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For the first time in a long time, Gibbs driving didn't scare either of them one bit. They knew what was at stake, and somehow focusing on that made everything else non existent.
"DiNozzo with me." He motioned for Ziva and McGee to head towards the back and approached the front door moments later.
"In position boss." Came over the ear wig and within seconds Gibbs had stormed his way through the front door, DiNozzo following close behind.
"Clear."
"Clear"
"Clear"
"Clear."
Was not what Gibbs wanted to hear.
"Uh boss…" McGee pointed to a note pad lying on the kitchen table.
After Gibbs read it, he slipped his gun back into his holster and left through the front door.
"Always one step behind eh Agent Gibbs? Well I hope for your team's sake, DiNozzo doesn't miss the shot meant for your chest and hits your leg."
"How can he be that cocky?" McGee questioned, knowing full well no one in their right mind would take on Gibbs.
"Let's find the bastard and ask him Probie."
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The ride back to NCIS was quiet. They seemed to be one step closer to finding their suspect, but also one step behind. They knew they had to get ahead of him somehow, but how was another question all together.
"McGee…I want to know everything about Steeples from before he was a gleam in his Father's eye…Ziva, get a Bolo out on him and Woodward...DiNozzo, get down to the lab and start looking more closely at the footage we got from the abduction…"
And it seemed as though the tasks were being carried out before he even finished.
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"Bout time you woke up my dear." He lifted Abby's chin up slightly.
She shook her head as she looked up. "You know, for a guy taking on Gibbs, you're pretty scrawny." She tried to joke but he didn't find it very amusing, as he struck her across the face.
"Shut her up."
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As Tony played and replayed the tape, he tried desperately to block out the events of only hours ago. Every time he tried to concentrate harder he'd be jolted out of his thoughts by the sound of his Father's voice, or the firing of the gun that killed him. He took a seat to collect his thoughts and gazed over at a silly picture taken of him with the team a few months before at the NCIS award ceremony when he'd received the Agent of the Year award. He had never looked at it closely before, and noticed the expression on Gibbs face in the photo. It was one he'd never seen before…and Tony swore he almost looked…proud.
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"Duck." He entered through the autopsy doors and paced towards his friend.
"Jethro, any news on Abigail?" He questioned him quickly, placing down the instruments in his hand.
Gibbs simply shook his head in response.
"Then you are down here for the results on DiNozzo Senior, well, its fairly evident that…"
"They're gonna kill her Duck." He said simply, ignoring the Doctors previous statement. "If we don't find her soon, she's gonna by lying right there." He pointed to the empty table behind him. "And that table there for McGee…and that one there for Ziva…"
"That is unless…"
Gibbs took in a breath. "Tony kills me and delivers my body."
"Yes, but even then you can't be sure he'll return Abigail safely, let alone let Tony leave there unharmed."
"I know what this bastards capable of Duck, and I'll be damned if I let him hurt her anymore then he already has."
Ducky pointed up at him. "That's why I know you'll find her and bring her back Jethro…"
"How's that Duck?"
"That look in your eyes my boy, every time I've witnessed it, the only new body I get laying on my table is whoever you are after."
He looked down at Tony's father. "I wasn't after him." He replied simply, looking back up at his friend. "And now one of my Agents is without a Father because of me…and if we don't find Abby in time…." He shifted his weight and looked at the empty table.
"Then the new body you'll be getting…will be mine."
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