PREVIOUSLY ON NCIS
"Yeah, Boss! We got that NCIS Agent but we didn't found that female Agent and Toby. What do you want us to do?"
"Get him back and make sure he won't run away this time. Once we have him we will make him talk." Merri Weather said with venomous and disconnected the call.
"Boss wants us back at the warehouse." That man said.
"What about him and the other two? We didn't found them yet." The other guy asked as he threw Gibbs on the ground.
"He just wants him back right now. Tie him up and put him in the car. C'mon let's go!" That guy ordered.
Gibbs was trying to stay awake, he was feeling relief that Merri Weather only wants him now. That means Fornell and Sloane are safe now.Suddenly his hands were roughly pulled behind his back and tied up with thick zip ties. He was roughly pulled up on his feets. Gibbs tried to struggle against those men but the man who's talking with Merri Weather before he hit him with butt of his gun on his side of the face.And Gibbs was unconscious before he hit the floor. They dragged him to the car and threw him in the backseat and headed back to the warehouse.
One hour ago
NCIS HEADQUART
McGee was standing in observation room and looking at Vladimir through the one-sided mirror. He knows that they have to make him talk so they can find Gibbs, Jack and Fornell ASAP.
He turned around as observation room's door was opened and shuts. It was Vance. He entered in in the room and stand right next to McGee.
"Has he said anything yet?" He asked to McGee.
"No. Not a single word." McGee said without turning his eyes away from Vladimir.
"Hm-mm. So... anything else did you found Agent McGee?" Vance asked as he was looking at Vladimir.
"Yes, we did actually. Found some more pills. But I think this is different than the rest. And a dead body. " McGee said as he handover the evidence bag to Vance.
"How can you say that? Another gut feeling!" Vance said as he observed that pills.
"Well, we found some pills there too just like Gibbs had in his details stuff. But these were not with the other pills. We found this ONE AND ONLY bag in the freezer and it was secure like nuclear formula.
This was locked secure in one locker. We have to stopped Nick from smashing that locker until we successfully opened that thing." McGee explained.
"Aah... agent Torres is like Hulk, ready to smash anything and it doesn't matter if it is a thing or a person. Maybe you are right these pills are different from the other pills. But my concern is WHAT is in these pills that makes them different?" Vance said as he took a file from McGee.
"Well, Kasie is running one sample already to find out what's in them." McGee said.
"And got ID on victim? Where did you found the body?" Vance asked as he was reading the file.
"In the dumpster. Found some blood trace near that dumpster. Vladimir was dumping some trash when Nick and Bishop caught him while I was searching that place." McGee informed him.
"Our dead guy name was Petty Officer Chris Jones. He was on active duty Director. No family and no friends. Nick went to take the interviews of all his colleagues. And Bishop is with Jimmy for update." McGee replied.
"That's good. Well you go and help Miss. Haines. I'll take care of him." Vance orders.
"Are you sure Director? I mean he's not talking at all..." McGee said but stops when he saw a tough look on Vance's face.
"I...I didn't mean that..." McGee stuttered.
"I'm The Director of this agency for good reasons Agent McGee. We're short handed right now, so go and help Kasie. We have to find Jack, Gibbs and Fornell before things gets ugly." Vance said in his usual tone.
"Right... on it Boss! I mean Director." McGee called Vance "Boss". He hated when he does that in pressured situations. He leaves the room without looking up at Vance.
"Boss! That sounds good." Vance mumbled to himself. Then he went to the interrogation room.
At the same time
In the car Fornell and Sloane were not looking at each other but suddenly they looked at each other in fear when they heard gun shots.
They knew the reason of those gun shots. They knew that it's Merriweather's men who were might be chasing Gibbs or already got him!
"They got him! They have him! Oh my God, Fornell!" Jack shouted in fear.
"Calm down Jack! Gibbs can take care of himself and you know that too. Right?" Fornell was trying to help her but he was afraid too.
"Turn back the car, Fornell! We have to help him! WE CAN'T LEAVE HIM ALONE LIKE THIS! TURN BACK..." Sloane started yelling at him.
"I can't do that even if I wanted to." Fornell said.
