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A Son for a Son
Chapter nine
Dawson's house
Gibbs had notified the police and told them to meet him at Dawson's house.
"I can't believe Milton is involved in this. He always liked Tony." Kate said looking at Gibbs as they pulled up in front of the house.
"Grief can make people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do."
"You don't think he'll really kill Tony do you?"
"I don't know Kate, but we have to go on the assumption that he will."
They noticed Dawson's car wasn't in the driveway as they walked over to the police who had also just arrived. Gibbs had them surround the house and had Kate and some of the officers wait out front while he went around to the back with a few of the officers.
He tried the door and couldn't believe his luck, it was unlocked. He and the officers, guns drawn, entered the house. He radioed Kate that they were in and to hold her position in case Dawson was there and tried to make a break for the front door. They searched the entire house, Dawson wasn't there and there weren't any clues as to where he was holding Tony. Gibbs and Kate headed back to headquarters leaving officers in unmarked cars to watch Dawson's house with orders to bring him in to NCIS
headquarters immediately if he showed up.
NCIS
McGee was still working on Gibbs's computer when they returned.
"Did you get Dawson?" He asked anxiously.
"He wasn't home." Kate answered. "We have an APB out on his car and his house under surveillance."
"How's the trace coming?" Gibbs asked looking over McGee's shoulder at the screen.
"We're making progress but…."McGee shook his head.
"How soon?"
"Any minute or a few hours it's hard to tell."
Warehouse
Dawson rigged his homemade bomb then started taping it around Tony's waist.
"What are you doing?" Tony's heart pounded as he felt Dawson wrapping the tape around him.
"It's time to end this." Dawson said casually as he continued taping. "Don't worry, when this goes off you won't feel a thing."
Tony swallowed hard. My God it's a bomb! He breathed deeply, his chest rising and falling. He tried to stay calm. He knew flipping out wasn't going to get him anywhere.
"Don't do this…please. I don't want to die, not like this." He didn't want to beg for his life but he was terrified. He was in agony and a small part of him wanted to die and get it over with, but the rest of him wanted to live. There was so much he still wanted to do.
"Sorry." Dawson was sincere, he actually hated having to kill Tony for something Gibbs had done. But it had to be done. Gibbs needed to know how he had felt these last three years.
Dawson set the camera to show the video of him taping the bomb on Tony, then he programmed it to switch over to live feed once the video was viewed.
"This will all be over soon Tony."
"You know me?" Tony asked when he heard the man use his name.
"Yeah …you know I really hate having to do this but …you need to die because of Gibbs's sins."
"Please …don't do this."
"Sorry but I've been waiting a long time for this." As an added touch Dawson poured a container of gasoline over Tony then programmed the computer to send the video. "Good bye Tony." He said as he left.
Tony took a deep breath trying to control his trembling. The breath only caused him to break into a coughing fit. He felt lousy and now he was going to die and there was nothing he could do but wait for it to happen.
NCIS
"Gibbs you got another one." McGee called over to Gibbs who was standing at Kate's desk.
They both walked over, each praying that Dawson didn't know they were on to him, for if he did, there would be no reason to keep Tony alive. They watched as Tony talked to Dawson and listened to his responses. Gibbs winced outwardly when Tony told Dawson that he wasn't even sure if Gibbs liked him. As they continued watching they were all horrified to see Dawson strapping what looked like a bomb to Tony, then pouring some kind of liquid over him. The video shut off for a few seconds then came on again 'live feed' and 'Boom!' were written at the bottom of the screen. Tony could be seen still hanging from the ceiling, the bomb securely attached to his waist.
"Oh my God Gibbs this is live feed, he wants you to watch Tony actually die in front of you!"
"Why the hell can't they track down Dawson!" Gibbs picked up a cup on his desk and threw it against the wall in frustration. He was terrified he might actually lose one of his team. Dawson was right, Tony was like a son to him and it would shatter him to lose him.
Now all they could do was wait and pray that the All Points Bulletin would pay off and the police would find Dawson or more important find Tony.
A little over an hour later
The wait was agonizing but they finally got the call. Dawson had been picked up heading north on the turnpike and was being brought to NCIS headquarters.
A half hour later
Gibbs walked into the interrogation room while Kate watched from behind the two way mirror. McGee stayed back at Gibbs desk, still working on a trace. Dawson was seated at the table and looked up as Gibbs came in.
"Where is he?" Gibbs stood next to Dawson.
"Where is who?" Dawson gave Gibbs a little smirk.
"I'm not going to play games with you Milton. Where is he?" Gibbs could barely control his anger.
"Well let's just say you might as well clear off his desk …he won't be coming back."
Gibbs grabbed him and pulled him out of the chair and slammed him against the wall.
"Where is he! Tell me!" He screamed into Dawson's face.
"Do you feel the pain Agent Gibbs? Do you feel the loss? ... Now you know how I felt for the last three years."
TBC