"So I'm Dead" Series fan fiction copyright 2013 by Slinkyrabbit
Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to CBS Television Studios . No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. All other OC mentioned characters or to be introduced later are of my own creation.
Chapter 10
Gibbs entered the room with Kort and Fornell , behind him. Finding a now fully dressed Beth and Tony sitting on the hospital bed , speaking in hushed tones.
" Are you ready , Ms Rosen ?" Fornell asked
Beth nodded. " Yes and it's just Beth" she paused and drew in a breath "You guys won't let anything happen to me, right?" looking to the men before her, nervelessly picking at the hospitable staff uniform shes been given to wear.
from next to her Tony takes her hand in his "Try to relax,"
Beth smiled weakly at Tony "Kinda hard to, knowing that someone's trying to kill me."
Gibbs stepped closer to her ,grabbed a chair , and he sits down directly in-front of her , holding her gaze. "no one is going to hurt you, Beth" Gibbs responses
"your just saying that to make me feel better" returning his gazes
"did it?" his eyebrow raised
"yeah" she gives him a small smiles.
Fornell cleared his throat addressing the room, " alright here's the run down, we will have two teams Dinozzo and Rosen will be with me to the west thru the ambulance bay , where Agent Sacks is on standby. Gibbs and Kort will run interferences with our deco, Agent Krieger to the south thru the Loading docks, transport will be waiting. Both teams will then proceed to the bravo rondevu point and from there the safe house. My agents are waiting in the next room to make the switch"
Kort had been silently watching the exchange from beside Fornell and though he hated the idea of not being the one to protect Beth, he knew it would be for the best , at least this way he could make himself and Gibbs a much more appealing target and buy Dinozzo and Beth, the time they needed. The switch was made seamless as Agent It started as soon as they reach the ambulance bay with no Sacks in sight, Tony move forward to get a clear view of the surrounding area , when the sound of an explosion and then rapid gun fire started , to the south of there location. Immediately they all just knew , it had to be Gibbs and Kort in the thick of it , an ambushed, which meant that they too were compromised. " Dinozzo, there" Fornell called out and directing Tony's attention to a speeding van that was now barreling down the alleyway of the bay
Gibbs ducked as a bullet ricocheted over his head "Damn it, Kort, why is it that every time the shit hits the fan, there's a dirty CIA agent in the mix?"
"How do you know it was my guy?" Even as he changed magazines, smirking, Kort knew the leak hadn't come from any of Gibbs' people, at least not intentionally.
Rolling his eyes, Gibbs didn't even bother to respond as he shifted to the left, hoping for a better angle. It worked and one of their attackers went down just as another car arrived. Now seriously outnumbered, the two men decided to risk making a run for it, to get to where they believed backup would be waiting . There only hope now was that Beth and Tony had made it out safely with Fornell's team. . Gibbs and Kort laid down enough firepower to slow down their pursuers. They made it out clear of the loading dock of the hospital just as their car exploded. Luckily none of them had been seriously hurt , however Krieger had been knocked unconscious from the blast and Gibbs had been able to drag her back into the building before return to cover Kort, at least she was safe for moment , unlike them.
"Crap, come on." Between the burning car and the two groups of gunmen, there was only one way out, a narrow passage between a row of dumpsters and the wall of the hospital, lending to the alley. Knowing it was risky but , they had no choice but to go for it.
"There." Kort pointed as he changed direction, never slowing down.
Gibbs nodded , covering them from behind as they ran down the passage.
"they've missed their check-in."
"You know Kort, he always has his own timetable." Smirking, Andrew Kramer leaned back and setting his feet on Tonys desk, pushing the keyboard out of his way. He didn't have a chance to get comfortable before Booth walked over knocked his feet back onto the floor. Giving him a look before leaning back against the desk. Ziva smiles approvingly and McGee stepped forward , getting in Booth's Face.
"Not when he's got my boss with him. Gibbs doesn't miss deadlines. Check it again." Booth seems to study McGee, and then relented " Kramer!" " On it!"
Kramer checked for the signal, finding no sign either man had attempted to link up with the computers at NCIS. He called his counterpart at the CIA and received the same answer.
When McGee saw Kramer shake his head, he turned his attention to Ziva and together they intensified their search.
"I got something," McGee had barely hung up the phone before he was up on his feet. " vehicle Explosion and gun fight at Bethesda . Local LEO's have the site secured and state troopers are on their way."
"Casualties?" Ziva was already heading for the parking lot, still shoving her SIG into her holster.
"Several, they are still looking."
It was a tense drive to Bethesda . The fact that McGee handed the keys to Ziva told volumes of how worried he really was. Booth and Kramer just hung on for the ride.
The LEO's were quick to turned over control of the scene to the team , while processing the car McGee spoke "If they didn't use this car, how'd they get away from here?"
"Over here." Ziva's call brought McGee and Kramer quickly as Booth lagged behind. 100 yards or so from the burned out car at the mouth of an alley , a destroyed cell phone laid in a large pool of blood trailing off to a likely escape route. Following the blood trail they found shatter glass and shell cases , evidence's of a smashed car window and an additional fire fight.
With Kramer and Ziva bent over, looking at the multiple spots of blood and glass, it was McGee that first spotted the remains in the gutter slightly hidden by a dumpster. "over here"
McGee ordered the rest of them to stay put while he approached the body. It was a testament to how stunned Kramer and Ziva were that they didn't argue with the younger agent. He stopped at the legs first, struggling to remember if he'd ever seen Tony wearing the expensive Italian shoes. Finally, taking a deep breath, he look up towards the mangled body. Everything from the shoulders up was destroyed beyond recognition, probably from the explosion, so McGee forced himself to focus on the torso. He'd never been so grateful that his partner was such a fashion snob as he stared at the remains of the tacky suit . "It's not Tony."
Relieved, Kramer and Ziva joined him, Booth a moment later. " is it Kort?"
At Ziva's question, McGee gave the body a second look. " No, I don't think so." going back to the phone , McGee examined it , the screen was crack but he was able to turn it on a cold chill went down his back as he realized it was Tony's which meant that this was probably his blood as well, Tony was hurt and from the looks of it , he was hurt bad. On the screen the last application accessed was already loading , it was a text message , addressed to him. - it was a set up , going off grid, rule #40 - this was bad, Tony and Gibbs would go to ground and there would be no way for the team to back them up , plus someone had leaked there location , putting them all at risk. Instinctively , before the others could catch up ,Tim deleted the message and pocketed the SD card, he sighed hoping he was doing the right thing.
Hanging back from the group, to answer a call from his men. " this had better be good" " we were able to savage the op photos as you requested, I'm sending you a photo of the witness now" a beep signaled that Booth's phone had received the photo. He pulled the phone away from his ear and stared in horror of the image in-front of him , he was seeing a ghost " that's impossible shes dead" he nearly shouted in the phone" I'm sorry sir, there no mistake , Rosen is they're witness and Kort's appears to be protecting her"
Brock Booth was not the type to lose his cool, under pressure, but you wouldn't know that from the way he growled into his phone "Find them. I don't care , what you have to do , find them now!" his knuckles turning white, as he gripped the phone tighter "I need Rosen and Kort alive ! I want my codes back , don't screw this up "
Ok first off sorry it been so long if I've update , but my muse decided to work on other projects before let me come back to this one but don't worry you wont believe what we've got in store for you next. Anyways thank you and i hope you enjoyed this latest chapter plus all the additional edits , and as always I love to hear from you guys ;p