So here we are the penultimate chapter. Will Jenny die?
Chapter 10
Jenny stared down the barrel of the gun, her heart pounding and her life flashing before her eyes. She heard Margaret gasping behind her.
"Put that down Benoit." Jasper stated raising from his seat.
"Sit down." Rene said coldly holding the gun firmly in Jenny's direction. Jenny stayed where she was, unable to move, unable to talk.
Meanwhile back at NCIS Abby was pacing around her lab waiting for the phone to ring.
"Come on Gibbs, come on Gibbs, come on Gibbs, come on Gibbs." Abby kept repeating to herself, as McGee entered her lab.
"Abs, are you coming back to watch the film?"
"Something's wrong. Gibbs said her would ring me back but he hasn't and he always rings me back, and he never breaks a promise, and what if something has gone wrong, and what if something has happened to him and Jenny, what if their dead, what if they have gotten married without us knowing. Would Gibbs do that to me?" Abby said all without taking a breath.
"Ok, Abby breathe." McGee said placing his hands on her shoulders and holding her close. "First off, Gibbs wouldn't run off with Jenny and get married."
'I hope.' He thought to himself.
"And second, Gibbs will ring you back any minute, he never breaks a promise." Just as McGee finished speaking Abby's phone rang.
"See what did I tell you." He said as Abby rushed to her phone.
"It's not Gibbs." Abby said staring at the caller ID. She pressed the answer button on her phone and held it to her ear.
"Hello?... Hello?... McGee why is no one answering me?"
"Put it on speaker phone." Abby pressed a few buttons, as Tony and Ziva came down to the lab.
"See Tony they are just on the phone." Ziva said indicating clearly what Tony thought they were doing.
"Shhhhh!" Abby shouted.
"You will find out what happens to people who cross me Jasper Shepard."
The team were silent.
"What do we do?" Tony whispered. McGee suddenly had an idea and began tapping away at the computer as Abby shielded her phone, hoping who ever was on the other end couldn't hear what they were doing.
"Were they having dinner at Jenny's?" He asked. Ziva nodded. McGee pressed a few more buttons and suddenly an image from a street camera across the road from Jenny's house found its way onto the screen. He pressed a few more buttons and was able to zoom in to a window with the only source of light coming through the front of the house. The team could see a shadow of a man holding what they knew was a gun.
Abby gasped and Ziva held her close to keep her from crying.
Tony immediately took charge.
"Ziva call Ducky, we may need some medical assistance. McGee get a clearer image of him, and find out when he arrived. Abby, we need to trace the call on your phone. Who ever it is is obviously in that house, they may be our only way in and only source of info." Ziva nodded and passed Abby over to McGee and stepped outside to make her call. McGee used the camera to back track to find out when the guy arrived at Jenny's house and was lucky enough to be able to get a clear image from the camera, which he started to run through facial recognition. Abby had plugged her phone into the other computer and had started a trace on her phone. Both her own and McGee's results pinged at the same time.
"The guy's name is Rene Benoit, he's a French arms dealer wanted in connection with over a dozen murders over an 8 year period."
"It was his DNA I found under the dead guy's finger nails, his DNA was on top of Jasper Shepard's. Also the number is from am English phone registered to a Margaret Jackson."
"That must be Jasper's partner." Ziva stated re-entering the room. "Ducky will pick up Palmer and meet us at Jenny's house."
"Let's get going then, Abby bring the phone and don't hang up that call, we need to know exactly whats being said in that house."
"Your deal is with me Benoit, not these guys, let them go."
"Now you see that's where you're wrong." Rene took a seat on the arm of the chair Jenny was sitting on, pressing the gun to her temple.
"You see your darling daughter has put a halt on some of my businesses all to avenge the death of her beloved father. So you see she must pay just as much as you." Rene gently ran his fingers through Jenny's red locks. Jenny shook her head away from his fingers. Rene simply locked his hand on her throat and pulled her to face him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you dear."
