XI

They were all seated in a black government plated SUV which was stuck in traffic on the way from the airport to the Mossad HQ.

Officer Radwan Livni was driving, Gibbs was riding shotgun, McGee and Ziva were in the second row and Kate had opted to ride all the way in the back with Tony.

The morning traffic was moving ungodly slow and it was beginning to get to all of them for different reasons as they say there in silence.

It was getting to Kate, McGee and Gibbs because they were stuck on a plane for hours; Officer Livni because he was not comfortable around the Americans; Tony because he had a short attention span and Ziva because she wasn't use to sitting still for long periods of time.

Ziva finally broke the silence.

"I am bored," she complained fidgeting a bit in her seat.

Tony grinned, he was happy that the opportunity to tease someone had presented itself.

"You want something to read?" he asked leaning forward over the seat to address her.

"What do you have?" Ziva asked turning to face him.

He grinned and reached into the knapsack he had with him and pulled out a magazine.

"GSM," he said holding it up close to her face, "It's a men's magazine. Most women find it objectifies them."

Ziva smirked smugly and reached into her own knapsack pulling out the same magazine in Hebrew.

"I've read it already," she said, "I especially liked the article on page fifty-seven. In my experience, it works every time."

Tony quickly began to rustle through the pages of his copy.

"I thought that was an urban legend," he said after reading the page.

Ziva looked at him over her shoulder and smiled seductively at him with an obviously open invitation.

Kate who was paying close attention to their conversation fumed and McGee tried his best to ignore them.

The vehicle once more fell into silence only difference was that this time Tony had his nose in his magazine and Ziva was staring out the window with a smile on her face.

After what felt like forever the finally got to Mossad HQ and followed Officer Livni inside. He led them to the Deputy Director's office.

The office was empty.

"You should go see where the Director is," Officer Livni said to Ziva.

"Why?" she asked.

The man shrugged, "He would not get mad if you interrupt whatever he is doing, he is used to it."

Ziva resented the man's attitude but decided to ignore him after all her father wouldn't take too kindly to her killing a co-worker. So instead she made herself comfortable sitting behind the Deputy Director's desk as she also knew that he would not like that.

The others remained stand and not long after the door opened and Deputy Director David entered.

He saw Ziva sitting in his chair and instead of bringing it up he greeted his "guests", offered them a seat and moved to stand behind his desk next to his daughter.

"Deputy Director David there better be a damn good reason why you brought us across the world," Gibbs said getting worked up.

"Call me Eli please Agent Gibbs," he answered.

He looked down at a still seated Ziva, "The file please?" he asked her.

She got up and exited the room only to return with a small stack of files and handing one to each person in the room.

"We got Intel in Paris the Ari Haswari has a very powerful bomb and he is planning something big as he has been recruiting followers." Eli said as they all read the files marked classified which was handed to them.

"Do you know where he's setting up shop?" Gibbs asked.

Eli frowned, "I do not understand Agent Gibbs," he said seriously, "what does shopping have to do with this?"

Gibbs chuckled silently realizing that the man's grasp on English terms was not very good.

"I meant where he is hiding out and working from."

"Oh no," Eli said, "That is why your assistance is needed. We are hoping to draw him out in the open long enough to get his location and eliminate him."

Gibbs nodded.

Kate wasn't paying much attention to what was being said instead she was watching Ziva who had chosen to lean against a wall frowning instead retaking her previous seat.

"Ziva and Officer Livni will be your back up on this mission," she heard Eli say and snapped to attention.

She couldn't believe that they actually had to spend more time with her. She really wasn't liking the other woman.

"Where exactly will we be attempting to do this?" Tony asked seriously. He had gotten very silent ever since the first mention of Ari's name.

"Men fitting the physical description of Ari Haswari were spotted in Lebanon, Monaco and Paris." Officer Livni spoke up. "As Officer David has just returned from Paris where she and a team were searching for leads on his whereabouts we know he is not there and with the resent increase in Hezbollah chatter Mossad activity has doubled in Lebanon so it is unlikely that he is there."

They all nodded in agreement.

"Our best hope is to start in Monaco and if he is not there hopefully we will be able to get a lead on his whereabouts and put it out there that NCIS is looking for him. That would definitely get his attention, yes." Eli added.

Gibbs frowned to himself. He wasn't liking this. His gut was telling him there would be trouble but the problem was he wanted to get Ari bad and this was his best bet at getting that.

Tony was still upset but he was also watching the people around him. They all had different expressions on their faces.

Gibbs of course looked upset and also angry.

McGee looked worried.

The Deputy Direct and Officer Livni wore blank looks.

Kate was paying more attention to Ziva than to the tension in the room and then there was Ziva who was standing leaning up against a wall frowning down at the floor.

He sighed.

They had a long road ahead, but he knew if it was the last thing he did he was going to get Ari.

Author's Note: Ok ok, please tell me you like. If not tell me what you don't like. Please review and thanks a million for reading so far.