"HOW COULD YOU BE SO SELFISH, FORNELL! THAT MAN PUT HIS LIFE IN DANGER FOR US! AND YOU ARE NOT READY TO HELP HIM! WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE?" Sloane getting angry at Fornell.
"I KNOW THAT, SLOANE. BUT DON'T FORGET WHY DID HE PUT HIMSELF IN DANGER! HE DID THAT FOR YOU JACK AND ME. SO WE CAN GET BACK TO THE NCIS! I AM WORRIED ABOUT HIM TOO... I'M JUST DOING WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO." Fornell replied in anger.
"Look, I am sorry. But Gibbs told me to take care of you and I am just doing my job. And IF we get back and get caught by those bastards AGAIN! You know Gibbs didn't stay behind for this, you know that too. Right?" Fornell said calmly. He controlled his anger when he saw tears in Sloane's eyes.
"We can't left him like this... Why! Why it was always him? Why he put himself in danger for others! That would be me or you instead of him. He is really STUBBORN bastard. If Merriweather didn't kill him I would." Jack said as she slammed her hands on dashboard.
She was crying like hell. She didn't want to lose Gibbs, not like this. She controlled her emotions and after few minutes he told Fornell that she is thirty.
"I'm thirty Fornell. Can you please..." Sloane said but her voice chocked.
"Yeah, of course." Fornell said and after few minutes luckily they found one diner. Fornell pull over and get out of the car.
"Hey! Keep that laptop with you Fornell! Gibbs told you to take care of it, don't you remember that!" Jack said rudely as she shuts the car's door.
Fornell was shocked by the change of her behavior. They were having fight but this tone was reminding him of Diane.
"Of course I do. And you are the one who gets thirty!" Fornell was loosing his temper. He pulled out one bag that they found in the car and put that laptop in it. He grabbed that bag and hang it over his shoulder. He started walking toward that diner.
Suddenly he stopped and his eyes wide open in shock when he heard sound of car engine! He turned around and ran toward the car. He realized that Jack had tricked him.
"NO, JACK! STOP! HEY, JACK!" Fornell ran after the car but she drew away.
"Oh man. Gibbs is going to kill me." Fornell said as he ran his hand on his face.
One man ran out of the diner after hearing all these noises. He came toward Fornell and put his hand on Fornell's shoulder.
"Do you need help, Sir?" He asked
"Yes, can I make a one call?" Fornell said.
"Yeah, sure." That man said.
"Thank you." Fornell said and walked toward the diner with that man. He knows he screwed up Gibbs's is going to kill him if anything happens to Jack. He shook his head and make his call.
(PRESENT TIME)
NCIS HEADQUART
"Hey, Jimmy boy! Any update on our victim?" McGee asked as he entered in the room.
"Yeah, he died from one single gun shot wound right to the chest. I sent the bullet to Kasie for a match. And look what else I found in our petty officer's system.
He was suffering from messy pain from his injured left knee. He was addictive of opioid drug. He's taking it for his pain but became addicted of this drug.
But here's the twist in our theory. Petty Officer Chris Jones was dead before someone shot him." Jimmy said with a big smile.
"Wait, what! But you just said his cause of death is gun shot to the chest. What's your point Jimmy?" McGee was surprised about what just Jimmy said.
"Yes, but that was cover to hide drug theory. Kasie sent her report on the drug I found in his system. He was addicted of opioid that was confirmed but his reason of death is not opioid drug Because user like him won't die from this regular dose." Jimmy explained.
"Wait...wait! You said he didn't died from gun shot wound, he didn't died from Opioid addiction! Then how in the hell he die?" McGee asked frustrated.
"A deadly combination of saxitoxin and abrin."
"So he was poisoned!" McGee said surprisingly.
"Yes, and Kasie found the same cocktail of toxins in the coating of Merriweather's latest batch. These new pills are not meant to get you high."
"They are meant to KILL you! I still didn't get it. I mean why would a drug dealer like Merriweather want to kill his customers?" McGee asked in fear.
"That is your job to find out WHY. That's your area of expertise, not mine." Jimmy said.
"Where is Bishop by the way? I thought she is here." McGee asked.
"She was actually, but when I told her about this poison pills she decides to go with Torres. To interview our dead guy's friends and colleagues." Palmer said.
