Chapter 9

A few hours later the team, Tony and Abby were at the office talking about Emerson. They had already process the scene and had come to the conclusion that somehow Carlisle Emerson and Noah Drake, two people with nothing in common that they were never met before, cooperated and broke out of prison.

"Noah Drake has broken out of prison three times. His traces were found in three bank robberies." Abby said.

"Carlisle has already killed seven people. He's ruthless." McGee said.

"He found he's mate. The one clever and the other ruthless. The perfect match." Tony said.

"We need to find out how they got in contact with each other." Gibbs said and his phone rang.

"Gibbs." He said. "It's him." He whispered to the team and turned his attention on Emerson again.

"Ok. I'll be there alone." Gibbs said and hung up.

"What? Boss..." McGee started but Gibbs interrupted him.

"Stay here. That's an order. This is personal." Gibbs said and left.

"Abby trace his phone." Tony ordered.

"Got it." Abby yelled a minute later and McGee, Ziva and Tony left. They went to a forest. The signal stopped so they waited a few minutes before they went inside an abandoned house. They found Gibbs' gun and phone there.

"Don't worry Gibbs has his back-up with him." Tony said and they looked around.

Something doesn't feel right. It's like we're here for some reason. In the middle of nowhere." Ziva said.

"Emerson knew that Gibbs would go alone. He wouldn't risk the policeman's life." McGee said.

"He also knew that we would follow him. His target… it's us." Tony said and they looked at each other. Just then bullets started flying towards them.

"Stay down." Tony said and moved to the window. They heard glass break and saw the bomb in the middle of the room. Tony acted immediately. He grabbed the bomb and ran out of the house.

A minute later they heard the bomb blow up but Tony was nowhere to be seen.

"Tony!" Ziva yelled and they ran outside.

Gibbs left his phone and gun at the house, took the phone that was there and returned to his car like Emerson said.

"Go back to the main road and I'll tell you where to go." Emerson said on the phone and Gibbs did just that.

"Turn left at 100 meters. There's a house that's where the policeman is." When Gibbs got there he found the man alive with handcuffs and he untied him.

"Agent Gibbs, he said you'll come. It was a trap. He used me as a decoy. He wants to hurt you but he doesn't want to kill you." The man said and Gibbs tried to call his team but no one answered so he went back to the first house. When he got there he found the police there.

"What the hell happened?" Gibbs asked the policemen.

"There was shooting and a bomb. One of your people grabbed it and ran. He's at the hospital." The man said. Gibbs went inside the house and found Ziva and McGee processing the scene.

"What happened?" Gibbs asked.

"We followed you here via GPS on your phone. We came here and found your gun and phone. We looked around and suddenly someone was shooting at us. Then he dropped a bomb. Tony saw it, grabbed it and ran outside. He was caught by the blast and hurt his head. They took him to the hospital." McGee explained.

"Finish here and then go to the office." Gibbs ordered and left for the hospital. When he got to the hospital he found Tony arguing with the doctor.

"I'm not disgusting it doc. I'm out of here." Tony said.

"The contusions and swelling on your chest will be painful especially when you're breathing but it'll pass." the doctor said.

"You look bad!" Gibbs said trying to sound relaxed.

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear." Tony said sarcastically.

"Does he need to stay overnight?" Gibbs asked the doctor.

"If it was up to me definitely." the doctor said.

"I want to go home to my bed." Tony said.

"You'll do what the doctor tells you to. Would it be safer if he stayed here?" Gibbs said.

"O f course it would be safer. But I can't force him to do that. He doesn't have any internal injuries, so it's up to you." The doctor said to Tony.

"I want to go home." Tony said.

"Ok then. What if he's in pain?" Gibbs asked.

"Then you should take these. If you want take two at a time. And in two days you need to come back for a follow-up. Okay?" the doctor said giving him the prescription.

"I'll do that." Tony said and left with Gibbs. They went back to the office and found the others there.

"How are you?" Ziva asked.

"I'm good." Tony answered.

"How did Carlisle go away?" Gibbs asked.

"He left with a car that he had hidden." McGee answered.

"Don't forget how it all started." Tony said.

"The only man who could bring them together is their common lawyer." Ziva said.

At the lawyer's office:

"Who are you? How did you get in?" the lawyer asked

"You shouldn't leave unlock when you're defending murderers mister Edson." Gibbs said with a threat in his voice.

"You're Gibbs."

"And you're the last person who visited Emerson in prison. Four visits in a month. You and no one else."

"And?" Edson asked.

"Carlisle escaped killing two policemen and one was seriously injured." Gibbs threatened.

"And how's that MY fault? He tricked me the bastard. I made a transfer request and he escaped."

"Emerson had no other way to communicate with Drake. You brought them into contact." Gibbs said.

"NO"

"Listen to me. You know very well that there are cameras in the visiting rooms that record everything."

"And?"

"We know exactly what you said. Word by word."

"What do you want from me?"

"Your confession. In writing."

"H e told me that he wants to escape. I didn't believe him. He threatened my life and the lives of my children. I told him. Forensic isn't joking. It has incredible methods. He underestimates you. That's why he'll make a mistake and you'll find him." Edson said.

"Where should we look for him?"

"He'll begin the robberies." Edson said and Gibbs left.

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