Chapter 2
The team drives down to Montclair, Virginia, which is just North of Quantico. FBI Agent Tobias Fornell drives down in his own car. Gibbs parks the truck and the team gets out. Fornell parks his car right behind the NCIS truck. They all surround the area between the two vehicles. The local Sheriff greets them.
"You must be from NCIS. I collected pictures of all the children who were abducted, so the Amber Alert is in full effect. Their faces are being shown all over the TV. Descriptions of the children are being stated over the radio. And a tip hotline has been setup." The Sheriff said.
"Thank you Sheriff." Gibbs said.
Gibbs looks to the team and begins to address them.
"We have nine crime-scenes between these three streets. We're gonna work in groups of two. Me and Fornell will work the house right over here." Gibbs points to the house. "Ziva… You and McGee take the house four doors down." Gibbs points in the direction.
"On it Boss." McGee said.
Ziva and McGee start walking toward the assigned house. Gibbs continues addressing the rest of the team.
"Tony… You and Ducky take the fifth house across the street." Gibbs points in the direction.
"Jethro?" Ducky tries to get his attention.
"Yes Ducky?"
"I'm just a medical examiner. What can I do without any bodies?"
"We're working under-manned here Ducky, so I don't know… Help DiNozzo by taking pictures. That's something easy for you to do."
"Come on Duckman, it'll be fun." Tony hands Ducky a camera.
Gibbs glares at Tony.
"What's fun about children being abducted?" Gibbs asked.
"Nothing… It was bad choice of wording." Tony relied.
Tony and Ducky start walking across the street in order to get to their assigned house. Gibbs looks at Fornell.
"What do you think Jethro?"
"I think my gut has already started turning."
"Something doesn't feel right?"
"Let's just say the thought of children being abducted is one of the world's worst things to possibly think of." Gibbs places his hand on Fornell's shoulder. "Especially if it was your own daughter who was kidnapped."
"Why don't you go get started. My people will be here shortly and I'll brief them." Fornell stated.
"When they get here, put them in groups of two. Here are the addresses of the other houses." Gibbs hands him the list. "I'll meet you inside."
Gibbs starts walking toward the house.
As Tony and Ducky are walking to their assigned house, Tony receives a phone-call. He looks at the caller ID to see who it is. He then stops.
"Ducky, this is an important call, so I need to take it." Tony said.
"I'll just meet you at the house then." Ducky said in order to give Tony privacy.
Ducky walks away and Tony answers the phone.
"DiNozzo…" Tony said.
"Larry Dermont will be released from prison for good behavior." The voice on the other line stated.
"How can they release him from prison! That man is extremely dangerous. He's the worst thing to ever hit Baltimore."
"No choice… He was only convicted of the drug and weapon charges. The bodies were never found."
"When is he getting out?"
"Within the next two weeks."
"You know damn well he's gonna go back to killing people again."
"I'll keep a close eye on him."
"Danny… Keep me posted."
"No problem."
Tony closes his cell-phone and takes a deep breath. He then continues walking toward the house in order to meet up with Ducky.
Fornell waited a couple minutes until his squad came. Once they finally arrived, he split them into teams of two and assigned each team a house. Afterward, Fornell walks to the house Gibbs is in. Fornell walks into the child's room where Gibbs is searching around the child's bed.
"You got anything yet?" Fornell asked.
"Take a look at this." Gibbs said.
Fornell walks over as Gibbs lifts the pillow from the bed in order to show him something he found a minute ago.
"It's a cross." Fornell said.
Gibbs holds the cross up for Fornell to take a look at. Fornell takes the cross.
"Look at what it says on the back." Gibbs stated.
Fornell flips the cross to look.
"It reads… Bless the children." Fornell read what is on the back of the cross.
"Ziva called to tell me she found a cross under the pillow. And the same words were on the back." Gibbs said. "This isn't just a coincidence Tobias. We're dealing with a serial kidnapper."
"And the crosses are the calling card."
"Exactly."
Gibbs and Fornell both continue to search the room. All other two person teams search the house they're in.
Once all the houses were searched and statements were taken, all the evidence was placed into the NCIS truck and they all leave the area.
