McGee knew that he would have to tell them soon enough, or he could risk their lives. Tim knew that he would die if he told them, but there was no other way was there? he thought of all the possible outcomes and an idea came into his mind, he could leave the grid for a few months and deal with his secret then he would tell them, he knew Gibbs would never quite forgive him but he did not care. He was at his desk waiting for Gibbs to come charging in and telling them to grab their gear. Gibbs came in and looked at tim
' anything on your mind McGee?'
'no boss' McGee replied, he pretended to be on his computer.
' dead officer, murdered, grab your gear'
McGee did as he was told and followed ziva and Tony into the elevator.

'witness said he saw a masked man with some sort of hunting rifle walk up to Adams, he hit him and left, Adams called someone on his phone and the guy came back this time he shot Adams and then left a note saying YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER!' Ziva told Gibbs, McGee was taking photos of the crime scene, he knew who Adams was, well so did everybody in D.C., he had been with the men who killed Osama bin laden and he retried shortly after, McGee thought about the endless stream of people who would want to kill Adams. Any terrorist, arson, criminal well anyone who hated law. Plus Adams had been running around lately, he knew his end was near so he took it like a man McGee thought. McGee knew that this was the last Gibbs would hear from his in a few months, he may even try to kill McGee,at that thought McGee decided to get back to the work at hand and he finished taking the photos and met with ziva and Gibbs. He showed him the files that were in Adams documents and Gibbs was astonished that he had survived that long against a well known terrorist group. The Taliban.
' Wait, if Adams was against the Taliban then surly half a ton of the Taliban are stationed in D.C.' McGee thought out loud. Gibbs swore and ziva sighed, Tony who had managed to listen to half of it said ' and the Taliban must want to kill everyone responsible for Osama Bin Laden's death..'
They were ordered to go home and take a few days off, McGee knew that he would keep his phone on him for the few days off they had and then he would dump the phone. He knew that he could make money and that he might know how to fix both the problems at once. But McGee also wondered if he was in to deep to just disappear and what happened if Gibbs finds him and it goes on the news and then they kill McGee. he knew that was the risk he was going to have to take and he was sure he could hide from Gibbs or even fake his own death if he needed to


It was 11:01 when McGee left his house in the hired car he was using, he didn't want them to trace his number plate, and he used his new credit card he brought.


3 DAYS LATER

McGee got a message from Gibbs saying

where are you tim?!

he sent back

don't worry.. if you do you die.
he sent the message and got an instant reply

MCGEE IF YOU DON'T TELL ME THEN I WILL PERSONALLY FIND YOU!

He chuckled at what Gibbs had sent him, he also knew that he was probably having abs trace the call, he didn't care.

Boss I thought of that, I wont contact you on this phone again. Bye

and he waited for the reply

McGee we have traced your phone, why are you driving outside of D.C. and I will find you. I know you brought a new credit card..

McGee threw the phone out of the window and he drove on, he decided that he would stay in a hotel and see if Gibbs could find him, if not then he would contact him, if he did he would run.

McGee was in his hotel room when he saw Gibbs car pull up, he knew that he broke the speeding limit on his way up because he was at least 5 hours away even if ziva drove.

Gibbs knew he was in there and McGee jumped from his window, he was on the second floor and he bruised his leg but he was okay, he saw Gibbs show a picture of him and McGee actually saw Gibbs punch the wall in frustration when the manager said that he had left 10 minutes ago, in the same direction, McGee's plan had worked, he had fooled his boss. He waited until Gibbs had left and he entered his car and using his laptop he fuzzed the signal up so that abs couldn't trace his message and he sent to Gibbs

you have no clue where I am do you boss?

NO

I have business that could kill you if you interfered with.

MCGEE I CAN HELP... WHERE ARE YOU?

boss it doesn't work like that, they won't let me tell anyone. if i do they will blow up NCIS.. sorry but I might not come back

MCGEE FOR GOD SAKE. HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN, I KNOW THEY CAN'T ACCESS YOU BECAUSE ABS CAN'T... TELL ME

fine. i know someone who used to be my mate, when he realized I was in Ncis he asked me what I knew about the attacks. I didn't know he had anything to do with it and he didn't believe me. He told me that he was behind everything and if i kept my mouth shut then you guys wouldn't be killed so i know that he owns a warehouse and he is off the grid, name is Harry Mangory, says he died in a car crash, he actually makes bombs for Harper Dearing, well used to. so i am going to kill him.

MCGEE! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME. THERE. IS. NO. BOMB. IN N.C.I.S GOD MCGEE... DO YOU KNOW WHAT VANCE WILL DO?!

I don't care anymore.. he may not have planted one, but Harper Dearing got in and he was one of our most wanted. He has people in the navy who could bring it in. bye


McGee actually felt guilty about not caring about what vance was going to do to him, he knew that vance would fire him but he just cared about his friends safety and right now that means getting rid of Gibbs and McGee's 'friend' but he knew that the last email

he got a new email saying

ItS gOiNg To bE PlAnTed aFtEr i wiN ThIs fIghT ByEEeEe

mcgee heard a shot and the bullet whizzed past his neck, he ducked out of the car and saw the shooter, the bomb maker allan tombrat, Allan shot at McGee and it hit him in the chest, McGee then fired 4 shots at Allan, they missed, he fired one again and he hit him in the leg, McGee shot the last bullet and it hit Allan in the head, guards ran out the building and saw McGee and his badge, they called an ambulance and McGee said to tell ncis that it is done. and that Gibbs would understand, but not to let anyone near him. then he fell unconscious.


' mcgeek '
'shut up tony'
' well i dunno?'
' damn guys shut the hell up'
'sorry boss'
' yeah sorry boss'
' anyway, why is he here, secret mission?'
' sure dinozzo'

mcgee opened his eyes in a white room, his vision is blurry but he could make out 3 figures, Tony, ziva and gibbs. he looked at them and then at himself.
' boss where was i shot?' Mcgee asked, he never looked at his wounds when he was being shot at and wondered if they were bad.

' well you were shot in the chest twice, he had two guns but you only saw one so you only recalled one and one in the leg' gibbs said he was looking at McGee like a father would do, tony and ziva were looking at him, their faces were full of worry but joy. McGee was coughing up blood and nurses came in and he soon fainted, when he woke up again it was just Gibbs,
' vance has located the bomb, Mcgee you saved hundreds of people but why did you tell me when you knew that you could die' Gibbs asked
' simple, i knew that he was an ex marine but he liked to torture his victims so i knew that i could kill him. oh and boss. He killed Adams. i already knew' McGee replied. ' yeah but you knew that it would just be fuzzy for people who hadn't hacked. he read our conversation.'

' i know boss. i needed him to. so i could buy some time, i needed to know he was here and i didn't know for sure so i just emailed you' mcgee coughs again and gibbs leaves the agent to rest. the hero