And here are… the teams of LA and NOLA!

I hope you enjoy their appearance

Oh, and if you have any guesses for the identity of the kidnapper, I would love to hear them. Maybe, one of you will find out. All I'm saying is that you've met him, but you probably don't remember him anymore.

I don't own anything. The characters belong to CBS.

Chapter 4

For the hundredth time, Gibbs looked at his watch. How long could it take from the airport to the Navy Yard? Did they make a stop at Starbucks? He told them that this situation was important.

"Still no signs of them?" a familiar voice appeared behind the nervous team leader.

"No, Duck."

"They will be here soon, Jethro. Didn't you say that their planes should land around 3 pm? And now we have 4:45. It takes time to leave an airport. And don't forget the traffic."

"I know that. It's just… I haven't heard from the kidnapper. Yesterday, he said that he would call soon, but now countless hours passed, and I have to wait."

"He will call. You said he wants you to suffer. Maybe this is a part of his plan because right now you suffer by waiting for an update."

"Well, then let's hope that we can help."

Both Gibbs and Ducky turned to the elevator, where a big group exited. The cavalry arrived.

"What took you so long?" asked Gibbs, while he hugged NCIS Special Agent G. Callen.

"We were stuck in traffic. Do you remember my colleagues Sam Hanna and Kensi Blye?"

"Sure, thank you for coming."

"Of course, we do everything we can to help you," Sam said.

"This is LAPD Detective Marty Deeks, our intel analyst Nell Jones and I think you met Eric Beale, our technical operator already," Callen finished the introduction.

"Seems like we are right on time," a new voice was heard from the elevator.

Again, Gibbs turned around, and this time a relieved smile appeared on his face. He walked over to the new group and hugged the older man in the front.

"Hello, brother. I'm glad you could make it."

"How couldn't I? We will find your team, Gibbs. I promise we won't stop until they're back home."

"Then let's get started. They are already gone for too long."

"Where can we work?" asked Callen.

"Follow me. Miss Jones and Mr. Beale might want to work at our MTAC."

"At first, you tell us everything you know so far, and then we talk about our next steps."

"Those are the desks of my team. You can use them."

Callen and Sam took Tony's desk, Kensi and Deeks walked to McGee's, and the Agents Christopher Lasalle and Meredith Brody took over Bishop's place. Agent Dwayne Pride was the only one, who put his bag on Gibbs' desk. Nell and Eric waited next to Tony's desk to get their orders. Ducky, who had waited respectfully for the teams to make themselves comfortable, was welcomed by Pride.

"Dr. Mallard, it's nice to see you again."

"Thank you, Agent Pride. I'm glad you all are here to help us."

"Of course, we will do our best to find your missing colleagues. Is Abby downstairs?"

"Jethro didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"She is missing too," Gibbs answered quietly.

Shocked Pride turned around and face his friend. He couldn't believe that someone would kidnap such a sweet and innocent woman like Abby.

"What?! But you said on the phone that your team…"

"Yeah, I included her, because she is part of my team."

"I know, I just thought that when you said `them´ that you meant…"

"Well, now you know. Maybe now you understand why I have to find them as soon as possible."

"Then we better don't waste any more time. What do you have?"

"Let's go upstairs to MTAC. We have a video I need to show you."

"The bastard called me yesterday over video. He hides in the dark, so I can't see his face, but he keeps repeating that I know him. We recorded it, so I think it is the best to just show you the conversation," Gibbs explained to the agents, who sat in the comfortable chairs, "Show them."

The team leader sat down beside Pride and watched the horrible video again with the others. This time, he tried to focus on the voice of the shadow man. After a while, he had to admit that he kind of knew this voice, but he couldn't tell when or where he heard it before.

When the bastard showed his agents and Abby, Gibbs pulled his hands into fists again. He wanted to scream, to yell at this guy to leave his beautiful Abby alone, but he knew it was useless. It was a recording, and nothing he would say would bring his little girl back to him. No, he needed to focus and to stay calm if he wanted to help his team.

Gibbs saw how Pride's hands copied his motion when the bastard proved them that Abby was still alive by pushing his finger into her wound. Yes, he wasn't the only one, who didn't want to see Abby suffer.

"Bastard," Pride murmured quietly, and Gibbs smiled when he heard it.

It was exactly what he had thought, and what was still in his mind when he saw it for the second time. Silence filled the room when the video ended. Gibbs imagined they would feel as angry as he was when he saw it. So, he gave them a few seconds to let it sink in, then he stood up. They needed to start with their work no matter how horrible it was.

"This was my first and last contact for now. Although he promised to call again, he hasn't. Since yesterday, I wait for any news, or that he tells me what he wants from me in exchange.

But we made progress with the kidnappers. We found the ones, who took Agent Bishop. They are in custody now, but until now, we couldn't get anything from them. They pretend to not know anything."

"What is with the others?" asked Sam, "I mean they must have been kidnapped by someone too."

"We still try to reconstruct the last night of my team, but that isn't easy. Agent Bishop was with her husband, so he was able to tell me what happened. But we can't even tell right now if those guys kidnapped my whole team."

