"Rick, I don't think this is such a good idea." She had her hand through the hole in the container. Below her Rick was holding her legs, keeping her as steady as he could.

"It'll be fine, nobody has so much as knocked on the container so I don't think there's anybody out there."

Kate pulled her hand back in and reached down. "Can you pass me the thingy?"

Tony walked up, Ziva close behind, and handed her a small device. She took it and Tony looked at Rick. "So where did you get a GPS chip?"

Rick went to shrug and felt Kate wobble on his shoulders. He steadied her again and she knocked his head with her leg, "Don't try and shrug Castle, I'm kind of doing a balancing act here."

He squeezed her leg slightly, "Sorry Kate." He looked back at Tony, "After the time with the tiger Alexis thought it might be a good idea for me to carry something with me, somewhere it wouldn't get taken, so the next time me and Kate disappeared they'd find us quicker."

Kate pulled her arm back into the container and tugged on the hand that was still handcuffed to hers. Rick got the message and helped her down. "So why did I need to stick it outside?" she asked once she was stood back on the floor.

"Because I'm not sure if it would work inside a big metal container," Rick answered.

Tony and Ziva stood to the side, fighting quietly. "You can't just keep pulling me along Tony and if you say anything about being the senior field agent I'll strangle you with the bloody cuffs."

Rick and Kate smiled at each other and made their way over to the bickering pair. Kate was the first to speak, "If you hold hands the cuffs don't dig in and it makes it less painful when you do get pulled."

Ziva glared at Tony for a moment before taking his hand in hers. Tony smiled at her then looked back at Kate and Rick. "How come the two of you are so in sync?"

"Because the last time this happened we spent a while arguing then we found our rhythm," Rick said, "And I guess we haven't lost it yet."

Kate shook her head. "So what are we going to do? We don't know how long it will take anyone to realise that the GPS is active and we have no way of knowing if or when any of the bikers are coming."

Ziva nodded her understanding and looked around the bare container. "There's nothing in here that we can use. What has everyone got in their pockets?"

Everyone emptied their pockets onto the floor in front of them. Ziva tugged on Tony's arm and the two of them sat, closely followed by Rick and Kate, the latter using the chance to put her boots back on again.

Ziva looked at the pile in front of them. "So we've got a packet of gum, some beef jerky," Kate raised an eyebrow at Rick who shrugged while Ziva continued, "Some string and a movie ticket stub."

The four looked at the few supplies in front of them and sighed. Rick reached his uncuffed hand out and picked up the jerky. "Since there's no tiger to feed it to, anyone want some jerky?"

Kate shook her head but moved her hand so that Rick could open the packet. When he did he offered it first to Kate, who took one and started chewing. Rick then offered it to the NCIS agents. Ziva shook her head but Tony took some and ate it. Rick took one for himself before folding over the packet and pushed it back into his pocket. He looked at the rest of the supplies they had on the floor and then around the container. He opened his mouth to speak but then there was a crash as someone, or something, hit the outside of the container.

Beside him he felt Kate tense and heard as her breathing became ragged. He held her handcuffed hand even tighter and put his other arm around her. "Breath Kate, it was probably just a rock, it wasn't a gun shot and we're safe."

Kate buried her head in his shoulder and tried to calm her breathing. Tony and Ziva watched as Rick rubbed her back and whispered calming words in her ear.

A few minutes later Kate's breathing had returned to normal, or at least close enough anyway, and turned to look at Tony and Ziva. She was still shaken so Rick kept his arm around her as she opened her mouth to speak. She felt she owed the two an explanation to why she had panicked. "After my shooting last year, I developed PTSD. I didn't realise until we had a serial sniper case and I kind of lost it a little." She looked at Rick, "I never thanked you by the way. I know that you asked Javi to talk to me."

Rick shook her head and lightly kissed her temple, "Always Kate."

There was another crash and everyone jumped. Ziva then took charge, "Ok, maybe not rocks. I think we should move to the back corner of the container, as far away from the door as possible."

Everyone agreed and all four stood. Keeping low, just in case, they made their way to the back of the container. Once there they sat in the corner, backs against the wall, all watching the door.

They sat in silence for what felt like forever. Every so often there would be another bang and outside they could hear shouting and shooting. They all guessed, but didn't say out loud, that the bangs were bullets hitting the container.

There was a sudden silence before the container door opened. The four at the back pushed themselves further into the wall, trying to use the shadows as cover since they couldn't really do much else.

Only a few chapters left and there is going to be a lot more shipiness in the next few.