A/N: Sorry for the delay folks, here's a new chapter! To my recent follower/favourites, welcome so glad to have you with us on this continuing adventure! To my reviewers, thank you so much! I really love and appreciate reading all your comments, they keep inspired, so keep them coming!

Guest Reviewer: Sue Dooley: Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

Momcat: I assure you, Mac & Quinn are DEAD, deader than dead! Who these people are? You'll just have to wait & see.

Now, let's see where things are at!

"Who's Withers?" Marcus asked, the look on all their faces was worrying to say to the least!

"Long story, but he's connected to this mess" Tim answered

Tristan saw the brothers exchange another look, she could see their minds spinning a great deal, she certainly understood it.

"Sir, if you can get our teams clearance for emergency leave from our joint training exercises & me landing clearance, we can be with you in 2 hours. We'd like to be there for Mike & we're happy to help with anything we can" Marcus suggested.

Gibbs was confused "where exactly are you two?" he thought they were in Florida

"Frankfurt sir" Marcus answered "We're both here for a few joint training exercises with some NATO teams"

Tony now realised why the pair had said they'd tried to get down for Nix's game.

"How quickly can you be wheels up?" Gibbs asked. To have these guys with them, given both of them have come face to face with this Loch guy, was definitely needed.

"My team is prepping my bird as we speak, so only have to wait for Myles's team to be ready for departure" Marcus answered, knowing full well his brother would bring his team with him, like he'd be doing.

Ziva saw that a group of men, maybe 5 of them had instantly taken off in a sprint behind the brothers. They were all kitted out in a similar manner to Myles.

"Be ready to leave in 10 sir" Myles remarked before taking off after his men "move!" he barked out.

"You'll have your clearance before they're even ready to go" Tristan remarked. She then headed straight for the exit to make it happen. Between herself, Col Marks & Lt Col Morris, who'd just shown up before she went into MTAC to check on the situation with his Captain, she was certain they'd be able to obtain the clearances required.

"Thank you ma'am" Marcus replied, he shifted his focus back to Gibbs "we'll get to Naples as quickly as we can, check on Mike & then be with you sir"

"Get here safely Major, no risks & watch your six, if this Loch guy is involved, he knows you two. We'll have a detail waiting for you when you land" Gibbs remarked, these boys could quite possibly be targets themselves, and he had to make sure they were on their toes.

"Will do sir" Marcus nodded.

Donnelly was standing against the wall of the interrogation room as she looked at the man, he definitely had an arrogant streak, but he was also banged up. Her guess, he sustained some of his cuts & bruises from the fight first of all, as well as his tumble out the car, thanks to Captain Bond and lastly from when Lt Carter had apprehended him. She had to smile at cuts & bruises he sustained at the hands of both Bond & Carter, glad that they were able to give him a dose of some of what he'd dished out. What she would have given to be able to help with those wounds.

"Where'd they take him!?" she demanded

"No idea love" the man replied

"Doubtful, you were clearly one of the main men involved, I'm sure you were important enough to know where you were headed" Donnelly retorted, trying to stroke his ego.

"Well, I was entrusted with special duties" he answered

"And what exactly were those duties?" Donnelly asked

"To ensure mission objectives were achieved & I did that" came the sneered reply

Hollis watched through the one-way mirror, she was aghast at what had happened, she'd quietly watched from a corner of the squad room as Jethro & his family arrived & she was struck by the look on his face. It was mix of utter fury & depression, she'd seen him furious most definitely, she'd seen him upset, but she'd never seen him depressed and it was that emotion mixed into the fury that shocked her the most.

She thought the best thing she could do would be lend a hand with interrogating this man, and right now she was trying to size him up, She wasn't alone in the observation room, SSA Vella was also there, and watching Donnelly work the room, she was using some good techniques, but she wasn't getting anywhere with the guy. She didn't want to step on her toes yet, but soon she could see herself going in there & lend a helping hand.

"And your precise objective was what exactly?" Donnelly asked

"To ensure GI Joe didn't compromise the mission" the man remarked

Donnelly refused to let the surprise show "your job was to ensure Captain Bond didn't get in the way of you & your friends from taking Phoenix?"

"The guy's a serial pest from what I know, so yea, needed to take care of him, and I did" came the sneered reply "hear he's not doing so good, hope he well…."

Ziva entered the observation room & was surprised to find Hollis Mann there, but looked to Vella "has he said anything?" she asked

"That his main job was to ensure Captain Bond didn't get in their way" Vella answered, he'd love nothing more than to go in there & add to the bruises.

