Nice, France
Promenade des Anglais
0900 Hours CEST
Kort sitting on a bench overlooking the square, Kort presses in the speed dial button in for Jasper Shepard's satellite phone. "Old man should be finishing up breakfast." Kort snorts.
Greek Island of Kalymnos
Kosmo Galanos' Villa
Cyrus walks out on to the balcony carrying a satellite phone. "Trent Kort, Mr. Galanos."
"He better have good news." Shepard snarls and takes the phone from Cyrus. Cyrus noting that his boss wants to be alone walks back out into the dining room. "Kort!"
"The GPS trace came back in on Harriett Jones' rental car."
"Well!"
"The morning of August 24th Jenny left her motel room and drove up to Baltimore." "She abandoned her car in a supermarket parking lot."
"Or Benoit grabbed Jenny and drove her car to Baltimore."
"It's a possibility!" Kort answers.
"Find Benoit and eliminate him at once." Shepard orders him.
"It's a little hard at the moment." "He keeps traveling from place to place with no itinerary."
"Then work your way back on the inside and find out where he's going." Shepard growls.
"That will be difficult since I had a falling out with most of the people that were loyal to his father." "Regine Smidt and Marcus Quinn hate my guts."
"I don't care how difficult it is, I want results." Shepard screams at him and hangs up. "Jenny if you are alive and come back to me safely, there will be a cold day in hell that I will ever let you venture off this island ever again."
Washington, DC
0700 Hours EDT
Tony and McGee walk out of the elevator and find Gibbs sitting at his desk lost in thought. "I guess he didn't go to Harriett's safe house." Tony mentally notes and approaches his desk. "Morning boss!"
"Morning DiNozzo, McGee!" Gibbs nods over at them.
McGee on his way over to his desk drops a sheet of paper on top of Gibbs' desk. "Morning boss!" He winks and walks over to his desk and takes a seat.
Gibbs reads the sheet of paper. Trent Kort had called Kosmo Galanos at 0900 hours from his cell phone in Nice, France. Gibbs leans over and puts the paper through the paper shredder. "I'm going down to Abby's." Gibbs nods over at McGee and gets up from his desk and walks off for the elevator.
"Soon as the bell rings for the elevator-"
McGee quickly interrupts him. "I know I start my way down the stairs." McGee grumbles.
Five minutes later in the backroom of Abby's Lab. "So I guess Kort filled in daddy about the GPS trace on Jenny's car." Gibbs angrily growls.
"Gibbs, Jenny's car was nowhere near Ducky's house." "They can't pin point her to him." Abby reassures him.
"But she did call Ducky's cell phone on August 21st at 0100 hours." McGee reminds him.
"Which won't lead back to any of us?" Abby answers.
"Because you used fake names for our burn phones." McGee nods.
"But we used our phones in our homes." Gibbs answers.
"By the time that Kort and Cruz figure that at, you and Jenny will be safely in Paris." McGee smiles.
"Two more days of this crap." Gibbs groans and walks off for the door.
McGee waits for Gibbs to walk out of the room. "The pressure is getting to him."
"No the pressure to rekindle their romance is getting to him." Abby giggles.
"Two weeks in Paris."
"The City of love." Abby says in awe.
That evening in the parking garage, Gibbs and Tony are walking over to their cars. Tony remembering a conversation that he had with Jenny during lunch on Friday smirks over at him. "What was that smirk for?" Gibbs grunts.
"A certain party who shall be nameless noticed your car on Friday morning and took a liking to it." Tony grins.
"Yeah!" Gibbs shrugs and unlocks his car door.
"So much so that she wants to drive it." Tony tattles.
"Hell no!" Gibbs growls and gets inside of the car. "No female is driving my car." Gibbs barks and slams the car door behind him.
"This should be interesting." Tony snickers.
