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Please remember
Purple creature – Tac
Human form – Thomas
If I mess up please forgive me.
Also remember Gibbs knew Williams as Sullivan so he will call him that.
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Chapter 10
NCIS The Interrogation Room…
Gibbs could hear a lot of commotion going on behind the door leading into the hallway. McGee was yelling through it to let his boss know that help was on its way. He could also hear Ziva's muffled voice giving instructions to somebody. The senior agent felt like he was trapped inside some kind of living nightmare that he could not wake up from.
A few seconds ago, Gibbs had fired his gun just a few inches above the purple creature's head to stop it from trying to escape. He didn't dare take his eyes off it. He watched as it stopped moving and slowly turned to face him.
Gibbs spoke as loud as he could so the other could hear him out in the hallway, "That was just a warning shot. The next step you take, I will put a bullet right into your left shoulder."
Tac smiled at him, "Gibbs…do you really think you can hurt me with that gun? The most it will do is make me feel a slight sting but that is all. It won't hurt me."
Gibbs continued to aim the gun at the creature. "Thomas or whatever the hell you are…just go ahead and try to take another step. I am warning you I will shoot you."
It was at that very moment the senior agent could see a change in the creature's facial expression. Its smile was now gone and replace with a frown. Tac looked at the human. "Gibbs…we are too late. They have taken him."
Gibbs looked confused, "Who has taken whom?"
"I don't know. I just know Tony is gone now."
Gibbs was trying his best to follow what the creature was saying. "What do you mean Tony is gone?"
"He is gone Gibbs. He is not at your house anymore."
Gibbs kept his gun aimed at the creature as he reached with his right hand for his cellphone. He tried to call Ducky but he didn't get an answer. He then tried to call the two agents who were watching his house and he got the same results.
The senior agent looked at the creature. "I don't care what the hell you are. If I find out you are involved in this somehow I will kill you myself even if I have to do it with my bare hands. Right now, you are going to open that door and let my agents in. You will stay here with them until I get back. I need to find out what the hell is happening at my house."
Tac shook his head, "I would never…never harm my child and I am not going to stay here while my Tony is missing. I am going with you. We will go to your house together so you can see he is not there anymore."
Tac raised his hand and caused Gibbs' gun to go flying across the room and hit the wall. "Gibbs, I must prove to you that I am only here to help Tony and not to harm him in anyway."
Tac moved closer to the man as Gibbs took a couple of steps back. Purple eyes stared into the blue ones. "Please do not fear me. I do not wish to harm you in any way. I know you want to protect Tony just as much as I do."
Tac looked toward the door. Earlier, he had put some kind of force field around the room no one could enter or see inside. He could sense someone trying to open it and he knew he couldn't hold the field too much longer. He looked at Gibbs, "We have to go now. We can't leave the normal way because your people will try to stop me. I am sorry for the way we are going to have to travel because it caused all kinds of problems in your building but we must leave…now."
Within seconds both the creature and the agent were standing in the middle of Gibbs' living room. Gibbs saw Ducky lying on the floor and ran over to check on his friend. He was relieved when he felt a pulse.
Tac spoke, "They just used chloroform on him. He should be okay in a little while. It won't be long before he wakes up."
Gibbs looked suspicious. "How would you know what they gave him?"
Tac smiled, "My kind had a keen sense of smell."
Gibbs looked at the top of the stairs and started to go up them. Maybe Tony was up there.
"There is no use for you going up there as I told you my Tony is not here anymore. We must find him before it is too late."
"What about my agents outside?"
"I am sorry Gibbs but they are dead. I do not sense their life-force like I do with Ducky."
Gibbs looked at the creature and then went outside to confirm what Tac had just told him. He found the two dead agents not too far from the driveway. They both had their throats slit. He pulled out his cellphone and called McGee.
