Chapter 12

With the day progressing, Jared, along with a couple of Benson's men are once again on the hunt for the remaining Crow members. At this point, the amount of Crows still on the street is only six.

A couple vehicles stop in front of an abandoned factory in Alexandria, Virginia. The men quickly exit from the vehicle and arm themselves. With heavy firepower in hand, the men enter inside the factory.

Before entering, Jared takes out a disposal phone from his pocket. A number is dialed. Jared says nothing. He enters inside the factory and places the phone down.

On the other side of the line at NCIS Headquarters, the person can hear gunfire. NCIS immediately traces the signal. Once the signal is traced with an exact location, a couple teams are deployed in order to make their way to the scene. One of the teams deployed is Gibbs' team.

Inside the abandoned factory, Jared steps toward one of Benson's men. Jared's hand is behind his back. A knife is drawn.

"There's a Crow member just around the corner." The man said.

"Oh really…?" Jared said. There's a quick motion. Jared smiles evilly as he looks into the man's eyes and watches the blood gush from his mouth. The knife is withdrawn from the man's chest. With the man slowly dying, Jared thrusts the knife into him again. The satisfaction of seeing the fear, the plea to stop in someone's eyes gives him the overwhelming urge to continue. The knife is withdrawn and thrust in again and again. The man finally drops to the floor. Blood gushes from the wounds and accumulates on the floor. Jared leans down a bit. He wipes the knife on the recently dead corpse then walks around the corner.

After killing the Crow member in the area around the corner, Jared hunts for another victim. After a minute, he finds another one of Benson's people who is on his hit list of people to eliminate. Jared grabs a long, steel rod which is nearby. The steel rod seems to have a rather sharp tip. With the sharp tip, the steel rod can be used like a spear.

NCIS arrives at the scene. The armed agents quickly secure the outside vehicles before entered into the abandoned factory. Once inside, they spread out and search for suspects.

After a couple minutes, Tony manages to get himself lost in the large factory. From the distance, he sees a body on the ground. With extreme caution he approaches in the vicinity of the dead body.

In the nearby darkness, Jared places a Michael Myers mask over his head. He also grips onto the steel rod.

With seeing no signs of life in the vicinity, Tony finally approaches the body and checks for vital signs.

"What the hell…" Tony said as he checks out the wound which seems to be a through and through, but definitely not a bullet. A noise is heard. Tony reacts.

The steel rod bashes Tony's hand, forcing him to drop his sidearm. A second later, the steel rod whacks him in the face. Tony falls backward onto the ground.

Jared twirls the steel rod then slams the tip downward at Tony. Luckily, enough time was wasted that Tony was able to focus himself and move in time. The sharp tip nicks Tony's left arm.

Tony kicks his foot upward into Jared's stomach. He tries to kick a second time, but Jared slams the steel rod into Tony's leg. Tony turns slightly and reaches for his weapon. Jared grabs Tony's by the ankle and pulls him away.

Tony tries to fight off the attacker, but is thrown into the wall. He receives a blow across the stomach from the steel rod. Tony falls to the floor gasping for breathe.

Tony starts to crawl away in the direction of his weapon. Jared follows.

The steel rod is twirled and thrust downward. The sharp tip stabs into Tony's left leg.

"Agh!" Tony cried in pain. He grabs his newly bloody leg.

Jared's hands release from the steel rod which remains in place in its vertical position. The steel rod is being held in place inside Tony's leg while the tip actually penetrated into the wooden floor.

Tony reaches for his weapon. After grabbing it, he takes aim. No one is there. Tony is all alone in the area.

Even though he's hurt and has a steel rod sticking from his leg, he can't help but wonder why the attacker didn't kill him. He also wonders who the attacker actually was.

Tony places his sidearm down. He grabs the steel rod. After taking a deep breath, he quickly pulls the rod from his leg. The pain is excruciating. He wraps his tie around his leg and ties it tight to keep pressure on the wound. Tony grabs his weapon and uses a nearby chair to help himself stand. With caution, he limps from the area as the location of the attacker is unknown.

In the darkness, a weapon is aimed. A switch is flipped. There's now a red dot on Tony's back. The trigger begins to be slowly pulled.

In front of Tony, Gibbs rounds a corner and comes into view. The red dot disappears from Tony's back. In the cover of darkness, Jared vanishes without a trace.

Gibbs helps Tony.

"What happened?" Gibbs asked in concern for his agent, his son-in-law.

"I was attacked by a movie." Tony answered. "You ever see the movie Halloween?"

"Can't say that I have, DiNozzo." Gibbs places Tony's arm over his shoulder.

"It's a classic horror film from 1978 which a couple sequels were produced from…" Tony begins to say. "It's about this psychotic murderer named Michael Myers…"

Gibbs shakes his head as Tony continues telling him about the movie Halloween.

The abandoned factory is secured. A couple dead bodies remain inside. The six remaining Crow members are dead. Three of Benson's men are also dead. The war is over.

From the distance, Jared watches the crime-scene. He watches as bodies are taken out of the factory. Watches as the vehicles are processed. And with a sinister smile stretched across his face, he watches as Tony is placed inside an ambulance.

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Author's Note: There are two more chapters to this story. So stick around. Besides, the final chapter will be a nice fight scene. You won't want to miss it.