Tony glared at the man. He didn't like being lied to. He who gladly take this guy down himself if he could just get his hands free. "My boss is going to find us, you know." He said, knowing that Gibbs would. It would just take a bit of time. While he sat there, he started trying to get his hands free.

The ropes weren't that tight, Ryan wanted a fun little "dangerous game" like a hunt. He always did like to hunt humans, more satisfying than animals who knew only to run away from the danger, at least humans fought back most of the time or tried to hide or even got help sometimes. Ryan had a twisted a way of thinking, he walked off forgetting something and went down one of the tunnels to find it. He was now waiting to see how long it would take for the victim to get away this time or try to before he killed him.

Tony watched him go before he managed to get his hands free. The first thing he did was check his wound. It wasn't bad so he just stood up and went in the opposite direction the man did. He needed to find a way out of here and a way to detain the man.

Ryan felt that the man had gotten up by now, more gutsy than the other ones, though they stayed there for awhile, and most didn't move. "Won't let the prey get away" Ryan spoke knowing the tunnels very well and knew it would take awhile for anyone to get to an exit that was usable with all the busy streets above and the fact that most tunnels led to another city.

Abby finally gave Gibbs the information he needed, sadly they still didn't know where this guy went, the NCIS team, minus Tony, was searching all over the area of the house to try and find their team member. Gibbs was worried that something might happen to Dinozzo if he wasn't found, Gibbs wasn't about to lose Tony or any other team member like he lost his family in the past.

Ryan chased after, however, he had a bag on his back, it had several things in it. No reason to set a gun off down here or anything that was flammable. Ryan knew it would just catch whatever was down here on fire, that's why nothing ever went down here except water and trash. He threw a couple smoke bombs around each tunnel he ran past, it would be hard to keep running if you couldn't breath very well. Ryan had a medical mask on to keep the smoke from bothering his breathing. "You won't get away" Ryan called out, he liked to provoke any fear in people while on the hunt, and he pulled out a blade in his right hand.

Tony could hear the guy behind him. When he saw the smoke, he pulled his shirt up to cover his nose and mouth then kept going. He was confedient he would find an exit and get back to the navy yard. He just didn't know how long it would take. He didn't stop though. While he was running, he looked for some sort of weapon, managing to find a small metal pipe. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing.

For a couple hours the chase went on, this was the longest it had been in awhile, rats scurried across the floors, some trying to climb to any surface they could, and the murky water stayed in one place except for the slow movement of the flow. "You won't get away so easily agent, you will be killed before your team can find you, if not by me, by the rats" Ryan called out as his voice echoed and he stopped walking to find the agent. It was time for a break "Time to rest, watch the rats" he mumbled and walked back to his site. However, because Tony was hurt, the rats were starting to smell the blood streaming slowly out from his cut, and drew them towards him, little by little not getting too close yet until they knew when to attack.

Tony didn't pay him any attention. He just kept going. He could hear the rats behind him, but didn't pay them any attention. They weren't important. He wouldn't let them catch him. He kept running, trying to find an exit.

Just then something was on the ground in front of Tony, it was a dead dog, there seemed to be dead animals all around. Ryan had some hunting fun while he was down there practicing to go after humans, however, there was only a couple. It was already night now, running around without a clue where you are going takes awhile or makes time pass.

Ryan was back up on his feet after he ate something, he went back to hunting, but, this time he brought the bigger, red blade that he stole from his own step father before he left home for good. "Come out, come out, where ever you are, you cannot run, from Ryan the hunter" he toyed, though what Ryan didn't know was that the food he was eating caused him to be delusional and make him think people are saying things to him opposite of what he hears. Ryan had caught up with Tony swinging the blade at him, he knew the place better than anyone else, and he knew the different ways to take to get to him.

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"Got him Gibbs, seems he likes to go under ground alot, but, without a cell phone or something electric, I dont think I can get a lock on him" Abby said as her and McGee were trying different things continously typing away. Ziva found something upstairs on her computer and quickly ran downstairs to the others saying "I think I know where he is" Gibbs looked over waiting for her to continue which didn't take long. "At the base, Abby can you find the center of the under ground maze?" Abby looked over and back to her screen "Yea, I should be able to. Found it. No one ever goes down there probably so they would never notice him" there weren't cameras down there, but, there was a map showing where it was.

The NCIS group grabbed their things and ran out to find Tony. Ziva, McGee, Gibbs, and even the police were all about to raid the halls. Ryan heard the sirens above "Shit, they caught up quick, guess your friends are faster than I thought" Ryan quickly took another way going through the patterns, sometimes it could be dizzy, and he ran in front of Tony out of breath "Looks like this hunt...will have to end now" he said holding his red blade up and putting a good defensive position up to keep his balance.

Tony stopped when he saw the dead dog. He was completely out of breath, but he had to get away. He didn't want to die! Not in a sewer! He kept going, moving slower, to tired to run anymore.

He stopped when Ryan caught up. His grip tightened on the metal pipe. He instantly felt better when he heard the sirens. He knew it wouldn't take long now for them to find him. He could last until then.

"You're not going to get away. Not after everything you've done." He told him, ready to defend himself.

(haha, sorry my post went longer than I thought)

"How do you kill someone who doesn't believe in death?" Ryan spoke being honest about how he felt about death and that he really truly didn't believe in death. "And if I have to die, then so will you" meaning he would take anyone down with him before being caught "You won't kill me, not before I kill you" and he dropped his bag to the ground with a thump charging over at Tony with the knife, keeping it by his side and trying to stab and slash at Tony.