"Boss…are you okay? Where are you? The power is out in…"
"McGee…for now just shut up and listen. Thomas is with me at my house. Tony is missing…they have taken him again. I found Ducky unconscious but he will be okay once he wakes up. Both White and Dean are dead. Have another team come out here to do the investigation. Also, have Palmer bring the bus out here to pick up the bodies. McGee…"
"Yes, Boss?"
"Let Director Vance know about White and Dean. He is going to have to call their wives. Tell him I will see him as soon as I can. I am going to have to wait here until someone comes to recover the bodies.
"On it Boss."
Gibbs closed his cellphone. There was not much he could do outside so he headed back in to check on Ducky. The older man was still unconscious. Gibbs decided to sit down in the chair next to his friend and wait for him to wake up.
Gibbs just stared at the creature for a few seconds. "Earlier, you called DiNozzo your child. Why?"
"Because he is my child, I claimed him as mine when he was just eight years old."
"Anthony DiNozzo Sr. is his father."
The creature's face darkened with anger as he looked at the human. He couldn't believe what he had just heard Gibbs say. "FATHER…how can you call that IDIOT of a man his father? I was there when Tony was just a small child. I saw how Senior treated his son. To me he was never a father to his son."
"You knew Tony when his was a child?"
Tac looked out the window from where he stood, "I knew Tony right after his mother died. Senior had left on one of his business trips. He had hired a nanny to watch his young son while he was gone. She used to make him stay in his room all the time. If it weren't for me he would have had nobody to play with. His nanny used to also whip him for no reason. I tried to get her back for that but when Tony found out he made me promise not to hurt her." Tac turned and looked at the senior agent, "Would you believe senior later married her. She convinced him to send his son away to boarding school so she would not have to watch him anymore."
"I wouldn't care about what Tony said, I would have made the bitch pay.
Tac smiled, "Believe me Gibbs, she did pay at the end. I only wished I could have done it to Senior too but no matter what Tony still loves his father and that is the only reason I leave him alone."
The agent could understand the creature's bad feelings toward Senior he felt the same way himself. He decided to change the subject, "Can I ask who and what you are?"
Tac smiled, "My real name is Tackdeillseilfjsltleuladkd but Tony just calls me Tac because he could never pronounce my name. My kind has been around longer than your human race. We once number in the millions but now there are very few of us left these days. We love younglings but we cannot produce them anymore and we miss them dearly. So, we have attached ourselves to the unwanted and unloved human children. It is the only thing that keeps us from going extinct."
Just then, both Gibbs and Tac could hear a groan coming from the floor. Tac quickly changed back into Thomas.
Gibbs bent down to check on his friend. Ducky seemed like he was trying to wake up.
He looked up at Thomas as he pulled out his cellphone, "I bet, I know someone who can tell us exactly where Tony is going to be taken."
"McGee..."
"Boss…the bus is on its way. It should be there in just a few minutes. Boss…boss please don't cut me off this time. The power has been out in the building and we are working with emergency lighting only. Boss…how did you two get out of the interrogation room without going by us?"
"McGee, I need you to have Mathis waiting in the interrogation room when I get there. If anyone knows where DiNozzo is it would be him." Gibbs hung up before McGee could say anything else.
Ducky opened his eyes. It took him a few seconds to remember where he was and what had happened, "Jethro…I am so sorry. They got Anthony, didn't they?"
"Ducky… it wasn't your fault…so don't go blaming yourself besides you could not have stopped it from happening anyway." Gibbs helped the older man to sit up.
"White and Dean?"
"They are both dead."
Ducky looked at Thomas, "Young man, if I find out you had anything to do with this, I will enjoy having you on my autopsy table."
"Ducky, don't worry. Thomas had nothing to do with this."
"How do you know?"
Gibbs just smiled, "Ducky because I know and I will explain it at another time."
The Interrogation Room…
Once the truck arrived to pick up the bodies, Gibbs, Thomas and Ducky headed back to NCIS in Gibbs Challenger. By the time they got there the power was back on throughout the building. McGee had Jack Mathis waiting in the interrogation room. Thomas stayed with Ducky while Gibbs went to talk with Vance.
