This chapter is a fill in the blank of sorts, it gives a useful insight/perspective into what will happen next.
*The other side of the story*
"Gibbs", he said answering his phone.
"Is everybody ok?" Abby said.
"McGee and Dinozzo are fine..." He started.
"But they took Mel" She stated very matter of fact.
"Yeah. Is there something you wanted Abbs" he said starting to get agitated.
"Whilst she was hanging out in the lab we put a tracer in her inhaler"
"And..."
"I am tracking her now in real time"
They silently moved in on the house. Ziva picked the lock on the front door. Tony went round the back, and McGee stayed in the car
Melanie heard the lock pop whilst she was in the kitchen.
She had lied to her 'father', she needed time to think, formulate some kind of plan.
Ziva cautiously opened up the door, ready to fire.
Gibbs saw that she was unharmed for the moment and wanted it to stay that way.
Mel did not know whether or not either of them were versed in sign language, so silently mouthed some words to them.
Gibbs mouthed, "5, 4, ... 3" and that was as far as he got before Melanie collapsed, throwing her arms to the side as she went, knocking her glass of juice on to the floor.
She began convulsing, pieces of glass embedding themselves into her back.
Steven rushed in to see what was going on, his gun still cocked in his hand.
When he saw his little girl, he was lost for words. He ran his empty hand through his hair, then knelt down near her.
As soon as he put down his weapon, Ziva and Gibbs rushed in.
"NCIS, Freeze!" Gibbs said.
Mel stopped finally stopped seizing and her body went lax.
In his horrified state it was relatively easy for Ziva to cuff Steven and pull him to his feet.
Gibbs turned his attention to Mel.
As soon as Steven left the room Tony entered the house through the back door.
He made quick work of the rope that bound Sarah to the chair.
Sarah knew that this was not yet over so remained silent.
Though in her heart she feared that something had happened to Melanie...
It's practically over, they got the bad guy, now for the loose ends.
