Disclaimer: Not mine. Except for Mic.

A/N: Italics are Tim's thoughts.

'Ow.' The first thing Tim noticed was the pounding in his head.

'Okay Tim, what happened?' He thought back to being at the corner with Daniel and Major Towen. He told Gibbs they were in position and were waiting for Gibbs' orders. Except they never came. He felt like he had been hit with a taser, but much more powerful and he blacked out before he even hit the ground.

'Alright then, next. Where are you?' He squinted his eyes to try and see what was around him.

'Oh that hurts.' Tim thought as he slammed his eyes shut again.

'Okay, take note of you first, then we'll work on opening our eyes.' Tim didn't feel pain anywhere other than his head, so that was a good thing. He realized he was sitting up, and noticed his hands were tied behind his back, to the chair rails.

'Well, not going anywhere, anytime soon. Okay Tim suck it up. Open your eyes. Let's figure this out.' Mustering up the willpower he opened his eyes a crack, and it didn't hurt nearly as much. Opening them more he saw he was in a open room.

'Looks like an empty warehouse.' He thought to himself. There was a long fold-up table about six feet in front of him with a metal folding chair on the other side. The table was bare except for one laptop.

"You awake?" A soft voice on his right asked.

It wasn't nearly soft enough, it startled Tim so much that if he hadn't been, literally tied to the chair, he would have jumped. Swinging his head to the right, he saw Daniel. Like Tim, he was tied to a chair, hands behind his back. "Daniel! Geez. Yeah, I'm ok. Heads a little sore. You?"

"Your headache will go away soon. And I'm fine." Daniel said, as he looked around.

"Where are we?" Tim wanted to know. Daniel opened his mouth to respond, but before he could a voice came from behind them.

"You're my guest Agent McGee, Doctor Jackson." A man in a black suite and tie came around in front of them and leaned on the table. Two others came and stood on either side of Tim and Daniel, while two more stood behind them.

'Guess we're going to have a party.'

"So, you know us, but we don't seem to have the same pleasure." Daniel said.

"You can just call me.. The Man In Charge." The black suite said with a smile.

'That is one creepy smile. Man, how are we getting out of this?'

"Okay..." Daniel drawled out. "So. Mic. What's going on?" Daniel asked.

"Excuse me? Mic?"

"Yeah." Daniel replied with a frown. Looking at Mic and then Tim to see if he understood.

Tim just raised his eyebrow in question. 'Don't look at me BB, I got no idea where you're going with this.'

Daniel continued with a 'Duh' voice. "You know. Man In Charge. M-I-C. Mic." Looking around he saw none of Mic's buddies reacted. Tim was shaking his head with a knowing smile, and Mic actually laughed.

"Nice Doctor Jackson. I'm going to presume that little nickname gives me the go ahead to use your first names." It wasn't addressed as a question, but Daniel answered anyway.

"Well, I don't think either of us are in any position to stop you. Now are we?"

"No. No you're not."

'And there is the creepy smile again. Ok Tim, your turn.' "So what are we doing here?" He finally asked.

"You? Personally? Well Tim, you're just insurance."

'Insurance? Great what does that mean?'

"You do know that you wont get away with any of this?" Daniel told Mic, interrupting Tim's thoughts.

"Oh but Daniel, you don't understand. I already have!" Mic said in a dramatic flare with his arms held out.

"Look, why don't you just let us go. We have places to go, people to see, things to do." The next part was said slower and more direct. "Murderers to catch."

'Oh boy, ohhh boy. Wow my head must really be hurting if I didn't realizes that before. These are the people we're looking for! Gosh Tim get with it!'

Mic walked around to the other side of the table and sat down in the chair. Folding his hands on the table he sighed, "Sorry. While yes you do have a place to go, it'll be where I decide. There are people that will enjoy your company. Not very many things left for you to do. And well... I don't think catching murderers is in your future."

"We'll see." Daniel said with a smirk.

Tim knew that look. It's one Daniel or Jack have when they're about to have one of their 'conversations'. 'Don't aggravate him Daniel!' Tim screamed in his head.

"Really? You seem so confident." Mic said in an asking tone.

"When you took our people, you had an entire base upset. But this time, well." Daniel paused as he took a deep breath and sighed. "Now all you did was piss off my team." He stopped again, this time looking at Tim. "Not to mention, Agent McGee's team! You're about to have some very pissed off people coming after you." Daniel finished with a proud smile.

Mic didn't react for a moment. Just stared at Daniel. With just a slight tilt of his head the man next to Daniel swung out and punched Daniel in the ribs. Being tied up, there wasn't much he could do.

"Hey!" Tim cried out. Mic tilted his head again, only this time it was Tim on the receiving end.

"Don't." Daniel growled out between clenched teeth.

"Oh I'm sorry about that. Are your ribs still a little sore?" Mic didn't seem sorry at all. He seemed pleased.

'This guy's smile is really getting on my nerves.'

"Leave him alone." Daniel said still glaring at Mic.

"Now, I can't do that. Remember? I told you all before, he's my insurance policy."

"How?"

"To make sure you behave. I have things I need from you Daniel. And I always get what I want."

Mic stood up and adjusted his coat. "I think a little reunion is just what you two need, to see that I don't make idle threats. Take them and place them with the others."

"You wont win." Daniel said as he and Tim were untied long enough to be pulled up, then retied.

"You really don't understand do you? I already have."

With that they were dragged towards a door.

'Great, just great. Boss I sure hope you've got something to go on. Because if I know anything, Daniel's not going to let me become an insurance policy. We're going to need help. And we're going to need it soon!'

A/N: We're going to switch back over to Gibbs and Co. next. But that will probably not be up until the weekend. Let me know what you thought! Happy February Everyone!