Here we go! Chapter 25! Enjoy :-)

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Gibbs and Constance walked into Abby's lab and were greeted by the blaring of her music.

"Abby!" exclaimed Gibbs over the ambient noise.

Abby didn't budge, she continued to look into the loupe examining the diamond between the pair of tweezers in her hand.

"Abby!" With no response, Gibbs stormed over to the radio killing the music.

Abby looked up. "Oh hey, Gibbs!"

"My goodness, how do you work with your music up like that?" asked Constance.

"It helps me focus and I'm in serious need of focus with this task," said Abby looking at the pile of diamonds in front of her.

"What have you got?" asked Gibbs.

"Aside from one impeccable collection of flawless diamonds? Nothing. I've spent the entire night looking over these diamonds and none of them show any signs of a microchip."

"Are you sure?" asked Constance.

"You can take a look if you want but I got nothing."

Gibbs sighed. "We are running out of time. We are almost at the twenty-four hour mark, we have to find this thing."

"You don't think Ari will make another attempt at Caitlin in that time, do you?" asked Constance.

"I don't know what that bastard has up his sleeves."

"Ari is the least of our concern, right now" said Vance entering into the lab, carrying a file. "Gibbs, have you spoken to Tony?"

"No, why?"

"I just got a call from him. Detective Rizzoli has arrested Williams."

"What? Why?"

"Rizzoli and her partner discovered a connection between a Paddy Doyle and Williams. Apparently Doyle was approached by a man sometime back asking him to put a hit out on Kate. Doyle recognized Williams as his partner."

"You're kidding?" questioned Constance.

Vance handed Gibbs the file. "A Detective Frost faxed that to me."

Gibbs read the content of the file. "Williams was fired from Boston Police for suspicion of criminal activity. How the hell did she end up at NCIS?"

"She was never formally convicted of anything therefore she never had to speak of it."

"So Ari is using dirty cops to do his handiwork?"

"SecNav is sending his private jet to Boston to transport Williams back here. They should be here in the next few hours."

Gibbs shook his head. "He used an NCIS agent. She could have killed Kate and we never would have suspected her for one second. Slick bastard!" Gibbs phone rang and Gibbs answered without even looking at who was calling. "Yeah?"

"Time is ticking, Agent Gibbs. I hope you have my plans."

"Ari?"

"We are nearing the twenty-four hour mark, Gibbs. I hope you are not taking this assignment lightly. I would to hate to have to light a fire under your ass."

"I'll have your plans. I'll give them to you as soon as they wheel your body into autopsy!"

"I wouldn't be throwing around threats, Agent Gibbs. Not given just how vulnerable Caitlin is right now."

"Agent Williams is in custody. We know you were using her to get to Kate!"

"Was I?" He laughed. "Perhaps you should be focusing on finding my plans and less on my affiliates."

"I want a meeting! Me and you! I want to see your face!"

"Why? We've already met."

"Time changes people."

He laughed. "We will meet in due time, Gibbs."

The phone went dead.

"Dammit!" Gibbs slammed the phone down. "Abby!"

"I'm working on it! I'm running a trace on your phone right now but I'm not sure if the call was long enough for me to get anything," said Abby, typing away at her computer. "Dang it!"

"What?"

"The number is from a secure line. I can't get through!"

"Yes, you can!"

"Gibbs, you know what happened last time I did that!"

"Get McGee down here to help you! I want to know where that bastard is!" Gibbs stormed out the lab.

"This can't be good," said Constance.

"Get what you can on the call, Abby," said Vance.

"But what if I…"

"I got you covered! I need to go make a phone call, let me know when you have something." Vance left the lab.

At the airport in Boston, Kate watched from her seat as Ziva slammed Skylar down in one of the plush seats, in the back of SecNav's private jet.

"Don't move!" ordered Ziva as she shackled Skylar's feet to the seat, her arms still behind her back in cuffs. "If you value your life, you will not move an inch!"

Skylar looked at the ground the entire time.

