This chapter is dedicated to Renee, the beta of my first 3 chapters!

Chapter 7

When the alarm sounded, Tony pulled the security details up on the plasma. The team saw that there was a security breach at the entrance, but quickly returned to work. A potential security breach wasn't really uncommon, occasionally some freak tried to burst through the gates.

Their attitude changed immediately when a man came running into the bullpen with a rifle. "A M14," Gibbs thought, recognizing it immediately. A glance at the man confirmed that this was the man they have looking for. Despite the seriousness of the situation, that caused DiNozzo to chuckle. "This may be the first time someone we are looking for comes to us," he thought.

"You think this is funny?" the man started yelling. His face was red with anger and his voice was pitched at least one octave higher than usual. "None of this is funny," he continued, waving the rifle around. "You took my freedom. I only robbed that stupid ass because I needed to eat."

The man's breathing was labored. When Gibbs took a closer look at the man, he saw that his clothes were covered in blood.

"I am really sorry I had to put McGee away. He didn't deserve it, he is like me. Small, smart and tortured by his coworkers. The torture was for you." He said, changing his aim from Gibbs to DiNozzo's head. "You are one of those stupid frat boys. I hate your kind."

The other people in the bullpen slowly started to evacuate. The man was only interested in DiNozzo and Gibbs so they were able to safely get away. Ziva, on the other hand, couldn't leave her team. She concealed herself in the cubicle behind the man.

"You took my freedom. I am going to take your life!" the man continued to rant.

With NCIS under attack, the FBI arrived to assist. They sent a hostage negotiator but Vonk took a shot at the man. His shot went far wide, but it was enough to convince the negotiator to retreat.

Gibbs decided to let the men vent for a while. "That girl, Ryanne, she didn't deserve to die," Vonk told them, "but it was all to serve a bigger purpose. Torturing you!"

He spook with so much rage that it infuriated Gibbs. Using another person, a child, to torture him. That was so sick. He felt DiNozzo put a hand on his back to calm him down. If he let his anger take over, he'd just be feeding into this man's madness. He gave a little nod to DiNozzo, letting his senior agent know that he was under control.

Ziva was now right behind the man. Looking Gibbs in the eye she saw he wanted this guy alive. She couldn't decide if she should throw her knife or fire her gun. Firing her gun would bring the FBI blazing in and probably result in the death of the suspect. Ziva wasn't completely opposed to that. She would like to snap his little neck herself, but, she decided, prison would be a greater hell for this man. And he deserved hell. He deserved anything beyond hell. She decided using her gun was out of the question, so she would be attacking with her knife.

Trying to take stock of the situation, she focused on Vonk's gun and saw that the safety was on. She was relieved, her actions wouldn't automatically make the gun go off. Her target on his body would be critical. She could aim for his back, but couldn't be sure she wouldn't hit any vital organs. His legs or left arm were out of the question too. He would panic and start shooting. She had to hit his right arm, at the wrist. As soon as he dropped the gun she should overpower him and 'accidentally' break a bone or two, maybe three if she was lucky.

The man started pacing back and forth. But he continued pointing his gun at the two agents. His rant had become more angry. Gibbs hoped the man would cool down but instead he seemed to be feeding off his own anger.

Before he could see what was happening, a knife flew through the bullpen. Ziva's aim, as always, was accurate, hitting the man at his right wrist. Vonk dropped the gun and yelled out in pain. In a split second, Ziva was on him, pinning him to ground.

DiNozzo watched her, astonished. He loved this Ninja-Mossad thing. This definitely got him all hot and bothered. She looked so small and fragile, but she was more deadly than your average poisonous snake. His reflections were interrupted by a loud crack. Vonk cried out in pain. DiNozzo chuckled. Ziva 'accidentally' broke a bone.

In a few seconds the squadroom was filled with FBI agents. They swarmed the bullpen, securing the weapon, wanting to take Vonk with them. Gibbs wasn't about to let that happen. "He is my freaking suspect!" he yelled at Fornell, spitting him in the face. "He already admitted to the murder of Ryanne Star. It's an open and shut case. I have him for that, and for torturing McGee."

