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A Son for a Son
Chapter four
NCIS Headquarters
It seemed like everyone he ran into was discussing Tony's kidnapping. He quickly headed to Gibbs's office and once there pretended to be looking for his missing ring which he had conveniently dropped outside of Gibbs's door earlier. The door was open and as he walked by he looked in. Gibbs and Kate were standing by his desk while McGee sat in front of the computer working on trying to break through the anti tracking device the kidnapper had in place.
"I heard about Agent DiNozzo and I just wanted to say I'm sorry."
Gibbs glanced up.
"Thanks Milton."
"Is there any news? Do you have any idea who has him?"
"I'm sorry but it's an ongoing investigation and I'm not at liberty to discuss it." Gibbs glanced over at Kate hoping she could find some way to get rid of Dawson. It wasn't that he didn't like the man, he did, but he didn't have time to answer a bunch of questions right now.
Kate smiled at Dawson.
"What are you doing here Milton? I thought you didn't come in till much later."
"I lost my ring while I was cleaning last night. This is the last place I remember seeing it. I was hoping to find it before someone else sweeps it up."
"Did you check lost and found?"
"Yeah, I called them but no one turned it in."
McGee suddenly sat straight up in the chair as another no subject e mail popped on.
"We just got another one."
He waited till Gibbs and Kate were standing behind him before he clicked on the e mail. Too bad your friend has to suffer for your sins came on the screen in big letters. Everyone visibly tensed up as McGee clicked on the attachment.
Once more Tony is seen hanging from the ceiling, but this time the camera was focused on the back of him. Water dripped down his body and it was obvious he had just been doused with it. The man with the mask can be seen running his hands over Tony's chest and stomach area. Kate gave a little gasp as she watched the man unbuckle Tony's belt and tears filled her eyes. Please don't do this to him. She pleaded mentally with the man. Gibbs clenched and unclenched his fists, the hatred for this man growing by the minute. McGee winced and instinctively pushed himself away from the computer, hoping he wasn't about to watch his teammate being violated.
The man then walked behind Tony and began whipping him as hard as he could with the belt, welts appearing on his back from the blows. Tony's body jerked with each strike.
"My God Gibbs, we got to find him." Kate choked on her words, her vision blurred by tears.
"We will Kate, trust me." Gibbs looked up to see Dawson still standing at the door. He nodded to Kate who apologized to Dawson then shut the door.
Dawson leaned down and picked up his ring then smiled as he walked away. Gibbs had tried to cover up the pure anguish on his face but he had seen it. It was tearing him apart watching his teammate being hurt and all because of him.
"Anything?" Gibbs asked McGee who was still working on discovering someway to break through the anti tracking device and trace the e mails.
He shook his head as he continued to work.
"Sorry…………..this guy is good. He has some kind of scrambling device on his computer. I think we'll be able to break through eventually but I have no idea how long it could take, maybe hours, maybe days.
"We don't have days McGee."
Gibbs got up and headed for the door.
"Let's go see Abby, Kate."
She looked at McGee before leaving and could see the worried look on his face, she felt the same way. Whoever this was, was enjoying hurting Tony. They both knew sooner or later he might end up killing him.
The Lab
They walked into the lab and over to Abby who was sitting in front of a bunch of test tubes.
"Do you have anything for us Abby?" Gibbs asked hopefully.
"Sorry, nothing yet."
Ducky walked into the room.
"Any word on Tony?"
"'Fraid not Ducky. All we know is that Tony's been taken in revenge for something I did."
"So they're getting back at you through Tony."
"Yeah." Gibbs eyes glistened for a second before he managed to pull himself together.
"Do you have any idea who might be doing this Jethro?"
"I've been looking through old cases and haven't come up with anything……..but I will……Whoever this is………I'm taking them down." Gibbs stormed out of the room.
Abby looked up at Kate.
"How's he holding up?"
"He's hanging in there but he just got another e mail……… It's bad Abby………..I don't think Tony's going to make it out of this unless we find him quick."
"We're going to get him back Kate, you got to believe that."
"I wish I could be sure of that Abby." She wiped a tear away that threatened to run down her face. "Abby, this guy looks like he enjoys hurting Tony and I'm just…………." She shook her head, unable to continue.
TBC