Chapter Seven
With not so much as a pause Jack answered, "With Arif Dessa General."
You could hear a pen drop, as the General was deep breath to keep his temper in check but everyone who knew him he was doing a poor job, "Where is he and what is he doing?"
"General O'Neill, Bobby Manning here, we believe that Arif Dessa has hired men to put suicide vest on your nephew team, the only problem they are having right is trying to find Jack Carson, I believe that they trying to protect him and they giving nothing away so that are putting a bullet in their heads and living the vest on."
Jack O'Neill what kind of vest they were but he wanted to be absolutely sure, so he asked, "What kind of vest?" he growled.
"The kind with detonator switch."
"So that they would do it themselves?!" O'Neill screeched.
"Yes sir," Bobby answered in monotone but he knew everyone in Ranger Headquarters that he was ticked off.
"Hudson, find my nephew. I am coming down there. See you in less than 3 hours."
"Yes sir." Hudson replied as the phone went to dial tone. Then turning to everyone else, "Find me footage or something that I can give the General. As the man said we have 3 hours, let's get to work," as everyone left Jack stopped Carson and Walker, "General O'Neill will be here in less than 3 hours because he is coming via military transport," and then directly at Walker, "he knows your Ranch?"
"Yes he does, I will meet him there."
"Take Myles with you, he needs some quiet to vent and he can't do it here." Walker nodded and headed out. Hudson looked at Carson, "I need you to be here with Trivette as we go look for Dessa. I know that your Marine training is telling you to go look for your CO, but I want to keep your six safe and I can't do that if you go half cocked, do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal, sir." Carson swallowed his pride, and if he really thought about it he knew Hudson was right. He would be a perfect target for Dessa, but he didn't have to like it either, but he knew understanding was half the battle.
Chapter Eight
Walker and Myles enjoyed the silence for about ten minutes until the circumstances of the past few days caught up with Myles, " This guy is really getting on my nerves. He is very analytical and methodical. He goes under the radar, so he doesn't get caught. His finances tend to go toward terrorism and trying to out us, Ugh! I grew up with money but this 'takes the cake' as partner and colleuge would say."
Walker listened. He had his own thoughts about the situation,. His 'Indian intuition', as Trivette would say, started to kick in. Walker put on the brakes, backed up and took the back way to his ranch. Every training he learned from Uncle Ray and during his solitudes in the sweat lodge, was that Dessa was going to come to his house the front way. Walker glanced over at Myles and was sorry that he put him through the jolt of his driving.
By the time both men arrived at the edge of Walkers property, Myles understood Walkers reasoning when he saw the helicopter land with General O'Neill but it wasn't who had exited from the helicopter, this Myles frown, 'Where was he?' he thought.
"Right here Leland," O'Neill said softly.
Walker nodded slightly to himself. With O'Neill and Walker being blood brothers there was no wonder why he was here.
Jack O'Neill had figured out the same thing , he, Walker and Myles had , that they were watching a wolf in sheep's clothing. Someone had got to one of their own and the three had a hint of an idea of who it could be: Tony Capona.
Walker knew from looking through his min-binoculars as well as hearing it form Sue and Sparky.
Jack O'Neill knew from the contacts he had in Colorado as well as in D.C. that the guy was bad news. What O'Neill had on him, he wanted to shoot him, just as bad he did with Maybourn.
Myles wanted to clip the cuffs on tightly for betraying his country and for trying to break up the team, especially messing with their secret weapon. Myles was however glad to have men like Walker and O'Neill as back up. It couldn't get any better than that.
Chapter Nine
As Jack Hudson was going through the papers that Trent had found, he came across something interesting. After looking at for a while, then something in his head clicked. As a sniper he had to scope out what was around him before he even got a roof of a building and the papers before him reminded him of that.
Alex Cahill-Walker walked up to Jack and handed him a coffee. She had been in court when the group came in and had found out that her husband had headed to the ranch. So, Alex decided to help out by getting everyone coffee especially if they liked strong cowboy coffee like Walker did, it would help a lot. After she handed him his coffee, Alex noticed what he was studying and gasped.
Jack turned around and looked at her, "Are you ok?"
Gage hearing the gasp went over to where Alex was standing and where Jack was sitting, which was right at Walker's desk, "What's wrong?"
"Those are plans to our ranch," Alex said with a little bit of fear in her voice.
"Are you sure?" Jack asked, then moved back to the plans.
Gage looked at the plans, "Yup, she's sure. These are the exact plans we had when we had to put in the extra bedroom for little James, when Alex was pregnant with him not two years ago."
Bobby, Trivette, Gibbs, Tony, Ziva, and Sydney walked over to Walker's desk.
Bobby glanced at the plans really quick and something caught his eye, "Is there suppose to be a extra lean to on the property?"
Alex shook her, "No."
"Well, I think I found where they are putting the vests together."
Jack looked at Alex, "Can you get a warrant for your house?"
