Chapter 6

Around 10pm at night, Ziva walks to her car. After getting to her car, she drives out of the NCIS parking lot and makes her way home. She pulls into the parking lot of the apartment complex she lives at. She drives the car into her parking spot. She gets out of the car and closes the door. As she walks to get from the parking lot, to the apartment building, a man comes up from behind her, quickly wraps his left arm around her and puts his right hand, which held a clothe, into her face. The contents of what the cloth was soaked in immediately put Ziva to sleep in a matter of seconds.

Two hours later, Ziva wakes up. She's tied to a chair so she can't move. There's also duct tape over her mouth so she can't talk. She looks around the room and sees a man sitting on a stool in front of a table with a battery-powered light. The man turns to look at Ziva. Her eyes widen as she recognizes the man.

"Don't look so surprised to see me."

The man stands up and walks over to Ziva. He walks around the chair she's sitting in and gently glides his hand across her cheek.

"Well… Maybe my presence is a bit shocking. But I assure you I'm quite real."

The man walks in front of Ziva and slightly kneels in order to be face to face with her.

"You don't look happy to see me again. You look more shocked and scared then anything." The man stated. "I can't believe my own sister isn't happy to see me. It breaks my heart Ziva. It truly does."

The man rips the duct tape from Ziva's mouth.

"But… You're…"

"Supposedly dead? I seem to get that lot for some reason."

The man puts the duct tape back over Ziva's mouth.

"Let me tell you something you don't know. Actually, for a long time, I didn't even know. And Dad, well… He still doesn't know." The man said. "Where to begin is the question."

The man stands up and begins walking back and forth in front of Ziva.

"Mom didn't just give birth to me. She also gave birth to another. My twin brother, Ira. I know… It's kinda funny when you think about it. Ira is Ari spelled backwards. But that's not the point. The point is… Mom gave Ira away. I eventually found Ira seven years ago. It was like looking in a mirror. We immediately bonded…"

Ari walks up to Ziva, kneels down to look her face to face.

"Gibbs took away the one person in my life who wasn't corrupted or influenced by the bullshit of Dad." Ari stated. "And for that… Gibbs must pay."

Ari walks into the next room. He wheels out another chair with a person on it, but hidden from view due to a cloth being over the subject of his vengeance.

"My dear sister… I'm sure you already know I'm rather pissed off at Gibbs and that I will make him suffer. And I'm quite sure you already know who is under this cloth."

He pulls the cloth off and tosses it to the side. Ziva's eyes widen as she sees Jamie tied to the chair with duct tape over her mouth.

"Gibbs killed the person who I held most dear to me. So I'm gonna kill who he holds most dear to him… His precious daughter."

He walks back over to see Ziva face to face.

"I shot Gibbs in the shoulder and it was only fair for him to do the same. When he finally shot me in the shoulder, I considered us to be even. I had no grudge against Gibbs at all. We were even in my eyes… Shoulder for shoulder. But for some odd reason, my brother Ira wanted to seek revenge. He wasn't a fully sane person, if you get my drift. He came here, pretending to be me. And it got him killed. I probably shouldn't hold a grudge against Gibbs for defending himself, but… How can I not? He took my brother away from me. You have no idea how much I've been consumed by hate and anger. I thought about death ever since that day. I loved my brother. I loved him more then anything. So the one who killed my brother, Gibbs, will die… Along with Jamie… And me… Let me show you something."

Ari stands up and walks over to the table. He picks up a vest in order to hold it up for Ziva to see.

"You see this bomb vest. It's a thing of beauty. I actually have three vests in total. I'm sure these types of bomb vests look very familiar to you. And yeah, I have the typical hand-held radio transmitter to detonate it. But here's where the surprise comes in…" Ari puts the vest down and grabs a couple wires to show Ziva. "I'm gonna attach these wires to the vests. They'll run from one vest to another. I'll probably have three or four running from vest to vest. If one of these wires is detached from the vest… BOOM! Or if one of the wires is cut… BOOM! Basically, these wires will run from my vest to the other two vests. The wires aren't gonna be long enough for whoever's wearing them to turn around. So those two people will be completely helpless. And if I get shot, that means I fall backward and the wires detach." Ari stated. "Whoever gets stuck wearing these vests… Are pretty much screwed."

Ari puts the wires down onto the table. He grabs a bottle and piece of cloth from the table. He walks over to Ziva as he's drenching the cloth with the contents of the bottle. He's now standing in front of Ziva and slowly putting the cloth toward her face.

"Don't worry sister. When you wake up, you'll be back home."

Ari puts the cloth over Ziva mouth and nose. After a couple seconds, Ziva's eyes close.

CHAPTER NOTE: I don't know if any of you picked on this or not, if you were to re-watch or recall the NCIS episode "Reveille" from season 1, you would notice that back in chapter 4 I gave you the following paragraph:

A man with a motorcycle was waiting on the side of the street. As Jamie's car passed the area, the man flips the dark visor down on his red helmet. He swings his leg over the red motorcycle. The man, who is wearing a red, white and black motorcycle outfit, begins to follow Jamie's car.

This paragraph was the clue as to who the bad man is, without having to actually say who it is. It's the description of Ari on the motorcycle in that specific episode. Maybe you picked up on it and maybe you didn't. Or maybe you already knew who the bad man is because of the story description.