Gone

Jenny sighed as she collapsed into the driver's seat of her car. They had solved the case that they had been working on, only to receive a disturbing call.

Fourteen years ago, when Jenny had been pregnant with Abby there had been a serial rapist/killer on the loose. She and Jethro had managed to identify him. His was Jack Doherty and he was a Lance Corporal in the Marines. They had captured him and put him away for life. That afternoon, a call had come in from Leavenworth saying that he had escaped from solitary confinement and was on the loose. This worried Jenny; Jack had made it clear that if he ever had the chance, he would do anything to hurt them.


Tony pulled into the parking lot of school, waiting to pick up Ziva. Ari arrived at the car first, followed shortly by Ziva and Tim.

"Where's Tali and Abby?" Tony asked, clearly showing no signs of being ready to pull out of the parking lot without his sister.

"I talked to Tali before gym," Ziva said. "She and Abby were going to walk home." The hairs on the back of Tony's neck immediately began to prickle.

"Do you know why?" Tony asked.

"Something about having girl time," Ziva said.

"Why didn't you offer to go with them?" Tony asked.

"Because I did not see a reason too, Tali is perfectly capable of defending herself if someone tries to attack them," Ziva argued, not understanding why Tony seemed so frantic. Tony picked up his cell phone and dialed Abby's number. It rang several times before her voicemail message started.

"Hey, this is Abby and I'm obviously not here right now, so leave me some love and I'll get back to you."

"She's not picking up," Tony said. "Try calling Tali." Ziva rolled her eyes but slid her phone out of her pocket and dialed Tali. A frown appeared on her face as she too, received a voicemail message.

"This is Tali's phone; leave a message at the beep."

"Tali is not answering either," Ziva said. No matter what, the David siblings had always answered the phone when they called each other. After living in a war torn country, it was their way of reassuring themselves that their siblings were still alive. "Something is definitely wrong," Ziva said. Grimacing, Tony pulled his cell phone out and dialed his dad.


Tali and Abby walked along slowly, animatedly talking about topics ranging from Abby's new favorite band (Plastic Death) to Tali's favorite actor (Johnny Depp). Abby was the first to notice the black dodge caravan that had been tailing them for several blocks.

"Tali, do you recognize that van?" Abby asked, pretending to still be gossiping carelessly. Tali snuck a look over her shoulder quickly.

"No, why?" Tali asked.

"Because it's been following us for a couple blocks now," Abby said.

"What should we do?" Tali asked. Abby looked around and down the street.

"Nothing for now, we'll just keep walking home," Abby said. As soon as she said this, two men clad in black jumped out of the van and grabbed Abby and Tali. Both of them struggled, but were quickly subdued with drugs. As the blackness faded in on Abby she mustered up the last of her strength and threw her phone onto the sidewalk, then her world went black.


When Jenny arrived home, she immediately knew something was wrong. Tony and Tim were sitting in front of the phone, with both of their cell phones on the counter. On the other side of counter sat Ziva and Ari, both of their cell phones out as well.

"What's going on?" Jenny asked as she set her bag down on the floor.

"Abby and Tali walked home from school and they haven't gotten home yet and neither of them is answering their phones," Tony said. Panic immediately settled in Jenny's stomach.

"What do you mean they aren't home yet?" Jenny asked, trying to keep the aforementioned panic out of her voice.

"They aren't home yet," Ziva said.

"Tony, you take Ari and walk their route and see if they just got caught up. Tim, call your father and tell him what happened; see if he can trace Abby's phone. Ziva, I suggest you call your father and tell him what happened and call your mother as well."

"Tony already called Dad," Tim said.

"My parents already know. My mother called me to see where Tali was," Ziva said.

"Tony, can I talk to you for a minute?" Jenny asked her son as he was about to leave.

"Sure," Tony said and followed his mother out of the kitchen into the hallway.

"I don't know if you remember, but when you were four, there was a serial killer on the loose. His name was Jack Doherty and he escaped from Leavenworth today," Jenny said. A frown covered Tony's face.

"He was the one that raped the women before he killed them, right?" He asked, and Jenny nodded.

"When your father arrested him, he vowed that he would get even some day," Jenny said.

"Do you think he kidnapped Abby and Tali?" Tony asked, realization now dawning on him. Jenny nodded. "We have to find them."

"I know," Jenny said. "Believe me, I know."


Tali was slowly regaining consciousness. Her eyes fluttered and she looked around. She was in a basement that looked like it was hardly ever used. The walls were wet with dampness and there was mold growing in several corners. The floor was packed dirt and Tali already felt the compulsive need to shower. She looked around and saw a huddled mass on the floor.

"Abby," Tali whispered.

"Tali, is that you?" Abby whispered back. Tali tried to move closer to Abby's form, but was stopped when she realized that she was chained to the wall and Abby was well beyond her reach.

"Yeah, are you okay?" Tali asked.

"I think so, what about you?" Abby answered. Tali mentally assessed herself and determined that besides being dirty, she was fine.

"I'm fine, what about you?" Tali asked.

"I think I have a cut above my eye," Abby said as she reached to touch it to be sure. Her hand came away sticky ad wet. "Yeah, I definitely have a cut above my eye." The two were silent for a minute and then Abby spoke up.

"Do you think that they know we're gone?" Abby asked.

"If Ziva or Ari tried to call and I didn't answer then they definitely know that there is something wrong," Tali said.

"How long until they find us?" Abby asked.

"I don't know," Tali answered honestly.


Tony and Ari were walking Abby's route to and from school when Tony spotted something on the ground about fifty yards away. He ran over and picked up Abby's phone.

"What is it?" Ari asked.

"Abby's phone," Tony said, fear now spreading into the pit of his stomach. "She wouldn't drop this, not unless she was in trouble, she loves her cell phone."

"Something is definitely wrong," Ari said. "They are gone."


So, sorry it took so long to update, work has been murder. I went and saw the Dark Knight when it came out and if you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. It was amazing and it will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time. On another note, I was highly pissed that NCIS wasn't nominated for any Emmy's, I mean come on! It's the only show that can hold its own against American Idol and bring in just as many ratings and viewers. Okay, enough of my rant. Please review, please!!