Chap.1
Beginning to Worry
It was a normal day in NCIS; Tony was checking his e-mail eating a breakfast burrito, his feet were propped up on his desk. McGee was rebooting his computer, making sure he had no viruses. Tony's head shot up when he heard the elevator ding. Already thinking it was Kate, he minimized his e-mail and stuffed the rest of his burrito in his mouth and quickly swallowed.
"Kate, you know that blond I told you-" He quickly stopped when Gibbs stepped in front of Tony's desk.
"Do you want to finish your conversation DiNozzo?" Gibbs said taking a sip of his coffee and looking at Tony through slit eyes.
"Nah, I'm fine boss." He quickly said as he raised a pencil pretending to do some paperwork. Gibbs made a small smile and walked past Tony towards his own desk, at the last minute he turned around and hit Tony upside the head. Tony put on a fake smile and gently rubbed the target. Gibbs nodded and continued off to his desk; coffee in hand. Tony swallowed hard and hit his forehead repeatedly against his metal desk over and over again. He stopped when he heard the familiar beep of receiving mail. He took a sip of his coke and accessed his letters. He opened it up and read the 2 lined message.
"Shut up Probie!" He snapped but quickly turned around when he met with Gibbs famous eyebrow raise. "Damnit!" He whispered to himself. Behind him Gibbs allowed himself a little chuckle before breaking a dent in the mountain of paper work on his desk.
Kate paced back and forth, biting at her index nail; she did so when she was nervous. She re-read for the third time the message she received at work last night and the phone call she had just heard.
"I can stay here, no problem I got some paperwork to do. No big deal, I'll just call in sick." She walked over to the phone and was about to dial when she heard the dead ring tone on the receiver. "Shit!" She screamed and slammed the phone back on its cradle. She furiously walked over to her window and ripped the curtains apart. There across the road she noticed a black RAM 1500 parked, the windows were tinted so she couldn't see their faces, but she knew those were the men making sure she never left the house. She took a deep breath and fixed the lace curtains into place and headed towards her room stomping her feet in rage. Kate changed out of her pajamas and to reload her guns.
Black gloved hands worked their magic non-stop; typing on the computer, dragging pictures and using Photoshop to create the affects. The man took a sip of his now cold coffee and typed in the designated IP addresses. He flipped open his phone and pressed speed dial 1; he waited the total of 3 rings before it answered.
"I've done it." The mystery man said as he leaned back to review is work.
"Does it look real enough?" The man on the other side of the phone inquired, he had to make it looked real if he wanted to bait a big fish like Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
"Realer then real." He said with a satisfied smirk.
"That's not a word!" Growled the other man in impatience.
"Yes Captain."
"And the girl?" The boss inquired twirling the cord of his phone around his index and taping ferociously at his own computer.
"Confined as planned…might I ask why I'm planting these?" Asked the henchman a little confused by the odd request.
"It is proven that Special Agent Gibbs has a soft spot for this woman, show her in danger he'll come running to the rescue, then we hit two birds with one stone. Okay send it."
"Consider it done."
"Excellent." He laughed evilly and hung up.
"Dinozzo!" Gibbs said raising his voice a few more decibels then usual, and slammed his cell phone on his desk and tossed his broken cell to McGee.
"Yah boss." Tony said dropping his pen and swirling in his chair to face his boss.
"Where's Special Agent Todd?" He asked but it came out as an order, he turned to look back at McGee for his cell and quickly put his hand up to catch his new cell phone. He nodded and dialed a number.
"I don't know boss, I've tried calling her at home but I keep getting a busy signal." Tony swirled again and pressed 'redial' once more and tapped his finger against his desk. He sighed and hung up, and rubbed his hairline.
"Did you try her cell or pager?" Gibbs suggested as he watched Tony shake his head embarrassed. Gibbs closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with impatience and dialed her cell phone. Out of nowhere he heard ringing in response to his connection. Tony and McGee both looked up and looked over to where the ringing was coming from. They followed Gibbs to the waste basket beside the elevator. Gibbs shut his phone and fingered a piece of trash out of the way and found Kate's cell and pager underneath a burger wrapper and a discarded coke bottle.
"Why would she throw away her cell and pager boss?" McGee asked looking at Gibbs with questionable eyes.
"Bad reception?" Tony joked but quickly shut his mouth and turned around to avoid Gibbs's deadly glare he usually shot him on a regular basis.
"Sorry Boss…" Tony mumbled and headed to his desk, he turned around and Gibbs slapped him across the back of the head. Then all of a sudden, all at once their computers beeped indicating they had mail.
Author's Note: Hey I wanted to try something different so here it is. Hope you enjoy!