Trying to maintain quick updates until I have finished this story, then I will work on a few other ideas.

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Note: Called it Tony's place because I don't know if he lives in a house or apartment

Disclaimer: *freaks out because haven't put disclaimer on last few chapters* Arghhh *Gibbs slaps me* Uh sorry. Only mine in my fantasmical musings.

ha-chever sheli- my friend when talking to a male

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Tony's Place

She'd wandered around for hours, following Malachi wherever he led. That was how she'd ended up here at Tony's place, fighting for her life. She knew Ducky had done an evaluation of Ari, Michael, Malachi and herself, but she didn't need a piece of paper to know the torture he would put her through or to know she would detonate the small bomb she possessed.

They'd been fighting for hours and the shoulder where she'd been shot twice in the past fortnight was giving way. She falls against the wall in exhaustion and watches as Malachi smirks and begins systematically shooting things. She winces as each shot is fired, and loudly draws breath as he finds a photo of the entire team from last Christmas. He pins the photo next to her head and fires two shots. One at the image of Gibbs. One at the image of Tony. She cannot help it, she screams and bolts to the door, where Tony is waiting with open arms and no backup.

Gibbs

"McGee, get to DiNozzo's now!" Gibbs yells, his car screaming to a halt on DiNozzo's front lawn. He'd seen DiNozzo head home and it had made perfect sense. He'd also seen DiNozzo disobey a direct order and run unprotected into hell. Just like he was about to do now. He grabs his gun and runs to the door, he can here silence, and it terrifies him. He walks in the open door aiming his gun, his expression blatant fury.

McGee

McGee, twenty minutes away realizes something. His boss and his partner would be lacking several things, rational thinking and medical assistance. Gibbs and Tony would've charged headlong into the battle and probably sustained serious injury, let alone what state Ziva would be in. That could mean one of two things. They may be unconscious and unable to call Ducky or they could be too weak to call him. So the first thing McGee does is call Ducky. By then he can't resist and he speeds to Tony's, to help save his family's lives.

Ducky

Ducky puts down the phone and orders Palmer to prepare the truck before heading to Abby's lab,

"Ducky?" She says giving him a hug

"Hello dear. They've found them. I am about to go over there, but I need you here to male sure we get this bastard and to talk to the Director."

"Ducky, don't let them die." She clicks their photos onto her monitors when he doesn't respond. Ducky turns and leaves. He slides silently into the truck, and Palmer drives them to Palmers house

"Oh my god." He exclaims when he walks into Anthony's loungeroom

Abby

Abby stares at the photos and evidence for a moment before running to the direcors office. She hopes she can fix Ziva's problems, by eliminating Eli, at least temporarily.

"Come in." Calls the director when she knocks, "Miss Sciuto?"

"WE found them. They're at Tony's place but they didn't call for backup and ducky is on his way over, but he thinks they might be dead. And Eli ordered them all dead and I can prove it and you…"

"Slow down Miss Sciuto. Eli ordered an American federal agent dead, and you can prove it?"

"Yes, but…"

"Keep me in the loop." A dismissed Abby wanders back to her lab and stares at photos.

Vance

As soon as Ms Sciuto leaves he clears his afternoon and strides over to MTAC.

"Get Eli David on the phone." He yells to no one in particular, nevertheless it's done

"Ah shalom ha-chever sheli." An annoyed Eli responds

"Hello Eli." Vance says tersely "In the interests of diplomatic relations, what is officer Malachi Ben-Gidon doing in America?"

"He had no assignment and chose to visit an old friend."

"The 'old-friend' being Agent David?" Vance is working hard to keep his tone civil. Perhaps Malachi had no assignment when he left Israel, but he sure as hell had one now.

"Yes. My daughter has shared many assignments with him."

"Somalia?"

"One of many." Eli waves his hand in a dismissive manner

"As long as you and the agents who follow your orders remember what the consequences of harming, taking a hit out on, and completing the hit on a federal agent are."

"Why would an American federal agent having any of those things happen to them have something to do with me?"

"And if Malachi pushes either his agenda or yours with her, then god help you Eli." Vance finishes and signals for it to be cut off before heading to his office.

Tel-Aviv

Eli curses violently, he wondered how they'd figured out he was double crossing them and had ordered Ziva dead. Malachi was stronger than Ziva, so there was no doubt she was dead, but Gibbs and DiNozzo might shut him down. This was going to be messy, and Vance's thinly veiled threat just grounded his fears. What was worse was that he had no other agents in the area. He had no control and he was blind. It's up to the Americans.