Maybe they way I had written it in the other chapters weren't a hit but I'll change it from now on. Wanting to write it from two different POV:s wasn't the best idea. Usually I don't write it like that but trying something new isn't always the right thing. I hope you will like it from now. Sorry if it was too confusing.
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……..The next day……….
"We haven't got any closer so we'll just have to keep on until we'll do. I hope everyone has got some rest because tired people are not wanted here." Gibbs told his team which now had been extended with one person, agent Lauren Wood. For the first time Gibbs had to experience how it was working with someone you love and it wasn't the easiest thing.
"Agent Wood, how are things going in New York?" Gibbs then asked her.
"It's quiet. He could have killed them instantly but there is something he wants out of them. The two bombs which exploded today killed a lot of people and I still feel he did it and it was a smokescreen for something. Maybe to take away a lot of manpower from this case or maybe just to let us and Dinozzo, Tyler and Anderson know he is really serious about it." Lauren explained.
"I think it is personal. Plain and simple. He is a complex man and plans everything in detail and that is why he took months to execute his plan. Ari knows that his days are counted and dealing with everything before his time is up seems to be his motive. The three who knows the most about the case can't speak and those who know almost everything, if even not more are not speaking because we don't know who they are. We have to untangle this web by ourselves." Kate said to them trying to just think like a NCIS and not a relative who only was worried.
"Abby, how are things going with finding some answers on the computer?" Gibbs asked her knowing she and McGee were very good at hacking into places.
"We're working on it."
"Has anyone checked their e-mail? I got a strange message from an unknown person with a video file attached to it! I wonder if you got it too." Kate then suddenly said.
"Let me look!" Abby said going up to her. She turned around the screen so everyone could watch, turned on the volume and clicked on the attachment.
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"Right now we're here and I guess you know why we're here." Anderson told them.
"We're sorry for the pain we've caused our families and friends and especially for everyone involved in our old case." Tyler continued.
"Tony, come on." Anderson said to him.
"He's not well and looks the worst of them all." McGee said.
"I know." Gibbs said now very worried.
"I'm…" Tony said before trying to gain the strength to say some words.
"Tony, Abe and Nick want to say goodbye." An unknown voice then said. They all knew it had to be the one behind the camera who said that.
"Two more bombs will explode soon and if you play your cards right maybe they won't go off." The unknown voice continued.
"Turn…Ehh…We're going to confess our sins and hope God will understand." Tony said now with a gun to his head. Then the video ended.
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"People we need to analyse it quickly. Send it to everyone involved in the case." Gibbs ordered them.
"Kate, are you alright?" Lauren asked her.
"There was something about him. Not that he was sick but the way he acted. Could he have been trying to tell us something else?" Kate replied.
"Damn it. We need the case file." Gibbs said out loud.
"I'm working on it boss." McGee told him.
"I'll go call them again and tell them to give us access to it." Lauren told the team.
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"Tony, are you alright?" You've been laying here since we recorded the message.
"I was sick before they kidnapped us…Ari shot me, Kate and Gibbs and left us to die. They all fully recovered but I didn't. With medical supervision I can live and work like normal but without it… The descent is pretty rapid." Tony explained to them.
"How rapid? Will you die?" Abe asked worried.
"You don't want to know…Do you guys think they will find Turner." Tony asked them wanting them to think about something else.
"Hopefully before Ari. Turner would be here if Ari knew about Turner. They could have killed you if they knew what you did. It was a stupid thing to do and never do that again. We're not undercover here so improvising is a bad idea Tony." Nick replied.
"Shall I ask them to give you water and food?" Abe asked Tony.
"If they haven't given us anything now then asking will only make it worse. We can just save our strength right now…If something happens to me tell Kate I love her and that I love the rest of my family too. The same with my friends and team." Tony said quietly just seeing Kate's face in his mind.
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……..5 hours later……..
"McGee it's time for the hourly update." Abby told him.
"Ok, we know the mail was sent from a server in Sweden. Ari's men must know a lot about computers. They are probably not far from here. Somewhere not so far from New York either. We just got the case file and we're trying to find the agents who were involved." McGee explained.
"How many are working with finding the agents?" Gibbs asked.
"Lauren and I…I'm tracking down Kelly, Wei, Wilkins, Lopez and Fredericks. Lauren is looking after Turner, Ellis, James and Takenkov." McGee answered.
"It's Turner. Tony said Turner…" Kate then said to them.
"What?" Lauren asked her.
"Look at the video again!" Kate said going back to her computer.
They all watched it again and agreed that Kate was right. The search after Turner now begun and they knew they were fighting against the clock.
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"The next step in the plan needs to be executed now. I love the word executed. Let's go then." Ari told his men.
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Looking at the picture of Tony, Kate, Andy, Max and Julia on her desk…The last trip they did together. Julia's christening and meeting his whole family….. Andy told her it was there in New York he and Tony bought the ring. Talking to Andy was hard enough and just trying to talk to Tony's mother was much worse. His parents lived in Baltimore and she couldn't be there to reassure them Tony was going to be alright. Her mother and sister were calling non-stop to know how she was coping. They were all so far away but Abby said she was not alone and seeing everyone here she knew that. It's just a big part of her is missing. The Dinozzo part.
