A/N: I'm back, miss me? *grin* So anyway here it is, chapter 12. I have no idea when the next chapter will be up, I'm thinking it'll probably be few days before it'll happen. Thank you to everyone who reviewed! And a very special thank you to Finlaure for her awesome beta action!

The agents talked to Darrel for a while longer and with each passing minute they were more and more convinced that he really had nothing to do with Simmons escaping or Tony's kidnapping. There was only one more question to ask before they would go back to the other avenues of their investigation.

"You said that you didn't know where Randy would take Tony, but can you think of any place he could go? Did he have friends or anyone he could go to?"

Darrel thought about it for a while before answering hesitantly.

"Now that you mention it, I recall him telling me about a friend who lived somewhere just outside DC, he had a small cabin he and Randy used to spend some time in. He died a few years back and from what I gather he left both of the places to Randy."

The agents went immediately on alert. They hadn't had any indication of where Tony might have been taken, but this might prove to be the break they had been hoping for.

"Do you know where this cabin or house is located?"

"I'm sorry but I really don't. All I know is that the guy who left them to him was an old buddy of his from the police force and his name was John Williams."

The four agents stood up and Gibbs shook hands briefly with Darrel and handed him his card.

"Thank you for your help, call me if you think of anything else."

With that they left the apartment and with a new sense of direction headed to the navy yard to get more info on the places that might reveal Tony's location.

When the agents were back at the bullpen they went to work finding all information they could on John Williams and the locations of his home and cabin. It didn't take long for McGee to jump up from his chair with an excited yelp. All eyes turned on him as if he's lost his mind but his next words had the others on alert.

"I found Williams' cabin and his other place!"

"Well McGee out with it!" Gibbs was reaching for his gun as he spoke and put it in his holster. And out of the corner of his eye he could see Fornell and Kate getting ready to leave as well.

"The cabin Williams owns turns out to be the same little place we found yesterday, but the place he lives himself is a few hours drive away from here in the middle of nowhere, from what I gather it's a cabin also but bigger and suitable for around the year use."

"You got the address?"

"Just downloaded it into the GPS navigator."

"Then grab your gear and let's go!"

The drive to the cabin was long and quiet. Even with Gibbs behind the wheel of the car they'd all huddled into, it was taking them a long time to reach their destination. Gibbs was gripping the wheel hard enough to turn his knuckles white. He was worried for his seconds, his lover's safety. Tony had been in the madman's hands for far longer than he would have liked and they had no idea what had happened to him, hell they weren't even sure they'd find Tony at the cabin, because the only clue they had was the fact that one of Simmons' buddies told them about the connection.

Gibbs swore in his mind that if they found the younger man in one piece he would take him home and wrap him in bubble wrap before cuffing him to the bed to keep him from getting into trouble again.

Kate and McGee were having similar thoughts sans the cuffing to the bed part. The two agents were both worried for their teammate their friend. Throughout the course of the investigation, the more they'd discovered about Simmons, the more they worried about their friend. The agents looked at their team leader's tense figure and traded a look with each other, yeah they might be worried about their friend, but the boss was worried about his lover.

They had known for a while about the two men's relationship but it had never been mentioned so they had no idea if the two men knew of their knowledge. But it was kinda hard not to notice the protectiveness Gibbs showed towards Tony or the fact that Tony seemed to have taken permanent residence in Gibbs' house. They almost felt sorry for Simmons because once Gibbs got a hold of him, there wouldn't be much left of the man.

Fornell saw the look the two younger agents shot their Boss and the look that passed between them and suppressed a smirk. It seemed like the agents had finally jumped in the clue bus headed for gayville. But he really shouldn't have been surprised, after all the agents hadn't seemed to bat an eye at the fact that Tony disappeared from Gibbs' house on their free Saturday. Fornell looked at Gibbs and sighed. He really hoped that they were headed for the right place, for all of their sakes.

They were only halfway to their destination and Gibbs was getting agitated, he couldn't explain it, but his gut was telling him that they were running out of time so he pressed the gas pedal harder and sent a prayer heavenwards for Tony to be okay and in the cabin they were headed for, 'Please god don't let us be too late.'


Randy went into the kitchen and washed the few dishes from Tony's breakfast and afterwards leaned back against the counter with a smile. It seemed that he was doing that a lot after he got Tony back. Randy's smile faded when he recalled Tony's earlier words about Gibbs. No matter what he said to the other man, Simmons was well aware that Agent Gibbs would be looking for his second and that it wouldn't take him long to track down this place, after all it was in the same name that the other cabin was.

