Chapter 6
It was late night and Tony was still working. Gibbs already went home so only McGee and Tony were left in the office. 'Finished', McGee suddenly said as he saved the last version of his case report. They already caught the murderer of the dead marine and now McGee sent his report to Gibbs who would not open his mail anyway and to director Vance for the archive. McGee grabbed his jacket and his rucksack. 'See you tomorrow', he said and went home. 'See you tomorrow, Probie', Tony said fixating his computer. He still had to finish his report.
Fifteen minutes later he shut off his computer as well. He looked at his watch and then outside. Nine o'clock and dark outside. It rained. Great, now I have to walk though the rain to get to my car, he thought and closed his jacket. He took his rucksack and went to the elevator.
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Tony left the NCIS headquarters building. He was still on the Navy yard which was secure. Everybody who got in and who got out was recorded and no one without permission could enter Navy yard. Tony walked to his car. It was dark and the lights were already mostly off.
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Tony got out of his car after he had parked in front of his house. He walked toward his door and searched his keys. Accidentally he let them drop and fast he went down to pick his keys up again. He heard a hiss. Then the noise of bursting glass. He looked around. Nobody to see. He took his keys and ran into his front garden where he hid in a bush. He looked around. No one to see and nothing to hear. Nobody around. He stayed there and searched his cell phone. He looked to the rucksack he had left on the doorstep. For a tiny second he thought he would have left his cell phone in the rucksack but then he felt the metal of it in his jeans pocket. Was still someone out there? Why did he miss him? That was funny. Someone hit the glass but the window has been next to him. Even if he had not kneed down to pick up his key, the attacker would not have shot him. It must have been a sharp shooter. There was no one to see. But why would a sniper miss his target?
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Ari rode his red-white motorcycle, as usual and Theresa in her black leather suit drove her black motorcycle. They both arrived at their destination, two kilometers away from Tony's house. Theresa had hacked into surveillance cameras of NCIS headquarters and therefore they knew that Tony was not home yet. They went into an empty parking garage and went up to fifth floor, the rooftop. It was already dark. In the darkness you could not be seen but could not see either. An advantage and a disadvantage. Nevertheless, Theresa liked the darkness more. After a time, you got used to it. They went to the little wall, fifty centimeters high, so that no car could drive through and fall down and thirty centimeters wide. Ari put the gun, he had carried, down. It was Theresa's rifle, he had never seen her use that one before. It was a L115A3, Theresa got it from her boss Fornell to test it on her mission. It was a prototype yet and only tested few times. This task was perfect for it. Without Ari she had just gotten it by Paul. She had told Ari that she needed to get a gun from her friend of FBI. The round would be recognized by FBI and they would have known who 'had stolen' the gun. Of course Fornell had told her to take this gun but Ari did not know.
Theresa had no intention in killing Tony. She wanted to save his life.
Fornell told her that she should try not to blow her cover but also not to risk Tony's death.
The built up the gun and Ari focused the target. 'Ari?', Theresa asked.
Ari looked up. He was ready to shoot and already slackened the gun. 'What's up?', he asked. She kneed down to him and came closer to his face with hers. 'Give me a chance', she said. He smiled. Their faces touched and Ari breathed deeply. They kissed deeply and for a very long time. With his hands he touched her boobs in the leather jacket. He liked her wearing black. 'If I don't get him you can try afterward', she said smiling and put her face down and looked aside. He hid his face in her hair. It smelled like roses, like always. He gently bit her neck, kissed her neck and got lower, then higher again, kissed her chin and her mouth, still softly touching her breasts. 'Okay', he said. 'You got one shot. But then you have to let me fast to the gun before he is able to hide', he smiled. They will get him anyway.
Theresa lowered down before the gun and focused the target. She saw Tony getting out of his car. Perfect timing. She wanted to give him a warning. Of course, she could shoot him from that range. She was a well-trained sniper and two kilometers were a long distance but with the right rifle no problem anymore. She pulled the trigger. Just moving a finger half an inch could erase someone's life. That was so easy. These days killing was made so easy. Most people never thought about psychological consequences, just physical death. Within the years, Theresa has gotten colder in her soul and was able to kill someone without hesitating and without regretting. But she still had feelings. She hit the window. She saw Tony searching a shelter in the bush. 'Didn't get him', she said and looked up. She moved aside fast and stood up. Ari took the gun and focused. 'He's hiding behind the bush in the front garden', Theresa said. Ari found him. He saw him moving in the bush.
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Tony did not feel safe at all. It was not a safe hiding place. He found his cell phone and disabled the key lock. He did not know what to do. He called Gibbs.
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Ari saw light. It seemed like Tony tried to call someone with his cell phone. The display light showed exactly where he hid. Ari smiled.