Gibbs sat silently in the squad room watching his team, DiNozzo was playing with a game console at his desk and McGee was doing something on his computer.

"DAMMIT" Tony said a little louder than intended and when he saw the glare from Gibbs he added "sorry boss".

"Gibbs was about to make a smart remark but was interrupted by his phone ringing.

"Hello," Gibbs said a little annoyed as he answered his phone "Special Agent Gibbs"

"Hi Agent Gibbs," the young female voice on the other end of the phone said "This is Doctor Tamsyn Darcy from Bethesda Naval Hospital". Gibb's heart skipped a beat; whenever they were called by the hospital it was never good. A million thoughts raced through his head before he replied "Yes what can I do for you?"

"Well," Dr Darcy answered "We have a Miss Abby Scuito here and she told us to call you as she worked for NCIS".

"WHAT," Gibbs yelled into the phone "What happened is she alright?"

Gibbs' outburst caused both Tony and McGee to look up and curiously look at Gibbs.

"Yes she's fine," Dr Darcy replied "Just a few minor cuts and abrasions and she's a little shaken up"

"What happened?" Gibbs demanded of the young doctor knowing all to well she probably didn't know.

"I'm not entirely sure Agent Gibbs," Dr Darcy replied "Someone brought her here after they found her tied up in an alley"

"How did that happen?" Gibbs asked

"I don't know Agent Gibbs" Dr Darcy sighed.

"Has she said anything, who found her?" Gibbs said quickly asking Dr Darcy a million questions which she couldn't possibly know the answer to.

"I DON'T KNOW" Dr Darcy replied loudly "If you want to know anything you'll either have to talk to the guy who brought her in or wait until Miss Scuito is moved to a ward so you can talk to her".

Gibbs sat shocked for a few minutes after Dr Darcy had hung up processing what he had just heard.

"Boss" Tony muttered and it was then that Gibbs realized that both DiNozzo and McGee were standing at his desk and had probably heard most of his end of the conversation.

"DiNozzo gas the truck" Gibbs said and threw the keys to Tony. Tony caught the keys with a confused look on his face and wondered what was going on.

"Where are we going?" McGee asked looking from Tony's confused face to Gibbs' emotionless look getting worried. Gibbs walked into the elevator and Tony and McGee followed. Once everybody was inside Gibbs sighed and said "Bethesda Naval Hospital"

As Gibbs burst through the doors to Bethesda Naval Hospital, a million thoughts were running through his head. Was she ok? How badly was she hurt? Who did this to her? Gibbs ran up and down the hallways until he reached the nurses station to the emergency ward. Tony and McGee weren't far behind him but unlike Gibbs, they had no idea why they were there or who was hurt.

"Why do you think we're here Tony?" McGee asked out of concern.

"No idea Probie" Tony said, sounding braver then he felt.

As soon as the three men reached the nurses station, Gibbs slammed his hands down on the desk and demanded "I want to see Abby!"

"I'm sorry who?" asked the nurse.

Gibbs quickly realized why she was confused. "I'm sorry" he said more calmly this time "I'm here to see a Miss Abigail Sciuto"

"ABBY'S HERE!" McGee exclaimed loudly "is she ok? What happened?"

"McGee" Gibbs said "if I knew then I'd tell you but as I don't…"he said his voice trailing off while he turned to the nurse, hoping that she'd get the hint and tell him where Abby was.

"Look I'm sorry" she apologized again "I can't let you in. only emergency staff are authorized to enter emergency"

"But I'm a federal agent!" Gibbs said in sort of a whiney voice.

"I don't care if you're the President of the United States, you can't go in there unless you're dying"

"Dying huh?" Gibbs mumbled to himself. Slowly a small grin crept across his face. "Ok" he finally said "I fully understand. We'll be leaving now" and he motioned for Tony and McGee to follow him but the act would have looked more convincing if their jaws weren't on the floor in confusion.

"DiNozzo! McGee!" he yelled and snapped them out of their trance and they slowly followed, still confused about the whole situation.

As soon as they got out of ear shot of anyone in the hospital, Tony grabbed Gibbs's arm and said "what is going on here? You usually don't give up like that"

"Gee DiNozzo, you don't look so good" Gibbs said sort of randomly.

"Huh?" was all Tony could say before Gibbs continued.

"Seriously, you don't look so good. Maybe you should sit down and call a doctor"

"But I feel fine boss!" Tony started to complain. He had no idea what was going on but one look at Gibbs's face and he started to catch on to the plan.

"Actually" Tony said tilting his head a little "my neck does feel kinda stiff and I think I'm developing some really nasty bruises all over my body"

"Don't forget the open head wound" Gibbs said with a smile, glad to see he caught on but McGee on the other hand was still having trouble gripping the idea.

"What are you talking about Tony?" he asked in surprise "you said you felt fine and you don't have a bruise any where on your body"

"McGee" Gibbs said with a smile "you don't look too good either"

"What are you talking about?" McGee said, now so confused that if you asked him his name he probably couldn't tell you.

