The footsteps came down the stairs and across the basement. Tony kneeled beside Molly and took her hand. The door opened and the kidnapper walked through still holding Tony's Sig in his hand. "What's the problem Molly?" The man asked sarcastically looking back and forth between his two prisoners.
"Listen, she is in labor. Her contractions are pretty close together now. We need to get her to a hospital." Tony answered. Molly grasped his hand and began her breathing techniques again. The plan was for her to really play up that she was in labor. She didn't have to add much to her normal reaction to the pain.
"Well, I hope they taught you how to a deliver a baby at the academy because you two are not getting out of here." The man turned and went to walk out the door.
"Fine, I will deliver this kid here. But I can't do it by myself. Can't you just stand by just in case I need another set of hands? I mean she's in real pain here." Tony pleaded with their captor. He was hoping the guy would have a shred of humanity in him and take Molly's hand. All he needed was one hand busy. He held his breathe and waited.
The maniac turned and shut the door. "Fine. But once this kid is out you are on your own. You better not mess up DiNozzo. If you kill her the President is going to be mad. No pressure." He laughed as he slapped Tony on the shoulder.
Tony exhaled a sigh of relief. He positioned himself down near Molly's knees. He had apologized earlier for the fact he was going to have to see garments that he was sure Gibbs would kill him later for seeing. When his captor turned to push a chair closer to the bed Tony slipped his knife out of his pocket. He did not have time to take the man from behind before he had turned around. When he made himself comfortable in the chair next to Molly Tony looked into Molly's eye. He saw nothing but determination reflecting back in her slate gray eyes. "Okay Molly, I'm ready when you are."
Molly wasn't going to wait for the guy to grab her hand like Tony needed. She began to breathe in puffs. "Ohh Tony. Here comes another one!" She faked a contraction and grabbed the kidnapper's left hand with her right. She squeezed as hard as she could. "It hurts." She whined as she threw Tony's jacket up over her head. This was her signal to Tony.
Tony watched as his jacket went up over her face. He made that the signal so that Molly wouldn't have to witness what was going to happen next. She also knew not to remove it until he said so. "It's okay Molly." He brought her right leg down as if to make her more comfortable. He then lunged over it, stabbed, and twisted his knife into the right shoulder of the man in the chair.
The pain caused the man to lose his grip on the sig. It hit the floor around the same time Tony did. He reached for it as the man stood in the chair. The man screamed as he removed the knife and that's when he saw Tony on the floor with the Sig in his hand. He came at Tony as Tony twisted onto his back and fired. Two bullets entered his chest. The man groaned, staggered, and fell back onto the bed.
Tony could here Molly crying as she tried to push the man off of her. At this point she was still covered and did not know whose body was on top of her. Tony felt for a pulse to make sure the guy wasn't trying to catch him off guard. He then grabbed the dead man and threw him to the floor. He removed the coat from Molly and wrapped her in his arms. "It's okay Molly. He's dead. Let's get you to a hospital." He helped her up and helped her with her coat and then put on his suit coat. His jacket was covered with blood and would be evidence.
"Thank you Tony." Molly again hugged him. "Thank you so much. Leroy will be very proud of you." She knew in her heart that nothing would mean as much to him as Leroy's pride. It had been clear from the beginning that DiNozzo aimed to please only one man and that was his boss.
Tony guided her up the stairs. He searched the coats hanging in the hall for car keys. He found them along with the kidnapper's cell on the table in the entryway. Molly bent over in pain and grabbed onto his arm as another contraction hit. Tony took her hand and breathed with her as he dialed a familiar number on the cell.
"Speaker." Gibbs said as he threw his ringing cell at McGee. He was driving way too fast to be talking on his cell. McGee opened it and hit speaker. "Gibbs."
"Boss its Tony." Gibbs had never been so relieved to hear Tony's voice.
"Are you okay? Where's Molly?" No one had ever heard that much urgency in Gibbs' voice before.
"We're in North Chevy Chase. Molly's fine except that we're on our way to Bethesda. She is going to deliver Gibby anytime now." Gibbs could here an engine start in the background. "I killed the bastard Gibbs. No hurry to get the scene. But you may want to hurry to Bethesda."
"We got the address already. Was on our way to get ya. I'll send Ziva there and head for the hospital. Let me talk to Molly."
"Leroy? You're going to make it to the hospital right? I've been holding on for so long. I don't know if I can hold on any longer. I don't want to deliver him without you but I don't know how much I have left in me. And Bethesda isn't my planned hospital. Doctor Taylor won't be there. Leroy, I'm scared. Our birthing plan is shot to hell. I can't do this without you."
Tim's stomach clenched when Gibbs' foot hit the accelerator harder. He didn't know the Charger could go any faster. He had never been more thankful that it was 6am on a Saturday. There was no traffic on the road or surely they would have been dead long before now.
"I will be there. You have my word." When Molly hung up Gibbs had McGee call Ziva and explain the situation. Ziva was to call Vance immediately and then start processing the scene before Secret Service arrived. "Get that card out and get that idiot Seymour on the phone." Gibbs ordered McGee after he hung up with Ziva.
"Agent Seymour." The voice of the Secret Service Agent came over the speaker.
"This is Gibbs. Vance is going to be calling you in a few with an address where the now dead kidnapper is. My family is safe and that bastard is dead. You let your Son of a Bitch partner know that THAT'S how Semper Fi works." Gibbs nodded at McGee and McGee hung up the phone.