Dark Void

Chapter 48th

He continued to think about the fight after heading down into his basement. Loreile was the type not to stand down with any fight. So she had to followed him down to his dungeon to fight further.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Jethro? Are you trying to defend this Hernandez in some ways?"
She stood at the top of the basement stairs after a few steps down in the darkness with with only the overhead lighting for where he was working on his projects.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Loreile. I am not defending the monster after what he did to me the last time to almost kill me once the rescuers had arrived. And it's a good thing with Doctor Cyril Taft to be on the scene to save me again. I owe that man too many times with my nine lives counting down."

"Maybe you're always been lucky to survive all of these years from the different terrorists after you as with Sergei Mishiev and many others to kill Diane, Mike Franks and many others that you're probably lost count Jethro?"

"Maybe. But I have my job that needs to be done before I am able to live again." He stated with Loreile walking down further...

"But how will you live Jethro? Always hiding into the shadows to not feel a thing after all of the hurt you're feeling still even with Doctor Grace trying to talk with you." She will make mention to move closer to his work station.

"I really don't know why you're bothering with being here with me? I have hurt so many women in my life and one of them was Hollis Mann now still in Hawaii with her husband and with the DOD since retiring from the Army after 22 years."

"Hollis Mann made her choice to retired. However you had forced her into the situation since she was hurt with listening to that tape of your daughter Kelly. I have listened to it myself when ever you're not around and a shame that Kelly can't be buried in peace for god sake?"

"Leave my daughter Kelly out of this conversation Loreile. And why are you bringing up all of this crap in the first place?" He was angry and wanted her to leave now...

"Why? Are you serious? You're still living in the past Jethro and don't want to live in the present with myself and Shane trying to hide. I have a feeling that you know what is going to happened in Paraguay and you want it to happened with Hernandez to put you on display for others to view and check out the pain you're going to suffer?"

"That is not god damn true Loreile! I want you to leave and go upstairs and leave me alone." He stated with grabbing the Bourbon bottle to drink out it.

"Oh yeah! And drink yourself into a stupor to have you forget all of the bad in your life and this includes me and Shane. I guess I need to pack up and leave for good." She turned to leave to head upstairs to check on Shane. She will have to think long and hard with her decision and let him drink himself into a stupor tonight only to feel bad later...

He came back to really having killed a few hours sleeping and thinking. The pilot over the intercom telling everyone about landing within the next twenty minutes. Gibbs had gotten himself together since Leon Vance had paired off his teams starting with Vance and McGee, Gibbs with a new man agent Rollins, Torres and Lt. Brown. Each team will be going into different directions. While the marines and seals will be on their own with the directions given for where the compound in Somalia, Paraguay once they landed.

Gibbs spoke with the new man Rollins not knowing that he was on Hernandez payroll and the one man to get Gibbs to Hernandez somewhere close to the compound. As they landed with all of the trucks waiting for them along with the supplies.

Director Leon Vance knowing that Gibbs had the tracking device in his arm with only him, Vance and McGee knowing about it. It was hot, humidity with the flies and other insects out in full force. Nick Torres had already been complaining about the bugs as with McGee.

While Special Agent Gibbs was checking his rifle for one last time as with Rollis heading into a direction that is going to be just perfect...

Watching everyone leaving. Gibbs decided to drive while Rollins had the syringe ready to knock out the agent.

"Are you alright Rollins with all of these bumps with this trail?" He had to asked the question.

"I am doing okay Agent Gibbs. Hopefully we will be able to find something of Hernandez and his terrorist group?" He said with pulling out the syringe to plunge the drug into his neck. Gibbs tried to fight it with Rollins punching him into his face to stop the jeep to a halt to almost knock Rollins out onto the ground. However he was able to recover quickly.

Placing Gibbs into the back of the jeep with tying him up with a cloth into his mouth and covering his eyes. Plus he needed to be sure to tie his wrists and ankles.

Afterwards he used his radio that was hiding to call Riccio and his soldiers to come and pick up the agent to bring him to the compound.

And in the meantime the transponder was working with his vitals dropping slightly as Timothy McGee with Vance as he mention that something was happening to special agent Gibbs.

"What is it McGee?" Vance was worried about his friend and supervisory agent.

"It seems that Gibbs is under duress with his life and I think he's been captured by someone that is on our team?" He will make mention to the director.

"Rollins I suspect McGee." Vance said with his suspicious.