Our Life, Our Family

Chapter 5

iva pulled the car into the back driveway of the safe house. She put the car into park and turned it off. She hopped out of the car. Charity then hopped out and opened the back door. AJ had fallen asleep in his carseat. Charity unbuckled him and pulled him out. She hugged him close to her.

Ziva walked up to the house and opened the door. Charity walked inside while Ziva held the door open for her. Once inside, Ziva began to check all the doors and windows to make sure everything was locked. Once she was satisfied she joined Charity in the living room.

Charity had laid AJ down on the couch and sat close to him. Ziva sat down in a chair. "How are you feeling?" Ziva inquired.

"I'm fine." Charity answered. "I'm just glad he's sleeping fine."

Ziva smiled at Charity. "Worried that he'll have nightdreams?" Ziva asked.

"Nightmares." Charity corrected. "And yes. I want him to feel safe and I know what happened had to scare him."

Back at NCIS...

McGee was in the lab working with Abby, the two of them working their computer magic. Tony and Gibbs were working on their old fashioned police work. Everyone was working hard to find Jason.

Two hours after Charity and AJ had left with Ziva, Tony and Gibbs were with Abby and McGee in the lab. Abby's phone rang, an outside call. Abby put it on speaker. "Hello." Abby greeted.

"Hello Miss Sciuto. I would like to speak with DiNozzo." came the menacing voice of Jason Wilikins.

"What do you want Jason?" Tony asked.

"Your wife is a little spit fire. I can see why you chose her." He said. "She's very beautiful, too. And your son, he's very sweet."

"You leave them out of this Jason." Tony said, raising his voice. "This is between you and me."

"Ah, but I have to make you feel my pain. I want you to know what it's like to lose the people that mean the most to you. To have them taken from you." Jason then let out a manical laugh before hanging up the phone.

"Were you able to get a trace on him Abby?" Gibbs asked.

"No." She answered, defeated. "He knew exactly how much time he had."

Just then it popped up on the screen that Abby had an email. She opened it up and saw that there was an attachment. She opened the attachment to see that it was a video. She hit the play button. A video of Ziva, Charity, and AJ getting out of the car at the safe house popped up on the screen.

Then the camera flipped around to reveal Jason's face. "You just thought they would be safe here." He said, a look of pure madness on his face. He laughed and then the screen went blank.

Tony, Gibbs, and McGee all headed to out of the lab and to the car. Gibbs drove like a mad man breaking every speed limit by thirty miles. Tony sent up silent prayers for his wife and son to be fine.