NCIS –Run Down
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Part Seven
"Hey! Wake up DiNozzo." Tony was being violently shaken awake. He peeled back his eyelids and looked up at the man who had gotten him yesterday. "The director wants to see you."
"Alright, alright give me a minute." He grumbled, wiping his eyes free of sleep before stumbling over to the bathroom. He did his business and walked back out to see the man holding up the handcuffs with a semi-impressed look on his face.
"Alright let's go, just no funny business." He grunted before he clipped the handcuffs back onto Tony's injured wrists before opening the door and with watchful eyes followed Tony outside and back to the office again. He slumped down in the same seat from the day before but didn't see Jenny anywhere in the office. It was just Tony and his bodyguard and the NCIS agent knew he could make this work.
"So where is the director and your friend?" Tony asked scanning the room for a weapon if needed.
"Not here yet. They were caught up in DC and will be here soon." The man grunted.
"Ah, alright." Tony fiddled with his handcuffs. "Hey I think something is wrong with my cuffs." He nodded the man over; the other man grunted but came closer and leaned down to inspect the cuffs.
Without warning Tony swung his arms up and brought them back down in front of them man's neck. He bit his lip as he put pressure on the man's neck using the chain of the cuffs hanging on until the man stopped moving and slumped to the ground. Tony let out a breath, yeah he felt guilty but he needed to get out of this motel before Jenny showed up. He searched through his pockets and made a noise of triumph when he found the cuff keys, gun and his charged cell phone. He unlocked his cuffs, dropping them onto the ground, grabbing the phone, gun and the jacket off the man's figure putting it over his shoulder tucking the gun down the back of his pants. He crept out the back door and dialed Gibbs number out of habit.
"Pick up, pick up boss! Please pick up." He muttered looking around; it was just forest and nothing else.
"Gibbs." Came the reply and Tony's knees almost gave out.
"Boss, it's me!" Tony almost shouted with relief.
"Tony! Are you all right? Where are you?" Gibbs questioned.
"Boss, it's Jenny she has gone crazy, she knew about my offer and doesn't want me to leave NCIS and the stupid undercover op I was on for her. I'm at some run down motel in Anacostia National Park, well not anymore I kind of took down my bodyguard and I need to get out of here before Jenny gets here."
"Okay, calm down DiNozzo. Is there anywhere that you can see that would be safe?" Gibbs tone was calm and commanding and Tony's training kicked in and his eyes landed on the ridge.
"Yes, there is this large ridge. I think I can make it there before nightfall; I'll keep this phone on me until I get to the ridge because Jenny might be able to track it." Tony started towards the forest leading up to the ridge.
"Alright, good. Get there as fast as possible and we will find you. Just hang tight all right? You don't have my permission to die."
"Right Boss, I remember and I won't." Tony nodded to himself.
"Someone wants to talk to you DiNozzo." There was rustling on the phone.
"Tony? You alright kid?" Tobias's voice came over the small speaker and Tony had to catch himself from falling down.
"I've been better, much better." Tony said truthfully.
"Yeah, I bet you have been. Tony, I have to say it's great to hear your voice. I swear your going to give me a heart attack." Fornell sighed, and Tony could see the older man rubbing a hand across his forehead.
"Yeah? Just wait till Emily starts to date." Tony snickered.
"And you better be here so we can clean our guns when the guy shows up to pick her up. Just like Bad Boys 2." Tobias could be heard smirking down the phone.
"Ah good ole bad boys, I'm so proud that you remember. Just get me out of here and we'll scare off any boys from Em." Tony laughed trying not to fall over an uprooted root.
"Don't worry Ton, we will get you out." Tobias reassured.
"I believe that you and Gibbs will pull off some miracle like always. Okay I'll see you soon… Hopefully, just hurry okay?" Tony said ducking under a branch.
"We will Tony, just don't let Jenny catch you." Gibbs cut in and Tony smiled.
"Will do Boss, Toby." Tony said automatically before hanging up. He pocketed the phone and he kept on his path up towards the ridge through the dense forest. He kept his eyes and ears ready and after a few moments of hesitation he checked the gun and kept it loosely in his right hand as he climbed. He turned on his heel and taking the cell phone in his left hand he reared back and threw it back down into the forest, away from the path he had taken before he kept going up the trail he had chosen, anxious to get out of the his park and back in his apartment.
Safe, sound and not running for his life from his freaking DIRECTOR! This was his life now, wow that was messed up when Tony really thought about it. That thought kept him occupied and he was on top of the ridge overlooking the sprawling forest below his feet, he could even pick out the little blob that must be the motel the director was holding him in. He scanned the horizon and to his great relief he spotted a black dot moving towards him at a fast pace. His boss and Toby were on their way and soon he would be in FBI protection and relatively safe from Jenny and her crazed ideas. But something was bound to go wrong as Tony knew his luck was never this good, ever and now he was just waiting for the bombshell to drop. Figuratively, not literally… Hopefully.
