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Jenny watched the panic unfold at the church. Abby was running around in her black strappy heels, frantically calling Tony and Ziva's names. McGee was still on the phone with Gibbs, who was driving as fast as he could to the church. Some of the wedding party members were still milling around inside, wondering where the bride and groom had gone.
"…and there's no sign of them, Boss," said McGee.
"Are you absolutely sure?"
McGee wet his lips nervously. "Well, Ducky's still looking."
"Get him back to the church, McGee. We don't need him lost too."
"Timothy, I think there's something you need to see."
"Got to go, Boss." McGee ended the call as Ducky came into sight. "Ducky, what's up?"
"We found a note on their car, my dear McGee." He slowly walked up to the young agent, reluctant to share what he had found. "It said…"
"McGee!" Abby came running toward him with a panicked expression on her face. "I found bullets on the lawn. And blood. Oh God. What if it's theirs? What if someone got them? What if they're dead?"
"I doubt they would have let anything happen to them without a struggle," said Ducky. "Ziva is more than proficient when it comes to handling knives. I think few women who could best her, if any."
"They could be anywhere right now, Ducky. Something's happening to them right now, I just know it." Jenny could detect that Abby was on the verge of going hysterical. She knew that the forensic scientist needed someone to comfort her help her, and McGee stepped forward to do the job.
"Abby, Abby." He put his arm around her. "We'll get them back alive."
"You promise?"
"I won't let that happen." He muttered under his breath, "Boss is going to kill me."
"Can't do that yet, McGee. I need you to find Tony and Ziva."
Gibbs strode into the church. Abby ran to him and McGee awkwardly trailed behind her with Ducky.
"Gibbs! There's blood and bullets and Tony and Ziva are…"
"Gone. Yes, I know. McGee told me already." He drew Abby into a hug and patted her on the back. "Don't worry, Abs."
"But I have to worry, Gibbs. I can't not worry. I need to know that they are okay." Abby stared into his face, despair written across her face. They always had a father-daughter relationship, and now her eyes pleading for him to give her reassurance. He had none for her.
Jenny saw that Gibbs was getting angry. He was angry that someone had the guts to attack his two agents. He was angry that something was happening to Tony and Ziva the week before their wedding. He was trying to keep his emotions under control, but Jenny saw that he had already become harsher and sterner.
"McGee," he said as he let go of Abby. "Go with Abby to check out the blood and bullets. Treat it as a crime scene. Ducky, get everyone here to go home."
"Jethro." Ducky spoke nervously, as if he knew that Gibbs was getting angrier by the minute and didn't want him to explode. "There's a note on their car's windshield. I'm afraid it reminded…"
Gibbs promptly turned on his heel and walked outside to the parking lot, ignoring the rest of what Ducky was saying. He found their car outside and saw the small white slip of paper. Squinting at the note, he leaned in closer to read the words hastily scrawled in green ink.
Find me, the note said. Find me and you'll find them. I'll keep them alive as long as you keep looking.
Jenny watched as Gibbs picked it up between his thumb and his forefinger. She couldn't recognize the handwriting and apparently neither could he. As far as she could recall none of the team members used green pens. The note was from Tony and Ziva's captor. It had to be.
She watched Gibbs stride back inside the church and followed him. Abby, Ducky and McGee were still standing in the aisle waiting for Gibbs to come back. He stared at them, stunned.
"What are you guys waiting for?" he asked, his voice demanding. "Abby. McGee. Get to the crime scene. An abduction just occurred. Ducky, get these people out of here. I don't need them around."
"On it, Boss." McGee dragged Abby out of the church. "Abby, show me where you found the stuff. It's our only hope if we want to find Tony and Ziva."
Ducky began shooing the rest of the wedding party out of the church. Gibbs took the cell phone from his pocket and dialed.
"Mr. DiNozzo, your son has been abducted." He listened for a moment as the older DiNozzo stuttered on the other end. Gibbs knew that Tony's father was on a business trip in New York, having deemed the trip more important than his son's wedding. After hearing the news, the older DiNozzo sounded stunned and was now bothering Gibbs for details. "Yeah, he's in some kind of trouble. And I will personally make sure that the people who took Tony and Ziva are going to suffer."
After listening to the DiNozzo squawk, Gibbs hung up. He started to dial Eli David's number, but stopped himself. He didn't need to; Eli had died a few weeks prior during a bombing in Tel Aviv. Jenny had watched as Ziva turned to Gibbs and the team, who helped her overcome her grief. Tony held off on making inappropriate jokes, McGee dropped by her house every other day to talk to her, Abby gave Ziva a hug whenever she saw her, and Gibbs just sat and listened in his basement while she cried.
Gibbs knew if Eli had still been alive, the people who had kidnapped his daughter and her fiancé would have been tortured before dying a slow, painful death. Jenny knew Gibbs would keep that in mind.