Author's Note: Sorry for the long break, hope this chapter makes up for it. Please leave a review so I know what you think. Oh and sorry for all the grammatical error in this story, I'm not prone to double checking. Oh this is a McGee and Kate chapter. Sorry but I promise to work some more Tiva in the next chapter.

Disclaimer: Unnecessary but here it is anyway: I do not own NCIS or any of the characters portrayed on the television show.

XVII

Kate's side of the room had been void of sound for a while now and McGee was getting more and more worried that she might have a concussion. He sent out a silent prayer that Gibbs and Tony would find them before it was too late.

Suddenly he heard the sound of rustling fabric coming from Kate's direction and was relieved.

"Kate?" he called to her in barely more than a whisper.

No response.

"Kate!" he called again, this time a bit more forcefully.

He heard her groan, "McGee?" she questioned.

"Who else could it be?" he asked.

She groaned once more, "My head hurts," she told him, "What happened?"

McGee was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"How did we get here?" she asked, "Did something go wrong with the case?"

McGee was confused. What was she talking about? "What case?" he asked her.

"What do you mean by what case McGee?" she asked slightly slurring, "The case we have been working on for the pass few days." she told him, "The kidnapping ring case."

Now McGee was really worried, that case had been the last case they were working on before being sent to Israel. She must have been hit harder than he had originally thought or the second blow she had received must have worsened a concussion from the blow she had received when Radwan had knocked them out from behind when he was kidnapping them.

McGee didn't want to panic her so he decided not to mention this to her, instead he decided to humour her and try to keep her awake as long as possible. He sent out another silent prayer that Gibbs and Tony would come for them soon.

He began to talk to her about the kidnapping case in an attempt to keep her alert. However she didn't seem all that interested in the conversation and soon McGee could hear her voice trailing off.

He was about to panic when a thought hit him. Kate was always protesting that she like Tony even as a friend and he knew that she would argue with him if he suggested that she might like him more that she let on.

"Just hang in there for a little while longer Kate," he told her, "They'll come for us and you'll finally get Tony to be your white knight."

"What's that suppose to mean?" she asked trying to sound outraged but failing miserably, "I don't want Tony to be my any thing."

McGee was about to comment when she spoke again quickly, this time sounding more alert.

"Tony is back?" she asked, "When did he get back?"

McGee realised the mistake he had made and blushed in the darkness, "This morning," he lied, "He called me and said he'd be dropping by the Navy Yard so you know he is gonna want to help find us and even if he didn't Gibbs would make him help."

McGee was surprised at how easily the lie came.

"Why didn't you say anything?" she asked him, "Does Abby know?"

"No," he told her, "Abby doesn't know and I couldn't say anything because he told me he wanted it to be a surprise."

"Oh," Kate said, "I'm glad he's back but as I said before I don't want Tony to be my anything, especially my white knight."

"Right!" McGee said doing his best to sound sarcastic.

"I don't," Kate protested.

McGee smiled as she continued to argue sounding less disoriented. He wasn't stupid, he had seen the way she was acting around Tony and Abby had accidentally let it slip once that Kate had feelings for the man. He wasn't about to point that out though, he wanted to keep her awake not get himself killed when they were finally rescued.

Kate continued to argue he reasons for not wanting Tony to be her white knight for what seemed like hours in the dark, damp room. She was in the middle of giving her millionth example of his childishness when there was a loud bang outside of their room.

The two agents silenced and listened. He bang had sounded like an explosion and within seconds of it they could here gun fight.

Finally, McGee thought, help is here.

Suddenly the door to their room was flung open and light flooded the room from the hall revealing Ari Haswari hurrying into the room.

Kate gasped. McGee could her all her horror in that one simple sound.

"This is the end Caitlin," Ari said aiming the gun right between her eyes.

McGee could feel his panic rising and the light from the hall illuminated Kate's face allowing him to see a mixture of emotion float across her face.

Recognition, disbelief, recollection and dread.

McGee watched helplessly as Ari pulled down the hammer and rested his finger lightly of the trigger.

"Good bye Caitlin," he said and was about to press the trigger.

"Ari!" a voice called from the hallway stopping Ari and causing them all to look in the direction of the door.

A few moments later and Ziva David appeared in the doorway a sic kingly sweet smile plastered on her face.

"Ziva!" they all said at the same time.

Author's Note: Sorry all but I gotta leave it like this. I'm gonna try to update soon. I can't promise but I will try.