All eyes were on Tony, an eerie silence had fallen over the squad-room. Suddenly, he popped up from his chair, kicking his cell phone across the bullpen, it slammed into Gibbs' desk, nearly breaking.
"Tony!" Ziva yelled, jumping to her feet.
Tony's head swung around towards Ziva, but he couldn't look at her, he couldn't look at any of them.
Ziva moved around her desk, "Elevator. Now." She slid past Tony waited for him to move before making her way to the elevator. He followed her into the elevator. She flipped the emergency switch just as the elevator started down.
Tony's head was still down, "Ziva..."
Ziva stepped to Tony, cupping his face with her hands, kissing him with all the passion in her heart. She pulled back after about 30 seconds, smiling, "Calm, yes?"
Tony let out a sigh and smiled, pressing his forehead to hers, "Yeah."
"Good. Me being the calm one in the family is not a good thing." Ziva placed her right hand on his chest, rubbing it, "We need you to stay calm, will you do that for me?"
Tony took a deep breath, "Yeah."
"Good." Ziva took a hold of Tony's tie, taking a step back, letting it slide through her fingers, "Now, lets go find Sarah."
"And kick my father's ass."
"Yes." Ziva said, kissing him again, "And kick your father's ass."
Tony and Ziva stepped off the elevator back into the squad-room.
"I think I found out why your father needs the money." McGee said, typing away at his computer.
Tony and Ziva moved over behind McGee, "Why?"
"He invested and lost over three million dollars of Prince Omar Ibn Alwaan's money."
Tony fell back sitting on the shelf behind McGee's desk, "He actually did it." He whispered to himself, but quickly shook his head, "No."
"No?" McGee asked.
Tony stood up and moved over to his desk, grabbing his weapon from his desk drawer.
"Where are you going, Tony?" Ziva asked, picking up Tony's cell phone from in front of Gibbs' desk.
"Crazy, wanna go?" Tony replied and Ziva quickly followed him.
Gibbs undid the handcuffs on Savannah's wrists, "Three million?" She uttered, rubbing at her now free wrists, "And he said he'd kill her if I didn't pay?"
"He didn't mention you, per se." Fornell stated, sitting across from her, "But I would suggest not going that route."
"But if I pay, he'll give her back, right?"
"We don't know that." Gibbs said, "Do you want to take the word of the man who kidnapped your daughter?"
"If that bastard wants money for my daughter, then I'll pay, I just want my daughter back." Savannah reached out, grabbing Gibbs' arm, "Please, help me."
Sarah sat in the corner of a darkened closet, curled up into a ball, shaking. The sound of Senior and a woman arguing blared through the door, "I did as I was told."
"Shut up and feed our retirement plan." The woman ordered.
The door unlocked and slowly started to open, a light shined on the side of Sarah's face, making her squint. A large hand approached her, "Here." Senior said, holding out a juice box and a chocolate chip cookie.
Sarah turned away, she lifted her hands, protecting her face.
Senior placed the items down in front of her and extended his hand to her hair, brushing it softly, "I won't let them hurt you, Sarah, but you have to listen to me, okay? When I say something, don't move or make a sound, not even a peep. The good guys will be here soon enough, okay?"
Senior pulled back, closing the door, but not letting it latch,"There, she's fed, happy now?" He said and they continued to argue, out of Sarah's sight.
"Why would I care, she's gonna be dead no matter what, you know that."
"She's just a child."
"Like you actually care and didn't I tell you to shut up, so do it! Or you'll be dead, too!"
Gibbs and Fornell stood in front of Vance's desk, "She's going to pay?"
"Yes, even though I advised against it." Fornell said.
"What if it was Emily, Tobias?" Gibbs questioned.
"I'd do anything."
"Exactly." Vance said, "It's all about hope for her now."
Gibbs' cell started to ring, he groaned, "I dunno about you, but I'm tired of hoping something good happens." He reached into his jacket pocket, answering it, "Yeah, I'll be right down, McGee."
"He's got something?" Fornell asked.
"Don't know, lets go find out."
Gibbs and Fornell walked out of Vance's office, looking down at McGee and Abby in the bullpen, "What is it?"
"We placed a tracker on the wire transfer and it's going through right now."
Gibbs and Fornell made it down the stairs, just as Tony and Ziva walked off the elevator, "Where have you two been?" Gibbs questioned.
