Kate and McGee worked in silence for awhile trying to find anything in the small cabin to tell them where Simmons had taken Tony. Gibbs had gone outside with Fornell to see if they could find anything helpful from near the shed or the cabin itself, though considering it had already gotten dark and they had to rely on flashlights, they didn't hold out much hope for finding anything.

"I don't get it Kate, why didn't he just kill the guy? Why leave him for us to find?" The fact that Bill had been left alive and relatively unharmed had been bothering McGee ever since they found the older man unconscious, but still alive in the shed.

"I think he couldn't kill Bill, I mean Gibbs didn't tell us much about the Simmons's case but what I gathered was that Simmons only killed those that he thought didn't deserve to live" Kate picked up the peaces of the rope Bill had been tied with and bagged and tagged them, before continuing.

"Bill hasn't done anything to deserve to die, on the contrary, from what little we had time to find out about him, he seems like a really decent guy."

McGee perked up at Kate's description of the motivation behind their perp's actions.

"So you're saying that he won't kill Tony?"

"It's not killing him we need to worry about" Both agents jumped when Gibbs' voice came from the door.

After that statement they all worked in silence until they had all the evidence they could gather in the car's trunk. All were lost in their own thoughts and pondering what was happening to Tony.

They drove back to the naval yard and dropped the evidence down to Abby's lab and reassured the worrying goth before making their way into the bullpen. By the time they were all seated by their desks and Fornell by Tony's, it was almost midnight.

"Go home people, catch a few hours of shut-eye and come back bright and early to go through Simmons's background to see where he could have taken Dinozzo."

Kate and McGee glanced at one another and instead of leaving, settled down by their desks to catch a nap so that they could continue the search as soon as they had gotten a little rest.

Gibbs watched as the two agents settled with a proud smile. It didn't matter how long it would take to find Tony, but there was no doubt that McGee and Todd were both ready to give the search their all and even more if the situation called for it. Gibbs motioned for the FBI- agent to follow him and made his way to the elevator. When they were between floors, Gibbs pressed the emergency switch.

"Tobias, I want you to go through Simmons' visitors, he couldn't have planned all of this by himself. If nothing else, there might be someone providing him with a place to stay."

"I'll look into it Jethro. Why do you think Simmons came after Tony?"

Jethro ran a hand over his face and sighed heavily. "You know about the case, Simmons had a thing for Tony and it got worse until he decided to take Tony for himself when he realized we were close to him. Tony managed to escape and we brought Randy down."

"So are you more worried that Simmons' fascination for Tony has increased and he's obsessed with getting Tony as some kind of prize, or you think he's out for revenge?"

Gibbs flipped the switch and the elevator lurched a bit before continuing on it's interrupted journey.

"That's the million dollar question"

When Kate and McGee woke up from their nap it had been only a few hours and they weren't surprised to find Gibbs working on his desk, but what surprised them was the absence of the FBI- agent. They looked at each other and shrugged before going to work, trying to find anything to help them get Tony back.

They worked for a few hours before going to get something to eat and by the time the clock hit seven, they had all slept, eaten and had searched everything they could think of with very little results.

"What have you got?"

"Er, well, we don't actually have anything boss. There is nothing in Simmons' record to point us to any direction and there hasn't been any sign of him after he left the prison, till he showed up to your house."

Gibbs was about to snap at his two agents to look harder when the elevator dinged and Fornell rushed out.

"Jethro, there has only been one person who has regularly visited Simmons in prison, he claimed to be Randy's brother, but there's no record of him actually having one. We do have his name though and I got his address..."

"Damn it Fornell, stop yapping and tell me who it is and where can I find them, so we can haul their ass to the interrogation!"

"His name is Darrel Mansfield, here's the address" Fornell handed Gibbs a paper with the address and watched as the NCIS- agent grabbed his gear as he yelled for his team to do the same.

Together the four agents made their way to the parking garage, but this time they took two cars and headed for the address of their possible accomplice.

