Disclaimer: I only own Lishe.

She ran, she ran for her very life. Ari was right behind her, a sneer on his face as he ran to catch her.

"You can't get away from me, Lishe!" he called, almost mockingly. She kept running, the hood of her white sweater slipping off her head to reveal jet black hair and a deep tan complexion. She was half Arabic, and that is why she ran. Ari wanted her, for the things she had done, the lives she had saved, the destruction she had prevented. She ran now for what little of her life she still had. But as she ran, Ari pulled out a silenced pistol and fired two shots at her. The first one went wide; the second grazed her left leg. She fell hard on her side, grasping her leg. Ari walked up behind her, still smirking.

"You foolish girl, there is no escaping." He said, right before he hit her hard over the back of her head with the end of his gun. She slumped on the ground, unconscious.


She awoke in a dark cell, hands handcuffed behind her back. She looked around wildly, struggling against her chains. After a moment she stopped, knowing there was no escaping this time. She looked up as the door opened. It was Ari, and he was carrying a pistol. He walked forward, pulled up a chair from the shadows ear the door, and sat down, taking out his pistol and cleaning it. Neither of them spoke for several minutes. At long last, Ari looked up at her briefly and started talking.

"You've caused a lot of trouble, haven't you?" he asked in a way that sounded like he was talking to a dog or very small child instead of a fifteen year old girl. She didn't answer. He looked back at his pistol and continued cleaning it.

"Well, now you will serve another purpose." he said, lifting the gun up to the light to see if it was clean. Lishe stared stubbornly at the wall, not speaking.

"In fact," Ari continued, "if you follow the plan like a good little girl we might not have to kill you." She looked up, staring at him for a moment before looking back at the wall.

"I'm not going to help you hurt any more people. I heard what you did to that NCIS agent." Ari laughed cruelly.

"You don't have a choice. You're helping us whether or not you like it, or you can die." Lishe glared at the wall and her eyes narrowed.

"I'd rather die thanks." She muttered bitterly. Ari shrugged.

"Suit yourself." He said, pulling out a bullet from his pocket. Lishe took a breath to calm herself a little. But Ari didn't load his pistol. He just looked at the bullet before putting it back in his pocket and leaving the room. Lishe bowed her head after he closed the door, black hair falling around her shoulders.

"How did this happen?" she whispered to herself, before closing her eyes and lapsed out of consciousness.


One thousand miles away, NCIS Agent Gibbs jerked awake.


Author's Notes: I had this wierd dream that Kate lived, I might start a story of that next...how was this one? Reveiw! Tell me what to change.