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Chapter 11 – Consequences of My Actions
"What do you mean she is missing" Tony shouted, staring at the Director of Mossad in horror, desperately hoping he had misheard him, that he had actually said that his daughter was on her way home now. Beside him Ziva had frozen staring at her father in shock, she began to tremble then she slowly staggered backwards into a chair and began to mumble to herself in Hebrew, a few tears slid down her cheeks, tears of despair.
Eli David looked at Tony, "she is gone" he said "all of them, she, Kedar and his son have disappeared" Tony stared at him, fear beginning to consume him, it all three of them had disappeared then Kedar must have figured out who she really was, the killer of his brother, he felt tears come to his eyes, he knew the chances of Tali surviving this were slim, Kedar would kill her, he knew it, that was if he hadn't already.
Gibbs stepped forward "what happened" he asked angrily "I thought you had men surrounding the place, how could they have disappeared, why didn't you help her", Eli studied him "we did have the place surrounded" he said calmly "we are still trying to work out how they escaped, and as for why we didn't help her, she didn't raise the alarm, the panic button was never triggered" Gibbs glared at him "what do you know" he asked, Eli leaned back in his chair "after school finished the girl and Amir Kedar walked back to his house, Malachi followed and they went inside, we lost the connection from her button camera, it wasn't designed to be over such a long distance, and there was no way we could get any closer without them becoming suspicious" he paused and looked at them all, "Malachi re-joined the team in the van, not long after he got a text from your daughter saying that Amir's father had asked her to stay for dinner, that was her way of informing us that Elijah was home, I told Malachi to make sure she continued with the mission and she did so, 10 minutes later the transmitter came on line when she released it from inside the key ring in which we had hidden it, she managed to place it close to the computer because we began to receive information"
Gibbs nodded, he already knew that, McGee had succeeded in hacking into the surveillance van, and they had received all the information that Mossad had. Eli continued "we waited two hours before Malachi rang her phone, it went straight to voice mail, so I told him to go get her, he went up and tried to get in, the gate and front door were unlocked so he went in, he searched the rooms until he came to the study where he found the transmitter sitting on the table next to the girl's phone and her bag, there was also a note saying 'too little too late, but thanks for delivering her to me, I will be sure to make her death quite memorable" Ziva whimpered and Tony moved over to hug her tightly.
"what now Eli" Vance asked, Eli looked at him calmly "there is nothing more we can do Leon" he said "she failed, now we must all suffer the consequences" Ziva bolted up "no" she snapped "Tali did not fail, you did, she planted that bug as told, you should have pulled her out the moment it was done but no you left her in there and now she is in danger, she risked her life for you, the least you can do is help find her" Eli looked at her "Ziva" he said calmly "your daughter is probably already dead, I am not going to waste resources looking for a dead girl" "oh you mean like you wouldn't waste resources rescuing me from Somalia" Ziva cried "I am your daughter and you couldn't waste a few agents to come looking for me, now Tali is your granddaughter, surely you could spare a few to find her" Eli studied her "I am sorry Ziva" he said "But you chose to leave Mossad, you chose to have a normal life, you chose to feel, now you must suffer the consequences, I have lost children, you will get over the loss of the girl" "she was my daughter" Ziva screamed "not just a girl, she was my daughter and you killed her" Tony caught hold of her pulling her against his chest whispering as she cried against his chest.
