Never Will I Forget

Written By: Neko Ninja & Ember Island

Gibbs is told a new mission has begun, however, this time it is the search to find Tony since he was taken from a house they were investigating, and is now missing. The only lead is the cop that was killed trying to help him. So where is Tony? Who kidnapped him? Why and what will the team do now?

- - - Start Off - - -

Gibbs was in his office, they just got news moments before that a Marine Navy officer was found dead in his own home, and there was no way in or out to say it was a murder. Now the only clue is that the killer is out there somewhere and is already making his next target a hunt. "A Marine Navy officer was just killed in his own home, no way in, no way out, grab your gear lets go, McGee work on that virus with Abby" McGee was already downstairs working with Abby, but, they were on the screen to show what the others were doing downstairs. The screen was shut off and Ziva grabbed her things going with Tony and Gibbs to the sight.

(this is before Tony gets kidnapped, maybe he gets too curious about something and the killer doesn't like it)

Name: Ryan Cores
Age: 27
Info: Ryan has a normal past, normal life, except everyone around him left to move away, and he always watched people die. He seemed to be okay with it, never cared if they died or not, and now he was going around killing marines for no apparent reason. So now the NCIS is on his trail and he has to find a way to stop them from catching him. He is very fast and grew up watching crime shows.
Looks: Black hair, brown eyes

Tony was instantly on his feet when Gibbs spoke. Finally, a case! The team hadn't had any for a while now and he was starting to get bored with the cold cases they were working on. Not that he was happy someone was dead, no. He just wanted something interesting to do. And murder investigations always were. He watched as McGee went down to Abby's lab before he and Ziva followed Gibbs into the elevator.

(was my start okay on each of the roleplays?)

Gibbs handed Ziva the report "You need to memorize the report by the time we get there" Gibbs threw the keys at Tony "You're driving" Gibbs mainly drove the car when they were in a hurry and right they weren't in a hurry so there would be no reason for Gibbs to drive. He took the passenger seat as Ziva sat in the back of the big, black, suv vehicle and she already began to memorize it. Putting his seatbelt on, Gibbs waited during the quiet drive to the site.

(Yeah. They were just fine.)

Tony was surprised when Gibbs tossed him the keys. He never got to drive. It was always Gibbs himself or Ziva. And both of their driving was terrifying. So, he wasn't going to complain when he got the chance to drive. He got in the driver's side and buckled up. "So. Where to?" He asked, looking at Gibbs.

(trying to do three things at once)

"1426 Hatsford street North bound" Ziva stated as Gibbs started his next cup of coffee, luckily it wasn't his first, without his coffee, well, everyone was afraid of him and he knew it very well. "Says it's James Roberts, Navy Marine, age 37, no reason yet of death type or time of death" Ziva added as she heard Gibbs comment "Ducky should be able to tell us that much" Gibbs figured by the time they got there they would at least know how he died, if not when he died.

Tony nodded when he heard the address. He started the car and started driving. He wasn't surprised to hear that they didn't know the time of death or what caused it. The local LEO's didn't ever really do a good job. It didn't take long to arrive and he parked before getting out.

Gibbs was already out of the car before it shut off and Ziva had finished up moments before memorizing the entire report. "Alright, you know what to do" they walked inside to where the body was "Ziva take upstairs, Tony take the basement" Gibbs wasn't used to a house having a basement really when it came to his job. Most don't but the cops said the door was locked and there might be something down there. Gibbs hadn't noticed anyone out of the ordinary, but, then again, nothing was ordinary about this kill. "Oh hello Jethro" Ducky spoke as Gibbs walked over seeing nothing wrong with the body "Details ducky" Gibbs coffee was gone by the time they got there. "Well he died at 7:32am, this morning, as far as what killed him, don't really know just yet" they were already taking the body to the morgue, or trying to that is. But, the room around them looked something like out of Batman when the Joker striked, in fact it did say 'Joker' all around the room in red and purple spray paint.

tony got out and followed Gibbs and Ziva into the house. "On it, boss." He stated when he heard what he needed to do. He took a moment to glance over the reports before heading down to the basement. He kept on hand near his firearm, just in case. But he was sure he wouldn't need it. This was a crime scene, after all. Nothing dangerous here. When he got down there, he began looking around, going through everything, whether it looked important or not.

