(AN) Hello and welcome to the penultimate chapter of Outbreak, I hope you all enjoy.

In the last chapter, Jackson and his men took the ICU ward of Washington General hostage; so what will happen now? Stay tuned to find out.

Credit to DS2010 for some of the dialogue.

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS; all characters and locations are owned by CBS and Belisarius Productions.


Chapter Six

Terror on the ICU Ward


Breena felt the gun being taken away, allowing her to sit up. Breena became more aware of her surroundings. Most of the doctors, nurses and adult visitors were in one corner of the room; bound and gagged. The children were in another corner, whimpering, tears streaming down their faces; they too were bound and gagged. A tall man had an arm wrapped around Audrey's neck.

Two more men came round the corner: one had his arm wrapped around Kasie's neck, the other was pushing a terrified Delilah.

"Found these two trying to call for help," informed the man with the red bandana, "Destroyed their phones."

"You won't get away with this!" spat Delilah in defiance.

The man holding Kasie threw her to the floor, he then helped the other man drag Delilah from her chair. The woman screamed in fear as she was tossed to the floor. The men then took out some zip-ties and tied them around the brunette's wrists and ankles.

"What do you lot hope to achieve?" asked Breena in a voice quivering with fear.

"Oh, quite simple, my dear, revenge," stated Jackson in a sinister manner, "For too long hospitals have been forcing our children to take dangerous vaccines, so I'm going to send everyone a message. If anybody forces their way in, then I'll kill you all. But not before having a little fun."

"Please, Mr Jackson, stop this." pleaded a horrified Jennifer.

"You and your husband betrayed me," said Thomas coldly, "You and your kids will have to die as well."

Thomas licked Audrey's cheek.

"Please stop." whimpered a terrified Audrey.

An alarm suddenly began to wail throughout the hospital, followed by a muffled voice talking over the intercoms outside the ward.

"Perfect timing." sneered Thomas.

Audrey began to whimper as Jackson dragged her over to a nearby bathroom. The madman dragged her inside and shut the door.

Breena and the others could only listen in horror.

"No, no, no," begged Audrey in fear, "No, stop, get off of me! I'll kill you for this."

After another few minutes of angry yelling, there was suddenly a loud cracking sound and then silence. After a few moments, Thomas came out, dragging the terrified brunette by the arm. Her face and arms were covered in cuts and bruises and she was sporting a black eye. Thomas twisted her arm, causing the woman to scream in pain, he then threw her next to Breena. Audrey just lay there, sobbing.


Gibbs, McGee and Bishop soon arrived at the hospital, which was currently a scene of chaos: dozens of S.W.A.T. officers were standing by; doctors; nurses; visitors and moveable patients were running from the building and alarms were wailing in the background.

Gibbs approached the head of the S.W.A.T. group: Commander Hicks.

"Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS," stated Gibbs, flashing his badge, "My forensic scientist is in there along with the wife and kids of one of my agents, as well as the wife and daughter of a navy analyst. Do we know how this started?"

"According to a nurse who managed to escape, at five-past eleven, several men suddenly stormed into the ward with guns and tied up almost everyone in the room, except the patients of course. The nurse escaped and he alerted the hospital staff right before your agent called." informed Hicks.

"Has Jackson attempted to make contact yet?" asked Gibbs.

"Not yet," answered Hicks, "We believe that he's cut off the power to that ward and disabled the landline. We're completley in the dark, Agent Gibbs."

Gibbs turned at the sound of yelling and saw two officers attempting to restrain Kevin, who had just arrived. Gibbs sighed and approached them. "Don't worry, he's with me." he stated dryly.

"The officers let go, allowing Kevin to walk up to Gibbs.

"Gibbs, Ellie told me what's going on!" cried Kevin in a panicky voice, "What do we do? I swear, if Jackson's laid a single hand on Audrey and Emma, I'll kill him."

"Calm down, Kevin," said Gibbs, "We'll get them out of there, but not by charging in."


"You're a monster!" yelled Breena in horror.

Jackson smacked the blonde across the face with the barrel of his gun, sending her to the floor. Victoria began sobbing loudly around her gag.

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!" thundered Blue Bandanna Man before slapping Victoria across the face.

Kasie got up and charged at the man, only for Red Bandanna Man to wrap his arms around her chest.

"You're all exposed!" lied Kasie, praying that her bluff would work, "You need to get tested.

Red Bandanna Man simply chuckled before dragging the forensic scientist to an empty part of the ward. "Come on, I'll teach you about exposure." he whispered seductively before licking Kasie's face.

