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I'm pretty sad, the next chapter is the last :(

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Hold on, hold tight
If I'm out of your sight
And everything keeps moving on

It was the next night by the time Gibbs had let everyone leave, it had taken an extra hour for Ari to explain how important it was for Abby to keep his and Kate's relationship a secret once Kate and Abby had arrived home.

Once Ari and Kate had finished explaining, Abby, who was sitting Indian style in the armchair, sat up straighter.

"Can I ask some questions?" She asked. Ari and Kate looked at each other quickly then nodded. "How long have you been together?"

"Just under a year" Kate said. Abby eyed the two of them for a moment, they were sitting on the couch, Kate's legs were tucked up underneath her and Ari's hand was resting on her thigh, every now and then rubbing lightly.

"When you went to Indiana to see your parents?"

Ari squeezed Kate's thigh lightly "We were in Italy, but then we really did go to Indiana" Kate said.

Abby's eyes looked down at Ari's hand when he squeezed Kate's leg and her eyes widened, not hearing anything Kate said.

"Wedding ring" Abby said. Ari and Kate looked at Ari's hand and he curled it into a fist, crossing his arms as he did "You guys are married?!" She said excitedly.

"Yes Abby, we are" Ari said calmly.

Abby quickly looked at the clock.

"I gotta go!" She said jumping up, quickly putting her boots back on and standing straight "McGee'll be waiting for me"

Kate stood, leaving Ari sitting on the couch and walked with Abby to the door.

"I want details tomorrow. All the details" Abby smirked she looked over Kate's shoulder to Ari "Bye Ari! I'm glad you're not trying to kill us!" She said before walking out the door. Kate closed it with a laugh and turned, walking over to Ari and sitting next to him.

"It feels good, knowing that Abby knows" She said, her hand at the back of his neck, massaging lightly.

"Hmm" He murmured, his eyes closed. Kate stopped and Ari's eyes opened.

"What if, in the future" She said, her voice soft and her eyes looking away from him "We do have a baby?" She said. She felt Ari's back straighten and she continued "When you were gone I thought about it a lot, and a baby with you is..." She took a deep breath "but not for a long time…just one day" She said. Ari pulled her into his arms and kissed her head.

"Maybe, we will talk about it in a year or two" He murmured into her hair "But for now, it is not a possibility"

He felt her take a deep breath and she nodded against his chest "Thank you" She whispered.

He picked her up as he stood, her legs wrapping around his waist and he kissed her as he walked them to their bedroom.

The next night after Ari had finished giving Kate a lesson on Krav Maga, as he did once a week since he had taken her hostage in Autopsy, they put the furniture back in their proper place and the mats away before sitting on the couch together.

"Ziva is coming" He said, still wearing only his black tracksuit pants. Kate lifted her head and smiled at him.

"When?"

"She should be arriving early tomorrow morning" He said.

Kate nodded and stood, stretching out her aching body that was still clad in a pink tank top and black exercise pants. She offered him her hand and he stood, following her into the bathroom.

An hour later Kate was sound asleep, Ari was lying awake behind her, his arm draped around her bare waist. He kissed her back of her head softly and gently got out of the bed and getting dressed. Once he had put his shoes on he wrote a note, placing it on his pillow and slipped out the door.

The next morning was routine for Kate. She woke up, rolled over and found the bed cold and a note on Ari's pillow saying he had business to attend to that day and that he would be home that night, she got dressed, had coffee and started to make her way to work.

She made it to her car before she was knocked unconscious.

The first thing Kate was aware of was that her head was pounding; the second was that her hands were tied tightly behind her back. She opened her eyes and looked around the room, seeing she was in a basement of some kind and she was lying in the corner, blood dried from a cut in her forehead.

She pushed herself up into a sitting position and saw a man enter.

"You are finally awake" The man said "You are Haswari's whore" He stated.

Kate managed to push herself into a standing position and kicked him in the leg. The man stumbled, but stood back up straight quickly, pressing his arm against her neck as he pushed her into the wall. She tried to kick him, but he punched her stomach, making her fall and curl up slightly.

The man pulled a rope out of his back pocket and tied it around Kate's legs, yanking on it so he could drag her across the room to some pipes, which he used another rope to tie her hands to.

Kate glared at him the whole time "Who are you?" She hissed.

The man grinned at her and bent to her level, producing a knife from his side and running the flat side against her cheek "My name is Aza, I am getting my revenge on the man who killed my brother" He said.

"Who?" She asked, her face turned away from him and the knife, which was now running down her neck.

"Ari Haswari. I have been following the two of you for months. Ever since my brother's death in that bomb at the Cafe. I have found that you seem to be the most precious thing to him. I will make him pay" Aza said softly, the knife cutting through the material of the light blue polo t-shirt she had put on that morning.

Kate struggled violently against the ropes, but they wouldn't budge. Once Aza had fully cut through her shirt he stood, brushing the dirt off his knees and walking out the door.

Kate went limp against the ropes and sighed, she only hoped that the Team would find her soon.

"I knew that bastard would get her" Gibbs said angrily as he said down at his desk.

"Gibbs! I don't think it was him!" Abby said, walking around to stand behind him. Gibbs just turned around and gave her a look "I mean, the last two times he didn't hurt her, and there was blood near her car this time. It doesn't seem like what he would do" She said quickly.

Gibbs turned back around and took a sip of his coffee "McGee, trace her cell"

Aza walked back into the basement twenty minutes later with a needle in one hand. Kate struggled as he walked up to her and grabbed her arm.

"What is that?" She asked, trying to get her arm out of his grip.

"It is my revenge" He said happily, sticking the needle into her arm, the liquid inside slowly being injected "This will slowly shut down all your organs, resulting in a slow and painful death. And there is nothing that is going to stop it" He said taking the needle out of her arm and standing.

The sound of a gunshot filled the room and Aza fell to the ground, a bullet in his back. Kate looked up at the stairs and saw Ziva rushing down them with a gun in her hand. She gun her gun back in her hoister and took a knife from her boot, cutting through the ropes.

"Ziva. I have never been so happy to see you" Kate said, covering herself with what remained of her shirt. Ziva stood, helping Kate up with her.

"Ziva...I need to go to the hospital" Kate said weakly before collapsing into Ziva's arms.

Will she survive?

Oh! A preview of the lyrics for the next (and finale) chapter:

'It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not'

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