Chiron smiles down at Tandel and she smiles back at him. "You need to be careful with the next circle. The Malebolge is comprised of many ditches and the best thing to do is find your way to the central well, it leads to the ninth and final circle."

Gibbs looks up at him suspiciously, "Thought you said you didn't know anything past your ring of this circle."

Chiron smiles at him benignly, "I didn't; however when I asked to accompany you I also asked about the next two circles. I do not know how you will be able to get everyone down to the Malebolge. I do not know if Geryon can carry more than two people at a time."

"We will be alright, Chiron." Tandel says as she casts a quick spell. The rest of the team is quickly covered in glitter and she continues. "As I thought, the only spells I am not able to use are the ones needed to get us home."

The roaring of the waterfall grows louder and soon they're standing at the top of a cliff. Chiron gives a bow to Tandel and trots back to the first ring. Geryon, also known as the Beast of Fraud, flies up to where they are and offers to take them down two at a time. With the exception of Tim and Ducky, none of them are quite prepared for the beast's appearance. Geryon is shaped similar to a dragon but he has the face of a man, hairy arms, a leopard marked body and his tail looks like the stinger on a scorpion.

As they approach the beast, Tandel asks Gibbs, "Should we try to see if he can actually take us to the Central Well. Chiron said we would have to go through an amphitheatre if we can't."

Tim is next to them and nods in agreement, "We should ask him, but as the name suggests, don't be surprised if he says yes, but drops us off at the amphitheatre anyway."

Tandel thinks for a second then says, "I can cast a feather fall spell, it will let us drop over the cliff without injury. Unless you want to accept his help, Elflord."

Tim nods in excitement, "It's not a real dragon, but it could be fun. Hey, Tony, want to go flying with me?"

Tony grins, "Oh hell yes!"

The two go over to Geryon and slip onto his back. The beast looks at the others. "I can come get you, too."

Tandel is chanting her spell and shakes her head no. "We can make it, m'lord dragon."

She looks at Gibbs who is standing beside Ziva and Kate. Gibbs gently pushes the women off the cliff and they both glare at him. Instead of falling at a fast rate, they are slowly being lowered and Tandel smiles as she offers her hand to Ducky. "Come, M'Lord Bard." And they walk off the side of the cliff.

Gibbs is watching the boys as they fly to the ground. Thanks to Tandel's 'glitterdust' spell the boys are still able to be seen even through the murky air of the abyss. Ziva and Kate are still in shock about being thrust over the side of the cliff and not falling at a rapid rate to their deaths. Ducky is in awe from the whole ordeal and Gibbs can just imagine some of the tales that Ducky's guests are going to be hearing once they get out of this mess. As for Tandel, she's back to what he can only guess is normal. She's smiling at Ducky and he can't help but feel a little bit happy that she did come with them. Despite the reasonings behind it, he's almost glad to have her along.

He glances over at Kate who is still looking a bit perturbed. He's still wondering how she managed to get here and how they were all going to get home. He has no doubt that they will get there, but he still doesn't know what will happen to Kate when this little adventure is over.

"Gibbs, she'll be fine." Tandel is gazing up at him with complete assurance. "When I cast my other spells I noticed that she has a special aura around her. I think that once we succeed in this quest, she will be allowed to go back from whence she came."

Gibbs gives her one of his patented stares and she shrugs. "I cannot be for certain, I can only guess, but I do not sense an evil aura around her. I think that she is truly a victim of circumstance and we need to treat her as such."

Gibbs just sighs and nods his head. Tandel puts a consoling hand on his arm. "I am sorry, I cannot tell you more. This is just not something I have dealt with, no matter what realm I was in."

Tandel pulls her magic book out and studies it for a few seconds. She shakes her head as she closes it and rubs at her eyes.

"Are we asking too much? You've only been here for a few weeks."

Tandel smiles up at him, "I just wanted to get my evacuation spell ready, it will transport all of us back to the conference room at NCIS."

Gibbs remembers an odd glow that had surrounded the party just before they'd started out on this venture.

"It's a spell that lets me teleport all of us safely back to that point of origin. Since Caitlyn was not with us, I cannot use that particular spell on her, but I might be able to use another one."

By now, they've reached the entrance to the amphitheatre. Tim and Tony are standing there, but Geryon is nowhere to be seen.

"Sorry Boss, but Geryon is limited to the areas he can fly in." Tim states as they draw closer.

Gibbs just nods and motions for Tim to once again take the lead.