Ziva said "I cannot believe that you would do this on my wedding day." "When I told you that I never wanted to see you again...I meant it." said Ziva. "There is nothing that you or I will ever have to say to one another again." "You sent men to kidnap me! You knew that I would fight back." "They could have killed me." said Ziva. After the ordeal of being held captive Ziva was more on edge than she wanted to admit. Her experience being held captive had changed her and not for the better. It was that experience that made Ziva realize she never wanted to go home again.
"That is where you are wrong Ziva. You can never walk away from family. No, matter how angry you may be with me right now." "You are my daughter and you always will be and that is why I am here." "I could not allow you to marry this..DiNozzo." said Eli with contempt. "I could not allow you to turn your back on everything that ever meant anything to me and our family." "I was not worried. I was more worried that they would fail at their mission of bringing you in." "You have always been able to take care of yourself."
"Allow me? Do you think that I am a child?" "You are not going to get away with this." "And why did you kidnap Abby?" asked Ziva. Her memory of what happened at her apartment was fuzzy. She remembered opening the door for a package delivery service and the next thing she knew she was fighting for her life against him and the two men that rushed in after him. Ziva grabbed her father's arm
"Your friend got in the way. I could not leave her behind to alert the cavalry. But not to worry I am going to leave her where Leon Vance can find her." "No harm will come to her." "I expected you to be alone at your apartment." "Abigail was an unexpected factor." said Eli. Eli moved his arm away but Ziva was able to get a look at his watch.
"Unexpected factor?" "You always told me to make sure nothing was unexpected to anticipate everything. I don't not believe you...Eli." said Ziva with venom. "And if anything happens to Abby...you will not live to regret it."
Eli grabbed her arm and said "I am your father and that will never change!" "You are going back to Israel with me tonight." "I should have never allowed you to come here to begin with. I did not realize that you were so weak in the mind that you could be taken in and made to relinquish everything that I have taught." "I got word that you were getting married...I had to come here and stop you. I didn't have very long to do that."
"You taught me to be a killer. Instead of your daughter you used me as an instrument of death. For a good cause...but nonetheless you used me." "I don't want to be used anymore." "I have a different life now. I have a different family now. And nothing you do or say is going to change that fact." "This isn't about me...this is about you... and the fact that the great Eli David can't lose." Ziva wanted to attack him but she wasn't going to put Abby in danger. Ziva walked back over to the bed and sat down.
Eli saw Ziva's worried look at Abby. "I have no intention of hurting Ms. Sciuto. I will make sure she gets back to where she belongs." "She will be safe." "You have my word." Eli walked out of the room and closed the door.
"You word means nothing to me." "But then you already know that." said Ziva turning her head away from the door. She turned her attention to Abby. She was getting worried that Abby had not yet woken up. "Abby…please wake up." said Ziva gently shaking her.
Abby whispered. "I've been awake for awhile now." "But it didn't seem like the right time to announce that I was awake." Abby sat up in the bed and said "What are we going to do?" "Is there any chance of escaping." "We've got to get out of here." said Abby
Ziva said "I don't want you getting hurt in the process...you have more than yourself to think about." Abby had already told Ziva about her being pregnant. "Besides the windows are made of plexiglass and I have no idea where we are." "He isn't going to hurt you." "You were just there when he sent his goonies to get me." said Ziva.
"Goons..."said Abby."Goonies is a movie..." said Abby with a small smile. "Gibbs is going to find us. He won't let your father get away with this." "He is probably already looking for us. How long have we been here?" "All of this darkness is messing with my sense of time." "Though I guess that is the point..."
Ziva said "I saw his watch while he was in here." "It is 7:00. Whatever they injected us with was potent." "So he's had us for...nine hours." "We could be...anywhere at this point. Even further if he used a plane to move us." "I hope Tony is okay." said Ziva thinking about Tony. She knew he had to be worried sick at the moment.
Abby sat up and hugged Ziva.
Ziva usually shied away from Abby's intense hugs by oddly enough right now it was strangely comforting. "Eli is going to let you go once he gets ready to move me." "He is probably just waiting until he can get me out of the country." "That way no one can foil his plans for me."
