Authors Note: Here's some more. I've been feeling more inspired.
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"We have GOT to find this guy." McGee groaned.
"This is getting annoying." Ziva added.
"GIBBS!"
The team jumped at the yell of Jenny. She was thundering down the stairs as fast as her stilettos would allow.
"What is it Jen?" Gibbs asked, all formality forgotten at the urgency in her voice.
She skidded to a halt in front of them.
"He has her."
"Who has who?" Tony asked.
"The killer." Jen took in a sharp breath, "He has Chelsea."
"No." McGee whispered, frozen.
Ziva grabbed his and Tony's hand.
"Let's go!" Gibbs yelled, knowing he needed to remain professional.
"What about Damon!" Tony managed to ask as they gathered their gear.
"He's in the hospital!" Jen called over the ruckus, "He was shot!"
Ziva stopped and stared at the Director.
"He's gonna live. Go!"
The team hurried to the elevator and ran to their cars, Tony and Ziva in one, Gibbs and McGee in the other.
"McGee." Gibbs said as they sped out of the garage.
McGee numbly looked at him.
"I need you to stay with me." Gibbs said quietly and in a rare moment of visible compassion, he clapped his hand on McGee's shoulder, "We're gonna get her back."
McGee nodded and swallowed the lump in his throat. He had to do this. For Chelsea. For Ziva. For their family.
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There was already police tape up at Gibbs' house. They all jumped out of their vehicles. There was a cop waiting for them.
"What do you got?" Gibbs asked the officer.
For once, an officer was cooperative.
"A neighbor heard shots and shouting an hour ago and called police." he led Gibbs towards the house, "Police and EMT arrived five minutes later and found an adult male shot in the chest, but still alive. He was able to inform us that a little girl had been taken."
"Has an Amber Alert been issued?" Gibbs interrupted.
"Yes sir." the officer glanced at his notes, "On a three year old blond haired-blue eyed female. We determined that the suspect or suspects broke through the front door with the intention of taking the child."
Gibbs nodded. He thanked the officer and entered the crime scene, his own house. The team was already hard at work.
"McGee."
"Yes Boss?" McGee said.
"I want you to go to the hospital and talk to Werth."
McGee opened his mouth to object but was interrupted.
"He could tell us a lot."
McGee nodded.
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McGee quickly found Damon's room and was glad to find him awake and lucid. He quickly asked if Damon could remember anything.
"It was Kyle." Damon said, grimacing as he tried to sit up a little higher, "Kyle and another guy."
"Did you see what he looked like?"
Damon looked very upset.
"My step-sister's fiancé."
McGee looked at him in surprise.
"Are you sure?"
Damon nodded.
"He wore a mask, but his tattoo on his arm was clear."
McGee flipped open his phone.
"Boss put a BOLO out for Colonel Thomas Gray."
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It was starting to rain. It was as if Mother Nature knew the gravity of the situation.
"Tony! Ziva!" Gibbs shouted from the porch.
They both came running.
"It's Colonel Thomas Grey."
"Laurie Wendell's fiancé?" Tony asked.
Gibbs nodded.
"Where would they take her?" Ziva asked in a small voice.
Gibbs pressed a button on his phone.
"Abby."
They could hear screaming coming out of the phone.
"What the hell is going on Gibbs! Jenny won't tell me anything!"
"Abs. I need you to calm down and find out all the properties one Colonel Thomas Gray owns."
"I swear Gibbs, I won't do a damn thing until someone tells me what all this panic is about."
Gibbs sighed.
"Chelsea has been taken. That's-"
"OMYGOD! OMYGOD! OMY-"
"Abby!" he barked, "If you want to help, find out that information."
"Ok. Ok. I can and I WILL do this. Yes sir. OMYGOD."
Gibbs hung up as McGee screeched into his driveway.
"What's next?" Tony asked.
Gibbs' phone rang as McGee hurried through the pouring rain to join them.
"Gibbs. What do you got Abs?"
"He owns three properties. His home. His storage house. And an abandoned truck loading dock."
"Thanks Abby."
"Please find her. Please."
Gibbs hung up the phone after getting the loading dock address.
"Lets go."
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By the time Gibbs and the team arrived at the loading dock, it was raining really hard. Gibbs turned to McGee who had goggles that could see heat through building walls.
"They're in there Boss." McGee growled.
The team attached their mikes and earpieces.
"McGee and I will take the front." Gibbs spoke into his wrist mike, "You two take the back."
They got out of their cars and silently made their way to their marks.
McGee could hear the two men talking.
"Is the brat going to wake up?" Gray asked.
"She's drugged up good." Kyle laughed, "She won't wake up until the buyer comes."
McGee gripped his gun harder.
"Easy." Gibbs murmured.
The men continued talking. Gibbs nodded slightly at McGee.
"Go."
Both teams burst in the doors. Kyle and Gray both attempted to shoot the agents but were quickly disarmed.
"Find her." Gibbs told McGee and Ziva.
They both ran to another room and found Chelsea sprawled on a paper bag.
"Call the medics." McGee called, taking the little girl into his arms.
And finally cried.