Ziva and Tony found a lot at Lieutenant Seabrook's apartment. They found Jamie Jones, tied by his hands and feet to the headboard with a ball gag in his mouth. After they brought him in, Beckett was walking to obversation needing a break from a computer screen. She opened the door poking her head in, and gaped finding Ziva holding Tony's wrist tightly as he held his phone with his back to the two way window, "UNI Hospital. Test results came back already?" "I'm pregnant. McGee's gonna be very proud." Beckett frowned deeply, "Uh...how's it going?" Tony pulled away from Ziva and walked out with Beckett on his six. She pulled his arm gently before he got on the elevator, "Hey, UNI Hospital? Test results? What the hell is Ziva talking about?" Tony sighed and tapped her nose, "Becks I'm fine." "You're lying." He sighed through his nose, "How about I'll tell you when you decide to tell me how your appointment went." "The appointment I never got my results to?" Tony stopped the doors from closing and looked at her, "What are you talking about?" Beckett laughed in a mocking way, "You're kidding? Tony I told you something came up and I haven't gotten them yet." "You never said that." "Yes I did. Two days ago.... guess that no lying thing isn't working out so well for you, huh?" She turns her back walking off, and Tony let the doors close with a heavy sigh. Damn.
"Seabrook's got a bunch of MP3 files on here. All created over the last 24 hours," McGee's voice carried over to Beckett as she exited the elevator. She smiled walking over and leaned on his shoulder, "You think she was illegally downloading?" "Where's Abby?" "She went up to her lab." McGee shrugged not remembering when she even left, "Oh, and no, they were recorded with the laptop's microphone. I think she was making verbal observations while running her tests. I'm gonna line up the time stamp. She might have made a recording while she was dying." He put his headphones on as Beckett walked over to the Humvee.
She looked into the cab in amazement at all of the technology in here, and how advanced it all was. Beckett hopped in and closed the door with the window down, "So, she was in the passenger seat. Probably buckled her seat belt," she spoke to herself as she strapped it across her chest and looked at the dash, "now if she was tied to something, what would she be tied to?" Beckett looked around as she unbuckled her seat belt, but the strap tightened across her chest and pinned her to the seat. She gasped loudly, pulling at the strap as the doors locked, the windows went up and the car started. "McGee! McGee!" She hit the window again and again, "Tim!" Carbon monoxide was being sent into the cab through the vents. Beckett struggled trying the doors, the locks, the windows, everything. She yelled for McGee louder but his headphones and focus on the computer had his attention. "McGee help me!" Trying to reach the kill switch, she found it impossible with being stuck against the seat.
Beckett started coughing harshly, her ears were ringing and her hands were feeling the burns from pulling at the belt. She kicked her feet up at the window and the windshield when the elevator opened and Gibbs stepped out. Within seconds he spotted Beckett and dropped his coffee, running over to the door. Yanking it with no luck Beckett coughed harder pointing to the switch, "The ki-kill switch!" She kept coughing as Gibbs runs over, pressing the emergency button making the alarm go off, before grabbing the fire extinguisher. McGee finally looked up and yanked the headphones off as Gibbs made it back to the car, "Cover your face!" He smashed the driver side window and flicked the switch, making Otto shut down. Running back over he opened the door, grabbing Beckett around the waist. Her arms went around his neck and in between coughing she asked him in a whisper, "Permission, t-to hug," she couldn't finish as her coughing took over.
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Gibbs tightened his hold on her, "You don'task." "What happened!?" Gibbs didn't even look at McGee, "Get the chair." Carrying her while McGee wheeled the chair over, Gibbs set her down gently and knelt in front of her. She coughed, trying to get fresh air in through her nose as her hands shook. Gibbs placed a hand against her cheek as she looked down at the ground with McGee rubbing her back. "Boss, my back was only turned for a few seconds." "A few more seconds McGee, she'd be dead. You okay?"
Beckett shook her head, "Really-really, lightheaded." The elevator doors opened and Tony stepped out along with Ziva and two security guards, they all had their guns drawn. "Boss, evidence cage calling in an emergency alert-" Gibbs held his hand up, the other still holding Beckett's face gently, to cut him off. "It was me DiNozzo. Stand down." Beckett's entire body shook as she tried to calm down, and Tony immediately holstered his gun to take McGee's place. Ziva eyed her and the car,"You attacked the car?" "Car tried to kill Beckett." Beckett cleared her throat, "I think.... there was a short. When I tried, to unbuckle my seat belt it pinned me back and the, the windows shut and, the engine started. It triggered all the doors in the car to lock. And then the whole cabin filled up with exhaust," she brought her hands up to her chest and Gibbs reached with his free hand, holding them tightly when he recognized the start of a panic attack. "A few more minutes and I-" "Beckett I'd have noticed by then," McGee said firmly cutting her off. "Then I would have you hugged you," she said without meeting his eyes. Tony shook his head rubbing her back softly, "So Lieutenant Seabrook was killed by a malfunction?" "To many variables." Gibbs nodded his head eyeing the Humvee, "It was deliberate." "The Lieutenant was set up to look like suicide," Ziva stated. Tony met Gibbs eyes and nodded his head, "I think it's time you had a heart-to-heart with Jones, boss."
Gibbs stood up, his hand curling around the back of Beckett's neck. "How'd he do it? It's not a damn quiz McGee! Find out!" McGee nodded, sadly looking over Beckett before walking off. Gibbs looked to Tony sternly, "What'd you say to Jones?" "Nothing. He's been asking about Lieutenant Seabrook. Acting like she's still alive." Gibbs put his hands underneath Beckett's armpits and pulled her up gently,"Come on, Ducky's checking you out." "I'm fine-" "It's not a request." He held her against him with Tony close to her other side as they took her to Ducky.
