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Chapter 11

As Gibbs and Tony entered the bull pen, they were surprised to see everyone including Ducky and even Abby looking through the files, taking notes. "Gibbs, Gibbs!" Abby was bouncing on her feet Gibbs chuckled, he was always amazed at how eager she was when she found something "What ya got Abs?" as he headed to his to his desk, Tony going to his, looking at his co workers, going through the files with a fine tooth comb incase they had missed anything. Tony looked at Abby bouncing up and down her pigtails flying, he couldn't help but smile, but a sad smile 'yep Abby was just like Liz' he thought.

Abby started rambling on about something that never registered with his brain, making him dizzy, "Wahoo Abby, how many caff-pows have you had this morning?" He said trying to stop the room spinning, she giggled "um 3, and yes I did find something, that the Baltimore PD missed!" she said triumphantly. Everyone had stopped to look at her as she held up a tiny plastic bag, holding a hair follicle. Tony was the first to speak "you pull DNA?" he asked hesitantly, he knew of course that Abby probably had been working on the hair all morning, she looked at him, instead of being angry, she nodded "I'm running it now Tony" she said calmly, Tony hugged her, this shocked everyone, normally it was Abby doing the hugging, "thanks Abs" was all he said

Gibbs watched on, the sooner the case was solved the better, Kate looked at McGee, who shrugged his shoulders and went back to checking the files, when Gibbs phone rang "Gibbs" before he had even hung up the phone the immortal words "grab your gear" were growled, "Where to Boss, asked McGee as Gibbs through the keys to him" "warehouse district, Ducky we'll need you too" he quipped as he headed for the elevator. Ducky sighed, "Here we go again".

It wasn't hard to find the crime scene, with the amount of men captain Davis had sent wasunbelievable, before Gibbs had even slammed the door to the sedan he bellowed at Captain Davis to remove his men from the crime scene, before they contaminated the scene even more. Gibbs marched over to the captain demanding to know what his men had touched and wanting each and every one to give finger and foot prints for elimination purposes. He was furious with the man, who he had little time and trust for; especially with the way he had treated his senior field agent previously. The captain looked at the Agent, "we are trying to help this investigation, not impede it agent Gibbs!" The captain demanded at least some authority form the agent, Gibbs smirked at him before replying in the coldest, harshest voice that he normally reserved for paedophiles and rapists, "If you had done your job properly ten years ago this would not be happing again!" glaring at the police Captain, the captain unaccustomed to this sort of hostility broke the glare first and sighed "Your right, if I had of listened to Dinozzo, then maybe these two people would be alive, along with the others!" and headed off to give his prints to Kate and McGee, as Tony came up beside him, "You do know boss that his prints are on file, as well as every cop in the world" he said bemused, Gibbs smirked at him, "I know juz wanted to piss him off, and get a proper look at the scene before we process what's left, "where did the captain say the body was" asked Ducky. The place look deserted, only a few shipping containers were held here, presently three were open, another five left, Tony sighed "PROBIE" when he caught the attention of McGee he motioned for the bolt cutters. Gibbs smirked at him, as Ducky chuckled. Tony couldn't help but smile when McGee and Kate came up to them, both with a set of cutters, Kate retorted "move out of the Tony, you'll only gonna hurt yourself" she chuckled as Tony took the cutter off her, 'yeah right', together he and McGee had four containers open, one left "it's all your probie" remarked Tony as he set his cutters down, McGee glared at him but opened it anyway. Gibbs was standing beside Tony when the doors were opened, Gibbs saw the reaction on Tony's face and grabbed him by the arm, dragging him outside. Tony had went whiter than a piece of paper, he had started shaking, and muttering "it can't be" Gibbs got him back to the sedan and shoved him into the passenger seat "Breath Tony, easy lets it, slow deep breaths, good" he soothed him "boss that body….", "Tony it's not Elizabeth, she's been dead for seven years remember" Tony looked at him confused, "Why?" that was the million dollar question, "I don't know, maybe you saw something back then, and don't remember, whoever this is, is aiming it at you" "Boss I can't go back in there!" he was pleading with Gibbs, he sighed, "I'm not asking you too, when you're up to it, check the perimeter, but don't go anywhere alone!" he ordered.

Gibbs headed back to the warehouse, Kate and McGee had started processing the scene, occasionally glancing at the main entrance looking for Tony or Gibbs, when they saw Gibbs come in alone, they both knew something was wrong. As Gibbs approached he barked "I want this whole container searched, when your done you've got seven more, then the warehouse!".

