The Pain We Suffer
AN/ I don't own NCIS.
Chapter 36
7am, Starbucks on Wall St. Gibbs was waiting. Not sure what Oscar looked like. Looking for Seymour, or otherwise known as Kerry. He waited, as patiently as Gibbs could.
A made up Ziva in an Abby outfit. Gibbs left the others to keep an eye on Abby. She had freaked out when she was told that they had Mike. She had screamed and carried on about Mike was dead. So Gibbs had Ducky gave her a safe shot of something to make her sleep and keep her that way for a while.
7:21am, Gibbs calls to check on Abby and the others.
"Hello?" Ducky answers the house phone.
"Ducky, how are things there?" Gibbs waits for good news.
"She's still sleeping. Tony and Tim are eating breakfast. Now, if you'll excuse me. Mother waits for no one. You know how she gets if I leave her for any length of time. Please call again soon." Ducky hung up.
"That was weird." Gibbs says to himself. He checks his watch. 7:30am. No sign of the deathly duo. Then it hits him. He goes running at the car. He opens the grey color door to the four door sedan.
Ziva looks over at him in confusion, " What's wrong Gibbs?" Buckling their seat belts as he kicked the car into gear and heading to Ducky's.
Gibbs explains as he weaves around a car, "I just called the house. Ducky answered. Said Abby's still sleeping, DiNozzo and McGee are eating breakfast. Then Ducky said he had to go because his mother needs him. He was talking as if she was in the other room waiting on him." Gibbs weaves around a few more slower moving cars.
"So what's the problem? OH! You believe they are there. That was why Ducky threw in the bit about his mother. But Gibbs, what if he was talking about his mothers funeral. It is today. Maybe he's got last minute plans." Ziva tries to throw other scenarios out to a highly fearful Gibbs.
"It's possible, but I can't risk it. What if it was someone you loved that was possibly in trouble? Ziva, I have TWO children and Abby to think about. THREE people who are counting on me. Mike is strong and he has a chance. If he's not dead all ready." Gibbs pulls into the half circle driveway. He slams the car to a stop. As fast as he could, he removes the seat belt and grabs his weapon. Ziva's not far behind him.
As they slowly approach the front doors, Gibbs tries to look into the windows to see if he could get an idea of where everyone was and if he knew if Oscar AND Kerry were in deed there.
What he saw inside confirmed his worst fears.
"Oh…where am I?" A groggy Abby asks, slowly coming out of her drugged induced slumber.
"Don't you worry your beautiful, bloated face about it. In due time, you won't care too much." The old raspy voice says. Abby recognized that awful voice.
"Oh God!" Abby began to panic. Trying t move. But her pale arms are tied behind her back and her numb legs are tied at the ankles.
Abby is thinking about her babies and if they are ok. If they are going to make it out of this mess. Then she stops and remembers what Kate said. Number one, to fight for her babies an number two, fight for her life to get through this mess. Abby takes a deep cleansing breath.
"Where are we going?" Abby asks, surprisingly calm.
"Don't worry about it. Isn't that bad for the little bastard?" The younger, more annoying voice says.
"Please don't hurt my baby," Abby realizes they still think that she's only having one baby. "I'd do anything. It hasn't done anything to anyone. He or she just wants to be born safely." Abby prays that this would work.
"It's a bastard. It needs to be destroyed. If I were you, I'd not be thinking about that piece of shit kid. You should be thinking about you own life." Kerry angrily spews.
"Mmmm. Wha…what happened? Where are we?" A groggy Ducky asks. Confused and disoriented.
Abby was able to look over and see a black blanket or tarp, she wasn't sure which, move and the voice coming from under it.
"Ducky, is that you?" Abby's heart beating faster with hope and with some dread.
"Yeah. Abby, are you all right dear?" Ducky asks, trying to get out from under the tarp.
"We are fine for the time being. Baby Gibbs and I are fine. Ducky, are you ok? Do you know where Mike is?" Abby tries to make sure Ducky knew that when she said 'baby' Gibbs, meant that she was trying to get him to use the singular tense in the baby situation. And she really wanted to know if Mike was seen alive.
"Abby, you should stop worrying about him too. Dead men don't need help." Kerry had spoke before Ducky could answer her. Kerry was getting satisfaction out of the murder of Abby's father-figure and protector.
Abby can feel the tears building in her eyes. She knew he was gone. Deep down, she knew. When she saw the older, handsome man with Kate, she could see that he didn't look as haggardly and worn out. He looked brighter and happy. So that gave her some comfort to know that he was ok, where ever he was now.
Abby refused to cry. It was hard not to. The pregnancy hormones, not on her side. But she refused none-the-less.
"You gonna say anything? You gonna cry?" Kerry taunts Abby.
"Why did you kill him?" Abby asks, bluntly. Ducky listens and waits for an answer.
"Hmm," Kerry starts.
"Ok, let's move in." Gibbs says to Ziva as he motions to Ziva. Then they head into the house. Still going in with awareness.
Once inside, Gibbs goes to untie Tim and Ziva unties Tony. Both had been tied to the dinning room chairs. Duct tape over their mouths. It's obvious to Gibbs and Ziva that Tim and Tony had been roughed up before they had been restrained. Gibbs knew they tried to keep Abby and the twins safe.
When Tim's untied and de-taped, he tells Gibbs, "They got Abby and Ducky. We tried to fight them. But they had a weapon and caught us off guard. They beat the shit out of us." Tim tries to wipe some blood off the corner of his mouth. Gibbs hands him his handkerchief.
"Boss, we are so sorry. We tried to keep her safe." Tony says, rubbing his side. Ziva lifts his shirt and she gasps.
"We have to get them to the hospital. Tony might have cracked or even broken ribs. And God knows what Tim might be sporting." Ziva says. She's blots some blood slowly running down from Tony's right eye. He winces and pulls away in pain.
"Ouch! Damn it, Ziva!" Tony scowls at Ziva.
"DiNozzo! Did you hear anything about where they are taking Abby and Ducky?" Gibbs asks, helping Tim move toward the front doors to get them to the hospital. Ziva's helping a cranky Tony.
"No boss. Sorry. I passed out. What about you Probie?" Tony looks to Tim.
"I think I heard something about a cabin. Give me a minute to see if I can remember a location." Tim looks deep in thought.
"Ok. Think about it on the way to the hospital." Gibbs sighs, as he leads them to the car. They are on their way. With Gibbs fearful for Abby, Ducky, Mike and the twins that have yet to make their grand appearance. Or if they would even have one, with them breathing.
AN2/ I want to thank a certain reader/reviewer. She helped me come up with a good way to NOT have Abby put in danger, yet still have Gibbs and 'Abby' at the Starbucks like was requested by Oscar. Thank you to power214063. That was the answer I had been searching for. I hope you all enjoyed it and please remember to review. Thanks to you all.