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"And what does he propose we do about it?" Just then, the door was shot down, displaying Ilan Bodnar right in front of them. His face sent shivers down Ziva's spine. They all had their gins to shoot, but suddenly four men broke in through the window and knocked Ziva unconscious with a lamp. They picked her up and put a gun to her head, carrying her to Bodnar. Bodnar took her in his arms and wiped away the blood dripping down Ziva's face.

"Hello, Ziva." He said, caressing her cheek. There was nothing the other three agents could do at the moment. "I wasn't exactly sure where you were until I found where Agent McGee's laptop was connecting to." He explained. "Then I knew Ziva was staying here. I never imagined she would return to her childhood home."

Tony looked to Gibbs, but for once, Gibbs didn't know what to do. As long as Ziva was in Bodnar's arms, they were powerless.

"In case you think of trying anything, there are twelve more men downstairs, all of them trained Mossad. Your protection detail has been overpowered. I will be taking Ziva and the letters, please." He requested. "The letters!" Bodnar exclaimed. "Now!"

The letters were in McGee's desk. McGee wasn't sure to give them over or not. He looked over at Gibbs and Tony, each had a degree of fear in their face.

"Give him the letters, Tim." Gibbs whispered." McGee only handed Bodnar six letters. There was no way Bodnar would know how many there really were. Bodnar took the letters delicately in his hand.

"Ziva was always weak, yet she was held in higher esteem than me. Once I stop this war from happening, no one will ever doubt who is superior." He said, before retreating through the door, the men who had attacked Ziva following behind him.

THE NEXT MORNING

The agents spent the remainder of the night in an Israeli hospital, in shock. Being on invitation, they couldn't do anything without Mossad's consent, and the Mossad officers of importance were all unconscious. Malachi was the first to wake up.

"Officer Ben-Gidon, do you remember what happened?" Gibbs asked him, once he opened his eyes. Malachi looked around the room. He perfectly remembered the events before the lights went out, but he was having difficulty articulating his thoughts. Malachi's eyes wandered around the room. He fixed them on Tony.

"I tried to stop them." He finally said. "I swear on the little life I have left that I tried to stop them from touching Ziva. There were so many. We were outnumbered, and we all had the same training." Malachi explained.

"I know." Gibbs whispered. He was about to leave the room when Malachi called him back.

"Agent Gibbs, I know how you feel about apologies," he began. This got the attention of everyone in the room, "but I feel that I owe you an apology. I was assigned to protect her, and I know how much you care about her. I know how much all of you care about her, so I am sorry." He said sincerely. The agents didn't respond. They left his room, as if they couldn't hear what he had said.

Judah's room was next. Gibbs poked his head in to see Judah wide awake. He was staring at a certain spot on the wall. He was not as sincere or apologetic as Malachi had been.

"You need to leave." Judah instructed.

"My agent was just abducted!" Gibbs exclaimed. "I'm not leaving."

"She is not your agent anymore. Leon assured me she was no longer an agent with NCIS. She was the temporary director of Mossad, ready to return to you upon the capture of Ilan Bodnar. She is my leader, Agent Gibbs."

"You can say whatever you want about it, Agassi. You can shove any papers you want in my face, but you better know that Ziva David will always be my agent, so don't expect me to do nothing while she's getting tortured for information." Tony and McGee were still standing in the corner of the room, unable to speak.

"You need to leave." Judah repeated.

"No, we don't." Gibbs argued. Just then, Vance pulled the three agents out of the hospital room. Judah gave them a small smile upon their departure.

"Have a good trip." He called to them.

The three agents followed Vance into the hallway of the hospital.

"We need to leave, Gibbs." Vance told him. Gibbs took a breath. He knew what was going to happen. He knew how this would end.

"Why, Director?"

"We were here on invitation from the acting director of Mossad." Vance reminded him. "Ziva's been abducted now, and Mossad is unwilling to extend the invitation. They've demanded us to leave immediately. They even got us a flight home."

"We can't just leave her. We have to find her."