Kate looked at him, "is Tony gonna be okay?" she demanded to know, "Gibbs looked at her and McGee, and sighed "yeah Tony's going to be okay, when we solve this case" they both knew there was more to it, than what Gibbs was actually telling them, they looked at each other and got back to work. Ducky was quiet, as he observed the scene "Jethro, what is going on?" he asked, Gibbs looked at him, "I'll tell you when we get back, all of you". Ducky couldn't get a proper time of death, the heat in the container keeping the body warm.

Meanwhile, two people were watching the warehouse, they had saw their pray being shoved in to the car, they waited for the sign "this is gonna be like taking candy from a baby" joked Joey, as he and Danny waited for the right moment. Tony had finally decided to get his act together and was about to start the search of the perimeter when captain Davis came over to him, "Tony, I really am sorry for everything, Elizabeth was a fine woman, I should have listened to you back then, that's why the Sherriff promoted you, you instincts". Tony sighed, "If you really want to help, then help me check the perimeter!" stated Tony 'man this guys a kiss up' he thought as he headed along the right side of the warehouse. Then Joey and Danny had the signal, "let's go", they moved quietly stalking their pray, Tony was about to say something to the Captain, when he felt a sudden blow to the head, his last thoughts were 'Gibbs is gonna kill me', then blackness claimed him.

Ducky was leaving the warehouse, when he noticed that the sedan was empty, the odd thing was that Tony's sketch pad was lying on the ground, 'that's odd' thought Ducky, he was getting a bad feeling when he saw something dripping from the sedan, when he saw no sign of Tony, he knew something was wrong and immediately called Gibbs "Gibbs" "Jethro, you need to get out here now!" Gibbs snapped the phone shut and ran to the front of the warehouse and was greeted by a concerned looking ME, he saw the direction he was looking and cautiously moved forward to the car, where he had last left Dinozzo. He sighed with relief that there was no body, but what he saw mad him madder than hell, inside the car was a jar, a note, Tony's gun, badge and cell phone" he spun around in time to see a black SUV drive out of view, he swore and called Kate.

"Todd" came her reply, "leave McGee to finish the container, get out here now!" growled Gibbs. McGee was watching her, "What's up?" Kate looked at him and shrugged "beats me, but I guess it's got something to do with Tony, oh and the containers all yours" she told him as she headed out to meet Gibbs. Kate was shocked, but processed the scene and the car. McGee came out holding an evidence bag, full of photos "Um boss?" he called as he saw Kate processing the car and removing another jar, Gibbs came over to him snapping his cell phone shut "What McGee?" he demanded, he was royally pissed by now, no one has seen the SUV as they entered the warehouse, nor was there any reports of one being stolen, he was sure of one thing, that that SUV was the same one form the motel. McGee handed the photos over, one of which had caught Gibbs' eye immediately "where did you find these?" he asked, he knew McGee had seen the photo and had questions to ask, but they could wait for now, "at the back of the container, I also found a printer and paper, other bottles of chloroform and these", he handed over another bag of photos, these ones were of the whole team, but mainly Tony, he swore and headed back to Kate.

Tony started to wake up, he groaned as the light assaulted his already aching head, 'perfect' he mumbled, he tried to move but the restraints were too tight. He could barely roll on to his back, his arms were fastened behind his back, and tied to the wall, his ankles were bound together so he couldn't stand let alone walk, his whole body was one big ache. He tried to remember how he got to where ever here was, there was one tiny shaft of light seeping through a crack in the covered window and he could hear a river or stream running nearby. "Where the hell am I?" he asked no one in particular, as he heard footsteps heading his way, his heart skipped a beat as the door was flung open and entered three men covered head to toe in black, he couldn't bite back the retort of the blind leading the blind, as two of the men grabbed him and roughly shoved him again the wall, the third man started flashing a light at him causing him to try and shield his eyes "what the hell are you doing!?" barked Tony as the three men snickered and left him alone, Tony didn't have the strength to stand and slid down the wall, "Gibbs will find me" he told himself 'then kick my ass from here to Tim buck two and back again' he thought. He had to think of a way to get out, but he was so tired now all he could think about was sleeping, no matter how many times he forced himself to stay awake, he couldn't and fell into a restless sleep, dreaming of Elizabeth and the good times they shared.

Abby had her musicblaring, she hadn't noticed Gibbs, Kate or McGee come in until Gibbs turned off her music, "Gibbs!, I was listening to that" she yelled as she spun round in her chair, immediately seeing the dismal looks on her friends faces and noticing that Tony wasn't with them, before anyone could speak Abby burst out "Where's Tony?" she bellowed, frantically looking at each member of the team, finally setting her eyes on Gibbs, "he's been kidnapped, looks like the same people who murdered the petty officer", his tone relaying that let he knew more than what he told them. Abby looked at them, took the evidence and started to process it, as the team left Gibbs came up beside her, "We'll find him Abs!" he said determined, "I know you will boss man" she told him as he left the lab.

