Hello guys we have new chapter and up sooner then I thought it would be.
I switched Jordon Tate Ryback back to my original intended idea as a doctor at the Bethesda hospital, which yes will come into play later.
So, I have put Kasie Hines as Abby's replacement. Unlike the show I don't envision her as a replacement Abby but my version for Kasie as everything Abby's not. First is way more mature adult and like keeping a clean lab very meticulous. Not cluttered with all the junk Abby has in it.
Now on with the story
Awhile later in a small room inside a warehouse
Timothy McGee in a crumbled blue dress shirt and black pants with dress shoes is bound to a chair, with having a growing beard. His eyes are slightly bloodshot from a light sleeping medicine they use to keep him sedated. On the ceiling is a single glass lightbulb which is flickering.
Hearing the door open Tim looks up as the person responsible for his captivity comes walking in. Ziva David is in a black tank top, brown cargo pants with a green scarf around her neck, with a handgun strapped to her left side. Of course, McGee figures knowing her she has more than one weapon hidden on her.
"Your girlfriend managed to save herself which I'll admit is shocking" Ziva says.
"And what you think just because Ellie's not you, she can't handle herself?" McGee replies scoffing "You know I'm actually wondering how come you or your hired help have not even taken a pair of pliers to my fingernails yet."
"Something I learned years ago in my Mossad training was sometimes the best way to break a person is to do absolutely nothing. It's not pain that breaks people, it's fear of what I could do" Ziva says smugly "Besides you're not even my target, Tony is."
"You know initially I thought you finally broke after all the years of trauma. Only having time to think I realized that maybe it was too obvious. You've been wanting Tony did since he killed Rivkin all since you couldn't accept Rivkin became nothing more than another criminal with innocent blood on his hands. Like turning the radio off in the car for example" McGee says.
"You turned it off to" Ziva says.
"No, I modified my MP3 player to pick up NCIS radio frequencies and was listening in the whole time. Because I wasn't going to leave my partner's life in danger when we were chasing down terrorists. Although let's face it Gibbs might have had a blind spot with Tony but the one, he had for you was worse. You never should have been back after Rivkin since you betrayed us" McGee growls.
"Gibbs did not have a blind spot for Tony or me" Ziva replies in denial.
"Really, then how do you explain all the so-called jokes that was bullying he did for years to me? Gibbs and him both used the excuse it was to toughen me up, but it was bullying regardless. Tony only got away with acting like a frat boy since Gibbs considered Tony a son" McGee says "Abby got away with treating everybody like garbage or your comments like calling Tony dead weight since he saw you both as replacement daughters for Kelly who could do no wrong."
"I'm surprised you have such loyalty to DiNozzo after the stuff he did like putting a dog attack CD in your computer hours after you were attacked by Jethro" Ziva says.
"As I recall during your entire time at NCIS you never stopped him, and the excuse of you just thought it was an American custom or unfamiliar with them, has long since expired. From your own past in Mossad you knew that type of behavior would never have been tolerated. You even joined in on some of it like breaking into my apartment with Tony or commenting how it was funny on that dog's attack CD. Even though that CD might have trigged a PTSD attack or death. Joining in with Tony over harassing me due to my Deep Six book by recklessly driving the van, something which caused me slight injuries to my neck and back" McGee replies angrily.
"I never knew about that" Ziva says.
Rolling his eyes "Like it would have made a difference. When we came back from the crime scene Tony and you left me in the van to deliver the evidence to Abby and quickly went back to the squad room all from being upset over that book. Listen Tony acted like a frat boy a lot, more than he should for a guy who's a grown adult but finally grew up in recent years" McGee replies.
"And you never respected him at various times either, like saying he shouldn't be team leader," Ziva says.
"The frat boy clown version of him shouldn't be, the mature adult and skilled investigator I work alongside every day is worthy of respect. I'm glad Gibbs died pulling those teenagers out a burning car a month after retiring since seeing you now would crush his heart" McGee replies.
"Gibbs only died because you and the rest of your team had him fired, he not willing go into retirement. If he never did, if you didn't take away his only remaining purpose in life my father might still be alive" Ziva snarls.
Rolling his eyes "And Gibbs could have died that same day from an ISIS terrorist with a lucky shot" McGee replies "I'm not taking the blame on that one."
Glaring "You forced him out," Ziva says.
Meeting her gaze unflinchingly "There is only so long you can work under a person who treats the people under him like they are minions for relentlessly working the team to death, then get upset when they are not giving you the results you want because of pushing them too far. Gibbs treated the people and everybody around him like garbage all because he needed an outlet for losing his wife and daughter" McGee replies icily "Something the boss finally realized and chose to leave NCIS after not liking who he had become."
