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Chapter 10

When Tali woke up she knew things were different and not in a good way. She blinked groggily and lifted her head mumbling as she shifted uncomfortably; slowly she assessed their new situation uncertainly.
She was sitting with her arms bound tightly behind her back with flexi cuffs binding her to the bars of a small cell in which she was imprisoned in. She shifted feeling the gag digging into the corners of her mouth as she tugged weakly at her bonds. She heard movement and turned her head to see April and Livie bound similarly to her on two of the other walls of the cell. She looked at them concerned and they nodded at her, though their eyes were worried and scared.

She heard a bang and looked over as a door open and one of the robbers came in unmasked holding their radio and with a sickening feeling in her stomach she realised that he was the leader and he was talking to Kate.
"They are fine Kate" he said peering through the bars at them "I am looking at them now, the NCIS brat has finally woken up, about time too". Kate's voice came through the radio sounding worried "I want proof of life you asshole"

He chuckled before he reached into his pocket and pulled out a bunch of keys. He unlocked the door and moved in heading straight to Livie crouching in front of her and yanking the gag from her mouth, Livie turned away trembling closing her eyes as he leaned in close "talk to mommy pretty little one" he breathed. Fighting back a sob Livie looked at Tali and April before she shakily called out "mom"

They heard a gasp before Kate was calling "Livie … honey are you ok, are April and Tali ok" "we are ok mom" Livie mumbled staring up at the robber now crouched over her "they… haven't done anything to us yet". "Ok hang on honey I promise we will find you soon ok… I love you Livs" "love you too mom" Livie whispered as he pulled the radio away

"Well there you go Kate" he said as he re-gagged Livie and stood up and moved out of the cell locking it behind him as he leaned against the bars watching them. "They are all fine, I haven't hurt them, and I won't as long as you give me what I want"

"What is it that you want" Kate asked her voice filled with hate, he smiled

"The same as last time Kate" he said "an escape… but this time I want a more permanent one, my colleagues and I have counted our money and we feel that we have enough to keep ourselves set for a good long while so we want a life to live with all that money"

"What" Kate said confused "how… you want us to give you new identities"

"Yes Kate" he said moving round the outside of the cell which was set in the middle of the room "but not just one, I want at least 100 identities, ones that cannot be traced, you can't go noting them down so you can catch us some other time, I want 100 totally random identities that will ensure that my colleagues and I will never get caught, do you think that is possible Kate… and think carefully before you answer"

He smiled as he bent behind Livie stroking her cheek gently; she pulled away but was bound to tightly to be able to escape him. She looked away her face angry but her eyes upset. Kate was quiet on the other end before she slowly said "we might be able to get some for you, using contacts at the FBI"

"Good girl Kate" he praised rising and moving away from Livie "thinking hard… I suggest you get onto that whilst I think of a good place to make an exchange, you have until tomorrow morning do you understand, at first light I will contact you again and depending on whether or not you have my goods we can think about an exchange"

"Fine" Kate said angrily and he laughed "talk to you soon Kate" he said before he switched the radio off and looked at the three of them bound to separate walls. "Comfortable my dears" he asked; they all glared at him making him laugh, then he slowly walked behind April crouching next to her reaching in to pull the gag out of her mouth.

"You lied to me sweetheart" he breathed "you are a cop kid" "technically I didn't" April said staring straight ahead "my mom is a forensic anthropologist, you can look her up, Temperance Brennan is her name and my dad does work with her, I just didn't mention that he works for the FBI" he growled at her angrily before he looked at Livie whose eyes were wide. "You lied about her parents" he breathed "no" April said turning to look at him "her dad is an author" he grabbed her throat choking her making her gasp, both Tali and Livie screamed through their gags. "But her mother isn't a lawyer" he snarled in her ear "she is a cop, the very same cop which has been chasing me since New York"

April choked kicking her legs as he throttled her. He gripped her throat with an angry snarl on his face, then slowly he loosened his grip before he released her. April instantly sagged forwards sucking in a great lungful of air in relief looking up at Livie and Tali who stared at her desperately.

