Chapter 9

"I think that we should go and check at where she's staying," I said immediately, but then realised that none of us knew where she was staying exactly and sighed,

"or not…." "well I sort of do," replied Eilidh, "she told us all briefly during the recent RE lesson before the fight, it is apparently one of the hotels beside the big

roundabout near your house, " she raised her eyebrows at me, "but you really don't want to do what Tony did in Season 6!" oh yeah….i definitely remembered that

incident, but we couldn't take any risks and know where she is when its too late! "I still think that we should go though, just in case she might be there and well…you

know," I tried to explain but she got it anyway and nodded. We went out of the school (it was after school anyway so I didn't think that it would cause any bother) and

went to the bus stop to wait for the bus that would take us near there, we sat waiting for the next bus, which would be coming in 5 minutes, in silence….we sat in

silence because we were both feeling worried and anxious in the hope that she would be okay! We were still like that in the bus there until Eilidh tapped me on the

shoulder and said, "it's our stop now," and we both got off the bus together.

We got to the first hotel place first, a Premier inn and went to the reception desk, "I don't think we have anybody staying here under the name 'Ziva David'," the

woman said, looking through the list of guests on her desk, "sorry," "It's fine," me and Eilidh said together and left, that just leaves two.

We went to the Travel lodge next but the person at reception said that she wasn't there either, that just leaves one….When we got to the last one, the Hoilday inn,

we finally got an answer! "Yes we do have somebody under the name 'Ziva David' staying here, she is in room 121 on the Third floor,"

"how many floors is there here?" Eilidh asked, "about 7," she replied, she pointed to the stairs, "you can get up to that floor by these stairs, the lift is broken down at

the moment," we nodded and set off up the stairs in search of room 121 and most importantly, Ziva. When we eventually got to the third floor, we went to the door of

room 121 and knocked softly but quickly on it, relief flooded our faces when we heard someone moving about inside and then we heard Ziva's voice, rather shakily and

hoarse though, say "who is it?" "Hey Ziva, its just me and Maddy, can we come in?" Eilidh asked, there was then the sound of a chain coming off from inside perhaps

and then she opened the door for us. We walked in and at first looked at all her furniture, it was all very Ziva like to be honest and it made us smile, but when we saw

the look on her face we immediately stopped…. "Ziva, what's wrong?" I asked her, she looked scared and very confused! "I was meant to have detention with you

remember? but you went missing," said Eilidh looking at her, she takes her hand, "what has happened?" "Well…." she started, breathing in and her breath shuddered

on the way out, "it is a long story but I will just summarise it: Saleem has a brother who has recently moved here, and he goes to your school."

"Are you sure that this is true?" Eilidh asked breaking the awkward silence between us all a little later, "yes I am sure, I recognised his second name ages ago but I

thought that they could not possibly be related to him but today when I was teaching his class 5th period, he walked up to me and gave me this map," she explained,

she got out a map that said 'welcome to Somaila' at the top and it showed basically a map of Somaila. But around about the middle, there was something quite strange:

there was a fingerprint in blood and in the middle of it was the words written on neatly in ink with black marker 'you are here' me and Eilidh got what it meant then!

"I had to get out of that classroom or I was going to pass out, I needed some air…plus I needed to tell

the rest of the team what happened but I did not mean to leave the entire building so that must

have just been the shock," Ziva shrugged, "I didn't actually mind that you had forgotten about detention," said Eilidh grinning, she then turned serious again, "we just

wanted to know if you were okay…you disappeared rather mysteriously," "well I am sorry to tell you both this, but I do not know if I am okay," Ziva sighed, she faced

the wall and turned away from both of us, "I do not know….if I can face my past,"

me and Eilidh looked at each other worried, then there was a knock at the door, "that will be Tony, he said that he would come here to investigate," said Ziva and

opened the door. "Hey guys," said Tony said to us, we said hey back and then he turned to Ziva, "can I see it? The map I mean,""yeah, im kind of scared to be honest

Tony," Ziva said quietly, "awww don't be scared, your Ziva David so you can't be! do you want a hug?" Tony smiled, "it will be fine Ziva, honestly, im sure of it," "yes I

do hope so," Ziva replied, then she smiled too, "but I do actually need a hug," and Tony wasted no time in giving her one! Me and Eilidh were sitting there saying

awww and big grins on our faces the whole time that he hugged her…..

"what are you guys looking at?" Tony laughed, noticing us "nothing," we both quickly said, and instead started looking at the wall in front of them. We sat in a big circle

for a bit after that trying to work out what it means, "What was his brother's reaction when he gave you the map?" Tony asked Ziva, "Did he look like he wanted

revenge? or did he look normal, like he was pretending he didn't know anything about it, because both things we have to be worried about!" "It is hard to explain what

he looked like, he had a massive grin on his face that did not quite reach his eyes, the look on his face was almost…threatening but perfectly normal at the same time," Ziva explained, shivering with the memory.

I still was staring at the map as they were talking, it was all very strange indeed….. "How old is the boy?" Eilidh asked, getting curious, "about 16/17, he is in 5th

grade," Ziva answered, "I think you mean 5th year Ziva," Eilidh corrected her and Ziva sighed, I think the UK confused her as much as America.

Just then, there was another knock on the door, this time sounding urgent and loud! We all stared at each other, "Who is that?" I asked, "I do not know who that

could be, do you know Tony? " Ziva asked Tony, who only shook his head in reply…

Just in case it was something or someone dangerous, Ziva and Tony got out their guns, the knock turned into banging as if someone was trying to break in to the

room! "I think someone is trying to break in," Eilidh whispered, "I think your right," Tony said, shaking his head, "I mean, they could've just used the window though

like from that movie from 1971 where…"

"TONY! Now is not the time for your stupid movie quotes!" Ziva hissed at him, Tony shrugged and mouthed a 'sorry', Ziva then turned to us, she was so close to

me that i could feel her heart pounding...we could hear another pound coming from the door and we all saw that the door was being cracked open, "Tony, you were

right, they could've just used the window as this has just given us more time," she winked at him who tried not to laugh, "but the way that they try to kick down the

door….urgh it makes my heart beat like a tambourine!" that I could feel her heart pounding, "I advice you both to go and hide somewhere, this is not going to end

well…" she looked around and pointed, "there! Under the bed with all the books, they will hide you…." she paused as we all heard none of us had time to correct her

as the door finally gave way and me and Eilidh had to get to the bed as quickly as possible and hide, just in time we got there as all we could remember after that was

Tony and Ziva screaming in unison, something about federal agents and probably making them put their hands up to surrender as they had both had guns and then

the light went off and all you could hear was a bang in that darkness…