Chapter 8
The next morning Gibbs took Tony with him to the interrogation room. The others, including Ducky, and Jimmy went to the observation room. Before entering Gibbs took Tony aside.
"He is a bastard, you know that, I know that. We only have to get him to confess again. After that you can play a little with his mind if you want to." Opening the door Gibbs let DiNozzo go in first. He motioned for the guards to leave the room, but stay at the door.
Gibbs took a seat across the table from Vonk but DiNozzo stood in the corner of the interrogation room. "Here we are again." Gibbs said, waiting for the man to respond. When he didn't answer Gibbs continued. "Something you want to say or ask?"
"I want a lawyer," Vonk said. After that he remained silent.
"Too bad," DiNozzo said. "Running around with a gun in a federal building qualifies you as a terrorist. And terrorists don't get lawyers!" He couldn't have look happier when he said that. The last thing they needed in this case was a hot shot lawyer in a fancy suit.
DiNozzo started to walk behind the man. But he was careful to stay in the man's blind spot. "So, Theo, tell me. Why did you want revenge on Gibbs?" DiNozzo whispered creating a little bit of tension.
Gibbs sat back and watched his senior agent play with the men. "He took my freedom," Theo answered angrily.
"Ah, yeah I see." DiNozzo answered, "but, and correct me if I am wrong, you took something first didn't you? Because the wallet they found on you back then? Definitely not yours."
He walked to the other side of the table and sat beside Gibbs. "Why didn't you kill McGee? Wasn't that your plan?"
"No!" Vonk said angrily. "You I wanted to kill." He pointed at Tony. "You're just like all the other bastard's I've known. Cold, heartless and don't appreciate what you have."
Tony pulled up an eyebrow. "Care to explain?" he asked the man a little confused.
"You get all the woman you want. You never have to try hard. You are charming and handsome. Nothing I will ever be."
The men rested his head on the table, looking very frustrated. Gibbs was just about to ask another question when he got a message on his PDA. 'Got some important evidence, meet me now please! Abs.'
Showing the message to DiNozzo he signaled that Tony could continue the interrogation. Tony wasn't in the mood to ask questions so he pulled out his cellphone and started playing a game instead.
When Gibbs entered the lab he was surprised to see Agent Commers again. "George" He said. It sounded a little bit harsh to Abby, so she punched his arm.
"Be nice. Without him I wouldn't even have noticed it," she smiled. "I analyzed the handwriting from the paper you found at the house." Abby told him.
"It was written by someone left handed. But, the man in interrogation is definitely right handed. We compared the handwriting we have for him, and get this. It is not the same guy. A little research pointed out that Theo Vonk has a twin brother. He changed his name twice and is now known as Matt Tree. The same Matt Tree who was dishonorably discharged from the Navy for drug use because a certain Ryan Star reported him. The guy you have in interrogation is Matt Tree."
Abby took a deep breath. She was so excited sometimes that she forgot to breath. Gibbs kissed Abby on the cheek and with a 'good job guys' he left.
George seemed impressed "You always talk that fast?" he said with a smile. "I can be quiet" she said in a husky voice, looking at him seductively, making George turn an interesting shade of red.
Back at interrogation, Matt was still talking about woman and how they hate him and Tony was about to break his high-score. Gibbs motioned for DiNozzo to follow him into the observation room. Once there, he briefed the team on the results Abby had found. He could see the confusion on their faces.
"It means that we have Matt Tree in interrogation. Abby is running a DNA test to confirm."
Tony swallowed. "So Theo Vonk is still on the loose?"
Before everyone really processed what Gibbs had told them, the boss man himself was already back in interrogation.
"You found out," Matt said slowly, tasting every syllable, looking at Gibbs' angry face.
Gibbs felt the need to punch that cocky smile off his face.
"I killed Ryanne because I wanted to cause her father pain. The bastard should have minded his own business. About your agent, it was fun to beat him up. He was stronger then I thought he would be."
DiNozzo stormed back in. The look on his face clearly said that he was about to kill the guy. He smashed his hands on the table and leaned dangerously close to his face.
"You think it is fun to beat up innocent people?" His face almost purple with rage.
"I assume you would like to know what happened to Theo?" Matt answered unfazed. "You will find the answer at Agent McGee's house." A nasty smile spread across his face, and he went silent.
The drive to Tim's house was silent, with both Gibbs and Tony trying to process what Matt had said. "I can't believe this!" Tony said. "Why would he want to kill me? He doesn't even know me. I am used to the fact that there are people who want to kill me, or frame me for murder, or even harm me otherwise. But, this guy…"
"I know," Gibbs said. "He'll most likely end up on a mental hospital, but he won't ever be free to walk the streets again."
Ziva, who was silent until now put her hand on Tony's shoulder. "I have your wack," she said. Tony knew that she made the mistake on purpose to cheer him up, but he was in no mood to correct her.
Once they arrived at McGee's house, they entered carefully. They searched the whole house but found nothing out of the ordinary
McGee was very uptight about his things, if something had been moved, it would have been obvious. Ziva noticed that McGee had a new message on his phone, so she decided to listen. She hoped that she didn't invade her friend's privacy too much, but they needed to know everything. The team listened to the message together.
Mr. McGee?
This is Alfred Brown, the janitor. You received a package today, but you weren't home to receive it, so I took it and stored it in the basement.
Have a nice day.
The message ended with a click. A package could mean a lot of both good and bad things. "Call EOD," Gibbs told Tony, "We are taking no risks with this thing. Ziva, you're with me."
Tony called the bomb squad and while they waited for the team Gibbs decided to have a little chat with Alfred Brown, the janitor. "Mr. Brown, what can you tell us about the package?"
"Well, Agent Gibbs, yesterday, around 9.35 in the morning, I heard someone knocking repeatedly on Mr. McGee's door. When the knocking didn't stop after a few minutes I went up to see what was going on. " He paused to drink some of his coffee.
"It was a delivery man. He was a little older thanusual, around 40 or something. He said he had a very important package for Mr. McGee. I told him that Mr. McGee was at work. I signed for the package and decided to put it in the basement. After that I left a message on his phone. "
He looked at Gibbs. "Anything thing else I can help with? I really have to go, my mother is waiting for me"
"Thank you, that's it for now, we just need your fingerprints to exclude them." Gibbs said and the men left in a hurry after Ziva took his fingerprints.
"EOD's here, Boss!" Gibbs immediately went looking for Bryan McKenzie, the leader of the bomb squad. "Bryan, always good to see you." The other man laughed, "good to see you too Gibbs." McKenzie paused for a moment then continued, "well, actually, its not usually good when its work related. I mean, explosive disposals are not the best reason for a get together."
Gibbs smiled at the thick Scottish accent of the man. "Talk to me about the case," Gibbs said.
McKenzie laughed. "We just got here; give us a little time, please."
Gibbs sat back and watched the team work. McKenzie was a great man, handsome and he really loves weird things. Gibbs had set him up on with a date with Abby, thinking that they would naturally get along. Unfortunately that went nowhere. Abby really liked the guy, but as it turned out, he was very, very gay. That was a surprise Gibbs did not see coming, he even gave himself a head slap for setting Abby up with the wrong guy.
Suddenly he noticed that McKenzie was talking again. They looked at the man to see that he seemed to be playing out a scene of some Alien Movie. "Get back to work," Gibbs barked to Tony.
After a while the men in bomb suits gave thumbs up. "Looks like it's clear. " Bryan said. Gibbs almost ran to the box. When he carefully opened the box he wasn't really surprised by what he found. Inside the box was the lifeless head of Theo Vonk.