Slowly the leader moved round the cage and yanked the gags out of each of their mouths studying them all before he looked at Tali. "So" he said leaning back against the wall "Talia Kaitlyn DiNozzo you are a fascinating child" Tali stared at him "well glad I amuse you" she said dryly he smiled "I didn't think much of you until I heard your mother call you something, what was it now, something in a different language"

"Aheva" Tali said shortly "yes that was it" he said smiling "then you started cussing me and I realised it was Hebrew, I wondered why a sweet child of your age would be fluent in Hebrew until I remembered that your mother was fluent too, I looked up your name and that is when I discovered that your mother is the only surviving child of the director of Mossad in Israel"

Tali didn't respond to him, she just looked at him coldly as he smiled at her. "So you are the granddaughter of the director of Mossad" he murmured peering at her "well well well". "Don't think you can use it as a weapon" Tali said shortly "Director David disowned my mother when she became pregnant with me and he tried to kill me so I don't think it will get you anything". He laughed loudly "shame" he said moving round to crouch next to her "that would have made your life so much more worthwhile to me" he whispered in her ear "bare that in mind for the next time you decide to try and pull a little stunt because your little friend isn't here to save you anymore"

Tali dropped her head blinking back tears and he chuckled at her before he straightened up and moved over to a desk where he picked up a purse which they recognised as Livie's. He smiled as he opened it emptying it of the money before he smiled "aw" he said pulling out a picture of a dappled grey horse "is this your pony sweetheart, did daddy buy it for you" Livie ducked her head and they could see her struggling to stay in control. "Ah" he said pulling out another photo and turning it so they could all see the picture of Livie and her family "look it's mommy and daddy and … well who's that" he asked and he tapped the frozen image of Alexis a gleam in his eyes. Livie stared at him in terror and he grinned "who is that honey, is she your sister sweetheart, aw isn't she a pretty one hmm"

He studied the picture with a smile on his face before he looked up and smiled at them in a cruel evil way that made their stomachs clench, then still smiling he moved out of the room slamming the door shut behind him.

Instantly Tali looked at her two friends "you guys ok" she asked softly, slowly they both nodded "are you" April asked "you were out for hours Tali, we were getting worried", Tali smiled weakly "I'm fine" she mumbled "head hurts a bit but I'm shiny otherwise". April raised her eyebrows "so the blood dribbling from a massive cut on your head is what … just a bit of decoration" Tali smiled again "yep" she said softly "seriously Tali you could have a concussion" Livie whispered "I'll be fine" Tali said "seriously I have been through worse ok, I have survived worse than a bump on the head, trust me guys this is nothing"

They both looked at each other before they looked back at her, their eyes still worried. Tali smiled at them before she looked away weakly resting her head back, in truth she did hurt; her head was pounding and the marks from her beatings ached and throbbed. She sighed before looking back at her friends who had both dropped their heads, trying to hide the fear they felt. Tali looked at them before she looked dropped her head too; she felt a small tremble ripple through her body, she was scared too, for herself and her friends yes, but also and mostly for Blair. She didn't know if she was ok or not and she was terrified of not knowing. So she waited, waited for this all to end, trying not to let her fears consume her because she knew that if they had any chance of getting out of this, she needed to keep her head on straight.

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It was several hours later when one of the surgeons that was on Blair's case came out to speak to Tim and Abby. As he stood up to greet the doctor he felt Abby slip her hand into his, squeezing it reassuringly. It was hard to tell what the man was about to tell them due to the emotionless expression on his face, and McGee suddenly found himself feeling rather sick with worry.

"Are you here for Miss Blair McGee?" He asked and Tim nodded, swallowing slowly. "We manage to fix the damage made by the bullet. She was lucky that it missed her spine, there was a large amount of internal bleeding and she lost a lot of blood. We've taken her up to the ICU for now, but if preferred we can move her to a private room." Tim nodded again, the dreaded feeling of Blair not being okay leaving him slightly. "When will she wake up?" he asked and the doctor gave a half smile, "It all depends." At his confused face he continued on, "When the anaesthetic wears off, her body may let her rest for a bit longer. Or she may come around straight away." Tim was caught off guard as Abby suddenly engulfed him in a hug, wrapping her arms around him tightly.

"I take it that it's good news?" They heard someone ask and they pulled away, looking over to see both Ducky and Palmer come in through the double door entrance. As soon as she saw them Abby ran over, hugging both of them before relaying the news on Blair. Looking away from Abby for a moment, McGee nodded at the doctor, "Can I see her?" He asked. "Yes, I'll take you up to her now if you'd like." He said and McGee called Abby, Ducky and Palmer back over, letting them know they were able to up and see Blair.