Eli stared at Ziva "bat ahuvah" (beloved daughter) he said softly, but Ziva looked up at him "No" she said coldly "you lost the right to be my father years ago, I may be your daughter but you will never be my father"
Eli stared at her, then he nodded "so be it Ziva" he said, he looked at the group "she did well" he said then "and although you may not believe me, I am sorry she is dead", Gibbs stepped forward and took Ziva's hand "she isn't dead" he said, then he glanced at Vance who shrugged, then he made the slashing motion and the connection was ended. Ziva and Tony both looked at him "what makes you think she isn't dead boss" Tony asked, he looked at them "my gut says she isn't" he said, then he gestured behind him at the now blank screen "and what Kedar said on the note 'I will be sure to make her death quite memorable' he said he would make her death memorable, meaning he didn't kill her the moment he caught her, and if it was memorable don't you think he would have wanted everyone to see it, well we haven't heard anything"
Both parents stared at him, hope creeping onto their faces as they struggled not to let it consume them, but allowing themselves to dare to believe it "come on" he said "let's find her shall we" they both nodded, and he smiled gently, clapping Tony on the shoulder and kissing Ziva's forehead, then he looked at Vance who nodded "go bring her home" he said
XOXOXO
Tali twisted where she sat bound to the chair, she struggled trying to work her wrists free of her cuffs, when that didn't work she looked over at Amir sitting on the edge of the bed staring at the gun his father had given him to guard her with, "Amir" she began but he cut her off "no don't… talk to me" he said, holding up a hand, she stared at him, "Amir I am sorry" she said desperately, slowly he raised his head to look at her "you lied to me" he said, his voice filled with hurt "you lied to me and you killed my uncle" she dropped her gaze "I didn't have a choice" she said softly.
"Why" he shouted leaping up "why didn't you have a choice Myka, or whatever your name is", Tali looked at him sadly "my name is Tali" she said softly, he looked at her "I don't care anymore" he growled "you murdered my uncle, why" Tali stared at him "because he tried to kill me and my family" she exclaimed, he stared at her before shaking his head "no" he said "you are lying" "No Amir I am not" Tali cried "really well your track record says otherwise" he shouted "you have don't nothing but lie to me ever since I met you, god I am so stupid, of course you are Mossad, that explains everything, how good you are at fighting, shooting, how you managed to get me to open up so much, I feel like such an idiot for trusting you"
Tali stared at him with tears in her eyes "I didn't mean to hurt you" she said softly "believe me when I say I didn't have a choice" he snorted "I am telling the truth Amir I swear to you" she shouted "my grandfather is the director of Mossad, yes my mother is Ziva David, his daughter, she was assigned to NCIS in Washington DC as a liaison officer, after a few years of working there she resigned from Mossad and became a full NCIS agent, then she and my father who was her partner went undercover and my mom got pregnant, her father tried to make her get rid of me but she refused, she married my father and I was born, she hasn't spoken to Mossad since then. When I was 12 though her past caught up with her, Elead Dayan came after her"
"Yeah" Amir said "because she killed his father" "Only after he killed her sister" Tali persisted "her sister was 16, she died in a Hamas bomb that Dayan's father planted, her name was Talia, she was my namesake" Amir stared at her "Elead Dayan had nothing to do with Hamas" he said confused, Tali looked at him "look I know this is going to confuse you but do you want to hear the rest of my story" he hesitated before slowly nodding, Tali looked at him "I guess you should sit" she said "it isn't a pretty story", slowly he moved back over to the bed and sat down.
"as I said I was 12, I am only 13 now, Dayan knew he wouldn't be able to get to my mom, she was to strong, so he had me kidnapped" Amir frowned but she continued "he contacted my mother, he taunted her, and I tried to warn her not to come, he used a cattle prod on me whilst my parents were forced to watch" Amir stared but she didn't stop "then the next day he was going to make his demands, but as I was being brought out I fought his men and escaped, I climbed in the air vents and hid, I crawled over a conference room and that was where I saw your uncle" he blinked and shifted, she spoke carefully "they were talking about a ship docked in the navy yard, they wanted to blow it up, when Dayan learned I had escaped he was mad, he couldn't use me to get to my mother anymore, so they changed the plan, they told my mother I had been killed trying to escape then they told them that there was a bomb on the ship and it would detonate in five hours when they had set it to detonate after four, the plan was to have it go off whilst my mother was on board, killing two birds with one stone" he gaped at her "I know this must be hard to head but please listen" Tali begged, he nodded so she carried on "to cut the story down I got out and we found the bomb and disabled it but there was another, we got off in time though, anyway to cut a long it down further three months later Dayan came after me again at my school, when my parents learned this they went to him and he caught them too, he beat my mom up and then told her I was to die, he wanted to cause her pain"
