Bold italics= text in video/ letter
Italics= in video
CHAPTER 7:
"We still have no idea who did this? Ziva asked
"No, I mean not really there weren't any real symbols left to see". Abby said
"Wait I think there's more clips to see on the video..."
"Haven't we seen enough?" Ziva snapped
"Ziver… what if there's more information in the remaining clips?"
Ziva sighed and sat back down on the chair, as McGee put in the DVD that the unknown man sent.
I hope by now you have shared what Jenny left you Ziva. Let's see if you can figure out who I am by these last two clips.
The screen changed, and fell upon a young woman strapped to a chair in a dirt cell. She was bound and heavily beaten. Ziva's face came into full view then.
Abby gasped. She knew Ziva's time in Somalia had been bad, but not that bad. The TV showed Ziva's faced completely swollen, her eyes looked almost shut because of the black eyes that bloomed from them.
The door opened and Saleem stepped in and he started to yell. He was yelling in Arabic but the words were written under the screen.
"You Jewish Bitch! Tell me EVERYTHING you know about NCIS! Do it tell me NOW!"
Ziva refrained from talking.
"OH SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE HARD WAY IS IT?" Saleem yelled as he grabbed a whip from his belt. He left for a moment and came back with two men who lifted the Ziva up onto a hook, her face facing the screen. Saleem whipped her ten times, and each time Ziva stayed silent, not letting her captor see that she was in pain.
"Alright, now let's try that again" Saleem said, walking over to face Ziva. "Tell me everything you know about NCIS"
"Go to hell" said Ziva hoarsely. Saleem pulled a knife out of his belt and sliced open her stomach, not deep enough to do any real harm.
"Why are you protecting these worthless Americans? Why are you taking all of this for a bunch of stupid. Worthless. Americans. I did some research. This Abby person who works in a lab do you really think she'll come save you? She was so angry with you when you didn't arrive home on the plane with them after your visit in Israel after Michaels death."
"SHUT UP!" Yelled Ziva. Saleem just laughed and continued.
"What about Ducky? The medical examiner/ psychologist, why the need to save him when you could tell me all about what they do and their schedules so I can infiltrate them"
"I would never" said Ziva
"Who is it that you are protecting so much? McGee? Very Special Agent Anthony Dinozzo? The man who killed your boyfriend months ago?"
"Michael was only pretending he was never my boyfriend" said Ziva
"Ahhhh so who then? Is it the Former Marine Sniper Leroy Jethro Gibbs?" Ziva was silent.
"So it is? WELLL this is interesting why the urge to protect him... OH wait let me guess it's because he lost so much already you want to protect the team because they are like family to him… I mean he already had a family so why the need to protect him? What was that woman's name, the one who was murdered her name was Shan-?"
"SHUT UP! DO NOT SPEAK YOU PIG! HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?" yelled Ziva.
"Well Ziva, or wait what does your father call you? Zivaleh? Mossad had intense background information done on the NCIS personnel who are now your team…authorized by Rivkin of course before he went to D.C. You see, Rivkin was supposed to kill you, and your team, but… he was un-able to infiltrate, or give me the information I needed on the security in that Navy Yard. SO…That is why you are here."
"I will never give up that information" said Ziva
"Oh you will Zivaleh. You see everyone falls under torture at some point…" After he said that he pulled out his rope again and started beating her with it severely. When she did not scream he stormed out of the room.
The scene changed and it was a split screen. (Vertically split one side showed Tony and McGee and the other side showed Ziva still in her cell alone…this is when they rescued them but before Ziva was brought in).
Saleem was interrogating Tony.
"Is there anyone else here?" Silence… "ANSWER ME"
"Ya know this is like a movie…ya know the one about the—"
SMACK! Saleem hit him in the face. Then Saleem made his way into Ziva's room.
"TELL ME EVERYTHING!" Saleem yelled. And when she didn't answer he started again.
"You bitch! You Jewish whore!" he yelled, and then he raped her.
