A/N: Here's another chapter folks, sorry for the delay! To my recent followers & favourites, welcome aboard, so glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, thank you so much! I can't believe we've reached 300+ reviews already! You guys rock! And I love reading your thoughts, so keep them coming!

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Sue Dooley: Thanks! yea, Mike's not good at all!

Momcat: Yea, the various small bits of information everyone got will definitely come in handy! Gibbs WILL find Nix, and butt kicking will happen, it'll just be a question of who does it. As for Tony's sister, we will meet her, I assure you.

Let's not delay any further, let's get right back into it!

"Jethro! Jethro!" Shannon repeated, her worry was rising by the minute, what was going on? Even though Ian had shown up & she could see 4 marines outside her house, all he'd said was you should call Jethro.

Gibbs closed his eyes trying to find the strength to tell her "someone's….. someone's taken Phoenix" he hated himself for having to tell his wife this.

"What?" Shannon exclaimed "What do you mean? What about Kelly?"

"Kelly's with me, she's safe, and I don't know who, but I promise you, we will find him & whoever took him, will regret being born!" Gibbs replied, he'd rip the person limb from limb.

"He's not breathing!" Kelly exclaimed, she'd been watching his chest & the shallow breathing had just stopped.

"Damn!" Brine cursed, he quickly checked for a pulse & couldn't find one "Get me the paddles!" he yelled

"Who's not breathing? What's going on? Jethro!" Shannon yelled, this was just too much!

"Mike, Shan, he was with Nix & the guy clearly tried everything to stop him being taken, Harm's here, he's doing what he can" Gibbs replied as he watched his friend give Mike a jolt, he prayed it worked!

Brine cursed, nothing, he went for a second go "clear!" he shocked him a second time, waited & checked for a pulse, he finally took a breath thank the stars! "he's got a pulse! Alright, let's get him packed up, we've gotta move!"

"Shan" Gibbs said, he got nothing "Shan!" he called again

"She's here Jethro, but is a little overwhelmed, your father's with her. I've got 4 marines outside. What do you need?" Marks asked,

Gibbs took a breath "we're going to the base hospital, can you bring them there? Mike's really not good" while he wanted to get going on finding his son, he knew getting all the details, street camera footage and everything would take a bit of time & while that was happening, they could be at the hospital. There was also a chance that either Jonas, Mike or Evans would come too & be able to tell him what happened.

Marks cursed "of course, I will drive them over myself, with the marines. We'll meet you there"

"Ok, we're leaving in a few" Gibbs said "Ian.."

"Jethro, they'll be fine. I've already had the base put on high alert, I've doubled the guard on the entries, the hospital & the NCIS building, no one unauthorised will gain access" Marks said interrupting him, it had been a hectic period, but once he'd gotten all the details from Andrews, he'd hastily made numerous calls to ensure the base was basically put on lockdown. He'd already spoken with Tristan too.

Gibbs breathed a sigh of relief "thank you" he now needed to lay his own eyes upon his wife & dad, he had to be sure they were safe & the only way to do that was to have them with him.

"Alright, let's move him" Brine ordered

Gibbs stood himself & Kelly up, as the pair helped the EMT's raise Mike on the stretcher, he looked around & made a decision "Sargent!" he barked

"Sir?" Sanderson asked coming closer

"Get him back to NCIS now! SSA Donnelly will be waiting for him in interrogation" Gibbs ordered, pointing to the man under guard. He would definitely have a round with the man, but he'd get her to go first.

"Yes sir" Sanderson nodded & headed off.

Gibbs continued to support his daughter as they went with Mike towards the ambulance "Kells, we'll meet them there, Harm will need all the room he can get in the back" he knew that with Harm, plus 3 EMT officers, there'd be no room for anyone else.

Kelly just looked at her friend, he now had a tube down his throat, he was looking horrible "he can't die" she cried, finally gripping her dad entirely.

Gibbs wrapped his arms around her "he'll fight Kell, he's a marine, he won't take this lying down" he finished as he watched Jonas go past him on a stretcher into another ambulance, geez, he didn't look good either! There must have a hell of a lot of people that had attached them.

"Kelly" Brine said, once she was looking his way he continued "I refuse to loose him, I wont allow it, not on my watch. But your dad's right, we need the room, we'll meet you at the hospital" he wanted to keep soothing her, but he had to get going "let's go!" he said as he climbed into the back next to Mike.

Tim closed the back of the ambulance & banged on it, signalling they could go. He turned back to see Kelly buried entirely into her dad's hold, he was beside himself with concern, for her, for Nix, even for Mike, he didn't know what to do with himself right at this moment.