She swallowed and looked away "at NCIS I have a godfather, he is my mom and dad's boss, Gibbs, Dayan called him the next day and challenged him to find us again, then…" she paused and glanced at her shoulder, the dye staining her skin was disappearing, she twisted "Look at my back" she said, he stared "what" he asked "look at my back, on my shoulder" she persisted, slowly he moved round and tugged her jacket off her shoulder, she heard his breath catch as he saw the tip of her long ropy scar "that goes down to my opposite hip" she said quietly "Dayan laid my back open again and again whilst Gibbs watched, he whipped me, I don't remember much of it, I passed out, but what I do remember was that it was total agony"
Amir stood there for a minute staring at her scar and she stayed quiet, then she felt his finger briefly touch her shoulder where her scar was before he lifted her jacket back into place and moved back round, she looked at him "he told my parents I was to die at noon the next day, he toyed with me threatened my father, he broke my ankle, I remember being so scared, but not for myself, I accepted I would die, and it didn't scare me, I was in so much pain already, I was scared for my family" he stared at her, "so the next day he took me and my family out, ready for me to die, your Uncle was there, he had been invited to watch, he stayed out of the way for the whole thing, at noon he tried to kill me but I fought, let's just say I wasn't as good at fighting then as I am now, I had had very little training, to cut a long story short I fought him and got a gun, then Gibbs came in, he had managed to find us, when Dayan realised he had lost he tried to kill me but Gibbs shot him and came to me, my parents came forward too, that was when your uncle came in"
She paused and looked at him hesitating "tell me" he said quietly "tell me how he died", Tali lowered her head "we had completely forgotten about him, he had been so quiet, then when he realised Gibbs had killed Dayan he lost it, he tried to shoot Gibbs but another member of their team McGee shot him twice, he tried to kill us again, he open fired at us, my father got shot through the side protecting my mom, that was when I did it, the moment still haunts me Amir, I don't even remember making the decision, I just raised the gun and pulled the trigger, I didn't even aim, I just was protecting my family" she looked at him "if it makes you feel better he got his revenge on me" he looked at her, "he shot me in the chest, it hit my lung, I was so close to death it is a miracle I survived, I struggled to breathe for a long while after that and was in ICU for ages before I managed to, it took everyone months to recover, I had barely got my life back together when my grandfather took me"
Amir looked at her "why you" she smiled weakly "apparently he swore to my mother he would take me into Mossad because she defied him, but mainly because I had already killed, I was broken, ready to be an assassin, and I was at an age close to you, he took me and told me I wasn't going home until I had done as I was told, he trained me brutally before sending me in and you know the rest" Amir was silent before looking at her "why did you want to tell me that" he asked "so you know that I wouldn't have killed your uncle if I had had the choice" she said "I never wanted to hurt anyone I promise" he stared at her "you hurt me bad" he said softly, she gazed at him "I would rather be beaten with that whip again than hurt you again Amir" she said truthfully "I have hated having to lie to you, you were so kind to me and you made a wonderful friend" he sighed and looked away
"do you believe me" she asked, he looked back "You have scars to prove it" he said "but I don't want to believe it, my uncle was a good man, he would never have gotten intentionally mixed up in any of that" Tali stared at him "Amir, he planted the bomb on the ship, it was his idea, he built it, he was in on everything" "No" he cried out "why then did my father lie to me, why didn't he tell me my uncle was a terrorist" Tali hesitated, then she said softly "because he is one too" she said quietly, Amir whirled round "shut up" he snarled "don't you dare say that" "look at the facts Amir, you said he kept to himself, he hates America, he kidnapped me and brought us to DC, why" she asked, he shrugged "I don't know, he won't answer any of my questions" "yes" Tali said "because he is planning to set a bomb to destroy DC" "no" he shouted "yes Amir open your eyes and see it" she shouted.
Amir snarled and grabbed the gun, he whirled round and pointed it at her forehead, they both froze briefly, then Tali sighed and leaned forward so that her head touched the barrel of the gun "do it" she said quietly "if it will get you closure then do it, I would rather you did it anyway" he stared at her his hand trembling so that the gun shook wildly, they both stared at each other, then he sighed and lowered the gun to his side, Tali nodded "wise choice" she whispered "you don't want to have someone's death looming over you for the rest of your life Amir, you are not a killer, it would haunt you forever" he stared at her. Just then they heard movement in the other room "Amir" Tali said quietly, he looked at her "I know you don't trust me or like me anymore but just do one thing for me" he watched her "don't let your father destroy you" she said seriously "you are a good man, don't let your father control you, my grandfather did that to my mother and she became an assassin, something she hates and regrets always, and killing your uncle is something I too will always regret" he simply stared at her as the door to the room opened.