"So, you admit to killing my father," Ziva says viciously.
"Wow, you really have lost it. Gibbs was nowhere near the monster my father or you are because despite all his flaws, he was a good person. You're not" McGee replies briskly.
"You know I have switched my mind, maybe it is time for you to start feeling pain," Ziva says pulling out her handgun.
Raising up the weapon Ziva shoots McGee in his left thigh causing him to let out a scream of agony, then slow gasps trying to get his pain under control.
"I would torture you, but I've got other things to do. I'll send in one of my men to do it. After all the only place your good at is behind a computer, you'll break easily enough" Ziva replies viciously.
McGee only watches as Ziva turns around leaving with as the door slams shut, he sighs in relief. Mostly since the drugs they've been giving to keep him mildly sedated are finally starting to wear off meaning now he can really start thinking clearly on a plan for escape.
The zip ties keeping his hands to the back of the chair are easy enough to get out of. And McGee thinks back to his dark past growing up that well he's survived worse than this.
Because of his abusive father on ordering his son sound around like a military prisoner, and John McGee beat him with a belt for the slightest sign of disobedience. Meanwhile, his mother a frequent drug user neglected him in favor of her next high and died when he was a young kid from a drug overdose.
Later it was that car wreck at six teen years old in 1995, which helped his life get better. (Unlike telling DiNozzo the first time, the 84 Camaro Z28 was not even his car but rather his father's) The real reason the car had a wreck that happened because of bullies who decided to cut the brake lines to send him a warning from him standing up for the kids they were picking on and changeling their authority.
Given his father was navy it was NIS Special Agent Mike Franks, along with JAG lawyers Harmon Rabb Jr. and Meg Austin who investigated the possible murder attempt. While Gibbs, a probie at that time, was elsewhere on assignment so he never met Gibbs until years later.
During this time Mike was running another investigation into building a child abuse case for him and was able to successfully get his younger sister and him living with Aunt Peggy instead.
Because of John's connections, he was able to escape any criminal charges however was unable to ever have legal custody of his kids again. Years later a slow death by cancer is what killed John, and they never did patch things up. Not that he ever wanted to.
For the bullies, they got arrested and went to prison for attempted murder charges. Also, this entire experience is why McGee knows he decided to become an NCIS agent due to Mike Franks.
McGee reflects on how his life through hell under his parents is what drove him to, once finally settling in at school under Aunt Peggy's care, threw himself into the school's boxing program and coming out at the top of his class.
It's why years later during the summer when stuck in cybercrimes on Director Vance's orders decided to spend a whole lot of free time increasing his combat education. Upon contacting Harm, he got put in touch with Casey Ryback who gave him more personal training.
Letting his thoughts drift back to the present McGee hears the door open while seeing Adam Eschel enter, with walking over.
Pulling out a K-Bar knife Adam begins cutting into McGee's chest drawing blood who screams while Eschel savagely grins enjoying it. Able to dislocate one of his thumbs allowing him to get his hands free of the zip ties McGee moves into action, just as Adam unaware starts to cut another line in his chest.
Bringing his hands forward McGee slams his palms into the side of Adam's temples, majorly disorientating Eschel before grabbing ahold of his throat, rips out Adam's jugular. A move, Tim remembers learning from Ryback.
As Eschel slumps to the floor McGee, getting to his feet, picking up the nearby knife cuts off a part his sleeve before tying the item around his bleeding wound.
Removing Adam's handgun from its holster McGee makes his way to the door.
Near the same time in a warehouse storeroom
A door gets kicked open as Tony alongside Harmon Rabb, Bishop, Meg, and Casey Ryback enter all wearing bulletproof vests with their handguns drawn. Glancing around the room to find it empty they cautiously make their way into the hallway. Only for various men to come out of various doors with starting to shoot at them forcing them back into the other room, to take cover.
Upon waiting for the terrorists to start to slow down their gunfire the NCIS agents come out from around the corner and unleash a hailstorm of bullets. In a matter of minutes, all the terrorists fall to the ground lifeless.
"Well, Ducky and Jimmy are going to have more autopsies to do" Tony quips.
Entering the hallway, the NCIS agents see a woman Liat Tuvia in dark clothes along with Malachi Ben-Gidon a man also dressed in dark clothes who are former Mossad. And behind them is another woman Dava is wearing similar clothing to her other terrorists' partners. Liat Tuvia rushes forward attacking Harmon Rabb while Ben-Gideon heads for Ryback pulling out a knife. Dava pulling out a knife heads for Meg Rabb.
