"Any idea what this is about?" Ziva asked as she tested the ropes at her wrists.
"Nope." Gibbs tried his ropes and the movement hurt his side, definitely a couple of fractured ribs.
The heavy door opened behind them and two armed men came into the room. Gibbs couldn't see who came with them. But he recognized the voice.
"Hello Special Agent Gibbs. It has been a while has it not?"
Gibbs closed his eyes and smirked. "Javor."
Ziva looked from Gibbs to the man standing behind him.
"Agent Gibbs has poor manners my dear. Let me introduce myself. I am Javor Misic. Agent Gibbs and I go back many years." Javor turned his attention back to Gibbs. "I was sorry to hear of the loss of Agent Shepard. She was a lovely lady."
Gibbs just smirked.
"But you always did have wonderful tastes in your agents." Javor turned his attention back to Ziva. "You just seem to have chosen someone a little too young for you don't you think?"
"Are you sure?" Director Vance asked the person on the other end of the phone. "Thank you."
"They are positive." Tony questioned. "Gibbs and Ziva were kidnapped?"
Vance nodded.
"Do we know by whom?" Tony stared at the grainy image on the screen. He could make out a dark van, two men with automatic rifles. Gibbs and Ziva were being forced into the van.
"That would be by Javor Misic."
Tony and Director Vance turned to see FBI Agent Tobias Fornell walking down the ramp into MTAC.
"You have conformation?" Vance asked as Fornell came to stand next to them and handed Tony a thick folder.
"Yes. Our agents in Algeria have been watching Misic for a few months now. We know he's moving something and weren't sure until Gibbs and David came up in photos sent to us."
Tony looked down at the black and white images in the folder. They were clearer than the satellite images. The pictures showed two men approaching Gibbs and Ziva as they came out of the small airport. Guns were visible and Gibbs and Ziva went apparently without issue into the van.
"Do you think Gibbs knew?" Tony asked as he looked at the pictures.
"Knew how?" Vance asked.
"Gibbs' face. It's as if he knew Misic would be waiting for them at the airport. Almost expected them to be taken." Tony explained.
Vance looked at the images. Tony was right. Gibbs wasn't taken off guard.
"I'll be damned." Vance muttered.
"What do we do now?" Fornell asked the director.
"We?" Tony chimed in. "Since when is this a joint operation?"
Tobias turned to face Tony.
"Gentlemen." Vance interrupted the silent standoff. "FBI is now involved because of the kidnapping of Federal Agents."
Tobias raised an eyebrow and smirked at Tony.
"However, it is still our case. Our agents."
Tony smirked back at Fornell.
"McGee, I need everything you can find for me on Javor Misic and Gibbs' connection with him." Vance told the agent.
"On it Director."
"So Agent Gibbs, I understand you are here to try and stop my little side business." Javor walked behind Gibbs. "You do not like who I sell my weapons too?"
"I do not like that your breathe." Gibbs retorted causing one of the guards to use his rifle butt on the same side of Gibbs' ribs making him grimace in pain.
Ziva lunged forward in her chair and was kicked back by Javor causing her chair to fall over backwards.
"Now Agent David, is this how Gibbs taught you to behave or was it your father, the late Director David?" Javor leered at Ziva.
Ziva bit back a response. Gibbs had warned her on the plane that Javor's men would be waiting and that Javor liked to bait people.
"Don't let him in your head. Once he's in he will take full advantage." Gibbs told her.
"Understood." Ziva replied.
"Do not give him an inch Ziva." Gibbs wanted to make himself clear. "He will use your father against you."
Ziva's eyes widened.
"He'd use anyone we love against us." Gibbs gave a veiled warning about DiNozzo. He knew something was going on, but didn't know what. It hadn't affected the team yet so he chose not to bring it up. Because if it was 'real' and it did go south then Ziva would shoot Tony, of that he had little doubt.
"Even Maggie?" Ziva questioned but Gibbs did not answer her.
Tony sat in his car in Maggie's driveway. He was only coming by to keep appearances the same for Franklin. He stepped out of his car and saw his nephew waving to him from the living room window.