Gibbs watched as the ambulances took off, he took a breath & tried to keep calm "McGee! Go organise a marine escort, we're leaving for the hospital!" he wanted as much protection for his daughter as possible, he needed to get her back to safety of the base.

Gibbs turned "Wu!" he barked, seeing his SSA approach he saw how angry & upset the man was "we'll find them Wu, that you can be guaranteed!"

"I'll rip them to shreds!" Wu spat, his SFA looked bad, really bad, though he looked better than Mike, that was the only consolation. He wanted to find the men that did this to his man, as well as took Nix.

"We will" Gibbs corrected "we're leaving for the hospital, you & Kruse stay put, get everything Wu, every bit of evidence, every video feed, I want it all!"

"Will do boss, an ME team is on the way to process that body, we'll get everything, and we'll find him boss, we wont leave a leaf untouched, we'll work out who it was & get Nix back" Wu said, he could see the fury in his boss's eyes.

Gibbs didn't know there was a body, but that was something, the team that had come to get his son were now 2 men down, that was good! He nodded to his agent & turned "DiNozzo! We're leaving!" he barked, he wanted his team with him. Kruse, Wu, their teams, the marines & the LEO's could handle the mop up, besides, he had funny feeling this was all interconnected & thus wanted Tony with him, just in case. "Let's go angel" he whispered as he led her to the car "you're driving Tony, and carefully" he finished, he wouldn't let his girl go & that meant sitting in the back seat. It also meant Tony had to drive carefully due to his girl's motion sickness, which he knew would only be compounded due to her emotional state.

"Will do boss" Tony nodded, he saw both Lt Carter & Andrews had gone & grabbed the vehicles they'd come in earlier & each of them had 2 marines with them, clearly as the escort "Carter, you lead! Andrews on the rear! No gaps!" he ordered the pair, he turned to Shaz, who had Zuse right on her flank "your right behind us". He knew what Gibbs would expect and its what he wanted, they needed to get back to the safety of the base & fast.

Tony & company took off, he flashed a look to his side, Ziva was in the front, while Tim was in the back with Gibbs & Kelly. He could see his friend was really struggling, but that he had a hand on Kelly's leg's, trying to help sooth her. He could scarcely imagine what was going through his head.

Gibbs felt his girl grip him tightly, clearly she was now letting out the emotions she'd been holding in "shh" he soothed

"Nix, what if they hurt him, like they did Mike?" " Kelly cried into her dad, she was now beyond worried about her brother.

Ziva shared a worried look with Tony, this was something they'd already discussed. If this was what had happened to Mike & Jonas, and they were merely bystanders, not their target, what would befall Nix?

Gibbs tightened his grip on her, he wouldn't let that happen, he caressed her head & lifted her chin so she was looking at him "I will find him Kelly, I promise you that, I wont let anything happen to your brother" he said trying to assure her, as well himself.

Shannon arrived at the hospital in a total state of disarray, she was beyond worried, she still didn't really know what happened, between what her husband & Ian had said, it was just sounding too unbelievable. She was shaken from her thoughts when she saw the ambulances arrive & Harm throw himself out of one of them.

Brine jumped out of the ambulance & saw his all his trauma teams already waiting, thank the stars! "We need X-Rays, CT's, blood work up, the lot! For both of them" he ordered as both Mike & Jonas were unloaded "Anderson! You've got Agent Jonas Quinton! Francis, you're with me with Captain Bond!" he ordered, he turned one of his junior level doctors "Mendelsohn you've got Evans, once she's stitched up, you're with us!" he knew she was by far the one that required the least amount of stitching up.

Shannon rushed towards Harm, she looked down at Mike "Oh my gosh! Mike!" she exclaimed, he looked horrible.

"Shan, we need to get him into the O.R, I need to get him X-Rayed & scanned" Brine said gently, he needed to get a true assessment of the injuries.

"Will he be ok?" Shannon asked worriedly.

"He's lost a lot of blood, but we'll do what we can, we aren't going to give up on him" Brine answered.

Shannon nodded, but a thought came to her "Harm, he's AB negative!" it was a rare blood type.

"I know, we've got some in stock, and we're checking for any staff that are the same blood type, we'll track down as much as we can" Brine assured her "Shan, I've really got to get him inside"

Shannon leaned down & kissed Mike's forehead "keep strong Michael, please fight!" she whispered to him.

Marks had been right by her side during the conversation & the guy did not look good, he'd also cast his eyes across Jonas as he got rushed through, and he wasn't looking good either! But the last conversation had given him an idea & dialled his phone, he needed to speak to Tristan again.