As soon as Tim saw his daughter, he felt his breath hitch in his throat. The sight of Blair lying in a hospital bed was almost too much. But he couldn't leave her; she needed him, more then ever. So slowly walking forward, trying not to think too much about how bad she looked he moved over, sitting in the chair by the bed. He'd chosen to move her into a private room, not wanting to stress her when she woke up. He glanced up to see Abby pull a chair over so she was seated next to him; Ducky and Palmer taking the small couch over by the opposite wall. Considering what she'd just been through, it was amazing how relaxed she looked, although that was caused by the anaesthetic, it allowed McGee some peace of mind as he sat at her side, waiting for her to wake up.

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It was another few hours before she started to come around. Blinking slowly and heavily trying to let her eyes adjust to the light. "Blair?" Tim murmured, moving forward in his seat to hold her hand. She gripped it tightly, before it lightened and her eyes closed again. "Blair" he said again and Abby looked up from where she'd been staring at her hands. Ducky made his way over, and Palmer hurried from the room, saying he was going for a doctor. It wasn't long before her eyelids fluttered open again, this time staying open as she looked up with wide eyes, before they drifted over towards where McGee and Abby sat.

She went to move herself into a sitting position, wincing when she found she couldn't. "Blair, you need to stay still, okay?" Tim told her, cautiously. Not sure on what she'd remembered. But it wasn't long before they found out. "T-Tali?" She stuttered and they all shared a look. "Tali's fine Blair, you saved her, she… can't wait to see you." McGee lied weakly. She looked at Abby for confirmation, a confused look on her face, and Abby nodded. "Do you remember?" She asked softly and Blair shook her head slightly, before glancing down at her stomach as Palmer re-entered, one of the doctors and nurses coming in after him.

The doctor smiled at Blair, passing the clipboard to the nurse before asking her a few basic questions, making sure Blair knew where and who she was. "Are you in any pain?" He asked. "No." Blair muttered quietly, looking away and clenching her jaw. "Blair, you don't have to lie about it, being in pain isn't going to make you seem weak." Tim told her and she tightened the grip she had on his hand, confirming his suspicions. "I don't need anything strong." She protested weakly biting her lip to keep her from drifting back to sleep as a clear liquid was injected into her IV. She glanced up startled as McGee's phone rang out, and he stood, after managing to let go of Blair's hand and moving into the corner of the room to answer it. Looking back to see Abby had taken his place.

He listened intently before noticing the doctor and nurse leave the room, shutting the door softly behind them.

After speaking with Ziva for a few minutes he hung up, and moved over to the other side, picking up the remote for the small TV that was up on the wall, turning it on, and found it went straight to the channel he was after. Abby gave him a confused look as a shot of the bank, now in ruins was shown on the screen before returning back to the news reporter. Blair's eyes widened and she let out a gasp, keeping Abby's hand in a vice like grip, she continued to look up at the reporter who was know reeling off the facts they knew about the robbery.

It was when she got to her that surprised Blair the most, "We recently found out that one of the hostages, a teenage daughter of an NCIS agent was killed in the explosion after being shot fatally before the building was blown up as the robbers exited the scene through a back entrance. Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Blair Rosa McGee."

It was Blair who spoke first, "What?" Was all she got out, before she went back to biting her lip. But her attention was drawn back to the small screen before anyone could respond, "We also know that the three other cop children who were in the building are still being held hostage at a second unknown location."

Tim quickly turned it off as Blair let out a wail. "No, no no no no." McGee found himself lost for words, hating seeing how distraught his daughter had gotten over the news that Tali was still missing. Ducky and Palmer excused themselves, wanting to give them a bit of space, not wanting to overcrowd Blair. Tim cast a worried look at Abby, who shot one straight back at him. "You said Tali was okay. You said she was fine. You lied." Blair cried, staring at McGee with a hurt look on her face that crushed McGee.

"Hey, hey Blair. Tali's gonna be fine, she's going to be okay. And before you know it she'll be here to see you." Abby tried, hoping to comfort her. "You don't know that. She might be dead." Blair sobbed, refusing to see the light of the situation. "You know what Tali's like Blair, she's going to be fine." Abby said softly, feeling Blair re-adjust her grip on her hand. "But what if she's not. Everyone will hate me." Tim continued to stare at his hysterical daughter, still shocked at how much her view on Tali had changed. Not being able to offer any more sense of comfort by talking, Abby changed her hold on Blair, moving to sit up next to her on the bed, wrapping her arms around her, making sure she was careful not to touch any where near where the bullet had hit.

