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Chapter 2: Ricin
"The senator was poisoned! With ricin!" Abby announced.
"With what?" Tony asked, confused.
"Ricin. It's a poison found in Castor Beans," She explained.
"That matches the murders of various political figures, from mayors, to senators, and…" Abby trailed off.
"And?" Gibbs asked sharply.
"And the threat of assassination on the President," She said, horrified.
"DiNozzo!"
"Go to Chicago, and get the President back to DC, on it Boss!" Tony said, grabbing his coat and hurrying to the elevator.
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Three days later:
"Another Senator, Jethro?" Ducky asked with a frown, "Why are we investigating this?"
"Started with a Navy SEAL, then Marines, now progressed to this. We're working in cooperation with the FBI, Secret Service, and the CIA," Gibbs said coldly.
"The CIA?" Jimmy asked incredulously.
"No idea. They wanted in, Director had no choice," Gibbs answered.
"Have you heard from Anthony?" Ducky asked softly.
Gibbs sighed and shook his head, "Not yet, we're preparing a team. We'd like you to go."
Ducky looked up, "I'm sure Mr…I mean Dr Palmer is more than capable."
Jimmy looked over, "Thank you, Doctor."
"Fine, Jimmy, with me!" Gibbs ordered, walking out. Jimmy followed.
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"Right, David, McGee, Palmer, you're to go to Chicago, find DiNozzo, and make sure the President gets back to DC, ASAP," Gibbs explained one final time at the airport.
The trio nodded, before boarding the plane.
A few minutes after take-off, as the seatbelt sign clicked off, McGee paled.
"McGee?" Jimmy asked softly.
Tim leaned forward, and was sick in the air-sickness bag. As Jimmy tried to calm McGee, Ziva's brown eyes scanned the crowd. There were some business-type people, a few tourist types, 6 men, 12 women, 3 older men, one travelling with an older woman Ziva assumed was his wife, and an old woman. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Two days, 21 hours, and 49 minutes previously:
Tony walked over to the part of the airport housing Air Force One. As he approached the man servicing the planes, he heard a single footfall behind him. As he turned, he felt something hard hit the side of his head, and he vaguely saw a woman's form before everything went black.
A/N: There you have it. Thanks to losingmymind2 for guessing! I will use her guess as a title for a later story. Any guesses should be PMed to me! Let me know what you think so far!