Tristan saw the caller ID & got concerned "what now?" she asked worriedly

"You've got access to the personnel files for all person assigned to & living on this base yes?" Marks asked, forgoing all pleasantries

"Yes, why? And where are you now?" Tristan asked, she'd already spoken with him twice, she'd spoken with Tony & Kruse too, and none of the conversations were all that pleasant. She was already driving a push to get into local street cam footage to try to track the SUV's, and she was extremely concerned about Phoenix, she just didn't understand why someone would want to kidnap the boy?

"Base Hospital, I've brought Shannon & Jackson, Gibbs is just arriving now" Marks replied seeing the convoy of vehicles pull up "but the reason I'm calling is that Captain Bond is seriously injured and lost a lot of blood, problem is, he's AB negative, that's rare. Can you get someone to comb the files for anyone with it? The hospital will need all it can get" he finished, he knew combing the hospital staff was one thing, but they had a much better chance of getting the blood needed by expanding to the entire base personnel.

"Of course, I will also check what Jonas's blood type is, and if it's a rare one, I will get donor's over for him too" Tristan replied, she hung up.

Tristan saw Donnelly on the phone, speaking hastily, obviously trying to get as much intel as possible before she headed down to Interrogation to speak with the man whom Captain Bond had managed to draw from the vehicle that had taken Phoenix. Things were going to get very messy and tricky, Fornell had agreed to brief her, Vella & Donnelly on what he'd told Gibbs & that was just adding to the confusion. However it also gave her a thought that whatever 'this' was, was linked with Tony and his sister.

She saw utter chaos below "Alice, I need Jonas's blood type" she said hastily to her assistant that was right next to her.

Alice did a quick search "O positive ma'am"

Tristan nodded it was a fairly common one, so they didn't need the donors as urgently, as she knew the hospital would have substantial supplies of it. Needing to get everyone's attention, she whistled "Listen up!" she exclaimed, once the floor went silent she continued "I need a show of hands if anyone has a blood type of AB negative & is able to donate!?"

"Yes ma'am!" Yates replied raising his hand

"I have it as well ma'am" Alice remarked

Tristan nodded "Both of you get down to the hospital, tell them you're there to donate blood for Captain Bond, now!" she asserted.

"Yes ma'am" Yates replied "I'll grab a car Alice, meet you downstairs!"

Alice nodded to Yates "we'll donate & be back as soon we can ma'am"

"Thank you Alice" Tristan nodded "Vella!" she called

"Ma'am?" Vella enquired

"Get one of your team to search all NSA Naples personnel files for anyone with AB negative blood, see if they can donate & tell them to get to the hospital, the Captain is going to need a fair amount from what I know. Also, call the hospital & ask them how their stock of O positive is, and if they need fresh supply, if they do find people & get them down there for Jonas!" Tristan ordered

"Yes ma'am!" Vella replied & headed off to arrange it, none of this was looking good.

Jack watched the boy get rushed through, he really didn't look good! And to say his worry for his grandson was extreme would probably be putting mildly, he was beyond worried. He then saw his son approach & both he & his granddaughter had blood on them! "Jethro! Jethro!" he called concerned.

Shannon heard Jack & spun around instantly "Jethro! Kelly!" she shouted as she ran straight towards the pair.

Gibbs took instant hold of her, and they had Kelly nestled right in between them "Shan"

"Mum" Kelly cried into her

It took a few moments but Shannon finally lifted her head "what happened? Where is he?"

"Let's go inside" Gibbs said, he wanted to get his family inside "come on dad, inside" he would have instructed the marines to stand guard on the entry, but that was already being taken care of by Marks.

Gibbs sat them down in the corner, he had his girl nestled into him on one side, his wife had sat down next to him & his dad put himself next to Kelly. Looking at his team, they were all now on their phones or speaking with various people, he looked to his wife, and the tears were swealing "I don't know what happened Shan"

"What do you mean?" Shannon asked, how could they not know?! She turned to her daughter "weren't you with him, what happened?"

"I was" Kelly cried "but we we…re in the cl….ub, Nix said he want….ed to call Sta….cey, so he went outside…" she started to cry out "Mike, Jonas & Joyce we…nt with him, bu…t"

"but what?" Shannon asked, if those three had gone with her son, how'd he get taken? And how did they end up so injured?

"Take a breath angel, breath it out, slowly" Gibbs said quietly, they needed to hear it all, but she was crying & hiccupping too much to understand a lot of it.

Kelly took a breath "When they didn't come back for half an hour, we went to find them, the food was getting cold and….. but when we got outside….. we couldn't see them anywhere…. Tim's phone then went off… and he got really concerned, not sure why"

"Jonas pressed his agent in distress alarm" Gibbs inserted.

