Unexpected Savior
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or its characters...things would be different if I did.
Note: Twilight AU
What happens when it is your number one enemy that saves your agent…are you are able to look the other way or does it justify actually killing him.
NEWPORT NEWS, WAREHOUSE ROOFTOP; MAY 24, 2005, 10:45
Ari Haswari stood looking into his scope, eyeing the NCIS team on the roof. Watching as his favorite of their agents, Caitlin Todd, took a bullet to the chest…his heart stopped for a moment wondering if she was dead.
He however saw she was pulled up by her team, what they didn't see was the man by the exit aiming a gun. He shot the man, a man who had betrayed him years before and that made them turn around to look for the shooter since they had not shot him themselves.
Standing, he pulled a paper from his pocket and placed it on the roof top, resting the spent cartridge on top. He also left a small walnut shell with a pea resting inside so they would know who it was from…as Kate would.
NEWPORT NEWS, WAREHOUSE ROOFTOP; MAY 24, 2005, 11:00
The four of them, McGee with them, walked along the rooftop and looked for something. "Over here."
They followed Tony's voice and he showed them what he found, McGee took photos before Gibbs picked up the note and read it.
We are even; you did what I expected so know I will not harm you. Good luck in the future.
"Who's it from?" Tony bagged the note and cartridge before noticing Kate eyeing the walnut shell and pea. "What's with that?"
"It's a sign…Ari left it." Kate stood with the walnut shell and pea, bagging them.
McGee eyed her, "I doubt a terrorist would leave that…it's…"
"He had me play 'where is the pea' when he kidnapped me." Kate eyed Tony and McGee, "he left it so I would know who did this…as Gibbs may not."
"So that bastard saved our lives?" Kate nodded and Gibbs groaned, leaving the three on the roof.
NEWPORT NEWS, WAREHOUSE; MAY 24, 2005, 11:15
After searching the warehouse, they did a final sweep of it and near the end she was working, Kate felt another presence and also heard the shuffling of feet. She turned only to find a man pointing a weapon at her…she knew the man as Bassam, the man Ari had kidnap her.
"Place it down Agent Todd." He made a signal and two men came into sight, both holding weapons. "I'm afraid this time, Haswari did not ask me to take you."
Kate placed her weapon down and one of the men walked over, grabbing her cuffs from her waist and handcuffed her. "Why?"
"Let's just say that Haswari betrayed us and so we'll use the only weakness he has…you."
"I'm not his weakness…if I ever see him again, I'll kill him."
Her mouth was taped at that moment, Bassam smiled. "That is what I'm counting on."
NEWPORT NEWS, WAREHOUSE; MAY 24, 2005, 11:45
Gibbs and Tony were trying to find Kate; she had not answered her radio several times. What they found was he weapon and NCIS windbreaker on the ground, along with her bulletproof vest.
Her radio laid nearby, a note beside it. Gibbs picked it up and read it.
Haswari will pay for his actions…his only weakness is Agent Todd, never expect to see her again…her death will cause Haswari to suffer.
"Boss?"
"We're going to find her."