Ziva walked to the front of the plane where Tony stood looking out the door. "We are ready to go. Williams is restrained in her seat."

"Good, just waiting on Rizzoli to get here and we are on our way." Tony looked off into the distance, where he spotted Jane approaching with her was Frost. "Nice of you to finally show up, Rizzoli! You do know we are working against the clock here?"

"Shut the hell up, DiNozzo!" snapped Jane walking up the stairs. "I had to run home for some clothes!"

"We are trying to prevent a murder here! We're not going to vacation!" Tony looked at Frost, who followed Jane, carrying a bag with him. "Where do you think you're going?"

"With you," replied Frost.

"And what makes you think this is any of your concern?"

"Jane told me everything. I'm here to help."

"Did we ask for your help?"

"Look, my partner and my colleague are involved in this which means I'm involved in it too! I have to have my partner's back which means I'm going with you! Now get the hell out of my way!"

Frost pushed past Tony, approaching Kate. "I hope you don't mind but I can't just sit on my hands!"

Kate cut her eyes at Jane.

"Don't look at me like that, Maur. I didn't plan on telling him, he did some research and started asking questions, I had to tell him. He swore he wouldn't tell anyone and he knows if he does, I will kick his ass!"

"I just trying to keep you safe, Doc," said Frost.

Kate nodded. "I appreciate that, Detective Frost."

Frost took a seat.

Tony looked at Jane. "Some friend you are! Can't even keep a secret!" snapped Tony.

Jane elbowed Tony before walking over to join Kate and Frost.

Tony grabbed his side in pain "Hey, you're not Kate! Only she can do that!"

The flight back to DC was pretty quiet. Jane took Frost aside, doing her best to bring him up to speed on what was happening, while Ziva kept watch over Skylar in the back of the plane. Kate sat quietly in her seat looking out the window. Tony walked over and sat down next from her.

"See anything good?" asked Tony.

"Aside from a few stratus and cumulus, not really," replied Kate.

"I'm going to assume you are talking about the clouds."

"You would be correct."

"See, I can be a genius too!"

"Is that what they call it?" smirked Kate.

"How's your headache?"

Kate rubbed her temple. "Still aching."

"Here," Tony handed Kate an ice pack. "Maybe this will help. Gibbs sees your eye like that, he'll kill me!"

"What you aren't going to multi-task and do it for me?"

Tony smiled. "Well seeing as how Bass is back in Boston with Angela, I think you can handle it yourself!"

Kate smiled and placed the ice pack on the side of her face. She caught sight of Skylar, sitting defeated a few seats away from her. "Skylar doesn't look so good."

Tony looked at Skylar. "Who cares? She's getting what she deserves! By the time Gibbs gets done with her, she is going to look a lot worse."

"I mean she looks like she's in pain! Her medication has probably worn off by now."

"So? Since when do you care about a terrorist being in pain?"

Kate was quiet for a moment. "I have a funny feeling about her."

"You don't have to worry about her, Kate. She's not going to hurt you."

Kate turned towards Tony. "She was working with Ari all this time and yet she never once tried to harm me herself."

"Is your concussion missing with your thought process? She pulled her gun on you!"

"But she never once pointed at me and when Jane told her to put in down she did! If she was going to kill me, she would have whether Jane was there or not!"

"Where are you going with this?"

Kate stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"I want to talk to her." Kate walked over where Ziva and Skylar were seated. "Ziva, would you excuse us for a moment? I want to talk to Skylar."

"I do not think that is a good idea, Kate," replied Ziva. "There is no telling what she is capable of."

Kate looked at Skylar, staring at the ground in front of her unmoved. "I don't think she is capable of very much right now."

Ziva glanced at Skylar and then at Kate. "I will be right over there." Ziva got up allowing Kate to take her seat across from Skylar.

Kate sat back in her seat, examining Skylar. She looked weak and helpless, her arms cuffed behind her making it impossible for her to sit back comfortably when the shackles on her feet pulled her feet under her in the most uncomfortable fashion.

