Sorry for the delay, hope you all enjoyed the holidays (whatever you celebrate)! As always thanks to all those who have read and reviewed, I hope you enjoy the latest chapter, your thoughts are always welcomed! I am sure you have all heard that Michael Weatherly is leaving after this season (insert sobbing here), so sad, the show won't be the same without DiNozzo, wil just have to enjoy all the moments while we can!
Happy belated New Year!
Chapter 12
The twenty-five minute drive to Kyle's location was the longest of Tony's life; no words were spoken the rest of the way. As they approached their destination, Matt killed the lights, in front of them stood what looked like an old abandoned warehouse. "Looks like they are still packing up," Matt said.
As they watched the scene in front of them they could see what looked to be five men running back and forth from the building to the few SUV's still parked in front of the building.
"How you do want to play this?" Matt asked, turning to look at his two companions.
"I think we have to try and find a way in there. We can't afford to wait for back up." Tony said.
"We go in full tactical, using night vision goggles, no lights." Gibbs added taking in the building, "On the left hand side, there appears to be an electric box, if we can cut the power after eliminating the men outside, it should allow us to better maneuver the building without being seen. I doubt they will have the proper equipment to see in the dark." He added.
Matt nodded, "Alright, sounds like a semblance of a plan. We have to be quick and quiet. Try and save a few of them for questioning." He said knowingly.
"Tash, we are going in dark, let backup know to do the same, we are wearing our trackers so they will be able to find us in the building when they get here." Matt said through their comm-line.
"Copy that. Some are arriving via helicopter and are less than15 minutes out." She paused, "Stay safe out there." She added softly.
"Will do my best." Matt added before turning to Gibbs and Tony, "We ready?"
They nodded and made their way out of the car to quietly pull on their gear. In complete silence they quickly made their way to an empty vehicle close to the entrance of the building.. "On three." Gibbs said as he counted down with his fingers.
"Federal agents!" They yelled as they made their presence known. Guns started to fire in their direction. All three men quickly made work of the men outside as they made their way towards the entrance. Matt veered off to the electric box as Gibbs and Tony waited to penetrate the door.
"On my mark." Matt yelled. "Now!" He said as he cut the power, at the same time Tony and Gibbs pulled open the door and cleared the front hall.
"All clear." Gibbs said as Matt came up behind them. The group of three made their way from room to room, trying to find either Kyle or one of her captures. As they made their way half way down the hall, Gibbs could hear voices coming from one of the rooms up a head. Indicating the group to hold and hit the walls, they listened in to their conversation.
"What the hell is going on here?" A voice yelled.
"Don't know sir, seems the power is out, Davis outside isn't responding." A second voice added.
"Not good enough, we have exactly 10 minutes to get everything out of this building before company arrives."
"Yes sir." They answered and could be heard making their way to the door.
Gibbs indicated to Matt to enter one of the rooms up a head on his right, and Tony to follow him closer to the door. once the made man his way out of the door, matt grabbed him quietly form behind, and dragging him into the room.
Gibbs nodded to Tony to enter the room the man just excited with him.
Tony kicked open the door as he said, "Federal agents, drop your weapons and put your hands up."
"Go to hell!" he voice yelled as he turned to fire on them. With only a small light coming from the corner of the room, the man was unable to get off a clean shot before they took him out.
"Clear!" they yelled to Matt as they met him in the hallway.
"We have cleared over half the building, I can't see there being many more inside." Matt said.
Tony nodded, "I think you are right. Let's quickly clear the other half."
Taking up their positions again, the group made their way down the hall before reaching two large steal double doors.
Matt held up three fingers, to count down as they slowly opened the door. "Clear." He said softly.
Before them was a short hallway and what looked like five rooms. They slowly approached the first room and stopped to see if they could hear anything, putting his hand on the door knob, Tony pushed open the door before changing in sweeping the room. It only took him a moment to realize there was a body chained to the bed. Slowly approaching, Tony turned them over. "Jimmy!" he gasped as he took in he friends beaten form. Puling off a glove, Tony quickly checked for a pulse as Gibbs and Matt stood watch at the door.
"Please… no" Came a soft moan of protest from Jimmy.
"Oh thank god." Tony said. "Jimmy, it's me, Tony. We are going to get you out of here." He said. Jimmy made no more sound as Tony pulled away. "We must be close."
The group nodded and made their way to the second room. Inside were two men who looked to be trying to destroy all their paper and electronic records.
"Freeze!" Gibbs yelled, as the two unarmed men raised their hands, Tony and Matt quickly tied their hands together with zip ties and sat them down in the corner. Tony went to the computer, "Looks like they were running some sort of program to delete the files."
"How is it still running?" Gibbs asked confused.