Elijah came in looking very pleased with himself, he smiled tauntingly at Tali who glowered at him "hello there my dear" he said "still here then, you didn't manage to woe my son into releasing you" Tali scowled, her eyes narrowed, he sighed and took his phone out of his pocket along with his keys and set them on the desk, Tali eyed them briefly before looking away, Amir was staring at his father, Elijah looked at him and then back at Tali "so what did she tell you" he asked, Amir hesitated "she said Uncle Levi and Elead Dayan were terrorists" he said carefully "she said that she was kidnapped by Elead and then he and Uncle Levi planted a bomb, Elead tried to kill her but got killed trying too and then Uncle Levi tried to kill her too" he smiled and looked at Tali "and then she killed him" he said triumphantly, Tali kept her face expressionless "you don't believe what she is saying about your uncle do you Amir" Elijah said looking back at his son, he lowered his head "I don't know" he mumbled "she says she was beaten and she has marks on her back to prove it"
Elijah turned and walked over to Tali, he caught hold of her hair and yanked her head to one side, roughly tugging her jacket down to see her shoulder "ah" he said "that is good makeup my dear" "it isn't" Tali snarled "it's real", he studied it, before examining her neck where a few more rested, "hmm" he said "well maybe they are real, it doesn't mean they came from her encounter with my brother"
Tali stared at him "believe what you want" she said calmly "I know the truth" he smirked at her "and I know the truth too my dear" he bent and forced her to look straight in his eyes "I know that you are not escaping this, you are going to die, and believe me it is going to be a death that no one forgets" she saw Amir's eyes widen in shock but for now she ignored him "how am I going to die" she asked managing barely to keep the tremble out of her voice, he smirked again "don't worry it will be explosive, you have my word" Tali sighed "let me guess I am going to be next to the bomb when it goes off"
"what bomb" Amir asked as his father smiled at her, then he nodded "dad what bomb" Amir asked panicked, he whirled round to face his son "a bomb has already been placed" he said, "in the gardens of the White House, it will blow tomorrow when the gardens are filled with people, and do you know who is going to be there" he smiled "diplomats, Marines, Government Officials, anyone of any importance will be there", Tali stared "why" she asked "why do you want to cause World War 3 between our counties" he smiled "because I can" he said "and America lost me most of my family, and Amir's, I lost my wife and brother, he lost his mother and uncle"
"Dad" Amir said "surely a personal grudge isn't a reason to allow millions to die" Elijah laughed "my son the rationalist" he said "oh Amir, you are so naïve, I can and I will" Amir stared "father" he said "you shouldn't", Elijah stared at his son and then dragged in out into the other room, instantly they began to argue in low voices.
Instantly Tali was working, she flung her weight sideways, shifting her chair over to where Elijah had left his things, lifting her hands as high as she could she grabbed at the phone, it took her a couple of attempts but she managed to grab it, she twisted her head frantically peering over her shoulder to see the phone as out in the other room father and son began to argue, she managed to compose a message and working mostly from memory she managed to type out a quick message, she had no time to check it, she had barely any time at all, then she inserted the number she knew off by heart and pressed send, "come on" she whispered craning her neck to see, watching the phone send the message, eventually after what felt like hours, it told her the message had been sent and she managed to replace the phone where she had found it, she heard the voices coming closer and hurriedly managed to shift her chair to where it had originally been seconds before the door opened and Amir and his father entered.
Amir looked very unhappy, Elijah on the other hand looked pleased, he smiled at her "settled" he said "my son may not agree but he will support" Tali stared at Amir who refused to meet her eyes, he sat down on the bed again, staring at the floor "well" Elijah said "I am going to enjoy DC whilst I still can, enjoy your last night Talia Kaitlyn" and with that he left whistling as he did so.
Tali looked at Amir "now do you believe me" she asked, Amir didn't respond, he just sat on the edge of the bed, head in his hands. Tali sighed, there was no point talking to him, he was too confused, she lowered her head, she hoped the team got her message, her last desperate act to protect, before she died.