"You know what?" Gibbs asked no one in particular "I think our injuries might have something to do with the car accident we were in once we left the hospital"

"I think you're right Gibbs" Tony agreed with a huge grin "maybe we should see a doctor"

"I think you're right DiNozzo" Gibbs agreed and the two of them walked off, leaving McGee standing there, with a blank stare in his eyes. Gibbs stopped for a second and turned around.

"McGee, come with me and I'll explain" he said.

McGee nodded and slowly took several steps forward and followed Gibbs and Tony.

Kate sat silently in her room bored out of her mind, she'd been with Ari for a little over 2 years now and she couldn't remember a time when she was more bored. Kate thought back but all she could remember was having fun annoying Ari or beating up his thugs, but after the video incident Ari didn't come anymore so she had no way to entertain herself.

Suddenly the door burst open and Ari entered followed closely by a couple of his thugs dragging something behind them.

"Put her over there" Ari said not even acknowledging Kate's presence. The thugs, one of which Kate noticed was Fergon, went over to where Ari was pointing and threw a woman with a bag over her head on the floor.

"Who is that?" Kate demanded getting to her feet. Ari continued to not look at Kate.

"Now leave" Ari said to his thugs who walked away from the woman and left the room.

"WHO IS THAT?" Kate repeated more loudly this time. Ari walked towards the door and just before he left the room he turned around and glared at Kate.

"Goodbye Caitlin" Ari replied coldly and locked the door behind him as he left.

Once Ari had left Kate made her way over to the woman and pulled the black bag off her head.

"Are you ok?" Kate asked watching as the woman who Kate now noticed had red hair looked up at her new room mate.

"I think so," the woman answered and climbed to her feet "where am I?"

"Well," Kate explained "you are now in the hospitality of Ari Haswari, little white rooms with nothing to do are his speciality". Kate paused for a moment before adding "that and the fact that he likes to fake people's death and kidnap them for 2 years".

"Kate?" the woman said with recognition in her voice "Caitlin Todd". Kate looked at the woman funny and thought to herself, how the hell did this woman who she had only met a few seconds ago know her name.

"Umm yeah," Kate answered slowly and suspiciously "How do you know my name?"

"I'm Director Jenny Sheppard from NCIS" the woman said formally.

"You're lying" Kate replied sharply.

"No I'm not" Jenny said insulted.

"NCIS doesn't have a female director" Kate exclaimed in a matter of fact tone.

"You miss a lot when you die" Jenny replied sarcastically.

"I'm not dead" Kate answered bitterly.

"You could have fooled me" Jenny snapped back with a smile on her face.

"Bite me" Kate threatened. Jenny gasped disgusted and replied "Fergon was right you are a……."

"Sarcastic smart arse" Kate finished and at the surprised look on Jenny's face added "yeah I've heard it before"

"Hmm," Jenny sighed and walked over to the door "Ari is definitely not going to get away with this, especially if he did anything to Abby".

"Yeah you get over that after the first six months" Kate replied and then paused realising what else the director had said.

"What happened to Abby?" Kate exclaimed.

"I don't know," Jenny sighed "A couple of Ari's men dragged her away and the last thing I remember is hearing her scream". Kate stood shocked by what she had just heard and both women remained silent as they pondered what could have happened to Abby.

The nurse on duty at the nurse's station just completed her third Sudoku. The waiting room was empty and although she knew there were plenty of other important things she could be doing, she was spending her time doing puzzles. Suddenly the doors burst open and several medics burst through wheeling in three gurneys. The nurse looked up over her puzzle book and noticed that the three victims were none other than Gibbs, Tony and McGee.

"Emma lets us in! We have three MVA victims and they need emergency treatment STAT!" one of the medics yelled.

The nurse took another look at Gibbs and his team, trying to judge whether or not they were faking it but it looked serious so she pressed the buzzer from under her desk and the doors to the emergency department flung open wide and the medics pushed the gurney through.

As they were speeding down the hallway towards the resuscitation room, Tony couldn't help smile to himself. He couldn't believe that they were getting away with this. He also couldn't believe that Ducky was such a good artist and that the smashed up car that another NCIS team was investigating was still in the evidence garage. Suddenly Tony's gurney stopped.

"Hey John" Tony's medic called out.

"What is it Ian?" John called back.

"I think this guy is alive" Ian said, slightly confused.

"Duh Ian" John said sarcastically "that IS why we are taking him into emergency"

Ian realized what he said and fixed himself up "no I mean this guy is smiling. I didn't think that MVA victims smiled like this"

"Oh let me take a look" John said and stopped Gibbs's gurney.

Gibbs realized that DiNozzo had blown their cover so he sat up on his gurney and yelled "RUN!" and he and McGee bolted off their gurneys and down the hallway.

"What….the?" said one of McGee's medics.

Tony slowly sat up on his gurney and faced his medic. "You know what" he said "I really don't think I need you anymore. In fact, I feel much better so I'll be going now…" but he cut off from Gibbs yelling

"DINOZZO NOW!"

"Coming boss" Tony yelled back and sprung off his gurney and ran down the hallway.

The group of medics just stood there in complete shock. Never in their life as an ambo officer had they seen what had just happened. Gradually, one of the medic's slowly came back to earth.

"Call security" he said "and let them know that we have three unauthorized personal in emergency" and he walked off, leaving his colleagues still standing there in confusion.