Hey guys. I am soooo sorry this is so late i have been rely busy with college performances and end of year work. I have already started to write the next chapter so it wont be so long till the next chapter is up.

I hope you enjoy this chapter. Sorry if it is a bit short.

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When they had arrived at the base, Ziva's jaw dropped in surprise, anger evident on her face. The base was filled with more than 100 deceased soldiers; situated deep within the Congo rainforests had been utterly decimated.

The first thing she noticed was not the large bits of debris that lay scatted around a crumbling, destroyed building, or the trees, naked of their leaves due to the blast of a bomb and the burning fire that followed. But is was the rows and rows of body bags that lay morbidly in front of the crumbling base, filled with over a hundred dead solders

The sky was still dark with smoke and she could still smell the distinctive odour of burnt flesh. She shook her head and jumped off the back of the truck, followed by Gibbs, Tony and the two solders.

Hardar was the last to jump off, running to the side of the truck and opening the passenger door for Eli, who upon getting out of the truck, stared open mouthed at the destruction before him.

"Oh lord…" he said under his breath. He closed the door behind him, his eyes wide and his mouth still agape.

"The lord had nothing to do with this Director." said a voice, Eli looked up and so did Ziva Gibbs and Tony. A man in a Marine Corps colonels outfit walked towards them.

"Colonel Harry Colton, I am in charge of the marines here…or what's left of them sir."

Ziva watched the Colonel as he introduced himself and sighed. She could tell he was a red throat from a mile away…or was it a redneck she thought to herself.

Colton glanced at Gibbs.

"I suspect you are the one that is leading the team sir?" he asked. Gibbs shook his head and motioned towards Ziva.

"Nope, she is."

Colton looked over Gibbs shoulder and his smile faulted.

"But you're a-"

"Women?" Ziva interrupted and rolled her eyes "you are very observant colonel, but like it or not I will be leading this team, now throw you backward views out the window and debrief me on the situation. I don't have all day."

Ziva smiled as she took in the Colonels expression, having probably never had a women talk to him like that, Ziva thought he looked like someone had just slapped him with a wet dead fish.

"Ahh... Right. At approximately 18:00 three days ago, there was an explosion in west wing of the base; I guess who ever did this was counting on the secondary explosions from the 16 vehicles parked outside to take out the rest of the base. Important files were stolen, as well as a great deal of weapons that could easily arm at least fifty people."

"Do you have any leads as to who did this Colonel?"

"No ma'am but we have managed to determine that there is a mole inside the base, someone helped whoever did this infiltrate this base, get what they wanted and got them out."

"Do you know who?" Ziva asked. Colton shook his head.

"No ma'am, but we have managed to narrow it down. Those who escaped fled to a nearby village, the team you will be leading has been asked to meet you at the local bar, and we believe one of them is the mole."

"And you want us to figure out who, right?" Gibbs said in a matter a fact tone. Colton glared at Gibbs.

"That is correct Agent Gibbs, secrets were stolen from this base, important secrets that could threaten the safety of all countries involved."

"What secrets." Ziva asked.

"That's classified." Colton said, Ziva sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Of course it is" Gibbs shook his head side to side. Beside him Ziva sighed.

"Ok, I am going to need a truck to take us to the village we will check in every five hours. Hardar I need you to make sure my father gets to where he has to be safe and sound,"

Hardar scoffed. Ziva turned to glare at him.

"Is there a problem?"

"You don't leave my sight, my job is not just to protect your father, its also to make sure you don't get yourself killed."

"And you can do that once you have seen my father safely to where he is going…if he is harmed in anyway; if your ambushed, even if he gets a paper cut…I will personally hold you responsible and take the course of action I was raised to take." Hardar flinched slightly at her threat. "Do I make myself clear?"

Hardar nodded slowly and turned to Eli, his sensitive ears picking up the sound of a chopper.

With that, Ziva sighed and clicked her neck. A habit she thought she had gotten out of ever since leaving Mossad.

"Let's go" she said to no body in particular than turned and walked towards a truck, followed by the two soldiers, Gibbs and Tony.

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Well hope you enjoyed it, i know this chapter was kind of a filler chapter so you know what going on and everything. The next chapter will have action and some head scratching moments.

Next chapter up soon