"Uncle Tony. Uncle Tony." Franklin jumped up and down. "Guess what?"
Tony squatted down to Franklin's eye level. "What?"
"Jamie's coming for dinner." Franklin took Tony's hand and led him to the kitchen. "And he's sweeping over."
Tony knew that part. He had called Jamie and asked if he could bunk here for the night.
"And Uncle Tony. I have a girlfriend." Franklin said proudly.
"You have a girlfriend? Do you now?" Tony looked up at Maggie who was clearly distracted. "What's her name?"
"She's Emma and she's 4."
"An older woman." Tony teased his nephew.
"No she's a girl and she likes bugs."
"Well she sounds like my dream girl." Tony looked over at Maggie who was making a salad. "Listen Franklin; go keep a look out for Jamie okay?"
"Okee Dokee Uncle Tony."
Tony waited until Franklin was back at the window before walking over to Maggie. He put his hand on her back and rubbed between her shoulder blades.
"Just tell me Tony. I can feel it. Just tell me."
"Let's wait for Jamie to get here."
Maggie slammed the spoon in her hand down on the counter. "Damnit Tony. I'm not a child."
"Okay. Gibbs and Ziva were taken hostage in Algeria."
"He's alive."
"As far as we know. Yes, they are both still alive."
Maggie nodded. "Okay. What now."
"Mags, I can't. You know that."
Maggie nodded again. "Please don't keep me in the dark."
Tony turned Maggie to face him and hugged her hard. "I won't. I promise."
"And you didn't have to make Jamie come tonight."
Tony stepped back. "I didn't. I thought you did. He called and asked if I was going to be here tonight. Something up?"
"God I hope not."
"DiNozzo in the head?" Fornell asked McGee who was the only person in the bullpen.
"Went to Gibbs' house." McGee said without looking up at him.
"He going to tell Maggie?"
"Dunno. I suppose so."
"You have a problem with me McGee?" Fornell finally asked.
McGee looked up and glared at Fornell. "What I have a problem with is being here alone doing everyone's job. I know Gibbs and Ziva are in trouble and Tony will be right back, but where are your guys? Why isn't Sacks here annoying Tony? Why aren't you up in MTAC trying to use YOUR connections to find Gibbs and Ziva? So to answer your question Agent Fornell, yes I have a problem."
Fornell smirked. He understood why Gibbs thought McGee was ready for his own team.
"I'm here to tell you to get your ass up to MTAC in 30. My agent in the field…Agent Sacks…will be checking in from Algeria."
McGee's mouth opened and closed and said nothing.
Fornell just nodded and walked away.
"Jamie, she likes bugs too." Franklin was jabbering away as he sat on Jamie's lap at the kitchen table.
"Franklin, let your brother eat his meatloaf." Maggie reached out to pull Franklin off of Jamie's lap.
"It's okay Mom. I want to hear all about this girl Emma. I mean she likes bugs, but does she like trains?"
Franklin looked up at his brother's face and crinkled his forehead. "I don't know."
"Maybe you should find out before it gets serious." Tony told Franklin as he finished his mashed potatoes. "Mags, you don't have to cook for everyone." Tony commented about the containers of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans on the counter.
"It keeps my mind occupied." Maggie explained. "Franklin, can you go into the living room. I need to talk to Uncle Tony and Jamie."
The adults waited until Franklin was safely out of the room. Tony filled Jamie in the situation in Algeria as much as he was allowed to share. Maggie would die if she knew that Gibbs may have orchestrated his own capture as part of the plan. When he finished, he took the left overs, kissed Maggie good bye and promised he'd call when he heard anything.
"Mom, you're worried aren't you?" Jamie asked his mother as
they sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and watching Franklin play in the other room.
"Yes. But I don't want Franklin to know."
"I understand." Jamie took a sip of his coffee. "Has Franklin asked any questions?"
"He wants to know when Gibbs is coming home and if he call, but Tony gives him 'messages' every day like Gibbs has called."