"I am not leaving you alone Ziva…I saw the way you two….got along." said Abby concerned that Eli might actually hurt Ziva. "Or…didn't get along." "I am scared for you." "I don't want anything bad to happen to you." "Where is my taser when I need it."
"I appreciate you worrying about me. But I can take care of myself." "I would have already taken him on if I wasn't worried about your safety." "I can handle the great Eli David and when the time comes I will." "His greatest accomplishment will be the one to eliminate him."
Meanwhile...
McGee sat at his desk at NCIS headquarters looking through traffic camera footage and comparing it with security camera footage from outside of Ziva's building. His eyes were growing tired and he felt exhausted. He had spent several hours processing the scene at Ziva's apartment for prints or anything that might be of use. He looked up from the footage needing to take a break. He looked over at Tony's empty desk and then over at Ziva's empty desk. McGee felt incredibly alone at the moment. McGee took out his cell phone and looked at a picture of Abby and then a picture of their baby's sonogram. Gibbs was off with Director Vance coordinating the search and rescue mission for Ziva and Abby. They were keeping the name of the suspected culprit quiet but Eli was their one and only suspect. McGee had gathered all of his information and was about to go find Gibbs.
Gibbs came downstairs and walked over to McGee's desk. "Tim…have you found anything?"
McGee put the surveillance footage up on the screen. "This is at 10:15 this morning." McGee ran the footage. A black van drove up to the side of Ziva's apartment building and a three man team got out and rushed into the building. While they were inside the building a man looking like Eli David stood outside of the van and waited. Fifteen minutes later the three man reemerged from the building carrying two bodies. McGee said "The van fled westbound and I managed to catch them on as many traffics cameras as I could for as long as I could. They drove around in what seems like circle for a few hours before they stopped for gas." "They went to a private airstrip…" "I've been trying to get the flight manifests for everything that took off in the past twelve hours but I've been getting the run around."
Gibbs said "Well, then let's go there and encourage them in person." Gibbs walked to the elevator with McGee and the two of them left for the private airstrip. Gibbs drove over to the airstrip.
"We were going to tell you Gibbs." said McGee. "We wanted to wait until Abby completed her first trimester." "She's at 12 weeks right now." "We were going to tell you when you came back from your camping trip." "Everything sort of spun out of control."
"Everyone has a lot of explaining to do for breaking my rules." "But I guess it was bound to happen at some point. You can't spend so much time working with someone without there being connections." "So twelve weeks hmm?" asked Gibbs.
"Abby has been really excited. It has been hard on her not telling you." said McGee.
Gibbs pulled up at the airstrip and got out of the car with McGee. They walked into the small office and said "I want to speak with the manager." Gibbs flashed his badge.
"Just one moment please." said the clerk. He disappeared into the back and came out a few minutes later with a cell phone. "This was left here for you." "The man said to just…call the number on the phone."
Gibbs took the phone and called the number.
Eli David answered the phone. "It took you long enough to call me." "I was beginning to think you are not as good as Ziva believes you to be." "What is going on between Ziva and I is a personal family matter." "It was an unfortunate coincidence that Ms. Sciuto was there at the time." "She is unharmed and I will leave her for you at a hotel." "She is at a hotel in Gramercy Park..or atleast she will be by the time you get there." "I will give you the room number when you get there."
"Ziva severed ties with you for a reason…when I find you Eli…you will not walk away from this alive." said Gibbs. He hung up. He tossed the phone to McGee. "I want to know everything about this cell phone and about the call I just made." "He said that he is taking Abby to New York…" "Which means she may not be there yet." "I wonder if they have even left the area…" "You take the car back to NCIS and brief Vance."
"How are you going to get back?"asked McGee.
"Don't worry about that." said Gibbs. He handed McGee the keys to the car. "Well, don't just stand there McGee…go." Gibbs watched McGee leave and walked out of the office as well. He took out his cell phone and called a number. "Tobias…when's the last time you've been hunting?"