"Yeah, and I can also guarantee that Walker is on," pointing to the left side of the plans, "this side of the property."
"Alex you are starting to sound like Walker."
"Good, because his 'Indian intuition' or my gut, is telling me he is there."
"That's good enough for me," Jack and Gibbs said together.
Gibbs team and Walkers team had to smile. There was no denying the fact that Gibbs and Jack thought alike. 'Wonder what O'Neill was like?' they thought. 'Only one way to found out.' So the guys all headed out to where Walker was, while the girls waited for the search warrant, then they would head out as well.
Chapter Ten
When the guys arrived at the edge of the Walker ranch, they noticed that Myles, Walker and O'Neill were keeping an eye out for any activity.
O'Neill noticed them but already knew that Walker knew that they were there. He could bet that Walker would say that they were making enough noise to wake the dead, but to O'Neill's trained eye, he had noticed that Hudson had taken the lead and the others had followed.
Hudson crouched and then crawled to O'Neill, then asked "What have you got?" while getting his tools out to put his scope together.
O'Neill looked at Hudson with satisfaction. He was impressed that Hudson had parts to his sniper rifle in black FBI outfit, "Tony Capano is with him."
Hudson eyes hardened just a fraction, "Might have known," he muttered, then said quietly, "Dessa likes loyalty and Capona has that in spades."
Walker listened to Jack and decided to a little investigating with the mini-binoculars. What he saw made is blood boil. They had Arrow out of the barn and he was limping on his injured foot that happened not two days ago but something was off, it was like the horse was protecting something because he kept his stance even when was injured. 'Hmm, I wonder,' Walker thought, "Sparky can you get a good angle on Arrow out in the corral?"
"Yeah, what's up, think of something?" replied Jack with a raised eyebrow.
"Arrow is protecting something and I need to found out what it is."
Hudson moved his scope toward Arrow and the corral, then looked at the ground around Arrow's hooves and then said, 'Doggone it," he muttered. Jack was hoping that O'Neill had not heard him but he had.
"What's going on?" O'Neill hissed at them with a touch anger.
"Jon is buried in the corral up to his neck, Arrow, Walker's horse, is protecting him. I am pretty sure Dessa is furious right now that one: the horse hasn't stepped on Jon yet and two: that his operation has gone down hill because we have Carson and he wants him."
"Why?" asked Myles, who had been listening to the whole thing.
O'Neill smiled. He had to give it to Carter, she had hand picked Carson for the job that Jon needed. Jonathon "Jack" O'Neill had found out that Carson was a person just like Carter with all the doohickies to play with and loved to blow things up, "Jack Carson is a male version of Colonel Dr. Samantha Carter."
Walker and Jackson "Sparky" Hudson smiled. If he, Sparky, was a betting man, he knew that Bobby had heard it as well, and that he was smiling as well.
"Another words he is a combination of Tara and Bobby," said Myles with as much as deadpan as he could muster.
Gibbs was listening and had heard of Colonel Carter and was impressed, "Yup" he said at the same time as O'Neill.
Jack Hudson looked at Gibbs and gestured for him to take a 'look'. So Gibbs did, "Is it normal for both doors to the barn to be open?"
"No," Walker said. Then an idea struck him and hoped that Dessa had not thought of it but if he did, he was sure that Gibbs and his team would be able to take care of them. "Hudson, you think you can be the spotter for Gibbs and his team?'
Gibbs looked at Walker, "What are you thinking?"
"Going around back. I need to get Arrow away from Jon, because when he is injured he tends to…"
"Spit fire through his nostrils," O'Neill finished for him.
Walker nodded.
"You don't know Jon like I do. Let's just say that he has been around horses that have fire and leave at that."
Walker, Hudson, Gibbs and Myles nodded. They understood that a lot of what O'Neill was not saying was classified and could not be discussed.
"Alright, here's the plan….."
Chapter Eleven
As Walker was finishing his plan the women showed with the warrant for his place, and then put their plan into action.
Gibbs turned to Ziva, who was squatting with Alex, immediately went to Gibbs on her belly like the guys were, then turned his head toward DiNozzo and McGee, and motioned ever so slightly with his head . When DiNozzo and McGee arrived, they waited for his boss to explain what was going on, "Hudson is going to spot for us, while we go in the back door of the barn." Gibbs looked at them each, he knew he didn't have to say this for Ziva but he was going to say it anyway, "Head shot."
All three nodded every slightly. Then saw Walker give the signal for go, and they went.
Hudson was able to tell Gibbs through his ear wig what was going on their end as soon as they arrived, "Gibbs you have guy 150 feet from your position"
"Copy that."
With Sue up with Jack she was able to look in the scope as well. Something was telling they were walking into trap knowing Dessa MO. "Jack, you need to tell them that the guy in the tree is a decoy, go for the guy on the ground, and you are right they are about 150 feet from the guy as well as another decoy to their left, from there the guys get to the barn, two in the loft, three close to barn door," then she let out a sigh.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked with worry in his voice.