"I signed her over to Mossad, Gibbs."
"Like a piece of property?" Tony butted in. "She's already been signed over enough in her life. That was supposed to end when she joined NCIS. I guess it didn't happen!"

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs exclaimed. Before Gibbs could continue speaking, Tony already began walking off. Gibbs decided that Tony needed to cool off. He would deal with him a little later, hopefully before he lost his job.

McGee looked lost during everything that was going on. He stood there silently, protectively holding on to the remaining letters in his coat pocket. If they were being required to leave the country, McGee decided he wouldn't tell NCIS or Mossad about the letters just yet. For now, they were his little secret. He just had to figure out what they meant.

The team was given three hours to pack up all of their things. Mossad was not providing a security detail for them, but would arrive and escort them to the airport at the given time. They had two hours left and beginning wandering around the house. It was a beautiful house.

Gibbs decided to confront DiNozzo about his behavior at the hospital during these two hours.

"DiNozzo." Gibbs called. DiNozzo sighed and looked behind him to find Gibbs in his doorway, staring right at him with two cups of coffee in his hands.

"You trying to bribe me with coffee?" he asked. Gibbs didn't answer. He just handed it out for Tony, and Tony reluctantly accepted it. "Thanks, Boss." He muttered. "You gonna tell me that my conduct at the hospital was completely out of line and unjustified."

"No." Gibbs simply stated.

"Really? Come on. I had this whole speech prepared and everything about how I'm not gonna lose her again, and we can't leave an agent behind…"

"Everyone keeps saying she's not an agent anymore, DiNozzo. What do you say to that?"

"Something you said once. You're always an agent." Gibbs smiled a little. That was the answer he was looking for.

"You gonna give up?" Gibbs asked him. Tony nearly choked on his coffee. He looked at Gibbs for added effect. Like I would ever give up on Ziva.

"Hell, no." For a second, Tony thought about telling Gibbs about his relationship with Ziva. He wanted to tell Gibbs about how much he cared about Ziva, how much he wanted to kiss her right now, how much he wanted to put a bullet in Bodnar's head, how many red roses he wanted to buy Ziva, but he remembered that Ziva wanted to be with him when they told Gibbs. He decided to honor that. They'd tell everyone when Ziva got back.

While Gibbs had been talking to Tony, McGee found himself hypnotized by Eli's study. He thought that maybe there was something that Ziva had missed, something that she just hadn't found. He still had the letters in his pocket, and by then, he had already copied everything onto other papers, should something happen to the original.

McGee looked around the study. He found himself staring at Eli's old bookshelf. There was something that seemed off about it. There were several famous, thick novels up there. He read the titles.

A Tale of Two Cities

Les Miserables

The Bible

Romeo and Juliet

Pride and Prejudice

McGee stopped there. Pride and Prejudice seemed a little feminine for Eli's taste. Then, he remembered Ziva saying something about how she read several classic books to help her practice English. Pride and Prejudice must have been one of them. Maybe Ziva would want it when she gets back. McGee grabbed the book off the shelf and flipped through the pages until he round a bookmark in it with a note for Ziva.

My Child,

Pride and prejudice fill the earth, and that is one of the reasons for the following war. This war will prove which nation is dominant. I only hope you can find everything before it is too late. If only I had told you and not your sister. Your sister was well acquainted with these secrets, so near and dear to the heart of the world.

Love,

The Father of My Child

McGee read the bookmark several times. It meant something. It was a clue. Eli had set everything up for Ziva. After all, Ziva was named in honor of the book and operation. Eli would never have told Tali the location of the book. Tali was a clue. Tali had something to do with the location. McGee couldn't wait until he could brief the others.

So this isn't a pure TIVA story, but don't worry! I am really sorry I haven't updated in a while. My cousin came here to visit, and she his my computer because she said I was spending too much time on FanFics, which is true, but... Anyways, I would really appreciate some reviews. Was it worth the wait? I'll try not to force you to wait that long again, but if I can get to 100 reviews, I will be a very happy person.