When he was finished in the director's office, Gibbs told Thomas to wait in the observation room with McGee and Ziva. At first, the two NCIS agents felt a little uncomfortable standing next to Thomas because they knew he had something to do with them being forcefully pushed into the hallway wall earlier today. As soon as Gibbs walked into the interrogation room, both McGee and Ziva turned their attention toward the window.
A very nervous Mathis had been sitting in the room for over an hour when the door flew open. Gibbs walked in and sat down at the table. "Look Mathis, I have very little time, I want you to tell me where my agent is and you better tell me now." Jack knew he had no choice. "Williams took him to a very well guarded compound that is about fifty miles south of Tijuana."
"How well guarded?"
"It's a fortress. There are at least twenty-five trained ex soldiers guarding that place. You give them the right money they will do anything for you. You will never be able to get in there and get DiNozzo out alive. There are too many of them."
Gibbs gave him his famous stare and then said. "I want to know the exact location of the place. You are going to draw me the layout of the building and tell me where every guards is located. I also want to know exactly where they will be holding DiNozzo. If you lie about anything I will personally make sure you disappear and nobody ever hears from you again." Gibbs handed him some paper and a pencil. Jack did as he was told. Once the senior agent got the information he needed, Mathis was escorted back to the holding cell. Gibbs planned to keep him there until the mission was completed. He didn't want Williams to get wind that Mathis had been arrested by NCIS.
Gibbs and McGee headed to MTAC. The senior agent wanted to get some satellite photos of the area around the compound and the compound itself. He wanted to compare them with Mathis' information and drawings. They could not afford to have any mistakes or surprises. Once he got the photos he met with his team and Thomas. Gibbs informed the team that he was only going to take Thomas with him to the compound. When they tried to argue with him, he put an end to it immediately. The plan was for Gibbs and Thomas to ride up to the compound and surrender. Once inside, it will be up to them to figure out what they needed to do next to get themselves and Tony out alive. Ducky and two agents will be waiting at a small airport about fifteen miles to the north of the compound. Five miles from the compound, McGee and Ziva will be waiting at the rendezvous point with a SUV ready to take them to the airport.
Fifty miles south of Tijuana, Mexico…
Just outside the compound Gibbs and Thomas stood with their hands up in the air. They were waiting for the guards to finish searching them. Their hands were then roughly tied behind their backs. One of the guards signaled them to move forward.
Williams was waiting just inside the courtyard. He walked over to the ex-marine, "Well, Gibbs it's been a long time since I have seen you."
Gibbs didn't want to make any small talk with the man, "Where is DiNozzo?"
"He's inside. I have been keeping him for you."
"You have me now. Let both Carter and DiNozzo go."
"Why should I do that? I am only halfway through with my plans and those plans include both DiNozzo and you."
"Sullivan…please…let…them…go. You can do whatever you want to me. I won't fight you."
Williams laughed, "There is no way in hell I am letting DiNozzo go, I want you both." Williams looked at Thomas; "But…I have no use for this one." Williams grinned and signaled to one of his men to come forward. He pointed at Thomas. The man walked over and shot Thomas in the head and he fell to the ground. Two of the guards dragged the limp body away.
Gibbs just stood there and didn't know what to say. He hoped to God that Thomas was just faking it and he was really okay but right now the agent wasn't too sure.
As William started to walk away he yelled to Gibbs, "I am going to have my men take you to see your boy so you can spend some time with him. I will see you a little later."
Gibbs was pushed inside the main section of the building and down a long hall. They stopped in front one of the doors. While one of the men opened the door, the other one untied Gibb's hands. The guard then pushed the federal agent into the room and the door was shut and locked behind him. It was dark and he could barely see a few feet in front of him. It took him a few seconds to realize he wasn't alone.
"DiNozzo!" He moved quickly and knelt down in front of the younger man who was just rocking back and forth. The senior agent hugged the younger man. Tony stopped rocking but he didn't say a word.
