Port Charles

Maxie called Nina, "Do you know what's up with Liesl? She was supposed baby sit James earlier today. She didn't show up and when I texted her, she replied back something being called away to an unexpected emergency overseas. Thankfully my mom was able to cover. "

"It is my Aunt Liesel," Nina said, "Who knows what could happen with her that she could up and disappear."

"With no warning when she's supposed to watch James?" Maxie said.

"You're right," Nina said, "She's at least tell you she couldn't watch James under most circumstances. Do you want to meet me at her apartment and see if we can find anything?"

"I'll be there in 20 minutes," Maxie said.

NCIS

Jason didn't respond to Ducky's question, but instead pulled out his phone and made a call. Over the next few minutes he spoke to Max about the guards and security situation for Carly and Avery.

"Mrs. C isn't going to like this," Max said, "I don't know that Sonny will go for this."

"I'll take care of Sonny," Jason said, "And Carly is going to have to live with it."

"I'm telling Carly to take it up with you when she complains about having guards again," Max said, "Although between you and me, the security should never have been this lax in the first place."

"That's why I'm taking care of it," Jason said.

"But if Sonny or Carly ask," Max said, "I never said a word. Have you had any luck finding Kellie yet?"

"NCIS has recruited Spinelli," Jason said, "I'm currently sitting in the forensic psychologists office."

"Hang in there," Max said, "I'm getting another call."

"Just take care of the guard thing," Jason said before they ended the call.

"I think we should see what Casey is up to in the lab," Ducky said, choosing to let the matter go and move on to other things, "Last I heard they were having her look through Drew's files."

"I thought I was supposed to stay here," Jason said.

"Did I forget to mention the Director gave me permission to escort you around?" Ducky said, headed for the door, "Must have slipped my mind."

Jason looked skeptical but followed Ducky out the door.

Up in Casey's lab, they found Gibbs getting an update. Neither Gibbs nor Jason said a word to the others.

Casey was pulling up photos on the screens, "Looking through Drew's files we confirmed Shank's story…"

"Shank?" Gibbs asked.

"Shiloh, Hank. I just combined his real name with his...nevermind….moving on. ," Casey said, seeing Gibbs and Jason's annoyance, "Drew Cain did save his life in an I.E.D. attack. However, I think you'll find these images even more interesting."

Casey pulled up a photo showing Garrett with an unidentified man.

"This looks like surveillance footage," Gibbs said, "Can we tie it to a case? Who is this man and why are these photos in Drew's file, not a case file?"

"These were listed as among his personal effects," Casey said, "I'm running facial recognition on the man. But there's more."

Casey pulled up another photo showing Shiloh and Garrett together in the middle east.

"We have a connection," Gibbs said, "That should get us the file. Send that photo to Leon. Send the remaining photos to McGee and names if you get it's on the facial recognition. Show Morgan here the rest of the photos. See if he happens to recognize anybody else. "

Gibbs walked out of the room. Casey swiped to the next photo which showed Garrett and two other men holding a woman against her will.

"Hold on," Jason said before Casey could move to the next photo. Jason looked at the photo.

"Do you recognize the woman?" Ducky asked.

"Her name is Dr. Liesl Obrecht," Jason said.

"From the looks of that photo," Casey said, "I don't think she wanted to be there."

Port Charles

Maxie was pulling into the parking lot of Obrecht's apartment complex when Jason called.

"Jason," Maxie answered confused.

"Has your mother-in-law ever mentioned anything about knowing Garrett Esoterra?" Jason asked.

"No, why?" Maxie said, "I know Liesl has run with a lot of creeps, but this Garrett would be over the top even for her. She hid her own kids with Faison from him."

"NCIS found photos that show Obrecht and Garrett knew each other in the middle east," Jason said.

"Kellie's creepy stalker Garrett," Maxie said, "Liesl has never mentioned having any kind of connection to him. But I doubt she'd advertise that."

"Can you arrange for me to talk to her?" Jason asked.

"I would except," Maxie said, "But she apparently left town."

"What do you mean apparently left town?" Jason asked.

"I don't know," Maxie said as Nina was waving at the window, "Just that she didn't show up to watch James and her last text said she had an overseas emergency. Nina and I just got to her apartment complex to check things out."

"Have you gone in the apartment yet?" Jason asked.

"No," Maxie said.

"Call the cops," Jason said, "Have them check it out. Will you let me know what they find."

"Of course," Maxie said, "Should I be concerned?"

"I don't know," Jason said.

Down in the bullpen, Gibbs barked at Jason when he and Ducky appeared, "Casey said you know someone else in one of the photos."

"Good luck," Ducky said to Jason, leaving, "Not that you'll need it."