Palm Springs, California
1500 Hours PDT
After taking a swim in his pool, Julien Benoit flops down on a lounge chair. Noting that he had a missed call on the caller ID of his Blackberry, Benoit picks up his phone. "Wonder what Kort wanted." Benoit shrugs and dials Kort's cell phone number.
Nice, France
0000 Hours CEST
Kort walks out of a bar when his cell phone begins to ring. "Where were you?" He angrily snaps.
"Taking a dip." Benoit mutters in annoyance. "Remember Kort you work for me." Benoit bitterly reminds him.
"Ray Cruz got the GPS trace in on Shepard's rental car." "She drove to Baltimore on the morning of the 24th of August and abandoned her car in a grocery store parking lot."
"She's out there somewhere, find her?" Benoit seethes.
"You sound like her old man?" Kort snorts.
"Unlike her father, I don't want Jenny Shepard alive, I want her dead."
"Kosmo wants me to play nice with you so that I can kill you." Kort informs him.
"Is that so?" Benoit laughs.
"I told him that you are traveling abroad at this time and cannot be located."
"I'm flying out to Rio to join EJ." "I'll spend a few days with her and then I will return to Nice on Sunday."
"You're playing with fire when it comes to your dalliances with EJ and her Uncle." Kort warns him.
"I can handle EJ and Uncle Phillip." Benoit smirks.
"What about Tyler you're bought off government politician?" Kort chuckles.
"He's beginning to get cold feet on me." Benoit sighs and grabs a bottle of spring water from the table. "He's trying to be careful under the new SecNav."
"It was a little bit easier being a dirty politician under Davenport's tenure." Kort grins.
"I know I made a lot of money off of that last arms shipment." "Stole it right under Kosmo's daughter's nose."
"You mean she caught your whore red handed." Kort reminds him.
"Nothing has turned up about that report that EJ gave me on Bernardo Suárez."
"Nothing as of yet." "Keep in mind both Quinn and Colville's where a bouts have not be accounted for since August 20th."
"They all can't be dead at the same time." "As I've stated find her." "Bring her to me." "I want to see the death in Jenny's Shepard's eyes as she draws in her last breath."
Washington, DC
2045 Hours EDT
Vance is in his office looking over his Cayman Island bank account. "I just made a cool five million on my latest transaction." Vance grins and takes in Tyler Keith Owens net worth. "I've made an easy $150 million dollars since I took office." "Once my kids are set up in college, my wife and I are going to retire in luxury on a private tropical island."
At Gibbs' house, Gibbs peers behind his living room curtains. Ray Cruz sits across the street in his car watching the house. "Ray there's a thing called the back door." Gibbs snorts and walks off for the kitchen.
Five minutes later Gibbs is getting into a cab on the next street over. "Georgetown, I'll tell you where." Gibbs instructs the driver.
While Gibbs is heading over to Ducky's, Jenny, McGee, and Tony are sitting at the table in the backroom at the Swartz's working on last minute details for Gibbs and Jenny's trip to Germany. "You guys won't believe this." McGee sighs in disgust.
"What?" Jenny and Tony answer at the same time.
"I was monitoring Vance's Office computer, he was on his bank account that he has over at the Cayman Islands."
"You mean he was on Tyler's bank account." Jenny bitterly reminds him.
"How much does he have in it?" Tony sheepishly asks.
"Since I can see everything that he was doing, he has over $200 million dollars in his account."
"On blood money." Jenny angrily snaps and gets up from the chair.
Tony smirks over at Jenny's exposed belly. "You keep yourself in good shape for a woman of your age."
"Tony, keep in mind I'm only five years older than you." Jenny smirks back at him.
"Yeah your middle aged DiNozzo." McGee chuckles.
"Hardee har har Probie." Tony grumbles.
"If Tony was standing up what would you have done for checking you out?" McGee curiously asks.
"My knee would have been positioned in the right place." Jenny winks over at Tony. "You wouldn't have gotten laid in over a week also."
