A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To my recent followers/favourites, welcome! So glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, thank you! I love reading your thoughts, they keep me inspired!
Guest Reviewers: Sue Dooley: Thank you so much! So glad you're loving this!
Momcat: The De Luca boy did a very stupid thing, that is without a doubt & he will pay for his part in it, that is assured! Gibbs terrorising him was satisfying to read, but he had to keep a cool head, otherwise the kid could walk due to bad procedures. And when they find Nix, Loch will definitely get what's coming, BUT there is a way to go & much to learn..
Now, let's get into it..
Ziva was sitting at her desk going through some of the feeds, she couldn't help but look across to Tim & Kelly, she hadn't moved from his knee, neither had spoken a word since, she'd never seen Kelly so quiet. Tim was working through one of the feeds as he held her close, but he was doing it silently. She then saw Wu arrive back & approach.
Wu could tell both Tim & Kelly were quiet, he could guess why but he had something, he cleared his throat & when they looked up he spoke "Phoenix's phone" he simply said & held it out.
Kelly's eyes widened as she looked at her brother's phone.
"We've already dusted for prints, not sure if you can get anything from it or not" Wu added as he laid it into Kelly's hand.
Tim watched as she stared at the phone, he quickly looked up to Wu "we'll see what we can get, did you get the other phones?"
Wu nodded "yea, they're over at the labs, but I figured you'd want to do Nix's one personally"
Tim nodded in appreciation, but he turned his attention back to the girl on his lap "we should check to see if there's anything on it Kell"
Jack was sitting a chair just next to his granddaughter, he could see was lost inside her own head her much like he'd been before his son had gotten him out of it, he needed to do likewise for her. He reached forward, placing one hand on her thigh he cupped her cheek with the other "Kelly darling, I know how painful this must be for you, I know you are besides yourself about your brother. But your father is right about something, we need to focus, and right now I need to see the strong granddaughter that brought this family back together. I need the stubborn Gibbs genes to rear their head, because you're the only one that could get into that phone. I know my strong little darling is in there somewhere, and right now, that's who we need, who I need to see." he knew she'd be totally overwhelmed about her brother, after all, they were the closet siblings he knew but right now he needed that tough, stubborn girl that kept her brother safe for 7 years and brought the family back together.
Kelly looked at her grandfather, she could tell he was trying to be as focused as possible, swallowing and taking a deep breath she nodded. She'd been so relaxed these last number of months that her outer tough shell had semi retreated, but he was right, she had to focus & bring that back to the fore and she could do this! "Thanks gramps"
Jack nodded, he could already see her start to focus "that's my girl"
Tim smiled at their pair's interaction, he was going to try to coax her into doing it, but Jack had made a move to try & he'd let him go for it, glad that it worked.
Kelly wiped her face & took hold of her brother's phone, the screen was cracked in numerous places & it wouldn't turn on, she tried default reset, nope that didn't work "I need.."
"your laptop & a cable" Tim supplied
"Thanks" Kelly said giving him a small smile, she attached the cable to the phone as her laptop powered up.
Tim could see that Kelly was totally focused on doing what she had to do, so he manoeuvred her into a chair right between him & her grandfather, he knew that she could concentrate on that so he went back to the feeds, from the ones they'd gone through so far, they were pretty poor in quality "anyone got anything decent?" he called, the head shakes were not comforting, at all!
Tony was at his desk, while the others were all concentrating on the feeds he was doing something else, he was looking into this Lawrence Alexander. He'd gotten Fornell to get the FBI to send him everything they had, which wasn't a whole lot. He just couldn't work why the guy that adopted his sister, seemingly under strange circumstances to begin with, would send money to Kelly? He just couldn't work it out, and he wanted to have something because that would help them find his sister, find his nephew, and find Phoenix whom he now considered to be like a younger brother.
Looking up Tony saw Gibbs and Shannon heading back, they'd been gone for well over an hour he wondered just what that kid had had to say for himself.
Gibbs wasn't too sure how exactly he was going tell his daughter and father about what De Luca said, but he noticed that Kelly had her head buried into her own laptop, he wondered if, but his question was answered when he saw Wu, she had her brother's phone!
Shannon could see that her girl was utterly focused on her laptop as she approached "Kelly darling" she said softly as she ran her hand over her girl's head.
