Gone

Chapter 4

A/n Sorry that it took so long to get this chapter out. RL made everything crazy last week but most of the craziness is over now. Please enjoy the story. Please as always read and review!!!!

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Squad Room

Gibbs was getting ready to head home to get his gear when his desk phone rang. At first he thought that the line went dead, but a couple of seconds later he thought that he thought was a familiar voice on the other end of the line. He could tell that it was a man and that he was in a lot of pain.

"DiNozzo" Gibbs asked "Is that you?"

He could hear a very faint voice and could not make out what he was saying. It sounded like he was having a lot of trouble talking. Gibbs decided to try again.

"Tony" Gibbs yelled "Are you okay? I need you to talk to me. We're coming to help you."

"Boss" Tony croaked "No one came to the other meeting place. Was an ambush. I need help. Hurry Boss."

Gibbs was starting to panic but he knew that he had to let Tony know that they were on the way and to not give up.

"Tony" Gibbs asked again "Where is the FBI? Did they come back for you?"

There were a few moments of silence before Tony spoke again.

"No" Tony answered "Abby needs to check her messages. It will help you find me."

"I will Tony." Gibbs said soothingly "I'll have Abby trace your phone. Hold on Tony. I promise that we are going to find you."

Then Gibbs could tell that the line had gone dead. Gibbs was worried that maybe the battery had gone dead or something. He picked up the phone to call Abby. The phone rang several times before she answered it. Gibbs interrupted Abby before she could say anything.

"Abby, I need you back here right away. I just had a call from Tony. He sounded like he was in trouble. I need you to trace where the last incoming call to my cell phone came from."

"Gibbs" Abby said frantically "Is he okay? Did he say where he is? I'm so scared now."

"Abby" Gibbs answered "No he is not okay. He couldn't say where he was at. I need you to hurry."

"Gibbs, I'm already on my way back. I'll be there soon." Abby answered.

"That's great Abs" Gibbs answered "I'm heading home right now to grab my gear. And Abby, when McGee gets back, I need you to have him run the facial recognition software to see if he can identify the men who shot at Tony."

The phone went quiet for a moment before Abby spoke up again.

"I will Gibbs" Abby answered "Just hurry back please."

"I will" Gibbs answered.

Even for his standards Gibbs drove faster than usual to get home and back. He hoped that tracing the phone call from Tony would provide the break that they needed. He also hoped that it would show them where Tony was at. Hopefully that would make it easier to find him. Before Gibbs knew it, he was home. He hopped out of his vehicle. He packed everything in record time. He locked the door and was gone again. He raced back to NCIS headquarters in hopes that Abby and McGee would be able to provide a lead that would help them find Tony.

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Gibbs ran inside the building to the elevator and pressed the elevator button with more force than was necessary. He was calling McGee as he was hurrying along to Abby's lab to get an update. The phone rang several times before it was answered. When the call was answered he could hear the clicking of keys.

"Hey Boss." McGee answered.

"McGee" Gibbs replied "I just got back and I'm on my way down to Abby's lab."

Gibbs walked in to see both McGee and Abby hard at work.

"McGee, Abby do either of you have anything for me?" Gibbs asked.

"Nothing yet Boss." McGee answered "I am just loading the footage so I can run their photos through AFIS. Abby is having trouble getting a GPS fix location on where Tony was when he called you. But she will keep trying."

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Abby's Lab

Gibbs walked into Abby's lab noticing the silence. Gibbs also noticed that her Tony wall was now spread across two of the walls in her lab. And her favorite picture of him was now on all of her computers and on her plasma screen. They were feverishly working to find some answers when Abby suddenly jumped up.

"Gibbs" Abby exclaimed turning around to face him "I know where Tony was calling from."

Ziva walked in just as Gibbs was about to ask Abby where Tony had been calling from.

"It looks like it came from about five miles southeast of where the airfield was where Tony was supposed to be picked up at. I don't know what is there, but it was the place where Tony had called you from."

"Alright" Gibbs barked to his team "Let's gear up. We are heading out to Anacostia to catch a flight to Iraq. Abby, I need you to keep Ducky informed for me. And McGee, can you continue to work on the facial recognition from your laptop. Ziva I need you to gas the car. We leave in fifteen."

