protects objects, not people.  The fire suppression system removes all the oxygen in a room to stop a fire.  If there is a person there, well, that’s a problem for the person.  For her cooperation, Borisova wants a second chance.

Dressing in the boat shed restroom, Borisova brings Arkady a special suit.  He apologizes for leaving her in Malta.  She sort of does the same with today’s assassination attempt.  “Let’s just call us even.” 

Walking into the auction house wearing a tan three-piece suit, a light blue dress shirt and a red paisley tie, Arkady introduces himself to the woman in the reception area.  He is followed by Deeks and Rountree, who is all in black, dressed as a bodyguard.  Asking for Rupert and giving his account number, provided by Borisova in the plumbing van with Castor, Arkady and Deeks welcomed in.  Rountree must wait in the reception area – company policy.

In a waiting area, Rupert is excited to greet Arkady after working with Borisova on his behalf for years.  Rupert starts speaking to Deeks in Swedish – that goes poorly.  Rupert is going to speak to Deeks while Arkady opens his locker.  Arkady is freaking out – he doesn’t have the key.  The earwigs are failing – the building is secure.  When Kensi asks about Borisova, Castor is shown out cold and Borisova is gone.

In the vault area, Arkady is met by an armed Borisova. 

With no response from Arkady or Castor, Kensi and Rountree are going to move into the auction house. 

Entering the locker behind Borisova is Arkasha, the man who shot her on the boat.  Arkasha thought he was going to have to kill Borisova twice that day but she cut a deal with Arkasha today.  She would kill Arkady, turn over her client list and she gets back the egg and her freedom.  Arkasha suggest she shoot Arkady in the head.  She doesn’t.  Instead, she knees Arkasha where it hurts, turns on the CO-2 suppression system and sets off all sorts of alarms.

Making his way through the building, Rountree gets to the vault but can’t open the door.  Rountree shoots open the vault door to find Arkady.

When the alarm goes off, so does Rupert.  He pulls a sword from the wall before Deeks can get his gun out. 

Rountree finds Arkasha and subdues him before they both suffocate.

Arkasaha’s men have Arkady and Borisova.  Kensi causes a distraction and takes one henchman out. 

Deeks finds his own wall sword and he and Rupert duel.  Deeks wins in a way too short scene.

Kensi is stuck between Arkasha’s two men.  Arkady tosses her a silver platter and a vase.  She takes them both out before Deeks arrives.  Promising to make a scene to distract Kensi and Deeks, Arkady wants Borisova to flee.  She’s not going anywhere.  Kensi puts her in cuffs.

Back in the office, Rountree asks Fatima for friends dinner - tacos or udon.  She has to pass -  she’s having a friends dinner with Riffat.  Rountree thinks that’s great.  He also found a shelter that lets people borrow pets – she could use that for the Admiral.  Fatima is just going to tell the truth.  That’s when the Admiral arrives with the excuses notebook.  He also noticed all the same frappuccino cups in Ops so Fatima needs to come on time.

On the back deck of the boat shed, Kensi asks Arkady if he is alright.  He has Anna, Grisha – his family.  He wouldn’t rewrite one minute of his life if it meant he wouldn’t have them.  Kensi asks about Borisova.  She will always be on his credit score with all the accounts she took out.  Besides, that means she is thinking of him.  He shows her the beanie baby.  Kensi tells him she knows it is worthless and so does he.  She says goodnight.

Arkady watches Kensi leave and pulls the beanie baby apart.  Inside is a very expensive necklace.  With the soundtrack from “Titanic” playing, he holds it over the water.  Then decides it was too expensive to drop into the water.  Instead, Arkady takes it with him as he leaves.  Anna calls.  Suddenly, he wants to talk about the open bar at the wedding.

What head canon can be formed from here:    There is a continuity issue because in “Answers”, Deeks joked about writing for a reality series.  Now he’s shocked to find out they are scripted.

My goodness this was a chatty episode.  TV should be show, don’t tell.  This was all tell, tell, tell.  And a generic tell, tell, tell.  This episode works completely in season three.  In season six.  In season nine – you get the point.  A mention of Callen’s wedding here and there but otherwise, Hetty could have picked Arkady at the bar, Sam or Callen could have been on bodyguard duty instead of Rountree. 

And I know the lack of Sam (all) and Callen (a lot) in this episode has to do with the upcoming crossover episodes but just have Sam up on the big screen in Ops telling Callen to drop everything, he’s needed. 

It wasn’t a bad episode – and anytime Arkady shows up, the fun level goes up, up, up – but it just wasn’t much of an episode.

Episode number:   This was episode nine of season 14 (though it was filmed after “A Long Time Coming”), episode 311 overall.

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