Looking around Tony spotted the reason, "It is hooked up to a generator, has it's own power source."
"Figures…Any way to stop all the files from deleting?" Gibbs asked coming up behind him.
"I think so." He replied and clicking a few buttons to close the program out, "And voila!" he cried in success.
"Good job DiNozzo." Gibbs offered, "Alright, two more rooms."
Nodding, the group took the the hallway again, coming up the the door, Matt slowly opened the darkened room, "Shit!" Matt exclaimed.
"This must be where the tortured Jimmy." Tony added as they looked around the room and saw various torture instruments.
Since the room was empty, they turned there attention to the last room, the door was slightly ajar and no sounds were coming out of it. As they made there way into the large relatively empty room, they could clearly see a table in the middle of the room. As they got closer they could see a pair of legs wearing out from the table. The quickly approached the table Matt grabbed his flashlight to help them assess the condition of the bodies lying on the floor.
"Kyle!" Tony yelled as he quickly made his way to her, gently turning her over. "Oh god." He said as he took in the blood and bruises on her face. "Please don't leave me." he begged as he checked for a pulse. "She's alive!" He cited looking up at the group, "Her pulse is weak, she needs to get to a hospital now."
Gibbs approached the other body, and turned it over, "Oh Tim." he said sadly. He crouched down to check for a pulse, but he already knew he was dead, give the paleness off his face, and the bullet hole in his chest. Looking at Tony Gobbs shook his head.
"Fuck!" Tony yelled as he clutched Kyle to hm.
"Tash, let back up now we are going to borrowing the helicopter, we have two wounded here that need to get to the hospital asap." Matt relayed to his wife.
"I will inform them and the hospital that you are on the way. How bad is she?"
"She is badly beaten, bleeding form her head. She wasn't shot though." Matt replied.
"Oh thank god. Back up should be there now."
"Ok the building is secured, there is one guy unconscious 6 rooms to the left from the entrance, and 2 tied up in the first door on the right behind the steel doors."
"Will let them know."
It wasn't long before the group was joined by a team of agents. They quickly worked to get Kyle and Jimmy to the helicopter. Gibbs offered to stay behind and help the other agents secure the facility, try and see what they were up against.
Tony doesn't remember much of the ride to the hospital, as he spent the entire ride holding Kyle's hand and praying to whatever God would listen that she be ok. When they landed at the hospital, Tony yelled and begged to stay with her, but Matt held him back, whispering to let the Doctors do their job.
Now he was sitting in a waiting room, Matt to his left and the Admiral and his wife to the right, Kyle had been with the doctor for over an hour, no news yet. Abby had arrived not to long ago with Ducky to be there for Jimmy, who was going to have a rough road to recovery, but the doctors assured them that with time he would make a full recovery. Ducky was currently sitting with Jimmy in his room, telling the unconscious Jimmy, any and all stories he could think of to pass the time. Abby was curled up on a chair a few seats away not speaking, gazing off into the distance, once they had the news on Jimmy, Matt had informed them of McGee's fate.
Tony vaguely registered Abby's heartbreaking cries and Ducky tried to console her. Tony wanted to be there for his friends, but all he could think about right now was Kyle. He wasn't sure how much time had passed when the doctor finally came out.
"Kyle Evans?" he asked.
The group stood up, holding their breath as they nodded and waited for her to tell them the news.
"My name is Dr. Isabel St. Claire, I've been looking after Ms. Evans." The young blonde doctor said, addressing the group.
"How is she?" The Admiral asked.
The doctor sighed, "Ms. Evans has sever bruises and lacerations covering most of body, her wrists are almost rubbed to the bone, from where they were clearly tied, all of those wounds will heal with time. What concerns me the most is the head trauma she has sustained. There were multiple hits to her head that cause swelling and bleeding of the brain." The group gasped, the Admiral's wife turned sobbing into her husbands arms. "We had to operate in order to relieve some of the pressure and stop the bleeding. Ms. Evans is currently in a coma, we won't know the full extent of the damage until she wakes up." She finished.
"She'll wake up?" Tony asked.
"I won't lie to you, the next 48 hours are crucial, Ms. Evans is is critical condition, at this point I can't guarantee that she will wake up or when."
Tony dropped into his seat, covering his eyes with his hands, as he felt tears running down his face.
"She is being transferred to a private room in ICU, I will let the nurse know to bring you up to see her once she is moved, we can only allow two at a time though. I am very sorry, but try and hope for the best." She said softly, giving the group one final look before heading back from where she came.
"She will pull through." The Admiral said, "She is strong and stubborn."
Tony looked up, "I hope so."
The Admiral gave him a sad smile, "Believe in Kyle, let her know you are here. She will fight heaven and hell to get back to you Tony."