Revenge Is Sweet
- Chapter 7: A Continuation of Events -
Leanna was walking down the empty corridor towards the autopsy suite, it was dark and quiet, as she reached the doors she heard a creaking noise and she looked behind her. It was empty, she turned back to the doors and they opened. The lights flickered on and she walked across the room towards the rows of small doors. She reached out her hand and gripped a handle firmly, she took a deep breath and turned it slowly.
She pulled the door open and her eyes adjusted to see inside the dark space, her hands trembled as she pulled the gurney out, red hair fell out and her eyes rested upon the chalk white skin. She reached out and touched the long red hair , it was soft and silky, she ran her hands over the white cheeks and found they were cold as ice. Her lip shook and tears began to roll down her cheeks as she looked at the pale lips and nudged the unmoving body, 'mommy, mommy get up, mommy, mommy mommy' she screamed into the silence. 'Mommy get up!' pleaded, nudging the cold neck with her hands. 'Mommy please get up,' she whispered, her face wet with tears.
Something moved behind her and she backed away from the body, she jumped as she heard a creak and a groan, 'uuuuuuuuuuu,' she heard. She stood still hardly daring to breathe, 'uuuuuuuuuuu,' there it was again. She stepped back towards the gurney and heard it again, 'uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' but it wasn't coming from the same direction. The door to the cooler opened slowly and a hand came out, 'uuuuuuuuuuuu,' at the same time the doors to autopsy opened and a foot appeared. She screamed as a body began walking towards her, 'uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' it's arms were out in front of it and its neck was covered in blood.
She saw its face and it looked like the old man, Ducky, it had no eyes just sockets full of blood and there was a bite mark on its neck, she screamed again and turned when she heard a banging. There was another one, this one looked like Gibbs, it's arms were outstretched and it was coming towards her, its legs dragging on the floor, leaving blood stains as it moved. She stood rooted to the spot watching as they came towards her groaning and flopping. She started to scream an arm grabbed her and turned her around, it was the man he was leaning forwards, her neck exposed….
She sat up sweating and screaming, there were people all around her, dark shapes moving in the room, one swooped down on her, 'what is it?' she whispered, 'did you see someone in here?' she shook her head. A second voice spoke to her, 'hey, it's okay, did you have a nightmare?' She nodded and hugged the woman talking to her, she realised it must be Abby and clung onto her for dear life, 'mommy was lying all still shut behind a metal door, she was all cold and she wouldn't get up, she wouldn't get up, she wouldn't get up, and then the old man and Gibbs came and they tried to catch me and bite me and make me into a zombie like them, and he'd got my neck and…' 'shhhh, shhh, it's okay, it was just a dream, just a bad dream.'
Abby sat on the floor amongst the pile of blankets and pillows hugging Leanna, Ziva was stood by the door replacing her gun in its holster. She had managed to persuade Gibbs that Leanna would be safe with just her and that he did not need to drag McGee and Tony into babysitting duty. They had however appeared on Abby's doorstep with enough pizza, ice cream and movies to keep Leanna entertained for half the night. Who ever thought it would be a smart idea to let her watch zombie movies rated 18 was going to be in serious trouble when she got her hands on him.
'It's okay, it was just a dream,' Abby muttered holding the little red head in her arms, 'what if mommy can't come home, what if she gets hurt,' Abby desperately wanted to tell her Jenny would be fine but it wouldn't be fair, she had every faith in Gibbs but Kate's death had told her not everything can be fixed. 'Gibbs is gonna find your mom and he's gonna do his best to bring her back to you,' Leanna nodded, 'what about Danny Is he looking for my mom too?' 'Who is Danny?' Ziva asked bending down and sitting beside Leanna.
Leanna wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve and sniffed before looking around at Ziva, 'Her boyfriend,' Abby and Ziva caught each other's eye and then looked back at Leanna. 'Danny?' 'Yeah, every time she was on the phone it was Danny this and Danny that and then if she was moody it was Daniel,' 'did you ever meet him?' Leanna nodded, 'yeah he came round loads, he stayed overnight loads too,' 'did you like him?' Abby asked her. She nodded, 'yeah, he was nice, he read to me and he played scrabble with us, and mommy smiled lots when he was around.' 'Did your mom ever mention what he did?' Leanna thought a moment, screwing up her face in thought, she slowly shook her head then more forcefully, 'no, she didn't.'
Abby was intrigued by the new information and decided to broach another sensitive subject. 'Did your mom ever talk about your dad?' 'When I did something he would do, she'd tell me I was just like him, sometimes she'd smile and other times she'd get mad and get upset, she'd shout, and then I'd hear her crying and I'd go into her room to hug her.'
She picked up her fluffy rabbit and held it to her, 'she called my daddy a bastard, She said daddy had another girlfriend when he told mommy he loved her. Then mommy found out about me and she wanted daddy to choose between her and the other lady, he wouldn't choose so she left him and had me on her own. She says she hates him a lot, then other times, like when she says she loves my eyes I think she liked him really but he really really upset her.'
Jenny looked up as she heard the screech of metal on metal, she held her hands behind her back pretending she was still tied up, as the door opened slowly. She swallowed nervously watching as a beam of light spread into the room, there were footsteps and a groaning before someone was thrown into the room beside her. 'What do you want from me?' She shouted at the silhouette in the doorway, 'Me? I don't want anything,' he replied, she didn't recognise his voice but noted the accent.
'Why am I here?' The door was closing, 'Because my boss wants you here,' 'who's your boss?' she asked her eyes darting up and down the figure closing the door, he ignored her and turned back into the room, he rolled the groaning figure over and raised his gun. He turned it around and threw the but of the gun into the man's face, 'arghh,' he groaned blood shining in the dull glow. Jenny recognised the face as he tossed about in the light, 'Danny?' she asked quietly, 'Danny is that you?' 'Yeah,' he spoke thickly, Jenny guessed his nose was broken.
'What does your boss want with us?' She shouted as the door closed, she heard a laugh outside, 'what dos our boss want with you? We're not privy to those kinds of details Jenny, we're just following orders,' a second voice answered, she recognised that voice, 'What does that mean, following orders? Whose orders?' More laughing, 'goodnight Jenny,' she heard footsteps on concrete fading into the silence.
She crawled over to the groaning figure on the floor, 'Danny, Danny are you okay,' he pushed himself around so he was facing her, 'yeah, yeah I'm okay,' she looked over him in the moonlight and saw his clothes were bloodied and a gash on his cheek, 'they hurt you, did they tell you what they wanted?' 'No, not after the hotel, they slashed me to stop me protecting you; they didn't tell me what they wanted.'
'Did they tell you who they are working for?' He nodded, it wasn't completely true, they didn't tell him but he knew who they were working for. He knew he couldn't lie to anyone else, 'they mentioned le grenouille,' he watched the emotions flicker over her face, shock, wonder, fear, then she spoke, 'he's dead, what has le grenouille got to do with this and why would they want us?' He slipped his arm around her and placed a tender bloodied kiss on her cheek, 'they didn't say,' but I know exactly why they want you.