……………At the police station…………

Beams were falling down everywhere and the smoke got thicker and thicker by the second.

It was very hot and unbearable. Everyone took the risk to head out back even if the terrorists were there too. Some people stood ready with their guns just before they went out from the building to safety and fresh air. One by one they came out but no one stood outside and you could feel the relief in the air. Now people started to focus on the injured and to get everyone out of the building.

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"NCIS, gather here!" McGee yelled and then he coughed. He had inhaled a lot of smoke but he managed to help two teenagers out of the building. He had lost the rest of the team but hoped to see everyone alive and well.

"McGee, where are you?" director Shepard yelled.

"I'm here." He yelled back. More people started to yell and look for the ones they knew. Their partners, co-workers, loved ones and the others who were in the building.

The director came to McGee with Masterson.

"Look, what you've done! If they die I will personally kill you. Even after they got into this mess they did everything to see so no one else got hurt by this. I can't understand how you can live with yourself. Don't try to excuse yourself with the explanation that you were forced because you didn't apologize or say something else when you found out we knew." McGee said really furious at him. This was hell and he didn't know if they were the only three who managed to get out of there.

"Gibbs, McAllister, Scuito and Dinozzo where are you?" the director yelled. Then McGee started to go around checking the injured that lay on the ground. The sound of the fire brigades and ambulances coming to their rescue got higher by the second.

Suddenly McGee thought he should look at the exit to see if they were coming out because he couldn't see them. Then he saw Abby walk out with David behind her.

Still coughing he ran to them.

"Are you ok? Where are they?" he asked worried.

"I don't know. Someone came and picked up Kate but I couldn't see who it was. Then I lost them but somehow found David or rather David found me." Abby explained. David was coughing heavily and had a hard time to breathe.

"We need to save them. They can't be dead." McGee said trying not to think about the worst but it was hard not to. Then he started to cough even more.

"I was with Gibbs and we saw Abby and Kate lying on the floor but then a beam fell down next to us and we couldn't see them anymore. Gibbs disappeared and I tried to get to them." David said while coughing. Suddenly blood ran down from his mouth.

"Don't speak, please." Abby pleaded. She had put her shirt in front of her mouth to try to inhale as little smoke as possible so she started to feel guilty for not being as injured as McGee and David.

……………At the crash site……………..

The police were there investigating the sight. The helicopter was almost burned out but the forensic experts could see four persons had been in it. It didn't take long until they found the weapons and bullet holes.

"What has happened here?" one police asked his boss.

"They were terrorists. Luckily for us they died before they did something which would cause a lot of suffering."

"I wonder why there are so many bullet holes. Why did they want to kill themselves?"

"That is what we're investigating." His boss stated.

"The bodies are ready to be removed now." The officer then said.

"One of them won't be go through autopsy in New York so we need to establish their identities as soon as possible." The boss said.

"Why not? Isn't this an urgent matter? Is it a request from the family because their wishes are restricted by law when it comes to terrorists?" the officer wondered.

"No. A request from Washington. Someone on board meant a lot to them. He was married so if anyone wears a ring then it's probably him." His boss answered before going back to his car.

…………………….In Washington……………………

McGee, Abby and David heard someone yell after help. Abby decided she needed to do something. She went in before McGee and David could stop her.

"Abby…" they both yelled.

Abby wanted so badly to find them alive and she thought if she stayed near the exit and yell for them maybe she could save them or someone else. Suddenly she felt someone taking her hand. The hand was small and she instantly knew it was a child. She picked up the child and went out.

"Never do that again." McGee told her really worried that he had lost another one in his team. He didn't want to be the only one in NCIS who survived this.

"It's too hot and smoky. I yelled after them but couldn't see or hear them. I only stayed near the exit. This little girl found me…What's your name?" Abby asked the girl who looked to be around four or five.

"Samantha."

"She seems fine after staying in there for so long." McGee said looking at her.

"A man lifted me up and said I should go to you." The little girl then said.

All three looked at her and wondered who the man was. They couldn't help but to hope it was Gibbs.

"Is anyone still in there?" one of the first fighters went around asking.

"Samantha…My baby." The girl's mother suddenly said while running to them and Abby gave Samantha to her mother.

"Abby…" someone then said. Abby turned around because she thought it was McGee or David who wanted to talk to her. Then she saw Gibbs coming out through the exit with Kate in his arms.

………………At the hospital……………

"Will she be ok?" Abby asked one of the doctors. Together with Gibbs, McGee and McAllister she had been admitted to the hospital for respiratory problems but Kate had been admitted for mainly other problems. They all were lying in the same room too. The hospital was full because of the shoot out and the fire.

"Her blood count is low and I think she first passed out because of the stress and then she inhaled smoke which caused her to get worse. She is breathing by her own but with oxygen just like you. She's up on the women's ward where specialists are helping her. I've heard she's been through a lot. Losing her husband, being undercover and stopping a terrorist attack." The doctor said to them.

"Is the baby alright?" Abby asked. She hoped Kate was right about being pregnant because right now if Kate could focus on something good handling Tony's death would be easier.

"She is still three months pregnant and the baby is alright. She wants to see everyone but you need rest and she needs rest. Mrs Dinozzo also asked if they had found her husband's body."

"Not yet." Gibbs asked. The director hadn't been admitted so she could keep them updated on what happened.

………………At the crash site……………..

"I've found another body." Someone suddenly yelled when he was looking in the surrounding area for pieces of the helicopter. Everyone rushed to him to see who it was. Could it have been the person they had been looking for?

"He has a ring on his finger…Wait, he's still breathing! Call the paramedics!" the officer yelled.

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Do you wonder who the man is? Will he survive? How did he get so far from the helicopter?

And what really happened in the helicopter?

Will something else unexpected happen in the next chapter? Are there anymore secrets to be revealed?

Stay tune for the next chapter of "The secrets of NCIS".