Not wanting to make anything any more worse then it already was, Tim exited the room, leaning against the door as he shut it, still able to hear Blair's cries from where he stood. One of the passing nurses stopped looking towards the room in a concerned manner. "Is everything okay in there?" She asked, and he nodded. "Yeah. She just got some bad news." The nurse nodded sceptically, but sensing McGee wasn't going to move out of the way, she continued on to another patient's room.

He pulled his phone out of his pocket, pressing in the number for Gibbs, and just as he was about to make the call he looked up to see him standing right in front of him, "No need McGee." He said and after hearing one of the teenager's wails, gave him a pointed look, "Why aren't you in there with her. She needs you right now." McGee shook his head, "Abby's in there with her, I can't stand seeing her like that Boss." Gibbs' nodded, understanding his reason before motioning for him to take a seat in one of the hallway chairs before he opened the door slowly, making his way in and closing it softly.

Blair's head shot up from where she was in Abby's arms, a hopeful look plastered across her face. As if she expected Tali to magically appear and walk through the door. "Tali?" She whispered, before seeing it wasn't the younger girl and burying her face into Abby's shoulder, her body wracking with sobs as Abby rubbed her back comfortingly, looking up at Gibbs worriedly.

He moved forward, going round to the opposite side to Abby and sitting himself next to the teenager who didn't move from where she was clinging onto Abby. "It's my fault," she cried into the Goth's shoulder, "I should have stopped them from going into the bank." She let out a few choking breaths before giving another painful cry. "Shhhhhh Blair, shhhh." Abby tried, speaking softly, before murmuring other words of comfort, but Blair showed no signs of calming down. "I told them it was a bad idea, and they didn't listen." She sobbed and Gibbs had a try, "See Blair, it wasn't your fault. None of this was." She shook her head, still not looking up, "I should have tried harder, and I didn't. It is my fault. If Tali dies, it'll be my fault."

Abby gave Gibbs a pleading look, "Blair, listen to me. It is not your fault. Tali isn't going to die." He said, with a slight edge to his voice but still keeping it comforting, not wanting to make the teenager any worse. "I wish she hadn't tried to save me. I wish she'd just left me." Blair cried, causing both Gibbs and Abby to pause. "Blair?" Abby asked quietly, and she gave another piercing cry, "I wish she'd just left me to die." She spoke quietly, through her cries. Her breathing quickening and becoming more uneven as Gibbs noticed the tears spring in Abby's eyes.

"Blair." Gibbs started softly, "Look at me," he continued, waiting for the teenager to turn her head so she was facing him. Eventually she turned away from Abby and looked up at him forlornly. "We got a proof of life call earlier today. She's fine Blair." She bit her lip, still unable to stop the tears that were still flowing freely. "But..." She started quietly, before Abby cut her off, "Before you know it she'll be here Blair." She nodded, leaning against Abby, who was more then happy to hold her against herself.

Gibbs thought for a moment, he'd been needing to ask Blair a few questions, to try and get more of a feel of the robbers, but now after seeing how distraught Blair had been over Tali he was having to rethink his tactics.

"Blair?" He asked and she glanced up at him, still chewing on her lip uncertainly. "Do you remember anything about this morning?" He questioned softly, she shook her head before replying, "No... Not... Really. All I remember is them running into the bank and me and... Livie following... Then the robbers came in and they shot the guard... Then they found out one of us were the cop kids... And Tali..." She let out a sob, and it was almost like the cycle repeated it's self. "Blair, shhh." Abby murmured, and a few moments later the teenager continued on, "She said she was the cop kid and I did to... I don't know why I did that..."

As she went on with recalling the robbery, more memories came back and she found herself knowing more then she had a few minutes ago. "Then we fought. That's where the scratches are from... It wasn't real though... We did it so... April could get the radio..." She paused, collecting her thoughts. "That's when they went to shoot Tali and I got in the way... They shot me... I knew I couldn't let her die. Everyone likes Tali more then me. The last thing I remember is the explosion and having to drag myself over to get under the desk..." She finished, yawning. Gibbs smiled slightly, "Get some sleep Flicka, you need it, we'll have Tali back before you know it okay kiddo?"

