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Ziva's teenage past is here to haunt her…
Ziva David sat patiently at her desk waiting for her partner, in more than one ways, to arrive at work. It was 8.30 and he was nowhere in sight, he was usually there by 8.00 teasing her and torturing McGee. But today he wasn't. Ziva was worried about him.
"David, Where is Dinozzo?" McGee was surprised at how certain Gibbs was, asking Ziva where Tony was, as if she would know.
"I do not know Gibbs; I have called him over a fifty times, literally"
"McGee, Find him" Gibbs ordered before he turned and walked out of the bullpen. Ziva saw McGee's hands move steadily on the keyboard, showing that he was working hard to find Tony. McGee looked at the screen a little taken back at what he found. Ziva looked at him with worry in her eyes.
"Tim, what is it?"
"His GPS signal shows that he is outside his apartment, has been for along time"
"McGee can you check his onboard navigation? Maybe he dropped his phone on the way to work" but she knew that was stupid assumption. The jobs they did were dangerous, attracting more enemies than friends.
"Well, he travelled last night to his apartment…he didn't go anywhere after that" now McGee was starting to worry. "I'll get the surveillance footage from his street, Maybe we'll get something". McGee typed furiously on his keyboard, bringing up a moving image on the screen.
It showed Tony's car arriving, he parked his car and got out. Tony nor the pair watching did not expect was for someone dressed in full black and wearing a balaclava to hit Tony on the head the, knocking him out unconsciously, the attacker dragged him into a black van that parked a few meters off Tony's parkway.
Ziva's eyes pricked with tears as she whispered "Tony" barely audible to the people around her. McGee's eyes widened with horror. "'I'm going to call Gibbs Ziva, and then I'm going to take this down to Abby and see if I can get a match on the van plates"
"Thank you Tim" She slowly walked towards her desk, and sat down. She heard McGee speak hurriedly on the phone before he left his desk turning the corner and disappearing. As she sat there working on her computer furiously, she thought about how happy she had been over the past three months, how happy she had been with him. She looked over at his desk and a sad smile spread on her lips. He would annoy the hell out of her and she couldn't hate him. Suddenly she was interrupted by the ringing of her desk phone.
"Agent David"
"You are an American agent now…impressive" the person on the other side praised her. She realised that McGee had walked in, she pointed to the phone and back to the computer. McGee knew exactly what she wanted. Trace the call.
"Who is this?"
"You have forgotten me already, that Officer David is a pity" emphasising the word officer
"I have met a lot of people in my life; I cannot keep account of all of them"
"I would have thought you were trained better?"
"Is there a purpose for this phone call, or did you call to comment on my training" she asked bitterly.
"Oh yes…a purpose I have indeed. I said I would get vengeance and I will not go back on my word. Till we meet again Zizi" with that he hung up. Ziva's eyes widened in horror as realisation hit her, Jacob Mizwari, her team mate from when she was 19 conducting her first overseas mission. She had gone for him for comfort, after destroying the target. After which they had started seeing other. It had lasted for over a month, before she broke it off when she found out that he had been selling intelligence to terrorist cells. He was removed from duty by the then Deputy Director, and no more action was taken. He had seen this as an embarrassment; he had left promising that he will avenge her.
"Ziva, the call came from a SIM card, registered under the name 'Jake Thompson'" Gibbs chose to walk in at that moment. He looked at his agents with a questioning gaze, in order to get a response.
"That is not his name, his name is Jacob Mizwari, and the other name is his alias that he used when we went on missions" Ziva said, her face showing no emotions.
"Ziva, you know this guy?" Gibbs questioned impatiently
"He was a Mossad operative; he was on my team on my first overseas mission. We were a couple for just over a month. He had been acting unlike himself, so I used my training to collect information on him. It turned out that he was selling intelligence to terrorist cells. So I informed of him to Director Levy, who took him off duty. He swore to avenge me and I took it as an empty threat…I guess that was stupid of me to do"
"But why take Tony?" McGee questioned. Ziva's glare was enough to shut him up. "Right, never mind"
The three agents worked fast and hard to find anything out about Mizwari. It turned out he had been in the country for just over a week. He had not covered his tracks very well, making life easier for the agents. In order to know how he had been watching them, they had to get the surveillance footage from a week ago. All the agents watched the video with anticipation. But Ziva was not prepared for what was about to occur.
The footage showed Tony parking his car, and running to the other side of the vehicle to open the passenger side door. Ziva knew what was coming next as she mouthed 'oh no' to herself. They had been on a date on Sunday night and by the time they got to Tony's flat, moods had heated up. Tony opened the passenger side door, and was met with the lips of Ziva David; he stumbled back as he wrapped his arms around her waist, kicking the car door shut. He walked backwards and through the main apartment entrance and they had both disappeared. Ziva felt her cheeks heat up, as two sets of eyes turned towards her. Gibbs smirked knowingly, McGee's eyes widened and Abby's eyes narrowed at Ziva.
