Chapter 4
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah...
We must stand together
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
There's no give in
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
Hand in hand forever
Nickelback-When we stand together
Gibbs left the interrogation room and then took the elevator, finding his team waiting in Abby's lab, all them looking tired and nervous from that morning.
"Gibbs!" Abby went to him and hugged him. "Tell me that the director won't be arrested!"
Gibbs pulled away from her and saw the looks of Ducky, McGee, Tony and Ziva on him. Tony was still resentful with Jenny for what had happened between him and Jeanne and had his arms crossed, looking at his feet. Ziva tried to stay calm but you could see that she was worried about her friend, while McGee and Ducky looked anxious and worried.
"Did she punch an FBI agent?" Ducky asked and Gibbs nodded, making Abby lead a hand to her mouth and say:
"Damn, she rocked!"
"She didn't rock Abbs, she is going to be arrested soon because that idiot, agent Langer denounced her." Gibbs said with a hard stare.
Ziva walked to him, putting a hand on his shoulder, staring at him deeply.
"Gibbs, what is the evidence that FBI has against her?"
"Her personal weapon, the operation she ran, our testimonials about her obsession and finally, a conversation recorded by Kort."
Ziva stared at him a little more, before looking away and starting to walk in the laboratory and McGee put a hand to his forehead, feeling sorry.
"I shouldn't have told them about her pursuit."
"You told them the truth." Gibbs said, pulling a chair to sit in the evidence table while the others sat too.
Tony then sat down and said, with a sincere and concerned voice:
"I was upset with the director, but I don't want to see her arrested."
Gibbs found his green eyes and nodded, agreeing.
"What will you do, Jethro?" Ducky asked worriedly, looking at his friend and Gibbs sighed tiredly.
"For me, Jenny didn't kill La Grenouille that night, there was someone else in that Yacht with them."
"Trent Kort, boss?" Tony suggested, remembering angrily that he almost died because the agent from CIA, but Gibbs shrugged:
"According to Fornell, Kort has an alibi for that night."
"And you believe that?" Ziva asked incredulously. "Kort has been playing with us for months!"
"Abby, did you shut down the lab cam?"
"Yes Gibbs."
Gibbs took a deep breath and then said seriously:
"Fornell also believes that Jenny didn't kill him. He'll give me time to take Jenny away from DC." He then looked at his team and continued: "What we are about to do is going to be risky so I want to know if any of you will help me."
One by one, the five raised their hands, first Abby excitedly and waving her hand in the air, followed by Ducky who remained calm despite the concern with the woman he had seen grown up in NCIS, McGee still feeling bad with his testimony, Ziva showing loyalty to her first friend in America and finally Tony, his eyes shining like when he was ready to protect someone of their team and Gibbs smiled satisfied with his team and their sense of loyalty.
"We're a family, Gibbs." Abby said, smiling too. "Jenny is like our mommy."
"Let's help Jenny out of this." Tony said looking at his friends and they joined their hands one over the other in a grip:
"How will you take her out the room without being caught?" Ziva asked frowning and McGee replied:
"Today at 15 pm, we'll have a fire drill. With people walking through the corridors in big groups, we can take her out from there and we can do something to turn off the cameras or something similar."
"But there will be an FBI agent in front of her door." Tony reminded him and McGee and Abby sighed.
Gibbs closed his eyes, pressing his nose and then said, reopening his eyes:
"I can ask Fornell to switch places with him at the right time. I just need to see how I can take her to Mexico."
"I have a friend who has a jet. He can take you two to the Mexico's border." Tony suggested, picking up his phone and searching for the number.
"And from there I can ask Frank to pick us up." Gibbs said. "Good job DiNozzo. Fornell will give us one week, delaying the investigation, but Jenny has to leave now or she'll be arrested today by Langer."
"And what will we do Gibbs?" Ziva asked.
"While I'm in Mexico, DiNozzo will be the team leader. DiNozzo and Ziva, I want you to investigate everything about Rene Benoit and look for evidence that the FBI might have missed."
The two agreed, looking to each other, smiling and Gibbs continued:
"Ducky I want you to try to access La Grenouille's body again. McGee, I want you to trace all calls from Jenny, Benoit and Kort's phone and be responsible for our communication and also I want you to investigate about the FBI agent, Todd Langer. Abby, Fornell will try to send Jenny's Glock and I want you to recreate the crime scene."
"Ok Gibbs."
"I want all of you being careful, okay?" He asked, glancing at his team, not wanting to lose any of them.
"Ok." They promised, as they prepared to put the first part of the plan in action.
Gibbs then called Tony and Ziva and said:
"Tony, I need the jet at 16 pm. Ziva, I need you to go with me to Jenny's house to do her bag. We need to be careful because FBI will be following us."
When Gibbs left, Tony turned to Ziva and put a hand on her shoulder. The Israeli looked surprised and the brunette said:
"Take care, Ziva."
"I'm carrying my knife." She replied smiling. "Take care too, Tony."
After running from a FBI car, Gibbs and Ziva arrived at Jenny's house in Georgetown and rushed to her room. While Ziva grabbed her clothes and personal items and put them in a small suitcase, Gibbs wandered through Jenny's bedroom, remembering the times he had been there when he was her boss. He sat in bed and felt her perfume there among the pillows, a floral and French perfume mixture and for a moment he lay there among the cushions, looking at the ceiling. On the bedside table was a picture of her and her father and he smiled as he sat up and opened the drawer, seeing several papers and small objects.
Then his eyes stopped on a picture that was there, the photo that was his, when he had photographed her in Serbia and then a year ago he had given it to her, before leaving to Mexico. He took the picture, passing his finger on Jenny's smiling face, remembering that week that they had been recovering in Serbia and enjoying their time together. In the back of the photo, he saw that Jenny had written something there, recently and Gibbs felt his heart beat faster, thinking how much he wanted to be next to Jenny again:
The only Jethro's object that I still have.
"Gibbs? I finished."
Gibbs nodded, keeping the photo with him and went to the hall with the suitcase. They saw that there was nobody watching them and went to the car, going to Gibbs's house where he made his briefcase and pulled out a spare gun for Jenny, knowing that she would need. Ready, the two got into the car and rushed to the Navy Yard and along the way, all he could think was that he needed to get to Jenny soon and take her from the building.