XOXOXO
Tony paced back and forth in MTAC, Abby and McGee were scanning the information from the surveillance van, he and Ziva were digging into Kedar's past, searching for any possible accomplices, so far nothing.
He sat back down as Gibbs entered "anything" he asked, they all shook their heads, Tony groaned and tugged out his phone as it dinged. Gibbs looked around at his team working tirelessly, he looked at Ziva bent over a file reading intently, one hand resting over her stomach, "Ziva" he said softly "it is going to be ok, I promise you", he knew he shouldn't be making promises he couldn't guarantee to keep but she just looked so desperate he wanted to say something, she nodded but didn't look up from the file she was reading, he looked over at Tony and saw that his senior field agent was frowning at his phone "DiNozzo" he asked cautiously, but Tony didn't respond "Ziva" he said "can you translate this exactly" he showed Ziva his phone, she looked at him confused, she glanced at the screen and then nodded "McGee" he said "put what Ziva says up on the screen exactly as she says it" McGee looked at him questioningly but did as he was asked, everyone turned to look at the message flashing on the screen:
'Bayt
C4 2moz
WH tshraym
Ovet
Nja'
Everyone stared at it "what is that Tony, who sent it to you" Gibbs asked, Tony shook his head staring at the screen "I don't know" he said, still staring he began to repeat the message, repeating each part of it over and over again "nja" he muttered "nja, nja" then he froze "oh my god" he breathed, staggering backwards staring at the screen, Ziva rose uncertain "Tony" she asked worried, "ninja" he breathed again "nja is Ninja" he looked at the team as though hardly able to believe it "I think this is from Tali"
Everyone stared at him, then they all looked at the screen, Ziva gasped "yes" she breathed "bayt means home in Hebrew", everyone frowned "what do you think the rest of it means" McGee asked, nobody answered, "well I think we all know what C4 means" Gibbs said, everyone nodded "the word ovet, she could have been trying to say ohvet" Ziva said quietly "it means love" everyone nodded "ok let's figure out what the rest of the message means" Gibbs said and they all stared.
They stared for a long while, it had already been late when they started but they barely noticed the time slipping past "hang on" McGee said suddenly "of course Tali is a teenager" everyone looked at him "congrats on finally noticing "McSlow" Tony said dryly but McGee ignored him "2moz is a text ism used by teenagers" he said "it means tomorrow" Gibbs nodded encouragingly at him "Ok so a C4 bomb is going to go off sometime tomorrow" he said, he gestured at the last un deciphered line "so what does this last part mean" they all studied it "tshraym' could be tsahorayim" Ziva said suddenly rather hesitantly, "it means noon" they all examined it "yes" said Gibbs "yes it means noon, so tomorrow at noon the bomb will go off but where" he thought "McGee" he barked "what is happening at noon tomorrow"
The young agent began to hurriedly type, his fingers flying across the keyboard "there is a charity mile run" "no" Ziva said standing up "an open day at the university" "no" she said again "not big enough look for something bigger" McGee studied the list "New exhibit opens at the Smithsonian" he said, they all frowned "that could be it" Tony said "lots of people but I don't know" "um" said McGee then suddenly "I think I found it, it is really big" a picture flashed up of a very familiar building "celebration lunch at the White House" McGee said "lots of very important people will be there". Ziva spun round to look at Tali's message again "WH" she said "White House"
They all stood there in silence "that is it" Gibbs said finally "we have a time and a location, McGee go tell Vance" as that agent rushed out he turned to the other two agents and gave them a proud smile "your daughter just saved a lot of lives" he said "you should be very proud" "oh we are" Tony said squeezing Ziva's hand, there was pride on their faces, but the pain and worry was still in their eyes "why did she start by saying home" Gibbs shrugged, but he had a slight idea, but he didn't want to give them false hope, she he clapped them on the shoulder and exited MTAC, part of him hoped that this theory was correct, the other part hoped he was wrong, but he could predict that is he was right things wouldn't turn out any better for that brave little child any better than if he was wrong, in fact he feared they might turn out worse "I am proud of you shortcake" he whispered "hang on now, let us deal with this then we will find you I swear"
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