AN: Holy Crap! I can't BELIEVE it's been so long since my last update! YIKES! I'm soooo sorry to all my loyal readers! I promise it'll never ever happen again. LoL. And I'll try and post at least two more chapters this week! Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! You've certainly had to wait long enough! By the way, I know this chap is short but another will be up by tomorrow! I PROMISE! Oh yeah….how HOT was that car seen with Tony and Kate. I sware to GOD I thought they were gonna kiss! Wohooo BABY! Talk about some serious sexual tension! Damn! Hehehehe. Love ya all!

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"Tony."

The raspy word kept repeating itself over and over in his head. It was the only thing Kate had been able to mutter before the line had been disconnected.

The fact that McGee was going about 130 mph on the freeway, or that tears were beginning to drip from the corners of his eyes were just two of many things that went unnoticed by him.

To Tony, the world seemed a blur. His mind was focused only on one thing:

He'd failed her.

He'd sworn from the beginning that he would protect Kate better then anyone could; that he would keep her safe and that he wouldn't let his emotions for her blind him.

Now, he'd failed her in every aspect of his promises…not just once, but twice. The fact that he hadn't been there when those bastards had gotten her had broken him. He should have been there…should have stopped them. But he hadn't, and he'd lost her.

Now she'd given him a second chance at saving her. She'd made contact with him when it was most likely nearly impossible for her to do so. But somehow she'd done it…and once again he'd lost her. He'd failed her.

He snapped vaguely back into reality as he felt McGee bring the car to a screeching halt in front of the NCIS Headquarters. Jumping out of a the vehicle before McGee even had time to cut the engine he broke into a dead run as he headed for the interior of the building.

Opting to take the stairs instead of the elevator, only one thought occupied his mind as he took the stairs 3 at a time: He had to find Abby. She could trace his cell phone call.

He couldn't lose Kate, not after all this.

Bursting through the doors of the lab, he found it empty and turned back and headed for the bull pen. Odds were if she wasn't down here she was with Gibbs. She was ALWAYS with Gibbs.

Finally reaching his destination he was disappointed to find only Gibbs and Ducky looking over a file both with forlorn looks on their faces. Something was up.

"Gibbs!" Tony shouted, rounding the corner and at last reaching the two men. "Where's Abby? I need her write now! She's gotta trace something for me! I think I've got a lead!"

Gibbs made some sort of gruff grunting noise before Ducky took the incentive to speak.

"My dear boy, I'm afraid you're a touch to late. Abigail's down in interrogation at the moment."

"What?" McGee gapped, apparently he'd arrived too. "Why? And who the hell's interrogating her!"

Finally Gibbs spoke, only it was the last words Tony wanted to hear.

"Internal Affairs just got here…..and there NOT happy."

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