"Liesl Obrecht," Jason said.

"Bishop," Gibbs said, "Call the Port Charles Police Department to have her brought in for questioning."

Jason shook his head.

"Not your call, Morgan," Gibbs said.

"I talked to her daughter-in-law, Maxie Jones," Jason said, "Maxie said Liesl left town unexpectedly. Maxie was just about to check out her apartment when I called. I told Maxie to call the cops instead. Maxie said she'd call back and let me know what they find."

"She picked a convenient time to disappear," Gibbs said, "Right when we'd need to question her about this case. "

"FBi just called," McGee said, "They tracked Garrett's plane to an airfield in Georgia not too far from Florida."

"He took her into Florida," Jason said.

"What makes you say that?" McGee asked.

"That's where Kellie grew up," Jason said, "And where she met his brother."

"So he would take her back there to what play mind games with with her," Torres replied.

"Exactly," Jason said as his phone rang.

"Maxie," Jason answered.

"What the hell are you doing telling Max to put a guard on me," Carly said, "Sonny and I haven't needed guards as much as we used to.

"I don't have time to discuss this now," Jason said, "But if you had a guard with you maybe Ryan wouldn't have kidnapped you and maybe I could have gone after Alyssa instead of Kellie. I got to go the call I've been waiting for is coming in. Right now you have a guard. We can talk when after I find Kellie."

Gibbs resisted the urge to crack a smile at the conversation.

Jason hung up and took Maxie's call.

"So there were differently signs of a struggle," Maxie said, "The police are treating it as a potential kidnapping."

As Jason finished the call with Maxie, Torres looked up from his computer.

"Casey just got a hit on the person with Garrett in the photos," He said, "He is Ilya Petrov, a Russian businessman with former ties to the Karpov organization."

"Alexei Karpov?" Jason asked.

"He a friend of yours," Gibbs asked.

"We crossed paths with him years ago," Jason said, "He wanted to do business with Sonny."

"And?" Gibbs prompted.

"It didn't work out," Jason said.

"Well this Petrov and Karpov had a falling out years ago," Torres said, "Some kind of disagreement on how to run the organization. Huh…Petrov doesn't appear to run a typical mob organization. He has holdings and groups in the middle east and Russia doing community service outreach type things and people involved all live together."

"That sounds like what Shiloh's doing in Port Charles," Jason said.

"Does this Shiloh have an inner circle or trust of people he trusts more than others?" Torres asks.

"From the way Kristina has talked," Jason said, "I think that might be the deal."

"You realize Kellie's sister is in a cult right?" Bishop said, "From everything I'm looking at this reeks of a cult. Classes said to provide guidance and enlightenment to the vulnerable and hurting all taught by one single charismatic leader. The group in Beecher's Corner definitely doesn't like outsiders. Has Kristina paid money to this shiloh for classes?"

"She borrowed money from her brother to pay for the classes," Jason said.

"She had to borrow money for classes," Bishop asked, "How expensive are these classes?"

"College tuition expensive," Jason said, "Michael thought the money was for classes the university."

"It gets worse," Torres said, "According to the WSB records, this Ilya is rumored to blackmailing his members into staying and the woman into sleeping with him. Is there anything indication of that with Shiloh?"

"Not that I'm aware of," Jason said.

"It's another sex cult?" McGee said.

"What do you mean another?" Jason asked.

"Haven't you seen the news?" McGee said, "There's been a massive investigation into one out of New York, there's even celebrity names involved."

General Hospital

Alexis stopped by Lorenzo's hospital room.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing," Alexis said, "And to let you know I'm relieved for our daughter's sake that you'll be alright."

Lorenzo wanted to communicate, but struggled to.

Instead he just smirked at Alexis.

"Are you seriously smirking at me?" Alexis said, "You are insufferable. Now if you'll excuse me… I'll just be going."

Alexis left the room in a huff.

Lorenzo relaxed, realizing he'd need help with his recovery process. He had no shame in using that and Alexis's confession she needed him to his advantage if it would give him an opportunity to change Alexis's mind about their relationship.

The Cabin - Florida

Over the next couple of days, Obrecht got Kellie hydrated and on anti nausea medication. She also kept her lightly sedated until Kellie was well enough to function, seeing her struggle with nightmares. Orbrecht eased off the sedative allowing Kellie to wake up.

Kellie woke up, feeling relatively normal. She realized she was still in the cabin and she was hooked up to an iv.

She sat up slowly and found her jeans sitting uncomfortably tight against her skin.

Kellie moved the covers down and unbuttoned her jeans and unzipped them.

"That's not possible," Kellie said to herself, noting her belly was starting to round outwards like it had when she'd been pregnant before.