The team brings Riley back to the safe house. Riley says he thought she was stealing his sail. Kensi asks him the Dragon missles. Nate is worried about Kensi being alone with Riley, but Renko says Kensi is meaner than him. Nate figures Riley's methodical method of moving the Dragon missles off the base is inconsistent with impulsive murder of Mackaye. Kensi tells the team that Riley is stonewalling her. She says the chord that Riley had is different than the one that killed Mackaye. They figure Riley is afraid of someone.

Kensi drives Riley to the base and hands him over to the MPs. Callen poses as another prisoner while Hanna poses as a guard. Callen demands Hanna to let him take a shower while they are driven to the prison. After Callen tells a joke, Nate explains to Eric that Callen is trying to form a bond.

Hetty calls Eric and asks how everything is going. Eric informs her that Callen is undercover. Dom sees that Riley looked up hundreds of addresses on his laptop. Hetty says she is upset about the operation. Hetty says she is worried Callen is going to get killed and orders them to shut it down, but Eric says it is too late. Dom finds that Riley looked up immigration processing centers. They wonder if they were targets. Callen makes fun of Hanna's role as a MP. A truck runs the van off the road. After the doors open, two men shoot Hanna. After a man frees Callen, Hanna regains consciousness and shoots the men. After Callen exits the vehicle, Riley begs to be freed. He explains he has a friend who is connected. After Callen agrees to free him, they drive off. Kensi and Renko arrive and inform them their act is over. Kensi reports the GPS on the truck is active.

Riley directs Callen to a gated area. A man with a rifle shoots Callen's mirror. Riley calls out to the sniper, Jay, to hold his fire. After Riley takes Callen's gun, he tells Jay not to point his gun at him. Jay jumps in the back seat as Riley takes over driving.

At the base, Eric explains to Nate that Hetty worked with a man who was killed while infiltrating a militia group. He informs him Hetty personally recruited Sullivan into NCIS. They see that the characteristics of Sullivan is similar to Callen's.