Kate and McGee headed for the bull pen, while Gibbs headed down to see Ducky. The medical examiner was finishing the report when he entered. He looked worried, "Jethro, this poor girl has been dead five hours, there's not nearly enough trauma as the other victims, I believe that this girl was a trap for NCIS, especially Tony" he stated in his usual calm voice. Gibbs looked at him and sighed "this whole case has been about Tony since the beginning, it's time to end it!" he growled as Ducky watched him, "Ducky meet me in Abby's lab, he said as he took out his phone, "McGee?" came the voice on the other end, "bring everything that you have on this case down to Abby's NOW, and tell Kate to collect the files sitting on my desk!" and hung up leaving McGee to inform Kate.

Tony awoke a few hours later, remembering what had happened, he tried to get loose of his bindings, but they were way too tight 'why couldn't they be a little bit looser' he thought as his assailants came back again, Tony braced himself for the on slaught of the attack that he was sure going to come, but was more than surprised when, he heard a voice that he recoginsed "it can't be" he stammered as the voice laughed and replied "oh yes Tony, now you finally get to see the true numbers killer, as the voice moved closer to him and snickered as he felt the a prick where the needle went "I thought you were smarter than this Dinozzo" as blackness yet again claimed him. Tony mind screaming "you bastard I trusted you!".

As Gibbs entered the lab carrying his usual cup of coffee, he found his two agents and medical examiner looking at the plasma screen, where Abby had put up the photos. They were engrossed them, each photo was that of a victim, what seemed to shock them more was the fact that their faces were smiling down at them, as they went about daily tasks. As Gibbs got closer he could make out silent curses as McGee was looking through the files, Kate not far behind him, murder in her soul. He sighed ready for the unanswered questions that were buzzing around. He didn't have to wait long, "Gibbs why are we down here?" Kate asked looking from him to the photos, to the files and back again. Before anyone else could speak he held up his hand to silence them "we are down here Kate, as all of the evidence is here and all of the answers, including the real identity of the numbers killer, and those who are responsible for the kidnapping of Tony!" Gibbs told them about the previous cases that Tony had worked, who the suspects were and how this case has come back to haunt him, most of which they knew but McGee as the question that needed answered the most for any of the to fully understand why this case was affecting Tony the way it has been "um… boss what about the girl, she looks like the girl in the photos with Tony?" Gibbs smiled at him "good McGee, your right the girl does look the same except the girl in the photo as been dead for seven years", everyone gapped at him "that's impossible Gibbs, she's the spitting image of that girl" said Kate and Abby together perplexed.

Gibbs looked at them, "take a seat" he told them and began to them Tony's involvement with the girl. "the girl with Tony in the photos is Elizabeth Ann Taylor, a school teacher who was murdered seven years ago by the numbers killer" he let that sink in before continuing "she was Tony's fiancé" four shocked faces looked back at him before they exploded "WHAT!?" Gibbs smirked if anybody could surprise these guys it was Tony in his infantine wisdom, Abby spoke first, unshed tears threating to fall "why didn't Tony tell us, what happened to her" she asked as McGee hugged her, Kate and Ducky staring at him, he could see murder in their souls 'good, coz Tony's gonna need it' he thought as he continued "the night they got engaged was the last time anyone saw them together alive, they were missing for three weeks before they were found, Elizabeth died two days before they were rescued, here body had to be pried out off Tony's hands, he spent months in hospital recovering and was shoved off onto another case when he went back to work".

Ducky was consoling Kate as she shook with pure fury, Abby was quietly sobbing into McGee's shoulder, it was a total surprise when they heard a quiet voice from the door way "I want my hands on those bastards!" as they looked round they saw Jimmy Palmer, his hands clenched into tight fists, his expression was hard as stone, as he turned and left the lab leaving a gapping M.E starring at the spot where his assistant had been moments before. Gibbs hid the shock, by smirking "get in line palmer" he yelled after him, he was proud of him, he never told him that but Ducky knew it, and he knew that Jimmy knew too. As Gibbs watched his friends, his family continue to support each other, he knew that Tony would make it through this, he could feel the raw hatred for the kidnappers and the numbers killer, he was about to ask about the DNA when they all herd the computer ding with a match, Abby zoomed out of her chair causing McGee to grab the vacant chair for support, as she bolted for the computer.

Her face paled, she looked as if she had seen a ghost, she gulped as she looked at Gibbs "Abs what is it?" he asked as he strode towards her, the DNA sample, it belongs to…"