Less than a half an hour later, Gibbs was waiting impatiently in Jenny's office while she spoke with the CIA. They'd searched the whole building and Kort and McGee were gone. Trent Kort had somehow managed to get his agent out of the building using some sort of force and that pissed Gibbs apart. He was going to tear Kort apart, as well as find out exactly what was going on with McGee.

Jenny was also extremely irritated as she got the runaround from the director of the CIA. "I want to know why Trent Kort smuggled my agent out of NCIS without my authority. Classified my ass! You know what I think? I think you don't know why your man did this and you're covering for him!"

Gibbs certainly wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. Kort was as shady as they came and he never followed the rules. He would go behind the Agency's back in a heartbeat. Gibbs wondered why.

"No, Director, I will stay out of Agency affairs because you people have involved one of my people! Here's what's going to happen. You have exactly two hours to either get Agent McGee back into this building or give me a reasonable explanation for his absence. If you don't, I will hold a press conference and tell every reporter there that the CIA has kidnapped an NCIS agent!" Jenny warned.

Gibbs raised an eyebrow at the tactic. Jenny was playing hardball. Not that he was complaining. He wanted McGee back and he didn't care how it was done.

"Don't underestimate me! I have witnesses that state that Kort threatened Agent McGee. The public will have no trouble believing me. Do as I've said or watch your agency fall apart!" Jenny said irritably before hanging up.

"What did he say?" Gibbs asked. He got the gist of it, but he wanted to know exactly what the man said.

"Well, he claimed Classified, which is a croc. I think Kort is working solo, at least where McGee is concerned. I don't know if there is a genuine mission involved, but I don't think they knew about McGee. Anyway, then he told me to stay out of it," Jenny said.

"And that's when you threatened him."

"It wasn't a threat, Jethro. I will follow through. I am damn sick of Kort interfering with this agency. I'm not about to let him get away with intimidating one of ours out of this building," Jenny said firmly.

Gibbs shook his head. "What the hell was McGee thinking by going with that bastard?"

"You have any idea what Kort might have said to get him to go?" Jenny asked.

"If I knew that, It wouldn't have happened," Gibbs said. If he'd known whatever it was McGee was hiding, it was unlikely that Kort would've been able to use it to coerce him out of the building with it. It wouldn't be a secret for him to reveal anymore. "I will find out when he gets back here, right after I tear Kort apart."

"Go down and have your team do everything they can to find them. I'll keep you informed with the CIA," Jenny said.

Gibbs wordlessly left the room.

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Tim was sitting in the car next to Kort and silence. He was very nervous about whatever this was about and kind of irritated by Kort forcing him into this. He hated helplessness and that's what he felt right now. He couldn't do anything to get out from underneath Kort and that made him feel cornered and angry.

Kort looked over at the man next to him and smiled.

Tim wat getting annoyed. That was the third time Kort had glanced at him with that smug grin. "What?"

"I was just thinking how genes must skip a generation. When I found out who you really were, I laughed. You are so unlike your family. I didn't know most of them, but from what I read up on, your father was the no prisoners type of person. He took names and made a name for himself in the CIA, much like his own father. Who would think that his son would be so cowardly and easy to intimidate," Kort said.

"You ever bring my father up to me again, you'll find out just how much my father's son I am," Tim said in a steel tone. Kort could mock his character all he wanted, but he wouldn't tolerate talk of his father, not from this man. Kort wasn't worthy enough to even mention him in passing.

Kort raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Well, maybe you do have some of their traits. You almost sounded intimidating for a moment. I wonder if certain things hadn't happened if you would be different. Maybe what happened to you and to your family is why you're so pathetic."

"Shut up, Kort! You have no right bringing things like that up to me!" Tim said angrily. Kort was beginning to get under his skin. What happened to him and his family when he was young was with him every day. It changed him forever. He didn't need Kort reminding him of it all.

"You know, it works in my favor that you don't want anyone to know, but why? Why not tell her the truth?" Kort asked.

"Don't mention her either! The topic of my family is off limits to you. What is is that you even want?" Tim asked. He wanted to know why he was being blackmailed in the first place. What did Kort want from him?

Kort didn't say anything for a few moments, seemingly trying to make Tim stew for a bit. "There is a terrorist group attempting to access information from our systems to use it to attack us. We know who some of them are, due to an informant, but not all of them and we don't know how wide it goes. We need your help with that."

"If that's all you wanted, why didn't you just go through the right channels to get my help instead of blackmailing me?" Tim asked annoyed. This seemed mostly legit, so he didn't understand why Kort didn't just play by the rules for once?

"Because after learning who my informant was, Director Shepard never would've agreed to it. You wouldn't have either. Besides, you should be grateful I went this route. She would've discovered the truth if I'd gone about it the other way," Kort said.

"Why? Who's this informant?" Tim asked curiously.

"You'll find out soon," Kort said with a smirk. It was going to be very interesting when McGee learned who his informant was. The younger man was going to be livid.