"A week!" Tony gulps.
Fifteen minutes later, Gibbs walks through the door. "DiNozzo, McGee go get a drink and come back at midnight." Gibbs nods over at them.
"Boss, I had hacked into Vance's Office computer and he was on line with his Cayman Island Bank Account." "He just had a five million dollar deposit from Julien Benoit." McGee informs him.
"More than likely he was selling off more secrets." Gibbs growls and approaches the table.
Tony and McGee get up from the table. "McGee I know a bar that's close by."
"Good, I need to munch out on some appetizers." McGee answers and walks off for the doorway with Tony following him from behind.
Gibbs takes a seat in a chair next to Jenny. "You nervous!" He asks and takes a hold of Jenny's hand from on top of the table.
"No, I just want to get this over and done with so I can move forward with my life." "I'll be nervous afterwards." Jenny softly answers.
"I bought the stuff that we'll need to wear for a disguise while we sneak off of the truck tomorrow night." "Tony will park as close to the hanger as he possibility can."
"You talk to your dad?" Jenny asks.
"This morning!" "He's enjoying himself, stayed up late a few nights to see some shows." "Gambled until two in the morning." Gibbs laughs.
"All paid by his loving son." Jenny smiles.
"We need to get this room in order." Gibbs answers and gets up from the table and begins to clean up.
"I have my stuff packed; I didn't have much since I only came with a carry-on bag with a few things."
"What you had packed was enough to tease the hell out of me." Gibbs snarls.
"Not just you." Jenny giggles and gets up from the table.
"Was DiNozzo checking you out?" Gibbs barks.
"He was surprised that a woman of my age is in excellent shape." Jenny sweetly answers and bats her eyelashes at him.
"He wouldn't know what to do with you in bed." Gibbs snorts and begins to put the files on their investigation into a box.
"Like you did." Jenny teases him.
"Jen, obviously I did, because you would claw my back up." Gibbs smirks.
Jenny stumped, decides to change the subject. "Ray watching your house?"
"Yes and you just changed the subject." Gibbs laughs.
"I had nothing to add to it Jethro." Jenny sighs and closes up Ziva's laptop.
"For once I got the last word in." Gibbs grins in triumph.
At the bar, McGee is munching on some onion rings at the bar, Tony returns from the bathroom. "What do you think their doing alone?" Tony winks.
"Nothing, grandpa may walk in at any moment." McGee reminds him.
"Right!"
"So we stay here until midnight?" McGee shrugs.
"We could always go back to grandpas and watch TV." Tony suggests.
"Now that's an idea, what procedural drama is on TV tonight?" McGee sheepishly asks.
"I don't keep track of it, same show different night." "There's a cop show on Tuesday nights at eight with a hit spin off that follows it at nine." "As I stated same thing." "I know one channel that airs the Magnum repeats."
"Tony isn't Magnum a chick show?" McGee laughs.
"Bite your tongue Probie." Tony scolds him.
Eleven forty-five, Gibbs and Jenny have finished packing up Jenny's belongings. Jenny tired flops down in a chair at the table. "Tony and McGee can carry the stuff down." Jenny mutters and begins to favor her right shoulder. Gibbs comes up from behind her and begins to rub Jenny's shoulders. Jenny getting turned on by his hands, pulls away from him and gets up from the chair. "Jethro do you mind?" She hisses in protest.
"Your shoulder was bothering you." Gibbs shrugs.
"You just wanted an excuse to touch me." Jenny sighs in annoyance.
"What did you expect wearing a get up like that?" Gibbs growls and glances down at her midriff.
"Control your urges." Jenny mutters and walks away from him.
"You kissed me last week." Gibbs whines and approaches her from behind.
"An affectionate kiss on the mouth." "I thought I was leaving the next morning."