What Tony hadn't realized was that he wasn't alone in the room, he was actually being watched by someone else, and that person was not to be taken lightly. Ryan hadn't gotten the chance to run and when he did have the chance, the police raided the place. There was blood all over the floor in a corner, as if it was leaking out from the bottom of the wall on the side, and Ryan was behind the wall trying to stay quiet as he peeked out through a hole trying not to be seen.

Ziva walked upstairs, she was told to check it out, keeping her gun ready, she was ready to fight without it too. Though she never thought a threat would still be in the house if this killer kept killing around the area, but, choosing out local men who were high in business and most likely to be hated by alot of people or everyone for that matter.

Gibbs saw Tony go downstairs, Ziva going upstairs, and Ducky watching the body being taken away in a body bag. Gibbs went to look around in the kitchen, maybe there was a murder weapon there, and he didn't find anything. He looked for prints, for marks, anything to show someone was in there, but, there was no trace.

Tony noticed the blood almost instantly. He instantly went over to it to investigate. He pulled on some gloves as he crouched down next to the blood.he took a picture of it before getting a sample. He was about to stand up again when he noticed the blood appeared to coming out of the wall. He reached over to investigate.

Ryan took a step back losing his balance and fell in an area with dry blood, when he looked at his hands they were covered in blood, and now he had to deal with some cop (in his head he thinks its a cop) snooping around. He couldn't have this right now, he was just about to make his next target, that is after he could get away. Something about this cop seemed familiar, so he tried another approach "h-hey, anyone there?" he put on his helpless voice to call out quietly to Tony on the other side of the door "c-can anyone hear me?" thought only Tony would be able to barely hear him "W-watch out, he's still here" Ryan spoke talking about the killer, but, thought it would be obvious "H-he's down...uh oh..."

Tony instantky pulled his gun when he heard a voice. When he realized it was coming from the wall, he lowered the gun, but kept it out. "Hello? Who's there? Are you alright?" He asked. He hadn't thought anybody else lived here. Guess he was wrong. But, this guy would need to be questioned either way.

"I am locked in here, who are you, can you help me?" he whispered back, he would make his move as soon as he could feel it was safe to open the wall, which only he knew how to open and it would be a great way to get Tony on the other end to open it. "Please get me out of here, there s-should be a s-switch on the side, under an old picture..." Ryan replied back.

"I'm Special Agent Tonyy DiNozzo, NCIS." Tony said. He holstered his gun before moving to where he was told the switch was. But, he hesitated before actually looking. "How do you know where this switch is?" He asked, suddenly suspicious, his hand on the handle of his gun.

"I s-saw it before being s-shoved in here, please let me out, there are rats in here, I hate rats..." Ryan played, actually he didn't like rats, he thought they were disgusting creatures, worse than he was, and he couldn't stand being near them. Squeaking sounds came from behind the wall as well making Ryan uncomfortable within the wall now. "Please just get me out of here q-quickly..." Ryan added.

Tony hesitated for a moment, thinking. He wasn't sure hpif he should believe him, but he also couldn't leave him in there. "Alright.. just a moment.." he told him. He found the switch and flipped it, hand still on his gun.

Ryan was standing up against the opposite wall of where the door had opened up, he had blood here and there, and he looked scared, but, not as scared as most would be unless they were in there for awhile. "Oh thank g-goodness" Ryan spoke as rats scurried out of the closed up room, they were special rats that would go after anything with meat on it, and hardly ever ate garbage. Though it was hard to tell unless you knew alot about rats and what they looked like along with their signs sense they blended in with other rats. They just hardly ever ate each other unless for survival. Ryan walked over to him slowly, as if he was afraid someone was going to just pop out of no where, and then he looked afraid "Watch out" he freaked pointing and looking scared over Tony's shoulder "He's right there"

Tony was relieved to see the man appeared to be unharmed. That was good. And he could tell he wasn't lying about the rats. He could hear them moving around. He turned when the man pointed behind him, drawing his gun.

(sorry was playing 20 questions with someone and damn it felt like I was the actual criminal minds investigator lol XD)

However, when Tony had turned around, no one was there, the only thing was there was the single light bulb down in the basement to light it up. Ryan quickly raised his elbow and knocked Tony right in the back of his upper back to knock him out. Ryan watched the NCIS agent fall, at least he knew who he was dealing with, and the one thing Ryan loved to do the most besides hunting people like his folks, was tormenting, or torturing them for information.

Tony was only partially surprised to see that there was nothing behind him. He knew he shouldn't have listened to this guy. He was about to turn back around when he felt the hit. His gun slipped from his hand as he collapsed, quickly blacking out.

