Chapter 14
Ari Haswari smiled as he stepped out of the elevator, not having expected it to be so easy. He watched as Abby dropped her bag and spun round, her feet flying over the concrete floor, he nodded in appreciation that she didn't head for her apartment as most people would but for the stairwell that would take her downstairs. He had known that someone who had such a strong relationship with Gibbs would be no fool. With that thought he quickly strode after her, his long legs eating up the distance, he slapped open the door that Abby had just run through and grabbed the railings, leaping over and down to land in front of the fleeing Abby, his hand reaching out and grabbing hold of her arm tightly, yanking her hard against him, his other hand pulling out the gun hidden in his jacket.
"Miss Sciuto, a pleasure to meet you" Ari murmured in her ear as he held the gun to Abby's side "I would hate to cut our acquaintance short, but I wont hesitate" he warned her as Abby struggled against his hold, trying to kick out at him and twist away.
"Too bad" Abby muttered, although she did stop struggling "Gibbs is so going to kill you" she told him angrily, her eyes defiant and angry, but the anger was directed more at herself and the fact that she hadn't listened to Gibbs and stayed locked safely in her apartment.
"Ah such belief in him is commendable but perhaps misplaced after all I did kill Caitlin" Ari told her calmly the gun remaining pointed at Abby all the time, the smile still in place on Ari's face.
"Come along quietly and you may just make it out alive" Ari continued as he pushed Abby down the stairs slightly, pulling her back as she stumbled and nearly fell
"Careful I really don't want to see you harmed" he murmured close to her ear
"No just dead" Abby retorted, pulling her arm out of his grasp and calmly walking down the stairs, hoping that Ari didn't know that Gibbs was outside.
Abby continued to the ground floor in silence, praying that Ari was about to make his first mistake, hoping that Gibbs didn't get himself killed trying to save her.
"Not that way" Ari told her as she headed for the exit of the building "I wouldn't want Gibbs to know I have you, not yet anyway" He laughed, grinning harder at the look Abby threw him over her shoulder, a mixture of anger, frustration and fear "did you think I didn't know he is sitting outside?" he grinned, pushing her towards the ground floor apartment, "It just makes it so much more fun this way" he continued before reaching into his pocket and holding out a key "Open the door and go inside" he told her.
Abby stared at the key and at him
"Do it yourself" she told him defiantly, her chin raising slightly, her eyes flashing her hatred
"Oh I don't think so Abby, because you just might be foolish enough to try and escape, and then I would have to kill you" he warned calmly as if he had just told her he was taking her shopping. "and if you don't do as your told I may be forced to do something unpleasant, such as shooting your elbow joint" he told her, the gun moving slowly to point at her left elbow joint, the silencer on the end causing it to almost touch her sleeve. Abby stared at the gun and then into Ari's eyes, knowing that he meant it remembering what he had done to Gerald. Abby slowly took the key from his hand and turned back to open the door of the apartment.
Abby walked slowly into the apartment, her mind racing ahead, trying to figure out what she was going to do, how she was going to get out of this. Then it suddenly dawned on her that she was in Mrs Harris's apartment but that Mrs Harris was no where to be seen. She spun round her eyes blazing, her fear forgotten
"You total bastard, what have you done to Mrs Harris?" she demanded angrily, thinking of the old lady who always popped out to chat when Abby got home from work, who was always willing to take in packages when Abby was away.
"Ah yes Mrs Harris" Ari said motioning Abby forward "She is fine, sleeping at the moment, and I am sure she will wake in the morning with a headache but I assure you she will be none the worse for it" Ari said, crossing to a door and pointing inside, Abby crossed over and peered into a bedroom to see Mrs Harris asleep in bed
"I assure you I am not a monster" Ari told her, grabbing Abby and pulling her back as she went to rush into the room and check on Mrs Harris. Abby stared at him in shock at his words.
"No your not a monster they have like no control over what they are, you are totally a cold calculating murdering terrorist" she ground out, "And I cant wait to see you lying on Ducky's table with Gibbs's bullet in your brain" she finished moving over to the chair, banging into the corner table as she did so, her hands reaching out to steady herself, and quickly grabbing the old fashioned letter opener on it.
"I somehow doubt my dear that you will get to see that" Ari told her crossing over to Abby and grabbing her hand and the letter opener. His hand coming up and smashing the gun into Abby's check as he took it off her "Do not be so foolish again" he told her watching impartially as Abby fell to the ground, blood trickling from her mouth and the large gash on her cheek. He bent down and pulled a groggy Abby to her feet, pushing her towards the kitchen.
"You bastard" Abby whispered around the pain in her head
"Yes I am" Ari returned "in all respects, and you would be wise to remember that" he warned her pushing her towards an open window.
Ari propped Abby against the counter and pulled out his phone, he spoke quickly in what sounded like French, smiled in satisfaction and then calmly reached up and hit Abby on the side of the head, grabbing her as she slumped to the floor. Ari then lifted her and handed her to the waiting hands outside the window at the rear of the building.