Jamie saw his mom's eyes fill with tears. "Mom. Gibbs is the best at what he does. He's a Marine. He loves you and Franklin and will do everything to make his way back."
"I know." Maggie wiped at the tears and looked at Jamie. "So; tell me what's going on with you."
Jamie stared down into his coffee mug. "I um. I'm seeing someone."
"Really?" Maggie knew that Amanda had been transferred out to California and Jamie was pretty broken up over the end of his first real relationship. "Marine?"
"Nope. Civillian. We were friends for a little bit and then it kind of grew."
Gibbs tried to take as deep as a breath as he could, the pain was bad. The second hit to the ribs most likely broke a rib. It was the middle of the night, neither he nor Ziva were sleeping. They were just biding their time.
"Agent DiNozzo, nice to see you again." Agent Sacks said on his end of the video link.
"Slacks." DiNozzo purposely said Sacks' name wrong.
"Boys." Fornell warned them and turned his attention back to the screen. "Ron, where are we at."
"McGee." Ron said from his side of the screen. McGee nodded and pulled up an aerial map. "This is the location that Gibbs and David are being held. Our man is already in place. As soon as he has the Intel on when the shipment is going out, he'll act."
"You have a man inside? Why did we not know this?" Tony asked. "And don't say need to know. Because those are our people in there and I need to know."
"It was need to know and Gibbs knew. The whole plan hinged on him getting caught. Misic would never take the chance of getting caught unless he knew that he had the chance of taking down an old enemy."
"And that enemy is Gibbs." Tony realized.
"Gibbs was the only bait that would bring Misic out of hiding." Fornell explained and then turned his attention back to the screen. "Sacks."
"I'll be in touch at 0600 your time."
The screen went dark.
"And how is this all going to go down?" Tony asked Fornell as they walked out of MTAC. "Why did it have to be Gibbs?"
"When Gibbs and Shepard were undercover in Serbia, they were involved in a deal with Misic. The deal went down bad, Shepard blew their cover unknowingly."
"She was still green then right?" Tony thought back.
"So they say. Gibbs got arrested in France and she inadvertently tipped Misic off. The deal was stopped but Misic slipped away. We've been looking for him since." Fornell explained.
"And now, Misic wants payback with Gibbs and by stopping Gibbs from stopping the deal…" Tony said out loud.
"Then Misic will show Gibbs who has the upper hand." Fornell finished.
"This has been in the works for a while."
"Not Gibbs involvement. You were supposed to go, but Vance thought Gibbs' history with Misic would sweeten the deal and draw Misic out."
"I hope your right." Tony sat down at his desk.
Maggie kept an eye on the black SUV three cars back. Maybe it was her imagination; maybe not. Franklin was sitting in his car seat babbling on about his day. Maggie made appropriate nods and sounds while trying not to panic. Okay, the SUV may have been there when she got to school to pick up Franklin. Maybe it was another parent who also had a child at the school AND went to the library after. Gibbs' Rule #29 was there was no such thing as coincidence. At the next stop light she picked up her cell phone and looked at the speed dial. If she was wrong, she'd be taking Tony away from finding Gibbs. Abby may be the better choice. She pressed #7 on her speed dial.
"Hey Mags!" Abby's always cheerful voice came on the line.
"Abby, I'm going to say something that may sound crazy." Maggie began. "But I think I'm being followed. Did Tony put a tail on me?"
"No Maggie, not that I know of." Abby put the phone on speaker. "McGee is here with me."
"Maggie, I don't know of any tail on you. Are you on your cell?"
"Yes." Maggie started to get concerned.
"Okay, I've got your coordinates here now." McGee mouthed 'call Tony' to Abby. "Let me see if I can get you on the closest traffic cam. Just keep driving on main roads."
"Tony, Maggie's got someone following her." Abby spit out when Tony picked up his phone.
"What?" Tony was in the bullpen with Fornell and the Director. "I'll be right there." Tony yelled what was going on over his shoulder as he ran for the stairs and took them two at a time as he ran down to the lab.
