He got back into the car, brushing away his long strands of unruly black hair away from his face. There was no use standing out in the hot sun, not when his men were very capable of tracking both of them down.

He had gotten away, though, that was what bothered him. No has ever gotten away from him once, let alone twice.

"You better find them," he hissed to the man next to him, making the scrawny man cringe in both fear and respect.

"Yes, yes, and when we do you can have them first, I promise, just don't hurt me," he begged.

This put a smile on his face, the fear, it was like candy to him, sweet and enjoyable, but he could never get enough.

"Drive, before the trail goes cold," he ordered, his voice hard as he stared straight ahead.

"B-but, my lord, there are mountains up ahead, we can't possibly drive up the mountains!" The man stuttered.

He turned to face him and said, pulling out his gun and pointing it to the helpless man's head, "I said drive."

The car roared to life instantly, making the three heads shoot up from behind the bushes.

The man looked out the window and gave his men a cruel smile before waving as the car sped away, leaving the three men stranded out in the desert.

Gibbs POV

"Kate," I groaned, "Stop, we can't do this, we have to get out of here first."

Her kisses were soft and sensual, her lips were teasing as they kissed mine and made their way down my neck.

I felt her laughing against my neck, and whispered, "Gibbs, you can stop this whenever you want."

I groaned again, she knew that I didn't want this to stop, god, I just wanted to stay here with her and let her continue doing what ever the hell she was doing.

I slowly sat up, gently pushing her off of me and setting her next to me. I got to my feet and helped her up, examining her thigh. The bleeding had finally stopped, thank god, but I couldn't see below the bandage.

"We should get going," I told her, bending down to pick up my shirt and sliding it over my head.

She nodded, and picked up both of our bags and began jogging in front of me, swinging her hips slightly as she went.

I looked away, and felt a faint blush creeping up my neck. God, she had no idea what she was doing to me.

I went to catch up with her, and put my arm around her waist, taking some of the weight off of her right leg.

We went at a fairly good pace the rest of the day, crossing countless valleys until we were at the foot of the second mountain, the biggest one, and the final one.

I looked around, it was starting to get dark, the sun was slowly sinking below the eastern sky, making the sun glow a bright orange as it sunk.

"We should stop here, there's no way we're going to scale this thing in a few minutes," I told her, getting out a blanket for us to lie on and another one to cover us.

She nodded and immediately collapsed beside me onto the blankets. I lay down beside her and smiled as her arms automatically wrapped around my waist, as if we had been together for months. I smiled at the thought.

"Gibbs," she whispered, her face buried in my back, "When are we going to get out?"

I turned slightly towards her, letting both my arms rest on her hips, and whispered, pressing a kiss to her forehead, "Soon, Katie, I promise. Then you can move in with me and we'll be together."

She smiled, "Rule number twelve?"

I shrugged, "I'd break all the rules if that would get you to smile at me every day, Katie."

With that being said, she gave me a bright smile and promptly closed her eyes and fell asleep, her head resting on my chest and mine resting above her head.

I woke up to the sounds of muffled footsteps far off in the distance. I gently untangled my body from hers, draping the blanket over her and smoothing it over her shoulder. I placed a gentle kiss on her lips and slipped away to investigate the sound.

It was pitch black out and I didn't dare bring the flashlight, it would let people know where we were and the zipper would be too much noise anyways. I crept across our little camp site towards the tall bunches of lavender in the valley.

The moon was bright as it shone down but was slowly covered by clouds, making it even harder to see. I strained my ears to hear the previous footsteps, and only heard the hollow whistling of the wind as it tugged at my clothing.

Suddenly, I felt an arm encircle my throat. I kicked out reflexively, but it was no use. I felt another man's arms wrap around my legs to keep me still as the world began to blur until all I could see was complete blackness.

"Kate," I choked on her name, and I was out.

Kate POV

I felt the morning sun shine bright on my face and smiled, grateful for its warmth. I felt the spot beside me and instantly sat up, my eyes wide open.

"Gibbs?" I murmured sleepily, looking around only to see that the blanket was fully draped over me and he was nowhere to be seen.

Maybe he just went out to get us some water, I tried to reassure myself desperately, but I felt my heart begin to race just the same. I felt sweat beginning to slid down my face as I walked around our make shift camp sight, looking for any clues or messages he might have left.

I turned around to see that the valley was close by and began jogging towards it, my mind a blur of thoughts.

The sand seemed to crunch beneath my feet from lack of rain, and I focused on that sound, for now.

Once I got to the valley's edge, I bent down to see that there was indeed several shoe prints left on the sand.

"More than one person," I mumbled to myself and saw a small pool of blood beside them and froze.

The blood loss wasn't fatal, by any means, but it was enough to get me worried. This could only mean one thing, he was kidnapped.