AN: So I felt like putting up the next chapter. I would really like to see some feedback. It really motivates me and helps me write faster. It really helps since not one of my friends even cares. So I like to know people care. Please read.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the NCIS team, except Sarah.
"Boss, don't you think you could slow down?" Tony said in the car.
"Do you think those guys are going to slow down, DiNozzo?"
"No, I guess not."
"He got you there, Tony."
"Shut up, Kate."
When they arrived at the location of where the phone was turned off, Kate, Tony and Gibbs looked around the perimeter. There weren't a lot of places something could be hidden.
"Gibbs, I found something." Kate held up a folded piece of bright pink paper. "This looks like it came from her pad."
Gibbs and Tony walked and looked at the paper. Notes were scribbled on one side and vague sketches on the other. What caught their eyes was the darkened text on the top of the paper. "Boss, she left us slight sketches of her kidnappers."
"Get those to Abby." Gibbs' phone began to ring. "Gibbs." He listened to the person on the other end. "Got it, McGee." He snapped the phone shut and ran to the car. "Are you coming or not?"
Kate and Tony took one look at each other and ran over to the car. "What did McGee have to say?" Kate asked as they sped down the interstate.
"The signal from her phone was moving again. It stopped beside a highway."
"Boss. There's a SUV that matches the description and plate numbers on the side of the road." Gibbs made a U-turn and pulled up beside the black SUV. They each grabbed a pair of gloves and inspected the vehicle.
"I found blood on the floor of the back seat, Boss."
"Get it to Abby."
"Gibbs, I found something." Kate held up a pink composition notebook.
"That's her story notebook." Gibbs looked at Tony for an explanation. "She was writing in it the other day and showed it to me. She wouldn't let me read it though."
Kate opened the notebook and flipped to the last written page. The writing wasn't as neat as the other pages. "Listen to this.
'Sage sat in the back of the large SUV alone. Her wrists were bounded by duct tape, making it hard to write her message. Her school bag lay beside her where she had gotten the notebook and pencil from. She paused to hear her captors' conversation. They talked about many different subjects but what caught Sage's attention was about her. She couldn't make a sound, afraid to be caught awake since they still thought she was asleep.
"Roger thinks we should take her to that cabin his friend is letting him use."
"Where will she go, then?"
"He told me he would have a place for her by the time we got her there. Hurry up before she wakes." Sage quickly laid over the notebook and acted like she was asleep. The man in the passenger's side patted her head and turned back around. Silently, Sage slipped the notebook under a seat and laid her head on her wrists.'
"Gibbs, I think this Sage girl in her story refers to herself."
"Find out what happened after the story and find that cabin."
"On it, Boss." Tony zipped up an evidence bag with a half-eaten burger inside. "Everything other than that notebook has been accounted for in her bag."
Sarah woke up in a small room. It was cold and had the look and feel of an unfinished basement or a garage. Her wrists and ankles were still taped together and a piece of duct tape was placed over her mouth along with a bandana over her eyes. The cut on her cheek had stopped bleeding but blood was dried on her face. She felt around until she found a hook and used it to free her hands. She ripped the tape off her ankles and her mouth, untied the bandana and lay back against the floor. She was sore from the cramped area of the cars she was thrown into. A small window up high was the only light source, but it had already turned dark.
The door began to open and light poured into the room. Sarah shielded her eyes from the light, being used to the darkness. A man with a kitchen knife stepped into the room. Even in the dark, she could see the evil glint in his eyes. "Welcome to the rest of your life, which will end in a few days." Sarah looked at him, resisting the urge to snap back. "Nothing to say? You should probably say something."
"Why? Why do you want me? Why am I so special? If you're going to kill me, I want some answers."
"That's fair. Don't you recognize me? You may have to think a few years back."
She closed her eyes and thought back through her cases. Her eyes snapped open. "Kenny! Then that means . . ."
"Yes, Roger missed you too, but I don't think he was very happy to find you." She swallowed hard. "I have been asked to give you a preview of your final hours." He raised the knife and hit the inside of her left wrist. She grabbed her wrist with her other hand and kicked Kenny in the head. She then elbowed him in the stomach and tried to run out the door but was caught by another guy she did not recognize. He grabbed her and set her down on the other side of the room. All she did was glare at him. Then they left the room without a word and left her to the moonlight.
Sarah made her way to the bandana and with her free hand and her teeth she tied the bandana around her wrist like a bandage. Judging by the sky outside, she guessed it was late so she lay down and rested on her arms, only relaxing a bit.
The next morning in the bullpen, McGee was working on cross-referencing the case files for a Roger. Tony was trying to figure out where the cabin was Sarah referred to. Kate looked through the notebook at her desk.
"Find anything in that notebook, Kate?" Tony asked.
"Some great stories. This girl is a great writer." McGee and Tony went over to Kate's desk and read the page that was open.
"Wow, that is good writing," Tony said.
"Do you think she is a writer under a different name? Those would be some good books to read."
"Why don't you ask her when we find her, McGee?"
"Right, Boss."
"Did you guys find anything while you were reading?"
"The school sent over the security tape from the outside. I sent the tape down to Abby."
"Some of her stories refer to old cases she worked with different names and slight changes. She seemed pretty protective of this notebook and I can see why."
Gibbs took a look at the open page and the case files next to it. "Good work, Kate."
"No luck on the cabin." Gibbs glared at him. "But I'll get right back on it."
"You do that, DiNozzo." Gibbs walked over to the back elevator and rode down to Abby's lab. "What have you got for me, Abbs?"
"The half-eaten burger Tony brought for me from the car is definitely not from Sarah. I ran the DNA from the brush in her bag to the saliva on the burger to be sure, but I did run the saliva through every database I could think of." She pulled up a bio picture and one of the sketches on the plasma. "Carter Mathis is definitely one of the kidnappers."
"That's good work, Abby." He sat down a Caf-Pow in front of her and began to walk out the lab.
"I wasn't done yet." Gibbs turned around and walked back in. "On the tape, the angle wasn't the best, but," she zoomed in on the man grabbing a hold on Sarah, "I was able to get an ID of him." Next to the picture from the video, Abby pulled up a mug shot. "Kenny Simmons and he has an older brother, Roger. Sarah busted them a few years back for drug trafficking and attempted murder. They're currently out of," Abby turned away from her computer screen and Gibbs was gone, "jail. I hate when he does that." She took a sip of her large Caf-Pow.
McGee pulled up a satellite image as soon as Gibbs walked into the bullpen. "I think I found the cabin. It's isolated in a wooded area, with no house within hearing distance if someone was to scream. The home is registered to a Roger Simmons."
"He's been planning this from the start," Kate realized.
"Grab your gear." They quickly grabbed their bags and hurried to the elevator.
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