"The have Carlson. His their bargaining chip. I saw them talking about using Carlson against Jon."
Jack sighed heavily, "Someone at headquarters in letting them know what's going on, but hopefully the don't know what we are doing." Jack grabbed the scope and then let Gibbs team what they were in for.
Sue agreed, if someone knew what they what they were doing, 'it really would be a bad day,' she thought. Sue watched from far away and knew that Walker had gotten Jon out the ant hill, gave something for the ant bites and then headed for the barn.
Jack, Sue, Myles and Bobby watched as Walker crept up to his barn, took out the two at the barn door before they could make a sound. By the time he got to the door they heard a popping sound.
"Hello Dessa, how are you? Long time no see," General Jack O'Neill said with his sarcasm but it never reached his eyes.
Dessa looked at the General with a slight bit of fear in his eyes. He was sure that he had took care of the voice but what scared him was the person in front of him. Dessa knew he was in trouble when the voice you wanted extinguish was older but more deadly than he had ever seen.
As Jack O'Neill stared at Dessa that seemed like forever, Gibbs and his team were able to come in read him his rights and cuff him while Walker undid the ropes of the woman who was hung up, and caught her as her legs gave underneath her.
"All clear, you can come down now and while your at it call an ambulance, then have Ducky met it there."
"Copy that. See you soon."
Chapter Thirteen
After calling Ducky, Jack and Sue headed down to the barn. As soon as Dessa saw them, he startled snarling like a ragging bull.
"Language Dessa there's language present," Jack said in a relaxed tone but no where on his body was it calm, it was really for action.
Ducky arrived with Abigail, who went directly to Gibbs, who gave her a hug, and then immediately helped Ducky with the injured Marine.
Walker came in with Jon who looked a lot better than before, "Hudson, you can take Gage with you when you leave he needs to be able to pass qualifications for our unit when he is done, but what I here from him is that he wants to continue working with you."
Jack and Sue smiled, "Carol has been emailing him lately and have also video linked with him, so they have been communicating, so it stands to reason that he wants to take her out on a date when he gets Washington."
Walker nodded his head. He had thought as much, "When his done I need him to teach our K-9."
Hudson nodded, it will be good to have an extra person on the team, who could work with Sue on the body language that she didn't catch. A second pair of eyes will be great.
"I hate to interrupt the reunion but I want to take my patient to the hospital and also have Major O' Neill looked at."
"Duck?' Gibbs asked with concern.
"If I don't get the Lieutenant to the hospital she is going to be bleed to death," Ducky sneering at Dessa.
"Get that," pointing at Dessa, "out of my sight, then get McGee down here to the evidence we need to put Dessa behind bars for good. Hudson, I think after Ducky has done the autopsy, you can take your baggage home."
Hudson nodded then tugged on his radio, "Bobby get down here and make sure Dessa didn't leave us any presents."
"Will do Spark"
Epilogue
After everything had been catalogued for the NCIS team as well as the FBI team, who found no surprises in the barn, and as soon as the Leiutenant was released from the hospital, Walker and Alex sent them on there way home to Washington D.C. Alex had made sure that all the evidence that was collected that the charges would stick for the most notorious terrorist around. Walker happened to remember a scene in the hospital that reminded him of Alex after they were first married.
"My name is Mathilda O'Neill I am looking for my husband Jon O'Neill."
The nurse looked at her up and down, the woman was wearing a ratty dress, ratty hair and broken shoes. Rolled her eyes and walked off.
"Look lady, if you don't let me see my husband I will get on the horn and call my father who is the JAG in Washington, I don't think you want ticked off Admiral at your heels right now."
Gibbs head jerked up. He also studied the person at the nurses station. On the surface she looked like a homeless person but if you looked deeper she all the bearings of a military officer. Then the next words that exited her mouth really got his attention.
"Fine, you leave me no choice but to call in the big guns."
The nurse starting snorting like she didn't believe her, "Who, you calling mom because you sure need to, so just get out of here and let us do our work."
"Oh, I'm calling my mom alright, she won't like that you didn't let her daughter see her husband," Mattie smiled though the smile on her voice didn't reach her eyes.
"And who is that?"
"Marine General Sarah Rabb."
Gibbs got up then, "Nurse you better let her see her husband or you will find a very ticked off Marine mother in your lap, trust me you don't want that, there worse than a lioness protecting their young."
"Well said Gunny," Mac said as she walked to the nurses station.
Gibbs turned around and saw Sarah Rabb standing there with her military ID out, as well as bringing up her daughters ID, "Where's my son-in-law?"
"R-r-r-ooom 224, ma'am"
"Thank you"
Walker was sure that Gibbs and everyone in that hospital would ever forget that day. And he prayed everyday that the extra couple of new team members would fit into the FBI like they fit in his unit. He will miss Gage and Hunter but he would never forget them as they grew into FBI's finest.