AN: Hi! I'm so, so sorry about how late this chapter is, I'm getting my A-Level results on Thursday so I have been focusing on trying to make back up plans if I don't get my grades! I'm hoping to be back to schedule on Friday if I get the results I need. Sorry again and I hope you enjoy the chapter.
"Hey Abby, I've got a tire track I need you to ID," said McGee. He handed Abby the impression but lingered.
"McGee is there something else?" Asked Abby
"Abby, Ziva had a flashback at the cabin, it was awful, I knew she had them but it was intense. There's definitely something going on between Tony and Ziva, he put his arm around her and her leant into it!"
"Oh my God, is Ziva okay? That's so cute, I knew there was something going on between them, does Gibbs know?" Asked Abby.
"Yes, Ziva's okay she slept all the way home. Gibbs doesn't know about Tony and Ziva but Tony wanted to tell Gibbs about the flashback they had an argument about it in the elevator." Explained McGee.
McGee then headed back upstairs ready to brief Gibbs on the tire tracks. To his relief, things seemed normal when he reached the squad room. He walked in just as Gibbs asked for a sitrep.
"We visited the cabin but found no evidence left behind the FBI and Interpol have wiped it clean." Started Tony
"We then trekked to the site where the burned car was found." Continued McGee.
"There were plough marks on the gravel, Mossad uses it to cover tire tracks." Said Ziva
"We followed the plough marks, the vehicle took a sharp corner and a tire mark was left. We took an imprint and Abby is trying to ID it now" Said DiNozzo
"The vehicle then joined a road, I'm checking for any nearby traffic cams and then we can cross-check with Abby's vehicle ID." Explained McGee
"Okay, DiNozzo go and help Abby, McGee traffic cams and Ziva, a word please?"
"Lia's doctor asked if we could spend tomorrow at the hospital to translate so a treatment plan can be made." Explained Gibbs.
"Of course Gibbs, that is fine."
"Thanks, Ziva, maybe you should go and see the shrink again," said Gibbs as he walked away.
Ziva nodded and headed back to her desk in order to help with the case.
"Abby got a match, it was a Toyota Land Cruiser ." Said Tony as he walked back into the squad room.
"Checking for any stolen Toyota land cruisers in the tri-state area," Ziva said as she typed away on her computer.
"Checking traffic cam footage from Monday." Stated McGee. Gibbs smiles to himself, he had trained his team well.
Ziva found twelve stolen Toyota Land Cruisers, one only 10 minutes from the cabin. Gibbs sent McGee and DiNozzo to interview the person who reported the car stolen. Gibbs confined Ziva to her desk to watch the security tape for all Toyota land cruisers, they couldn't be sure Ofe, Gurion and Dahan had stolen a car at all.
Ziva began to watch the traffic cam footage, taking screenshots of all cars matching the description, Abby and Gibbs pitched in to help because the task was so big, Gibbs watched Sunday morning, Abby watched Sunday night and Ziva Monday morning.
"Hey Boss, we spoke to the homeowners, they've got CCTV footage that McGee is sending over now, the general description seems to match that of Carmel Gurion, we are hoping CCTV footage confirms it, there was also a plough taken too, the owners use it to smooth over their outdoor riding school." Said Tony over the phone, Ziva's phone also rang, it was Abby she had found a Toyota Land Cruiser that appeared to have a metal plough in the back.
Both Ziva and Gibbs headed down to Abby's lab. "Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs, I've got footage of a dark blue Toyota Land Cruiser with a plough in the back, I've enhanced the tape and its Ofe, Gurion and Dahan in the truck." Exclaimed Abby.
An email from McGee pooped up on her inbox, it was the CCTV footage of the car being stolen. The video showed Carmel picking the lock on the front door and coming back out seconds later, collecting the plough and getting in the car then driving off.
"Why did she not hide from the camera's, she would have known to avoid them, it does not make any sense!" Gibbs agreed with Ziva it was very odd so they did a background check on the elderly couple whose car was stolen, Mr Thomas Mitchels was a retired FBI agent, that could explain how Carmel missed the cameras.
When DiNozzo and McGee got back, they were immediately questioned by Ziva and Gibbs about the cameras. The CCTV was filmed on a state of the art untraceable cameras, hidden so
"The CCTV was filmed on the state of the art, untraceable cameras,"
"The cameras were so well hidden that the old guy had to climb on top of the garage and crawl through a bush to get to the camera! It was like that scene from," A head slap stopped Tony mid-sentence and Gibbs began barking orders for McGee to try and follow the car using traffic cams.
"Ziva, Tony I want to re-open Eliana's original kidnap case, I want to know how long Ofe, Dahan and Gurion have had Eliana" Ordered Gibbs. Agent Gibbs was now suspecting that Ofe, Dahan and Gurion were not the only parts of the story, they would have been in their late teens when Eliana was kidnapped, he doubted they had been involved that long only to abandon Eliana now.
The team worked until 7 when Gibbs let them all go home, they weren't going to get much farther in the case today.
