McGee pulled up to the house exactly fifteen minutes later, jumped out of the car and let Gibbs take the driver's seat.
"Just tell me where to go" Gibbs said and started driving. He drove faster than usual, McGee barely had time to say 'left' or 'right' and then they were there. Gibbs's heart beat faster. They were taking George's little operation down. It seemed like George had been running a covert operation right under NCIS's nose. They had discovered that George was one of their own, and had been shipping drugs in and out of the country for at least a year. And that Gibbs had busted him more than once, but he had managed to get away every time before they could catch him. All this, McGee had gotten from one of George's minions that was too scared to do anything else than talk.
"Boss?" McGee asked as the other cars pulled up and people got out of the cars.
"We go on my signal" Gibbs said and pressed his comlink. "Everyone ready?" Gibbs asked.
"Team two ready"
"Team three good to go"
"Team four awaiting orders"
"Good, one, two, three!" Gibbs said and stormed forwards. At the entrance of the old fabric he paused, carefully looking inside where people were still packing drugs. He looked for George and waited a little while. Team four would stay outside the building, to keep an eye on people who tried to run. "These people are armed and dangerous! Team two, I want you to cover the left side, team three, cover the middle, team one'll be covering the right side" Gibbs said, "Let's go let's go let's go!" Gibbs said and went inside. "FEDERAL AGENTS, DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" Gibbs yelled. Immediatly there was gunfire, and Gibbs jumped behind a crate. McGee and Ziva responded with shooting a few rounds of their own, hitting two bad guys. Gibbs lay his hands on the crate he was taking cover behind and touble tapped a bad guy in the chest, watching him go down. He made his way forward to the next crate and kept a lookout for George.
"Boss! Five o'clock!" McGee shouted. Gibbs looked to his five o'clock and saw a bad guy aiming right for him. He double tapped him in the chest and watched him go down like a ragdoll. Eventually, things got quiet and they started looking around. Gibbs felt his heart sink. No George, well, no George ALIVE that is. They searched through the fabric and found three dead bad guys, the rest unconcious from bulletwounds. Paramedics came in as soon as it was safe when Gibbs gave the ok. Gibbs walked from perp to perp and insepcted the bodies.
"Any luck?" Gibbs asked McGee.
"Negative" McGee replied. Gibbs sighed and stepped outside. No more perps. No George. No closure. "Boss, George isn't here" McGee said.
"Get DNA samples, I wan't to be sure" Gibbs growled angrily.
"Got it Boss" McGee said. Gibbs looked around and sighed. George definetly wasn't here, or he was dead, neither option was good enough. He turned his cellphone back on and saw he had a message.
"Anthony had a bit of an episode, he's sleeping it off as I send this message to you, I'll tell you all about it when you get home"
It had only been fifteen minutes since the message had been recieved. Gibbs walked over to McGee and handed him his comlink.
"You're in charge" Gibbs said and left without explaining anything to a baffled McGee and a scowling Ziva. He drove at lightening speed back to his house, jumped out of the car and ran inside. Tony was laying on the sofa, eyes half open, with a towel under his head. Ducky came out of the bathroom and looked at Gibbs. "Episode?" Gibbs asked.
"Not here, in the kitchen" Ducky said and the two of them walked into the kitchen, sitting down at the table. "Anthony.. Anthony became very aggitated after his shower, I believe his exact words was: Don't touch me, don't touch me, I'm repulsive, don't touch me, I'm broken" Ducky said. Gibbs leaned back in his chair and folded his hands behind his head before looking up into the roof. "At least he was coherent, until he got violent.. punched the wall like you used to do" Ducky said. Gibbs looked at him. "No broken bones, just a small cut, but I didn't want to take any chances" Ducky said. Gibbs lay his hands on the table and sighed before looking back up at Ducky.
"We didn't find George" Gibbs said. "Either he's dead, or still out there, and we don't have an adress, I don't think 123Fakelane is a real address" Gibbs said with a sad smirk.
"I cannot believe he worked at NCIS" Ducky said, "How did we not notice he was gone?" Ducky asked.
"That's just it, he came to work every single day" Gibbs said. "Turns out he was one of the people who stayed late to get all the work done" Gibbs continued, "That means Andrew was with Tony and Carmen all day long. Tony said that Andrew liked him and Carmen, but he was probably afraid of what George would do to him if he didn't follow orders" Gibbs said thoughtfully. "Tony probably tried to convince him to let Carmen and him go" Gibbs added. "Maybe he succeeed once" Gibbs said.
"What makes you think that?" Ducky asked.
"The scars on his body.. maybe it was punishment" Gibbs said and leaned forward. "Maybe Tony knows something about George and we're just not asking the right questions" Gibbs said.
"Maybe" Ducky said and sighed, "Right now, he's drooling away on your sofa.. I didn't know what else to do than drug him" Ducky said, "I just hope it was the right thing to do, not another intrusion in Anthony's life" Ducky continued, "The poor boy's been through enough" Ducky finished. Gibbs smirked at him. "What?"
"You always do the right thing Duck.. you didn't have any choice" Gibbs said and got up. He walked into the livingroom and crouched down in front of Tony. "What're you hiding in that mind of yours Tony? What's the right question? I wish you could just give me a hint as to where to find George" Gibbs said and stroked Tony's chin. Then he kissed Tony's nose and smiled at him. "You'll get better soon Tony" Gibbs said, "You'll get better soon"
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AN: Yeeeeeeees?
Disclaimer: All hail DPB