"Okay, I am going to Kasie's lab for more updates. Good job Jimmy." McGee said as he left the autopsy.
SOMEWHERE IN DESERT AREA
Gibbs regain consciousness and blinked his eyes few times as he tried to adjust his eye sight. He tried to move but he felt stuck. He looked around and noticed that he was in the car. His hands were tied behind his back and his body was strapped by seat belt. So there was no chance for Gibbs to move himself at all.
"Good morning, Agent Gibbs." The man who was sitting in front of him said.
Gibbs didn't said anything he was just staring at him. That makes that man angry. He grabbed his jacket and pulled Gibbs toward himself.
"You are lucky that our Boss wants you alive, Agent Gibbs! Otherwise, we would have killed you when we caught you back there."
"You are expecting me to thank you for not killing me?" Gibbs said and raised his eyebrows.
That man take that as an insult and he pushed him back and punch Gibbs in his stomach. Gibbs gasps for air and double over in pain but that seat belt was not allowing him.
Before that man could say anything that car stops and drivers side door was opened and shuts. Then that man opened the door and undo the seat belt and grabbed Gibbs from his collar and get him out of the car. And he threw him on the ground. Gibbs grunts in pain.
Two men grabbed him by his elbows and make him stand and dragged him into the warehouse again. He started struggling against those men. But received few punches in abdomen. He was weak and tired but he didn't saw that on his face.
But his body failed him. He fell down on the ground and gasping for air. But those men were pissed at him because he killed his friends and they started kicking him in his gut and back.
"Argh..." Gibbs grunt in pain as one of them kicks him in his ribs. He started coughing harshly.
"That's enough! Boss wants him in good condition. Now get him up and take him inside." Tom said.
"But he killed my friend! He deserves to die."
That man was really pissed and he pulled out his gun and was about to shoot Gibbs. But Tom grabbed that man and turned him around and grabbed him by his collar.
"You will get your chance but not now. I'm also angry and I want revenge too. Believe me this is not the right time. Now get him up and take him inside. Bossman is waiting for him. It would be fun to watch him get punished by Boss." Tom said as he turned around to Gibbs.
Gibbs was still lying on the floor trying to catch his breath. His clothes were covered with dirt and his white shirt was covered with blood and dirt. He was trying to get on on his feet but his hands were tied behind his back and he was in pain after taking beating so that wasn't helping him.
His ribs were hurting so as his chest. His face covered with bruises and blood was trickling from the cut on his left eyebrow and his split lips. His nose was bleeding as well. He knows he had to get out of here.
Tom crouched in front of Gibbs and grabbed him by his hair and pulled his head up.
"Argh..." Gibbs grunts.
"You are really lucky that you are still alive. Because there is bunch of people are ready to kill you. Now be a good boy and don't try anything because if you tried anything next time I won't be able to save you from these guys. Did you get that!" Tom whispered in his ear, when Gibbs didn't answer he roughly pulled his head back.
"ARGH..." Gibbs yelled in pain.
"Did You Get That, Agent Gibbs? Hun... because I can't hear you!" He asked again with firm voice.
"Yes...argh!" Gibbs gritted his teeth.
Tom patted his face roughly and released his hair. And stood up, two men grabbed Gibbs's arms and forced him to get on on his feet. And they dragged him into the warehouse.
When they enter in the warehouse he noticed that Merriweather was sitting on the chair and doing something in his cellphone. And then he looked up at Gibbs.
He stood up and walked toward Gibbs and gave him devil smile. Gibbs didn't understand why he was smiling. Gibbs was trying to understand what the hell was going in his head. But suddenly without any warning Merriweather back handed him.
"Argh..." Gibbs groan in pain.
He spits some blood on Merriweather's face and give him a hard look. And that makes Merriweather angry.
He grabbed Gibbs by his tie and pulled him toward himself. And wiped Gibbs's blood from his face by his suit's tie.
"Hey! It's a Armani Tie from Paris, a gift from my friend. You bastard!" Gibbs shouted at him.
Merriweather punched him on his left cheek. He came face to face with Gibbs and one of the men who was holding Gibbs grabbed him by hair and forced him to look at Merriweather. Gibbs gritted his teeth didn't wants to show his pain on his face.