Ziva's eyes widened, this went right along the same path that this Loch Lancert guy knew Mike "we've found out that Loch Lancert, was the man in charge of the group that took Phoenix"

Vella knew the name of course "any idea how he knows Bond? This guy said the Captain was a serial pest, so obviously a known entity, did you get in contact with his older brother?" he knew about the message

"Yes, as well as their younger brother, they said that Lancert had followed Kelly to the retirement party, with 2 of Mac's men as Quinn was out of town. The Captain, and his two brothers went and asked them to leave, they declined, and it got heated" Ziva answered

"So Lancert worked for Mac?" Vella asked, this was getting really confusing and very involved! Gibbs's gut seemed to be right, somehow the guy was involved, this wasn't good!

"No, the brothers presumed the same thing, but the man denied that he worked for him, said he was in town as a favour to someone" Ziva answered

Hollis was just really confused by this conversation, she wasn't really understanding everything, and was trying to keep up, but one thing she knew "So can we assume that Lancert was the one to hire Withers & Guthrie for whatever they were required to do?"

"That is a distinct possibility" Ziva remarked

"But we don't assume, my team's still looking into the interaction between those two" Vella replied, since when do agents assume? He hadn't taken his eyes off the room, off that guy & decided it was time he used this new intel "excuse me"

Donnelly saw Vella enter the room, the man in the chair simply offered a raised eyebrow. Like herself, Vella was looking beyond angry, she could only presume he had some intel. They'd agreed that he would come in once they received some new information. She kept back and let him take the lead for now.

Vella went & took up the empty chair, turning it the wrong way he sat down facing the guy "so, you work for Lancert or Fielding?" he was taking a stab in the dark, but if Lancert had been doing a favour for Fielding, maybe there a was a chance, he was doing it again. What was he saying? Mac was dead, still… he'd shake the tree and see what fell.

Donnelly saw the momentarily flinch, she didn't know they'd worked out who Lancert was or the connection to Mac, but Vella had obviously hit a nerve.

"Don't know what you're talking about" the guy said after a moment.

Vella knew he had gotten onto something "ok, so maybe you're one of Withers men" he suggested, Lancert had the exchanges with him rather than Guthrie, so he was obviously the lead in that pairing.

"I don't work for that idiot!" he snarled

"Oh so you know Withers?" Donnelly asked with a curt smile.

Vella saw the guy flinch again "so maybe you work for Guthrie?" all he got in reply was a stare "so either you work for Lancert, Fielding, or a pair idiots? Which is it?"

"I work for no man" came the answer

"So a favour then?" Vella suggested "I mean, I hear Loch is all about giving out favours, especially where Fielding is concerned" he finished with a smirk.

Donnelly knew they were starting to get to the man, she saw another twitch.

"You have no clue what your dealing with, or who, this isn't a situation you want to enter" came the snarled reply.

"So what about Commander Kaplan's whereabouts? Is she related to this situation too? Any idea where she is?" Donnelly queried

"No idea sweety, not my detail" the offered with a sly smile.

Donnelly eyed him as she approached and leaned down close to him, she ran a hand down his cheek "might not have been, but I'm sure you were important enough to know the details" she said with a smile "I'm mean, you're so strong, clearly you know how to take care of yourself. Loch would have trusted you, who wouldn't"

Vella watched the guy eye his fellow SSA up and down, he was clearly checking her out, if they didn't need this man breathing, he'd…

"you" the man sneered.

Donnelly just smiled before instantly bringing her hand up behind him & grabbing his hair crashed his head against the table "this will go one of two ways asshole, you can tell us where they've taken Phoenix and what they want with Commander Kaplan and we may consider a deal, or not & you don't want to find out what happens then"

Vella watched as the man sat himself back up & laid death glare towards her "offer on table for 30 seconds"

"Never" came the reply "Doesn't matter what you say, or do, I will not say one word"

"Really?" Vella asked with a smirk "just wait, because if I was you I'd rather deal with us than oh say… Phoenix's father" he finished in a snarl "because he will tear you limb from limb, and me?... I'll let him!"

"Bring it on, I always enjoy a challenge & really, Captain America wasn't much of one, and neither are you two sorry arses" came the reply.

"Didn't Captain Bond manage to pull you from a vehicle that you were intended to escape in?" Hollis asked off-handily, she'd entered only a moment ago, and managed to get in un-noticed by this man "and you're looking a little worse for wear" she added with a smirk.

Vella shared a look with Donnelly, neither were all that comfortable with her being in here, but they'd take whatever help they could get.

"Cuts & bruises are apart of my life, and this is just a mere bump along the way, you'll see" the sneered reply came.

Hollis leaned down & placed her hands on the table "cuts and bruises are one things, but what they said about Phoenix's father, you may want to listen, he can be… well… best you don't find out" she finished eyeing him carefully.

"I aint scared of your pathetic excuse for a boss, a man who was apparently such a good investigator that he didn't even realise that his family was alive and even living in the same city!" he replied with a cruel laugh.

