I dont own NCIS as with everyone else i wish i did
McGee stared at the screen. He felt like ice had filled his veins. His hand moved unerringly for his SIG as His fingers brushed the badge that lay there. He stood with determination eerily calm and a fire in his eyes that his fellow field agents had never seen in Timothy McGee. This made Gibbs famous gut scream as he watched the young man walk out of the bullpen with a cold rage in his stride and taking only his piece.
Something is very very wrong and Gibbs needed Intel NOW!
"McGee! Gibbs snapped in a way the young agent had never ignored but today he didn't even flinch.
"McGee! Tim! Where are you going? we have a case! McGee!" Gibbs called as he walked after the young man.
Tim didn't turn.
Tony watched amazed as his Probie ignore Gibbs. Tim ignoring Gibbs for Tony hell just froze over and the world stopped. This was too weird.
Ziva watched her eyes never leaving Tim as he walked from the ball pit. Ziva knew that look but she couldn't put it with McGee it didn't fit. Ziva's mind raced.
"Tony Abby's lab now I want her up here." Gibbs snapped as soon as the elevator doors close. No one not even Gibbs knew McGee as well as his Gothic Lab Rat.
"Ziva Grab ducky I think I might need him." Gibbs knew the look in Tim's eyes but what had pushed Timothy McGee that far?
Gibbs walked quickly to McGee's desk searching for the answers to the questions racing through the senior agents head and the words on the screen made him wish he were in a nightmare.
McGee I have your Goth.
In that moment he knew his junior agent would do anything and everything to who ever took Abby. They weren't formally dating he knew that, Rule 12. They would both be amazed at how they worried for the other and how they seemed to gravitate to each other without thinking, both had token dates that never went anywhere Because Unspoken yet so obvious to those watching, McGee and Abby loved each other. Now someone out there was about to find out how true that love was. McGee would die for Abby. Gibbs knew that and so McGee was always the man he placed with his favourite when she needed protecting and he was unavailable to do it himself.
McGee felt like he was burning up from the inside out. He pushed his new Porsche to it limits and his driving skill would make Ziva and Gibbs proud. The tires sent a cloud up behind the car as he pulled up at Abby's grabbing his keys he run up to her apartment and used his key.
Tony run up the stairs the lift was taking to long for his nerves. He held an evidence bag in his hand. Abby was like a little sister to Tony, they joked, teased, cried, laughed and watched old movies together and she was missing or worse. Tony stopped at the door for a second to collect himself slamming his eyes shut as to not see what he held. Tony took a deep breathe and let it out slowly as he prayed for his Abby then opened the door rushing over to Gibbs and the others.
"Boss" Tony heard the strain in his own voice as he lifts the bag for Gibbs.
"God in heaven" Ducky exclaimed with Palmer stand shocked behind him.
"Abby no" whispered the Mossad agent tears glistening in her eyes.
Gibbs falls back on his training holding in the scream of fear and rage that threatened to rip out of him. "Ducky" Gibbs said quietly.
Doctor Mallard walked forward talking the bag from Tony. "Did you Bag this Anthony?" he asks formally.
"n n no" Tony's voice shakes and he stutters from fear of what that is in the bag.
"Jimmy would you be so kind as to run this to ….."
"Duck we don't have time" Gibbs growled.
"Out of respect for Abigail, I will not destroy evidence in haste Jethro" Doctor Mallard had steel in his voice and a fire in his eyes as he stared down Gibbs.
Abby was the one who came to listen to his stories while waiting for their team to come back from the field. She brought him tea when he was working late and would sit with him just so he wouldn't be lonely. Abby was a grand daughter of sorts and by heaven he wanted to autopsy the person or people who may have hurt her.
His sweet Abigail.
Tony and Ziva watched as Gibbs gave ground both couldn't think of a thing to say or do. They looked at each other lost.
"Hey! You two want to work to find these two geeks for ours or what?!" Gibbs yelled. Tony and Ziva snap out of it.