Tony and Tim were staring at the screen shocked for a minute as Saleem started to cut off her clothes, and then they turned away, unable to watch what was happening. Abby was crying in McGee's shoulder. Ducky looked over at Ziva and was surprised to see she had moved to the floor next to Gibbs and was silently crying into Gibbs' shoulder and Gibbs' arms were wrapped protectively around her with his chin on her head. Gibbs looked up at Ducky and then looked back down at Ziva, and pulled her even closer to him.
After Saleem raped her, he put her close back on her and said
"Come with me bitch" he led them into the place where they were holding Tim and Tony.
"Questions are being asked in town about missing NCIS agents. I am concerned that US forces might be mobilized. One of you will tell me the identities and locations of the operatives in the area, and the other will die. [Removes hood, revealing Ziva] I will give you a moment to decide who lives." And then Saleem leaves the room.
"So... how was your summer?" Asked Tony
"Out of everyone in the world who could have found me, it had to be you?" she asked. Tony nodded and said
"You're welcome. So, are you glad to see me?"
"You should not have come."
"All right, then. Good catching up. I'll be going now. [Tony tries to stand, but is chained to the chair] Oh, yeah, I forgot.[he chuckles] Taken prisoner!"
"Are you all right, McGee?"Asked Ziva
"I'm just glad you're alive." Said McGee
"You thought I was dead?" Ziva asked
"Oh, yeah." Said Tony
"Then why are you here?" asked Ziva
"We wanted to avenge your death"
"So you will die with me. You should have left me alone." Said Ziva
"Okay. Look, everything is different without you. Gibbs is sterner than ever, Abby cried for a long time after you left. It's just not the same –" said Tony
"I did not ask for anyone to put themselves in harm's way for me. I do not deserve it."
"Is that what you're doing out here? Some kind of monastic experience? Penance?"
"It is justified."Ziva said stubbornly
"Get over yourself."
"I have". She said… After a long silence Tony sighed and filled Ziva in on the plan…and then asked:
"Look Ziva we don't have long can you fight?"
"I-I… yes I can" said Ziva.
"Okay good, now we wait"
"Alright we're leaving" yelled Saleem
"OH great field trips I love them" said Tony
"Nope now tell us everything you know and how you found us" yelled Saleem pulling a knife on Ziva.
"Wait don't kill her! Just hold off" said Tony. Saleem pulled out a knife and put it against Ziva's throat.
"I don't make bargains" said Saleem
"Do you make pizza?" asked Tony
"What is that?" Saleem asked
"Okay I've told you about the brains. I've told you about the guts. I've told you about the muscle. The scientist, the politician, the leader. I told you about every member of the team, except myself. The part I play."
"Which is?" asked Saleem
"I'm the wildcard. I'm the guy who looks at the reality in front of him and refuses to accept it. Like right now I should be terrified, right, but I'm not. Because I just can't stop thinking about the movie True Lies. You know, where Arnie's strapped to the chair and shot full of truth serum. He picks his cuffs and kills everybody. You have thirty seconds to live, Saleem."
"You are still bound! You are lying!" Saleem said.
"I can't lie remember? And I didn't say I was going to be the one to kill you. Remember when I told you my boss is a sniper?" Tony asked
BANG!
Ziva looked up as a bullet went into Saleem's skull. He fell where he stood. She sat there frozen un-able to believe that it was all finally over. Just then another one of Saleem's men came in and Gibbs shot him as McGee untied Tony and Ziva and then Tony and McGee carried a limp Ziva out into the hallway. When they reached a hallway they saw Gibbs standing before them and he said.
"Let's go home"
Authors Note:
Hey so I thought I'd let you know I'm writing a crossover story with NCIS LA and it's a relationship between Callen and Ziva (once again very mild…I don't like too big of romantic relationships in my stories…) I haven't posted it yet, I want to get a few more chapters done before I start uploading that one but let me know if you think you may enjoy reading that one. Thanks!
I hope you liked this chapter…I don't know if anyone's even read the last chapter I posted….WARNING: I may not continue this story I'm up to Chapter 11 right now…so please review and let me know if I should or not,. Thanks and please review on this chapter in general too. I'd like your input, or if you have questions or ideas or… yeah let me know J
