Ari's Back
It was a cold February day and it was a day like most days for Tony, Kate, and the rest of the team. They had just solved another case and were finishing the paperwork when FBI Agent Fornell walked in. "Gibbs I need to speak with you." Fornell said. "Our usual meeting place?" Gibbs asked getting up and Fornell nodded. They headed to the elevator and once they were inside Gibbs stopped it. "What is it Fornell?" Gibbs asked. "Ari Haswari has been working as a mole for us as you already know, but he's gone missing and we have reason to believe that he will come after you." Fornell said. "No, he'll come after Agent Todd first." Gibbs replied. "What makes you say that?" Fornell asked. "Ari has taken her hostage twice, if he gets the chance he'll do it again and who's to say he won't kill her this time?" Gibbs asked. "Good point but we still believe he is going to come after you." Fornell replied. "Well then I'm looking forward to it." Replied Gibbs. "Gibbs, the FBI is going to help you out and when we catch him he will be behind bars for a very long time." Fornell said. "That is if he's lucky, because if he goes anywhere near Agent Todd he will be going home in a body bag." Gibbs said as he started the elevator up.
Later Gibbs pulled Tony off to the side. "What's going on Gibbs?" Tony asked. "Ari's back. And I have reason to believe that he will come after Kate." Gibbs replied. "Well what do we do to stop him?" Tony asked. "You leave that up to me, your job is to protect Kate. Wherever she goes you go." Gibbs ordered. Just then Kate walked in. "What did Fornell want?" she asked. "Ari's back." Tony replied. "Kate there is a chance he may come after you, so you're to stay with Tony 24/7 until this is over." Gibbs said. "Okay." Kate said. Both Tony and Gibbs were surprised that she didn't fight them on this subject.
That Afternoon Kate, Tony, Gibbs, and McGee were walking to the car to go to a new crime scene when Ari walked out from behind one of the cars. "Hello Caitlin." He said. "What are you doing here?" Gibbs asked coldly. "I came to see Caitlin…and of course you Gibbs." Ari replied with a smirk. "If you come near her I'll…" Tony began. "You'll what? Shoot me?" Ari asked. Ari then grabbed Kate and put a gun to her head. "Ari let her go, this is between you and me, leave Kate out of this." Gibbs said. "Or what?" Ari asked. "Or you'll have to deal with her fiancé." Gibbs said. "Fine, Caitlin you can go on one condition and that is Gibbs and I talk alone." Ari said as he let Kate go and she went over and stood with Tony. "Tony, Kate, McGee! Get out of here!" Gibbs ordered. "But boss!" McGee protested. "Now!" Gibbs yelled. They obeyed their boss.
Once they were inside Tony held Kate close. "I've never been so scared." Tony told her. "I know." Kate said. "I thought I was going to lose you." Tony said. "But you didn't." Kate replied. They just stood there holding each other but then the realization hit that Gibbs was still outside with Ari.
Meanwhile outside Gibbs and Ari were facing off. "Do you know how long I've waited for this moment Gibbs?" Ari asked. "Oh about as long as I've been waiting to kill you. Ari raised his gun to shoot Gibbs but a shot rang out and Ari hit the ground. Gibbs turned around and to his surprise Fornell was standing there. "I couldn't let him kill you Gibbs. You saved me now I've saved you, we're even." Fornell said. Gibbs walked over to Ari's body and stared at him. "You finally got what you deserved Ari." Gibbs said and then walked away to join his team.
Back inside Tony, Kate, and McGee sat in silence just waiting for Gibbs to come back or to see if he was going to come back. Gibbs walked out of the elevator and over to his team. "Ari's dead, it's over." Gibbs said and then looked at his team they seemed a little shaken up. "Go home, all of you." Gibbs ordered.
At home Tony noticed Kate was being awfully quiet. He went over and sat down next to her. "What's going on Kate?" He asked. "What do you mean?" she asked. "You've been really quiet this afternoon." He pointed out. "I've just been thinking." She replied. "About what?" Tony asked her. "I was thinking that life really is too short and with our jobs we risk our lives a lot. I guess recently I've began to realize what really is important in life and what I want." Kate said. "What do you want?" Tony asked. "I want to have a baby." Kate replied. "Well I thought we agreed that we'd start trying as soon as we got married?" Tony asked. "We're getting married in a little over a month; I don't want to wait anymore." Kate said. "Well, what are we waiting for then, c'mon." Tony said taking Kate's hand and leading her to their room.