Unbroken

Chapter Thirteen:

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Dalai Lama

Gibbs's Viewpoint:

I was standing on the front porch with one hand in a pocket with the other on my gun in the holster. I called for the rest of my team to get here as well as Aaron and his team. I knew that Aaron was going to be pissed off at the fact that Missy hid this property from him, but it was for a damn good reason.

I saw the cars pulling up through the gate that they unlocked. I made it clear that they lock it afterwards. It wasn't hard to figure out how to use the lock. But I wanted to make sure that we could rule out any DNA of all the teams so that we can get some evidence on Lodge once and for all. They all soon parked behind the cars that were already here before they all started to pile out of the cars. 

Aaron was the first one to approach me.

"Where is she?" He asked.

"Resting, like she should be. Don't go in there with a temper. She doesn't need that right now," I warned.

"But..." He began to argue.

"Trust me, it isn't worth it. Besides there is a child on the premises that we are all responsible for as well as the lives of two others. For now, they are safe, but soon they are going to come looking for her. They have to be able to keep her alive," I explained.

Aaron nodded before asking, "Where are they?" 

"They are inside inside a bunker that only a few people are able to access. But Missy can let them know to come out if necessary. But only if it is safe. Right now, we have no idea where Lodge is, so it wouldn't be the best idea that they come out right now. Only if there is a need," I replied.

Aaron again nodded as the emotion on his face changed. There was a lot that happened in the past 48 hours that no one could have predicted and here we are again on an unfamiliar property that we both had no idea that Missy owned. 

"But I must warn you, we found the man that betrayed her in the first place as well as the messenger. So, when you walk into the house, don't go attacking the messenger. I want him to be alive long enough to answer questions," I said. 

"Why?" Aaron asked as he began to march into the house and see the scene before him.

I clutched my fist before sighing heavily as Agent Rossi came up to me. 

"It's bad isn't it?" He asked.

I nodded before saying, "The messenger is her younger brother. One that we should have held in interrogation a little while longer. But none of that matters now. Right now, the most important matter is to keep Aaron from murdering him for the betrayal."

I then turned to face the house as Agent Rossi and I nearly run into the house to see Aaron standing in front of FP as the man was beginning to wake up. 

"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Aaron nearly roared.

"Aaron," Agent Rossi said interrupting him, "I don't think that it's a good idea for you to interrogate him. Trust me, it isn't worth it."

"Aaron?" a voice from Missy's bedroom called out.

Aaron calmed his voice down before he walked over to her room and opened her bedroom door. The language of his body told me everything as he walked into the room to see the woman that he fell in love with all those years ago, lay in bed in enough pain to worry all of us. 

I then walked in behind him as Agent Rossi went to sit down in front of FP to begin questioning him. 

I then looked over at Missy and asked, "Do you want me to get Maggie?"