Sorry for the delay, I fractured my wrist, so it is hard to type with one hand! Thanks again to everyone who read/reviewed so far, here is the latest chapter, I do hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 10

It was just after noon when Tony woke up, they had stayed up till the sun was coming up trying get all the information they could before finally calling it a night. From the silence coming from the rest of the apartment, it didn't sound like anyone else was awake yet. Grabbing a pair of jeans and a sweater, he threw them on before making his way to the kitchen to make some coffee.

That evening, Tony and Matt were going to try and access the naval base, they had it all planned out, if everything goes as they expect they should be in and out in an hour. Tasha had made little progress in terms of trying to find out who, but with access to the various systems in Naples, they could continue the search when they were back home.

Glancing at the clock, Tony did a quick calculation in his head, it would only be six am in Washington, still too early for him to try and give Kyle a call and let her know things were going according to plan, he would try and call her later in the day.

Pouring himself a cup of fresh coffee, he made is way out onto the balcony to enjoy the view of the city. Sitting down, he took a sip and looked out onto the ocean. The sky was overcast and the water was choppy, clearly showing signs of an impending storm. Closing his eyes, he allowed himself to center himself, listening to the sounds of the city. He didn't open them until he heard the balcony door slid open and shut.

Looking up he nodded at Gibbs, who also had a fresh cup of coffee in his hands, "Knew that smell would wake you up sooner rather than later." Tony laughed.

Gibbs nodded, "Who needs an alarm clock."

Tony just shook his head and laughed.

They sat there in silence drinking their coffees for several minutes before Gibbs spoke up, "Sleep ok?"

Tony nodded, "Got a few hours a shut eye."

"No nightmares?"

Tony looked at Gibbs confused, "Nightmares?"

"On the plane." Was all he offered.

He paused, "It was nothing." Seeing Gibbs raise his eyebrow at him in disbelief, he sighed, "Really, it was just my imagination running away on me, this whole situation has me on edge."

Gibbs nodded. "It's not just you Tony, this whole situation has got a lot of people nervous." Offering Tony a reassuring smile, he continued, "You're not alone Tony, I've got your six."

Tony nodded gratefully at Gibbs, "Thanks boss, I know you've always got my six. I know I haven't said anything, but I am glad you are back, it's not the same without you."

Gibbs laughed, "I am sure your head is thinking something else."

They both laughed, "Not gonna lie, not getting slapped everyday has been kind of nice"

"I bet. We're going to figure this out Tony."

He just nodded as he looked back out over the ocean.

It was later in the afternoon, when Tony and Matt came in from a run that everything changed. Tony could tell looking at Gibbs' face that something was seriously wrong.

"What is it?"

Taking a deep breath, "It's Kyle. She's missing Tony." Gibbs said.

Tony felt like he just had the air sucker punched out of him, "What do you mean, she's missing?"

"Admiral Evans called while you were out, seems Kyle and her protective detail are MIA, they've tried locating her cellphone with no luck. All they could find was that she had called the Admiral before calling you, then nothing."

Panicking, Tony ran to get his phone. Seeing one missed call he quickly dialed to his voicemail. You have one new message,came through the phone:

Ms. Evans, I suggest you come quietly if you don't want to get hurt. I would hate to bruise that pretty little face.

Your phone please.

You should have stayed out of it Agent DiNozzo.

That was all there was. Tony wanted to throw the phone against the wall, but knew he couldn't as right now it was the only lead they had on her kidnappers.

Coming back out into the living room, he couldn't look at them, "She's been kidnapped, they know about our investigation. They said we should have stayed out of it."

Shaking his head he looked up, tears in the corner of his eyes, "How did they know?" he asked softly.

Tasha came over to him and gave him a hug, "We will find her" she whispered to him.

"Tasha would you be able to run voice recognition?" Gibbs asked.

She shook her head, "Not from here, once we get back to Washington I will be able to."

They nodded, "What's the plan?" She asked.

"We hit the naval base tonight, get what we need, then arrange the first flight out of here." Matt said.

Gibbs looked at Tony, "You ok with that?"

Tony didn't reply at first, his first thought was to say screw the break in, he needed to get back to Washington, but he knew they needed the information in order to catch the sons of bitches. "I have to be." He finally replied.

Gibbs nodded, "Alright, we have about six hours before we move forward, let's get everything ready to go."

They all sprang into action, except for Tony, he kept looking at his phone, "I need to call Admiral Evans." He said to no one in particular before heading back into his room.

"He going to be ok?" Tasha asked.

"I don't know." Gibbs said, "I really don't know."

Tony closed the door behind him, before dialing the Admiral's number.

"Tony?" asked the tired voice of the Admiral.

"Any news?"

"No, we got the surveillance of the mall, but the kidnapper was very careful not to show is face to the security cameras."

"And her security detail?"

"No sign of them once she entered the mall. I am assuming he was in on it."

"There was a voice message left on my phone, he said I should have stayed out of it."

Tony heard the Admiral sighed, "How the hell did they know?"

"We don't know sir, but we intend to find out."

"When are you coming back?"

"First thing in the morning."

"Good, I will be sure to send someone out to meet you, we can't take any more chances."

Tony agreed, "We will find her sir, I won't rest until we do."

