Protecting Gibbs

chapter 4

Gibbs arrived at the safe house. He opened the door and was met by Ziva's gun in his face. He reached up a hand and pushed the gun out of his face. "Where are DiNoozo and my daughter?" Gibbs asked.

"They left. I stayed to wait for the guy." Ziva answered.

Gibbs pulled out his cell phone and dialed Tony's number. It rang three times before going to voice mail. "Let's go." Gibbs ordered heading back out the door and to his car.

Ziva followed him and got in the passenger side. Gibbs turned the car on, and put the pedal to the floor. He headed the same path Tony had taken. He slammed on the breaks when he came to the sight of a car crash. He got out of the car and ran to the crash.

"Dammit!" He shouted.

Ziva got out and stood on the other side of the car. She looked inside and noticed Tony's phone lying on the seat.

Gibbs walked over to the other car and looked in the driver's seat. The man in the car was dead, his head covered in blood, smashed against the wheel. Gibbs pulled out his cell phone and called for backup.

Duckie and Palmer arrived with McGee. The scene was processed and the body taken away. The cars were towed back to the navy yard for Abby to inspect.

Once they arrived, Gibbs was given a message that he needed to report to the director's office. Gibbs stormed in, "What do you want?" He asked angrilly, unable to control his emotions.

"I'm pulling you off this case, Gibbs." Vance answered calmly.

"No you're not." Gibbs shouted back at him.

"Yes, I am. That is an order, Agent Gibbs." Vance responded, raising his voice slightly and adding emphasis to the word agent.

"You can't take me off of this case. I am involved heavily. That bastard has my daughter and one of my team members. This bastard wants to get to me. He's using my daughter to do it."

"You won't back off will you?"

"If this situation was reversed, would you get off the case?"

"Fine." Vance responded.

Gibbs left the office and headed to see if Duckie had anything on the driver for him. "Hello Jethro." Duckie greeted him as usual.

"Do you have an id?" Gibbs asked.

"Not yet. Jimmy just ran the prints up to Abby."

"Do you have anything?"

"He died from the head injury he received in the crash. He lived for about thirty minutes after the crash. He suffered greatly."

"Good." Gibbs said, still fuming that his daughter had been kidnapped.

"Jethro, calm down. If you let your temper control you, you aren't going to find them."

Gibbs looked at Duckie. "My baby girl has been kidnapped to get to me."

"Jethro, I know you lost Shannon and Kelly and almost lost Charity..." Duckie said, but couldn't finish his sentence, before Gibbs left.

Duckie sighed. He turned to the body lying on his slab. "You are lucky that you died because of the crash. Otherwise, he would have killed you for helping get his daughter and Tony kidnapped."

Gibbs headed to see if Abby had any luck with the cars. He found her and McGee examining every inch of the car. "You have anything for me yet?"

"Not yet, Gibbs." Abby answered. "I'm running the prints through afis right now."

"We've collected samples of soil from the tires." McGee added.

"Call me when you have something." Gibbs said as he turned and left.

Abby turned to McGee. "Do you think that they are alright?"

"I'm sure everything is going to be fine Abby." McGee answered.

"You're right. Tony is one of our best agents and Charity is Gibbs' daughter. They will be perfectly fine." Abby said, more trying to convince herself than anyone else.

McGee walked over to Abby and pulled her into a hug. "We'll find them Abby."