Harm gets kicked in the chest by Liat then kicked the face with being punched in the stomach. Only Liat throws another punch Harm easily side steps with grabbing her arm twists it enough at the wrong angle to break it, gives a hard blow to the right side of Tuvia's chest area cracking her ribs. As Liat tries to kick Harm who easily ducks before kicking her back into a wall.
Snarling Liat rushes at Harm who punches her in the face hard enough to break her nose, and fracture Tuvia's jaw with grabbing Liat's head slams it against the wall hard enough to crack her skull. Letting the body fall to the ground Harm looks back at the other fights ongoing.
Meanwhile Ryback having pulled out his own knife from a concealed ankle sheath is engaging in a knife fight with Gideon. Ducking a swing from Gideon Ryback quickly brings his knife is across Malachi's face drawing blood, who responds by cutting Ryback's near his left eyebrow and jamming his knife through the Kevlar into the former Navy Seal's right side drawing blood, before pulling it back out.
Deciding to end this fight Ryback reaching over jams his finger into Ben-Gideon's eyeball forcing him back before shoving his knife into the side Malachi's head killing him then pulls the weapon back out.
And for Dana, she throws a punch into Meg's chest that makes contact then head butts the former JAG lawyer with kicking her back into a wall.
Getting another blow into her face drawing blood from her mouth Meg dodges the next punch with striking Dana right in her throat causing the woman to start gasping for breath because her lynx just got severely damaged. Grabbing Dana's head Meg pulls her down to repeatedly knee her in the face, resulting in a broken nose, bruised jaw, and injured eyes.
Letting go Meg steps around Dana with grabbing the scarf gets enough of a grip on the cloth item before using it to strangle Dana. Following a few minutes, Meg feels Dana stop struggling with the item around her neck the NCIS agent loosens her grip letting the now lifeless body slump to the dirty floor. Meg spitting out a mouthful of blood sighs since while knowing it was needed, she never has or ever will enjoy killing.
Glancing around "Yeah I think I'll be a bit more careful around you guys, so I don't get a bunch of Rambos on my backside" Tony quips.
Bishop in fondness to her friend merely rolls her eyes.
Looking over at Ryback holding his side "How bad is your injury? Oh wait, never mind that's like asking flyboy over there" Meg says teasingly.
"Hey, I'm not that bad," Harm says in protest.
"Sure, thing sir" Meg replies using her old title when she was beneath him rank wise at JAG and a habit that's never gone completely away. Either when annoyed or they're flirting.
"I'll be able to keep going. I'll just need to be more careful in my movements" Ryback says.
"You know we all have guns; how come we just didn't shoot each other?" Tony asks pointing out the obvious.
"To close, they could have slit our throats before we got our guns raised" Ryback replies.
Without warning upon hearing a rush of footsteps the NCIS agents turn to see about eight more terrorists come around the corner. However sudden shouts of FBI and ATF with "drop your weapons" are heard, causing the terrorists to turn in surprise. Regardless of the surprise for the back up the NCIS agents raise up their handguns. Very quickly Tobias Fornell with other agents in blue FBI jackets and Zoe Keats come around the corner.
"Hey sweetie what are you doing here? Not that I'm complaining about you pulling a Han Solo in the Death Star trench run to help" Tony inquires grinning.
"Your director called the FBI once you guys informed him of a solid lead and decided to put in an added call to ATF for some help. Since Ziva David is dealing in an illegal arms dealing makes it our jurisdiction to. I have agents surrounding other parts of the building and the FBI has got some snipers on rooftops" Zoe says.
Looking at them "You guys going to keep standing there or you going to get McGee back" Fornell says.
"Gee it's like working with Gibbs all over again, however, Tobias does have a point. You take them into arrest" Tony says.
The NCIS agents start moving down the hall while the FBI and Zoe begin putting zip ties on the other terrorists' wrists and ankles.
Hope you all enjoyed this with leave a review letting me know what you think.
On Timothy McGee I made him born in 1979 instead of in 1978 like in canon so I could have Tim's car wreck happen in 1995 the same year as the first season of JAG to allow for Harmon Rabb Jr. and Meg Austin to appear.
Yeah now personally I find this to be a far more interesting back story for Timothy McGee then what NCIS gave us.
For Meg on having more combat knowledge then she did during season 1 of JAG is this being well over two decades later so more years of experience in dangerous situations, plus Harm training her.
Until next time