"Boss" McGee answered "I can but it might take a while. I think it would be a lot quicker if Abby did it herself. It will be so much quicker since she'll have access to AFIS. And besides she can call us then she gets a match. Right Abby"

"Yes I can." Abby chimed up "I can. Gibbs I'll call you guy as soon as I can get a match."

"That's fine Abby." Gibbs replied "Good work both of you. And Abby we'll call you as soon as we get to Iraq."

Abby smiled but didn't say anything. She knew that Gibbs would bring him back somehow or another. She wiped a new start of tears away as she started running the pictures through AFIS. She was determined to get a match.

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Anacostia

The ride to Anacostia was a long one even though Gibbs was driving. Everyone was lost in their own thoughts. Even Ziva and McGee were silent. Finally they arrived. Gibbs hopped out and announced that he would try and make contact with one of the FBI agents that he was in contact with earlier. Agent Jensen was the only one that Gibbs had a cell number for. Gibbs tried to reach him but was not able to get through. Now even Gibbs was starting to panic a bit. He knew that one of the possible reasons could have been that he was searching an area where there was no signal. Regaining his composure Gibbs gruffly barked at Ziva and McGee.

"It's time to leave. Go and grab your gear and we'll be off."

The plane took off fifteen minutes later. Gibbs was hoping that they had made it in time. Before their flight took off, Gibbs took a few minutes to call Fornell and have him try and contact Tony's FBI contracts there in Iraq. Fornell assured Gibbs that he was sure that there was a very good reason for not getting in contact with the agents and that he was sure that they were waiting till they were in the clear first. For the first time in what seemed like months Gibbs finally was able to close his eyes. He had noticed that both McGee and Ziva had also fallen asleep.

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Iraq (About five miles from the airfield)

Tony tried to move again but his shoulder wasn't allowing him to do too much more than to sit around and wait for help. He was finally able to wrap his arm with a bandage after he cleaned his shoulder wound out. It took all of the energy out of him. He tried to call his contact but all he ever got was voicemail. Tony was worried that maybe they had left without out him or that they had intentionally abandoned him. It wasn't the first time he had suspected the other agent of possibly working for Captain Reynolds.

As Tony sat there waiting for a miracle, he went through all the evidence that he had against Agent Carlson. For nearly an hour he sat quietly trying to remember all of the important points. But his shoulder was throbbing so badly and he was so thirsty that he felt like he was going to pass out again. He wanted to leave and maybe try to go back to the base. He knew that Reynolds was probably on his way back to the United States or into hiding somewhere he could never be found. He finally gained his resolve and started to pull himself up.

As he was about to stand up, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the outside of the building. He suddenly felt a rush of adrenaline and was able to stand up. He pulled the tarp that he had found to cover his gear up and took off toward the other side of the building. He had been running for a few minutes when he noticed that he could no longer hear the footsteps. He stopped and slid down the wall as his energy was already drained.

Tony opened his phone up to check to see if he could get any cell phone reception. He was relieved to find out he had one bar. He tried calling Abby's phone but there was no answer. He laughed to himself at the thought of her dancing to the loud music. When her music was on even he couldn't hear his cell ringing. He tried Gibbs, McGee, and Ziva with no luck. He hoped one of them would check their phones and have Abby or McGee trace his cell phone call. Tony's shoulder felt like it was starting to bleed again. He pulled of the long sleeved shirt he had tied around his waist earlier. He had managed to tear the shirt into several strips. He tied them around the gunshot wound to try and stop the bleeding. It hurt like hell but at least he wouldn't bleed to death.

Tony was about to fall asleep when he felt his cell phone vibrate. Suddenly he was wide awake. Tony flipped open his cell phone to see that Abby had sent him a text. It said she noticed he had called. It also said that the team was on their way and that they finally had gotten a hold of Agent Jensen and that he was going to meet them as soon as their flight arrived. It also said that Abby loved him and that he was under orders to stay put. And also to send her a reply back so that way she would know that Tony was okay. He was about to reply when someone came up behind him. Tony jumped up sensing danger. Suddenly the world went dark. The attacker was unaware of the cell phone in Tony's hand.

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