The ride to the man's apartment wasn't long and soon the four agents were standing behind Mansfield's door.

"NCIS open up!" Gibbs knocked none too politely on the door and they waited for a little while before hearing the sound of shuffling feet. The door opened to reveal a man in his late thirties with a messy hair and pajamas looking at them with bleary eyes.

"You do realize that it's not even eight am yet!" But the man held the door open so that the agents could step inside.

"Are you Darrel Mansfield" Fornell asked when he stepped inside after the lead NCIS agent.

"Yep, in the flesh. And you lot are?"

"I'm special agent Gibbs, these are agents McGee and Todd and FBI-agent Fornell. We're here to ask you a few questions."

So what can I do for NCIS? I can assure you that I haven't killed any marines if that's what you're here for"

"We're here to ask you some questions about one Randy Simmons"

"Randy? What is this about?" Darrel motioned for the agents to take a seat in his small living room and sat down on one of the chairs there.

"Do you know where Simmons is?" Gibbs asked the other man as his team seated themselves.

"Yeah, he's in jail. Why?" Darrel's eyes were narrowed as he regarded the agents, trying to see the reason behind the weird question. "I would have figured that you knew that"

"Simmons escaped prison not that long ago and there hasn't been any sightings of him but there is evidence linking him to a kidnapping and possibly murder" Gibbs watched the other man closely as Fornell delivered the news and the determined that the look of surprise was genuine and so was the exasperation and anger that followed it.

"He really did that? That stupid son of a-, and the kidnapping, it's about Dinozzo isn't it? That idiotic stubborn fool!"

"You saying you didn't know about his plans to escape? Can you explain to us why, when visiting Simmons you claimed to be his brother?"

"Agent Gibbs, Randy may not be my brother by blood, but he has always been like a brother to me and stood by me all my life. When he was sent to prison I was naturally surprised and I admit, disgusted by the fact that he's a murderer, but I knew he wasn't really himself so I've done my best to support him. He talked about escaping and getting Tony, but I never took him quite seriously. In all honesty I just took it as the ramblings of an unbalanced man." Darrel sighed heavily and turned his gaze to Fornell

"What about the murder? Did he kill Tony? I really can't believe he'd do that. After all he's obsessed with the man, it's all he ever talks about... I-I think he might be even a bit in love with him" Darrel blushed at his last words and turned his gaze to the floor so he missed the shocked looks on Kate's and McGee's faces

"We think he killed an cop who works for Baltimore PD. We think he was trying to get information on Dinozzo's whereabouts and after finding out that the cop was dirty, just killed him. "

Gibbs regarded the man sitting on the chair and noted that he was looking a bit shaken, and if Tony's wellbeing wasn't on the line, Gibbs might have considered giving the man a short breather, but right at the very moment time was of essence.

"You said Randy talked about getting Tony, what did you mean by that? Did Simmons say what he was planning on doing or where he was going to take Dinozzo?"

"i don't know where he might have taken him, but he talked a lot about Tony. He was telling me how he got away and if he hadn't they would have had a good life" He looked straight into Gibbs' eyes when he continued "He talked about you too Agent Gibbs, he said you stole Tony away from him, and he always got agitated when he talked about how Tony betrayed him by going to you. As I told you he isn't stable, one minute he can talk about Tony like he's the best thing in the world and the next talk about getting revenge on him. Agent Gibbs where ever they are I hope you find them soon or there might not be much to find"

TBC

A/N: I know a whole chapter without Tony in it! Just awful... well next chapter will have more Tony I promise :)

On totally different subject, tomorrow is my last day of Practical training! Yay! It has been fun and I've enjoyed my time there, but I'm really ready for the summer holiday to begin.

I'm having a bit trouble with writing the investigation part of this story, but I hope this chapter was okay and made some sense ;)

And again thank you to everyone who reviewed and/or PM'ed me! You guys are the bestest (an I do know it isn't a word, but I gotta be me...) XD