"Don't call me dear." Jenny spat back.
Meanwhile Tony, Ziva, Tim and Abby were all rushing to the house with Ziva driving. This was the one time her erratic driving was useful.
"The guy is still there, he has just done something to Jenny, and she seemed to want to punch him for it." Abby narrated to the group.
"Ok so we all know the plan. Ziva and myself will go in through the front door, Tim and Abby will go in through the back. Ducky and Palmer will wait out the front unless we need them." Everyone knew that it would be a pointless task to try and stop Abby from going in to help Gibbs and Jenny, so Ziva had given her her own back-up, back-up gun and a spare knife which Abby herself always kept handy in case of complete emergencies.
"McGee have you still got a visual on the gunman?" Tony asked. McGee had downloaded the footage to his phone as the team had rushed out of the HQ.
"Yes he moved a little but he seems to be sitting on the side of a chair, he must be sitting next to Jenny." McGee said referring to Abby's comment from earlier.
"Put your foot down Ziva, we need to get their as quickly as we can." Tony said.
"My foot and pedal are on the floor Tony." Ziva said through gritted teeth. She suddenly turned a corner and parked the car, and the team piled out of the car, Ducky and Palmer rushing over to join them.
"Is anyone hurt?" Ducky asked.
"We don't think so, listen you and Palmer are to stay out here and we are gonna go in and get this guy to surrender, ok?" Ducky and Palmer nodded and the team rushed to Jenny's home.
"Why did you frame Jasper?" Gibbs asked.
"Why not?" Rene snapped back. "I can bring down the man who was the only person who could bring down my organisation and I could also disgrace the current Director of NCIS at the same time." Rene continued to caress Jenny's hair, and due to his position around her neck, she couldn't move. Jasper and Gibbs looked with their anger boiling up, unable to do anything to help Jenny. Margaret sat still in the corner, not moving or speaking a single word.
"Ready McGee?" Tony whispered through his earpiece.
"Ready." McGee replied as he and Abby slipped into the house through the back door. The house itself was still and quiet until they advanced a little further. McGee put his hand out to hold Abby back as the living room came into view and both McGee and Abby could see Jenny trapped on her seat being held prisoner by Rene Benoit.
"Coast is clear Tony, your ok to enter." McGee whispered almost silently. Tony and Ziva slipped in the house, their guns at the ready.
Just as the team were about to make themselves know, Rene called out.
"Ah so the cavalry has final arrived. Make yourselves known to me, or I will shoot her." Rene pulled Jenny out of her chair and to her feet and held the gun tighter to her head. Tony nodded to McGee and the team had to come out of their hiding places their guns trained on Benoit.
"Put the gun down and step away from her Benoit." Tony said taking charge of the situation. Benoit laughed and turned to face the team.
"Do you really think I am that stupid?" He said preparing to shoot Jenny as she closed her eyes and waited for her death. Just as Benoit was about to shoot, sure of the fact that the team of NCIS couldn't shoot him without shooting Jenny, a gunshot was heard and the team stopped. A body fell to the ground.
Jenny felt the breath rushing from her body, as the shot hit the man holding her captive and as he hit the floor. The team stopped and stared at Gibbs, who shook his head as did Jasper. Jenny turned her head and that was when she saw it. Margaret was standing a gun still smoking was held in her hand.
"Margaret…" Jasper started.
"Well if you weren't going to do anything then I certainly was." Margaret held out her phone and Abby gasped.
"You were the one who called me, how did you get my number?" Margaret smiled.
"MI5 have there ways." She smiled. "Now then, does anyone feel like helping me with the paperwork?"
Well did we all see that coming? I hope not. Anyway that is nearly it for 'A Blast from The Past' I only have one more chapter to go, and two chapters in one day how good is that?!
Anyway as normal read and review, and I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed my story so far and followed it; this really means a lot to me.
Beth