"Okay Maggie, I'm getting a close up on the plate." McGee was zooming in on the SUV Maggie said had been following her for most of the morning. "Got it."
"Mags." Maggie head Tony's voice.
"Tony, what should I do?"
"Is that Uncle Tony?" Franklin asked from the back seat.
"Yes baby. Uncle Tony say hi."
"I wanna talk to Uncle Tony." Franklin reached his little hand out for the phone.
"Not now baby. In a few minutes."
"Maggie, it's Leon." Vance said as he and Fornell joined the rest in Abby's lab. "I want you to drive to the Navy Yard. Agent Fornell has people who will follow the SUV."
"Okay." Maggie answered. McGee guided her down some main roads until the FBI car was behind the SUV and then gave Maggie the all clear to drive to the Navy Yard.
"Remember how James taught you." Tony told his sister as he watched her GPS signal from her phone move closer to the Navy Yard.
"What did James teach her?" Abby asked.
"James taught her how to spot and avoid a tail. Taught me too. Like to test me when I was in town." Tony explained. "Gibbs isn't the only man who taught me rules."
"Speaking of…"McGee steered the conversation to the elephant in the room.
"We're on that now." Fornell hung up his phone. "The tail isn't ours or yours."
"So Misic." Vance worried this would happen.
"Misic is the one who sent the tail." Tony said angrily.
Agent Dorneget met Maggie at the guard station and introduced himself.
"Mrs. Gibbs, I'm Agent Ned Dorneget, Director Vance asked me to escort you to the office." He nodded to the passenger door. "May I?"
"Please."
Agent Dorneget got into the car and looked back at Franklin.
"Hi."
"My Daddy works here." Franklin smiled at the Agent. "You know my Daddy?"
"Yes I do." The agent answered.
"Is he here?" Franklin asked wide-eyed.
"No baby, he's not home yet." Maggie put on a brave smile. "We're going to have lunch with Uncle Tony and Aunt Abby."
"McGee too? He brought me popsicles." Franklin told Dorneget.
Maggie stepped off the elevator with Agent Dorneget and was greeted by Abby, Tony and Director Vance.
"Hey little man!" Abby reached out and took Franklin from Maggie. "Would you like to come down to my lab and play with my computer?"
"You be good for Auntie Abby, Franklin. Mommy will come down in a little while." She kissed her son and watched Abby step back into the elevator and let Franklin push the buttons.
Maggie turned to her brother and the Director. "Well?"
"Let's go up to my office." Director Vance gestured for her to follow.
"So this Misic is the one who has Gibbs and Ziva." Maggie said as she sat down on the couch in Vance's office. Tony handed her a cup of coffee. She sipped it slowly. "And you believe he is the one following me today?"
"We know it's his men. Fornell has his agents out following them now." Tony told Maggie as Director Vance's phone beeped.
Vance got up and answered the phone.
"Yes." He looked at Tony. "Okay. You'll bring them here? Fine."
"Fornell got them?" Tony asked.
"Yes, they'll be here in 20 minutes."
Vance sat back down in the chair next to the couch. "Fornell and I will do the interrogations."
"Director." Tony started but was stopped by Vance moving his head side to side.
"No DiNozzo. You have enough to do. This one is mine and Fornell's." Vance turned his attention to Maggie. "I want you in a safe house."
"No." Maggie said flat out.
Vance leaned forward, elbows on his knees. "I knew you'd say no. Told Fornell as much. So here is the deal. You'll have agents at the house, inside and out."
"Director, I know you mean well and I'm not dumb enough to say no, but how do I explain this all to my son? He's 3. He misses his father and having a stranger in the house…" Maggie stood up and walked over to the windows. She pinched the bridge of her nose to alleviate the pain building in her head.
"You could go down to Stillwell." Tony offered.
"Seriously? Have my 85 year old father in law watch us? Have you hit your head today?"
Vance bit back a smile. Maggie was stubborn, exactly the type of woman he'd expect Gibbs would love.
"He has a rifle." Tony gave her a half smile.
