Chapter 10.

DiNozzo, McGee, Gibbs, stood towards the back of the elevator, while Ziva and Akiva stood near the doors, Akiva reached into her pocket and pulled out something small and metallic, Tony's eyes instantly went to the small piece of metal, quickly realizing that it was a paperclip.

"Might need this." Ziva took the paperclip from Akiva and put it in her pocket.

Tony's eyes widened, "You can't be serious." Everyone in the elevator turned to him, "You're not serious?" Akiva just looked at him, blinking slowly, not exactly sure what he was referring to. Gibbs grinned and held back a laugh. "Are they serious boss?"

"Oh yea." The elevator dinged and the team piled out.

"Agent Gibbs, I think it would be best for you to take up a sniping position, while me and Ziva make our way through the field, Agent McGee and DiNozzo could provide support while you line up your shot." Tim, Tony and Ziva looked back and forth between Gibbs and Akiva, she was clearly taking charge of the situation, Tony felt a grin creeping across his face as he waited for Gibbs to explode, instead the marine just nodded and headed to the charger.

"McGee with me, DiNozzo, David with Akiva."

"Boss! You really think that's a good idea?" Tony whined. Gibbs turned around, Tony let out a small whimper and caught up with Ziva, if looks could kill he would defiantly be dead. Tony went to Akiva's car Akiva was unlocking the older model car with a key, Tony saddled up beside her gaining her attention, " I have just one question. Did you teach Ziva how to drive?"

Akiva furrowed her eyebrows and looked at Ziva who merely rolled her eyes, " No."

"Good." Akiva unlocked the back door for Tony who inturn opened the door and got in, he looked around for a belt; when he couldn't find one, he looked up meeting Akiva's eyes in the rearview mirror. "Where is the-"

"It's a lap belt you're probably sitting on it." Akiva then buckled herself in and turned the crank, the car started to hum but lacked that 1980's roar of a 2.6L 6 cylinder engine.

Tony found the belt and clicked it into place, becoming suddenly confused, while the car may look old on the outside, the inside was a different story, it maintained the retro style rectangular gauge casing but the gauges were all wrong, like they had been replaced, there was no gas gauge, oil lights, only a battery meter and a speedometer, and that too was wrong, instead of reading a max speed of 85 it read 210, Tony scratched his head taking in all the information.

"What kinda car is this?'

"1985 Chevy celebrity."

"But how-"

Akiva looked over the bench seat at Tony, she had a gleam in her eye, "What? I can't put an electric motor in an old car then give it some extra horse power?" Tony's mouth fell open and he fell back against his seat. Tony grabbed a hold of the door frame half expecting to be scared within an inch of his life, but he was delightfully surprised when Akiva, slowly put the car in motion.

Akiva followed Gibbs off the base and then took the lead, her driving was only slightly above the legal speed limit, her turns, graceful, all traffic signs followed, Tony was just starting to relax when they pulled onto the freeway. He couldn't hear the engine but he could watch as she shifted gears, 3rd gear, 4th gear, 5th gear, they were screaming down the highway, Tony watched the speedometer in fear, 80, 90, 100, 120 he looked back to see that Gibbs was lagging behind the supped up classic, but Akiva kept her speed at a nice round 120. Tony thought for he sure was going to die, their ride wasn't rough but the close encounters with semi trucks would haunt him until his last days. Tony held his breath as Akiva maneuvered the car in between two semi trucks, they were moving so fast that Tony didn't even have time to tell what color's the trucks were before they zipped by. Akiva took a hand off the steering wheel, her hand feeling for the on button to her radio, when she found it both Ziva and Tony jumped in their seats covering their ears. The radio blared something they would find in Abby's lab, only it wasn't in English, Tony could feel the thumbing, from the subwoofer, on his back he tried asking her to turn it down but his voice was lost in the music, Ziva took a chance and removed a hand from her ears, she quickly turned down the radio. Akiva smirked but said nothing as she pulled out a cigarette.

"Agh, I think my eardrums are busted." Tony stuck a finger in his ear trying to stop the ringing. The music was now a nice hum, the song had changed to something a lot less grunge. Akiva took a puff off her cigarette rolling down the window slightly, the wind pulled the smoke right out of the car. Her movements where making Tony more and more nervous, the more she moved, the less she paid attention and at this speed they would surely not survive. The highway had lead them to a more secluded part of the interstate, it was desolate and had many cross ways, Akiva lowered her speed to 90.

"Sooo, what's the best assassin movie?" Tony was getting bored, the road was long and there was nothing to look at.

"Black Angel 1 and 2." Akiva answered, also slightly bored, she was trying to keep her mind off the possibility of what lied ahead. Ziva snorted with laughter, that was the same argument that got them in trouble the other day.

"Now I have to disagree I think-"

"Shh!" Akiva hissed pulling out her phone, she slid, "Yes? About 15 Minutes, we can cut your engine and walk up the trail, yes, ok Agent Gibbs." She slid the phone shut again and turned off the radio.

