Author's Note: Figured I would update both of my stories before I left for my week long vacation.
Which is something I should probably mention quick.
I don't think I'll have internet while I'm on vacation.
I can use my brother's laptop to type, but, unfortunately, I can't upload.
And with that, I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 2
The constant clicking was driving him nuts.
The sickening scene that he kept replaying on the screen made his stomach churn.
He wanted to stop, to turn off the video and to believe it wasn't true.
But he couldn't stop. He had to do this.
For Tony's sake.
"Must you keep doing that?" Ziva questioned, annoyed, as McGee felt her gaze narrow in on him.
He swallowed before responding.
"Just checking up on something Gibbs said." He paused before continuing both his actions and his speech.
"Tony wouldn't have carried it with him, you know? His shield and I.D… not if he was undercover! He would've… stashed it in the car… maybe under his seat." He turned back to the screen. "Just because we found his I.D. doesn't mean its Tony."
Tim knew that with all of this hope he carried, he would be the most crushed if it were Tony. But he ignored it; he had to trust Tony.
"His car. His I.D. His weapon. Both of his cell phones, McGee?" Ziva replied with a voice void of all emotion. McGee sighed before sitting down.
She sure knew how piss a hopeful person off.
Realizing the answer wouldn't be found in the clips of the explosion, he quickly rewound the footage with renewed hope.
"What was it that Gibbs said that you thought needed checking?" Ziva questioned as she walked up to him.
"He thought that Tony might be tailing someone."
He bit his tongue. He just admitted that Tony was the one in the car!
He slowly played the video forward.
"Stop it there!" Ziva gasped as she pointed towards the screen. He paused. "Take it back."
Slowly, frame-by-frame, he reversed the flow of time.
"The limousine! It was on the previous camera!"
Tim pulled up each camera Tony had passed.
The person in the car passed. He mentally corrected himself.
"It's on every camera!" Ziva exclaimed.
"He's following that limousine." McGee replied understandingly as he hurried towards his desk.
"Where is Gibbs?"
"The limousine is leased to a Shell Company. The head company is Urophrite." Ziva began as the plasma screen was frozen on a picture of the car.
"Their head office is in Luxonburg."
"The principal behind the company is Le Grenouille."
"Tony could've been following Le Grenouille." Tim concluded bitterly as he turned to Gibbs.
Damn it! He did it again!
"I'm sorry to sound negative, but I believe Timothy is right." Ducky said morbidly as he slowly walked up to them. They turned, his face having a grim expression.
Author's Note: I am so sorry.
I forgot how big of a cliffhanger this chapter was...
Sorry.
I'll upload the second I get back if I don't get internet connection, and if I do (although I doubt it), I'll try to update as soon as I can.
Regardless, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. In the meantime, Reviews/ Watches/ Favorites would be a great way to get into the holiday spirit!
... Please?