Kasie pulled away in horror, realising what the man intended to do, Kasie escaped from his grip, kicked the man in the groin and ran off, but Red Bandanna Man grabbed her arm.

"Get away from me!" shouted Kasie in horror, trying to kick the man again.

Breena staggered to her feet and raced over to help Kasie, only for Blue Bandanna Man to hit her in the face, giving the woman a bloody nose and knocking her over.

"You're next, honey," sneered Red Bandana Man as he let go of Kasie and knelt down in front of Breena, "You can have some of me too."

Red Bandanna Man then grinned, showing two missing front teeth, he then tried to kiss Breena, who whimpered and pushed him away. "Gross!" she cried in horror.

"Once he's done, I'll have you next." sneered Blue Bandana Man before gently stroking Breena's hair, causing the blonde to shudder.

Breena's phone suddenly rang out. Thomas whirled around, stormed over to the woman, grabbed her hair and pulled the blonde to her feet before yanking the phone out of Breena's pocket and looking at the caller ID: 'LJ Gibbs'

"You'd better answer that," suggested Breena in a voice quivering with fear, "Just tell him exactly what it is you want."

Thomas snarled like an animal, answered the phone and put it to his ear.

"Breena?" came Gibbs' concerned voice.

"Your pretty blonde friend is fine, Gibbs!" hissed Thomas, "But not for long."

"Look, you don't have to do this," said Gibbs, "You know that I'm with NCIS, this doesn't have to end in tragedy. We can settle this, just let these people go."

"But that's the point, Agent Gibbs, I want to do this," stated Jackson calmly, "I'm hoping you come charging in, guns-a-blazing, so that I can kill everybody in this room, because they deserve it."

"Even the children?" asked Gibbs, a hint of shock in his voice.

"They must also die," said Thomas, "I'll prove my point, then they'll listen."

Thomas hung up, threw the phone on to the floor and stomped on it.


Outside, Gibbs turned to face McGee. The conversation had been on loudspeaker and everybody looked horrified.

"What do we do, boss? Is he bluffing?" asked McGee in a terrified whisper.

"No, he wasn't, McGee," replied Gibbs in a gruff manner, "We can't go charging in, so we need to take an approach that Jackson won't expect."

"And what would that be, Agent Gibbs?" asked Hicks.

"Stealth." replied Gibbs.


Back in the ICU ward, Jackson was moving towards Audrey, preparing to go at her again. Breena put herself in front of her friend in an attempt to protect her, but Jackson just struck her across the face.

"Leave them alone!" yelled Delilah, "Get away from them!"

Thomas stormed over to the other brunette and gave her a sharp kick. "No, she's mine you stupid bitch, mine, and after I'm done with her, you'll be next."

Thomas leaned in for a kiss, but Delilah bit him in the lip, causing the former navy officer to unleash a howl of pain. Thomas growled furiously before taking out a penknife and cutting the zip-ties.

"Get up you bitch, I'll have you now!" barked Thomas, "Move now!"

"I can't you idiot, I'm paralysed from the waist down!" spat Delilah, "Your two guys dragged me from my chair."

"So, you can't move at all!" hollered Jackson, grabbing a chunk of Delilah's hair and trying to pull her to her feet.

"I was caught in an explosion, and a piece of shrapnel got embedded into my spine." informed the brunette in a voice quivering with fear.

"Very well, I'll help you move." said Thomas seductively.

Thomas grabbed Delilah's feet and dragged her like a sack through to the bathroom, he knelt down and flashed a wicked smile at the trembling woman, Thomas began to feel Delilah's breasts, ignoring her terrified begging, he then pulled down her pants, while Delilah tried to push him away, but it was no use.

Half an hour later, Thomas walked out of the room, looking very smug, dragging Delilah out by her feet. The former navy officer dragged the brunette across the room, stopped at a nearby wall and propped her up against it.

Thomas stormed over to Audrey, grabbed a chunk of her hair and dragged the brunette back through to the bathroom, he then let go and slammed her to the floor, Thomas then pulled Audrey's pants down.

"Now we can finish what we started!" hissed Thomas in a seductive manner.

The madman then bent down, touched Audrey's breasts and licked her face, causing the woman to shudder, Thomas then stood up and started unzipping.

"No, please no!" cried Audrey in a terrified voice.

The brunette stood up and tried to hit Thomas, but he simply smacked her to the floor. Jackson then grabbed his belt, stuffed it into Audrey's mouth and then tied the ends around the struggling woman's wrists, Thomas crawled on top of Audrey, who attempted to push him off, but to no avail.

