…………In the terrorists's safehouse…………..
"Do you think Abby will ever forgive us?" Kate asked Tony.
"I killed her boyfriend not you." Tony said while he put together another weapon. Kate then took it and put it in a bag.
"No we killed David. I knew about the plan too. You can't help it backfired." Kate said hoping it would make him feel better.
"But since it changed you didn't know about the plan and therefore you have no blame in what happened. Just leave it. Just focus on getting out of here alive. We can hopefully flee after we've done what we need to do. Just focus on your task." Tony told her not managing to look straight into her eyes anymore. It hurt too much to do it since he felt like a failure. He had the opportunity to save her and Abby but he couldn't.
"I should say the same to you." Kate told him while going up to him and giving him a hug. Tony then kissed her forehead before kissing her on the lips. It was the first time in a while they had shown affection towards each other. Things had been so tense since they had left on Sunday.
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"Mr and Mrs Dinozzzo…I can finally say your real names now." A woman said while walking up to them. She saw what they were doing and thought it was sweet. It wasn't a thing they were used to do publicly.
"Abby, we're so sorry. Are you ok?" Tony asked her while still holding Kate.
"It's getting better. It's Tuesday today so it's been 8 days since he died. Thanks for you teaching me to handle this before he died and especially all the support after he died." Abby told him trying to show she was strong.
"You don't have to be so strong. We know you're hurting." Kate said while letting go of Tony and instead hugging Abby.
"We need to be strong now. Not think about something else. You taught me that. So what's the plan?" Abby asked them. She had only known David since July but she had been deeply in love with him and still was.
"There is no plan. We're just going to do what they say and hope for the best." Tony explained to her.
"You're kidding, right?" Abby asked a little shocked. She had counted on that Tony would come up with a new plan.
"I'm afraid not." Kate then said sadly. She had felt just the same feelings Abby was feeling now. They had no hope anymore which really meant they were going to die.
"I'm so sorry but we're here and can't take any chances." Tony told her.
"What chances?" the leader of the group said. No one had heard him come in to the room. He was just as Gibbs and Tony wondered if the others were thinking the same as him.
"If someone does anything surprising and catches us off guard we can't stray from the plan. We need to follow every detail even if someone gets killed. That's our mission and we will fulfil it." Tony quickly said. He hoped the man would believe him.
"I always knew I could trust you. You're the best. We have a meeting in about ten minutes. We're going to eat then too. Get ready." The man told them before he left the room.
"I thought he would never leave." Abby told them.
"He has sneaked up on us many times since we got here. Get used to it because I still think he doesn't trust us." Kate replied while taking up one bag.
"What are we doing with the bags?" Abby asked them.
"Fill them with weapons and other stuff we need. One bag each. We're almost finished. The one with the letters AB is yours. Mine is AN and Kate's CA. We aren't allowed to misplace them or switch the bags with each others. Take great care of them because they can kill you if something is missing. It's my responsibility to see you follow orders." Tony explained to her. He was dead serious and he wanted them to understand it. Much was at stake here and he didn't want them to screw it up. He wanted to keep them alive.
"Why is it your responsibility?" Abby asked wondering why the chain of command is like this.
"Because I'll get hurt if something goes wrong. You learn better if someone else gets hurt by your mistakes. It was his idea. Oh, by the way you can only call him boss if you need to speak to him. He also knows Gibbs usually slaps me in the head so he does that too. He gets a kick of doing it so don't react when he does it. Act as normal." Tony told them.
"You hate it, don't you?" Abby asked him.
"Only Gibbs is allowed to do it. I just know Gibbs will never be able to do so again." Tony told them. If his secret plan would work Gibbs slapping him would never happen again but he had come to terms with it since if it worked two persons he loved would be free and safe.
"Yes, he will. We need to focus on what we'll do when we get out of here." Kate told both of them.
"Go to David's grave and back to work hopefully. Gibbs fired me when they arrested me. Gibbs and McGee got arrested too but were freed from all suspicion. When I got out of jail my lawyer drove me to a school yard and then a helicopter picked me up and the last bit I was driven here in a car." Abby said to them.
"We got here in the helicopter too. I think we're going to use it so they want us fully prepared and see if we don't get sick in helicopters." Kate told her.