Vella shared a look with Donnelly, this guy knew Gibbs's history? Things were definitely getting interrelated! and he was getting really pissed off with the guy, he leaned down close "how pathetic would you consider yourself for getting pulled from a vehicle by an apparent pathetic man? How pathetic would you consider yourself for getting arrested during such a mission, the only one to get arrested? Cause I'd consider it down right pathetic, the most pathetic thing there is!" he finished with a sneer.

"Yea, pretty pathetic" Donnelly agreed, but her eyes widened & she reacted instantly, stepping backwards.

Vella had taken a step back when the man had launched himself out of the chairs towards Donnelly as he let out a snarled scream. He instantly moved to intercept, how'd this guy break out of his cuffs? He saw Donnelly had instantly put her arms forward to block his approach, and he went to grab hold of the guy by his neck. "Get the fuck off her" he snarled as he yanked the guy backwards.

"Get it open!" Ziva yelled to the MP at the door as she raced from observation. What did this guy think he could achieve?

Sanderson's eyes widened & flung the door open, he saw the dickhead trying to get at one of the NCIS agents. He launched himself at the man trying to get him off her, and between him & Vella they'd managed to get him off her. But he couldn't lock the man's legs fast enough & he brought them up & attempted to kick into Donnelly's midriff. Using every inch of his strength he dragged the man backwards.

Ziva saw Donnelly & Hollis both trying to get the man off her and get control of him again, she went straight for his midriff trying to drive him back & secure his legs.

Vella pulled the guy further backwards & locked an arm around his neck "flip!" he ordered and knew the others wound follow his lead, as a team they flipped the man down onto the ground hard but as they did he laid a solid jab into the man's left cheek, he hadn't been alone though. He'd seen Sanderson give the man a solid punch to his chest.

Ziva heard the call & went to move the man onto his stomach & as she did she gave him a solid knee to his midriff, but she wasn't alone Hollis had done likewise. Having him down on the ground, she used her legs to secure his legs. She saw Vella & the MP both using their knees to keep the man's head down & their hands were grabbing his arms behind himself.

Vella leaned down to get sight of the man's face, looks like all of their strikes as well as how heavy they laid the guy on the ground knocked him out "he's out to it, get shackles!" Vella ordered Sanderson. He cast his eyes up to Donnelly, she was bent over & resting her hands on her knees "Donnelly, you ok?"

Donnelly lifted her head, the guy had managed to connect his feet with her midriff "yea, just winded" right as she said it she heard feet approaching, rushed feet approaching.

Hollis couldn't believe the man had attempted to do what he did, but like the others had reacted instantly in her attempt to resecure him, as she held him in place she looked up in time to see SFA's Johns & Ainsworth rush in.

Vella saw his SFA "cuffs Ainsworth!"

Johns went straight for his boss "you ok?" as he saw his fellow Agent drop down to the floor.

Donnelly stood up & breathed deep "fine Johns"

Ziva saw a pair of MP's rush into the room "Shackles!" she demanded.

Donnelly watched as the man was secured into the shackles "Johns, I want a 3 man detail in here with him, 1 more on the door, you keep him secured until he comes around, then shove his ass into that chair & secure him in it! When he's secured call me, I will get him to talk" she finished with a snarl. She wanted nothing more than to prize every bit of information out of the guy.

"Yes ma'am" Johns answered, he looked at Sanderson "Sgt, one of your men on the door, the other will remain in here with us"

Sanderson nodded "PFC O'Hare, take the door!" he ordered, he'd keep Lance Corporal Mendels inside with them.

"Yes sir!" O'Hare answered, he headed out of the room to take up position & saw Tristan & SSA Brunswick approach, he took a stand just to the left of the door & brought himself to attention for the lady.

Tristan walked into the room, she was tense on so many levels, but she'd seen the alarm notifications go off for the interrogation room & had grown concerned. The scene in front of her wasn't all that comforting, the assailant was on the ground now in shackles, there were numerous bodies still securing him place & Donnelly was looking a little off, but she was also looking beyond pissed! That wouldn't spell anything good, for everyone, but she suspected it especially wouldn't spell anything good for the man now lying face down on the ground.

A/N: So the Bond boys are on their way! That will definitely help! But this punk in interrogation seems to have known Mike too? And he reacted to Mac? This really isn't looking good, but he's pretty much up shit creek for what he attempted to do, I have a feeling Donnelly is going to rip him limb from limb! If someone else doesn't else beat her to it that is…

But what will happen when Kruse finds Nix's teammate? Why did he help?

I'm pretty busy with university at the moment, but I will endeavour to get a new chapter up as soon as I can. You know I love to read your comments, so review away!