Author Note:

I swear I meant to update sooner, but something came up. Yes it was an emergency that took everyone off guard. What was it, you ask? Well, guess who lives in Oklahoma, the place where the F5 tornado hit and President Obama called a 'major disaster'? Yep. Me, and I live in Moore- where the tornado hit the hardest. It was F5, over 1 mile wide, and killed lots of people, injured over 101 people, thousands of people lost their homes, and made several of my friends lose their houses- and that's just in Moore. It even hit Warren Theater- though not as bad. The scary thing? It hit on Monday- three days till the last day of school- during school hours. Well, it destroyed several daycares, two elementary schools, and my school gym (where they made everyone go for the tornado). Luckily, no one I know personally is dead, btu my friend Jacob is several injured with a broken rib and was coughing up blood. Not from the tornado- he got that because he was helping with the debre. However, I know that over 50 kids were missing at one elementary school- and seven kids drowned in the basement. One teacher was at seven-eleven with her baby and husband and they died.

Never in my life have I been so thankful. I mean, my house is next to my school, but it's perfectly fine even though the other side of the street is totally in ruins. Not only that- but I wasn't in school on Monday. If I was, then my mom would've been at work (at the elementary school that got destroyed) and I would've been in that gym that got trashed. We wouldn't have made it. My friend doesn't remember anything either. He was in the gym and now he can't remember it at all because of the shock.

Remember: always be thankful for what you have because you never know when it will be gone. 13 years in Oklahoma and only once before did we get a bad tornado (called May 3rd), but this tornado was worst. Just…Be thankful. I'm really glad to be alive right now- and frankly, you should be too. No matter where you are.

~CWA

(P.S. Does anyone ever read the notes at the beginning? Sorry I ranted by the way.)

Chapter 10- Kidnapped:

Danny:

I sat down in the chair. I hated all of this. Why did I tell them about Vlad? They'll never catch him. They'll never be able to stop him. He's half ghost. He's rich. He's unstoppable. He's powerful…

They don't even know all the things he did before. They don't even know about his other crimes. They don't know anything. How could they possibly stop him? Then again…maybe they could. Maybe they could stop him…they're NCIS. The best of the best…but sometimes the best isn't good enough…I can't tell them anything. I can't tell how to stop him, if that's even possible. I can't tell them why I hate Vlad, maybe.

I sighed sadly. It would've been best if they never found me. It would've been best if I died with the others. If Vlad found me, then my suffering would end.

"Daniel."
I looked up, hesitantly, to see McGee's face. I blinked,

"Danny."
He smiled faintly.

"Okay, Danny. You said you played DOOM?"
I nodded slightly. He held up the case of the newer version of DOOM.

"Wanna play?"

I smiled. In the time that I've been here NCIS is feeling more and more like family. Not that it even matters. They're just doing their job, but for now…I can at least pretend that they actually care.

"McGee," Gibbs snapped, "stop playing some game and get to work!"
McGee jumped.

"Uhhh yes Boss."
He fidgeted nervously and looked at me.

"Sorry, Danny."

I smiled sadly.

"It's…it's okay."

I haven't talked too much, the feelings are just coming back. The feelings of sadness…loneliness…everything. So, as a result…I wouldn't speak too often. Though, I wasn't that saddened that McGee had to go. After all, he is the tech guy. He needed to help track down Vlad. Not that it mattered. I know VLad too well. He would never allow himself to be captured by petty humans.

I shook my head. When I did I start thinking so dark? Did I miss them that much that I am losing my hold on controlling him? Am I going dark? Am I losing my humanity? Does it hurt that bad? I am not even sure. That scared me, a lot. A lot more than I would like to admit actually. I watched McGee go to the computers to search, search how I don't know. I am not that big on that type of tech. The only tech I am good at is the ghost hunting type. I wonder…

I looked around. No one was nearby. I could…maybe….I saw that McGee was bust typing away at his computer, as was DiNozzo and Ziva. I saw Gibbs was pacing, and I know that Abby was in her lab while Ducky would be in the morgue. Everyone was looking for something; anything that they could've missed that may led them to Vlad. Not that it matters anyway. They still don't even know why I hate Vlad.

I was convinced that no one would really be paying attention to me, so I moved. I moved and went into the storage closet. I didn't want to go to the restroom after what happened last time. I saw a camera in the corner and glared at it. I raised my hand and shot an ice blast at it, freezing and breaking it. I then transformed into my ghost half, turned intagiable, and then flew away. I needed to get to my apartment.

Third Person:

"Where's Danny," Gibbs barked.

"Uhh…."

Gibbs glared at DiNozzo and the others. They gulped, well they expect Ziva that is. Ziva took a breath.

"He disappeared, Gibbs. I do not know where he went."

They already checked the morgue and the lab- the only other two places that Danny knows of.

"McGee-"

"Checked the cameras, Gibbs….I mean boss. The last the cameras saw of him were was when he was sitting in that chair- no wait."

"Whatcha got, McGeek," Tony asked.

Gibbs smacked Tony, and he winced.

"The cameras caught something."
Gibbs glared mildly and McGee winced.

"Oh yeah…the cameras caught Danny going into the storage closet…bringing up the footage from there…now!"

He brought up the video

"This is the footage shot from the camera in the closet."
The footage showed Danny in the closet. He glanced around nervously, then looked at the camera. He glared and lifted his hand. There was a small white light that flowed the screen and then it turned to static.

"Do you think he ran off again," Tony asked. Gibbs sighed.
"McGee, you stay here. Search for anything else on those cameras and keep looking for Masters. Tony, Ziva, you head out to the last place we found Danny. He may have gotten there."

"What about you," Ziva asked.
"I'm going to his apartment. He may have decided he needed his things before he ran off…and hopefully, he's still there."

Hours later, it was getting dark and McGee was left alone in the building. Abby and Ducky had already left. He was totally and utterly alone.

"Wait a second," he muttered. He went back to the video. He squinted his eyes.

"Impossible."

He zoomed in. His eyes widened. It was impossible. But there it was. In the video of the restroom, there was a face. Not just any face. The face of Vlad Masters. There was deep chuckle from behind McGee. He froze.
"Now now," said a voice, "can't have any proof or lose ends."

Danny:

I wiped the sweat off my brow. Hours of work, but I still wasn't done. I needed something else. Something that I was missing. I heard someone coming and I quickly shoved the piece of tech into my pocket. Luckily, it was small. I guess that their work of nano tech didn't go to waste- after all its that tech that makes my own invention possible. If only I could find Vlad…
"Danny."
I turned and jumped. It was Gibbs. I was glad that I had turned back into my human form when I had first gotten home to the apartment otherwise he would've had the shock of a life- or afterlife.

I looked down. Gibbs sighed.

"I don't know how you got in. Your friend's apartment was blocked off as a crime scene."
I shifted my feet and Gibbs grabbed my shoulder.
"I need to get you back-"
His phone went off. He answered.

"Gibbs," he greeted into the phone then scowled, "on it."
He narrowed his eyes at me slightly.

"McGee's gone missing."