A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To my latest followers/favourites, welcome! So glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, you're all awesome!
A military term used in this chapter: helo = helicopter.
To my guest reviewers: Sue Dooley: Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Momcat: Thank you, the Bond brothers will definitely help them find Nix, and yes Tim & Kelly will continue to progress in their relationship.
None: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the Telly moment, there'll be more! And a lead on Nix is coming, but i'm not saying if its a good one..
Now lets see how the Bond boys go with the punk in interrogation...
"You want to take them in there boss?" Donnelly asked, why would he want these two in there? Besides, she wanted a piece of him!
"Because they've met" Gibbs answered simply.
Silva's eyes widened at this news, really?
Myles felt a dozen eyes on him & his brother "I've had the unfortunate pleasure of having had a conversation with the man" he stated simply.
Tristan raised an eyebrow at this news, she now understood Gibbs reasoning, this should be good "I don't suppose you got a name or anything?" she wondered
"Unfortunately not ma'am, but I'll be glad to get one this time around" Myles answered with a tiny smirk.
"Myles" Shannon remarked
Marcus couldn't help but smirk at his brother, he should have known better, because even though he didn't spend as much time with Mrs G, he knew she was exactly like their mother was.
"I'll behave Mrs G, already promised you that" Myles replied looking at her with a smile on his face.
Shannon eyed the boy "and I know that smile young man, don't forget that" the smile was of a cherisher cat.
"Let's go" Gibbs suggested, he wanted to get on with it & he really couldn't listen to this banter, it too much like family banter & he couldn't hear it right now.
Myles squared his shoulders following Gibbs into the room with his brother right behind him, along with that Agent Donnelly too. He saw that there was another agent & 2 marines already in the room, but they were already on their way out.
Coming around to look the guy squarely in the eyes, he kept clear focus "remember me?" Myles asked frankly
"Well if it isn't baby GI Joe" the man sneered "who's this fly boy?" he sneered towards Marcus.
Myles flipped the chair around & sat down gripping the back "how ya been dickhead?"
"I'm fine" the man replied
"Really?" Myles commented "cause from where I'm sitting you're pretty screwed"
"Think it's your brother that's screwed, his son too" the man sneered finishing by cocking his head towards Gibbs "but then again that family was always screwed, along with whomever came close to them"
Gibbs flared his nostrils, he had to remain calm! But he wanted to rip the man's head off. He considered that it was the right size for a bowling ball… hmm.. he'd come back to that thought.
Myles just stared at him "and as I said back then, there's nothing you can do to frighten me off! I'd never walk away from them & neither would my brothers! We don't desert friends"
Marcus saw the man give his brother a small smirk, it unsettled him.
"You didn't? Think you did, you both did, just like I said would happen if you didn't get lost" the man smirked.
Myles did a double take, what? what was he talking about?
Marcus flashed a look towards Gibbs, seeing if he'd reacted to that statement, he was confused so he wondered if the man was too, but it was mask of stone he saw. "We never abandoned them" he insisted, wanting very much to back his brother up.
"No?" the man asked shifting his gaze to Marcus "transferred to South Korea weren't you? Captain America was deployed to Frankfurt, and you GI Joe, weren't you enrolled at West Point & then deployed to the Middle East? Sounds like other sides of the world to me, sounds like abandonment" the man sneered.
Myles fury rose, what was this guy saying? He or whoever he worked for was responsible for all of their deployments being away from Kelly & Phoenix? He wanted to punch the man in the face!
Donnelly's eyes widened in utter surprise, was this guy saying whoever he worked for had a hand in their deployments on purpose? She flashed a look towards Gibbs & saw no recognition, but knew he'd be shocked as well.
Gibbs couldn't say he wasn't surprised, he was totally shocked! but he knew the level of crap Mac had gone to, so whomever else was there seemed to be on the same level. He knew that both boys were reeling from the news & wanted to give them some time to recover, besides there was something he wanted to say. He took a step towards the table & leaned down with palms flat on the table "you know the difference between these boys & you and your mate from back in NOLA?" he asked simply
"Tell me" the man said cockily.
"They're all still here, they're all breathing, your mate isn't" Gibbs remarked, he stood back up & held his palms out on either side of him "guess he didn't measure up to the high standards of those associated with the Bonds and my family"
Donnelly watched carefully for the reaction & it was instant.
"You fucking bastards! You'll pay for it! How dare you!" the man screamed trying to break free of his shackles.
"How dare them?" Donnelly asked incredibly "it was you & him that attacked Captain Bond & kidnapped Phoenix. He was merely fighting for their lives" seriously how could he say how dare they? How dare him! Asshole!
"Your brother killed him?" the man sneered towards Myles, he saw the look in reply "that's your death warrants signed!" he said venomously again trying to get out his shackles.
