Christmas Miracles

Chapter Nine

Madeline continued talking to Gibbs and Loreile in the basement. It was getting a little too much for Loreile so she decided to head upstairs to check on her son Shane up on the second floor.

"Why did she leave Gibbs?" She will asked even though it was none of her concern.

"I suspected she might wanted not to hear any more. She had been through a great deal of late for when it comes to me. Any way what else did Hernandez have to say in regard to me?"

"Actually Gibbs he mostly talked about his revenge against him. Maybe you should fake your own death?" She suggested even though it was done before with placing a doppelganger and placing Gibbs into the Evergreen safe house to make everyone think he was dead.

"It's already been done. However we do it just right Hernandez will surely leave my wife alone to prove that I am dead. But I know I won't be able to do it again with too much stress involved. So I will leave it at that until I am able to come up with a better plan." Now this was no doubt being heard with the bug planted somewhere inside the basement.

Gibbs went into a container to use the bug scanner to find out where it was. He was able to find it inside his smaller tool box. He was able to smash it with the hammer making whomever was listening in that Gibbs had dropped his tool box and everything had fallen out.

"Let's get back upstairs and see if he will or someone else will call you about it. Just stick to the story about his toolbox falling while his wife and himself were having sex in the basement to give him a chuckle.

Moments later...

Loreile had come down the stairs from the second floor. Her husband had given him the jest of what went down with talking to Madeline. She wasn't liking his idea about having Hernandez thinking that he was dead again. This was where she had met him for the first time at the safe house and eventually falling in love with each other. Even though officially wasn't until the Celebration for SECNAV just after he had gotten out of the hospital having been tortured in Paraguay.

She needed to make herself a cup of tea with the snow coming down hard. It was a good thing the house was stocked with food and drink for these types of occasions. Currently her stomach was turning slightly between the stress with her husband and then with the new baby inside her stomach.

Gibbs was resting on the couch with his hands over his eyes trying to clear his mind. When he had this dream...

He was running away from his black truck brought over after it was being sprayed with bullets. He and his NCIS team somewhere in Paraguay. He didn't know on whether he was able to rescue those taken by the soldiers of Hernandez. All he knew that Marines and other civilians were taken a week ago.

Gibbs without permission from the DOD and mostly Director Leon Vance had taken a transport plane. He was going to meet up with Tony and Ziva at an airfield to help out. Ziva, Tony, McGee, and Torres had separated to search for the compound. Meanwhile they haven't been able to know where Gibbs had gone to. He said that he was going to check something out...

However when he had gotten out of the truck to stretch his legs. All of a sudden he was shot in the shoulder and leg again. The pain had felt so real...He jumped up from the couch with his wife trying to calm him down right away. Along with a wet cloth from the sweat that had appeared on his brow...

"It was a bad dream Loreile. Nothing to worry about any ways. I think I will take out those steaks and start cooking. Did Madeline received that other call?" He will asked with sitting for a few moments.

"Not yet Jethro. I think I should cook with you needing to take it easy." She knew that he was going to turn her offer down.

"No way in hell Loreile! I am going to cook those marvelous steaks to perfection." He said with taking off the wet cloth to give to his wife while heading for the kitchen.

Meanwhile upstairs Madeline's cell phone had gone off having to be one of Hernandez men. "Yes, go ahead with the questions." She had said with a calm tone.

"What happened with the bug that was placed in Gibbs basement?"

She slightly chuckled. "What's so funny?" He will say over the phone.

"From what I am to understand Gibbs and his wife had gone into the basement to make out and accidently pushed over the tool box with everything falling to the cold floor. I don't know anything else accept right now they are making dinner with the damn snow falling harder and harder."

"Yeah I know. It's basically stopping all of the trucks to come into the regional area with the roads heavy with the blasted snow and winds."

"Anything else to asked me?" Madeline said...

"No. Just keep on doing your job with keeping an eye out on them. Good night."

She felt better that was over with for now. As she went to check on Shane before heading downstairs with a notepad in case there was another bug she didn't know about. She took a moment to write the notes for Gibbs to read.

He was currently working on the steaks and his famous fireplace...

She came over with Loreile watching the scene from the kitchen putting together the salad, bread and baked potatoes.

"Gibbs I have something for you to read." She had said to get his attention.

After a moment he finished reading with shaking his head. "Ok, so he believed the story for now. Let's hope he doesn't bother you for a few days. And his shipments held up with the bad weather."