"One we hid the bullets on the last time we were there." Maggie walked back to the couch. "I'll agree to agents outside and one inside as long as I can meet them here. Franklin should meet them first."
Ned stood in the lab watching Franklin play a game with Abby at the computer. Ten minutes ago the Director had called him to let him know he'd have the night shift at the Gibbs house. After he called his boyfriend and cancelled their plans he went down to the lab.
"Nothing to worry about Dorneget," McGee patted him on the shoulder. "At least Maggie will make you an amazing meal."
"Yeah, and it'll be my last if anything happens to them. Gibbs will kill me." Ned loosened his tie.
"I'd worry if I were you to Probie." McGee agreed.
The interrogation with the suspects lead to what Fornell had suspected. He joined Vance and Tony in the bullpen after he had finished with his guy.
"They were told to photograph and send the pictures to cell phone and nothing else. No contact with Maggie and they were not to be spotted." Fornell looked at the plasma screen. There were pictures of the two men in the SUV and one of Misic.
"Well they never counted on Maggie being Maggie. She's been hyper sensitive since Gibbs has been gone."
"Got it." McGee exclaimed.
Tony was too tired to give a smart ass retort and just looked at McGee.
"I've got the GPS of the cell phone that they were to send the pics to."
"Is it moving?" Fornell asked.
"Putting it up now."
The men focused their attention to the blip on the screen and watched as it moved. When the vehicle stopped, McGee sent the intel to FBI Agent Sacks.
Gibbs lifted his head up; his side was bruised from the gun but to the side and a vicious kick from one of the guards. After spending more than 24 hours tied to the chair, they were finally moved to separate cells in the warehouse. Gibbs could see Ziva through the bars in the door. Ziva had been unhurt. Most of Misic's anger had been directed towards Gibbs. The sound of the key in the door got Gibbs' attention. Ziva's door was being unlocked. Misic stood at Gibbs' door and watched as the men pulled Ziva from her cell.
"Do not fear for Agent David, Gibbs. She is being released." Misic looked at Ziva.
"I do not believe you. You will kill me as soon as you have me away from here." Ziva protested.
"No. No I won't. See Agent David, I assumed that you were more to Gibbs than just an agent. Gibbs likes beautiful women and I was going to use you against him. But I have discovered something more important to him."
Gibbs' eyes narrowed on Misic.
"Take her back to the town." Misic commanded his guard.
"But…"
"YOU DARE DEFY ME?" Misic yelled at the man and then the sneer turned to a smile. "Agent David can do nothing to save Gibbs. It will all be over before she is back at the town."
The guard dragged Ziva out to the van and Misic turned back to Gibbs.
"I heard that you have a wife."
Gibbs struggled to stand, but the pain in his side made it hard.
"And a son."
Gibbs staggered to the cell door and charged at it with all the strength that he had.
Misic held up a picture of Maggie holding Franklin's hand as they walked from his school.
"You lay a hand on them and I will kill you."
Misic laughed and walked away holding the picture.
Ziva was thrown into the back of a van. She was aware that only the guard was in the car with her; the guard that took her from the cell. Why wasn't there another guard like before? The guard drove for less than a mile and pulled the van over. Ziva readied her body to attack. She moved onto her back ready to kick out at the driver.
"Don't." The driver said from the front seat. Ziva watched the driver turn and take out his knife. "I'm Agent Timmons. I'm with the FBI." The river told her.
"Why should I believe you?" Ziva shouted.
Timmons moved into the back of the van. "I'm going to take the ties off."
He moved Ziva around so he could cut the ties. Ziva quickly overtook the agent and straddled him, holding his knife at his throat. "Give me one good reason to not kill you."
"In my back pocket. Sat phone. Press dial 146."
Ziva fished the phone out of the man's pocket and kept knife on his throat as she dialed the number."
"Timmons. What is going on?"
Ziva recognized the voice. "Agent Sacks?"
"David? Is that you? Where is Sacks? What is going on?"