Skylar groaned as she shifted in her seat.

"Your arm hurts?"

Skylar didn't look at her. "Being handcuffed like this isn't exactly comfortable after you've been stabbed in the arm with an ice pick. It feels like my stitches are about to burst!"

"Your stitches rupturing would result in you bleeding out again, which would require immediate medical attention. Being up here, your only option would be for me to crudely stitching you back up which would cause you a great deal of pain."

Skylar looked up. "I'm sure you would enjoy that."

"Probably not as much as you would enjoy killing me."

"I was never going to kill you. I never would! You all have this all wrong! This fucking medication has my head all over the place! I didn't mean to pull my gun on you like that!"

"Right, your medication is the reason you are working a terrorist murder me!"

Skylar shock her head in disbelief. "That has to be the shittiest explanation ever, wasn't it?"

"Yes but I think it's valid. From a physical stand point, it appeared that you were heavily under the influence of some type of drug. You don't exactly strike me as the hit woman type or the terrorist for that matter."

"I'm not."

"You want to explain?"

"What's the point? You aren't going to believe me."

"Try me."

Skylar swallowed, gathering her thoughts. "I screwed up! I should have said something! I knew he was up to no good but I worked so hard to get my badge and I didn't want to risk losing it because of speculation. I was a rookie, my job was to follow orders which is what I did!"

"What orders?"

"I was just a tag along. They'd bring me to the meetings as a lookout, make sure no one was trailing us. Clearing I wasn't any good at it because if I was, I would have seen those IA guys watching us. I was guilty by association, lost my badge all because I was there with those assholes!"

"You never dealt with Doyle?"

"I simply saw him through the window of the car while they were conducting whatever business they were involved in. My partner was the one dealing with Doyle."

"So what happened after that? You lost your badge and then Ari approached you to start working with him?"

"Kate, I have never seen Ari!"

"He called your phone, Skylar."

"I have no idea how that happened! Kate, you have to believe me! I'm not trying to kill you!"

Kate sat quietly watching Skylar for several minutes, studying her every move and facial muscle movement carefully before getting up.

Skylar watched Kate walked towards Ziva. "Kate?"

Kate reached her hand out to Ziva. "May I see your cuff keys?"

Ziva handed Kate the keys. "What are you doing?"

Kate didn't answer returning back to Skylar kneeling in front of her. Kate undid Skylar's cuffs around her wrists allowing her arms to fall in a more natural position.

Skylar sighed in relief.

"I don't usually listen to my intestine but my gut is telling me that you're telling me the truth," said Kate.

Skylar smiled. "Thank you, Kate."

Kate reached around pulling Skylar's arms in front of her putting the cuffs back on. "But I'm also not stupid! Until I find adequate evidence to prove your innocence, you are still a suspect."

"That's fair."

"Don't make me look like a fool, Williams."

Abby and McGee worked away in Abby's lab trying to trace Ari's call to Gibbs.

"Geez, Ari is good! This line is impossible to get into!" said McGee.

"We have to crack this McGee! We have to find this bastard!" exclaimed Abby.

"There's no need for that anymore, Ms. Scuito," said Vance walking into the lab.

"What do you mean? If we can find where this call came from, we can find Ari!"

"The only place you are going to find Ari is six feet underground. He's dead. I got in touch with some connects at Mossad, upon receiving Ari's body they did a DNA test and confirmed that the body was actually that of Ari Haswari. He's been dead for the last eight years. He's not our man."

"If this isn't Ari, then who is it?"

"Got it!" exclaimed McGee, staring at the computer screen with a grin of his face. "I got into the line!"

Abby and Vance both looked at the screen.

"That can't be right," said Vance, examining the screen.

"McGee, did you screw something up?" asked Abby.

"No, I didn't screw anything up!" retorted McGee.

"You had too! There is no way that's right!"

"I entered all the codes correctly, Abby! This is where the call came from!"

"McGee that says the call came from NCIS."

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