A/N: Three chapters in one night! I'm on a roll!

To be honest, I've managed to catch the flow again now, so I think I just got stuck on how to get to this point...Oh well. There's only two chapters to go!

Let me know what you think!
Love,

xoloveJBox

Chapter Ten.

As the elevator door dinged open a little over five hours later, Lana slept soundlessly at her desk. For the first three hours or so, Lana had tried everything to get her sister to open up, but nothing had worked. Each question gave her the same answer; that Lisa wanted to speak to JJ , so she had stopped trying

Lana's hands were folded under her head, acting as a pillow, her glasses still stuck to her face. When Gibbs saw who emerged into the bullpen, he gently shook her awake, feeling guilty for snatching her away from the few stolen minutes of snooze Lana had allowed herself. Lana mumbled groggily, raising her head and looking around. When she saw the tall figure standing in the corner of their office area, dressed in his immaculately neat marine's uniform, his hat tucked under his arm, she quickly got up and threw her arms around his neck. Lana hugged her brother tightly for a few long seconds before letting go, swinging her fist back and punching him hard in the nose. Gibbs quickly pulled her back, worried that she would try again, but she made no attempt to repeat her actions.

"Why did you tell her you were coming home? You lied to her, and now look what she's done JJ!" She screamed at the man in front of her, Gibbs stood defensively between them. Protection for JJ, not Lana. Ziva passed JJ a tissue for his bloody nose while Lana waited impatiently for an answer from him.

"I thought it would make her go clean." He replied quietly, his voice deep and soft. "I told her I was going to Chicago instead of here if she was still using. I knew she wanted the three of us together, and that she would do pretty much anything to get that."

"Yeah, she would do anything, but instead of going clean, she kidnapped Tony! I don't even understand why she did that!" Lana hollered, feeling like JJ's answers weren't satisfactory explanation for everything that had happened.

"She thought if Tony was gone for long enough, child services would take you back, and one of us could adopt you instead."

Lana felt the air leave her lungs as her brother spoke. What did 'gone for long enough' mean exactly?

"You got us into this mess JJ; you get us out of it." Lana demanded loudly.

"This isn't my fault Lana!" JJ yelled back, and Ziva took a step towards them, because Lana looked like she was about to pounce again, and Ziva knew that even though the young girl was a lot smaller than her brother, it would take more than just Gibbs to keep her away.

"It's sure as hell not Tony's either, and he's the one who's suffering because of us!"

"If you'd just let her adopt you in the first place, we wouldn't have this problem at all, would we?"

"Do not turn this on to me John-James!" Lana spat angrily. "You made that decision ten years ago, not me! I was six for god sake! This is between me, you and Lisa. Not Tony. Don't make him pay for how screwed up our family is."

JJ and Lana fell silent for a minute, each left to their thoughts. Ziva, Tim and Gibbs looked between the two siblings. None of them knew what was going on between them, but then, they thought, it didn't matter as long as the outcome was a good one: getting Tony back safely.

"Talk to her JJ, before I kill her." She told him firmly but quietly. Despite being eight years older than Lana, JJ followed her dutifully to the interrogation room that held their sister, listening intently as she filled him on the events of the previous few days. Gibbs, Ziva and Tim tagged behind, because technically, Lana shouldn't have even been a part of the investigation.

"What happened to your hand?" JJ asked quietly as they walked along, but the only response he got from his sister was a silent glare that felt like sharp little daggers even to the others, and it wasn't even aimed at them.

They reached the right room and stopped.

"I don't care what you have to say to her," Lana purred deeply "Just find out where Tony is."

JJ nodded and opened the door, while Gibbs, Lana, Tim and Ziva greeted Duckie in the room that would allow them to watch in on the conversation.

"What do you think Duck?" Gibbs asked, and Lana realised that the ME had been asked to perform a psychological analysis on her sister. She felt a brief flash of annoyance over not being told, but it quickly subsided, melting into curiosity at what he had found. Duckie shot Lana a quick glance, as if nervous to be speaking about Lisa while Lana was in the room, but he knew that she would not be leaving anytime soon, so he carried on anyway.

