„But… Tony, I don't understand…" Wendy said with tears in her eyes. "You are in love with Kate's murderer?"

They sat at their kitchen table; the food in front of them was untouched.

"I told you she did not kill her." Tony answered annoyed.

Wendy shook her head helplessly. "You dreamed of her… And I thought she was just a product of your fantasy…" more tears fell down her face. Tony got up to comfort her but she pushed him away. "Leave! Now!" she screamed.

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When Gibbs entered his house he found Ducky bound to a chair. He rushed over and started to untie him.

"Oh Jethro, it's nice of you to come and rescue me."

"Are you okay?" Gibbs asked while freeing Ducky's right hand.

"Oh yes, I am. She was very polite indeed. Gave me the chance to use the restroom before this and apologized." Ducky answered and rubbed his wrists as they came free.

"Where is she? How did she overpower you?"

Ducky waited until his feet where free and got up: "Well, I am an old man, and she is a trained Mossad officer. When the sedative had worn of, she was… well strong enough to… well. Whatever. As I said, she was polite and then she went out. Said she needed to hunt. She was desperate. I think she is in trouble. She cried. Ever she woke up; she had tears in her eyes."

"I'll call DiNozzo." Gibbs said.

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Abby opened her eyes and saw someone in her hospital room. It was the last room on the corridor. She knew the person, she had seen her on photos and when nobody had seen her, Abby had gone to the observation room to get a look at Kate's murderer and the woman of Tony's dreams. Now she was standing at the window looking out.

"You…" Abby said and tried to reach for the nurse call. But it was gone.

Ziva turned around: "I'm not here to hurt you. But I had to hide that nurse call just in case."

Abby swallowed, she didn't believe her: "You are here to finish the job."

Ziva nodded: "Yes. But my job is not to kill you or your friends. I need to secure your room. You'd be better up in a room without windows. The hospital is surrounded by buildings that provide a great positions for a sniper." She said pointing out at some buildings.

"You're…" Abby was cut of by the sound of breaking glass, coming from the corridor. A scream followed.

Ziva went to the door and opened it. A woman lay in the middle of the corridor and a nurse kneeled next to her, trying to help. The window in the end of the corridor was broken.

Ziva knew this woman.

"Tamara!" Abby shouted. She had left the bed and followed Ziva outside.

Ziva turned around and pushed her back into the room when a second shot hit Ziva's arm. Ziva shout the door and went over to the curtains to hide the window.

"Do you have a cellphone?"

Abby nodded: "But we are in a hospital…"

"Call Gibbs!"

Abby didn't even think of not obeying. She went over to her bag and searched for the phone. Ziva checked the corridor and the curtains again.

Abby found her phone and turned to Ziva as she dialed the number. "You're hurt."

It was just a small wound from a grazing shot on her arm. She looked down at it. "The second shot was not meant for you, but for me."

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Jenny was nervous and Gibbs furious. They had received a call from Abby, who asked them to come to the hospital. Agent Tamara Mulder was still in surgery. Gibbs had called Tony and McGee. When they had entered Abbys room, McGee had pointed his gun at Ziva. But Tony simply stopped him. Ducky was there too and in the first ten minutes Gibbs had questioned Ziva about what happened and why she had left his house, leaving Ducky bound to a chair. Ziva answered calmly.

"We know who it was." Jenny said suddenly.

Everybody looked at her. So she continued: "It was your brother. Ari tried to kill Abby, and Mulder. I'm sure he killed Kate. Ben-Gidon was with director David this morning, when we met him in my office."

"Ziva said he tried to kill her." Abby said quietly and pointed at Zivas arm.

The grazing short had only left a scratch which already had stopped bleeding.

Gibbs nodded: "He wanted to make it look like you tried to kill Abby and Mulder… while you had disappeared he had good chances. He didn't know you were with me and had an alibi. Today he saw you with Abby; maybe you know something about him that could help us?"

Ziva looked at him sadly: "Director David knew he was out of control. Or at least he assumed it. But he was not ready to let him go. He believed Ari was still on our side and he needed him. The point is, Eli David would never mention such a suspicion to another agency, but I would. That's why Ari tried to kill me."

"Well, it would have worked nicely. You were dead. They had the excuse that they eliminated a dangerous terrorist." Tony said.

"Only until Ari tries to kill the rest of my team." Gibbs said.

"He doesn't care anymore if you know or not. Now that he saw me, he will continue to kill and I'm sure he will start with you." Ziva told Gibbs.

"Then we need to think of a way to stop him."

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Gibbs had guests in his house. Abby did not want to stay in the hospital and it had been difficult to get her out. McGee was there, Tony, Ducky and Ziva. Jenny had left; she needed to talk to Eli David. Tony wanted to talk with Ziva but he had no chance to catch her alone. They were all busy to make a plan how to get Ari.

They all left the house at 7 pm. McGee took Abby home. Ducky took Tony back to the Navy Yard and Gibbs went to get flowers. Ziva hid in his house.

When Gibbs came back he found Ari in his basement waiting for him. He wondered if he had not searched the house. Did he know that Ziva was there? They knew they needed him to confess. So Gibbs wore a microphone.

Ari started to talk. Many bad guys had the need to tell their story so he talked about Kate and his father. He talked about a lot of things; his childhood, his mother, his motivation and then he got up to end it. The gun pointed at Gibbs face. Gibbs sat down and looked at him calmly. He knew what would happen. He waited…

… and it ended. Ari's life ended, it was taken by his own sister, who was now sitting next to his lifeless body singing softly. Gibbs cell-phone rang and he went up to answer it. A doctor informed him, that Mulder was dead…

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Tony waited for a call. He sat on his desk because he could not go home. He had no home. So he just waited. He wanted to know, if the plan had worked. But it did not ring. Instead the elevator opened and a woman went over to him.

"I'm dreaming again." He said as she stood in front of his table.

Kate nodded and smiled: "Yes, but these dreams will be over now. Ari is dead. My plan worked. It was meant to be like this the whole time."

"Where is Ziva?" Tony asked.

"With her father and the director of NCIS and officer Ben-Gidon. They will be on a plane back to Israel in an hour. It's over Tony. It's finally over." Kate smiled. Tony was glad that she was happy, but he wasn't.

"I need to wake up. I need to see her." He said.

"You are too late. The plain departed."

"But you said…"

"Time is a funny thing in dreams." Kate said.

Tbc

Don't worry there will be another chapter. This is not over yet :)