Okay, I'm an awful person. I know I haven't updated in over a week, if not two weeks, and I'm reallyyyy sorry! I was at camp last week and I actually was going to update this before I left but I didn't even get three paragraphs in when I had to leave. I ended up rewriting the entire thing, most of it really late at night, so please forgive me if anything doesn't make sense. Just warning you, more Ryan in this chapter :P But also a bit of McAbby and obviously Jibbs, although its kind of indirect because there aren't any scenes with both Gibbs and Jenny in them at the same time. I'll stop rambling now… Enjoy!
Disclaimer: NCIS isn't mine, and I haven't seen an episode in over a week aside from Yankee White, which I'm still not sure if I like or not.
"McGee! Do you have a location yet?" Gibbs barked, glaring at DiNozzo, who seemed to be conversing with Ziva about some movie they were planning to see. "DiNozzo! Get back to work!"
"On it boss!" Tony yelled back, equally as loud. He motioned at Ziva to talk to him later, which Gibbs figured would be in the next ten minutes knowing his Senior Field Agent.
"McGee!"
"Yeah boss, she's currently traveling down Saint Street… She turned on Paige Lane… Boss?" McGee began, looking up at Gibbs who was staring back at him.
"Yeah McGee?"
"She stopped." Gibbs just stared at him, hoping that McGee would get the picture and elaborate. "Uhhh, that means she's most likely reached the location they're going to… So, yeah…"
"Boss!" Tony called across the bullpen, seeming extremely accomplished by the looks of his smug expression.
"What, DiNozzo?" Gibbs snapped, marching over to his desk and grabbing his Go-Bag.
"Metro Police spotted a vehicle fitting the description of Ryan's car with a broken taillamp." Ziva cut in, ignoring the dirty looks Tony was giving her for taking away his fifteen seconds of fame. "They spotted them heading towards River Road."
"Boss! River Road intersects with Paige Lane. I think the Director might really be there!" McGee piped up, grinning at a pouting Tony.
"Yah think, McGee? Grab your gear!" Gibbs answered, practically sprinting towards the elevator. Just as the doors opened, Gibbs took a step forward, finally feeling like he was actually getting somewhere, when he ran headfirst into Abby.
"Gibbs!" Abby pretty much yelled, her pigtails swinging wildly. "Where are you going? I heard everything from Ducky! Well, not exactly. You see, Ducky called Palmer because he wanted to tell him to remember to put the guy they just finished performing the Autopsy on in a body bag and give it to the people picking it up to bring it to the funeral home. And then I called Palmer to remind him that he still owes me five Caf-Pow!s for being rude to Major Mass Spec. He said he was slow and most likely broken! Anyways, so then Palmer started babbling about what Ducky had told him about Jenny being gone so then I came up here to see if it was true. And if it is, what can I do to help?"
"Jenny's been kidnapped, probably by Ryan. We're going to get her now. Just stay here with Justin, you'll be fine." Gibbs said, for once not in the mood to talk to Abby considering that every second he lost, Jenny could be being tortured.
"Who's Justin?" Abby asked, searching the room for an unfamiliar face. Spotting the teenager, she marched over to him, giving Gibbs a warning look so he didn't leave. "You're Justin? So what's your story?"
"Abby, we kinda have to go…" Tony began, walking up to Gibbs, closely followed by Ziva and McGee.
"Shush, Tony. Justin, talk. Fast."
"Well, I'm Justin Ryan, my moms Samantha Ryan, she's kinda becoming a psychopath, but don't tell her I said that, she might have kidnapped The Director, Jenny Gibbs, is it? And so everyone's going to find her. But I'm coming too, I can't just sit here!" Justin babbled, biting his lower lip as he tried to read the Forensic Scientist's expression.
"So lemme get this straight, you aren't on the dark side?" Abby asked, twirling her pigtail around her finger.
"Um, no."
"And you're totally shipping Jibbs and want to throw the inconceivable idea of Ribbs in a dumpster, right?" Abby continued, her eyebrows disappearing under her bangs.
"Uhhh, yes?" Justin replied, hoping it was the right answer.