"Well," the Scotsman sighed "It's pretty obvious that she feels bad for what's happened." They all watched as Lisa got up and flung her arms around her brother's neck, sobbing into his shoulder. "And that would explain why she was so adamant to speak to her brother and not Lana."

"How so Duckie?" Tim asked, not completely sure he understood.

"Lisa knows how much Lana cares for Tony." Duckie answered simply "She feels bad for taking the lad away from her, even though in Lisa's eyes; it's the best thing for everyone. She knows that if anyone can convince her to tell us where she's keeping Tony, it's her brother. If she didn't want to be persuaded, she wouldn't have refused to speak to anyone else. It's a very clever plan actually, even if it is highly illegal."

The team were silent for a minute, watching Lisa and JJ interact with each other through the glass.

"There's one more thing I know for certain." Duckie told Lana quietly.

"What's that Doctor Mallard?" Lana sniffed.

"She loves you."

Before anyone had a chance to respond, JJ had crossed the interrogation room, and was tapping on the mirror that linked them all.

"Lana," he said quietly, getting all of their attentions. "Come here."

Lana hesitated, but only for a second before leaving the room and entering the next one. The atmosphere in the room was thick and tense, and Lana took out the small notepad and pen that she kept in her back pocket before sitting opposite her sister. Lana didn't want to look at Lisa, didn't want to be near her, but she was willing to do anything to get Tony back, just as Lisa had been willing to do anything to keep him away.

"I'm so sorry Lana," Lisa whimpered "I never meant for this to happen."

"Well it did Lis," Lana murmured back "So why don't you just tell me where he is?"

"It wasn't supposed to play out like this, and they weren't supposed to hurt you." Lisa put her hand on top of Lana's bandaged, bruised fingers, eyeing the gash on her head, but Lana quickly snatched her hand away. It hurt, but she didn't show it.

"Lisa," Lana warned when her sister still avoided the question.

"I just wanted you to come and live with me, for the three of us to be together again."

"Don't you get it?" Lana suddenly exclaimed angrily. "I don't want to live with you!"

Lisa was shocked to hear her sister say those words, and Lana was equally as surprised that they had come out, seemingly of their own accord. She hadn't meant to say them, but she knew they had to be said, so she carried on.

"They've been giving me and JJ the choice all along Lis. Right from the beginning, they kept reminding us that you were eighteen, so we could stay with you, but we chose not to. Even when Tony was adopting me just a few months ago, they made sure I knew the offer was still open."

Tears streamed down both girls' faces, and each of the three knew that Lana's words were true.

"It was the drugs Lis." JJ added solemnly, not taking his eyes from the floor. "It wouldn't have been safe for us. Lana was six; it wasn't the right environment for her."

No one spoke for a few minutes. There was nothing to say. They all knew that the truth had finally come out, and while it felt like a great weight had been lifted for Lana and JJ, they knew it was tearing their older sister up inside.

"Lisa," Lana said quietly, taking her sisters hand across the table. "Please. Tony is a good guy, and he cares about me a lot. He tells me at least once a week that you could come over whenever you want to. Please don't do this to him."

Lisa saw the pleading look on her sister's face, worry and upset etched right into her emerald eyes.

Lisa made up her mind. She let go of her sister's hand and pulled the notebook and pen towards her, scribbled an address and gave it back. Lana leaned across the table, kissed Lisa's cheek and whispered in her ear.

"Thank you."
Gibbs was waiting on the other side of the door when Lana rushed out, the paper in her hand like it was as valuable as the Mona Lisa. Gibbs took the paper from her and dashed away, throwing orders over his shoulder as he went.

"Ziva, McGee, you're with me." He barked "Lana: you stay here with Abby and Duckie."

"What!" Lana exclaimed in disbelief. "No way!"

"Don't argue with me Lana." Gibbs demanded as they approached the elevator. "I'll call you as soon as we know something."

Lana wanted to argue. She wanted to push until she could go with them. She didn't want to wait for a phone call to know if Tony was safe, or hurt, or even alive, but she knew that Gibbs wouldn't make her suffer the way it would to be so uncertain if it wasn't for a good reason.

She sighed "The minute you know something?"
"The second." Gibbs promised as the elevator closed. Not wanting to be alone, Lana grabbed Duckie and they went down to Abby's lab to pace.