Will You Take Care of Me?

Taken

"Hey, B., you okay?"  The voice came from Nick, who was standing a few feet away.  "I saw what happened.  Listen, Sloane just needs some time, I'm sure she's gonna be fine."  There was that word again.  Fine.  But what if Jack wasn't fine?  "El?"  She snapped out of her thoughts.

"Something is wrong Nick, something is really wrong."  He put his hand on her shoulder.

"C'mon B., what makes you say that?"  She turned around to reveal tear-filled eyes.  "B., what's wrong?"

"Gibbs told me that Jack isn't doing well.  Those were his exact words.  I mean, what does that mean, Nick?"

"I think what's important right now is what you think it means."  He waited patiently for her to answer.

"I went to Jack's office the other day, to give her the suspect file."

"And?"

"And she wasn't there.  And when she got there, she was pale, and weak, and I literally thought she was going to pass out.  After Gibbs told me this morning that she wasn't doing well, he got mad at me for not telling him about that."

"Wow."  He breathed.

"You know, my family and I aren't on great terms right now, but you guys, you are my family.  Two years ago, when we lost Clay, I didn't have my mom around to talk to about it.  But you know who I did have?  Jack.  You know, maybe sometimes we get annoyed that she wants us to talk about our feelings, but she's really just trying to take care of us.  Jack is always there for us."  Ellie's eyes filled with tears again.  "We need to be there for her too, Nick."

"I'm sorry for bugging you about getting involved.  You're right.  We're a family, no one should have to go through anything alone."  Nick pulled her in for a hug.  Ellie decided against saying the rest of what she was thinking.  Maybe it was nothing, maybe she didn't need to worry.

***

Jack sat in the grass, staring at the names on the grave stones. They had been the only people that knew her secret. Not even Gibbs or Vance knew. And these men had lost their lives protecting her. "I should have saved them," she whispered to herself. Jack felt a hand on her shoulder. "Jethro, how did you find me?" She asked without looking back.

"He didn't. And he won't." She turned back to see who was there and everything went black.

The next thing Jack knew, she was blindfolded and tied to a chair. She carefully listened to hear if her captor was around, but heard nothing. "Hello?" She asked, trying to find out if anyone was there.

"Is someone else here?" The voice sounded like a teenage boy.

"Who is that?" Jack wondered.

"My name is Henry. Who are you? Why are you here?" Before she could answer, they heard a door open. A man came over to Henry and ripped off his blindfold so he could see Jack.

"She is the reason your father is dead."

a/n: two updates in like an hour?  whoop whoop!  ty for always being my inspiration and for telling me i should do something to jack dinozzobby ❤️