Tropical Nightmare- Chapter 12: Waiting(Gibbs´ POV)

Disclaimer: I don´t own any characters or anything!

Summary: Tony and Kate are sent to Argentina for an undercover mission, but they have to take a detour.They are bound to find out that atropical island can be a real nightmare -at least if you´re on your own out there...

Additional note: I usually don´t write 1st-person narrator, but it seemed to fit rather well for this little story as the POV changes with each chapter.Also, the use of present-tense is wanted here, eventhough it may seem a bit odd. I hope it´s still readable.

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It´s been 10 hours now, but no news. I know the coast guard has notified each and every ship in that area, but I haven´t heard from anyone yet. I keep walking up and down the bullpen, they´ll probably need new carpet when this is over. McGee is watching me, I could tell him to mind his own business, but somehow, this is his business too. I´ve been down to the lab at least a dozen times today. Abby was asleep once, I think she slept about as much as I have lately.

Ducky keeps trying to send me home, but he´d have to force me out today. I´m not going anywhere until I know something about that signal. Maybe it was just a coincidence -someone accidentally sending his signal on the same frequency or something like that. I´m not sure what to think, but I can´t let McGee notice how much this is getting me, so I try to put on a poker face.

He´s looking at me again, why? I listen up and realize it´s my phone that´s ringing. The caller ID doesn´t tell me who it is -extern call. "Gibbs?" I say and take a deep breath. Maybe it is just my insurance company, trying to sell me another health care, they´ve been trying for just about two weeks now and won´t accept a no. The voice on the other end of the line is not my insurance agent. I feel my hands shaking and try to calm down.

"This is Captain Rogers, Commander of the Sacagawea." He introduces himself and I brace myself for his next words. He´ll tell you they found nothing. I think, but how can I be so sure? I don´t know. "We have checked out those coordinates you´ve sent us. Our scout team reported two persons on that island. I don´t know any details, but the describtion matches your missing agents. You will be notified as soon as we have them aboard." The line was cut again and I just stand there. The phone drops to the ground, but I don´t even notice until McGee picks it up.

"Boss?" He asks tentatively and I can hear anticipation in his voice.

I look at him, I don´t know how much my eyes tell him, but I feel tears burning in them. I never cry in public -especially not in front of my team, but right now, it´s hard to hold the tears back. I look down to the ground for a moment, calming my breath before I look at him again. "They found Kate and Tony out there -alive." I just tell him.

For a few moments, I watch McGee jumping around in the bullpen, like a child who got a new bike. He calms down again when he notices me looking at him. "That´s wonderful. Can I tell Abby?" I just nod and he takes off towards the lab. It´s a fine team I have here. It takes times like these to realize it, but it was so different since they were gone. No matter how much their little arguments annoy me sometimes, now I miss them.

My phone starts ringing again. It´s the Rogers again. He asks me to switch to video conferencing for some reason. I agree and walk into the conference room. The screen on the wall jumps to life. It´s not Rogers in front of that camera. "Tony..." He smiles, but it´s just halfheartedly. After a moment I realize that he´s alone. "Where´s Kate?"