In the main ward, Red Bandanna Man and Blue Bandanna Man approached Kasie and Breena, who looked at them with wide, terrified eyes.

"Now we're gonna have some fun with you ladies." declared Red Bandanna Man seductively, "And we're gonna enjoy ourselves."

Red Bandanna Man grabbed Kasie, while Blue Bandanna Man grabbed Breena. Both women kicked the men in the groins, angering the two thugs, who threw the two terrified women to the floor; Kasie's glasses shattered.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"Who the hell's there?" barked Red Bandanna Man.

"A doctor, I need to get something for a patient." came McGee's voice from the other side of the door.

"Go away!" barked Blue Bandanna Man.

"But it's urgent." insisted McGee in a pleading manner.

"Fine." sighed Red Bandanna Man.

Red Bandanna Man marched over to the main doors, removed the chair and opened the door which suddenly burst open, sending the man flying.

"NCIS!" yelled Gibbs as he, McGee and Bishop stormed in, guns raised.

The three agents dove for cover as the remaining thugs opened fire. Gibbs and the others returned fire just as quickly. McGee managed to hit one in the shoulder and another in the leg, sending them both to the ground, Bishop hit another thug in the chest. Blue Bandanna Man was doing a much better job at avoiding gunfire, having chosen the station nurse's desk as cover.

"What the hell's going on out here!" yelled Thomas as he came running from the bathroom.

"Stay where you are, Jackson!" ordered Gibbs as he and the other agents came out of hiding and aimed their guns at him.

"I thought I blew you two up." cried Thomas in shock, pointing at McGee and Bishop.

"We're a little harder to kill." remarked Bishop, smirking.

As quick as a flash, Jackson took something from his pocket and threw it on to the floor. There was a loud bang and a bright flash, which was followed by a small cloud of smoke filling the room.

"Smoke bomb!" gasped McGee, using his hat to beat the smoke away.

As the smoke cleared, the trio saw that Jackson was gone.

"Dammit," muttered Gibbs before raising his voice, "Right, let's see to these hostages.

Blue Bandanna Man suddenly leapt out from under the desk and charged at the group, screaming furiously. Gibbs simply elbowed him in the face, sending the thug to the floor.

"Gibbs, thank God you got here." cried Kasie in relief as she and Breena ran up and hugged the three agents.

"You two okay?" asked Gibbs in concern.

"A bit shaken and bruised, but we'll be fine." replied Breena, who was shaking slightly.

McGee looked around and spotted Delilah sitting against a wall, sobbing silently to herself.

Tim instantly rushed over and sat next to his wife. "Hey." he whispered gently.

"Hey," sniffed Delilah in a distraught voice.

Tim wrapped his arms around the brunette in a hug.

"What did Jackson do?" asked a concerned Tim.

"H-he … oh T-Tim, he raped m-me." whimpered Delilah before continuing to sob.

McGee felt boiling hot anger fill him, he wanted to find Jackson and make him pay. Tim looked up as Gibbs and Bishop approached.

"Jackson raped Delilah!" seethed McGee through gritted teeth, "Get that animal!"

"Stay with Delilah, Tim, we'll get him." assured Gibbs in a comforting manner.

"Does anybody know where Audrey is?" questioned Bishop.

"Jackson dragged her into the bathroom shortly before you arrived." answered Kasie.

Gibbs thanked Kasie. Bishop went over to the bathroom, while Gibbs ran through the main ward doors.

Bishop quickly found Audrey lying on the floor, looking just as beaten as everybody else, she helped her friend up and gave the brunette a hug as she sobbed loudly.


Jackson entered the main entrance area to the hospital. He knew his plan had now gone completely out the window, but he needed to escape, needed to get a new plan. Thomas whirled round as one of the elevators opened and Gibbs strolled our.

"Nowhere to run, Jackson." remarked Gibbs dryly.

"No matter, I can just shoot you!" sneered Thomas, pulling out a gun.

"Nice to see you again." drawled a voice from behind.

Thomas suddenly felt a sharp blow to the back of his head. He swayed on the spot before falling flat on his face.

Gibbs saw Kevin and smiled. "Thought I told you to stay put?" he said.

"You expected me to listen?" retorted Kevin.

Gibbs simply shook his head.


(AN) And that is the penultimate chapter for Outbreak, hope you all enjoyed.

Next up is the final chapter, and then we're done.

Until then, this is TimeLordMaster108 signing out.