She nodded in response, and moved into a more comfortable position. "Oh and Blair" Gibbs said softly and she looked up at him as be bent to give her a gentle kiss on the forehead "don't you ever think that we like Tali any more than you again ok. We all love you just as much as we love her, you got that"? Blair looked at him for a moment before she nodded and settled down as her eyelids began to droop. Before leaving Gibbs cast a look at Abby, "Stay with her." He told her and the forensic scientist nodded as he left, closing the door behind him. As she looked down at Blair, who was cuddled up against her, she herself smiled at the teenager who'd instantly fallen asleep.

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Kate sat listening to Booth arguing angrily with his supervisor on the phone waiting for Gibbs to return from the hospital with news on Blair. After Ziva had called McGee to inform him of what they had done and she had learned that Blair was awake Gibbs had instantly decided to head down to see Blair and check that she was ok and obviously fill Abby and McGee in with their plan.

They had been desperate, these robbers were smart and they had the upper hand over them and they were struggling to keep up with them, they hadn't known what to do. It had been Ziva's idea to fake a death saying that is was a much used tactic with Mossad, used to make the enemies think they were winning, then strike them whilst they were over confident. At first they had been planning to say it had been McGee or Tony who had died in the fire, but then Sweets had appeared and told them to say it was Blair. He told them to use Blair because it was more personal to the robbers; the leader had shot Blair and if he learned that she had died by his hand it would make him feel that he personally had gained the upper hand, that he had beat the cops who had been chasing him for so long.

They had been unwilling at first, to use the already hurt girl to get to these robbers, but soon they had come to realise that it was their only chance to really get an advantage over the robbers because if the robbers thought they were broken and struggling, there was more of a chance that they might slip…

"Come on" Booth said and Kate looked up at him to find him pacing "we need this, otherwise we will never see our kids again" he paused to listen before his face got mad "hey don't you go saying that it is our kids' fault that they got into that mess, they could have chosen anyone to take with them for leverage, they just knew that taking three available cop kids was the most sensible thing to do…. No I am not calling them sensible … listen please can you give us the resources to make the identities, we are not going to let them get away with this… they shot a cop kid… come on this is our only chance"

He paused again listening before his expression got even darker "well thanks Hacker, you probably sentenced those kids to death too" and with that he hung up angrily muttering a stream of abuse at his boss before looking around. "He won't let us have the resources" he said "he doesn't want to risk these guys getting away with this and disappearing forever"

"But they could just disappear forever anyway" Kate exclaimed "at least at the exchange we have a chance to catch them, if we don't get that exchange sorted then we will never see them again, or the girls". Booth looked at her tiredly, he knew that, and there was nothing he could do.

"Where else are we going to find 100 clean identities" Ziva asked from where she was sitting on the sofa next to Tony who was looking rather worse for wear; he had refused to go to the hospital until he had found his daughter and was now breathing heavily looking exhausted. Ziva glanced at him worried as he coughed before she looked around the room again "it is impossible for us to get 100 clean identities by dawn, especially without the FBI's help"

Kate sighed and ran a hand through her hair looking at the radio on the table in front of them, turned on and ready for the next contact. She hated that he had their children and were using them for leverage so they could get always and live their lives with the money they had stolen.

Nobody spoke they just sat there thinking uncertainly. Then hesitantly Angela spoke up "it might not be right but I do know where we have a lot of unused identities". Everyone looked at her incredulously "really" Booth asked "where"

She hesitated before she spread her arms "here" she said and when everyone still looked confused she sighed and beckoned to them to follow her and she led them down the hall before she pushed open the door to a large dark room lit only by the light through the drawers which lined the walls containing hundreds of bodies.

Booth turned to face her "you want to use the identities of the people in Limbo" he asked dubiously. She shrugged "not all of them, just the names of the people whose remains have not been claimed by family, they aren't being used and right now I can't think of another alternative". Everyone looked around "can you find 100 people who have identities and have not had their bodies claimed" Booth asked looking at his watch "in 7 hours Ang" "if I have help then yes" she said "we get all their files out and go through finding the names of 100 people in the age range and who have no criminal histories and we write their information down, I can then use their files to create fake birth certificates that would pass inspection" she looked around at them all waiting to see what they thought of her idea.

