Hello guys
Finally got the new chapter for this ready to go after some careful work and some rewrites to. Especially given the pieces I start to juggle in here for where various characters fit.
Let's get on with the show
Autopsy in NCIS HQ in Washington
Tony DiNozzo leaning back against the rows of storage areas for the bodies lets out a sigh. This case has been a nightmare ever since Tim, his little brother, got kidnapped outside of a restaurant on picking up coffee and pastries for his team on his way to work. Kidnapped by Ziva David who somehow managed to put together a nice little mercenary group, just like her half-brother. It makes his stomach turn in disgust and rage at what Ziva has become. Or maybe always was.
Now he's wishing Tim and he left her to rot in that desert all those years ago instead of bringing Ziva back. The whole mess with Michael Rivkin was enough to kick her off the team, she even chose to stay behind in Israel and Tony still remembers the pain of getting slammed into the ground while she shoved a gun in his face.
Only once Ziva was back in the US, it was just she cried some tears to Gibbs and played that daughter card with getting right back into NCIS as an agent. Like Tim once said Gibbs's blind spot for Abby or Ziva was far worse than it ever was with him. And Tim is not wrong as Tony reflects on some of the stuff, he did of straight-up bullying with the excuse of it being to toughen McGee up makes him sick at his actions.
How Tim hung in and found a way to forgive him for everything still leaves him in disbelief because looking back he should have been fired. He needed to be kicked out, for doing stupid crap like putting superglue onto McGee's keyboard and various other actions. Frankly Tony knows he became no different than bullies he faced in school.
Tony curling his hands into fists briefly lets the anger wash over him because being a full-grown adult well into his thirties and beyond instead of acting like an immature toddler, should have grown up.
However, from Gibbs never putting a stop to either his actions, Ziva's or especially Abby's they are now in this mess. A mess of having his friend kidnapped and experiencing only God knows what torture by a person as crazy as Blofeld from the James Bond films.
Of course, on leads, they have not been the best over the past seventy-two hours since while they did find the van left on the side of the road, that the kidnappers used for McGee it was wiped clean of any trace. Well, that clue on its own ended up leading them to Abby given both Bishop and he remembers the years of Abby constantly bragging about killing you, only leaving no trace.
Given how Abby became vicious upon learning that McGee and Bishop were dating since in Abby's eyes she had truly lost her back up boyfriend, especially once McGee stood up to her… yeah, it didn't go well. Director Vance didn't hesitate in firing Sciuto.
Upon tracking Abby down, it wasn't long before she admitted to it for discovering the reasons for having McGee kidnapped, and in Abby's own words hopefully killed painfully for two reasons. One she hates McGee for no longer being her pet with the second one is hates Tim, Bishop and him for supposedly being the reason Gibbs is dead. Which is rubbish from an insane woman, no different than Elektra, another villain from the James Bond films.
Tony knows Director Vance managed to get some intel out of the director of Mossad of other then some agents like Adam Eschel being exposed as traitors for working with this cell Ziva's put together they don't have really anything.
DiNozzo glances over to a black-haired man who is well built with being six feet tall standing by an autopsy table with Torres's body lying on it, is one Harmon Rabb Jr. or just Harm as the former JAG aviator prefers. Harm's wearing a black long sleeve shirt, tan pants, and brown boots.
Moving his gaze to the next person near Harm is a black-haired man with a slim but muscular physique by the name of Casey Ryback, who's in dark blue long sleeve hoodie with black pants, and black boots. Once a Navy Seal with being the leader of SEAL Team Four until losing security clearance following punching his commanding officer for getting his men killed, Ryback was demoted with taking the position as a cook onboard the USS Missouri.
Eventually, Ryback upon getting his security clearance back decided to become an NCIS agent, while his wife Jordan Tate, is now a doctor at the local Bethesda hospital.
From the information, he's learned, Jordon following the events of what happened on the USS Missouri had her reflect over where her life was headed and decided to get back to doing her original life goal of nursing.
Which those events on the USS Missouri warship in 1992 are when Casey Ryback and Jordan Taylor first met when it got taken over by terrorists. Alongside a few other Navy personal, Casey and Jordon managed to retake the ship, plus stopping a nuclear-tipped Tomahawk headed towards Honolulu.