"What did the husband say?"

"He wasn't a big help. He could only tell me where it happened, how many men were involved and that they pulled her in a car, but he couldn't even tell us the color of the vehicle."

"Alright, so he is useless. What else do we have?" Callen asked.

"I'm afraid that's all. I was hoping that you could help me to get more answers."

"We will. Nell and Eric, are our computer specialists. If you agree on Agent Pride, I would suggest that those two work on the video. Maybe they can id the kidnapper."

"I agree. The three of us are not good with computers."

"Great. And I think we should talk to the kidnappers again. Maybe one of us makes them talk."

"I wanted to suggest the same thing, Agent Callen. What do you say, brother?"

"Do it. Get everything you can from them. I want my team back."

"Okay, let's roll."

Tired Gibbs watched the TV in the squad room, where he could see the interrogations of Bishop's kidnapper. The Agents Callen, Hanna, Blye, Deeks, Pride, Brody and Lasalle 'interviewed' them for an hour, but there still was no progress. The team leader had decided to stay away from the interrogations. Otherwise, someone would have got hurt, or he fired.

"Gibbs."

Surprised he turned to the elevator. Jake was back and he looked terrible.

"What are you doing here?"

"I can't sit at home, knowing that my wife is missing! I have to do something!"

"There is nothing you can do, Jake. I have agents here, who help me to find everyone."

"You mean those agents on the screen?! They do nothing but talking! What do they think they will get from them?! Give me five minutes! I just need five minutes with one of them, and you get your answers!"

"No."

"Gibbs! They kidnapped my wife and beat me up! I have a right to talk to them!"

"Do you think I'm here in the office for fun? I'm not in one of those rooms because I know that I wouldn't talk. I would beat them up until they tell me what I need to know. Hell, it takes me everything not to run upstairs and to do what I want to do. But I know that those actions won't help my team, and right now, their safety is everything that matters. So, I allow these agents to do MY job and hopefully get some answers."

"What if they won't talk?"

"Then we still have two computer specialists, who are working on the video."

"What video?"

Gibbs sighed frustrated. He shouldn't tell this man too much, but he could also understand his fear. His wife was in danger and he felt useless.

"I got a call from someone, who admitted that he kidnapped my team and your wife. Right now, I don't know if he works alone or if there are more. I have to wait for another call. All I know is that they are alive. For now. And those agents will help me to get them back."

"To get back who?" a female voice behind them asked.

Gibbs closed his eyes in frustration before he turned around. What was wrong today that he was disturbed the whole time?

'Well, maybe I should run away,' he thought when he recognized the small group behind him.

He saw the ATF-Agent Zoe Keates, Delilah Fielding, who worked for the DoD, and Abby's new boyfriend, park ranger Burt Moore. Gibbs had known that the life partners of his team would arrive at one point, but he had thought that he would have more time.

Zoe was the first, who walked over to the exhausted team leader and took a closer look.

"You look horrible, Agent Gibbs."

"Thank you, Agent Keates. That is exactly what I needed to hear," Gibbs answered sarcastically.

He hoped that he could distract her from the one subject she was actually here, but Zoe was clever. She was a great agent and no one distracted her that easy.

"Where is Tony?" she asked softly, "Since yesterday, I try to call him, but he doesn't pick up. Is he on an undercover mission?"

"And did he take Tim with him? Because I can't reach him either," Delilah threw in and came closer.

"Or Abby. I mean I know that she works a lot and that she sometimes sleeps in her lab, but normally she calls me back. What could be so important that she can't return my calls?" Burt wanted to know.

That much for the distraction. Those people wouldn't back down until they got an answer to their questions. He had to tell them the truth. Otherwise, they wouldn't leave him alone.

"Maybe you all should sit down."

"Gibbs, I already sit, remember?"

"And I prefer to stand. So, start talking," Zoe demanded, while she crossed her arms.

"Alright. Well, Tony and Tim are not on an undercover mission, and there is no big case for Abby to stay overnight. The truth is that I don't know where they are."

"Wait, how can you not know where your team is? You are the leader. Shouldn't you know where you sent them?" asked Delilah.

"They are missing for two days now. We think that someone kidnapped them."

"Who is 'we'?" Zoe wanted to know.

"I asked friends of mine to help me. They are good agents and they won't stop until we have found everyone."

"Do you have any idea who got them? Any lead?" asked Burt.

"A man called me yesterday and showed me their bodies to prove that they are alive. And right now, my friends are talking to the kidnappers from Agent Bishop. We hope that they will give us a hint to find the others."

"We want to help," Zoe said and Delilah nodded in agreement.

"No. I know how you feel right now. Believe me, I do. And I appreciate the offer, but you would be in the way. Let us do our work, and I promise that I will update you on every progress we make."

"Can we at least wait here and watch how…?"

"No, please Agent Keates. You would keep me from doing my job and you know it. Go back to your work. Try to clear your head and leave the worries to me. I will find them. All of them."