Chapter 3

When he arrived Tim noticed that it was a nice house. Two story building, garden with lots of flowers surrounded by a white fence."One day, I want a house like this," McGee thought, but he wasn't sure Abby would go for it. He stood still. Why did his dreams about the future always involve Abby? They were not even dating. He didn't know.

Ringing the doorbell got them no response, but suddenly they heard sounds of a struggle. Without hesitation Gibbs burst trough the door and shouted: "Federal Agent!" They discovered that the sounds came from a DVD that was playing. If he had been there, Tony would have known the exact movie.

There was an old couch and a TV in the living room. They could see that the kitchen was also very plainly decorated. There was a table and two seats, that had seen better times. 'Clear the house' Gibbs signed to McGee. McGee went in to the first room on his rightHe was about to turn the corner when something grabbed him. The last thing he remembered was the smell of chloroform.

Gibbs checked the left side of the house and found that it was clear. He went back in the hallway right in time to see a car drive away at full speed. He drew his gun and ran outside, but the car had already disappeared out of sight. Suddenly, he realized that there was no sign of McGee. He hurried back inside to look for his junior agent. In a small bedroom he found McGee's shoes, his badge, his gun and a note:

Very Special Agent Gibbs,

That's right, I took your senior field agent. Just like you took my freedom.

Get used to the idea that you won't be seeing him ever again. Alive anyway.

It was nice speaking to you.

Theo Vonk.

Gibbs cursed, this SOB had thought he had it planned out, but expected him to bring DiNozzo, not McGee. This could be to their advantage. He could still smell a trace of chloroform in the room. Quickly he flipped his phone open to contact the rest of his team. When DiNozzo answered, he instructed him to get the team together and put his phone on speaker.

That was done quickly, because everyone was already in the bullpen,including Ducky who had arrived to speak with Jethro about something. "We were set up." Gibbs waited a second to continue. "he expected us, and he took McGee."

He heard Abby going crazy in the background, and Ducky calming her. "David, DiNozzo, get your asses over here. Ducky, George get me a profile on this guy. Abby, go trace McGee's cellphone." With that he ended the connection and went back in the house to see what evidence he had missed.

The thirty minute trip took just twenty minutes with Ziva driving. Tony felt a little nauseas by the time they arrived, but he kept it together.

They found Gibbs inside the house, talking to Abby on the phone. "So you have fix on his cell? Great job Abs. We will bring him home!"

When Gibbs saw Ziva and Tony he told them that he called Johnson's team in to investigate the house. "Abby has a fix on McGee's phone, the information is on you PDI -thingy," he said, looking at DiNozzo. The three of them rushed back to the car, ready to fight for their teammate.

McGee had no clue where he was. He was blindfolded and to his embarrassment, he had no clothes on. He tried to use his other senses to determine where he was. He felt cold, like he was lying on stone. His hands were tied together. He couldn't hear anything and the complete silence was freaking him out. That made him chuckle a bit. Here he was, tied up, blindfolded and naked on a floor, but it was the silence that was freaking him out. Continuing his investigation, he found he could smell something. It reminded him a bit of a basement, like wet paper and garbage.

All of a sudden he heard a door was opening, and closing again. There was a pause, then another door, the door to his room,opened. McGee heard somebody walking around him. The steps sounded heavy, probably a man.

"Who are you?" McGee asked, trying to sound as brave as he could. The man laughed at him like he made a hilarious joke, then suddenly stopped.

"You are not DiNozzo." The man barked at him. He was angry. McGee could hear him walk around again. "This is not what I planned, you are not Tony, you are that nerd!' The last part sounded so much like an accusation that it threw McGee off guard.

"Nothing knew there," he thought. "But, why does it matter so much to this man?" McGee could have sworn that that Gibbs was the one this man was after.

Gibbs was driving and, once again, Tony tried not to feel sick again. Driving with Ziva and Gibbs in one morning was a bit much for him. The address Abby gave them was at an old paper factory. Gibbs instructed his team to stay together. This man was obviously after them and they'd already lost McGee. They decided to use the back door entrance. Before they went in Tony called Abby to see if he could get an even better location for McGee, but Abby only told him that she could do no miracles.