Kelly just nodded "Tim then started running full speed around the back…. and we followed, Jimmy even grabbed a few other marines that had been down there…"

Tony had propped himself against a wall not too far from the family, he figured listening to Kelly's recollection would be useful, and he now realised why some of the marines were in civvies.

Kelly took another deep breath "There were 2 SUV's at the other end of the carpark… We saw… we saw" she tried to continue but just couldn't.

"Saw what?" Shannon prodded, part of her wanted to shake her daughter until she said it all, she was utterly beside herself.

Tim had finished a call just moments earlier & could see Kelly was struggling, taking a very deep breath he headed for them & sat down diagonally across from Shannon, which had him next to Jack "we saw Mike & Jonas both struggling to get into one of the SUV's, they then.." he took a breath, trying to swallow the lump in his throat "they both got thrown from the vehicle and shot at"

Jack's eyes widened, that explained how the pair looked, but my gosh! That didn't sound good.

"Mike though…" Tim said, he took another breath "he… he got run over by the second SUV"

Shannon covered her mouth in shock.

"It all happened so fast, we had no time to do anything…" Tim said, he just didn't know what else to say.

"We tried to get there, we ran as fast as we could, but they just took off, we tried mum…" Kelly cried

Shannon let the tears roll down her face "oh darling!" she sighed as she took hold of her across her husband.

Gibbs just held the pair, part of him still wanted to curl up & cry, the rest of him wanted to rip into something, he saw though Brine approach, already in hospital scrubs, he saw concern all over his face "Harm?" he croaked out.

Shannon looked up, the look Harm was giving wasn't good "Michael?"

Brine swallowed "it's not looking good, but he's actually regained consciousness, and…"

"That's good then?" Kelly asked interrupting him.

"Yes Kelly, that is, but I need to get him under the aesthetic to get his wounds sorted, so we're short on time" Brine answered, he really was short on time.

"Then what are you doing out here? Go back in!" Kelly cried, she couldn't loose him.

Gibbs rubbed a hand up and down her arm "Shh, angel"

Brine could understand the reaction, and he really had to get in "I will Kell, but he's refusing to let us put him under until he speaks to your dad" he looked at Gibbs "Jethro, I know you've got a lot on, but he wont budge, I need you to come now"

Gibbs looked at Brine wide eyed, but nodded "of course" he turned to his wife "be right back.."

"Dad, tell him…" Kelly started

"Kell, all I am going to tell him is that you want to talk to him when he's better, because he will get better" Gibbs interrupting her, as he caressed her cheek "stay with mum"

Harm led him through one door but pulled him up, taking hold by his arm "Jethro, I am not going to sugar-coat this, the prognosis isn't good. I don't think it's a good idea to…"

Gibbs saw the look in his eyes, damn! "ok" he whispered, interrupting him, he really didn't want him finishing the sentence.

Harm led the way into the outer room "do we have the scans yet?" he asked the nurses

"Just coming through" Betty answered

Gibbs looked at Mike, he was on stretcher & had numerous lines & what not running from his chest, arms & head to various machines. The guy had seriously been through hell, and it was all because he tried to protect his son. Approaching him, he saw his eyes were closed, looking to one of the nurses "he conscious?"

"He…re" Mike coughed doing his best to open his eyes, and he saw Gibbs standing there "Tri….ed, s…i…r" he coughed.

"Take it easy" Gibbs remarked, putting a gentle hand on his shoulder & settling him back down on the stretcher "I know you did Michael, you did all you could"

Mike tried to take a deep breath, but ended up in small coughing fit.

Nurse Betty came over "take it easy Captain"

Gibbs kept his hand on his shoulder trying to steady to guy "Settle down Mike"

Brine got concerned, he'd just looked at the CT & X-Rays "we can't wait, get him under!"

"No, wait!" Mike coughed up, he had to tell Gibbs "That guy….. seen him before" he got out

Gibbs eye's widened "where Michael?"

"Aus…tin" Mike coughed, "speak.. speak to Marcus.. tell him…"

Gibbs saw the eyes flutter closed, he gently tapped him on the cheek "Mike….." nothing "Michael…" still nothing, "Marine!" he said giving him a hard tap.

Mike came back around & looked at Gibbs, he wasn't sure..

"Tell Marcus what?" Gibbs prodded, he knew who Marcus was, his older brother.

"Dra..gon tat….too guy" Mike coughed "our father's retirement party.."

Gibbs gut churned again, dragon tattoo? That's what Nix had yelled! But if Mike knew him from Texas? Did that mean?… ohh, fuck! Mac! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

A/N: Hmm… yes, well… could Mac be involved? Cause that would be you know…. bad!

Here's hoping that Mike pulls through… but when some of the others come around, what will they learn?

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