"Getting some air, trying not to throw up."
Gibbs nodded as the four walked over to the plasma and watched the wire transfer finish, "Now what?" Fornell asked.
"We wait." Gibbs uttered, receiving a hug from Abby.
"Uh, Boss, the money being moved."
Gibbs snapped his head around towards McGee, "Already?"
McGee clicked on a button, showing the money being routered through multiple locations, around the globe, only to disappear without a trace, "What the hell!"
All eyes moved from the plasma to McGee, "What happened, McGee?"
"It's gone, Boss."
"Find it!" Gibbs roared.
Abby hurried over to McGee, they typed in unison, but it was no use, the money was gone.
"Wait!" Abby exclaimed, "I just read about this." She started to type.
"Heard about what?" McGee asked.
"It's a new security enhancement, maybe someone is exploiting it." Abby explained, "See, it takes said money and breaks it up into small amounts, placing them in multiple accounts, so it's harder to steal. Maybe, they broke it down it up so it would be harder to trace. "
"Oh, I get it!" McGee understood and they behand typing in unison again, "There!"
Abby and McGee looked at one around, smiling big. She turned towards Gibbs, still sporting her huge smile, "We got it, Gibbs!"
"Where?" Gibbs asked, but before Abby or McGee could answer every computer in the squad-room turned off.
"That was odd." Abby said.
"New security protocol." Vance announced, standing on the balcony above them, "We were just hacked."
"By who, Director?" McGee question.
"I'll know when you tell me, Special Agent McGee." The computers all turned back on, "Soon."
Senior was sitting next to the closet in a steel folding chair, a brown haired woman was facing away from him, she was bent over at the waist, looking at a computer monitor, it started to beep, "Babysitting is over." She declared, pulling a handgun from her waist, pulling a silencer from her pocket and slowly started to screw it into the gun's muzzle, "He should really up my cut for this."
Senior stood up, picking up the chair, slamming it into her back, knocking her down, he ran to the door, "Run, Sarah! Run!" He yelled at the top of his lungs and ran out the door.
The woman turned, it was Sarah's nanny, Olivia, she looked at the closet, the door was cracked opened, "Shit!" She yelled getting to her feet and ran after Senior.
Tony's cell phone started to ring, he quickly answered it, "Dad?" The grip on his phone tightened, "Yeah, I'll be right there." He snapped his phone and ran towards the elevator, but slammed through the stairway doors instead.
"Tony!" Ziva yelled out, running after him.
Tony walked past a Metro police cruiser, riddled with bullets, a small blood pool and trail lead away from the driver's side door. He slowed his pace as he came upon a body covered with a white sheet, soaked with blood.
Tony knelt down, gulping hard. He grabbed the corner of the sheet and pulled it back. He fell back, shaking his head, "Why, Dad?" His eyes bursted with tears, "You stupid bastard."
Ziva dropped to her knees behind him, wrapping him tightly with her arms, trying to protect him from the world.
A large commotion broke out, several paramedics ran past them towards a smoking warehouse.
"Gibbs, NCIS." Gibbs said, holding out his badge to a detective.
"What are you guys doing here?" The detective questioned.
"The guy the police killed was my agent's father."
"We didn't kill him, that woman did." The detective said, pointing to another white sheeted body.
Gibbs squinted hard and they walked over, he squatted down, pulling back the sheet seeing it was Olivia. He stood up, looking towards Tony and Ziva, then back to the body.
"Do you know her?" The detective asked.
"She was a wit..."
"She's alive!" A uniformed policeman yelled.
"Who?" Gibbs asked.
"The little girl, we found her in a closet, the door must've protected her from the bomb blast."
"Bomb?" Gibbs took a step towards the man, but saw the paramedic running towards the ambulance carrying the little girl.
Gibbs ran over, Sarah was covered in black soot and coughing as the paramedic carried her inside, placing a oxygen mask over her nose and mouth.
Gibbs climbed into the back of the ambulance, flashing his badge, the ambulance sped away moments later.
Tony and Ziva looked on from the doorway, Sarah was asleep, her mother holding her hand. Savannah rose from her chair and moved towards them.
"I know I'm not the one you want to talk to right now..." Tony softly started.
"She told me Papa D saved her." Savannah stated, wiping the tears from her cheeks, "Bless you."
Author Note #1 - I'm drained, in more ways than one.