Kelly broke contact with her laptop "we just got Nix's phone" she whispered
"Anything on it angel?" Gibbs asked gently
"Not sure, it's pretty banged up, I'm trying to download the videos and photos now" Kelly answered, but she looked between her parents "did he say anything?" she asked
Gibbs flashed a look with his wife, he was unsure how to answer it, and he saw that his dad, Tim, Tony, Ziva & few others were now looking his way "he was a desperate boy who was afraid of loosing his future, but why he did it doesn't matter right now. What matters is we know that man we think is Loch Lancert was the man that he dealt with"
"If he dealt with Lancert then he has to know how to contact him! And why doesn't it matter why? He was Nix's teammate, why would he do such a thing?" Kelly asked, of course it mattered why! That was the most important thing! How could a teammate do such a thing!
"Kelly angel, it doesn't matter why, because the why doesn't help us find Phoenix, ok? and that's all we need to be concerned about. De Luca never communicated with the guy over phones or anything, but every bit of detail De Luca knew he told us" Gibbs said as he caressed her cheek "we'll talk about it later, I promise, but now, let's see if there's anything on Nix's phone"
Kelly saw her mum nod in agreement & sat back down, the phone had finally finished downloading the new photos & videos from the last few days "there are some photos & videos from tonight"
"Let's look at the photos first" Gibbs suggested, while part of him wanted to keep it private, he knew he needed a few eyes on it "McGee put them up on the plasma, DiNozzo, David, Wu!" he called, wanting them to see it too.
Shannon was tense, but she couldn't help but let out a laugh at the image now in front of her, Mike was sitting perched on top of Phoenix's shoulders, both boys were giving a muscle man pose, she flashed her daughter a small smile, so typically them, but the last time she'd seen something like that the boy's positions had been reversed.
Gibbs swallowed the lump in his throat, both boys were grinning & looked so happy, a stark contrast to just a little while later "when was this taken?"
"Just before we went into the club" Kelly answered with a small smile, that picture was so heart warming. She just prayed both of them would be ok, they had to be!
Ziva looked at the image, it certainly looked like both Mike & Nix were happy, but she saw something else "there, that man in the background" she said pointing behind the pair to the left, he was standing a little distance away, but had his eyes firmly on the pair.
Tim saw where Ziva had pointed & zoomed in, it took a few minutes & he managed to clean the image up, the man was certainly clearly focused on them, but it wasn't Loch Lancert, nor the man they had in custody. How could he not have seen this guy? He berated himself for not noticing a man doing nothing but paying attention to them. "Its not Lancert or the other guy"
"Zuse, run him through facial recognition" Tony ordered pre-empting Gibbs thought.
"Yes sir" Zuse nodded & sat back down.
Tim went through the rest of the pictures, unfortunately none of them held anything of use "videos boss?"
"Yes" Gibbs nodded, he'd rather say no because seeing these photos of his son, daughter, Mike, Tim, Jonas & others all being happy & joking around was really hard to see right now.
Jack watched, he could see how hard it was for the rest of his family, it was excruciatingly painful. Seeing his grandson so happy & joking with his sister & the others should have made him smile but knowing his grandson was now in the hands of a man who would do him harm and having no idea as to his wellbeing, it was just depressing.
Wu just stood still as he watched the various photos & videos flow on the screen, seeing his SFA smiling & joking, basically being himself should have produced his usual eye rolls & sly grins, but right now he was struggling to maintain his composure.
Tim had one last video to go & based on the time stamp, this could be it "last one" he said quietly, trying to convey his thought that this could be something.
Gibbs looked over to Tim & saw the look on his face, he already had his wife in his side, but he wrapped an arm around his girl's waist who was standing just in front of him, pulling her into his chest.
Tony noticed that as the videos played more people were paying attention, he just focused on the screen. His eyes widened as soon as it started, it started with almighty scream & it belonged to Nix, he just watched as it started to unfold.
Shannon wasn't sure she could watch it, and that thought was amplified ten fold when she heard her son's scream against a black backdrop, she tensed instantly.
Gibbs took a stronger hold of his girls, part of him wanted to stop the video and have his girls not view it, but he knew that they wouldn't hear of it. The scream really unsettled him, but the fact that all they could see was black was worrying to.
Kelly cringed as she heard her brothers scream but all of sudden the feed was showing some images, but it was rattling around almost like it was falling, and the way it fell she actually saw bodies flying all over the place, but then the she heard & saw Mike.