"I know you will Tony."

Kyle woke up in a strange cold room. It took her a few moments to remember what happened. As she looked around the room, and felt the restraints on her arms, she remembered getting into the car with her kidnapper before she was knocked out.

She couldn't help the tears that fell down her cheek, she was scared, alone, and was fairly positive she wouldn't make it out of this alive, especially since she didn't know if anyone even knew she was missing yet.

Hearing someone approach the door, she tried to wipe her tears, but the restraints on her arms didn't give her much room to maneuver.

The door opened and she saw two figures in the doorway, before one was roughly shoved into the room with her, on a second bed that she hadn't noticed before. Taking a closer look at the figure she couldn't help but gasp.

"Jimmy!" she cried.

The figure curled up moaning on the bed was Jimmy Palmer, who had clearly been tortured. Gone were his glasses, but they wouldn't do him much good at the moment anyways, seeing as how his eyes were bruised shut.

"What did you do to him!" She yelled at the second figure.

They just laughed and shut the door.

"Oh God Jimmy, are you ok?"

"Kyle?" he asked painfully.

"Ya, it's me Jimmy."

"What?" he asked confused.

"I was kidnapped this morning Jimmy. How long have you been here?"

Breathing through the pain, he answered. "I was run off the road after I dropped Tony off. I don't know how they knew, but they did. They have been trying to get to tell them all I know. Luckily that isn't much." He tried to joke.

"Oh Jimmy. What the hell have we gotten ourselves into."

Kyle wasn't sure how much time had passed when someone came to the door again. Frozen in fear, she tried not to move or make a sound, praying that she would somehow become invisible.

No words were spoken as a man approached her bed and pulled her up.

"Please" she begged softly.

The man gave no indication that he even heard her. Turning towards the door he pulled her along with him.

Kyle didn't know how many twists and turns they made before she was finally brought into a large room. Looking around she noticed there were no windows and the walls and floor were concrete. There in the middle of the room, was one chair. She could tell that was where Jimmy had been previously, as his blood was still on the floor.

She tried as hard as she could to resist being put in the chair, but her efforts were futile, as the man didn't even break a sweat before he deposited her in the chair and strapped her in.

She pulled at her restraints, desperately trying to escape, but her strength was nothing compared to the leather straps of the chair.

After what felt like hours, but was really only minutes, Kyle's head popped up as she heard the echo's of footsteps in the room. There approaching her from the same door she entered was a lone man. She couldn't make out his face just yet, but he was tall, well over six feet tall. Fear ran cold down her spine. Whatever they had in store for her, she knew she would be lucky to make it out alive, and at the moment, she didn't think that was even a possibility.

Tony paced back and forth as he waited for Matt to open the locked door that held the incident report records. So far everything had gone according to plan, and no one seemed to be the wiser.

Tony heard the clicking of the lock, they were in, hopefully it wouldn't take them long to find he files and they would be out of there and back on their way to Washington.

When they opened the door and turned on the lights, they were greeted with the sight of what looked like hundreds of boxes, all neatly stacked.

"Well so much for this going quickly." Tony mumbled.

Matt nodded, "Alright you take that side, and I'll take this side, hopefully we will be lucky and hit them all in the first few boxes."

Tong sighed, "We haven't been having that kind of luck."

Since they found out about Kyle's kidnapping, there had been no good news. They were searching everywhere, but so far had turned up nothing. Tony knew, the longer it took for them to find her, the more danger she was in.

"Focus Tony." Matt called out.

Making his way to his side of the room, Tony started with his first box and searching through it's contents, trying to find the right files.

It would take them an additional hour to find all the files. They were able to sneak back out with the same success, as they were able to sneak in. Gibbs was waiting several yards away with the car for them to head back to the apartment.

"How'd it go?" He asked as Tony closed the door behind him.

"Like planned." Was all he offered.

The ride back the apartment was silent, each man not knowing what exactly to say to the other. When they made their way into the apartment, Tasha greeted Tony with his cell phone, "You missed a few calls."

Tony quickly took his phone and saw that it was Ducky who called him. Knowing the doctor would still be up, Tony hit the re-dial button.

"Anthony my dear boy, how are you?" came Ducky's voice.

"I am good Ducky, sorry I missed your call."

"Do not fret, it was nothing life shattering, I was simply wondering if you had heard from Mister Palmer? He didn't show up to work today, and I haven't been able to reach him. Which is very unlike Mister Palmer, I know he can come across a bit scatter brained, but he always calls if he is going to be late or not come in. It is quiet strange indeed."

Tony's stomach dropped, it couldn't have been a coincidence, "Sorry Ducky, I haven't heard from Jimmy. Maybe he just slept through your call."

"Could be, I know there is a bug going around, Timothy has been out for a few days, along with several other agents."

Tony looked at Gibbs, "I am sure it is just that. I will try and see if I can get a hold of him tomorrow."

"That would be much appreciated."

"You take care of yourself Ducky, can't be too careful." Tony said before hanging up.

"I think we may have a problem Boss, Palmer and McGee aren't at work, and Ducky can't get a hold of Jimmy."

Gibbs sighed, "Rule 39."

All Tony could do was nod, this was not good at all.