"Running a trace on Abby's cell and putting a BOLO out on her car" Tony Called
"Running the same on McGee" Ziva called and both set to work at full speed.
Palmer stoped "But doctor who will run the tests. We, we don't have Abby?"
McGee entered Abby's apartment and stopped cold. A bloody drag mark lead from her room to the front door her things along that same path showed signs of a struggle. His Abby had fought. Hard. McGee smiled unconsciously. She wasn't giving in that was the Abby he knew. He loved. He cleared the apartment carefully, taking the note with his name on it from the table. What he read broke his heart 8 words 8 wonderful words. McGee turned grabbing a note from the door and Ran to the car taking out his phone and dialling the second number on his speed dial.
"Gibbs evidence Abby's apartment." He hung up not caring what Gibbs thought at this moment, Abby needed him.
Gibbs stared at his phone. McGee Barked at him then hung up. What every you are doing McGee, please let me help you both. Gibbs thought to himself.
"Jethro…" Ducky called
Gibbs walked into the Lab towards the Doctor praying his famous gut was wrong, very, very wrong.
"What is it, doc"
"Human blood, no flesh present, Abigail's blood type I'm afraid too much to be a small wound" Ducky said flatly.
"Grab your Gear Dinozo gas the truck."
"Gibbs, a moment?" Ducky said coldly enough to stop Gibbs in his tracts.
"I didn't want the others to see this." Ducky raises another evidence bag "Gibbs its positive."
Gibbs mind flashes back to Shannon. She's holding the same sort of thing and all he hears her say is your a Daddy Jethro.
"Where was it Duck?"
"In the bag Tony found."
Both men said still for a moment in their Mistress of the Darks Domain, Who's The Father the question hangs in the air unspoken.
'Gibbs bring her home and bring me the bastards that dare touch our Abigail" Ducky stated.
"Count on it but McGee might do that job for me" he said as he walked to the elevator, both realise the answer to their question.
McGee's Phone rang; he answered using the hands free kit and waited for them to speak as he sat in his car.
"Ahhh McGee…Long time no see" the voice laughed mockingly.
"Where is she" McGee Growled.
"Oh, safe enough……. For now." The words drip with venom.
McGee shuddered involuntary at the treat.
"I'll do what ever you want just let her go."
"Oh I thought we might play first me and your little Goth"
McGee hears Abby scream his heart breaks and the rage runs ice cold throughout him again.
"Leave her alone tell me what you want." McGee Yelled at the phone.
"I want you to die Timothy." McGee froze as the voice pulled from his past came from the speakers for his car, "Die and she can live or she can die in your place. Didn't you read my note?"
Silence followed and Timothy waits for his boss and he knows what he will do and he grabs the paper and pen he keeps in the glove box and writes.
"Abby" Timothy whispered as he picked up his SIG "I Love you I always will"
Gibbs gut screamed louder if possible and his foot replied by pressing harder.
Abby tried to curl up in a ball pulling against the ropes.
"Why do you hate him so much" she whispered at her captor.
"I don't hate him dear one no it just that he is Mine I've always played games with him I should be there for him by his side but If I cant have him neither can you!"
The laugh that followed sent shivers down Abby's spine but Abby knew who held her and the pain this …..person and caused her Timmy. Rule #9 Abby thought as she reached for her boot while she curled up again placing a hand on the gash to her head.
Gibbs pulled up and saw McGee's car he jumped out
"Ziva, Abby's. Tony help her." Gibbs Barked
"On it boss" they both said without thinking
A shot suddenly ring out.
Abby careful waited holding the knife that had always live there since she was Abby-napped because of that little weasel wanting to get off on an embezzlement charge. McGee would find her, Gibbs would find her, tony and Ziva too and she wouldn't go down without a fight she told herself over and over as she waited.
