Gibbs entered Jen's office in answer to her summons to find it filled with four people, two of whom he had met before. With a moments pause the only evidence of his surprise, he greeted Daniel and Murray before looking questioningly at the other two. Daniel introduced them as Colonel Mitchell and Vala, and Gibbs noticed that like Murray and Daniel himself, the woman seemed to be a civilian attached to the Air Force.
"What brings you here? Is Sam OK?"
The feeling swirling in his gut got worse as Daniel looked away from him. Jen, who had been watching them all with interest, now weighed in.
"It seems that the case you have been investigating, the marines, have escalated to kidnapping."
"Sam?"
"Yes, and a teenager, Cassandra Frasier."
"You will be working with the Colonel's team, with them taking the lead." Jen said firmly, fully expecting a fight from Gibbs. She knew he wouldn't like it, but she had a feeling that the only reason they were even being allowed in on the investigation was the fact that it was him who had been in charge of the investigation so far. She could only hope that he would play nice with these people.
He surprised her by making no objection whatsoever, instead demanding all the details of Sam's disappearance.
Apparently Sam had not been on duty that weekend, so no-one had been overly surprised when she hadn't come in to the base on Saturday. However, she hadn't answered when Daniel had called her on Sunday, either on her home phone or her cell. When she had failed to reply to his messages within a few hours, he had gone with his gut instinct and called in the team to investigate. There was no evidence of her being forcibly removed at her home, but no clue as to where she had gone, although her car was missing.
When they couldn't even locate her using the subdermal tracker, everyone was worried and a full scale investigation was started. Her car was located parked in one of the malls, and the security guard confirmed it had been there overnight.
It was only the next morning, when Cassie didn't show up for class, and her roommate contacted Daniel that they realized she had been taken as well. Cassie had left on Saturday morning, saying she was going to meet Sam and her roommate had assumed when she didn't return Saturday that she had decided to stay the weekend.
"Why come to us?"
"General Landry was notified that one of our marines was being investigated, when he was flagged by your team as a contact and possible associate in your investigation."
"We questioned him and he admitted to giving the ring you are looking into information about Carter, although he swears he thought they were looking to steal tech, not kidnap her."