Hey guys
This takes place one year after the events of my previous McGee/Bishop story called Going Home Yet?
Let's get on with the show and Happy New Year for 2020.
An apartment in December 2019
Standing in the shower Bishop let's out a sigh of frustration as the hot water beats down her back given, she really does not want to be taking a shower, or even in this apartment at all right now. Tim McGee, her friend, boyfriend, partner or whatever else one wants to call him has currently been kidnapped for seventy-two hours. The team is racing around the clock for trying to get him back after being kidnapped by a crazed, former NCIS agent.
Of course, Tony ordered her to go home and get changed to get her bearings, from having pushed herself. (Not that Tony is doing any better in that department, Bishop notes.) Tony and the director have got all available agents working around the clock in finding Tim.
Grabbing a cloth to wipe the skin along her chest and arms Bishop knows how for the longest time, really years, people on his team including Gibbs who had done only top-level research just assumed McGee had the perfect childhood. Or well maybe when McGee's father showed up a slightly unhappy one with how his father was distant. One-time Tony even told her about McGee said he wasn't even bullied growing up, an obvious lie Tim told Tony years ago. She didn't need to be a former NSA analyst to figure that out, anybody who spends any length of time with Tim could tell that was a lie.
Because as Bishop knows Tim went through a lot during childhood, like take the car wreck at age sixteen, for example, the story he told Tony was the rehearsed lie. He's shared the truth about his childhood with her that makes her heart break for all the pain he lived through. So Tim is strong enough to survive, and a hope she is holding onto. Has to, otherwise she will fall apart from worry and fear.
Hearing the door open with heavy footsteps that Bishop knows that is nobody recognizes with any sensible person would have knocked. Looking out through the glass door Ellie sees the reflection of a gun knows clearly whoever this person is not here to catch up over corn beard. Reaching up Ellie grabs a sheathed knife that hands by a string which is on a mini rack. Something that ever since taking the job at NCIS, Tim and Tony made sure her apartment had weapons hidden but accessible.
Grabbing the knife Bishop unsheathes it with watching as the person comes around, she barges out. Quickly taking the armed gunman by sheer surprise from not expecting a woman taking a shower to have realized he was here or even be armed, Bishop attacks. Shoving the knife directly into his chest Ellie slams the man's head into the nearby glass mirror embedding shards of glass into it before getting grabbed by her head Bishop is thrown back into a wall.
"You know normally I like seeing an excited naked woman who looks as breathtaking as you do, but after your mirror, I'm going to need plastic surgery. My handsome features are never going to be the same so screw you" the man yells angrily in pain "I'm going to enjoy having my way with you. Especially since I never stood a chance since your eyes were always on McGee."
"Frankly you always were an overconfident ladies' man Torres on trying to be a second-rate Tony. I never found you charming Nick" Bishop replies in disgust.
"I'm going to rip your head off, besides I'm former special forces" Torres growls angrily.
However, serve pain, damaged eyes and blind rage can turn the very best fighters into green rookies. Something Nick learns the hard way for pulling the knife out with rushing towards Ellie who simply steps out of the way of the attack, with grabbing the man's forearm holding the knife. Twisting his forearm at a very painful angle for using his own strength against him to break Nick's arm, Bishop kicks Torres's right knee in the correct spot hard enough to dislocate it.
Taking her knife out of Nick lose grip Ellie jams it right into the base of his neck, sharp enough to cut into his neckbone, before viciously pulling it out. Ellie watches as her would-be rapist slumps to the title floor bloodied and broken.
"Where did you learn that? I didn't… expect, you're just supposed to be some innocent geek agent like McGee is" Torres says.
"First of all, dirtbag didn't anybody tell you to beware the nice ones. Second, you attacked me in my own bathroom to kill me, but most importantly my boyfriend has been kidnapped by your insane boss. Meaning I'm already pissed, and I've been that way for the past seventy-two hours" Bishop says darkly.
Torres can only gurgle blood before breathing his last. Bishop let's out a sigh in frustration since so much for that lead, not that she really cares about former special agent Nick Torres.
Briefly, Ellie's mind goes over learning how to fight like that, from hours spent sparing with Tim who is more skilled then he gets credit for. Or Tony who took on a drunken Mossad officer and killed Michael Rivkin by scrap fighting. Ever since last year upon Tim and her taking down Luis Romero is what inspired her to get better at close quarters combat.
Crouching down Bishop pulls out Torre's phone with looking at it realizes it's a burner phone, and only has receiving calls from other burner phones because now tracing it has become near impossible. Suddenly the phone begins ringing causing Bishop to answer it.
"Hello" Bishop says sharply "Were you expecting somebody else?"
"What, he was highly trained special forces. Not as good as me but still good" the other voice replies in shock.
"It just was not his lucky day. Now, where is Tim McGee?" Bishop growls.
"Still alive, he's not yet served his purpose to torture Tony DiNozzo. You will never catch me" the other voice replies.
Whatever Ellie goes to say next is unknown since the other person hangs up causing Bishop to lower the phone glaring at it for a moment.
Getting to her feet Bishop walks over to the shower turning it off with grabbing a towel from a hook on the wall she wraps the towel around herself.
"Don't bet on it Ziva David" Ellie says quietly.
Clearly, that woman has forgotten just how exactly the main MCRT has pulled off miracles in the past. Something the woman should know given one of those was the attack on Salem and recusing her.
Bishop notes that the woman thinks without the man she considered a second father there to run things, and under Tony's leadership the place will fall apart. Then on what Tony tells about his toxic relationship with Ziva, and the info she got from Tim the former assassin, who only got on the team from Director Sheppard's nepotism, always did have an egotistical side to her for considering herself better than everybody due to being Mossad.
It disgusts her how Gibbs turned a blind eye be turned to Ziva all because she saved his life by killing her own half-brother and already starting to be another daughter in his heart. No different how Abby was a replacement for Kelly, which talk about a mess that turned out to be Bishop reflects grimly. And yeah, she is glad the Goth is gone from NCIS.
Like she voiced to Tony and Tim, when they were filling her in on some of NCIS's past during her early weeks there as a probie, did Gibbs or anybody else not see the obvious dots? How Ari kills Kate Todd opening a position that Ziva ends up filling and can easily report back to her father the director of Mossad.
Ellie reflects saying during that dinner with them at the old Ebbit Grill over a hamburger and fries, it was like an infiltration report she would have written up for a possible terrorist attack back at NSA.
Pushing those thoughts aside Bishop heads to go get changed into her work clothes with intending on calling Tony to give him an update of the situation.
Hope you all enjoyed this and leave a review letting me know what you think if you want.
Yes Ziva is going to be a villain in this for fun and same for Nick Torres to.
The Bishop fighting a hired mercenary in her bathroom was one of the first ideas I got, and was fun to write.
Regarding my elaborating Tim McGee's backstory I have seen McGee get a better, more in-depth interest one in various fan fiction stories compared to the sheltered geek with a daddy who was never home background the TV show did. Felt like wasted potential on NCIS.
On a side note, I'm aware some of my choices are no doubt going to tick certain members of some fanbases off, let me say this quite simply if you don't like what I write don't read. I don't have the desire to put up with hate reviews.
Until next time