wow i didn't think i'd update this fast… it usually takes me a few days… anywho, heres the second chapter, yay!

"Come on, come on." Tony scraped his hand ties against the chair again. He had been doing so for what felt like hours- no luck. He looked to the two kids. They still weren't awake.

No one had come through the door yet. There was no noise except the breathing of him and the kids. He tried moving his chair closer to the door, but couldn't get his feet flat on the floor. He tried scraping it over, but that sent a burning pain through his shoulder blades.

"Okay, what now?" There was suddenly a shuffle to his left. The boy was waking.

"My head hurts," he mumbled.

"You're bleeding," Tony said. The boy looked at him.

"Where am I?"

"That is an excellent question." The boy's breathing became a bit more rapid.

"Where are Mother and Father?" His eyes darted around the room. "Elizabeth, David, Mary, Sarah? Are they alright?" He was struggling against the ropes and practically hyperventilating.

"Kid, you need to calm down, okay. I need you to take a deep breath and relax. Can you do that?" The boy complied, shakily. "Good, now can you tell me your name?"

"Eli. Eli Knepp." His eyes were focused intently on the ground.

"Eli, my name is Tony. I'm a federal agent."

"You're tied to a chair, too. Why have we been captured?"

"I don't know. But for now we just need to stay calm. I promise you we're going to get out of this."

"You should not make promises you aren't sure you can keep."

"Fine, I will get all three of us out of here. Not a promise, just a reassurance."

"Three of us?" Then Eli saw the girl. "Who is she?"

"I was hoping you would know." They were silent for a few minutes. "How old are you?"

"I am 16 years old."

"Do you always speak in complete sentences?"

"Yes, I do."

Just then the metal door swung open and a tall man walked in. Tony started his usual smooth talk. "Hi there. It's good to-"

He was cut off by a slam to his jaw. "Here's how this is gonna work, special agent DiNozzo. You are going to sit there very, very quietly. If you try any of your smart talk, someone in this room is gonna get hurt, and it's not going to be me."

Tony blinked spots from his eyes and focused on the man in front of him. "Aaron… Dorman."

"I see you remember me."

"Yeah," he studied the man. "I thought I put you away for life."

"And yet, here we are." Another slam to the jaw. He got right in Tony's face then. "I was stuck in that rat-hole for 13 years. Then I decided, why not get my revenge?"

"Your problem is with me, just let the kids go. They have nothing to do with this." This time the punch connected with his eye.

"You need to control that mouth of yours Anthony- or do you like Tony better?" Tony didn't answer. "And the kids have everything to do with this. In fact, if it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be here."

Tony stole a glance at Eli; his head was hung over with his eyes closed, and he was whispering something under his breath. Dorman went over to him and put a knife to his neck.

"How about it Tony? You gonna stay quiet?" Tony remained silent.

NCISNCISNCISNCIS

McGee went up to Tony's car. He opened the trunk; the groceries- more like mounds of junk food- were stuffed in. He moved to the driver side door, which was open. The keys were on the seat alongside a cell phone. Tony's of course.

McGee pulled out his own phone and dialed Gibbs.

"What is it, McGee?"

"Tony isn't here boss. I think," he hesitated.

"Spit it out, McGee."

"I think he may have been kidnapped." He looked down. There was blood on the ground and the edge of the car door. He gulped. "I'm sure he's been kidnapped."

ooh… what did dorman do? and how are eli and the girl related? stay tuned to find out… oh and please review, it makes me happy =)