At that moment the, Gibbs was interrupted by the doors flying open and a black flash jumping at him. "Are you okay? You are, did he hurt you?" Abby exclaimed.

The doors opened again and Ducky and Palmer came in with emergency medical equipment. Checking on Gibbs and DiNozzo first, they assured themselves that both men were completely fine.

After that they had to check Vonk. The wrist wasn't too bad damaged, no permanent injury. There was a broken rib and his left arm was also at a strange angle. "It must have happened when he felt down," Gibbs said.

"I believe so," Ducky said.

All of a sudden Abby let go of Gibbs. "You!" she yelled, pointing at Vonk. "You beat up McGee?" Her eyes were cold as ice. "I should kill you. With a very slow and untraceable toxin."

Gibbs dragged her away from Vonk, but before she left she managed to kick him in the groin. Vonk squirmed in pain, ready to pass out. Ducky refused to give the man painkillers.

"It's okay, Abs," Gibbs continued to calm her. "He will be put to prison for life. We already have a confession." And with that Gibbs was almost done with this case.

"I still want to interrogate this guy," he said to the guards who where going to take him to the hospital. "I am getting too old for the crap," he thought, before stepping out of NCIS.

Abby and Gibbs decided to get some caffeine and go visit McGee to let him know what happened.

When they entered his room they where surprised to see the cyber crime unit from the sub-basement. "We, uhm... we. Well, we had to leave the building. So we decided to check on our ex-boss."

Hearing those geeks call McGee 'boss' still sounded wrong to both Abby and Gibbs, but they seemed fine with it for the moment.

"The building is cleared, go back." Gibbs said to the three men, who were now very nervous about meeting this legend in real life. The fact that Gibbs was talking to them didn't make things any better. They ran out of the room as fast as they could.

"Hey McGee, here we are. It's me and Gibbs," Abby said. "You wouldn't believe what happened today!" She took a breath. "Vonk managed somehow to get in the bullpen with a giant rifle. He had it pointing at Gibbs and Tony. But Ziva went all Ninja on his ass. And then broke his rib, and his arm. I think she did it for you."

Abby smiled, Ziva was really nice in her own way. "Anyway, I made a copy of the security tape, so we can watch it if you wake up."

"I am going to find his doctor." Gibbs said to Abby. "Talk to him."

When Gibbs left the room Abby didn't know what to say anymore. She felt a little uncomfortable after her confession last night. The goth sat there for several minutes before standing up, looking for something in her purse.

Abby found the mini-frankenbaby she was looking for. "It always brings me luck" she said tucking the frankenbaby under his sheet.

"His name is Frank. Frank, please make sure McGee wakes up." she told the little green creature. "You have to wake up McGee, I need you! And…and Jetho needs you. I've been taking care of him for the last day, but he misses you. He won't eat or play, and I am his favorite. And the team, hell, the entire agency needs you."

She was talking about everything that was happening at NCIS, how Harry, the night janitor had dropped Vance's toothpicks and he was scared to death that he would be fired. And how Agent Johnson was going to retire.

She was just about to read him an article she wrote for a new forensic journal when Gibbs came back in. To her surprise the entire team followed him, and they were closely followed by Tim's doctor.

"Agent McGee is making great progress. Tomorrow evening, we can start bringing him out of his coma. You can be here if you want to. But when he is awake, he cannot receive more than one visitor at the time, during visiting hours".

Abby started jumping, "Oh doctor!" she cried out and before anyone could stop her, she was crushing the doctor in a hug. He tried to push Abby away but that didn't really work. Gibbs and Tony stepped in to remove Abby from the medic who had started to look a little bit blue.

"We have to interrogate Vonk but tomorrow we will come visit you, probie!" Tony said cheerfully. "Maybe I can break another bone" Ziva whispered to Tim in his ear. Gibbs heard that and smiled. He made a mental note that he needed to watch Ziva around the Vonk, too many more broken bones would make people suspicious.

With his team together, he told them to go home. "Tomorrow will be a busy day. Go get some sleep. Ziva, you're off protection detail."