Gibbs heart pounded as he moved up the side of the car. As he moved up the car the scene unfolded like a nightmare. Gibbs took it in and years of training kept him thoughts analytical. The window's down Gibbs thought to him as he moved slowly knowing he didn't want to see the dusty blonde hair the body slumped forward. There he was and the windshield shattered and the blood dripped.
"Abigail, Time to wake up Dear One." The voice came out of the dark.
Abby starred out to the pitch black waiting. A hand clasps her roughly.
"Don't you want to know if you live or he was selfish and ended the fun?"
"what no he no no…"Abby tried to stay focused on freedom on fighting but the thought of Her Timmy dying to save her choosing to die so she would live was breaking her.
Abby looked around the room everything was average the table chairs nothing was personal. Photo frames with the stock photos still in them. Furniture that was so average is was sterile except of the police scanner and TV in the corner. Abby never worked in the field she didn't understand profiling but she knew this something about this room was hinky, very hinky. Suddenly she realised the knife was gone.
Ziva walked out of Abby's Apartment carrying a box of evidence.
" there was a struggle she fought Gibbs. There is a trail for blood from the bedroom umm coffin to the front door and blood drops leading to the Garage I have pulled the tapes and collect tagged photographed everything."
" Good Take it to Fornell I want his people to do the forensics only Fornell's people." Gibbs commended
"but Gibbs She is.." Ziva questioned .
"Ziva I trust Fornell."
"ok Gibbs" that was good enough for her.
"is he?" the question hung in the air.
"I don't know. Ducky's on his way now" Gibbs voice cracked on those small words.
the answer was 3 painful words 'I don't know' but the message would he have, no he wouldn't think that way McGee would have fought to save her, both of them. He would have fought till the last moment before he would take…McGee wouldn't have…with that Gibbs looked at the car again.
Gibbs pulled out his phone "fornell, I need your help."
"Help since when does NCIS need us Gibbs?"
"McGee's ….Abby's missing and either one dies or the other is the threat." Gibbs said as if it where any other case and waited holding back the rage.
"what do you need Gibbs?" Gibbs heard the underlying statement hurting of yours is like hurting one of mine and it went both ways in their uneasy friendship.
"Forensics the best you got and trust Ziva is on her way now. Anything else I'll call."
"Anything you need" even if it's off the radar the unspoken words hung in the air as Fornell hung up.
Gibbs walked to Tony who sat in the back on the van. Gibbs team was his family and the babies of his team were being hurt or worse made to chose life or death for each other and he knew what each would do if it came to that. Gibbs looked at Tony and what he stared at. An evidence bag containing a piece of parchment that had blood splattered across it.
"Boss."
Gently Gibbs took the evidence from him and what he read sent this marine to the edge.
McGee or Scutio 24hours show the body on the 6pm news or She WILL used the coffin for more then sleeping. Agent Gibbs I Don't Share.
Ducky arrived to remove the Body. Gibbs stood next to Tony the younger agent face a mask of pain and hope twisting back and forth. Ducky walked towards the agents he was told only the address which was quite out of the ordinary. He looked at this assistant who was following him and sighed.
"The Gurney, Mr Palmer."
"Yes doctor." as he turned to walk about to the van.
"Gentlemen what do we have?"
"We think it might be McGee Doc" Gibbs answered solemnly looking towards the car.
Ducky stared at Gibbs and Tony lost for words for a moment.
"How?" Was all the older man could choke out. More then once Abby was joined by McGee in her check up's for him when he was working late or just to hear a story or two and during these times Ducky had grown fonder of the young man.
Gibbs didn't answer. He just led the examiner to the car.
"Dear One, It seems our little game may have ended already." The TV switched on across the room.
"What do you?" was all Abby could get out before a surveillance camera image flickered to life on the old set.
Abby could hear screaming a heart broken sound, suddenly she realised it was coming from her.
Ducky looked in the car and held on to the smallest trace of hope. He didn't want to do another team mates autopsy. With His gloved hand he reached in and started the preliminary findings. Ducky lift the head to aid in moving the body to insert the liver probe.