Gibbs sat on the floor near the cell door. Misic had dropped the picture on the floor as if to torment Gibbs. He thought that Maggie would be safe. The op was supposed to have gone smoother than it did. Misic would be in custody and he'd be home by now. But somewhere along the line the ball was dropped and Gibbs' worst fears were coming to the surface.
He looked at the picture. Maggie and Franklin were walking out of Franklin's school. Franklin held Maggie with one hand and in his other as his Thomas the Tank Engine lunch box. Gibbs tried not to let any emotion show on his face. He didn't know if he was being watched by a hidden camera. Maggie was smiling down at their son. She had her hair pulled back in a ponytail, jeans, sneakers and a long sleeved tee shirt. Gibbs closed his eyes; he missed her so much. Anger churned in his gut. This should not have touched his family.
"So that is the plan?" Ziva checked her gun and tucked it into her pants under her shirt.
"Yes. He'll bring Gibbs to the airport and that is when we'll take him down." Sacks confirmed.
"You should have told us about the inside man." Ziva was furious. So much had gone wrong.
"We couldn't. Timmons didn't know about the change in plans until it happened. He didn't know you were being taken at the airport until you arrived at the warehouse."
"And you trust Timmons?"
"With my life." Sacks swore.
Maggie put the last of the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher. Franklin was in the living room with Agent Dorneget explaining the trains again and what they do. Maggie let the dog out into the yard and watched for a few minutes. The leaves were beginning to fall from the trees. In another week they would have to rake them up before the first frost. Maggie smiled remembering Gibbs trying to rake the leaves last fall. He made a big pile and then stuck Franklin in the middle. She had brought her camera out and took pictures of the two of them playing in the leaves. She used one of the images of Franklin and Freckles in the leaves as their Christmas card last year.
"Mrs. Gibbs." Agent Dorneget said from behind Maggie and she turned to face him. "I'm going into the office now. The agents are still outside. They'll keep a low profile like you asked, but um…your neighbor. Mr. Blake, he …."
Maggie smiled. "Let me guess. He questioned the agents right?"
"Yeah, he did." Dorneget answered.
"He's a retired Marine. He's pretty fond of Franklin and he and Gibbs talk for hours about their days in the Corps. Gibbs probably mentioned he was going to be out of town and Mr. Blake, or Blackie as we call him, he was keeping an eye out. I'll talk to him later. He'll probably be checking in with the agents. Just let them know he's harmless."
"Thanks Mrs. Gibbs."
"Ned, I told you, Maggie."
"I know, but your husband." Dorneget started to say.
"Scares the crap out of you right?"
Dorneget shrugged his shoulders.
"It's okay. I understand." Maggie handed him lunch in a brown bag.
"Maggie, you don't have to make my lunch."
"Yeah, I do. And tell the agents they can pop in and grab coffee or whatever when their shift changes."
"Remember…" Dorneget started to say.
"To tell them when I'm leaving and to check in with Tony or McGee. I got it."
Gibbs fell into a fitful sleep. He dreamed he was back in his old house. He woke up on his couch, the fire burned out in the fireplace, the house cold. Kicking the blanket off his legs he looked around the living room. It looked exactly like it had before Maggie had come into his life. He got up and yelled for Maggie. He yelled for Franklin. He ran from room to room upstairs and downstairs looking for any sign of them, but it didn't exist. He opened the front door and looked outside. Misic had Maggie and Franklin in front of them and was about to lift a knife to their throats and Gibbs woke up a silent scream stuck in his throat.
Misic stood at the door and looked down at Gibbs. "Do not worry Gibbs, I will take good care of them." Misic nodded at the guard who pulled Gibbs up from the floor and led him out to a van and thrown inside. Misic climbed into the passenger seat and looked back at his old nemesis.
"Well my friend." Misic said sarcastically, "I do hope you had a good insurance plan for your family. Being an NCIS agent could not have paid very well."
Gibbs smirked at Misic. "Probably not as good as your job, but when you're in Gitmo I hope they spend it well."
