Disclaimer: I don't the characters of NCIS. I'm just borrowing them. However the character of Agent Mick Blackthorne is mine.

A/N: This story takes place in the alternate universe where Kate never died, Ziva still works with MOSSAD, but has been Agent Mick Blackthorne's lover, and partner for the past 16 years.

Chapter 1:

Agent Mick Blackthorne kept his right eye glued to the reticle of his 10X Leupold Day/Night scope. He whispered into his lip mike, " All set Archangel."

Officer Ziva David replied, " Copy that Reaper, bringing target into killing field now."

Mick said as Ziva led Sheik Ali Abbas out onto the wide open Veranda, and gave him the prearranged signal, a raised eyebrow. Mick said, " Saw signal taking the shot. He slowed down his heart rate, took a deep breath, and exhaled as he gently squeezed the trigger. He watched as the 320 grain full metal jacketed hard lead core boat tailed sierra slammed into Abbas's head, and popped it like an overripe melon. He said, " Archangel meet me at the extract site."

She replied as she slowly left the compound, " Copy that."

20 minutes later they met 150 yards away, at a flat plateau. Mick said into his lip mike, " This Hunter 2-1, ready for extract."

A tinny voice replied, " Roger Hunter 2-1 this is Wildcat 5-4, inbound to your locale, ETA 7 minutes."

Mick replied, " Copy that Wildcat 5-4, we'll pop smoke."

And with that Mick pulled a smoke canister off of his assault vest, pulled the pin, and hurled it overhand. As soon as it hit it started to spew green smoke. A few minutes later the tinny voice said, " Tally your green smoke. Coming in low, and fast."

Mick whipped his rifle up, and scanned the horizon, and was startled to see at least 4 dozen tangos, and at least 4 technicals. He said, " Suggest you come in hot, and guns blazing, cause in bout two minutes the Camel brigade will be on top of us."

Wildcat 5-4 replied, " Roger that. We saw hostiles as we were coming in."

The Pave Low touched down just long enough for both of them to jump aboard, and then it was airborne once again.

Two weeks later Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs had just walked into the bullpen, when Director Leon Vance appeared on the catwalk that overlooked the bullpen, and said, " Gibbs as soon as your team arrives, I want to see them in MTAC."

15 minutes later the four members of the MCT are standing in MTAC waiting for Director Vance to begin the briefing. He looked around at the people as the huge 77 " LCD screen came to life. Vance said, General, tell my agents what you told me."

General Benjamin Harrison Mason nodded as he said, " About 6 months ago our best hunter killer team of Force Recon Marines went rouge, and slaughtered several villages in Afghanistan before they fled the country. They went dark for two months, then they turned up here in Washington. Gunny we would like your team to find them, and apprehend them."

Gibbs was furious, he raged, " How in the hell do you keep something like this from us?"

General Mason said, " Don't take that tone with me Gunny, we thought we could handle this in house."

Gibbs shouted, " Well apparently you were wrong."

General Mason said, " I realize that Gunny, I'll send you the names, and backgrounds of the men."

And with that he signed off. " Gibbs was fuming as he thundered, " McGee I want to know as soon as that Intel gets here. DiNozzo, you, and Kate go to Quantico, I wanna know what they know buy yesterday."

DiNozzo said as he, and Kate got to there feet, on it boss."

After they left, Gibbs called his new girlfriend Dr. Samantha Ryan at PSYOPS, and filled her in, and asked for her assistance. She said she would be there straight away, and hung up. Meanwhile Officer Ziva David had just successfully interrogated a pawn shop owner, and was about to make her escape, when she heard a voice yell, " What are you doing?"

She whirled around, and saw a Metro Police officer standing behind her with his gun leveled at her chest. Instead of replying, she flew into action. She slapped his gun down, and hit him with a palm strike to the chest, fracturing his sternum, then she kicked his legs out from under him. As soon as he was down she kicked him in the head, knocking him unconscious. Then she took off running. Meanwhile DiNozzo, and Kate were on their way to Quantico, when the car was rocked by two explosions. Kate gave DiNozzo a worried look, and asked, " What the hell was that?"

DiNozzo shook his head as he said, " I have no idea. We better check it out."

She nodded as he made a swift three point turn, and headed in the direction of the first explosion. They were almost there, when Kate saw Ziva run past. She told DiNozzo to slow down as she leapt from the car, and gave pursuit. Tony did another three point Uturn, and sped after his wife. Kate tackled Ziva to the ground, but was quickly thrown off. Ziva jumped to her feet just as Kate did the same. Both women warily circled one another, then suddenly Ziva struck, launching a powerful side kick at Kate's leg. She connected, and Kate bounced painfully off of the alley wall, and right into a devastating spinning back fist to the jaw, causing her to stagger back, and clutch the wall while she cleared her head. Then she went on the offensive, and hit Ziva with a wicked left jab to the face, and right cross to the body. Ziva doubled over in pain, but quickly regained her composure, and grabbed Kate in a chokehold. Suddenly she felt the cold steel of a pistol pressed against her head, and heard DiNozzo growl, " Let her go, or you're dead."

Ziva glared back at him, released Kate, and put her hands behind her head. DiNozzo slammed her to the ground, roughly cuffed her. 30 minutes later Ziva had been sitting in the interrogation room for 15 mimutes, when Gibbs walked in, and took a seat as he gave her a rare smile, and said, " Hello Ziva."

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