Tony reflects on how Harm and McGee, along with Rabb's wife Meg Austin all have a past of some kind together going back years.
Despite Harm having been a high-quality JAG lawyer he threw that aside to go recuse a fellow JAG lawyer Sarah MacKenzie, known more commonly as Mac, and Clayton Webb, a CIA spook, from terrorists in Paraguay when MacKenzie had been left to die, Harm was fired for good in 2003. Even after AJ Chegwidden, the JAG at the time, later tried getting Harm back into JAG to help with a massive caseload Harm told Chegwidden to stuff it.
Which getting bitterly rejected by MacKenzie who jumped right into the bed of Clayton Webb to hurt Harm played a part for his refusal to go back to JAG, at least according to Meg who said Harm and MacKenzie had a very toxic relationship. Kind of like Ziva's and his eight-year filled toxic past.
After Harm refused to go back to JAG, he ran across Meg Austin with deciding to act on the feelings they never did while partnered together years ago from 1995 to 1996. Kind of like how Zoe Keates, now his wife happily of three years, and him re-meet after having been partnered together in the Philadelphia police department years ago. A second chance if you would.
Back to Meg Austin upon hearing what Chegwidden did for being willing to leave one of his people to die handed in her resignation very shortly after. Harm and Meg still wanting to help people joined NCIS with becoming agents.
Exiting out of his thoughts Tony sees the dual doors opening as Bishop wearing black pants, a green jacket with a pink checkered shirt underneath, enters autopsy carrying a tan file.
Following shortly behind Bishop is Meg Austin a woman close to Harm's height, with short, curly blonde hair that stops at her neck. Meg's in black pants with a tan long sleeve shirt and a handgun strapped to her left hip, right near her NCIS badge gold in color.
Deciding its time to join the Harm, Ryback along with Ducky and Jimmy around the table DiNozzo walks on over to the group.
"What do you have Bishop?" Tony asks.
"Okay so my contact at the CIA Jack Ryan finally got back to me" Bishop replies.
"Your analyst friend?" Meg asks.
Giving a nod "Yes, and Jack keeps getting dragged into messes beyond his job description. Anyway, has found information about Ziva's cell is using smuggler routes from Mexico and Canada to get weapons, supplies or members into the country" Bishop says.
"Did you get where the supplies might be headed?" Ryback asks.
"No, he wasn't able to determine that" Bishop replies.
Glancing over "Ducky, Jimmy did you find anything useful?" Tony inquires.
"Several interesting things but one of most importance is a key I sent up to Ms. Hines for examination. Hopefully, this will be helpful in locating young Timothy" Ducky replies referring to Abby's replacement.
"We also found traces of what appears to be an unknown substance of some kind. Sent that up for examination" Jimmy says.
"I checked in with Kasie before coming down here and we've finally got some solid leads," Meg says.
"What did she find?" Harm asks.
"Kasie managed to narrow it done to an old warehouse in the dock area. That substance Ducky and Jimmy found under his fingernails is a mixture of C4 with other materials" Meg explains.
"So, your saying we might have found a location of where Tim is?" Jimmy asks hopefully.
"The explosives part has me worried. Since you've spent years with her DiNozzo any possible idea for what former Agent David might be interested in blowing up?" Harm asks.
Shaking his head "No, Ziva was always too unpredictable and not in a good way either" Tony replies.
Glancing over to Jimmy "Yes we might finally have a location, although we don't know if that's where they are keeping Tim" Bishop says in a joyous tone none the less.
"Still it's worth investigating. Let's get McGee back and put down a nightmare" Tony replies.
Hope you all enjoyed this and leave a review to let me know what you think if you want to.
One reason this story on its own excites me is I'm finally getting to use Cassey Ryback and Jordon Taylor from the Under-Siege movie which I grew up watching on VHS tape. A film that is one of my favorites for varying reasons and the characters in it too.
On a side note Ryback's companion Jordon Taylor well simply put a good actress with the character arc she goes through from an out of her depth playboy bunny to somebody who toughens up into a more self-confident role is a part I enjoy about the film.
Mind you, I'm imagining Steven Segal who plays Casey Ryback and Erika Eleniak who plays Jordon Tate as they were in the Under-Siege film, not how they are in the present day.
And yes, I know about the sequel to Under Siege but for the sake of this story, I'm ignoring that.
Until next time