No, Randy thought, they couldn't stay here either. He hadn't actually thought any of this far enough. He had been so obsessed about getting the Italian back that he forgot to plan what he would do when he finally got him. He didn't bother worrying about it too much, he had Tony and everything else would fall in place sooner or later, right now he just had to pack up enough stuff to last them for a few days until they could find a new hideaway.

With a plan of action in mind, he went about gathering all the necessary items and packing them into a car his old friend kept in the garage. He sent a thanks to his friend as he checked that the car was in working condition and filled the half empty tank from a canister he had stashed away. He then went back inside and emptied all the cupboards and took all the canned goods to the trunk of the vehicle.

When he deemed everything they needed was packed, he made his way to the bedroom to get Tony. He stood in the doorway for a while, just watching the sleeping agent. He walked to the bed and frowned when he noticed the shivering of the tall frame, even though the blanket was still covering him. Randy lifted the blanket and for the first time saw that the dressing he had put on the wound was completely soaked through and the blood had started soaking the beddings and Tony's pants. He quickly took off the dressing and saw that the wound wasn't bleeding so much anymore so he just changed the dressing and tried to make sure it stayed sound, he took out a roll of duct tape and put some of it over the dressing.

After he had tended to the wound, Randy looked at Tony's face and shook his shoulder to try and rouse the agent, but got no response. He slapped one of the clammy cheeks, but that didn't get a reaction either. He decided to just carry Tony to the car and cut off the ropes binding the agent to the bed. He put down the knife and took the roll of duct tape and with it secured the other man's legs together from ankles and thighs before hefting the tall body over his shoulder to a fireman's carry and carried the unconscious agent to the car.

Simmons laid Tony down on the back seat of the car and took two pieces of Tony's tattered shirt from his pocket and bound his eyes and gagged his mouth. He then reached in his pocket to take the car keys so that they could get going, but his probing fingers only encountered the empty insides of the pocket. He cursed as he remembered that he had left the keys inside. He left the car door open so that he could keep an easy visual of his captive and went to fetch the keys.

Randy opened the cabin door and went inside and saw the keys on the table in the kitchen. He picked them up and turned to return to the car just as he heard a car pull up the gravel road at a high speed and come to a screeching halt in front of the cabin. He ran outside and cursed vehemently when he saw Gibbs and the other agents getting out of the car. He knew there was no way for him to get back to Tony and drive away and he was alone against four, so he ran to the forest that surrounded the cabin, swearing that he'd return for Tony.

The four agents quickly jumped out of the car as they reached the cabin and when they saw the man standing by the door bolt to the woods, Kate and McGee immediately ran after him. Gibbs motioned Fornell to join the chase as he went in search of his younger lover. He didn't have to go far though as he saw the open car door and as he went closer, he could see a body lying on the back seat.

Gibbs rushed to the unmoving figure and removed both the blindfold and gag, before finding a pulse and sighing in relief. He quickly called for an ambulance before he took out his pocket knife and used it to cut the tape around Tony's legs and the rope around his wrists. As Tony's hands were freed, his other arm dropped limply over the side of the seat, revealing the taped wound to Gibbs sight. He carefully pealed back the tape to see the damage. Gibbs had already seen blood beginning to make its way from under the tape as it had soaked the dressing and dissolved the glue holding the tape after the wound had reopened by Randy moving Tony to the car.

Jethro cursed when he saw the wound on Tony's side and he quickly moved the front seats forward so that he could get in the car and tend to Tony, without laying the younger man on the dirty ground. Once he was inside he took off his jacket and sweatshirt, leaving him only in a tee and he used the shirt to press on the still bleeding wound and the jacket was laid over Tony who was shivering on the seat.

"C'mon Tony, open your eyes!" He pressed harder on the wound and was gratified to see the younger man's eyelids flutter and after a while, the expressive eyes blinked open.

"Hey Tony, how are you doing?"

Tony tried to turn his head to the sound of his boss' voice, but groaned when even the slightest movement intensified the headache he was having.

"B- boss? 's you?" Tony asked with a slight slur in his voice.

"Yeah it's me, just hang in there for a minute and the ambulance will be here soon."

Before Tony could say anything else they heard the crunch of footsteps and Gibbs immediately drew his gun with one hand as the other kept pressure on the wound, but he relaxed when he saw McGee, Kate and Fornell emerge from behind the corner of the cabin. Gibbs watched them make their way to the car and looked at them impatiently.

"Well?"

Fornell looked Gibbs in the eyes as the two younger agents focused their attention to their injured team mate, "We lost him Gibbs."

TBC...