Wow!, you guys are amazing and appear to be liking this story a lot, thank you to all that have favourites, follows and reviews. I noted a couple of you point out about the blood type not existing, I am aware, but this is fiction so I am using a little creative licensing, I apologise for not mentioning this before, though only to the people who commented nicely about it.
Oh and I am sure there a rule about assumptions ;o)
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or its characters.
Chapter 2
It takes only a couple of minutes for the group to reach the crime scene, a jacketless Gibbs is kneeling next to his downed agent, applying pressure to his abdomen with both his hands using his jacket to help stem the bleeding. Balboa is also jacketless, his left hand firmly pressing down on the agents right shoulder, the sleeve of his own jacket only just visible between the paving slaps and the agent body, whilst he continues to scan the immediate area, gun still drawn and aiming in the general direction of the area behind the fallen agent at the time of the shooting.
"Gibbs?" Taylor queries.
"Probie! Oh man!" Tony DiNozzo exclaims as he drops to his knees next to Balboa, opposite Gibbs, to try and help.
Gibbs looks up, registering the arrival of the other agents, and nods his head in the direction that Balboa is still aiming at "Sniper watch your backs!"
Immediately the agents of Taylor's team turn, covering their flanks and watching for any movements, whilst Ziva takes more notice of the abdominal wound and covers the area in that direction, whilst Balboa, moves off to support Ziva having seen Ducky closing in.
"Jethro!" Ducky calls as he and his assistant also arrive on the scene, just as sirens can be heard in the distance "Oh my heavens."
Gibbs refuses to move as Ducky drops by his side, Palmer starts to move toward the young female only to be stopped cold by Balboa's words.
"Don't bother she's dead."
"Are you certain?" Palmer questions.
"Checked her myself, shot in the back straight in the heart." Balboa confirms
"How is that even possible?" Ziva questions just as the paramedics arrived, along with multiple police officers, and start assisting Ducky forcing Gibbs and Tony to reluctantly move out the way.
"Three shooters" Gibbs addressed his own agency's personnel as well as the police officers, his anger understandable to all those present as he points out roughly known positions "The first one from over there, in the bushes, kills the female, the second from the dead female, probably an accidental shooting caused by her getting shot, the third, a sniper, up on that roof somewhere."
"Are you certain Gibbs?" Taylor questioned as he looks over from his position, doubt clearly visible on his face.
"Ziva stand here" Gibbs instructs pointing to a position directly in front Tony, turning her so she is directly facing him, with her back to Gibbs.
"When I or Balboa tap you, you've been shot, react accordingly understood" Gibb orders, as he placed one hand in the space between his agents.
"Yes Gibbs" Ziva answers unquestioningly.
Gibb's then demonstrates the events to Agent Taylor and his team, tapping Ziva on the back, as instructed, she reacts accordingly falling forward knocking into Gibbs hand, which in its turn hits Tony's abdomen, before agent Balboa hits him just below his shoulder blade, where the second shot penetrated, whilst Gibbs angrily turns to Taylor.
"Any questions?!"
"No agent Gibbs" Taylor answers immediately, as Gibbs turns back to Tony and Ziva
"The Director?" Gibbs asked
"Still abroad the yard, boss what happened?" Tony replied immediately
Gibbs ignored the question, not because he wanted to, but because at this moment in time he had no answers he could give "Get back there, Lee Wuan Kai needs to be found and stopped"
"But, McGee….." Ziva started to argue only to be cut off by Ducky calls from the doors of the ambulance "Jethro!"
Without another word Gibbs immediately leaves the rest of the group where they're standing, joining the ambulance driver in the front, albeit the passenger seat, as Ducky, Jimmy and second paramedic get in the back.
Once the ambulance has left, Balboa walks over to Taylor "Never question agent Gibbs like that again, you got me!" before he turns to the remaining members of Gibbs team "Look I know you want to be with Tim, but right now there's nothing you can do for him and Gibbs is half right"
The confused looks he receives from Tony and Ziva makes Balboa smirk "We need to find Lee Wuan Kai, but we also have to find the person or persons responsible for this, it may or may not be linked, go, Taylor and I will work this scene"
Realising Balboa had a point, Tony and Ziva reluctantly head back to the yard.
NCIS
Vance closes his phone having just gotten an update from Balboa about the incident involving McGee and a lecture for leaving without telling anyone, after having driven back to his house having forgotten some important paper work. Getting out of the car he notices that the agents on protection detail aren't were they're supposed to be, so he calls out to his wife the moment he enters the door.
"Jackie? Where are the agents? They're never supposed to leave the… Sweetheart? What's going on?"
"I'm okay" Jackie replies, coming into the open plan living area closely followed by Kai.
"Hello, Leon." Kai greets, stepping round Jackie
"Where are my children?" Vance demands
"Gone. I waited for them to leave, after all this isn't about them" Kai informs
"And the agents?" Vance questions
"Tranquilized. They won't be happy when they wake up, but considering the alternative" Vance reasons as he watches his wife back into the dining area towards the shelving where the box which holds his back-up weapon is kept
"You're changing, Kai." Vance states keeping his uninvited guest attentions
"Not enough. It's too late." Kai informs
"Let my wife go." Vance requests
"In time. She's lucky to have you." Kai replies
"Was it you that tried to kill one of my agents?" Vance questions still trying to put the pieces together, at the moment it's the only explanation he can think of
"No" Kai replies
"Then who?" Vance questions raising an eyebrow as he express his doubt, Jackie is now slowly and quietly opening the box
"Her real name was Juliet Tippon, I do not know what she has been calling herself whilst here. She was born in South Africa and worked for her own government before turning to freelance. I found out that the North Koreans hired her to kill me, so I killed her first. I believe she was going to try and use him to find out where I was and your agent didn't deserve to die" Kai answers
"You normally work alone, so who'd you team up with?" Vance ask as he see Jackie getting his back up out of the box
"You should know better Leon, I take it you're referring to whoever was on the roof, I have no idea who they were or who they were after, I certainly wasn't working with anyone and I doubt Juliet would have been either"
"But you did kill Doctor and Pak Su JiIt" It was a statement not a question from Vance this time
"Yes"
"Doesn't have to end like this." Vance states, telling Jackie he wants to try and talk Kai down first, as she starts to aim the gun
"My life ended 30 years ago. You think it matters what happens now? I'm counting on you, Leon."
"You're counting on me for what?"
"To do what you did before." Kai answers showing Vance the wound from the shot he fired years ago
"Everyone said I missed." Vance recalls a little surpresed "You should be dead."
"I was already dead." Kai replied
"Stop this. Please. I can help you" Vance implores, as Jackie nods she's ready
"I can't."
"Just being there all these years, you already have." Kai replies "You have to finish it, Leon. Do it for me. For your partner."
Before Vance could reply a single shot rang out.
NCIS
"Okay that it, that the best we can do" Dr Woods states before informing the attending nurse of his wishes "Let's get him settled in recovery, I want constant observation around the clock until he more stable.
"It's a long shot but I'm going to see if any other local hospitals have some AC negative blood available" Brad informed as he watched McGee being manoeuvred out of the operating theatre.
"I need to go and speak to the men that came in without young patient" Dr Woods replied.
"Exactly who did come in?" Brad asked.
"I only got two names, a Doctor Mallard and an Agent Gibbs" Dr Woods replied.
"I'll join you, maybe we can find out how this happen" Brad replies, it was time to get some answers of their own, to help them with ensuring they had all the people in place, to support their patient.