Saturday
Chapter 8
It's about 7am in the morning of Saturday and the team finished processing the crime-scene, taking statements from the three suspects and canvassing the neighborhood for any possible leads. Ducky is placing the bodies of the 11 children into a couple trucks. The medical examiner of the FBI is helping Ducky with the bodies. The team is placing their stuff into the truck because they're done. Suddenly, Gibbs receives a phone-call. He answers the call.
"Gibbs…" He said.
Gibbs listens to what the person on the other line is saying. After a minute he closes the phone and looks toward the team.
"Peter stole a boat from a Marina in Norfolk. The Coast Guard is sending out search and rescue teams." Gibbs stated. He looks to Fornell. "I want as many search parties out there as possible. Can you make that happen?"
"I can call in a favor to get some more people out there, yes." Fornell said
"Then do it!"
"What are we gonna do Boss?" McGee asked.
"We're gonna provide extra pairs of eyes for the search." Gibbs stated. "Come on."
Gibbs runs to the car. Fornell and the NCIS team follow. As soon as everybody is in the car, Gibbs presses on the gas pedal. Fornell makes his call as the car speeds down the street.
Gibbs drives the car to a military base in Norfolk. He flashes his badge and the guard opens the gate to allow him in. Gibbs drives the car toward a couple Blackhawk helicopters. Once the car is parked, everybody gets out. Gibbs turns to McGee.
"McGee… I want you to stay here until a person in charge comes around and tell them NCIS is borrowing those two Blackhawk's over there." Gibbs points to the helicopters. "Then go to the Marina and find out if anybody knows what direction Peter might be headed in."
"On it Boss."
Everyone begins walking toward the Blackhawk helicopters as McGee is stays near the car in order to wait for any person who comes into the area to tell them what's going on. Fornell turns to Gibbs as they're walking toward the helicopters.
"I see you enjoy hijacking things that fly." Fornell said.
"It's not gonna be as bad as when I hijacked Air Force One." Gibbs stated.
"You just love pissing off authority figures, don't you?"
"What can I say… I'm a bastard."
The team enters the vicinity of the Blackhawk helicopters. Two men are chatting near the first helicopter. The team walks up to the men as they're attention is drawn to the approaching people. Gibbs flashes his badge.
"NCIS is commandeering these two choppers." Gibbs stated with authority. "Are you two pilots?"
"Yes we are… But we're not authorized to take-off." One of the men said.
"We don't have time for authorization."
"Then…"
Gibbs nods to Tony. Gibbs grabs the men by the shoulder and Tony grabs the other man.
"Just tell your commanding officer I put a gun to your head." Gibbs said. "It's time to take-off."
The man nods. Gibbs looks to the rest of the team.
"Tony… Ziva… You two take this chopper." Gibbs pointed to the closest helicopter. "Me and Fornell are gonna take the chopper over there." He points to the helicopter furthest away.
Each two person team, along with a pilot gets into their own Blackhawk helicopter. The pilots get into their seats and prepare for take-off. Each two person team straps themselves in. The main and tail rotor of each helicopter begins rotating round and round. Once the main and tail rotors are at their fastest speed and everyone was ready, the first pilot made his chopper take-off, then the second pilot did the same. The two choppers are now flying away from the base, toward the open ocean.
