CHAPTER 14

FLASHBACK……..

"One moment." he said opening the door.

"Hello Mr. Primus."

A brief thought of punching out the man in front of him crossed his mind, but the thought of shooting him would be better. He started looking for his gun as he walked away from the door.

"I guess that's an invite." the man said coming in and closing the door. He turned around to stare down the barrel of the Ford special.

"Two minutes, maybe five Maybourne. Piss me off and I'll shoot you despite the fact that it would mean jail time and maybe more than that."

"Can I sit first?"

"Fine." Ford said.

"We have a problem. His name is Kinsey."

"Very true….now what about him."

"First. We want you to kill him and you're going to do it." Maybourne said.

"It's true I want the man dead but I AM NOT going to kill him in cold blood. You can leave now bef….."

"I'm not leaving and you will kill him. Before you think about killing me, let me tell you the consequences first."

"Consequences?! I can very easily say you entered and tried to attack me. I know how to fake a crime scene and would be able to do it with ease. Seen enough of them done."

"Probably true. I have a few friends outside…"

"So what? I can easily shoot them too."

"Yes you could. But the one's watching Major Carter's house you can't."

"You're lying." Ford said pulling the hammer back.

"I've read your file. Do you think I'm lying?"

"You son of a bitch!"

"Ah ah. Now drop your gun and sit down. If you fight back, or I am killed, Major Carter will be killed as well. Everything that is being said is being heard by the guys watching her."

Ford tossed it aside and sat down hard on the sofa. "When I get my hands on you later, you'll wish you never been born."

"I doubt it. Now roll up your sleeve."

"What the hell for?"

Seeing the look on his face he rolled up his sleeve and looked as Maybourne injected him with something. Things started looking funny after a few minutes and Hercules said something was wrong with him personally. Another few guys came in wearing hospital like outfits. Ford felt himself fall back as they pushed him into the back of the sofa as they injected him with something else in the arm and neck. They waited a few minutes before asking some questions he had trouble remembering and then injected him again in the neck. Maybourne asked him some questions that he also had some trouble remembering. Maybourne then said something about another injection and the amount. After the shot in the neck again and some more time he then began.

"Now Ford. You will kill Kinsey and not complain or fight to keep from killing him will you?"

"Right. I will kill Kinsey. I will not fight or complain." he said dazed but coherent.

Maybourne proceeded to tell him where, how and when to kill Kinsey as well as what to do after he killed him. "You understand your orders?"

"I understand."

"You will forget everything I have just told you and the things that have happened up to the point I said where I came in and said that we have a problem and it's called Kinsey. Understand?"

"I understand." Ford said groggily.

"Very good. You will now sleep till I clap my hands. Understand?"

"I understand." Ford said nodding off.

Back to the present………..

"And well everything after that is in the report I already gave." Ford said concluding his memory. He looked up seeing Jack and Mel were also in the room. "I don't remember you coming in?"

"We came in at the part where Maybourne brought the masked men in your house." Jack said.

"Is that….is that….." DiNozzo said pointing at Mel.

"You want to keep your job Tony?" Gibbs asked.

"Yeah boss."

"Then shut up and concentrate on it." Gibbs said writing a few things down. "It will also help you keep your sanity." he muttered. "Since you remember killing Kinsey, then I don't need anything else here except you to come with me."

"Why?" Ford asked realizing afterward what a dumb question that was.

"Why?! You just admitted to killing a senator running for Vice President of the United States. Your under arrest under art…"

"I know the articles and my rights, so we'll say you said them to me." he said to Gibbs then turning to General Hammond. "I need a lawyer sir. I request Commander Hammond Rabb."

When he heard Gibbs groan, "He's the only one I can trust to get me out of this, even though I am technically guilty."

"Alright son. I'll contact JAG and tell them the situation. In the meantime, we'll keep him here in our brig. You can leave one of your agents here to watch him. It's not negotiable." Hammond said.

"Understood General. I'm going to send Agent Todd here then. I assume you can provide her with anything she needs?"

"Yes we will."

"Good. She'll be here within the hour." Gibbs said.

As Gibbs left, Hammond had Jack place Ford in the brig as Carter stayed at the table lost in thought. Mel didn't understand what was going on. Daniel said he'd explain it to her on the way back to her city. She wanted to stay and help if she could but Hammond said there was nothing anyone could really do at the moment.

This is a nice mess we have gotten ourselves into.

We? I guess you could call it that since we are together. You certainly didn't seem to fight whatever they injected into 'us' much.

I couldn't. One of those injects effected me first then you. I don't know what it was, but I bet the N.I.D. as you say is involved.

Up to there heads in it.