Here's the 15th story in my series. If you haven't read the other stories, then I advise you to not proceed until you do. This is a series. It runs in sequence. To understand certain things (especially where Jamie came from), it's best to just start at the beginning. This series is kind of like my very own NCIS season 4. As of this point, the series consists of: story 1 A Link to the Past (comes in 3 parts)… story 2 Wrong Place, Wrong Time… story 3 Second Job… story 4 Daughters… story 5 A Personal Vendetta… story 6 Bless the Children… story 7 Eyes of the Condemned… story 8 Disturbing Affection… story 9 No Man Left Behind (story that introduces Chioke; aka Kid)… story 10 Finger Swap… story 11 Imperfect Heist… story 12 The Color of Skin… story 13 Death to the Jedi… story 14 Brotherly Love… story 15 For the Love of a Child (current story). Hope you enjoy it.
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Author's Note: In the following story, Ziva's secret is finally revealed. I introduced the secret in story 13, Death to the Jedi, never gave much information on it… I left it general to leave you with more questions than answers. Story 14, Brotherly Love, built upon that introduction to Ziva's secret by showing Gibbs' suspicions have grown. At the end of the last story (story 14), Chioke was kidnapped and I left it as "To be continued" due to the major cliffhanger. So this story is a continuation of Ziva's secret and the kidnapping.
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Wednesday
Chapter 1
It's been almost five full days since Chioke being kidnapped late Friday afternoon. Tony has been worried ever since he received the news from his wife Jamie. The team has been investigating the abduction with the help of the FBI. Thus far, there have been very few leads. The only real, solid lead has led to the arrest of the owner to the black van used in the abduction; the van the owner reported as being stolen. The owner of the van is being held on the account of there being holes in his story which makes him a possible suspect.
The owner of the black van is sitting in Interrogation Two, waiting to be questioned again. The owner of the van has continued the same story about the vehicle being stolen. Gibbs, Fornell and Tony are in the observation room watching the man.
"It's been almost an hour." Tony said. "I can't take this anymore! Go in there and break this piece of shit!"
"No…" Gibbs said.
"The more time we waste means the chance of me getting Chioke back become less and less!" Tony exclaimed. "I can't loose him, Gibbs. He depends on me! I can't let him down when he needs me most! I have to get him back. I love the kid."
"I know, DiNozzo."
"So when are you going back in there to break this scumbag?!"
"I'm not doing it again, DiNozzo. You are." Gibbs motions for Tony to leave in order to go into the interrogation room.
Tony leaves observation. Fornell looks at Gibbs.
"For some odd reason I don't think this is a smart idea, Jethro."
"There's no better interrogation tool than that of a father's loves for his child. Tony is more than capable of getting a location."
"You planned on allowing DiNozzo to do the interrogation this entire time."
"Nah… What makes you think that?"
"You told the technician to leave as soon as we came into the room." Fornell stated. "DiNozzo is in fragile state right now. Most likely he'll attack the man. So what makes you think I won't report that excessive force was used?"
"The man tripped and fell down the stairs while in our custody. It's not our fault he's clumsy."
"I can't and won't report what I don't see, Jethro." Fornell smirks as he turns around and faces the opposite direction of the one-way mirror.
As Jamie enters into the observation room, Tony enters into the interrogation room. He remains calm for the moment as he walks to the table and grabs the chair on the opposite side of the suspect. Tony drags the chair across the room, away from the table. There's a loud screech as the chair legs slide across the floor.
"I'll give you one chance to tell me where Chioke is." Tony stated. "And I would advise you to stop screwing around."
"I told you. My van was stolen. I even reported it as such." The man said as Tony goes to sit down. Tony stops and walks toward the man. "You people found my van, but you accuse me of having something to do with…"
"Wrong answer, shit for brains."
Tony quickly places his hand behind the man's head and shoves him to the table. The man's face hits the table.
"Ow!" The man cried in pain as he holds the side of his face.
"I gave you a chance." Tony grabs the man and forces him to stand. He punches the man in the stomach. Tony slams the man against the wall. "Where's my son!!!"
"I don't know."
Jamie enters into the interrogation room.
"Tony…" Jamie tries to get his attention. "This is no way to get the Intel you want. Let him go." She demanded. Tony lets go of the man.
"Yeah… You should listen to…" The man begins to say. Jamie approaches and slams her hand into the man's crotch. She grabs hold and squeezes as tightly as she possibly can. "Ow!!!" The man cried in pain. He places his hands on Jamie in order to push her away. Tony grabs the man's hands and pins his arms against the wall. Jamie squeezes the man's crotch even harder.
"I'm not letting go until you give me a location." Jamie threatened. She now twists her hand.
"Ow!" The man cried once again. "I think he's on a ship."
"What ship?!" Tony demanded an answer. "Or I can have my wife make sure you're never sexually active ever again due to a crippled…"
"The ship's name I overheard them mention is; Kron-Printzen."
Inside the observation room, Fornell's ears perk up as he recognizes the name of the ship. Gibbs realizes the ship name is familiar to Fornell as he reads his body language.
"How do you know the ship, Tobias?"
"The Kron-Printzen is highly suspected of being associated with slave trading. Kron-Printzen is actually the name of a Danish slave ship which sank in 1706 with eight hundred and twenty slaves on board." Fornell pauses. Gibbs continues to read his body language.
"Tobias…"
"If Chioke is on the Kron-Printzen, than that means he's…" Fornell pauses again. "The ship would be in North Korean water as it's just off the coast from land. It's suspected they keep the slaves on the ship until they bring them to the trading camp. Once they leave the trading camp, it's unclear how the slaves are transported to their destinations upon purchase. But when Chioke leaves the trading camp, he'll be gone forever."
Gibbs immediately looks to the one-way mirror. He looks at Tony and worries about how he'll react to this news.
While still inside the interrogation room, Tony forces the man to sit back down.
"I swear I didn't know they were going to kidnap your child. I thought they just wanted to use my van to bring some merchandise to a ship." The man pleaded. "They gave me seven hundred dollars to report the van stolen and stick with the story."
"Guess what genius… You still aided in the kidnapping of a child. You're going to be charged with accessory to kidnapping and interfering with an ongoing federal investigation." Tony and Jamie both walk to the door. "You better find yourself a good lawyer."
They leave the room and the door shuts behind them. Tony and Jamie now enter into the observation room.
"Both of you sit down." Gibbs said.
They sit. Gibbs and Fornell start telling them what is known as of this point. As Tony and Jamie remain seated and listening to what's said, they both begin to worry. Jamie places her hand into Tony's hand and grips him tightly. Jamie knows it's not her fault, but feels responsible for not being able to stop it from happening and not being able to do anything about it. So she feels helpless. For Tony, he's never missed anyone as much as he's missing Chioke right now. He's also never been so afraid in his life; not for his own life, but for the life of his adopted son who he loves so much. At this point, Tony's heartbeat becomes more rapid and he feels like he's going to faint.
