Chapter 21

NCIS

McCormick and Morgan arrive back at NCIS and tell Jen about what happened.

She goes over to McGee and says, "Have you narrowed it down, McGee."

"Well, I have eliminated one of the locations, the other two are large areas."

She looks at her watch. It is 6:10 AM.

"Gibbs is late."

"Well, maybe he has cell phone trouble."

"Jethro never misses a deadline. Get any agent you can and search those areas. Get a vehicle you and I are going to search the warehouse, McCormick and Morgan search the commercial are. We are going to find them."

"On it , boss."

"Boss? Sounds good."

The agents ready the teams to find the missing agents.

Abby, Kellie, and Ducky are in the lab when Shepard walks in.

"We are going to search the areas. We will be on tact frequency 7. I need satellite photos, surveillance cameras, anything we can get to find them faster. Abby you and Kellie get to work on it."

"Yes, Ma'am." she says.

"Uh...you don't think they're-"

"Let's hope not Ducky. But just in case."

"Be ready for it. I'll have Gerald prepare if we need to be called out."

"Oh Gerald is back?" Abby asks.

"What? No Mr. Palmer will do the setup. Not Gerald."

Jen and Abby give quizative looks at each other wondering why Ducky made a obvious mistake.

But they don't have time, the need to find their team.

In the room where the agent are held the truth serum Tony was given finally wears off.

"Hey, Boss. I knew you'd come." he says.

"You already said that DiNozzo."

"Oh, yeah. Must have been the truth serum."

"You didn't tell them anything, did you?"

"Not about the case. I told them about other things."

Ziva interjects, "Well we have to get out of here, before they come back."

"What do you think they're doing?" Tony asks.

"Trying to figure out which order to kill us in. That's my guess." Gibbs informs.

Their plan has been overheard by the leader of the group.

Ziva breaks free from the ropes but doesn't tell the others. Marhasi comes in followed by someone who shocks Ziva.

She says with a shaky voice, " Daddy?"

Gibbs and DiNozzo look at each other and are shocked.

"Let them go, except for Ziva. We have to have a talk." he orders.

"No! They are valuable hostages. I won't let them go." the doppelganger says.

"Very well" Deputy Director David pulls out a gun and shoots her in the chest. She fall back and is limp.

He orders the guards to untie, them when a urgent message come though. A bomb has been found, and was apparently planted by Marashi. It is set to go off in one minute.

Ziva fight the guard that tries to take off her ropes and grabs his and point it at her father.

"How could you! You let Ari die for your own selfishness. You are a -"

"A what. You know I expect everything from those I employ. But Ari wouldn't play by those rules arrogant. He was no son of mine."

The bomb timer is at 45 seconds. Gibbs is freed and he fight the guard and kills both of them. He then points a gun at Director David.

He tells Ziva, "If you were going to kill me you would have fired by now. You have failed Mossaud and you have failed me." He draws his gun and shoots Tony in the abdomen.

Ziva breaks down and lowers her gun. He then draws his gun but Gibbs shoots him right in the middle of the forehead.

"30 seconds, Boss." Tony says and he struggles with the pain.

"We're not leaving without you Tony." Ziva says as she tries to compose herself.

"Dammit, DiNozzo we're all leaving." Gibbs growls.

"There's no Time! Go, Jethro. Get her out of here!" Tony yells.

Gibbs stares at him and then he grabs Ziva and drags her out screaming to help Tony.

The team found the traced call for the missing truck and traced it to the warehouse.

Jen and McGee along with Morgan and McCormick arrive to see Gibbs and Ziva running out.

Gibbs yells, "Get DOWN!" just as the building explodes.

The other look on in horror as they know they have just lost someone close.

TO BE CONTINUED...