Following The Lead

I want a better way to die...

-Forever Now, Green Day

"I just got the security footage from the lobby." McGee confirmed just as Ziva entered. "I'll see if I can get a facial recognition."

Ziva perched herself on the edge of Tony's desk, tilting her head back slightly so she could speak to him.

"McGee seems to be handling the situation a bit better, don't you think?" Ziva whispered as they both glanced at McGee.

"Yeah, he's doing better than he was. I just hope we find Abby soon." Tony voiced his concerns as he tried to look productive. Ziva walked back over to her desk to see if there was anything she could do.

The bullpen went silent for a few moments until McGee's head shot up, alerting everyone else.

"Harry Becket, 22 years old, three restraining orders against his name and a charge for sexual assault." McGee blurted out, leaving the team to stare at him in confusion. "I ran the facial recognition, I'm sure this is the guy that has Abby!" McGee practically yelled.

"We got an address?" The team stood up, holstering their guns and grabbing their badges, ready to catch this guy.

"Yeah, he lives in Georgia Avenue. I'll send you the rest of it." The team headed for the lift.

"You coming, McGee?" DiNozzo questioned while they were waiting for the lift.

"I'm going to stay and see what other background information I can find on him, and see how he knows Abby."

"Good idea, McGee." Gibbs spoke before anybody else had the chance to. The lift finally arrived and they headed to Harry's apartment.

Gibbs stormed up to Harry's apartment, Tony and Ziva following closely behind. Gibbs knocked on the door and awaited a reply.

A few moments later, Harry opened the door, fitting the description perfectly.

"Special Agent Gibbs." They all flashed their badges to Harry. He tried to keep a poker face when he heard the name and saw the badges, but the team noticed the flicker of fear that briefly crossed his face. "Can we come in?" Gibbs asked, but walked in before Harry had even answered. They all sat down. Gibbs was trying extremely hard not to punch him in the face after the trouble he'd caused by kidnapping Abby.

"Harry Becket, right?" Gibbs asked calmly.

"Yeah, that's me." Harry's voice remained confident.

"Do you have any idea why we're here?" Gibbs decided to act as if nothing major was happening, in hope that it would put Becket on edge.

"I have no idea why you'd be here. I'm not a Marine, so there's really no explanation."

"You know, a lot of people we come across have never even heard of NCIS. So it makes me wonder why someone as young as you would." Gibbs glared at Harry as Ziva and DiNozzo sat quietly, leaving their Boss to it.

"What does my age have to do with it?" Harry's tone sounded a bit angered at Gibbs' statement. Gibbs decided to ignore his response.

"We have some security footage of you. Do you want to tell us why you repeatedly tried to enter the NCIS building after being denied access several times?" Gibbs decided it was time to use the facts to try and catch him out. It worried him that Harry was here. He was definitely their guy, but Gibbs wondered where was he keeping Abby.

"Is it a crime to try and get in a building?" Harry scoffed and smirked.

"No, but it's a crime to kidnap someone who works for federal agency!" Gibbs yelled, losing his temper. DiNozzo's phone rang, filling the silence for a moment.

"DiNozzo..yeah...alright...that makes sense...yeah I see what you mean...alright...thanks." Tony put his phone back in his pocket, leaving Ziva wondering who it was. "Gibbs, can I have a word outside?"

"Sure. Ziva, make sure he doesn't move." Gibbs ordered, pointing at Harry as he headed for the door.

"Of course." Ziva smiled deviously at the thought of getting to hurt this scumbag if he tried to escape. Tony and Gibbs stood outside of Harry's apartment.

"I just got a call from McGee, he said this guy's in Abby's friends list on Facebook. He also tagged her in a picture at some concert a few weeks ago. It's possible that's when they first met and he's been stalking her since. What do you think?"

"I think that's a pretty good theory. Let's get him to interrogation to see what else we can find out." DiNozzo and Gibbs went back into the apartment.

"We're bringing you in for questioning." Gibbs said plainly as he grabbed Harry's arm and guided him to the door. Gibbs nodded his head to Ziva and Tony for them to search his apartment. They had no warrant and it was against NCIS policy but Gibbs didn't care right now, he just wanted Abby to be safe again.

Ziva and DiNozzo headed off into separate rooms, rummaging through drawers to try and find anything.

"Ziva, get in here!" DiNozzo shouted from the bedroom. Ziva joined him and was as shocked as him. Tony had opened the wardrobe and discovered several pictures of Abby in her lab and out with each of them. On a set of drawers in the wardrobe were photocopies of the teams files.

"I'll go and get Gibbs..." Ziva felt a pang of fear run through her. This creep had been stalking Abby as well as the rest of the team and they'd had no idea. She walked out to Gibbs, her face painted with dread. Gibbs noticed her expression and walked over, placing his hand on her shoulder and looking her in the eyes.

"You ok?" Gibbs' voice was full of concern, which was unusual.

"You need to go and take a look in his bedroom..." Ziva trailed off and went and stood by the car. "I'll watch him." Her eyes briefly locked onto Harry's and she felt a wave of anger wash over her. She opened the car door and dragged him out, throwing him onto the floor. She pinned him to the ground with her knee on his back and pushed his face to the concrete.

"You think what you have done is acceptable? Does it make you feel powerful?" When he didn't answer, Ziva pushed his face harder onto the ground. He remained emotionless, not seeming phased at all.

"I think we have everything we need." Gibbs took a closer look at the photos. "Apart form Abby's location." He picked up the teams files and felt his blood boil. DiNozzo's head shot up when he heard someone yelling outside. The unsettling part was that it sounded like Ziva. He walked out of the door to find Ziva on top of Harry, shouting in his face.

"Ziva! What are you doing?" Tony yelled as he ran over to grab Ziva. He grabbed her arms to pull her off but she resisted.

"Where's Abby?! Where is she?! If you've so much as laid a finger on her I WILL KILL YOU!" Ziva screamed into his ear as Tony managed to finally pull her off and restrain her. He backed her against the car and tried to get her attention.

"Ziva! You need to calm down right now!" He tried to lock eyes with her but she wouldn't keep still. Gibbs had heard the commotion and rushed outside to find Harry on the floor and Tony holding back Ziva.

"When you said you'd watch him, I think we had different definitions." Gibbs quipped as he roughly picked up Harry and put him in the back of the car again.

Ziva finally looked Tony in the eyes for a few seconds before hugging him tightly.

"What happened?" Tony questioned as he hugged her just as tightly.

"I don't know..." Ziva pulled back from the hug and Tony noticed how lost her eyes looked.

"Let's get back to the Navy Yard." Gibbs said as he got in the car. Tony and Ziva got in shortly after. Tony sighed when he realised how long this night would be.

I'm not sure I like how the feel of the last few chapters...

But that could just be because of some mental health issues. Let me know what you think?