"Agent Gibbs, you are going to tell me what your agency knows about my business? And where is Toby and that female Agent are? And where is that laptop?" Merriweather asked.
"I don't know where are they. And how should I know where is your laptop! I'm federal agent not your damn Nanny!" Gibbs replied in firm voice. Still NOT ready to give up.
Merriweather yelled in frustration and anger and punches Gibbs in his stomach three times and Gibbs fell down on his knees, still his hands tied behind his back. Merriweather crouched in front of Gibbs who's busy with catching his breath.
"I know you are not going to make this easy. So we are going to do this hard way." Merriweather said as he grabbed Gibbs's chin roughly. He released his chin and stood up with big smile on his face. Merriweather gave a nod to his man.
They grabbed Gibbs and dragged him toward the chair and tie him up to the chair. And then one man started beating Gibbs. Gibbs trying his best to keep himself awake. Merriweather was leaning against the wall with his both hands in his pants pocket and watching Gibbs being beaten with calmness.
Without being noticed and without anybody's knowledge Jack was making her way to that warehouse. She was sure that Merriweather hasn't moved Gibbs at other place. She noticed two guards were coming towards her that direction.
She immediately hide behind those bushes and covered her mouth with hands, so those men couldn't hear her breathing sound. She wanted to do this work quietly. Because she knows if she makes any mistake at this situation. She would be put herself and Gibbs's life in danger.
KASIE'S LAB
"Hey, Kasie! You got something?" McGee asked as he entered in the lab.
"Yes and No. I found our man's ID who's Merriweather according to you. By the way you were right about those pills. They were different than the others." Kasie said. McGee narrowed his eyes in confusion.
"Yeah, Jimmy told me already. You got something or not!" McGee asked impatiently.
"Woah... calm down McGee. I found seven different IDs on this guy. That means he's using alias like Vladimir. Vladimir Izikov was using fake ID at Beltway. So it takes some time to figure out who's Merriweather actually. I mean his real ID." Kasie said as she put her hand on her head.
"We don't have time, Gibbs and Sloane have not time too." McGee said
"I want some more Information on him and I know you are worried McGee, I am too. And believe me I'm doing everything I could. We will find them." Kasie replied. She knew they have to work hard and fast. But she didn't have enough information to find out who is Merriweather as real a person.
"Sorry, I am just worried about Gibbs and Sloane. They were at wrong place at wrong time. Vladimir was not expecting them and now Merriweather have them." McGee apologized to Kasie for shouting at her.
"We will find them. It's Christmas McGee and miracle happens." Kasie said.
"Let's hope you're right." McGee said and left the lab.
BULLPEN
Torres and Bishop were already there taking about case and Merriweather when McGee enters in the bullpen.
"Updates!" McGee said
"We interviewed all colleagues and friends of our Petty Officer and Jimmy was right he was addicted of this drug. He was actually selling them on the Navy base to other Navy officers." Bishop said she knows the COD of that Petty Officer so she already knew about his drug addiction.
"One of his friend told us that he was suffering from messy pain in his left knee and started using it as a pain killer. Then he started selling them. He also told us that our Petty Officer was buying good amount of opioid drugs this time. Because Merriweather was selling them in very cheaper price." Nick informed.
"I still didn't get it! Why? I mean his business was doing good. People who were addicted of his drugs ready to buying it at any cost! Then why would a drug dealer like Merriweather want to kill his customers? By selling this poison pills!" McGee said as he started walking back and forth in bullpen.
"50,000 kids died a year because of this pills and now his latest product is biotoxin pills. And we don't have any answers. And we still don't know where are Gibbs, Jack and Fornell." McGee said as he exhaled in disappointment.
"Maybe I can help you with that."
They all turned around to look that person's face. And they all three of them were shocked like they have seen ghost.
At the same time Vance entered in in the bullpen with more information. He was also shocked as he looked at that person.
"Fornell! How did you get here? And where is Gibbs and Sloane!" Vance asked.
Fornell didn't said anything he was just standing there and staring at them. They all can see fear and guilt in Fornell's eyes.
So what do you guys think, Sloane's is playing blind game and risking her life for Gibbs. And Merriweather have Gibbs and he's beating the crap on him... and finally Fornell made to the NCIS but now he has to face three pissed off agents and Vance!
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