Donnelly could see that both Bond brothers as well as Gibbs for that matter wanted to physically assault this man & that wouldn't be wise, so she stepped forward, trying to maintain control of herself "considering you partook in the kidnapping of an NCIS dependent & the assault of a marine officer, a naval officer and an NCIS Agent you can't really talk, you wont be seeing the outside world for a very long time! Your warrant has been signed, sealed & delivered"
Donnelly had the man's full attention & continued "you have one hope of putting a tiny light at the end of your pitch black tunnel & that is to tell us what we want to know. Where did they take Phoenix?! Where is Commander Kaplan?!" she demanded
"I don't snitch" the man sneered
Myles had had enough, standing up he tossed the chair clear & closed the gap, slamming his hand down onto the table before grabbing the man by the hair "If Loch hurts him I swear to the almighty that I will rip him & you limb from limb! I'm not fucking afraid, never was! You wanna keep pissing us off & you'll regret it!" he barked, finally letting go of his head.
Tony had come to watch hoping the guy could shed some light on his sister's whereabouts and his eyes widened, Myles looked utterly furious!
Marcus had closed a small gap between him & his brother, but he'd let his brother go with it, however when he saw the dickhead spit in his brother's face he couldn't hang back anymore "you fuckwit!" he snarled as he moved even closer "you ever met Drew Johnston or Michael Barret?"
Gibbs had already motioned Donnelly to stand down, he'd let the boys have a little leeway, and he wondered where Marcus was going with this now, he knew the men, both were Mac's men, now dead men.
Marcus saw that the names held recognition for the guy, but he wasn't going to admit it "you know that bump on Johnston's nose that never seemed to heal? That was courteous of Myles, he broke his nose. Barret's jaw that always seemed to click in & out of place? Mike! And I'd gladly have done my part if required! I'd gladly still do my part!" he finished menacingly.
Ziva's eyes widened, she hadn't known just how close this family seemed to have been back in Houston with Gibbs's family, but they were obviously very close if these boy's had gone rounds with Mac's men.
"And look how it ended up!" the man sneered "you & your brother both got shit assignments!" he snarled towards Myles.
Myles eyed him, he remembered his first deployment in the Middle East had been rather shit & he also remembered his brother complaining that his first stint in Frankfurt had been bad too, were they both orchestrated as payback? He snarled approaching again, he needed to hurt this man!
Tristan opened the door "I need you three now" she said quickly to Gibbs & the Bond brothers, for one she knew the trio were ready to rip the man's head off, like right now! And for another she actually needed them for something, fairly, well damn urgently!
Gibbs wanted to say no, but the look on Tristan's face said she had news & he saw Vella & Johns enter the room, ready to take over. He went to go & walked behind the Bond brothers, having to almost push them out the door.
Tristan knew the trio were angry, especially the Bond brothers "I've already asked Agent Lovett to look into your assignments, if we find a link to anyone connected with MacDonald or whoever is now involved, they will be dealt with" she said wanting to beat them to the punch.
Gibbs was glad Tristan was already onto it, he was seething that these boys had been dealt such raw hands by MacDonald & whoever else was in this shit. He didn't think the guy was wrong, because he'd experienced the crap that he'd made happen. He knew the pair were angry, Myles definitely more than Marcus & he definitely understood it, he took a breath "hey" he called the boy motioning him closer to himself with his finger.
Myles was beyond angry, and went towards Gibbs he wasn't sure what to expect, but the man had taken half a dozen steps down the hall & opened a door to a room.
"Go!" Gibbs ordered him into the room.
Myles wasn't sure what he supposed to do in the room until he stepped in & saw that in the far corner was a punching bag! He walked straight up to it & released as much anger & frustration in one hit "arggh!" he vented.
Gibbs watched as Myles gave the bag a solid punch, a very solid one, it reverberated quite a bit. He considered doing it himself, but now wasn't the time. This single bag had been an addition by his predecessor, Michael's had introduced it as way for agents to relieve frustration without the need to go down to the gym & have a full workout. A quick punch and release of frustration did wonders, he'd taken the concept on board & really thought it had great merit!
Marcus had followed his brother, he was shocked & angry but he knew his brother was beyond angry & he watched as gave an almighty punch, he was glad he could get some frustration out.
Tristan allowed Myles to get the frustration out & only spoke once she heard the punch had occurred "we've got a hit on the BOLO that was issued for the car that took Phoenix" she knew the reaction would be instant.
"Where?!"!" Gibbs demanded, finally! He'd heard the others all ask too, Myles had even hastened his pace.
Tony's eyes widened & he shared a look with Ziva, finally a lead!
Tristan started walking with Gibbs next to her "Over in Potenza, it's about a 2 hour drive away, the SUV & another one was found at an abandoned airstrip. Brunswick's team has hitched a ride with Lt Col Morris who arranged for the one of the marine units from Frankfurt to go with them aboard a helo, they should be there within the 15 minutes" As soon as they'd gotten the call Brunswick had basically ran from the building & Lt Col Morris hadn't been far behind. He had wanted to find the people who had now harmed 2 of his people, she definitely understood it.