"I am so sorry Tony."
Williams smiled as he watched the monitor. "Well, Gibbs it's been along time but I am now going to get you back for what you did to me and my son."
After a couple of hours passed, Williams walked out into the hallway and ordered his men to bring Gibbs to him. It didn't take them long to return with the federal agent. Gibbs was forced to sit as they strapped him into a chair.
"I want you to watch what is going to happen to DiNozzo. How do you think he is going to take being back in that padded cell again? I bet you he is not going to like it at all."
Gibbs looked up at the monitor. At first, he only saw an empty white padded room. It looked exactly like the one Tony was in before. A few seconds later, Gibbs watched as Tony was being shoved into the room. The younger man didn't react to where he was at first. He just stood there. After a while, the green eyes started to move around. When it finally registered to him where he was, he backed up against the wall and slowly started to slide down it. "No…no…no…no…nooo."
Williams laughed out loud as he bent down so he could whisper into Gibbs' ear. "Can you just imagine what is going through your boy's mind right now? To realized that he is back in that damn room again. Can you imagine what he is thinking at this moment? When I am through with your boy he is never going to be the same. No amount of therapy is ever going to help bring him back."
Gibbs turned and looked at the man with such hatred in his eyes, "Sullivan, you better kill me because if I ever get my hands a hold of you I will make you wish you never existed."
Williams stepped back and laughed even more, "Ooohhhh Gibbs, I don't plan for you to ever leave this place alive. I want you to watch your boy for a while and then I plan to kill you. I haven't quite decided what I want to do with him just yet. I might kill him along with you or drop him somewhere in the middle of the desert and leave him there. How long do you think someone like him can survive out there with all those animals and that heat?" Williams took one last look at the monitor and laughed as he walked out of the room. He was going to let Gibbs watch for a little while.
About five minutes had passed since Williams left the room. Gibbs looked at the monitor again and noticed that Tony had not made a sound or movement at all. He could tell that DiNozzo had shut down.
He was trying to figure out how he was going to get DiNozzo out of here. He was concentrating so hard; he didn't notice he was being watched. He nearly jumped when he felt someone or something touch his shoulder.
"Gibbs, I didn't think you were the jumpy type."
Gibbs looked up and was never so glad to see the color purple. "What took you so long? I thought you said getting shot was only a sting to you?"
Tac smiled as he undid the straps, "It's kind of hard to get back here when those stupid guards were taking forever to dump my dead body."
Tac grew very angry when he looked up and saw what was on the monitor. "Gibbs, let's get our child out of here."
As soon as Gibbs stood up, Tac opened the door. The two guards nearly freaked out when they saw this purplish looking thing coming out of the room that they were supposed to be guarding. Once they got their composure back they tried to stop the it and Gibbs, from leaving. Tac used his powers to slam them as hard as he could against the wall. Gibbs could hear bones breaking. He watched as the two men fell to the floor. The walls were covered with blood.
As Gibbs picked up one of the guns he couldn't help but say something, "Remind me to never make you angry."
Tac turned and smiled, "Oh Gibbs, this is not anger. I won't be angry until I see Williams."
Gibbs took one last look at the two dead men and was so glad that he was on Tac's good side.
It didn't take them long to find the room where they were keeping Tony. Mathis' information was correct. The door flew open as Tac entered the room. The creature bent down and picked Tony up as if he was just a small child. He told Gibbs to stand near him. Within seconds, they were miles from the compound. They appeared just about a quarter of a mile from the rendezvous point. They didn't want McGee or Ziva to see Tac in his true form. Tac quickly changed back into Thomas. He carried Tony the rest of the way. Thomas laid Tony down gently in the back seat of the SUV. Gibbs got into the driver's side while McGee road shotgun and Ziva sat in the back with the unconscious man. She had Tony's head on her lap.
Gibbs realized Thomas was not going to go with them. He got out of the car and walked a little way from the car so nobody could hear them.
"You are not coming with us?"