The door was unlocked. When they entered with their guns drawn the first thing they saw was a large television screen. What was on the screen was shocking: a naked McGee, blindfolded, scared and beaten up.

The man now whispered to McGee. "Your team is going to be too late. They were stupid enough to let you get kidnapped. They don't care about you." A series of beeping sounds interrupted him. "Well that's a surprise! Our visitors have arrived." Tim had no idea what he was talking about, he could only guess that the team was there.

Suddenly, the man hit McGee with a metal pipe. "Nooooo!" Tim gasped for air as he felt the pipe hitting him hard on his abdomen. He was scared and had no idea why this man wanted to torture him.. He couldn't help howling as the metal pipe kept hitting him, on his back, on his head, on his feet. The pain was so intense, he could no longer stay conscious. As he lost consciousness, his last thought surprised him: 'Abby!'

Gibbs watched the screen and the torture suffered by McGee with growing anger. Suddenly the screen went black and the all of them came back to reality with a snap.

They searched the building as quick as they could. Ziva tried using all her Ninja senses but Theo had put different music in every room, which made it more difficult to orientate in the building. In the last room they found McGee, surrounded by blood and still unconscious

Gibbs ran to McGee, not bothering to check if the room was empty. "I've got a pulse" Gibbs said.

Tony had already dialed 911. "Medics are on the way, boss."

Gibbs cursed again, that son of a bitch got away. "DiNozzo, David, search for evidence – and stay together, whatever happens.. I will wait with McGee and call head quarters. And please be careful."

Tony and Ziva shot each other a confused look. Gibbs saying please and telling them to be careful? Right now, however, they didn't care.

Gibbs had covered McGee with his jacket, but there was not much he could do for his agent until the medics arrived. He called Abby to give her an update. "Abby, it's Gibbs. We found McGee."

He waited for the chatter he expected of his favorite forensic scientist, but it remained quiet. "He is alive, Abs, injured but alive."

That started Abby talking. "Oh, Gibbs, I was so scared! What happened, can I talk to him? Where is he? Is he at the hospital?" Gibbs let Abby go on while he guided the ambulance personal to McGee and watched them work. As they prepared McGee for transport to the hospital,

he told Abby that he had to hang up but he let her know as soon as he found something out. He rode with Tim to the hospital, and followed the gurney to the doors of the emergency room, but the staff wouldn't let him go any further.

He just stood there for a while, looking into the ER. He felt like he left his agent alone for the second time in one day. Then he decided to call Abby and Ducky.

He had been pacing around for at least and half hour, insulted one docter and two nurses before he saw the NCIS car arriving in the parkinglot.

He could hear Abby before she rushed trough the door. She was sobbing loudly, somehow making what was happening even more dramatic then before. When she entered, she didn't pace around like she usually did. Instead, she set herself on Gibbs' lab, wound arms around his neck and stayed there, crying. This was not at all what Gibbs' expected, buthe closed his arms around her and held her to make her feel safe.

He saw Ducky talking and flirting with an older nurse, trying to get some information. To his surprise, he saw Jimmy and, behind Jimmy, he saw George. Gibbs smiled for briefly. George seemed like a good guy. Maybe he could settle him somewhere at NCIS.

Still holding Abby, he talked to Ducky "How is he Duck? They wouldn't speak to me."

"Well" Ducky started. "All I got was a promise to be the first to get information, and a phone number." And with that, he sat down, next to Jimmy,leaving George the only one standing. "Sit down, my boy." Ducky invited the kid. "There is nothing you can change by standing there."

And so the little group sat there. Seconds became minutes and minutes became hours. Finally, after three long hours, which felt like days, a doctor came in. "Who is here for Agent McGee?" He asked.

You could see his surprise when everyone in the little room stood up. "We all are." Ducky said, taking the lead. The doctor started with a little cough, making him look more anxious. "We did everything we could..."