To Trust Again
Part 5
Gibbs, with both arms around Tony, shifted his body so that the first encounter with the cliff's edge was with him. His right arm took most of damage, and as pain shattered Gibbs's senses, only sheer will prevented darkness from claiming his mind. Gibbs had vaguely heard the sickening sound of bones breaking, and he dimly wondered if the sound belonge to his bones or Tony's.
They tumbled down, rolling against the stony and, sometimes, grassy edges of the cliff.
As the initial surprise wore off, the guards moved and soon enough, bullets rained down, their aim to tear the rolling bodies of the two men below.
They were rolling too fast for Gibbs to concentrate. His and Tony's world came in and out of focuss in a blinding speed. Stones connected with their bodies, sometime scratching, sometime bruising, and sometime breaking whatever part it hit. Gibbs heard Tony groan, gasp and scream in pain countless times before one of the stones connected with Gibbs's head hard, finally allowing darkness to come and claim his mind. Gibbs lost consciousness a second before Tony did. Their lifeless bodies kept rolling and rolling until finally coming to a stop at the bottom of the cliff, but neither man was conscious to notice.
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"Now what?" McGee questioned Abby two hours after their arrival. They were sitting in the bar of the hotel they rented their rooms at. He had ordered a diet coke and Abby a glass of water.
"Just a minute," Abby replied as she searched her handbag for a piece of paper. They both had taken a shower and changed into more comfortable clothes. And McGee had made sure this time that they were not attracting attention. They got rid of their disguises, to McGee's relief, before they left the airport.
McGee looked around, bored, trying to find something to attract his attention. Something did. A big, broad shouldered man was pulling a crying woman roughly behind him. Ugly bruises covered the woman's face, her dress was torn, and one of her heels was missing.
McGee frowned in distaste, and felt anger rise deep inside him. He was about to react, since no body else bothered to, when Abby's cry stopped him.
"I found it! Yes!"
"Huh!"
"Martin Jackson's number, remember?"
"Yeah," McGee scratched his head, "You think Gibbs's with him?"
"Well, why don't we call and see?" Abby flashed him one of her famous smile and stood to do just that.
McGee shook his head, then he remembered the hurt woman, and his head snapped around to look for her, but there was no sign of her anywhere.
TBC
P.S. Please let me know what you think. Do you like it? Do you hate it? Are you interested in more? I'd love to know what you thought about the story so far.
-Someone asked about more Tony angst, and believe me, there's lots of that coming soon
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