AN: HEY! I know some of you are scared for our characters. Well, here's the continuing of the last chapter! You probably guessed who kidnapped Tony and Kate...

ENJOY!

Chapter 52

(**Flashback**)

It was too late. Kate's body slowly gave in to the darkness.

So did Tony's.

Tony's eyes slowly and barely opened. Everything was still blurry for a good few seconds. Finally, he could see almost perfect. He tried to move his head, but a sharp jolt of pain stopped him. He could look down, though.

When he looked down, he saw his lap.

What else you were expecting?

Tony thought. He tried to figure out where were his hands. He couldn't feel them yet. His legs were numb, and his throat felt sore.

"Where… Where am I?" He weakly whispered, hoping there's someone to answer his question.

Kate woke up, feeling light dizziness. She silently groaned to herself.

What the…

Kate thought. She couldn't remember anything. She tried as hard as she could.

Nothing.

Desperately trying to regain her composure, she looked around. She needed to figure out where is she and how did she end up here. She wanted to get up, but as she tried, she realized she was tied to a hard wooden chair. It didn't really take long to connect the dots.

She was kidnapped.

Kate looked around. She was in a blank room. No windows. The walls were stained with something that looked like blood. She slowly looked in front of her. The sight made her gasp.

"T… Tony?" She asked, in a tone only she could hear. The figure didn't move. What she assumed that was Tony, was a man tied to a chair.

"Tony!" She hissed, but she felt pain on her neck. She grimaced when she felt that, but tried to ignore it. Kate needed to know if her partner was alive or not. He finally lifted his head, but very slowly. It looked as it was painful.

It was.

"Kate?" He replied in a whispering tone. His voice seemed to be hoarse.

Kate felt relief. She nodded.

"It's me Tony" Kate whispered.

"Well, hello, there" Tony managed to joke even at this situation, which amused Kate. Suddenly, the only door that was there opened. A man stepped in. A man they all knew too well.

When Tony saw him, he clenched his fists. Kate couldn't see the man, because her back was turned to the door.

"Well, well. Look who's here" A creepy voice said, making both Kate and Tony shiver. Tony's eyes were filled with hate. Kate easily noticed that.

She recognized the voice too. But this time, she didn't feel anger. For the first time, she feared for her and Tony's life. He dragged a chair and sat on it, so he was facing Kate.

"Long time, no see, Caitlin" He said wickedly and then got up to turn to Tony.

"Hello there. I don't think we have met" He said and let out a small, evil laugh. He turned to Kate again, who was thanking God he didn't harm Tony.

"Caitlin, why don't we take a walk?" He slowly approached her from the back. He unleashed her hands from the cuffs. She didn't smack him, like she wanted to; she just wrapped her right hand around her left wrist, trying to reduce the pain from the wrists.

He laughed again. There was something in his laugh that was alarming her senses. He became even more insane since the last visit. He gently pulled her by her arm, forcing her to get up. Tony looked patiently, wishing he could shoot the man right now.

"I'll see you later" He turned to Tony.

"Don't hurt her" Tony hissed, forcefully ignoring the pain that was currently travelling through his whole body. The man pushed Kate outside, and closed the door behind him.

Tony wish he could hit something right now.

Hard.

At the NCIS building…

"Why isn't Tony answering his phone, God damn it!?" Gibbs yelled, while pacing the floor angrily.

"I'll try to track down the bracelets" Abby frightfully said and turned to her computer screen. She was already thinking of the worst. When the results popped out, she was more than shocked.

"Um, Gibbs" She whispered.

"Yeah?" Gibbs sharply replied, turning to her.

"You should see this" Abby bowed her head as he came closer. His pupils widened. The screen was showing that the bracelets aren't catching any signal. He banged his fist on Abby's desk, making her go backwards in fear. He angrily ran out of the room, saying something Abby never wanted to hear:

"That psycho's got them again!"

Gibbs ran up the stairs, and loudly knocked on Jenny's door. He didn't hesitate to wait for her answer, so he just broke the doors. Jenny gasped.

"Jethro? What the?" She asked, frightened of his actions.

"Bastard's got my agents again!" Gibbs yelled madly. Jenny realized very soon. She heard the stories around the office. She sat in her chair, in shock.

"How?" She barely said, looking blankly at the distance.

"I don't know. I'm sending every single organization out to look for him!" Gibbs said calmly, which was worse than yelling. It was one of the moments his madness reached its top. He ran out of the office, leaving her to stare at the wall.

"Boss, what's…?" McGee asked, but Gibbs interrupted.

"THAT LUNATIC'S GOT MY AGENTS, THAT'S WHAT'S UP, MCGEE!" Gibbs yelled from the bottom of his lungs, turning completely red because of the lack of the oxygen. Gibbs ran into the elevator.

"Oh, God" McGee stumbled in his chair, defeated by Gibbs' words.

Their worst nightmares are coming true.

Tony and Kate…

Kate woke up again in another room. There was no sign of Tony in there, so she panicked. She wanted to scream, but her mouth was gagged. Another man came into the room. This was someone very familiar to her.

"Emma, huh? Yeah right" He said angrily and approached her. She tried to stay strong. He smacked her across the face. Her left side of her face turned pink. She was breathing hardly. He un-gagged her mouth. The man who was torturing her was Mike. One of those creepy guy's thugs.

"Now, tell me. Who are you and what are you doing here?" He bent over to her, with every word becoming more aggressive. She kept her mouth silent. He exhaled angrily and slapped her again. Her mouth was cut, so a small shed of blood leaked down her chin.

"You don't wanna talk? That's okay. My boss already knows who you are" He hissed and came out of the room, letting the door loudly shut.

Tony was getting worried. It has been an hour or so since they took Kate away. But he hadn't heard any gunshots yet. He was still clueless about his location. The door opened. The same man that kept Kate, Ducky and Gerald in hostage came in. He dragged a chair and sat opposite of Tony.

"Hello" was the first thing he said. Tony smirked.

"Where is she?" He asked arrogantly, looking straight into the man's eyes.

"Somewhere. Now, where were we?" He replied coldly, looking devilishly at Tony.

"Well, I don't know. You brought me here. Before that, I was in a bar, as I remember…" Tony started, but the man hit him across the face.

"Ah, you're the funny type. Now, talk" He retorted.

"And what if I don't?" Tony kept his cool.

"Unfortunately, you're not the smart one. But Caitlin is. Such a pity to throw that life away…" He got up and laughed as he walked across the room. Tony's heart was racing with the speed of light now.

"Don't hurt her" Tony warily said, wishing he could jump out of his chair.

"Oh, don't you worry, Anthony. She'll be fine. But her life is now in your hands" He creepily said and left Tony alone in the room again.

Tony swallowed.

AN: Freakin' weird, huh? Well, if you REVIEW, I would gladly save our characters ;)