CHAPTER 16: UNFAIR TRADE
Gibbs and Veron were on the way to a suspect's house when Gibbs' phone rang, he continued driving at an unbelieveable speed as he answered.
"Gibbs" He said
"I'm sorry to say this Jethro" Jenny said
"Then don't" Gibbs barked
"There has been an explosion t the lab" Jenny said
Gibbs slammed on the breaks having heard jenny's words which made Veron slam his hands on the dash board to stop him from hitting his head.
"Abby?" Gibbs asked
"We have been unable to find her body at the moment, all we know is that Abby and Emma were in the lab at the time of the explosion!" Jenny said sadly
"And emma?" Gibbs asks
"They found her unconcious in the lab just feet away from where the explsion has been identified as being the epicentre of the blast!" Jenny informed him
"Where is she now?" Gibbs asked
"Being taken to Bethesda as we speak" Jenny says
Gibbs throws the phone onto the back seat, and makes a u turn in the middle of a dual carridgeway crossing in front of a line of traffic coming in the
opposite direction and sped of on route to Bethesda.
"What is it Gibbs?" Veron asks
"An explosioninthe lab, Abby's missing and Emma has been badly hurt" Gibbs says
"Can you drive any faster?" Veron asks, no one has ever said that to Gibbs before in fact they say the opposite
"Oh yeah!" Gibbs says smiling and puts his foot to the floor
They arrive at the hospital in less than 5 minutes, it would have been a 10 minute drive if it were anyone else and driving at the speed limit. They
abandon the car in any space they could find, in this case an abulance parking space and enter the building.
"You are going to have to move your car sir" A sweet talking nurse says from behind the reception desk of the A&E
"I'm looking for Agent Emma Harvey, she was brought in here a few minutes ago" Veron butts in not taking any notice of what the woman had just said
"I'm afraid you will have to move the car first sir" she says again sweetly
"How about you tell us where agent Harvey is or i will be parking it up you a**" Gibbs says unamused
"There is no need to shout sir!" she raises her voice slightly
"Just tell us where agent Harvey is or i will let him off his leash" Veron says refering to Gibbs who looked the same as he did when he didn't know
Ari's name
"Boss!" Smith says walking down the corridor to meet them
"Smith, where is Emma?" Veron asks
"She is in ICU, its not looking good" she says solumly "ill take you to her"
"You still have to move the car sir!" the woman said with a hint of anger becoming apparent in her voice
"I know why don't you move it!" Gibbs says throwing the keys at her and following Veron and Smith down the corridor
They reach Emmas room and walk through the door, they can see several machines doing their job of keeping her alive and stable, the various machines make
noises every now and again the heart monitor bleeps every now and again to signal life and the ventilator pumps air into her weak lungs. She looks like
a mummy with her whole body from neck to toe in bandages and has several large patches on her face where the blast has taken its toll on her. There is
scaring where the casing the bomb was in had hit her face and shards of glass have been removed to reveal large cuts to her nose, cheeks and forhead.
"How is she doing?" Veron asks the nurse who is currently attending to one of the machines that are connected to Emma
"She is very lucky, i am amazed how she survived the blast, but unfortunately she has some pretty serious injuries" the nurse said
"Is she responsive?" he asks
"A little but we are not expecting much at this point she is in need of a serious amout of care and attention" the nurse informed him
"Could you guys give us some time alone?" Veron asked the nurse, Gibbs and Smith
"Yes sure i was just finished" the nurse said as Gibbs and Smith nodded and left the room with the nurse
Veron pulled the chair up to the bed where Emma lay and sat there for a minute looking at Emma and what a mess she was in. He held out his hand and
placed his on top of hers, she sat their lifeless not even twitching when he touched her, his head dropped for a second, suddenly he thought he heard
something, looking up he realised that Emma was trying to open her eyes but was in real pain, her eyelids were filckering and she was making a low
moaning sound as if she was trying to talk but couldn't.
"What is it?" Veron asked her
"I'm......sorry......boss" she said quietly between breaths
She closed her eyes again and the machines started to bleep like crazy as nurses came in and surrounded her, Veron stepped back and walked out of the
room towards Gibbs and Smith, he had a shocked expression, one Smith had never seen on her boss before, it soon turned into anger and determination.
"As of now it stops!" he said "We catch this B*****D! dead or alive"
Back at NCIS the team is shocked to find out about the lab bombing and realise that no where is safe, they increase the security on the building but
they know that it is too late, the damage has been done and they have lost both of their forensic scientists and so doing lab work is going to be
difficult as they don't even have lab.
"I have called in the FBI to help with the investigation as they have a lab that we can use and they also have some agents they can led us to try
to track down both Agent Todd and Miss Scuito" Jenny informs them
"when will they get here?" Veron asks
"Just in time i see" Fornell remarks with perfect timing
"Tobias, just remeber this is our case" Gibbs says
"you will do everything by our rules" Veron says
"How sweet you have him finishing your sentsnces for you" Fornell smirks
"There isn't time for this!" Gibbs snaps angrily
"Your right we have to begin immediately" Fornell says turning serious
"Who are your agents?" Gibbs asks
"Agents Kaite Minion and Amy Best" Fornell announces
Tony instantly raises his head and realises who is standing in front of him it is the woman who he had a truly horrible date with just before he got
with Kate, he knows that she recognises him and she instantly walks up to Tony and holds out her hand ready to shake his.
"Well if it isn't Anthony DiNozzo" She says poshly
"Amy, nice to see you again" He lied putting on a fake smile
"Care to explain DiNozzo?" Gibbs asks
"No boss, its nothing" Tony says uncomfortably
"Thats right, it was nothing" Best says
"Good, now can we get back to work?" Gibbs asks
"Yes boss" Tony says
Gibbs turns back towards the team looking rather disorientated and looking just about ready to crack. He takes a deep breath.
"Blowing up the lab means they are after our people, women first" Gibbs says to everyone
"We need to be on alert for any strange movements from suspects or any personnel entering or exiting the building" Veron adds
"We are goin gto have to split up into groups Tony, Smith i need you to process the Lab" Gibbs says
"Yes boss" They both say
"McGee, Best i need you to go pick up Navy engineer Andrew Segal, bring him in for interrogation" Gibbs says
"Yes boss" they both say
"Minion, Ziva i need you to search records and find any link between this Andrew Segal and any other kind of crime" Veron says
"Yes boss" they both say
"Gibbs, Fornell and I will go to the FBI lab and see what we are dealing with here" Veron says
"Don't stand around! get to work!" They all scurry around attending to the jobs they have been assigned
Tony and Smith head towards the elevator and as the doors open they see Kate collapsed on the floor of the elevator all cut up and bloody.
"Kate!" Tony says running to her side
Gibbs, Veron and Fonell hear Tony shouting and run over to the elevator, they don't believe their eyes as they see Kate slumped in a pile on the floor
not moving and looking rather unwell.
"Tony! take the stairs to the lab!" Gibbs orders
"But she is hurt" Tony says upset
"Right now Abby is depending on you to find her and Emma is holding onto life in the hospital, Kate is safe now" Gibbs says bending to look tony in
the eye
"Ok boss" Tony says not wanting to leave Kate but he is glad she is now safe
"Go, now!" Gibbs hurries them
"Kate its Gibbs your safe now" He says holding her in his arms
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