There wasn't an agent waiting for her to disembark, which she had halfway expected. There were, however, about a hundred missed calls on her phone. She listened to the first few voicemails and deleted the rest.

"Bishop, where'd you go? Gibbs and Tony are here and I don't want to debrief them without you."

"Bishop, are you doing what I think you're doing? Get back here before Gibbs realizes you've gone crazy and he might let you live."

"Bishop, get your ass off of that plane." The last one was Gibbs, and she shivered slightly at the growl in his tone. She hoped they weren't on their way here, but she wasn't going to wait around and find out.

Tim had said that Liat was on a mission involving a priest, and the takedown was planned for this evening. Ellie took a taxi to an address several blocks away from the church and put her Ziva-finding plan into action. It was simple: she would walk up to the church and sit down on the front steps. This would accomplish two purposes. Number one, she would throw off Liat's plan, whatever it was. Number two, she was willing to bet that Ziva knew what she looked like and would be curious (or pissed off) enough to signal to her somehow.

This is never going to work, that small part of her said. She put that thought aside and took a deep breath before sitting down on the steps and taking out her phone, pretending to play a game while she waited for something – anything – to happen.

For hours she sat there, using up the battery on her phone as she idled the day away. She saw no sign of Liat or Ziva. She was about to come up with a plan B when she heard a low, accented voice behind her say, "Come with me, Agent Bishop."

She turned. She didn't recognize this tall Israeli man, but she assumed him to be Malachi. "Come with you where?" she asked, keeping her voice quiet.

"You will find out shortly."

Ellie had come this far, gambling everything on a hunch. She had nothing to lose now. She got up and followed him as he led the way into the church.


Four chapters left! Thanks to everyone who has read, followed, favorited, and reviewed. I'm glad you're enjoying the story, the writing style, and the idea. I know Liat as the villain is a bit of a stretch, but bear with me. I didn't want to create an entirely new character and she already had the connections I wanted. :P