NCIS –Run Down

Part Five

Fornell was having a nice night by himself; he thought this day had gone rather well. He made real progress with both Tony and Jethro today. Well he had hopped so, and then he saw the caller ID on his cell phone.

"Gibbs? What's wrong?" Fornell asked.

"It's Tony! He called me from his apartment and said someone was chasing him but then it sounded like he was taken. I'm at his apartment now and there are signs of a struggle, I really need your help on this one Tobias. Please it's for Tony." Gibbs' almost sounded desperate if that was possible.

"If Tony's in trouble then you don't need to say anything else. I'll be right there Jethro, I'll call in our crime scene unit to dust for prints and to see if we get some ID's on our kidnappers." Tobias was up and moving around as he spoke.

"Thank you Tobias, I don't think I can trust NCIS on this." Gibbs sighed.

"I understand, I'll be there soon Jethro." Tobias hung up and made the call to the FBI, once he told them Tony was involved they were up and moving about. Tony had made a great impression on the whole agency and it was clear they were willing to help him out. He made his way to Tony's apartment and saw Gibbs sitting on Tony's couch, phone cradled in his hands like he was mentally ordering Tony to call him again.

"Jethro, how are you holding up?" Tobias asked softly sitting next to him on the couch.

"How do you think I'm doing?" Gibbs looked at him. "I was on my way to see him when I get his call, but I wasn't quick enough." Gibbs handed him his phone and Tobias listened silently to the call the two exchanged. He had to hand it back to Gibbs otherwise Tobias wasn't sure if he could keep his hands still, Tony had been taken and that did not sit well with him. He was going to find the bastards who took him, he wouldn't put it past Director Shepard to have gotten Tony involved in some shady and life threatening business during his undercover ops for her. It made sense to Fornell why Gibbs didn't want to call in NCIS for this, since it may be connected to their director.

"We will find Tony and the bastards who took him Jethro." Tobias promised as the FBI team showed up and started to do their thing, taking statements from Gibbs before they expanded their search to the surrounding streets and alleys.

Moments later one of the agents showed up with a syringe in an evidence bag proving true the thought that Tony was drugged. They sent it back to their lab quickly to get a match to the drug and to see if there were any prints on the syringe, anything to get a lead on where Tony was taken. Fornell and Gibbs headed back to the Bureau to look through the traffic camera footage to see if they could find the alley Tony was taken from.

"Ow my head." Tony DiNozzo moaned as he slowly woke up with his head pounding as the last feelings of numbness disappeared from his sore body. He blinked a few times and took in his surroundings with a horrible feeling growing in the pit of his stomach. He was lying on a bed in the middle of a run down room; it looked like an old motel room that had been out of service since the 80's. He sat up and frowned as he took in the standard metal cuffs holding his hands in front of his body, same deal with his ankles. He did not like this one bit at all, he looked over at the window but it was sealed up with rotting boards so there was no escape there, not like he could really go anywhere with these cuffs on.

"You're awake." A guff voice sounded as the door leading into the room opened. It was one of the men from the night before.

"Where am I? Who are you and what do you want with me?" Tony questioned angrily.

"I'm not allowed to disclose that information, our boss would like a word with you." The man gripped Tony's upper arm and literally dragged Tony out of the motels, he glanced around the surrounding area. It was by an old back road surrounded by a forest and he spotted a high ridge a while away. He frowned, that ridge looked familiar to him but he couldn't place it and it was really annoying him. He didn't have time to rack his memories for where that ridge was from as the man had stopped. He knocked twice on a door leading to the old office, he entered and lifted Tony up and sat him down on a folding chair facing the check in desk where a high back chair was standing, the back to Tony. The man who had dragged him in, took his place on the side of the chair as the other man from the night before was standing on the other side. Tony swallowed, this really wasn't boding well for him, and at least there wasn't a bullet between his eyes yet so he was considering himself lucky so far.

"Hello Agent DiNozzo." A voice from the person sitting in the chair echoed around the room and Tony sat rigidly in his chair as his eyes widened.

"You? You ordered them to kidnap me?" Tony asked outraged straining against the cuffs, but only getting the feeling of blood dripping down his wrists. He glared at the person in the chair as it spun around. He couldn't believe what he was seeing and now he really wished he took that offer of directorship on the spot.

Gibbs and Fornell had spent hours pouring over the footage they found of Tony being drugged and taken. Who ever they were they were very good, very well trained. Gibbs phone went off and he frowned slightly when he saw who was calling.

"Gibbs…Alright." He hung up and frowned at Fornell.

"What's wrong Jethro?" Tobias asked sensing impending bad news.

"That was Director Shepard, she just informed me that Tony is taking a vacation for an undetermined amount of time." Gibbs reported grimly.

"So that means…" Fornell did not like what this meant.

"This means the Director is most likely the one who ordered DiNozzo to be taken." Gibbs said angrily throwing his cell against a nearby wall.