-Federal Bureau-
"Okay so let's run Jenny's cellphone, see where the GPS has been." Gibbs stated sliding into his chair with a new cup of coffee.
"And we are currently checking to see what properties she owns to see if anything pops, could give us a lead on where she is keeping Tony." Fornell finished off. "We always made a good team, too bad you're with NCIS."
"Well maybe not for much longer. I can't trust my team and now I can't trust my director. So you might get your wish after all Tobias, but right now I'll settle for finding DiNozzo." Gibbs looked at the search that was running.
"And then what?" Fornell probed gently.
"That's my problem Tobias, right now we find Tony." Gibbs growled. Tobias raised his hands in surrendered and decided to lay off the questions, he knew Jethro well enough to know when he used Tony's name he was worried, more worried than he would ever admit. Gibbs placed down his halfway empty coffee cup just as he cell phone went off. Gibbs dug around in his pocket and extracted the phone before he flipped it open.
"Gibbs." He said tensely.
"Boss, it's me!" Tony's voice came over the speaker loudly, laced with relief. Gibbs felt like someone punched him in the gut at the voice of his SFA.
"Tony! Are you all right? Where are you?" Gibbs questioned standing up and waved his hand at Tobias who quickly started to trace the cell number.
"Boss, it's Jenny she has gone crazy, she knew about my offer and doesn't want me to leave NCIS and the stupid undercover op I was on for her. I'm at some run down motel in Anacostia National Park, well not anymore I kind of took down my bodyguard and I need to get out of here before Jenny gets here." Tony explained in a rush and the crunching of leaves and twigs could be heard in the background.
Gibbs fell back into his seat, running a hand over his face. So it was true, this was all Jenny's doing but he could feel a flare of pride when Tony told them he took out his bodyguard and figured out where he was, that was his SFA hew worked with.
"Okay, calm down DiNozzo. Is there anywhere that you can see that would be safe?" Gibbs said in a calm and commanding voice he usually saved for giving orders on a case.
"Yes, there is this large ridge. I think I can make it there before nightfall; I'll keep this phone on me until I get to the ridge because Jenny might be able to track it." Tony said after a few moments and the crunching of leaves started up again signaling that Tony had started to walk again.
"Alright, good. Get there as fast as possible and we will find you. Just hang tight all right? You don't have my permission to die." Gibbs ordered sternly, using the same voice he did when he told Tony not to die when he had the plague and Tony didn't die so that tone of voice worked well.
"Right Boss, I remember and I won't." Tony promised.
"Someone wants to talk to you DiNozzo." Gibbs said spotting the look on Fornell's face before handing the phone over to the FBI agent.
"Tony? You alright kid?" Fornell asked worry pouring out of his voice. Gibbs spotted his white knuckles as he was clutching the armrest of the chair tightly.
"I've been better, much better." Tony said and Fornell could tell he was being truthful and the fact that Tony wasn't covering up on how he is feeling was a big red light for him.
"Yeah, I bet you have been. Tony, I have to say it's great to hear your voice. I swear your going to give me a heart attack." Fornell rubbed his forehead.
"Yeah? Just wait till Emily starts to date." Tony snickered and Fornell gave a shudder at the mere thought of it.
"And you better be here so we can clean our guns when the guy shows up to pick her up. Just like Bad Boys 2." Fornell smirked, knowing that giving Tony a movie quote would help keep his spirits up and those two had a ball pointing out the inaccuracies of those types of movies.
"Ah good ole bad boys, I'm so proud that you remember. Just get me out of here and we'll scare off any boys from Em." Tony laughed.
"Don't worry Ton, we will get you out." Tobias said reassuringly and as soothingly as he could knowing Tony needed a cool head to help him get through this putting the phone on speaker.
"I believe that you and Gibbs will pull off some miracle like always. Okay I'll see you soon… Hopefully, just hurry okay?" Tony said, his voice hitching at the end.
"We will Tony, just don't let Jenny catch you." Gibbs cut in.
"Will do Boss, Toby." Tony said before they heard the dial tone and the computer beeped as the trace showed the results, just where Tony had told them where he was.
"Helicopter?" Gibbs looked at Fornell as they grabbed their jackets and backpacks.
"On the roof." Fornell nodded stopping to grab a 1st aid kit and some water bottles.
"How did it get here so fast?" Gibbs looked at Fornell as they entered the elevator and rode up.
"Oh, it was a gift for our director and he keeps it on the roof. I sent one of my team to borrow it just in case we would have need of it." Fornell raised his eyebrows at Gibbs, who grunted and adjusted his pack. "The dark side is looking pretty good right now isn't it Jethro?"
"DiNozzo is waiting." Gibbs grunted but he had a trace of a smile on his lips.
"Then let's not keep him waiting any longer." Fornell nodded as the two got into the readied helicopter.