Tony looked Akiva in the eye through the rear view mirror, what he saw startled him, he hadn't been paying much attention to her eyes recently and when with the black eye patch gone, her face no longer stood out, but now mirrored Ziva's. He stared into Akiva's eyes, one was blue and the other a milky brown, a faint scar could be seen by her temple. Akiva broke the eye contact, their transaction only lasting a few seconds, but Tony could feel everything and see everything in those few seconds. He could see her pain, her fear, her need to protect and her love for Ziva. He had been around Ziva long enough to be able to read her signs and Akiva was so no different. Tony was brought out of his head space as the terrain changed; the car was going much slower now and was on a dirt road. He looked out the window at the thick tree line.

Ziva placed her hand on top of Akiva's as she shifted, she kept it there for only a few seconds then removed it, she took a deep breath and steeled herself, she was ready, her Mossad training was taking over, her mind was clear and calculating, her hand on her gun ready to strike at any moment.

Soon enough, the car came to a stop everyone in the car could see a field in the distance, Akiva turned off the car, unbuckled and got out, Ziva and Tony followed suit.

"This reminds me-" Akiva whipped around pushing Tony against the car by his mouth, she held her hand firmly over his mouth leaning close.

"Are you trying to get us killed?" She hissed. Tony's eyes went wide and he shook his head no, she released him and watched as Gibbs and McGee met up with them. Gibbs said nothing about the rough treatment of Tony and nodded towards Akiva the sniper rifle over his shoulder, she wordlessly pointed to a ditch on the side of the road; Gibbs took off down the ditch moving quietly. McGee, Tony, and Ziva watched Akiva, she signed a command and started forward but stopped when she released that McGee and Tony were not moving. She groaned quietly and motioned for them to follow, Tony and McGee fell into step, Akiva and Ziva lead the front guns drawn, once they were close to the clearing Akiva peeked around the tree line, she could see a man standing in the field in front of them.

McGee took a small step into the tree line when a loud snap, like a trip wire, could be heard, a quick whistling sound was heard causing Akiva to move quickly, McGee's eyes were wide as an arrow came at him, luckily for him, Akiva caught the arrow, just in time, covering his mouth to stifle his yelp, the arrow tip was touching the hand covering McGee's mouth but it did not penetrate. Tony let out a breath he wasn't aware he was holding, gently pulling McGee from the tree line.

"Stay, cover Gibbs." Akiva whispered stepping out into the open. Ziva followed close to Akiva gun also drawn, she aimed it at the man standing in the field. The field was full of wild lily's, cat tails and grass as high as their waist. He was tall and as black as night, he was sporting a smile showing his white teeth, he held a crossbow in one hand. Akiva stepped casually into the field, holding her gun at the man. He laughed and held his arms out wide.

"Welcome, to hell's play ground." The man's voice was deep and had a slight British accent.

"Hello, Fear." Akiva didn't smile back, she made it halfway into the field before she stopped Ziva stepped out from behind her.

"Ah," The Fear laughed looking at Ziva, "Your pet! It has been a long time Ziva!" Ziva repressed a shudder and narrowed her eyes.

"What do you want Fear?" Akiva called out, then she heard a voice in her ear.

"I can't get a clear shot." Gibbs moved his scope all he could see was the back of Akiva's head.

"No pleasantries? What is that look in your eyes! Could it be fear?" The Fear laughed his voice echoing off the trees.

"I have no fear." Akiva scanned the area surreptitiously, she couldn't see the others, she assumed they were in the house, but she couldn't be sure, something told her they were watching.

"Not even for her?" Fear pointed his crossbow at Ziva, Akiva clicked off the safety on her gun. The Fear grinned laughing.

"I was born on a battle field, sirens and screams were my lullaby nothing you could do would ever bring me fear!" Akiva took a small step forward covering Ziva's heart, stepping into the line of fire.

The fear laughed again and lowered his crossbow, he took a step and the field exploded in a bright white light, Akiva covered her eyes as the flash-bang went off, she fired aimlessly at The Fear's last location. Gibbs covered his eyes completely losing his target, Tony and Tim recoiled as well. Ziva was partially shielded from the light but she soon felt an arm around her neck, she was being held in a chokehold her gun was quickly taken from her, Akiva spun around just in time to be hit in the head with the butt of a handgun. Stars went before her eyes but she didn't go down, her assailant grabbed her neck kicking the back of her knee's, she went down, grabbing at the arm around her neck. Tony and Tim aimed their weapons but couldn't get a clear shot, Gibbs stood up from the ditch but soon spun around looking into the barrel of a rifle he looked over the barrel into the eyes of none other than Israeli Ambassador Dr. Oren.

"Put the weapon down and you may live to see tomorrow." Gibbs handed the rifle over to Oren, he could hear Ziva and Akiva struggling in his ear piece. "You two over there, drop your weapons on the ground, put your hands on your head and follow me." Tony and Tim dropped their guns on the ground, and put their hands up, looking to Gibbs. Gibbs narrowed his eyes and put his hands on his head, Dr. Oren pushed him forward leading the three NCIS agents into the field. Akiva and Ziva were still struggling with their captors when a loud electric buzzing could be heard, Gibbs paled as he watched both Akiva and Ziva go limp.

End Chapter.