Misic laughed and clapped his hands. "Ah, such a sense of humor you have Gibbs. Do you really think I will be stopped? You can not think that I allowed Agent David to live did you? Ah, no my friend, I am sure my guard took care of the lovely Agent David." Misic slapped the guard on the shoulder. Gibbs recognized the guard as the one who took Ziva out of the cell. "Tell me Abraham, did Agent David put up a fight?"
The undercover agent gave an evil smile and winked at Misic. "Not at all. Would you like to know where her tattoo is?"
Gibbs knew the guard was lying and in that second knew who the undercover FBI agent was. Ziva had no tattoos and she was still alive.
"Do we have a live feed?" Fornell asked as he stood with Director Vance and Tony in MTAC.
"Live feed in 5." McGee answered from the console.
"Everything is in place?" Vance asked Fornell.
"In place. Sacks and David are on site now, agents are in place and now we wait for Misic to show up."
"The buyers?" Vance wanted to know if they would be expecting any trouble from the buyers Misic was expecting.
"All in custody, our men are at the airstrip in their place."
"We have feed." McGee announced.
Through a grainy feed at the airstrip on one side and a night vision view on the other side of the screen, Fornell, Vance, Tony and McGee could see the airstrip. One Gulf Jetstream was waiting on the tarmac. The plane actually belonged to the FBI and was waiting to airlift the agents out when the job was done.
"We have contact." McGee advised.
The four men watched as a dark van pulled up by the plane. A tall well-dressed man got out of the passenger side.
"Missic." Vance identified the man.
They waited and watched as another man took Gibbs from the back of the van.
"He's alive." Tony said thankfully.
Tony's cell phone buzzed in his pocket. Tony had a habit of forgetting the "no phones in MTAC" rule and looked down at the number.
"Kind of busy here Abs."
"It's important, let me in to MTAC. Fornell will want to see this."
Tony nodded to the agent at the door to let Abby in. She hurried down the stairs to Tony. She handed Director Vance the folder she was carrying.
"We found images of who the phone belonged to. The one the pictures were sent to."
Without actual sound they watched the scene unfold. The undercover agents posing as the buyers greeted Misic on the tarmac. As soon as contact was made and agreements over the price of the product were done, Ziva and Sacks charged the scene.
"FBI. Guns down." Was called out by the agents.
Misic looked around and saw that all guns were pointed at him; including one now held by Gibbs. Misic's eyes widened as Gibbs moved closer, his gun pointing directly at Misic's heart.
"This is how it ends?" Misic taunted Gibbs. "Are you going to kill another man in cold blood who threatened your family?"
"No, this is how it ends."
Gibbs heard the voice behind him and felt the gun barrel at his neck.
"Tell the agents to put down their weapons darling."
Vance looked at the images in front of him and the ones on the screen.
"Helen Madison?" Vance said amazed.
"As in Gibbs' old partner?" Tony tore his eyes away from the screen.
"The one who turned on all of us." Abby nodded her head.
All eyes went back to the screen.
"Tell your agents to back off or my man will kill Agent David."
Gibbs' eyes moved over to where Ziva stood with a deadly looking man holding a knife to her throat. When Gibbs didn't comply right away, Madison stepped in closer to Gibbs.
"Don't think you can win this one darling. I have men watching your house too. I will make sure your wife and son suffer greatly if you do not tell your people to step down and you come with me."
Gibbs gave the order for the FBI to step down. The five people watching the screen in MTAC were astounded until Abby noticed Gibbs' hand.
"He's signing."
"I thought he was having some kind of seizure." Tony commented. "What is he saying?"
Abby watched Gibbs fingers spell out words.
"Abby." Director Vance said sternly.
"Hold on." Abby snapped. "He's saying Maggie and Franklin not safe. Trust me."
Fornell and Vance's phones snapped open and orders were given to agents to check on Maggie and Franklin.
"What does he mean by trust me?" McGee asked.
His question was answered when they watched Gibbs being led off the tarmac and back into Misic's car. Ziva attempted to stop them from taking Gibbs but was hit on the back of the head and knocked out. The feed from the site went down just after that and the computer agents in MTAC began scrambling with McGee to find out what happened.