"They do have everything planned till the very last detail." Abby said but she knew they were good at planning things. If they weren't they wouldn't be there.
"We need to be fully prepared so this is your last shot at talking about David's death." Tony almost demanded.
……………………Flashback……………13th of November………..
"David, I'm so sorry…We know why you're here. You shouldn't have fooled us like that." Tony said standing there aiming a gun towards him. He had never killed someone in cold blood but he was about to do it now. He hated himself so much.
"Why are you holding the phone towards me too? Are you filming it so you can prove you really killed me?" David asked him.
"Actually my boss, Abby and Kate are watching right now. Any last words?"Tony asked him.
"Abby, I do love you. I never lied to you about my feelings. Please forgive me." David said and then he nodded. Tony held his gun tightly and shot once. David fell down on the floor and blood came out from his chest. Tony had hoped he would have a bullet-proof vest on him but he didn't. Tony then knew he hadn't got the warning in time. He shot him again and even more blood came.
"So he's dead now. No one heard the shots and I'll dump him so no one will find his body. When will you let them go?"Tony asked his boss.
"Call me when you've dumped the body!" his boss said and then the phone call was finished. Tony sighed. He felt empty but he knew he had to get out of there before Gibbs came. He couldn't face him and he knew Gibbs would take care of the body just as Tony had told him to do but in his plan David was still alive at this point.
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"David, are you alright?" Gibbs asked when he entered the room.
"Just sore. When the blood came it really freaked him out. He really thinks I'm dead and so does Abby. So what's next?" David asked him.
"You're going to hide until I say otherwise." Gibbs ordered.
"How did you know he wouldn't shoot me in the head?" David asked Gibbs.
"It's not in his nature unless he really needs to shoot someone there. Now let's clean up and get you out of here. From now on you're missing." Gibbs explained.
…………….Right now in Gibbs' house……….
"So where is McGee?" David asked.
"He should be here shortly. I promised to explain everything to him then. I know he is willing to help out."
Then the doorbell rang. McGee was let in.
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"I thought you were missing!" McGee said surprised when he saw David.
"Nope…Sit down so we can explain everything." David told him.
"I really want to know what's going on." McGee said eager.
"A long time ago David and I worked together on a mission. He is really good a military strategy and a few other things." Gibbs started.
"Then I suddenly decided to teach so more would have the same knowledge as me. One day I was approached by someone really high up to go undercover as a teacher here and find out who the leak was. My intentions were never to date Abby just to find out more about NCIS. I really fell in love with her and when the terrorists came too close I needed to fake my death." David continued.
"I only thought you were missing not dead." McGee wondered.
"The terrorists found out who I am and sent Tony to kill me. He couldn't kill me and told Gibbs to save my life. Last week on Monday Tony came to my place to kill me. I had a vest on and many bags of fake blood too. Through his phone he filmed my murder because his boss had kidnapped Abby and Kate just to make sure he really killed me. His boss could see everything live. Tony really hoped I had a vest on but when he saw the blood he knew I was dying so he shot me again. We thought something unplanned could happen but never this. Tony thinks he has killed me. He had to choose between me and Abby and Kate. He had planned to hide them after killing me but since they were taken hostages everything changed. He got them back the same time the photos were taken. His boss knew some CIA agents were following Tony. They never heard the shots since Tony had put a silencer on his weapon. When they found out I was missing they knew Tony had killed me but it was too late to do anything else so they decided to follow their plan. Unfortunately Tony's, Kate's and Abby's bosses were one step ahead. They've been so from the beginning but not now." David explained to him.
"So they are terrorists?" McGee asked meaning Tony, Kate and Abby.
"No but they are acting like it. Tony wants us to save Kate and Abby. He never got the chance to explain much to me." Gibbs told him.
"Why can't we save all three?" McGee wondered.
"Tony only told us that we could only save two out of three if we wanted to try to save them. Since we still don't know who the leak is, we have to be careful. Abby and Kate have each two tracking devices. Tony put them on them but they don't know about them."
"How did you find out about this?" McGee asked.
"I have my ways. David is going to put on a disguise so he can follow us in to NCIS because we can only track them from there. This mission is dangerous so if you don't want to be apart of it I understand." Gibbs told him.
"I want to save them."