Suddenly they were there. Gibbs skidded the car to a halt, dust and gravel flying. They all piled out quickly pulling on their bullet proof vests and readying their ear pieces, zipping up their jackets against the freezing night air.

Tony tried to erase the sweaty chill creeping up under his jacket, poking its bony painful fingers into his kidneys. "At least it isn't a warehouse. The bad guys always pick a warehouse. This at least shows some imagination."

An instant later Fornell was waiving them over and jogging quickly through the dark the three NCIS agents and one Director joined the dozen or more FBI agents in a huddle.

"Alright Director how do you want to handle this? You obviously have the seniority here" Fornell knelt down, flashlight out on the map in front of him.

Jenny looked up her face composed. She was in the field again. No fear.

"Look Fornell, this is your Intel here, you have the greater number of agents already in position. I just want to get Tim back, safe and sound. As long as we can do that this is your operation."

Fornell nodded "Alright"

Gibbs interrupted "We Director. We want to get McGee back."

Jenny shot Gibbs a look that could cut through steel. "Of course Gibbs. That goes without saying."

Fornell was already directing teams to cover the various exits and entrances.

"Gibbs. How about you and DiNozzo take the back left and the Director and Officer David back right? I have two teams doing an initial sweep and then we'll go in. I don't need your famous gut Gibbs to know something isn't right here. A truck arrived 20 minutes ago and there are some goons loading it up with something unknown. Lights are on in the upstairs office area. A residential area like this, at this time of night? "

Gibbs nodded "Alright lets get this over with. DiNozzo go with Ziva. I'll go with the Director."

Tony looked like he was about to say something, instead he just nodded before jogging off with Ziva. "Right Boss"

Jenny stood to her full height, wishing not for the first time that she was a little taller in statue. "What going to keep an eye on me Jethro? Think I might get myself in trouble? Do something stupid? It might have been a while since I was out in the field but I know how to handle myself Agent Gibbs"

Gibbs turned to Jenny in the dark only their two flashlights illuminating the scene. It was so cold his quiet words made a fog of brief warmth around his face as Gibbs turned to Jenny with anguished pain filled eyes.

"No Jenny. That's not it at all. I want to make sure you're with me so I don't do anything stupid." And with that Gibbs quietly turned and started heading towards the building.

Jenny cursed herself. That was always it with Gibbs. Just when she thought she knew him so well he would unveil himself a little further. She knew how he felt about his team. They were quite literally his family and one of them, the youngest was missing and probably hurt. She knew Tim looked up to Gibbs, even more than he did with Tony. Hell anyone with eyes could see that. Tim had spent years trying to make himself a better agent, modeling himself on Gibbs. If she thought about it, it was probably one of the reasons Tim wanted to get experience undercover so he could learn those lesions.

If they went into that building and Gibbs discovered Tim's battered lifeless body… his inquisitive eyes frozen open in terror and pain….

Gibbs was right. She was one of the few people who could turn him back from murdering the bastards that would do such a thing.

Jenny squeezed her eyes shut tight. No! It would not end this way. Tim was too damn young and smart and he had his whole life in front of him to be caught up in this mess. She should have stopped him. She should have got to his apartment sooner. She shouldn't have succumbed to her own vanity and assured Tim that everything was fine.

Later. Later she would have the time to detest herself but now she had a job to do and that was to get him back alive.

Jenny turned and quickly caught up with Gibbs.

She thought about what to say to this man who was hurting. This man who still loved her and was being torn in a dozen different directions at once. How could she tell him she understood what he asked of her?

"I've got your back Gibbs"

Her voice was quiet in the still night and as Gibbs continued, his pace slowing as they came closer his response was so quiet she almost didn't hear it.

"You always did Jen"

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Abby spun in her chair. Round and round. McGee would be fine. The others would find him and it would all be a false alarm and he would have been helping those CIA people with some project and while he worked on the computer the time simply got away from him. That's all.

Round and round. Abby wasn't sure if it was the spinning or her emotions which were making her feel sick, twisting her stomach into knots. And she didn't really want to know so she continued to spin. Round and round.

Gibbs would find him. Tony would find him. Even the Director was out looking.

Gibbs had told her to go home and get some sleep and they would call when they found him. Abby had just looked at him disbelieving and Gibbs had smiled apologetically and kissed her forehead before he left.

McGee would be fine and he would be in her lab in the morning, giving her that 'What?' look. And she would punch him in the shoulder….. after she gave him a hug that would squeeze the life out of him first.

Round and round. What was taking them so long?

Tim would be fine. Abby bit her lip and tried not to cry as she sat in the silence of her lab, her senses straining to hear the phone call. The call that would tell her that Tim was ok.

Round and round.

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Gibbs nodded, and signaled to Fornell.

"Ready DiNozzo?"

"Never better Boss"

"Alright then……. GO!"

Five doors simultaneously burst open, armed agents from two agencies pouring into the large retail plant nursery.

"Federal Agents Freeze!"

"Drop your weapons!"

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(Come on ! Let me know your reading and what you think. As promised Im trying to update faster on this to keep up momentum)