"Get fucked!" Mike yelled flipping the man that had him in a hold onto the ground & knowing they were in a fight for who knew what, took a sharp hold of the man's neck & squeezed.
Ziva's eyes widened, guess they now knew how that man died, Mike certainly wasn't holding back.
Mike didn't even wait a second, he lunged for the bastard that was trying to move Nix away from him "Get the fuck off him!" he yelled.
"Fuck off!" Jonas yelled drop-kicking one man & trying to dislodge himself from another's hold, he had to get to Phoenix!
Wu had never seen his charge looking so angry! And while it was hard to watch he was grateful for the way the phone fell so they could at least see what was happening.
Jack hadn't been this tense in a long time, but seeing over a dozen men all engaged in fights with Phoenix, Michael and the others wasn't the least bit easy.
Mike grabbed Loch around the neck "I told you to fuck off back then, and I'm telling you to fuck off now!" he sneered
"Fuck off yourself" Loch sneered back trying to get him off himself.
Nix was struggling to dislodge these two men that seemed hell bent of doing who knew what to him, he had no clue who they were or what they wanted, but he suddenly heard Mike & pushed himself back into the man, and using that leverage he managed to bring his knees up & kneed the other guy in his guts.
Gibbs watched as Mike, looking every bit the furious marine managed to dislodge Loch's hold on his boy, while he boy managed to bring down the other man, he was using every bit of strength he could muster.
Mike kept hold of Loch & saw Jonas had managed to deal with a few others "Evans! Get Nix out of here!" he barked "Go Phoenix!"
Tim watched as Evans dropped kicked & laid one man down before pulling Nix away from the melee going on.
"Come on Phoenix" Evans said hurriedly as she pulled him away, she didn't want to leave Jonas, but like Captain Bond she knew they had to get Phoenix away.
Shannon saw her son & Evans disappear from view, left was Michael & Jonas both fighting with all their might against a horde, but then she saw her son come blazing back onto the screen yelling.
"Get off them!" Nix yelled, there was not a chance he would leave Mike in this mess, he had to help him!
Tristan had been watching as soon as she heard the first yell, much like many others & could never imagine seeing Phoenix look so angry.
Gibbs watched, this was the hardest thing he'd ever watched in his life, the next few moments passed like they'd knew, not only had Nix come back, but so had Evans.
Kelly cringed as 3 men finally overpowered Mike & took him down. She then saw Jonas go to ground and Evans get dragged away but the worst was that the Loch guy knocked her brother out hard, really hard.
Gibbs squeezed his girls, seeing his son get knocked out by Loch, the damn guy used a crowbar against his midriff, before laying a stiff upper cut, that would definitely do damage! He didn't want to let go of his girls, he had to keep them safe!
Wu watched as his dazed charge tried his best shake himself off & went charging for the SUV which had only pulled up on screen.
Kelly knew what was coming & turned her head into her dad, she didn't want to watch, she couldn't see it again.
Shannon watched as not only Jonas shook himself clear & charged for the SUV but so did Mike, they attempted to gain access to vehicle & her eyes quickly widened in horror as she saw the pair pushed out of the vehicle & shot at, but seeing him then run over was too much, she buried her head into husband's side. Seeing it all was just too much, she just wanted her boy in her arms again.
Gibbs felt his girl turn into him and knowing what was coming moved the hand that was on Kelly's waist to hold her head gently into him. He knew it was coming but he winced none the less when they were bundled out of the car. He then had his wife's head buried into him & he again moved his hand to caress her head. He knew why she'd turned away, seeing Mike get shot & then run over wasn't that easy, but it was also the culmination of the entire event.
Tony had to admit that was hard to watch, he'd seen both Kelly & Shannon turn away from the screen, but he'd also realised that Tim had even looked away. He turned back to the screen with enough time for the man that was now in interrogation run right over the phone and it go dead.
Tristan swallowed the lump in her throat, seeing these images was never easy, but when they involved people you knew & cared for, it was always harder, especially when they were dependents and not even agents! Taking stock of the bullpen she looked around and found that it was very quiet, all the agents seemed to be processing what they'd just seen.
She then saw 2 men standing back by the windows, one was in an Air Force utility uniform, while the other was in an Army one, she didn't even need to look at their name badges, the entire family seemed to look so alike. What she realised though was that the pair had obviously seen at least some part of that video, because they were both extremely pale. She took a cautious step towards the pair "Major, Lieutenant Bond" she greeted carefully.
