Hope you like it. Sorry I haven't updated in like a month. I'll try to update once a week now.
Jenny blinked rapidly at the blinding light before her. Once her eyes came into focus she saw a blonde haired woman standing in front of her. "Hello Jennifer. I'm so glad I've finally found you!" She exclaimed menacingly. Jenny sneered.
"Who are you?" She asked her voice raspy. She hadn't had anything to drink in the last day or used her voice for that matter.
"Don't recognize me dear?" She asked and stepped into the light. It all hit Jenny in a wave of memories.
"Svetlana." Jenny growled and tried to attack her but remembered her limbs were tied down. Svetlana laughed.
"Very good. Paris 1999 is probably flashing through your mind." She stopped talking and dragged Jenny's chair forward revealing a wooden table with one small folder in the middle.
"What are you doing, why do you want me?" Jenny asked calmly. Svetlana didn't answer just opened the folder and pulled out a picture of a dark haired man in a long overcoat smiling.
"Do you recognize him?" She asked coolly. Jenny didn't but could assume who it was.
"Yes." She whispered.
"That was Alatoly Zukov!" She screamed. "And your Gibbs killed him!" She shouted in Jenny's face. Jenny tried her hardest not to flinch.
Meanwhile team Gibbs was searching Jenny's past to find any connection to Svetlana. They had finally gotten access to her old records and found out Jenny's been an NCIS agent since 1997. She was placed on Gibbs's team. They were all shocked to find out that Jenny was Gibbs's probie. But they didn't find a connection to Svetlana until 1999. Gibbs and Jenny went on an undercover mission together in Paris. They were trying to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. Gibbs was assigned to kill Alatoly and Jenny was assigned to Svetlana. Obviously Jenny had failed to kill her. They found out that Alatoly and Svetlana were engaged. "So that explains why Svetlana took the Director." Tony said leaning back in his chair.
"How?" McGee asked furrowing his brow.
"Gibbs killed Svetlana's fiancé so now she is going to kill Jenny to get back at Gibbs for killing Alatoly." Ziva explained and McGee nodded but was still a little confused.
"But Gibbs isn't engaged to Jenny. They barely speak to each other." He said.
"Yeah but they were partners and from the rumors I heard, had a very scandalous affair that spanned halfway across Europe." Tony said raising an eyebrow. McGee was surprised but Ziva had known all along. Jenny and Ziva had shared more than one drunken conversation about Europe while they were working together. Gibbs had been listening and walked in slapping Tony on the back of the head. "Sorry boss I know you would never…" He trailed off seeing the warning look on Gibbs's face.
"We have motive. We don't know where they are and we don't know how Svetlana knew Jenny was at the diner. What are you sitting around for?!" He bellowed and immediately got to work.
"Getting out a bolo for the cars that took the Director." Ziva said picking up the phone.
"Checking Svetlana's contacts." Tony said scrolling through his computer.
"Finding Svetlana boss." McGee said and Gibbs nodded then left for coffee. When he came back Gibbs wasn't in a good mood. Nobody moved when he came back into the bull pen.
"Hey! Does anybody have anything for me?" He asked annoyed. They all shot up and went to the plasma in the middle of the room.
"There was a hit on the bolo I put out. Turns out they found the car being crushed at a trash yard." Ziva said sighing.
"Its junk yard Ziva. And as I was going through Viggo's phone records there was one number he made multiple calls to. The phone belongs to Svetlana." Tony said looking at Gibbs.
"They were working together." Gibbs said.
"It seems that way. Svetlana hired Viggo and his men to capture Jenny and bring her to her. I got McGee to trace the phone but it's been disconnected." He said making his lips into a tight line.
"And boss I narrowed it down to three locations Svetlana could be." McGee said proudly.
"Three?" Gibbs asked.
"Yeah well she has a credit card so I traced all her purchases and she seems to always center around one part of town with whatever she buys. It must be close to home." He said and Gibbs clapped him on the back.
"Good job McGee. Gear up let's go." He said and everybody sprang into action. Tony went up to McGee and smiled.
"Nice job probie." He said and then walked quickly to catch up with Ziva. McGee smiled to himself proudly. As the elevator doors opened Gibbs was practically knocked over by a frantic Abby.
"Oh my Gosh Gibbs I'm so scared! Is the Director going to be okay? Are you going to get her now?" Abby asked frantically.
"Abs we're going to go try and get her back now." Gibbs said and Abby nodded moving out of the way for them to get into the elevator. "Well good luck guys and bring the Director back in one piece or I will kill you and leave no forensic evidence." She said loudly as the doors closed. They all smiled to themselves despite the tense situation.
Jenny was fighting to stay conscious. She felt like she was back in Cairo again with Ziva. They would get tortured but under no circumstances were they to give away information. She could not give away the numbers to that insurance policy. It would have names, dates and vital information on the Russian Mafia. She could not let that get into other people's hands, especially Svetlana's. So she tried to distract herself with good thoughts. But her mind drifted to her illness. Then it struck her. How long has she been down here? Jenny needed to take her medicine or she would start feeling the symptoms of Waldenstom's. Actually with all her injuries she couldn't really tell what was the symptoms and what was pain from Svetlana's hands. She needed to get out of here and fast. And once she got out of this hell hole she would shape up her act. Before she could try and wriggle free of her restraints another unexpected blow came from a bat and to her head. The world went black.