"It beats a Dear John letter." Gibbs snarls and then remembers the partial 'Dear Jethro' letter that was found on top of Jenny's desk in the study. "Which I would have gotten a second one; I found part of one on top of your desk in your study, just before Slvetlana walked in."
Jenny turns and faces him. "That's low!"
"I call it as I see it." Gibbs snaps.
"Like you are any better at words than I am Jethro." "I heard all about the reason why you left Margarita Safari from Mike inside the diner." "You couldn't tell me to my face." Jenny screams at him.
"You were dating my doctor and freelancing with DiNozzo on the Frog." Gibbs shouts.
"You were screwing the Colonel Mann to make me jealous." Jenny shouts back. "And it only worked for a few days, once I felt your erection up against me when I slammed you up against the window down in the Squad Room." "I knew the blonde wasn't satisfying you in bed." Jenny laughs and turns and is about to walk away when Gibbs pulls her towards him
"Like Todd was doing anything in bed for you." Gibbs smirks.
"I had dumped Todd long before you started dating Hollis, so get over yourself Leroy." Jenny smirks back.
"Don't every call me Leroy again." Gibbs angrily warns her.
"Why what are you going to do about it boss?" Jenny taunts him.
"Something that I should have done six years ago in MTAC." Gibbs answers and pulls Jenny's face up and kisses her on the mouth. Eleven years of pent up energy explodes. Savagely they kiss one another, their tongues fighting for dominancy. As Gibbs deepens his kiss he guides Jenny over towards the bed and falls backwards pulling her on top of him.
Jenny leaves his mouth and moves over to his neck and nips along his pulse line up to his ear, sucking along his earlobe. "I told you nobody would ever satisfy you in bed after me." Jenny seductively purrs. Gibbs grabs a hold of Jenny's face and kisses her on the mouth; he flips Jenny on to her back, Jenny in pain with his weight on top of her winces.
"You're not ready!" Gibbs sighs in sexual frustration and gets some of his weight off of her.
Jenny feeling his harden length up against her thigh. "I'm sorry!" Jenny frowns in disappointment.
"Don't be!" Gibbs gently smiles down at her. His hands venture under Jenny's Cami top and feels up her breasts. Jenny moans out with pleasure and begins to tremble at the feel of his calloused fingers circling her harden peaks. "I still have the same effect on you." "Keep that in mind." Gibbs smirks and decides to get even with her for the love bite that she put on the side of his neck. Gibbs nips along the side of Jenny's neck, before getting off of her; he passionately kisses her on the mouth on last time. "I'm in need of a cold shower." Gibbs whines and rushes out of the room.
Downstairs at Ducky's, Tony's burn phone rings. "DiNozzo!" He answers.
Up on the second floor of Ducky's house. "I'm heading out!" Gibbs grimaces as his erection rubs against the side of his pants.
"Having a problem boss?" Tony asks.
"No, I'll see you at headquarters tomorrow." Gibbs barks and hangs up.
"Problem!" McGee shrugs.
"Gibbs is going home." Tony answers and gets up from the couch and walks over to the doorway, on the stairs he notices that Gibbs is sexually flushed. He flashes back to the bullpen after Jenny had slammed Gibbs up against the window and the exchange that they had when Gibbs had walked off for the men's room to take care of his little problem. "Make a hard copy of that and forward it to my office."
"Do you think he'll forgive us?" Tony asks and looks up at Jenny who's staring off in the direction that Gibbs had walked off to; Jenny shakes her head and walks off for the stairs. "Hard copy, I think so to." Tony smirks.
Present Time
"Make that a hard copy." Tony laughs.
"I don't get it."
"You wouldn't you had to be there Probie." Tony grins.
At Gibbs' house fifteen minutes later, Gibbs is up in the bathroom taking a cold shower. "Damn her!" He growls and stares down at his erection. "In another three weeks you are going to be screaming." He whines in protest.
*Author's Note*
Since Gibbs does not believe in coicendences.
'Blowback' aired on the USA Network tonight.