Footsteps all around them were searching for the two men, Gibbs was in the front line, Ziva, and McGee went other ways to see if maybe they weren't in the center. In this large maze, you never knew where people could be at or running around and it was always best to check every possible way. "Dinozzo!" Gibbs called out as his voiced echoed throughout the tunnels.

"It doesn't matter if you believe in death or not. Won't stop you from dying." Tony said. He was ready for him to charge, and sidestepped the attack. He swung the pipe, bringging it down as hard as he could on the back of his head.

He heard Gibbs calling for him. "Boss?" He called back, keeping his focus on the man in front of him.

About the time Ryan was hit, he had slashed at the agent's side and then fell against the floor and into the deep sewer water disappearing under it. Ryan was out, he was also being carried away by the slow current sewer water.

Gibbs raced to the sound of where Tony was calling back from "Dinozzo" Gibbs called out again, but, before he could wait for the other man to respond, he saw him right in front of him. He looked hurt and Gibbs could tell something was wrong. It looked like Ryan's little hunt didn't go as he planned. "Tony" Gibbs puts his gun away and runs over to Tony "Are you alright?" he stands close just in case "Tony, are you hurt?"

Tony dropped the pipe when he felt the knife cut him. He covered the wound as he watched Ryan disappear. The wound hurt, but he could handle it until Gubbs found him. And judging by how close his voice sounded, it wouldn't take to long. This was proven true when Gibbs was suddenly infront of him. "Hey, Boss. Just a bit.." he told him, moving his hand away from his side and seeing the blood.

(I will reply to the others tomorrow night (if I dont get home too late) cuz right now im kinda brain dead except for this roleplay and one other. Night)

"Tony" Gibbs noticed the blood and helped support Tony "Come on, let's get you above ground, can you walk?" of course Gibbs wasn't going to let him walk alone and he wasn't about to run off to get help. "Just bare with it until we can get help" Gibbs helped Tony walk and they slowly made their way to some officers that helped take him up above ground where an ambulance was waiting.

McGee and Ziva made it clear the man, Ryan, was no longer there. No one knew where he was, they just assumed he was dead, but, as an agent, you can never assume someone is dead until you know for sure. Tony was taken to the hospital to get treated, Gibbs wouldn't let anyone tell him to leave, or stay out of the room until he knew how Tony was. Gibbs was glad when the doctors came in giving Tony medicine and talking to Gibbs. Ziva and McGee were then allowed to come into the room, Ducky and Abby came at a later time, but, Tony was still out from the drugs they gave him.

(alrighty. That's fine.)

"Alright boss." Tony said. He didn't complain about Gibbs helping him like he normally would. He was starting to feel a bit dizzy from the blood loss. But he didn't say anything. He didn't want his boss to worry about him. He was going to be fine, after all.

Tony managed not to pass out on the way to the hospital. He told the doctor where he was hurting before he passed out both from the blood loss and the drugs.

Some time has passed, Gibbs and his team still couldn't find the man, sadly he was gone and probably still out there. Gibbs would always keep an eye out now that they know who they were searching for. Gibbs entered Tony's room with his coffee and checked to see if he was awake yet. He wasn't, Gibbs stood over by the window, wondering when he would wake up. He was also wondering if he would see that man who took Tony or not, it wasn't long before they found Tony luckily, but, if they were later, Gibbs would have searched and searched just to kill the man himself.

When Tony woke up, he was confused for a moment where he was. But then he remembered what happened and that he was in a hosptial. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around, his eyes landed on Gibbs. "Hey, Boss.." he said.

Gibbs turned to face Tony, his expression the same as when he was serious, "Hey Dinozzo, how are you feeling?" Gibbs asked walking over and taking a seat on the stool next to the hospital bed that Tony was lying in.

"I feel just fine. Though that's probably because of the meds." Tony said, laughing slightly. Then he began serious. "I'm sorry boss. He got the drop on me."

Gibbs listened to Tony and what he was saying "Don't worry about it Dinozzo, you were just doing your job" Gibbs replied staying as calm as he could "We'll get him, we're sure that he got away, even though we don't know where he went" Gibbs hadn't known about the fact that Tony hit him with the pipe, so they just assumed he was gone or ran off.

"I managed to hit him over the head with a pipe. He collapsed in the water. Probablyy got swept away." Tony told him. He was sure he hadn't killed him, but he was unconcious under water, so he might have drowned for all he knew.

Gibbs was a bit annoyed now, but, even if he wanted to know that earlier, there would be no way for him to have known with Tony being taken care of. "Well, I'm glad you're alright now, Tony. You should get some rest, I'll try to bring you some fast food tomorrow" Gibbs finally said after being silent for a couple moments.

"That sounds good, Boss." Tony said, smiling slightly at him before yawning. "Now I think I'm going to get some more sleep." He said, his eyes closing on their own and he was instantly asleep.

Gibbs stood up, his hand on Tony's shoulder, and he kissed his forehead after seeing he was asleep "Sleep well" and Gibbs walked out to go back to work, now that he knew the killer was still out there, he was going to find him, even if it was just his dead body. No one goes after his team and lives (or at least gets to keep their freedom) Gibbs left the door cracked so light would shine in a little from the hallway. He went back to work explaining to the others that Tony was alright and the killer was still out there, dead or alive.

the others didn't like to hear that the likker could still be out there. Especially not after what happened to Tony. They immedietly got back to work. McGee was working on tracking Ryan on his computer while Ziva went back to searching the sewers. She wasn't going to stop until he was found. Then she would end him herself.