November 7, 2006
A year and a half after Ari Haswari saved Caitlin Todd's life, Amos Shalev's terrorist network was finally brought down.
As expected, after Amos Shalev received word that Ari had betrayed him, he went deep underground. After locating and interrogating several of Shalev's men over a year, Gibbs and the team were able to get a location on Shalev. It took another six months of careful planning and preparation to raid his hideout and put him away for good.
Kate was extremely grateful for everything Ziva and Ari had done for the team for the past year and was sad that they were now heading back to Tel Aviv. She and Ziva had become fast friends, bonding over their mutual distaste for Tony's shenanigans. As for Ari, well, she would always be indebted to him for saving her life. He was extremely quick witted and an excellent marksman, and Kate found that every day she felt more drawn to him.
Kate sighed. Oh well. Who knows what might have happened?
Kate walked into the bullpen side-by-side with Tony, pretending to listen him rave about some new movie he was planning on seeing to celebrate Shalev being caught. As they approached their desks, Tony all of a sudden stopped talking, causing Kate to look up in surprise.
"What, Tony? Find somebody else to annoy…" she trailed off when she noticed the two new desks that joined hers, Tony's, McGee's, and Gibbs's.
"McGee?" Kate questioned the junior agent, who was sitting at his desk.
"I'm as clueless as you," he responded. "Gibbs hasn't been here yet, so I haven't been able to ask."
Kate scrunched up her face in confusion and Tony shrugged as they both sat down at their desks, waiting for Gibbs to arrive.
"We don't need any more agents. I've always said we're the dream team," Tony said, smirking.
"We do make a pretty good team," McGee agreed. "You guys have made me a better agent."
"You guys are okay," Kate joked, laughing.
Tony and McGee started laughing as well, only stopping when they saw Gibbs and their new Director, Jenny Shepard, approaching.
"Boss. Director," Tony addressed his superiors with a nod to each. He cleared his throat. "I, uh, obviously respect your decision to add two new agents to the Dream Team here, but, also, respectfully, I think Agents Todd and McGee over here would agree when I say we're doing just fine the way it is."
"I know, DiNozzo, that's what I said," Gibbs agreed.
"However, as I told Agent Gibbs, these aren't just any agents. You know these two very well and have worked with them extensively over the past year and half, and going by what Agent Gibbs has told me, have grown quite fond of them," the Director explained.
"Wait, you mean-" McGee realized.
"Ari and Ziva are staying?" Kate and Tony finished at the same time.
Right on cue, the elevator dinged. The doors opened and out walked Ziva and Ari. They waved as they approached the bullpen and their new teammates. Ziva gave the Director a brief hug and Ari shook Gibbs's hand.
Meanwhile, Tony's face broke out into an all-out grin.
"I thought it was time we have a Mossad liaison officer stationed here in D.C. Now, we have two," Jenny said. "Welcome to the team, Officers David and Haswari."
Everyone chimed in with their own welcome greetings and congratulations as the two new officers got settled at their desks. The Director retreated upstairs and shot a smile in Gibbs's direction, which he returned.
Maybe this won't be so bad, after all, Gibbs thought. He looked towards his three agents and two officers, laughing with each other about something DiNozzo said. Yes, everything will be just fine.