After the moment of embarrassment passed, they focused back on to the screen. As soon as Ziva and Tony disappeared through the doors, the van that was parked behind a couple cars behind Tony's moved forward and stopped at the front of his car, and then drove of. The footage showed that Tony didn't come to his apartment on some nights, and on the nights he did Ziva was usually with him, McGee and Abby had guessed that Tony was at Ziva's place. The van didn't show up in any other frames, only the Sunday night one.
After watching hours of footage, they had retrieved the number plate, which had of course belonged to 'Jake Thompson'. They tracked his movements down to an abandoned apartment complex a few miles away from Ziva's apartment.
"Gibbs, when we find him I will be the one to put a bullet in his head"
"Your wish is my command" Gibbs said.
"Really?" Ziva asked surprise evident in her voice.
"No, now let's go kick some ass"
The three agents gathered their belongings and left the bullpen, with their thoughts that Special agent Anthony Dinozzo will be at his desk in the morning, doing what he does best. Complain about paperwork.
~NCIS¦ TIVA~
Somewhere in an abandoned apartment complex, Anthony Dinozzo sat tied to a chair. The room dark at the corners, the middle, where he sat, lit with a bright overhead lamp. When he woke the last thing he had remembered was parking his car in front of his apartment, after leaving Ziva's place. He felt a sudden sense of déjà vu hit him. Somalia. He had known why he was tied to chair, besides that was his plan, but now he had no idea. Suddenly he heard the shuffling of feet.
"Ah… agent Dinozzo you're awake" Jacob stated, as he circled Tony like a vulture targeting its prey.
"Gee…thank you for telling me…I hadn't realised" Tony shot back sarcastically, then he realised what a mistake that was when he felt the butt of a gun hit the side of his face. Pain shooting through his face, he grimaced.
"Now, now Agent Dinozzo…" he said clucking his tongue "I talk you listen. Your girlfriend took what mattered most to me, my Mossad position, now I take what matter most to her" with that he pointed his gun to Tony's temple.
~NCIS¦ TIVA~
Agents Gibbs, David and McGee entered the complex quietly, motioning each other with hand signals and mouthing words. All three agents stopped abruptly as they heard the safety of a gun being pulled back.
"Gibbs" she said as fear for her partner become uncontrollable. He quietened her by making a 'shush' sound by pressing his fingers to his lips. They walked towards a door that was left ajar; Gibbs peeked through it to see Mizwari pointing the gun at Tony's head. Gibbs had signalled for McGee and Ziva to take the side door of the building. Gibbs heard Mizwari speak to Tony.
"…but I'm not going to kill you just yet…your geek friend would've traced my call and will be here very soon…I would like for her to see the pain, of something…" that was all he got to say before shots rang out. Silence pierced the abandoned building.
After about a minute, groans and moans exited the occupants' mouths.
"Everybody all right?" Gibbs questioned, as he walked towards Jacob Mizwari's frail body to check for pulse. There was none.
"About time guys…ah and the geek to the rescue" Tony joked as McGee un-cuffed him. Gibbs had walked out of the room to call Ducky and Abby to tell them that Tony was okay and already torturing McGee. As soon as Tony was out of the chair he started flexing his hands when suddenly, his head was pulled down and was met with the sweet kiss of Ziva David. He wrapped his arms around her waist and puller her towards him.
"Ugh…Guys, can't you wait till you are alone" McGee said, feeling a little uncomfortable at the face that he watching his partners make out.
Tony and Ziva suddenly pulled back, as they felt a stinging sensation at the back of their head, and a chorus of 'sorry Gibbs' followed. McGee and Gibbs walked out as they heard police sirens; the residents of the newer flats probably called them because of the gunshot; they left to explain the situation to them. Ziva pulled away from him to look at his handsome face, and slowly brushed her finger along the angry bruise that was forming on his face.
"I'll be fine Ziva…just as long as you tell me how many more of your crazy Mossad officers are out there, looking to kill you" he added with a laugh.
She just stared at him before hugging him close and whispering "I love you", to which Tony returned the embrace and replied "Abby is going to kill me…"
She pulled back and looked at him strangely "Why is Abby going to kill you?"
"I told her that I'd tell her as soon as something happens between us" He smiled thinly. She smiled up at him before pulling him out of the room and into the evening light.
"Do not worry Tony, I will protect you".
My daughter spilled water all over the keyboard so I used the on screen keyboard…all mistakes are mine and only mine…
Longest chapter yet…I hope I write longer chapters…will see…
Next Update= at least 7 reviews
NEXT CHAPTER IS 'Abby Confrontation'