Sorry it took a teeny bit longer than anticipated- I went out for dinner and drinks with my fiancee and some friends after my university lectures all day so I've been busier than expected.

Enjoy

Aliyah was looking rough, one arm handcuffed to a pipe on the side of the grimy wall. She was sitting on the floor, wearing a short sleeved grey top and jeans, both dirtied and torn, her arms and face scratched and bruised.

Jade inwardly thanked that Aliyah looked at least fairly okay, clearly conscious and she didn't seem to be concussed or bleeding at all.

There was three other men in the dingy place, all fairly similar to Shai- who was evidently the leader of the group- though they were far more built physically than him.

Jade took off her jacket and dumped it seemingly casually on a table not far from Aliyah, though she had placed it perfectly so that the camera showed the entire scene as it played out.

Jade had been briefed that the American Agent was meant to be regarding Aliyah as a nuisance- an asset Agent that had gone missing on glanced with contempt at Aliyah 'is this the Agent you captured then?' they nodded.

Aliyah made sure that no flicker of recognition crossed her face as Jade crouched down in front of her, staring for a second before slapping her hard across the face.

Aliyah made no noise and Jade laughed lightly 'looks like this ones not easy to break, you should be glad we agreed to deal with you- I don't think you'd get anything outta this one'.

The men laughed and Jade stood up, nothing visibly between her and Aliyah. 'A cigarette? You want?' Jade nodded 'sure'.

Aliyah was eyeing Jade suspiciously and she knew it wasn't just part of the act, she was genuinely confused and probably annoyed that Jade was here. The last thing she wanted was for Jade to be in danger.

Jade made stilted small talk with Shai and another of the men, whilst the other two disappeared into another room. Shai was largely focussing on the money that Jade had 'arranged' to hand over to them once she had made sure Aliyah was alive.

Of course there was no money, the idea was that Jade got Aliyah out as quickly as possible.

After a period the other two men came back out from the room they'd been in, trying to look nonchalant but Jade and Aliyah both picked up on the brief word one of them had under their breath with Shai.

He shrugged and crouched in front of Aliyah, slapping her as Jade had, but with far more force, jarring his own wrist slightly with the force he used.

He looked over Aliyah with nothing short of abject hatred 'you're really not going to tell us anything are you?'.

Her only response was to spit directly into Shai's face.

He stood up slowly, looking at Jade, eyes dark 'the bitch won't give us anything at all, you'd think she was trained by one of your lot'.

Jade laughed, stubbing out her cigarette, inherently aware this was going somewhere bad. 'how many Mossad agents do you know who are trained by Americans? It's unlikely'.

Shai looked at her with dark eyes. 'but you're not American are you? We also have an FBI agent here, along with this bitch. Even with a gun to his head he could find no record of you, nothing'

Jade knew immediately that's where the two men had gone when they'd gone into the other room.

They had an FBI agent and he'd been forced to admit that she wasn't one of them.

Shai was walking slowly towards her, eyes even darker as he continued.

'Even the FBI aren't that thorough with their own people. Jade Grey, isn't it, or would Jade Sawyer be more appropriate? You'd be surprised on how much information the FBI has on you, seems they wanted to make sure the little Artist didn't get ahead of herself after what happened last time you were here'

Jade sensed that one of the men had moved behind her a split second before she felt a hand on her. A second later she felt the side of her face connect with the hard wooden desk and nearly passed out from the pain, although it passed quickly, helped by the adrenaline rushing through her.

The tallest of the men was behind her and Jade felt a sudden sharp pain again as he pinned her over the table, face and body down on the wood and her arm twisted up her back, a vice like grip on her skin.

Despite the shocking pain and the want to do nothing but call for help and go back to Seattle, fix her marriage and hold her baby, Jade instead shouted the words she knew Daniel would hear over the microphone only a few feet away from her.

Christian, Taylor and Luke were all on their feet, watching the screens and looking physically ill, shouting at him to save their daughter, goddaughter, wife and mother of their child. She meant something different to all of them but it was a shared terror at seeing Jade in such clear pain.

Daniel held up a hand to silence them all

'what's she saying?' Luke was the first to speak, his voice quiet 'I can take it'.

Daniel sighed as the voice became more clear and he could hear it himself 'you're right, she's asking us to hold back'.

Christian paled 'she's in PAIN!' Daniel turned in his seat 'yes, but she's telling us she can take it which means ONE THING where we come from- do not act, I can take it, and I can finish this'.

Christian saw the expression in Daniel's eyes as he stared him down, voice threatening but level 'do not for one second underestimate how much I care for Jade. If she asked for assistance I would be the first one in that fucking building- but she's asking us not to intervene- you don't disrespect what someone asks, and Jade is the best I've ever trained'.

Luke nodded slightly at Christian, though his face was deathly pale. He knew that Daniel treated Jade like something of a mixture between a sister and daughter, looking over her and keeping her out of harms way as much as he physically could.

The conversation was cut short however by movement on the screens back in the grubby building.

Shai muttered something and the taller man released Jade, shoving her at the wall, though she stood in front of Aliyah very obviously.

Shai sneered 'you can't save the bitch now, I'll kill you then I'll kill her too, standing in front of her isn't going to help'.

Jade found herself smirking slightly 'you don't quite understand, I'm not being a bulletproof vest for her'.

Aliyah suddenly stood up next to Jade, the handcuffs uselessly attached still to the pipe, her eyes dark.

'It's not just Mossad that teach how to get out of handcuffs, maybe you should have done your homework'.

Shai's eyes were full of intense anger and he pulled out a gun, pointed it at Aliyah and pulled the trigger.

It clicked uselessly and she smirked 'you should always check how many bullets you have left, stupid mistake to make'.

Aliyah had been there for a week and she knew who had what weapons

'well now I guess it's just the two of us against the four of you isn't it?'.

Jade glanced at Aliyah but she nodded.

Jade knew what the gesture meant. It wasn't exactly one of complete faith, but it meant they had a fighting chance at least.

Oooooh.

please Review etc, as always it's very very helpful :)

and yes, you know what happens after Israel?:

Jack Hyde confrontation- will Jade get involved?

Elena and Christian's dirty little secret gets found out by Grace. Will Jade have anything to say on that (I think we all know the answer to that)

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