Good day, peeps!
I know I said I would post more later yesterday but you know what? I'm gonna stop making promise I have no control over. My computer kept shutting off and I didn't want to force it.Anywhoooo.... Here comes Chapter 4, I hope you enjoy it and thanks again for the adds and the reviews, keep them coming!
Blah blah blah... diclaimers... blah blah blah... CBS... blah blah blah... Donald P. Bellisario... blah blah blah...I own Kirsty, Elizabeth, Liev, Ilya, Vasiliev and I think that's about it... at least for this chapter.
ENJOY!!! :)
CHAPTER 4
A few miles away, at Meridian Park, Gibbs approached to a bench and sat next to a bald angry looking man.
"What can the CIA do for NCIS today, agent Gibbs?" Trent Kort asked
"I need the confidential files of these 3 people" Gibbs said handing him a piece of paper with 3 names written down
"Easier said than done"
"Are you insinuating your skills are failing?"
"Don't be stupid, Gibbs…" Kort retorted taking the paper "I heard Elizabeth Hadley is in town"
"Where did you hear that?"
"Do you need to ask?"
"When did she arrive?" Gibbs asked
"Two nights ago… from a direct flight from Moscow, one scale in Seattle"
"Moscow?"
"Yes… you seem surprised"
Gibbs stood up "I am not… call me when you have what I need"
"Sure, Gibbs, sure…"
As he walked back to his car, Gibbs couldn't help to wonder what had Liz been doing in Moscow precisely now that they were after a Russian terrorist and why she happened to arrive one day before the attack on Kirsty.
He took his phone out and dialled to the office.
"Hello?" Ziva answered
"Ziva, I need to speak to Liz"
"She's not here, Gibbs. She left about fifteen minutes ago"
"Did she say where she was going?"
"No, but she didn't go alone. Tony left with her"
Without saying anything else, Gibbs hung up and thought for a moment before starting the car and driving away.
"Excuse me…" Kirsty shyly said to McGee "Do you think I could… have a glass of water?"
"Yes, of course…" McGee replied standing up and walking towards the small table at the other side of the conference room, where Kirsty had been moved to "Here you go" He said handing her the water
"Thank you…" Kirsty said softly and took a sip of the water "Has agent Hadley work with you for long?"
"No, actually she doesn't work here… she… comes and goes… as I understand"
"Oh… so she just came because of this case?"
"I think so… why do you ask?"
"For nothing… agent Gibbs will find the man who killed Andrew, won't he?"
"We hope so…" Tim replied and noticed Kirsty's disappointment "But don't worry. Gibbs is the best agent I've ever met and for what I've heard about agent Hadley, you've got the best agents working on your case…"
"Agent Hadley is who worries me" She muttered
"Why?"
"Well… I fear she might be biased… because she knows the details of the case in England"
"I think I understand but… I don't believe that's the case with agent Hadley"
"I hope you're right…" Kirsty said not very convinced
"So, who are we going to see?" Tony asked
"I am going to talk to a friend… YOU are staying in the car" Liz replied as Tony pulled over a few blocks away from the Capitol
"But…" He tried to protest
"No, Tony. The condition for you to come was that you'd stay in the car and you agreed. Now be a grown up and do as you're told"
"Liz… I can't let…"
"Just shut up and let me do my job, ok?" She said and got out of the car
It was once she was 100 yards away from the car that he noticed she wasn't carrying her gun.
He opened the glove compartment and found it there.
"Damn it, Liz!" He exclaimed and rushed out of the car
Meanwhile, Liz stood in a corner waiting for her source to arrive.
"Have you been waiting for long?" A man asked standing behind Liz
"No… what have you got for me, Liev?" Liz asked without turning to see him
"Vasiliev is in D.C."
"When did he arrive?"
"Four days ago and he wasn't alone…" Liev said and handed Liz an envelope with a dozen photographs
She opened it and analyzed the pictures. They were snap shots of Dmitri Vasiliev at Dulles Airport being received by a man she immediately recognized.
"Who is the man in the car?" She asked as she passed to the next picture where a man in a car helped the other 2 with the luggage. The man had a large scar across his right cheek
"We've identified him as Smirnov…"
"Ilya Smirnov…" Liz completed looking up
"Yes… do you know him?"
"Not personally… do you know where Vasiliev is staying?"
"No… he's using a different identity and not a Russian one, that's for sure" Liev replied "Они не просто ищет Kirsty Randall, Элизабет и я полагаю, вы это знаете (They are not just looking for Kirsty Randall, Elizabeth and I believe you know it)" He said walking closer to her
"Я предполагал, он... (Iwasassumingit…)"
"Почему вы не остановили, когда у Вас был шанс?(Why didn't you stop when you had the chance?)"
"ЯвдолгупередДжексономиМоррис (I owe it to Jackson and Morris)"
"Адлясебя? (And to yourself?)"
