Revenge Is Sweet
- Chapter 9: The Beginning of the End -
'Come on Jenny, time to go Huevas de rana wants to see you' Jenny barely had a chance to look up before two figures swooped into the room and pulled her to her feet, she struggled against their grip and kicked out hard. Her foot made contact with something soft and she heard a loud groan and swearing as she spun around punching the face of the man behind her. Both men released their grip on her, one was clutching himself and spat on the floor, 'bitch,' she could hear the venom in his voice.
The second was wary of her and standing between his captive and the door, he wiped his bloodied nose with his sleeve and sneered at her. She looked to Danny for assistance, 'Danny, Danny,' he stared at the floor and covered his ears with his hands. Jenny stared at him her fight leaving her as two pairs of arms clamped around her body forcing her from the room, she was limp in her captors arms as she spoke, 'Danny?'
He slowly stood up and flowed them from the room; the confusion was evident in his lovers eyes as she allowed herself to be dragged along the dark, damp corridor and up the stairs. As the door opened the brilliant sunshine blinded him, he squinted until his eyes focused on the wooden pier and turquoise waters surrounding them. He spotted the yacht moored at the end of the walkway and knew what was to happen, he dragged his feet as his brother and
'Huevas de rana' was waiting for them, Jenny looked up into the face and recognised it immediately. 'What do you want with me?' She asked angrily, struggling against the men holding her wrists, 'murder is punishable by death, you committed murder and you will be punished accordingly,' was the reply, 'murder? Who am I supposed to have murdered?' Jenny snarled, 'Rene Benoit, Le Grenouille,' 'I didn't murder him, and I was cleared of all charges by the FBI,' Huevas de rana lifted a black box onto the table in front of Jenny, using gloved hands they ran their finger around the edge and opened it with a sharp click. 'Danny, come and explain to your girlfriend what you're going to do?'
'I double checked the prints around the hotel room and one set didn't match that of the director, Simon Philips or Daniel Philips, it did however match a set all over that car,' 'who's prints Abby?' 'Pierre Francois, another known associate of Le Grenouille, there is no evidence placing anyone else in the room or the car,' McGee stared at the screen, 'so the director entered the room with Daniel Carson, they were kidnapped by Simon Philips, Daniel Philips and Pierre Francois, but only three men left with the director and we know one was Daniel Carson, it doesn't make sense.'
'Hang on McGee there's more, I matched a fibre from Noemi's clothes to a fibre found in a blood stain in the car, I positively matched the knife to the cuts on Noemi's arms,' Gibbs nodded, 'I also found this in the car,' she held up an evidence bag containing a single sheet of paper, 'it was hidden between the foam lining of the back seat and the leather cover, it says 'Anthony is the key, a pawn and a victim in the first game.' Tony stared at her, 'me?' Gibbs nodded 'apparently so,' he looked around the room, 'Abby where's Leanna?' 'She said she needed to use the bathroom, but that was ten minutes ago,' 'go get her.' Abby headed to the bathroom and a few seconds later ran back into the squad room frantically, 'she's not there.' Gibbs picked up his phone, 'Ducky, is Leanna with you?' 'No, I haven't seen her since she left to see you with Abigail.'
Danny slipped the cell phone back into his pocket and waited until he saw the flash of red heading towards him. He smiled as he took the small hand in his and led the girl towards his car, 'Your mommy is waiting for you,' he said as he strapped the girl into the passenger seat, 'is she okay?' Leanna asked him, her eyes wide with concern. 'Yeah, she's okay now but she's in trouble and she needs our help. I need you to be really brave and I need you to do something for me.'
He took the cell phone from his pocket, 'I need you to keep this in your jacket pocket,' he hit the gas and headed away from NCIS headquarters and back towards the marina. 'I need you to do exactly what I tell you, if I say run, you run as fast as you can, can you swim?' The little girl nodded gripping the phone tightly, 'yes,' 'good, if I say jump and swim away, you swim as fast as you can, you don't look back and you don't stop.'
'Security saw a red headed girl run through the gate and get into a dark suv outside, it drove off immediately.' Ziva reported as she hurried from the lift back to the bullpen. Gibbs phone vibrated in his pocket, and he pulled it out quickly, McGee stared at his screen 'boss, the director's cell phone has been activated,' 'I know, I just got a message from her phone.' ''Follow the signal, don't believe everything you see, Danny, the pawn in the second game. Beware Huevas de Rana.' McGee trace the cell,' he barked grabbing his gun and badge. Tony stared at the screen as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place, 'Abby look up Daniel Carson for me,' 'what are you thinking?' she asked as she began typing on Tony's computer. She brought up the files on Daniel Carson 'can you tell when the files were created?' 'Yeah, why?' I'd bet you any money…' he stopped as Abby's jaw dropped. 'they were created eight months ago.' 'Bring up the photo from the security footage,' Gibbs told Abby, as the image appeared on the screen beside that of Simon Philips they all stared at the screen. 'Do we have a picture of Daniel Philips?' 'No, but those two could be brothers,' 'I think Daniel Carson and Daniel Philips are one and the same.'
'What does 'Huevas de rana' mean?' Abby asked looking over at Ziva, 'it means …' 'Frogspawn?' Tony asked, 'yes, how did you know?' McGee jumped to his feet, 'Boss they're headed towards the marina,' 'let's go,' Abby stayed by the screen and called after them, 'be careful!'
McGee directed the team to a warehouse beside the marina and found the dark suv from outside NCIS, all four jumped out quickly. They could see a yacht moored in the water with four figures on board, the long vibrant red hair blowing in the wind signalled Leanna's presence and the taller figure of her mother behind her. They could hear voices arguing and caught parts of what was being said, 'murdered my father,' 'lied to me, you made him lie,' 'please don't hurt her,' 'punish you for what you've done,' 'don't hurt her,' several figures turned away and walked back inside the warehouse, leaving Jenny, Leanna and a man alone on deck.
He turned to Jenny and raised his hand, the sharp crack of a gunshot filled the air and Leanna fell to the deck. A strangled scream from Jenny echoed around them before another shot was fired, she fell backwards over the railing and into the water with a resounding splash. The man lifted Leanna up and threw her overboard before turning to walk back inside the warehouse after the rest of the group.