Timothy McGee Imagines

Negotiation

The team has been following a drug cartel focusing on selling to sailors. The cartel recently murdered a Navy Lieutenant who saw a drug deal go down.

Tension was high at NCIS as Gibbs sent Y/L/N and DiNozzo to stake out the cartel's hiding spot.

"Where the hell is Y/L/N and DiNozzo?!" Gibbs asked as he stormed into the squad room.

"I don't know," McGee stuttered. "They haven't answered my last three calls."

"Well, call again," Gibbs ordered. He sighed before changing his mind, "I'll call them."

Gibbs sat at his desk and called DiNozzo. When he didn't answer, he called Y/L/N.

"Where the hell are they?" Gibbs sighed as he slammed his phone back onto the receiver. Just then the elevator doors opened.

"What the. . ." McGee stuttered. Gibbs turned around to see a battered DiNozzo hanging onto the doors.

"Call Ducky!" Gibbs jumped up and ran to DiNozzo's side. He wrapped DiNozzo's arm around his shoulders and half-carried him to his desk. He gently sat him in his chair.

"DiNozzo," he said, "what happened?"

"They discovered us," DiNozzo said, his voice soft.

"Where's Y/L/N?" Gibbs asked.

"I tried. . . But I couldn't. . . I'm sorry, boss," DiNozzo finally got out.

"Tony," McGee said slowly. "Where is she?"

"I protected her as long as I could," DiNozzo finally explained. "They were in the process of moving us. I escaped but I didn't get to her in time."

"Y/N's still with the cartel?" McGee asked.

"I'm sorry," DiNozzo whispered. "Boss, I tried. . ."

"It's okay," Gibbs said softly. "We'll get her back."

* * * * *

Gibbs sent a team to where DiNozzo escaped from but the cartel was already gone by the time they got there. He and McGee continued looking for leads on the cartel as Ducky checked out DiNozzo. The one thing they did find out from DiNozzo and their research was the name of the head of the cartel; Antonio Mendez.

"Any luck?" DiNozzo asked as he limped into the squad room.

"No," McGee sighed. "Nothing. We've tracked down every known associate of the cartel and each lead has led us nowhere. We have no idea where Y/N is."

"We're not going to give up until we find her," Gibbs said as he walked back from Vance's office. They thought nothing of it when Gibbs's phone rang.

"Gibbs," he answered automatically. When the voice on the other end spoke up, his breath got stuck in his throat. He instantly put it on speaker.

"Missing something, Agent Gibbs?"

"Who is this?" Gibbs demanded.

"The man who has your precious Agent Y/L/N."

It felt like the air was sucked out of the room. DiNozzo and McGee stepped closer to Gibbs.

"I want proof of life."

"How cute," Antonio mocked. "Boss man is worried about you, Agent Y/L/N. Anything you want to say to him?"

The three men held their breaths as they waited for Y/N to say something. When she didn't, Gibbs did.

"Y/L/N?" He spoke up. "Talk to me, kid."

"Come on, Agent Y/L/N," Antonio teased. "Tell Agent Daddy that you're okay."