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A/N: This chapter goes to ltjvt1026 who gave me the quote for this chapter!! Thanks for the suggestion!!
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"First they take Ugarte then she(Ilsa) walks in. Well, I guess thats the way it goes...one out and one in." -Rick Blaine Casablanca
"I need to be able to trust the people that I work with." -Ziva Aliyah NCIS
It was the waiting that was worst. The torture and questions were easy. Those required one's full attention to avoid giving away any emotion or reaction to the question or the torture. Yet after the questions ended and the torture ended, that was when the true torture began. In the distance, she could hear the yells and pleas from other victims.
The voices ranged from scared to defiant to defeated. The voices of terrorist torturing their victims rose above it all and showed methodical means of controlling both the prisoners as well as their captors. The languages revealed defiant Americans to sturdy Poles to cocky Arabs. Yet all of this meant nothing to Ziva David who was only trying to avoid thinking about the events that had brought her to this place. She took this mission as a way of trying to sort out who she trusted and to see if who she was and who she wanted to be. A death cry went up amongst the cells to her right. not that she could hear much beyond the four walls which were her cell and very likely her dying spot.
Yet as the man was dragged out, she could help but think of a line of a movie..."one out and one in." She didn't know why that phrase popped out of her head but she knew why she knew it. Tony. Just thinking about him brought back all the memories of hanging out, watching movies and eating pizza. Just one more, Come on, Ziva. What do you mean you've never seen..... It's only the best classic movie of all time...
Seeing his face after being in Israel for four months, seeing his face after Jenny's death, Seeing his face after Jeanne's betrayal...and seeing his face after she was framed by the Iranians. She never would admit it to his face but she was glad to see him support her even in the midst of all the incriminating evidence against her.
Then without realizing it, Ziva began to think about the events that had changed the relationship between her and the NCIS team but mostly the events that had changed the relationship between her and Tony. How had things gone so far north? She knew that Tony had her six, no matter what when she was framed by the Iranians, but when Michael...when Michael came to her stateside, she could even trust Tony enough to trust him to tell him Michael was in town or that she and Michael were merely romantically involved. Was it the four months in Israel, apart from everyone who she knew loved and trusted her because she was Ziva David and not because she was Ziva David, super spy and agent.
Or was it before then? was it when Jenny put Tony on that ridiculous undercover mission? It seemed like every time that she and Tony were able to get their vibes on the same tidelength, something or someone would keep them from doing anything. First there was the awkward getting to know you stage, then Gibbs left and came back. Then she was framed by the Iranians and told that she was being followed because her father didn't trust her. After that Tony went on that undercover mission, was nearly blown up and their team was nearly torn apart. Then Jenny died and the team really was broken up. Sent to the farthest four corners of the globe, they tried to keep in touch but it just wasn't the same.
Another yell pierced through Ziva's thoughts and she shuddered unconsciously. When had she gotten so lost? Was it after Ari's death? Or was it living in the US? She used to know who she was and what she wanted. Now even if she wanted to, She couldn't even leave to talk to Gibbs for direction. She trusted him implicitly. That was something. Since that night nearly four years ago, she had always trusted Gibbs with her life.
And she trusted Abby, dear Abby. Always there for you if something went incredibly wrong or incredibly right. She always had a hug for you, even if it meant the loss of oxygen for a few moments. She trusted McGee. He might have just been a computer geek when she first met him but now she was certain he was a man who could convince most people of things. Not quite up to Dinozzo's standards, but he was a competent field agent and was a good loyal friend.
But it was Tony who she wasn't sure of... Deep down, Ziva knew that he did really mean those things that he said about the fight and why he went to her apartment that night. Yet if she admitted it to herself that she knew that he was right, then she would be the chump. And that would mean that her father only cared about her as assassin and not as a daughter. If she was to accept that, she would give up. For if her father didn't care about her, who did? Her OWN father. So it was Tony who was in wrong... It had to be...right? Maybe it was time for her to stop thinking...just focus on staying alive..
Her door creaked open again for the third time that day and she heard yet another scream from within the compound...And she couldn't help but think about that line that Tony was obsessed with.
"Well, I guess that's the way it goes...one out and one in."
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A/ N: I'm sooo thankful to everyone who has read this story. I wasn't expecting so many people to read this story. Thanks to everyone who favorited it and if y'all could review
that would be wonderful because then I could see what y'all like and y'all don't. If anyone has a movie quote from a classic movie, then please either pm or review this story and let me know! I would love to try and work it into the story!! Thanks a bunch!!!