Thomas just smiled, "I have something to take care of first."
"Williams?"
"Yes."
Gibbs knew there was nothing he could do or say that was going to stop Thomas from seeking revenge. The senior agent wished he could go with him but he had to get Tony to safety. He finally said, "Can you do me a big favor?"
"Yes, what is it?"
Gibbs signaled him to move closer. Thomas moved close enough so Gibbs could whisper something into his ear.
Thomas laughed and told him he would do it.
It was almost dark outside by the time Tac returned to the compound. He grinned because he knew there would also be no power throughout the building. It happens every time he teleports. For some reason, it always messes up the generators and that is why he tries to not use it so much.
Williams had been in his room trying to call Jack when the power went out. He grabbed his flashlight and wondered what the hell was going on. He walked out into the hallway and he could hear the sounds of people yelling and a couple of rifles going off. It was a few seconds later when everything went quiet. He wondered if the federal agents had found them. If they have, he knew it wouldn't be long before they would free Gibbs and DiNozzo. He wasn't going to let that happen. He ran back into his room and grabbed his gun. He headed toward the padded room. He was going to take care of DiNozzo first and then go after Gibbs. There was no way in hell he was going to let anyone mess up his plans.
A few minutes later, he was standing in the padded room with a flashlight wondering how it could have happened. How did DiNozzo get out of the room? He knew DiNozzo was in not shape to leave this room by himself or for someone to come in and get him.
As Williams was standing there he didn't notice he was being watched until it was too late. He backed up when he saw something dark moving toward him. He felt himself being grabbed and a needle being jabbed into his neck. He never had time to use his gun."
Tac whispered into his left ear, "Is this not one of the drugs you use on my child to paralyze him so you can torment him? You are going to pay dearly for what you did."
Williams fell to the floor and tried to move but he couldn't. He just lied there. He was totally paralyzed except for some slight eye movement he was only able to do. He watched as the strange creature walked around him. It kept babbling to him about how he hurt its child and he was going to be punished for it. Williams didn't understand what the thing was talking about. What child?
Time passed, Williams had no idea how long he had laid there but he knew it must have been at least a couple of days. Finally he saw some movement. It was the creature. It had returned. It moved closer to him, "How did you like your time in this room? It has been only three days and I wanted you to feel what my child went through because you wanted to punish Gibbs. The authorities are finally here, they are going around collecting all the dead bodies to bury."
It was another hour before he could hear people walking into the room. They were saying something in Spanish, which he didn't understand. They dragged Williams' body out into the courtyard. Williams tried to signal someone to let them know he was still alive but nobody noticed. His body was placed inside a wooden box. It was at that moment Williams realized that he had been placed inside a coffin. He tried his best but he couldn't move. The men walked away.
A few seconds later, one of the local deputies was looking into the coffin. Williams tried to get his attention with his eyes. He needed to let this man know he was alive and not to bury him. The man looked at him and smiled. Williams watched as the brown eyes changed into dark purple catlike eyes with red specs in them.
"Don't worry you will not have much longer to suffer. I just want you to remember what you did to my child all those months. I want you to remember how alone he must have felt locked in that room. I then want you to remember all those things when you take your last breath of air."
Tac let out a loud laugh as he was closing the lid. About halfway he stopped, "Oh by the way, Gibbs wanted me to relay a message to you since he could not be here at this time. He told me to tell you to GO…TO…HELL."
Williams watched as the lid to the coffin was shut the rest of the way. A few seconds later, he could hear hammering. It would have been totally dark in the coffin if it were not for light coming through the cracks between the cheaply made coffin. He felt the coffin being lifted. He could tell they must have put it in some kind of vehicle. They travel for a short distance. He could feel them unloading the coffin. He then felt himself being lowered into the ground. Lastly, he could hear the sound of dirt hitting the lid. He tried to scream but nothing happen because he was still paralyzed. Dirt started hitting him through the cracks and then darkness came. He knew now there was no escape and only darkness…