"Они убили снова и на этот раз за свою (They've killed again and this time one for their own…)"
"Что лучше причин оставить дело? Пустьониубиваютдругсдругом (What a better reason to leave the case? Letthemkillamongeachother)"
"Почему вы хотите, чтобы оставить дело, Лив? Чтовыполучаете? (Why do you want me to leave the case, Liev? What do you gain?)" Liz asked finally turning to face him
Liev was a very tall man with light blue eyes and dark brown hair. His strong features could've made any other person lose all confidence. He must've been about 36 years old, although Liz had never asked him his exact age.
"Неделайтемнебытьодному, чтобывытащитьтебядела, Элизабет (Don't make me be the one to pull you out of the case, Elizabeth)" Liev said pressing the barrel of his gun against her chin
"Я думал, мы договорились, никакого оружия (Ithoughtweagreednoweapons)" She said
"Да, ну ... Вы не должны доверять людям так легко ... так, как вам агентом доверия Гиббса или агента DiNozzo (Yeah, well… youshouldn'ttrustpeoplesoeasily… justthewayyoutrustagentGibbsoragentDiNozzo)"
Tony's body tensed as he saw the man threatening to kill Liz. He had followed her and hid behind the nearest car careful of not being seen. He wasn't at all surprised by Liz's calm demeanour but he wasn't like that and he was not about to let his friend get killed. Thankfully the street was practically deserted.
"NCIS! Drop your weapon!" He instructed aiming his gun at Liev
"Tony, I thought I'd said: stay in the car!" Liz shouted at him
"Yeah, well… you know me, now…" He looked at Liev "Put the gun down"
"Well, if it isn't special agent DiNozzo" Liev said still pointing his gun at Liz
"I don't believe we've been introduced and I don't believe I want to… PUT THE GUN DOWN!"
"Now I see why you trust him…" Liev said to Liz and lowered his gun "Он, кажется, хорошийпарень (He seems to be a nice guy)"
"Онтакнеигр... (He is so no games…)" She said half smiling at Liev
"No games then… I'll be in touch" Liev said, nodded at Tony and walked away
Liz turned around to see Tony who just looked at her as if she was crazy. She approached to him and walked by him towards the car.
"Are you coming?" She simply asked while Tony stared at her gobsmacked
"What was that?" He asked in a squeaky voice as he got inside the car
"What was what?"
"THAT! That guy was pointing a gun at you and you just said goodbye and let him go!" Tony said starting the car
"Calm down, Tony… he's… a friend… sort of… and he gave me very interesting information" She replied calmly "Besides, you had no right to interfere"
"But… but… he was going to shoot you… and you left your gun in the car! What did you expect me to do? Sit and watch?"
"I expect you to trust me! Is that so damn hard to do, Anthony?" Now Liz was beginning to lose her temper
"You could have died, Elizabeth! I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you, don't you understand?!"
"Since when do you call me Elizabeth?" she yelled at him
"Since you started calling me Anthony!" He answered in the same tone
Then they both went silent and moments later, they both started laughing.
"I'm sorry" Tony said "I should've trusted you"
"I know you do and I'm sorry for being this mysterious… it's just… I can't even talk about it… I'm sorry" She replied
"No, I understand…" He said, took her hand and gave it a light squeeze "But I want to ask you something…"
"Shoot"
"Would you go out with me?"
"What?" Liz asked chuckling "You're kidding, right?"
"No, I'm not… I want you to go out on a date with me before you get yourself killed…"
"Wow, that's optimistic…"
"No… I… I mean… we hardly ever get to see each other and…"
"Tony… are you speechless?"
"I believe I am…" He looked down at his hands and then back up at her "Please… it won't hurt anyone…"
"If it doesn't go right it will hurt both of us"
"Why wouldn't it go right?"
"If we are completely honest, we don't really know each other all that well"
"That's what dates are for"
"I know but…"
"You seriously don't want to go out with me, do you?"
"No, Tony… is not that…"
"Like I said this morning: it seems like you're just trying to find an excuse"
"I'm… ok, maybe I am but it's not you…"
"Oh, so you're gonna tell me: it's not you, it's me? Do you have any idea of how many times I've used that line with girls?"
"So it's not gonna work?"
"Nope…"
"Tony, you've just said it yourself. You're used to date girls and never call them back…" He was about to interrupt but Liz continued "Or… you date multiple women at the same time and I'm no the kind of woman who accepts that"
"Do you want absolute fidelity?"
"Something like it…"
"Alright… you've got it"
"What?"
"If you go out with me… several times… you know like a…" Tony stopped just by thinking about the word
"Relationship?" Liz completed half smiling and Tony pretended to shiver at the word
"Yes… a relationship… if we start that, I'll give you my absolute fidelity"
"Alright… one date… just one date and we'll see how it goes, ok?"
"Sounds fair to me…"
In that moment, Liz's phone rang.
"Hadley… hey, Gibbs…"
"Liz, where are you?"
"I'm in the car with Tony. We're on our way to the office, why?"
"I need to talk to you"
"Ok… we'll be there in 15 minutes" And she hung up "Gibbs wants to talk"
"Mmm, do you think he knows about our date?" Tony joked
"Being how he is, it wouldn't surprise me…"
"By the way… you speak Russian?"
"Yes…"
"Since when?" He asked and she laughed as they drove to NCIS
That was it, people!
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