They all debated before Booth sighed "well we will be committing identity fraud" he said "so if this all goes wrong, everything will be on the line". "I don't care" Tony said "at least Tali and the others will be ok". Kate nodded, right now she didn't care about herself, all she cared about was getting Livie and her friends to safety. Booth looked at Alexis "hey" he said "can you go check on Livie and Aiden for us please Alexis"

Alexis frowned "but I can be more help here" she protested "I can help find the identities". Booth touched her arm gently "hey" he said "you need to stay clean ok, if we do get caught for this we don't want you going down too, you have a future ok" Alexis made to protest but Kate caught hold of her "if this goes wrong and we get caught I want you to be there to look out for Livie" she said softly "please Lex"

Alexis hesitated before she sighed and nodded, she gave them all a weak smile before she headed slowly out of the lab towards the day care area. Just before the doors closed Gibbs reappeared. "How is Blair" Ziva asked instantly, he sighed "well I don't think we are going to have to worry about any flights between her and Tali now" he said "she was distraught when she found out Tali was still missing, crying her eyes out when I arrived" everyone sighed, this was hurting them all, especially Blair. "Did she tell you anything useful about the robbers" Rick asked, Gibbs shook his head "no she didn't remember much and she was too worked up, I'll go back and question her later when she has recovered a bit more". Ziva nodded and looked at Tony as he bent over and coughed, gently she touched his cheek "Tony" she said softly "you should really go to the hospital"

"No" he said fiercely "not until Tali is safe, not until those sons of bitches are paying for what they did to those girls ok". Ziva stared at him worried; she didn't like the way he kept coughing and was worried that he might need medical attention, but she was also worried about her daughter and she knew that Tony was and that he wouldn't stop until he found his ninja. She sighed and touched his cheek gently before turning to face the others

Booth looked at Brennan "so" he said lightly trying not to think about all the laws he was about to break, instead he focused solely on April, on her spark, her intelligence, her humour and her smile; that cheeky sweet smile that had him wrapped round her finger and he knew he would do whatever it took to get her back to safety.

"Where are the Limbo files" he asked and saw everyone lift their heads determinedly, resolute on getting their daughters back to safety.

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Tali jerked awake as she heard the door crash open and she instinctively struggled yanking at her bonds grunting in frustration when they wouldn't budge. Slowly she stopped before she looked up to see Livie and April staring up at her tired and afraid. She stared at them before slowly she looked up as the leader came in chuckling to himself. He looked at Tali laughing delightedly before he moved over to an old TV and switched it on flicking through until he came to a new station and Tali saw it was reporting the robbery of the bank which was completely destroyed. Still chuckling he turned up the volume so that Tali, Livie and April could hear the report;

"We recently found out that one of the hostages, a teenage daughter of an NCIS agent was killed in the explosion after being shot fatally before the building was blown up as the robbers exited the scene through a back entrance. Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Blair Rosa McGee."

April and Livie looked over as Tali let out a strangled screaming cry of horror "NO" she screamed "no no no". The leader laughed at her "yes" he said "your plucky friend is dead my darling, and she died saving your life, how does that feel".

Tali raised her head to look at him and there were tears streaming down her cheeks "you killed her" she sobbed "yes" he said "but she died saving you". Tali let out a keening sound of misery before she dropped her head sobbing. Grinning at her pain the leader moved round to crouch behind her "her death will always be your fault" he whispered "everyone will blame you honey, how do you think her daddy feels right now"

Instantly Tali twisted straining against her bonds again "Leh lehizdayen benzona" she screamed her eyes burning with anger "Tisaref B'Azazel Mamzer" he laughed "I take it you are not saying anything polite honey". Tali growled at him before repeating her curses tears still streaming down her cheeks, he laughed again before he slowly rose looking over at Livie and April who had tears streaming down their cheeks too, grinning smugly at them, he slowly backed out of the room.

April looked at Tali who had bent her head sobbing her heart out as she whispered more words in Hebrew which ended up sounding like a little song. Once she had finished she lifted her head to look at them. April swallowed; she wanted to tell her that it was alright, that they would be ok. But she couldn't; she couldn't lie to her because in truth she didn't know that everything would be ok, and Tali wouldn't believe her anyway. Blair was dead and Tali clearly blamed herself.

"Tali" she said softly "it wasn't your fault" "yes it was" Tali sobbed "that bullet was meant for me not her" she looked up at them "why" she half screamed, half sobbed "why did she take that bullet, I was ready to take it, I would have taken it, I didn't ask her to take it for me" she let out a sob "I wish she hadn't taken that bullet" she whispered "I wish she had just let me die"

April looked over at Livie and saw the tears streaming down her cheeks; neither of them knew how to respond to that, so neither of them said anything, they just sat there wallowing in their grief thinking of Blair and the life that she would never get to live.

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