Abby waited a minute for dramatic effect, in which various images of Jenny's possible current condition crossed Gibbs' mind, before she finally continued, earning a relieved sigh from everyone around the room. "Great!" Turning to Gibbs, she pouted, putting her hands on her hips. "But I'm not staying here, Gibbs. I can't just sit around and wait until you may or may not come back with Jenny."
"I'm not either!" Justin announced, his eyes wide with concern.
"Yeah, we're not both staying here alone while you all go." Abby said, locking her arm with Justin's and staring Gibbs down.
"Okay. McGee can stay with you!" Gibbs replied before he ducked into the elevator, along with Tony and Ziva. When the doors finally snapped shut, Abby wrinkled her nose in annoyance, Justin stomped his foot, and a dumbfounded McGee wondered how he'd gotten himself into this.
…
"Come on McGee, let's go!" Abby demanded, marching up to McGee and tugging on his arm, pressing the elevator button in the process.
"No, Abby, you heard Gibbs' orders, I have to stay here with you two." McGee replied with a scowl.
"Noooooo! That was just a suggestion, trust me, Gibbs totally wants us to come with him so we can assist in finding Jenny!" Abby answered, nodding her head to emphasize her point.
"Abby." McGee replied, his tone flat. "Do you really want to go against Gibbs. Who do you think he'll blame when we show up at the soon-to-be crime scene after he specifically asked us not to?" McGee questioned, glaring at the elevator beside him.
"But Timmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy!" Abby whined, putting on her best puppy-dog face. "We have to go! Please? I promise, we won't get hurt or anything."
"Yeah, but if you do it's on me." McGee responded, although, by his facial expression, Abby could tell that he was warring with himself whether or not to go, regardless of what Gibbs wanted.
"Please Timmy? I'll be your best friend!" Abby said, again attempting to pull him towards the now open elevator.
"You are my best friend."
"I'll be your girlfriend!"
"Abby, you've been my girlfriend for like a year." McGee answered, biting his lip as he again wondered if Gibbs would really kill him if he brought Abby to where Jenny was, or at least where her phone was. Anyways, there wasn't really any danger, as long as Abby didn't run and try to go find Jenny.
"Soooooo? I'll… Get you that new version of firewall that only the Pentagon has access to!" Abby said, sticking out her foot so that the elevator doors didn't close.
"You can do that?" McGee wondered. Not even he had been able to hack into the Pentagon's software, and he'd had plenty of experience before in hacking them, some almost leading to his arrest.
"Not by myself… But if you bring Justin and I to where Gibbs and Tony and Ziva are going, I'll help you!" Abby replied, grinning when McGee finally allowed her to drag him into the elevator. "Justin, are you coming?"
"Yep!" Justin yelled, beaming. He'd have to take some serious notes the next time Abby tried to convince someone to do something for her, it seemed to him like she could practically get anything she wanted just by asking.
"Then let's goooo!" Abby said, bounding out of the elevator once it stopped on the ground floor, still dragging McGee behind her. "WAIT!" She yelled, stopping short. McGee and Justin stopped in their tracks, looking at her with matching confused expressions on their faces.. "Can we stop for Caf-Pow! on the way?"
"Sure." McGee replied, wondering how he hadn't seen that coming.
After a very, very, very long thirty minute car ride, McGee was finally neared where The Director's cell phone said she was. He was practically ripping his hair out by the time he could see where Gibbs, Tony, and Ziva were standing, inspecting the area. Even though Abby had chosen to sit in the front seat next to McGee, she spent the entire ride turned around, filling Justin on nothing else but the couple pairings at NCIS. By the time she got to McAbby, the name Tony had made up for the two, things had gotten pretty uncomfortable for him, especially because he felt Justin's eyes burning a hole in the back of his head.
"Abby, we're here!" McGee said, interrupting Abby's rant on Jeanne Benoit. A smile stretched across her face as McGee pulled up next to Gibbs' car, and she quickly unbuckled her seat belt, calling for them to follow her.
"Abby! I thought I told you to stay with McGee in the Squadroom!" Gibbs fumed. Now not only did he have to worry about Jenny, but also about Abby, who no doubt would want to help with the search in every way possible.
