Thank you all for your great response to chapter five! It really helps me stay motivated with the story, so keep it up! Also, I'm glad that everybody seemed to like that Tobais stepped in and offered his help.

Monotufu (and anyone else who may have wondered): The only reason that Fornell looked at Tony when he said that the killer "fancies himself a mini Hugh Hefner" is because he still believes that Tony is a bit of a womanizer.

Anyways, short chapter again this time, but chapter seven is pretty long, so they balance each other out. (Ch. 7 will be up sometime tomorrow afternoon)

Chapter Six: Progress

I will save you.

Abby turned over in her sleep but was awoken by the unfamiliarity of the bed. She didn't open her eyes, in hopes of finding herself at Tim's apartment. Several minutes later, she peeked at her surroundings and her heart sank. 'I wish it had all just been a bad dream. I wish Timmy was here,' she thought, 'At least I'm not alone.'

Ziva was standing in front of the sink of their prison. "Zee, what are you doing?" Abby's voice was crackly from the small amount of sleep she had gotten.

"We will not die here, Abby. I am finding a way out," Ziva bent down to examine the pipes.

Before Abby could ask if they were going to crawl out through the plumbing system, Ziva smashed her foot down on the metal pipe.

Jenny shot up on the top bunk as Ziva's foot found its mark, hitting her head on the low ceiling. "Officer David, I sincerely hope that you have a good reason for attacking the plumbing."

"Director, please, I would not do this if I did not have a plan," Ziva returned to her self-designated task, finally breaking off a pipe.

It clattered to the floor. She grabbed it and said quietly to herself, "Yes, this will do nicely."

She propped it back into place so that it looked like it was still attached. She signaled for Jenny to come down from the top bunk.

As soon as the Director had swung down and sat next to Abby, Ziva leaned in close to them and whispered, "This is what I need you to do…"

"Twelve-thirty," McGee said to himself as he went through the file Fornell had left them, "Tony! Tony, I have an idea!"

Tony wandered over to McGee's desk. "What is it McGoogle?" he asked as Tim fished through his desk until he found what he was looking for.

He spread out a large map on his desk and started placing small sticky notes on it. "What are you doing?" Tony was getting frustrated; every moment that they wasted was another moment that put Ziva closer to death.

"Do you see anything yet?" McGee continued with his idea, switching to a different color paper.

Tony's eye widened with understanding as he compared the file to the spots on the map that Tim was marking. "Oh man, McGee, if you weren't an Elf Lord, I would hug you right now!"

"What's all the man-love for, DiNozzo?" Gibbs walked up to Tim's desk and looked down at the map.

"Boss, look at this. The green markers are the places that each of the victims was abducted from, and the blue markers are the location where the body was found," McGee explained.

"The green ones are all within a mile radius," Gibbs smiled as he began to comprehend McGee's idea.

"Yeah, and the blue ones are less than two miles away," Tony interjected, glad that they were making progress.

McGee's heart began to race as he thought of what it would mean if he was right. "Boss, I think that we need to be looking here," he drew a circle on the map, directly between the two clumps of notes, "He really seems like the type that would want to stay close to home, it's where he's most comfortable."

"That's good work McGee," Gibbs clapped him on the back, "DiNozzo, I want a list of the likely…"

"Likely places that the killer would use; on it Boss!" Tony scrambled to his desk and worked as quickly as he could.

"Boss, I've got your list, but with some old fashioned police work, I got it narrowed down to just one building," Tony said breathlessly.

Gibbs grabbed his badge and gun out of a drawer and bolted for the elevator, closely followed by his two remaining team members. Tim got very anxious as the elevator descended. 'Please hold on Abby, I'm on my way,' he thought, 'I will save you.'

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Chapter Seven: Salvation

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Kisses,

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