"Airstrip?" Gibbs asked, he couldn't help but pale, did that mean his son had been put on a plane? Shit! That could mean he could be anywhere! How on earth would he tell his family this one?!
"I'm afraid so" Tristan remarked "a local LEO got a call about lights on at the abandoned airstrip & when they arrived all they found were the SUV's, and no lights"
Gibbs cursed again, shit! To him that meant it was a stealth flight, one that wouldn't be on the radar, how the hell do they track that?
"What direction is Potenza? And what time were the lights reported ma'am?" Marcus asked, he'd switched on as soon the word 'airstrip' was mentioned.
"Potenza is South East and it was about an hour ago that the lights went off" Tristan remarked.
Marcus flashed a look to his brother as he grabbed his phone & dialled "Anderson, I need all the data we have on the blackbird, everything! Find out from the terminal who else reported it. Get the data together, and get it & the maps over here to me, and I want it yesterday!"
Gibbs, Tristan, even Tony & Ziva wondered what this conversation was about, clearly it was related.
"And tell Lewis I want the bird fuelled & ready for immediate departure, I need it ready to go at a moments notice, and I want the fuel tanks filled to the brim, with backup containers in the storage lockup too" Marcus finished, he needed the plane ready to go, and ready now!
Gibbs had arrived back into the bullpen just as Marcus finished his conversation but he saw his family, he was going to say something.
"We know Jethro" Shannon remarked coming closer, she saw the surprised look "I asked Megan to let you keeping going with that man until.. well, either you got something or needed to be pulled out" whilst she had much preferred to have told him as soon as they heard, there was nothing he'd be able to do until Jess got there to report, and she wanted him focused.
Kelly really didn't like the fact that her brother was now who knew where? But she wanted to know something "did he say anything?"
Myles & Marcus both shared a look wondering what on earth to say, they both looked to Gibbs for guidance.
Gibbs knew that if they told them what the guy had said both his girls would be angry & upset to say the least! "nothing useful, only stuff to further incriminate himself & the others" he'd tell them later about it. Before either of his girls could say anything though he looked towards Marcus "what was your conversation about? Blackbird?"
"On our flight here we almost had a head-on collision with another aircraft, a plane that wasn't on radar, something we refer to as a 'blackbird'. I only saw it at the last moment & pulled us up to avoid it" Marcus answered "it failed all of our hails, so we logged it & took as many reading as we could & passed it on to the tower as a warning to other planes in the area & to see if anyone could make contact. My Lieutenant will bring all the data we took down, but the direction it came from matches" he was now utterly furious with himself he should have pursed them! Damn it!
"Which way was it headed?" Gibbs asked, he did not believe in coincidences!
"North sir" Marcus responded "we were at 45,000ft and had just gone past Venice & were over the Adriatic Sea, our visual tracking saw it go north, and then maybe turn north-west"
Tim pulled up at map on the nearest plasma screen & was trying to work out the rough location.
"Agent McGee I think this would be best done up in MTAC, you can contact towers more easily" Tristan remarked.
"Let's go" Gibbs agreed, he threaded his fingers in with his wife as they started walking "doesn't matter where he goes, we'll find him Shan, we'll follow him anywhere"
Shannon just nodded, she couldn't believe her son was now who knew where?
"My bird will be ready for departure as soon as we need it Mrs G, and blackbirds can be tracked, done it before & you can be certain I will do it again, I'll find where that plane went" Marcus said confidently when they reached the top of the stairs.
Shannon could see the determination in his face "well then lets get in there mister"
"I'll then rip Loch apart" Myles muttered
Tim flashed a look to the guy, he was looking murderous! He wondered just what the guy had told them to make him so angry!
Gibbs was almost at the door when he realised Kelly and his dad weren't with them, he turned to his wife "where's Kelly?"
"She has her head buried in her laptop, says she wants to check something, Jack will stay with her, I don't think she can cope unless she is occupied" Shannon answered, her girl hadn't uttered a single word, just kept her head buried in her laptop.
Gibbs nodded, his girl was taking this all very hard, like they were, maybe being occupied was a good thing for her. And he'd do the same, and the first thing that they had to do was to find this blackbird, he'd then join Myles in ripping Loch limb from limb!
A/N: This is not a good turn of events, at all! Nix is now possibly who knows where? But Brunswick still has to process the scene, so maybe she'll get details.. but if he has gone, Marcus will be working his butt off to find that blackbird, like he said, they are not untraceable, he's done it before & he WILL do it again!
That says nothing for what Gibbs & the Bond brothers heard in that room, did Mac & whoever is now involved orchestrate Mike's and his brothers deployments away from Kelly & her family? Myles is certainly not one happy person right now!
And I hate to say it, but it may get worse before it gets better… Hollis & Delilah have been rather quiet lately.. could there be something there to give cause for concern.. we're going to start to learn some very important things soon!
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