"Oh hey Gibbs! Well, McGee decided to be a softie and let me come cause he knew I'd definitely help the investigation. So, just wondering… What are all the Local LEO's doing here, why is Tony eating a sandwich, and what's that awful smell?"
…
Opening her eyes, her head pounding, Jenny wondered where on earth she was and what she was doing there. Blinking a few times, attempting to clear her fuzzy vision, she was shocked to see that she was lying on a dark red sofa in a rather well furnished room. Along the walls were four wooden bookshelves, completely filled with books. The floor was covered in a plush maroon carpet and newspapers lay, abandoned looking, in stacks around the door and by the small maple coffee table in the center of the room. On top of the coffee table were two piles of magazines as well as a tray piled with cookies, chips, and candy bars. A small glass of ice water stood on the right of the tray, the condensation beading up on the outside of it.
As everything came back to her, heading home, calling Ducky, and then seeing Ryan before she blacked out, Jenny wondered why on earth she wasn't tied to chair, like she had been the last time she'd gotten kidnapped. Speaking of, Jenny decided to demand Gibbs install an alarm system once she went home. If she ever went back home again. Jenny wondered where Ryan was, if she had decided to just starve Jenny or if she had some other secret plan. After all, if she was trying to starve her, Ryan probably wouldn't have covered the Coffee Table with treats.
Deciding it wouldn't hurt to look for a way out, Jenny stood up, stretching out her stiff limbs. She was just about to reach the door when she heard a voice echo around the room, making her jump about four feet in the air and reach for her gun, which was obviously missing.
Why helloooo there, Jenny Shepard. Or should I say, Jenny Gibbs? Huh, that kinda has a ring to it, Jenny Gibbs. But do you know what sounds even better, Samantha Gibbs! What do you think, good, huh?
"What are you trying to do, Ryan?" Jenny yelled, guessing that Ryan had installed some sort of speaker system into wherever Jenny was being held hostage. "And where am I?"
Well, I'm trying to decide whether or not I should keep my last name or take Gibbs' when I get married, I don't know about you. Oh, and you're in a super secret location. I guess since you're going to be dead soon, I can tell you where it is. Basically, you're in an old house, built in the 1800's, quite a history about it actually. But I'll save that story for another time. We're a little less than a mile from where I dropped your phone, so no worries, Jethro won't get here before you're dead!
Jenny ground her teeth, of course she had complete faith in Gibbs to rescue her, but the thought of Ryan gloating in some unknown location made her blood boil. "Wait, you said 'we're a little less than a mile', does that mean you're here with me? Let me guess, you're upstairs, waiting for a bomb to go off and blow me up or something? What did you poison this food? Or are you just waiting until I get tired and fell asleep so that you can come in and slit my throat?"
No, I'm just waiting until the right moment to set off my plan. At least until I can get far away enough. Then I can find my son and then call Jethro, telling him how sorry I am that you died. But that I'm ready to take him back.
"And you think he's just going to get back together with you like that? Ryan he'll know you did it!"
Actually, yes he is! After all, Jethro is obviously head over heals in love with me, so why wouldn't he? So in love, that he'll never think to blame me for you tragic, untimely death. And it'll just end up being another Cold Case that his team works on when they don't have a case.
"I don't know what universe you've been living in, Ryan, but Jethro does not love you. And even if he did, he wouldn't after you killed me!"
Honey, this isn't about you. It's about me and Jethro. You're just a distraction, you know, for him to think about instead of how much he loves and misses me. But that's okay, we'll be together soon.
With that, Ryan clicked the speakers off, leaving Jenny in silence. She shook her head, praying that Gibbs would get there in time to save her, before Ryan went through with her plan. Trying the door, not surprised when it was locked, Jenny inspected the rest of the room. It seemed like, once again, she was locked in a basement. Collapsing on the couch, Jenny thought back to when she was a simple agent, madly in love, in the City of Love, no less. She was just wondering, not for the first time, why she left in the first place when she sat up, her eyes widening. She wasn't positive, after all, she could just be paranoid, but for a second there, Jenny thought she smelled smoke.
I know, I'm a really mean person locking Jenny up in a room full of completely flammable items while the house may or may not be burning to the ground… But she'll come out okay! You know, if Gibbs gets to her in time… I'll update soon so stay tuned! Review!