Ziva's head turned abruptly upon hearing Tristan's greeting and she realised most heads turned as well.
Gibbs had just been holding his girls, that video was the worst thing he'd ever seen, but his head snapped back when he heard Tristan. He then felt both of his girls lift their heads & he let go of Kelly as he felt her make a move.
Kelly was trying to get the images out of her head, but she'd heard Tristan, they were here? She lifted her head & looked around her dad, and there they were standing there, she let go of her dad & made a move "Myles" she said quietly as she got close.
Myles sucked a breath in, him & his brother had come in at some point during that video & seeing his brother in it was damn hard to watch. He then saw Kelly approach & he felt like his emotions would go haywire "KAGy" he replied quietly before he wrapped his arms around her & buried himself into her.
Kelly wrapped her arms around her friend, she was glad they, he was here.
Shannon saw her daughter go towards Myles, she knew of the two boys her girl was closest to him. She was to, and that she just put down to the fact that Marcus had already been deployed when Kelly started going out with Mike and therefore he wasn't really around to create a bond with. Withdrawing from her husband she approached Marcus, he was fairly pale so she gathered he'd seen some of the video. "Marcus" she said quietly greeting him
Marc had been beside himself with worry for the last 2 hours, but seeing that video had made his worry go up about a thousand fold. He had never been as close to Kelly and her family as his other brothers were, it wasn't that he didn't think they were the nicest people around, but he hadn't been around to develop such a strong bond. Even so, seeing Mrs G standing in front him when for so many years he'd thought she had died was really weird "Hi Mrs G" he choked out.
Shannon gave him a small smile, she placed hands on his arm "Your brother will fight, you know that" she saw him give a small nod, but felt him slightly shake, going with her gut, she took the young man into a hug "he'll fight Marc, he'll fight" she whispered as she rubbed her hands up & down his back.
Tim wasn't really comfortable with it, but he'd realised that Mike hadn't been a threat, so he knew Myles wasn't either. It was obvious that the pair just seemed to be trying to console each other from a joint anguish, he could understand that, that was damn hard to watch, especially twice!
Myles finally pulled apart from his friend "hey" he whispered
Kelly gave him the tiniest smile "hey"
Shannon saw Myles & Kelly finally pull apart, they weren't that far, so keeping hold of Marc she reached for his brother "Myles my boy"
Myles shifted his gaze and swallowed the baseball size lump in his throat "Mrs G"
Tim & Tony couldn't help but share a look, both of these boys also used that reference for her?
Shannon let go of Marc "come here" she soothed as she brought him into a hug.
Gibbs had watched these interactions with interest, but seeing Shannon take Myles into an embrace he saw the boy literally melt into her. He was definitely seeking her comfort.
Shannon felt him grip her, clearly needing the comfort, wrapping her arms around him tightly she rubbed his back "He'll fight Myles, your brother will fight" she whispered into him.
"Hey Marc" Kelly said quietly
"Hey Kells" Marc said with a small smile as he fell into a hug with her.
Shannon pulled herself away from Myles, and brought her hand to his cheek "he'll fight Myles, and we will find Phoenix, yes?"
Myles just nodded.
Shannon gave him a small smile before laying a kiss to his forehead, this boy was almost around as much as Mike had been. She saw that her daughter & Marc had just come out of their hug "lets go upstairs" she suggested.
Myles nodded, and taking a deep breath to push his emotions down he looked towards Gibbs, there was something he wanted to say first "my unit's downstairs sir, they're happy to help with security or anything needed"
Gibbs could see the boy, boy? he was a damn Army Ranger Lieutenant! Anyway, he could see he was trying to get his emotions back under control, he took the last step to close the distance "appreciate it, they can link up with Lt Andrews, he's downstairs overseeing things"
Myles nodded but looked over his shoulder "Sgt, downstairs, hook up with Lt Andrews!" he ordered to his NCO whom was waiting near the lift.
"Yes sir!" Staff Sgt Montgomery replied before heading off.
A/N: Well, that was a very hard video to watch! For everyone! Especially for Kelly & Tim to relive it! But the Bond boys have arrived! Think Kelly is glad to have Myles there especially.
Now that the Bond boys have arrived, just what details will they learn? And what could get Kelly angry enough that she punched Myles? ;)
I will do my best to get another chapter up soon, but i've still got a university exam to prepare for, so can't promise a quick update. You know I love to hear your thoughts, so review away!