Chapter six
NCIS
B&W teaser-Gibbs is in a hallway and is pissed off
Gibbs stands there for the smoke to clear and then recognizes the pattern. He carefully starts making his way out to Ziva.
"This is what the Marine was for. They found out who he really was and forced him to do this." Ziva yells out.
Gibbs slowly makes his way, but then stops suddenly. He came close to setting off one of the mines.
"That figures. The locations of the mines tipped me off."
"How Boss?"
"This is my design."
He makes it to Ziva and pulls out his pocketknife and cuts the ropes.
"I'll follow behind you." She informs.
"It's too dangerous." He then puts her on his shoulder and carries her toward DiNozzo and Fornell.
On the other side of the field McGee and the FBI agent see Gibbs with Ziva on his shoulder.
"Hey, Boss I come and help you."
Gibbs hears and turns around. Everyone then yells out "No, Tim!" or "No, McGee!"
McGee runs right into the field, and trips a mine setting it off and blowing his back. The shrapnel hit the FBI agent in the head killing him. A shocked DiNozzo and Fornell run off to circle around. Gibbs turns around and heads toward McGee. He makes it to him before the others get there.
McGee is lying on the ground moaning in pain. He has second and third degree burns to his right side. There is shrapnel imbedded in his side and down his arm. Tony and Fornell arrive. Fornell calls for an ambulance. Gibbs stays be McGee's side as does Ziva and Tony until the paramedics arrive. They bandage him and put him on a backboard an on to the stretcher.
"You'll be okay, McGee." Gibbs reassures.
"We'll be right behind you." Ziva says as she holds his hand as they load him.
"Hang in there, Tim." Tony adds.
He is loaded up and the ambulance drives off as more agents arrive. The NCIS agents leave to follow their co-worker.
The agents nervously await word on McGee when Fornell shows up.
"You got my man killed today Jethro."
Gibbs turns and looks at him and responds, "If you hadn't been babysitting me it wouldn't have happened."
"Babysitting. I have far more better things to do than that. I could be out looking for the people responsible for you agents kidnapping."
"Let me tell you one thing. You run the case how you see fit. I'll run it the way I want to. Somebody is trying to finish Ari's assignment by killing me. I wanna know some answers. But it doesn't look like you're going to give them to me, so I'll have to find them myself."
"I need answers too." Fornell responds.
Gibbs walks away before he becomes incensed. Fornell leaves, but then adds, "You're wanted back at your office ASAP."
Gibbs looks through an open window into a room where McGee is being worked on. He is trying to find answers. Every one he finds makes more questions.