"Never should trust a complete stranger, not very smart are you?" Ryan moved him and Tony to the room again shutting the door, there was more than one way to open it, however, the other way involved more rats, and he did hate rats. "Dinozzo are you down here?" Gibbs called out walking down the steps, his hand next to his gun just in case "Dinozzo?" Gibbs instantly went into defense mode knowing Tony hadn't gone back up without reporting to him or Ziva yet, and Ziva appeared behind Gibbs "Where's Tony?" "Don't know, Ziva" and they both moved down the steps looking for their team mate. However, Tony was not there, and even when they checked the rest of the house, there was no way to show that Tony had left.

The good thing was, Tony had his cellphone, and when Gibbs went to call it, it went off behind the hidden passageway wall. "Tony?" Ziva asked unsure if that was his phone "Why is it coming from the wall?" now they both were wondering "Get some cops down here with a couple of sledgehammers. I'll stay to see if anything happens" though, Ryan caught the cell taking out the battery and leaving it right there as he opened a hole with a couple rats, luckily most of them had already scurried away. Not a good thing for anyone outside at night if they attacked though. Ryan moved him and Tony through the hole.

"Damn, you're heavy, what do you eat" Ryan mumbled dragging him along and closed the door, now the only way to track them would be through the hole, IF they could find it, and above ground. Ryan moved them to the sewers, he had his own place down there, and didn't need a sense of smell. He couldn't live with other people without wanting to kill them, though he did keep rat traps and everything around the little house that he did built down there.

Pulling Tony to a large area and tying him up, Ryan took a seat to take a break, he had to do something different this time, if this agent lived, he could very well go to prison, though he wouldn't mind the electric chair, though he'd probably be hung or shot or life in prison for all he has done. But first, he had to make sure the agent wouldn't get anywhere, IF he did escape. Ryan took a blade from his boot, and while the agent was out, he sliced a cut on Tony's leg and blood seeped out slowly, it wasn't that bad, but, it would either leave a scar or get infected, however, Ryan knew the rats would smell the blood so he put out more traps and cinder blocks he collected over time to keep them out.

By the time they got downstairs with the sledge hammers, Gibbs had already picked up Tony's gun and kept it in his back pocket. Smashing the wall down, all they found was a secret hole in the wall, probably unknown to the owner who died upstairs. Most didn't know what was involved in their home, including any hidden halls or rooms or even tunnels.

(haha I creeped myself out writing the part where ryan was in the wall lol XD)

Tony woke up about an hour later. The first thing he noticed was paain in his leg. He autotmatically reached down to check for a wound when he noticed his hands were tied. And that his head was pounding. He knew he shouldn't havve trusted that guy! He should have listened to his gut like he normally did. He didn't know why he ignored it. Now he just needed to figure out how he was going to get out of this.

(sorry about long post XD)

Ryan was off to the side making more of the walls of the home he kept underneath the city in the sewer system, however, Ryan didn't realize that Tony had awakened yet. He had only built the walls and door plus a window, it wasn't that big, but, big enough for a bed and small table to have food on it for. "Staying here...never leaving..he wont get me...not again..." Ryan was talking to himself and while this was going on, Gibbs and the team was trying to figure out where Tony went.

Tony was silent for a while, waiting his head to stop hurting. He spent the time watching the man who he was now sure was the killer. ".. Who are you hiding from?" He asked, only partially curious. He jyst wanted to stall long enough to give Gibbs time to find him.

(Just to warn you, i'm playing sim3 atm while roleplaying with you)

Ryan turned to the sound of the other voice "Oh, you're awake, stronger than you look it seems" Ryan wasn't going to answer that, at least not the answer that the agent would want "No one" Ryan stopped working, there was plenty of light and Tony wasn't even in the house yet, he was on the outside as Ryan was touching up the outside wall of it.

Gibbs looked to McGee and Abby while in Abby's office "You guys better have something for me" Gibbs was waiting for results from Abby, the most they found was the finger prints on the Tony's battery, and it linked up to a "Ryan Cores, a suspect in other murders within the area, he was said to be spotted at every murder scene just standing there. One of the officers said he saw him at every one of them." McGee spoke as Abby continued "But, no matter what we do, we can't find him, it's like he doesn't even live like everyone else" however she was more right about that than anything.

(control who you wish, if you need to take control of my charry at all, go ahead)