It had been two days since Jenny was captured. That was a long time. Jenny was most likely dead or close to it. But they wouldn't believe a word of what the statistics said. No matter what Jenny could possibly do to them they still looked after her like any of the team would do for another. Their family really was like a family. No matter how much you might dislike one of your family members they're still your family. And you do anything for family. So with that thought in mind team Gibbs burst into the first location but found nothing. It was an old house that nobody lived in anymore. Quickly they went to the second location. It was a small cottage. They burst through the door but saw nobody. Obviously it was lived in though. Dinner was being made and a kettle was hissing and whining to be picked up. They stalked through the house and deemed all rooms clear. But when they walked into the kitchen they saw something that didn't look like it was being used to cut up meat. One large blood stained knife was laid out on the table. Next to it was all kinds of curved knives that had drops of blood on them. This was definitely the right house. Horrified they stood transfixed at the knives knowing it was Jenny's blood on them. But a blood curling scream pulled them out of their trance. The voice was definitely Jenny's. It seemed to be coming from the basement. They walked silently to the stairs and on the count of three opened the door silently. The screaming continued and was louder with the door open. Cringing Gibbs walked down the stairs with the team on his heels. When the basement came into view they were shocked. It was like a torture room. And in the middle, tied to a chair was a bloody and battered Jenny. He head was drooping like she was fighting to stay conscious. Svetlana immediately saw them and laughed. "Gibbs you finally found me, good! You'll get to watch your precious Jenny die!" She cackled holding up a knife above Jenny.
"Put the knife down." Gibbs said coldly. Svetlana's grip tightened on the knife.
"No. I'm going to make you pay for what you did." She growled and was about to bring the knife down into Jenny when everyone fired a shot at her. One in the head, two in the heart and one in the gut. She was dead before she hit the ground. McGee called an ambulance while Gibbs, Ziva and Tony rushed over to help Jenny. She blinked rapidly and looked up at the foggy people above her. They were wearing black with black hats. As her eyes focused she realized it was NCIS and that somebody was speaking to her. She focused as hard as she could but the pain was pretty overwhelming and she couldn't speak or discern what the people were saying. Somebody was untying her and cataloging her injuries. She listened and caught a few words: blood, ten, three and doctor. She was dazed and confused, unable to put together those four words to make a sentence. Her eyes finally focused fully and she saw Tony, Ziva and Gibbs looking over her worriedly. Then she heard the muffled voice of McGee shouting something about an ambulance. Gibbs tried his hardest to get Jenny to focus but she seemed to be in a different world. He grabbed her face gently. "Jenny how many fingers am I holding up?" He asked loudly. She heard that and squinted her eyes as he held out his hand.
"Five." She croaked hesitantly. The MCRT all shared a worried glance. He was holding up three.
"Director, can you stand?" Tony asked loudly. She seemed to respond better if they talked loudly. She swallowed dryly and nodded. They helped her up and she wobbled on her feet. Gibbs had a hold of her left side and DiNozzo had her right side while Ziva was making sure she didn't fall backwards. McGee was upstairs flagging down the ambulance and getting the EMT's do where Jenny was. Jenny took her first step hesitantly and almost threw up from the movement. It made her head swim. But never the less she took another step and another. The EMT's were now downstairs and ran up to a bloody Jenny. Immediately they took her from the NCIS team and helped her walk mostly carrying her. But after the first step of the stairs suddenly she collapsed. They caught her before she hit the ground but now she was totally unresponsive. She had passed out. The EMT's rushed her upstairs shouting things and checking her breathing, it was extremely shallow. NCIS followed them upstairs focusing not on the dead body but Jenny, their Director, leader and most importantly the person they looked up to along with Gibbs. When they got on the lawn and her strapped into the gurney an EMT came rushing over to the stunned NCIS group. "Does she have any illnesses or allergies we should know about?" He asked out of breath and a frantic look in his eyes. They all shook their heads except for one. Jenny had always been very healthy. But the EMT turned his gaze to Ziva who stood silently in the back. The team followed. "Ma'am?" He asked urgently. Ziva took a deep breath, stole a fleeting glance at the unconscious Jenny and spoke regardless of what Jenny would want her to do. Her life was in danger and a secret was the least of her problems.
"She has Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia." Ziva said and the team and the EMT looked stunned. He was trained to deal with those kinds of patients and only knew a little about the illness. Jenny needed to be taken to a specialist right away.
"You better ride in the ambulance with her." He suggested and she ran off with him but Tony stopped her briefly with a confused look in his eyes that mirrored Gibbs's and McGee's.
"Later." She said and got into the ambulance. Jenny's secret was out and the team was stunned. They had no idea what it was but they knew it must be serious enough to mention. But why hadn't she mentioned it before? And how does Ziva know? But more importantly will Jenny survive her injuries?
