Fate

this is set at the begging of the fifth season after Bury your dead without the last scene.

Chapter 2

Black & White teaser-Jen on the phone looking concerned.

Yes, They're back. The b&W teasers. Don't own NCIS. Just a moderately entertaining piece of fiction.

Gibbs, Ziva, Jenny and Abby are in the lab running the voice print from the Hammas video. Abby runs her fingers across the keyboard running the variances in frequencies and modulations. She runs it through the computer voice analyzer and it comes to a 98.437 percent chance of matching.

"It's a match." Gibbs growls, as Jenny and Ziva are shocked.

"Almost. There were discrepancies that the computer couldn't fix. It could be, but it isn't for sure." Abby concludes.

"It's close enough for me." Gibbs says as he storms out.

"I just heard and I had Timothy run the video." Ducky says from the video phone.

"Ducky, what is your opinion.?" the director asks.

"It's seems very much like the Ari Haswari that we knew. His inflections and behavior correlate with that of when he took me Gerald and...Caitlin hostage. If someone is playing us, they are doing a fine job of it."

"Thank you, doctor." Jen adds. She shuts off the phone and says, "Don't about this to anyone. Understood."

"Yes." Ziva adds still looking confused.

"Of course." Abby says.

The director leaves and Ziva goes to leave when Abby stops her.

"Do you think it is Ari?"

"I...don't know." she says shyly. She then leaves and goes to meet Gibbs at a coffee shop.

She exits the coffee shop and sees Gibbs waiting at a nearby table. She goes and joins him.

Gibbs stares at her the entire time. He takes a sip of his coffee and then begins, "So..."

Ziva thinks and then answers, "I don't know..."

"You don't know." he answers still staring in his way of making people uncomfortable.

"I don't know. I...It could be him. Then it may not be. As far I know he is dead. And I-"

"I know, Ziva. I was there."

two years earlier...

"I've killed enough men in my life, Ari. It's going to be sweet just to see you die."

"I'm sorry to spoil your-" as the gunshot from Ziva rings out.

"If it is someone playing a game, it is a very sick game." she says.

"I agree. We have to find out who playing us before the other do."

"I agree. But how?" she asks.

"Contact someone in Mossad you trust. See if they know what is going on. Then we'll know where we stand and who we can trust. This stays between you and me."

"Someone in Mossad I can trust. That will be like-"

"Just do it!" Gibbs says as he stands and walks off.

Ziva is shocked as he asks the impossible since there is no ons in Mossad that she trusts, and no one that trusts her.

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Gibbs returns to the squad room as McGee is working at his desk and Tony is wasting time reading a magazine. Gibbs walks up to Tony grabs the magazine and slaps him on the back of the head and yells, "Do that again and you'll be looking for a new job1"

McGee gets up and ask, "Uh, Boss. There is the UA marine we have in custody. He is awaiting-"

"You get down to Abby's lab and help her run a voice print test on the Hammas video."

McGee looks confused, since he knows nothing about it.

"Now!" Gibbs growls.

McGee leaves as Tony interjects, "Boss, whats going on?"

"Need to know, DiNozzo. You don't yet."

"Yes he does, Gibbs." Jenny intervenes.

"What?" Tony asks. "Ziva get intell on a Hammas plot or something?"

"No, Tony. Nothing like that." Ziva says coming back from the coffee shop.

"Then what.?"

Jenny goes over to the plasma screen and brings up Ari's picture.

Tony is shocked and says, "It can't be. He's dead isn't he?" as he turns to Gibbs and Ziva.

"Maybe not." Ziva says as her voice crackles unsureness.

"You and Ziva run down all of Ari's known associates and background. I wanna know who is behind this." Gibbs orders.

Gibbs storms off as Tony points out, "Here we go again."

"Again, Agent DiNozzo?" Jenny asks.

"Yeah. He was like this the last time."

Tony notices Ziva is unsettled by all of the talk of her step-brother and the unlikelihood of his being alive.

"I'll be in my office if anyone needs to talk." Jenny adds, as she leaves.

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In Baja Mexico, Mike Franks sips a beer as he watches his daughter-in-law play with his grandson off in the distance. Camilla is there as well cooking on the outdoor fire pit that Mike built for them. He thumbs through his mail and find his paycheck and another letter with no return address. It peaks his curiosity, because it is addressed to Special Agent [ret Michael Franks.

He opens it up and read it. He is shocked by what it says and who and what it speaks of. He goes out to Camilla and tells her he has to leave for awhile. He gathers something and heads for the nearest airport.

Jenny enters her office and Cynthia tells her she has a call from George. She smile and goes in to take the call. She site down and picks up the phone and says, "Hello, George. How are you?"

"I'm good Jenny. I was calling because intell came up with something you know about."

"The Hammas video?" she asks.

"Yes. We ran our own analysis and it came up with something interesting. It seems that a former Mossad officer and mole for our friends the FBI may still be alive."

"Are you sure? Couldn't his be a trick by one of his former colleagues to cause trouble between the allies."

"We don't think so. Our info from our Mossad contacts say that it is Ari or someone close to him."

"Director David?" she asks.

"We don't think so. He's been under the radar ever since you Mossad leasion officer was cleared by Special Agent Gibbs."

""Well, your aware of Gibbs past with Ari, Aren't you?"

"We are. That's why we want you to keep a tight leash on him so he doesn't interfere with other ops involved in this."

"Understood. I keep it in mind."

"Very good Jenny. Thank you."

She hangs up the phone as she has the monumental task of controlling Gibbs in this new mission.