Chapter 3

Highway One

0600 hours, 30 June 2000, US Highway One, 26 miles south of Miami, Florida.

The sun was just beginning to peek over the horizon as Tony's helo approached the target vehicle. Mossad Deputy Director Eli David had sent his right hand man, Illan Bodner to Detroit, Michigan to purchase 3 cars. It was at The Ford River Rouge assembly plant where Three, Liat, Malachi and Chester had caught up with Bodner. Tali had hacked into The US Department of Transportation's Database, and had downloaded the manifest and destination of Bodner's Semi. The purple semi had a flatbed in tow, and had 3 cars on it, covered by tarps. Bodner's destination was Key West, where they would be shipped to Haifa. Tony didn't know why Eli had purchased the cars, and frankly, he didn't care. The only thing Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Dominick DiNozzo cared about was hitting Eli David where he knew it would hurt most: The pocketbook. "All Callsigns, this is Movie Buff. We only got one shot at this, so lets do it right" Tony said into his radio. The Unit couldn't be recognized, so everyone was dressed in their civvies. "Ok, Phase one, Blue Star and Freedom, Go!" Tony ordered. For the chopper above he watched as Malachi and Tali sped down the highway, coming up behind the semi truck. Malachi in his white 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS and Tali in her black 1968 Pontiac GTO. They flew past the truck on either side and came up in front of it. They swerved back and forth across the road. The truck was forced to slow down. The roar of the 2 car's engines was able to partially block out the noise of the Huey's engine as it descended down towards the bed of the truck. "Bring us in nice and easy Jack" said Tony to the Pilot, Captain Jack Bauer.

"Copy" Bauer replied briefly. The Chopper descended further towards the highway. Tony turned towards his son Three.

"Ok Three, your 1st" Tony ordered. He watched as Three clipped his carabineer to the rope and slide to the edge. "And be careful, your mother will kill me if you get hurt" Tony said with a smile. Tony watched as his son slide down the rope. Bauer kept the chopper level, trying to make it as easy as possible for Three to get down safely. Three touched down on the flat bed and released himself from the rope. He gave his Dad the thumbs up. Tony nodded in reply, as he turned to his daughter. "Your up Liat, be careful" Tony warned. Liat slid forward and kissed her Abba on the cheek before clipping onto the rope. Tony watched as Liat slid down the rope to the flatbed below. After she unclipped, Tony clipped on and followed. When he reached the deck, he unclipped and waved Bauer off. Bauer saw the signal and flew back up to provide a stable firing platform for his men: Staff Sergeants Jonathan Cole and Mike Weston, who were providing cover fire for the DiNozzos.

Tony pulled his Bowie knife from it's ankle sheath and used it to cut the ropes holding down the tarps. The 1st car on the end was a beautiful red 2001 Dodge Viper. "Three check the ignition" to yelled. The Viper was a convertible, so Three simply jumped over the door and into the driver seat.

"Got the key" he said as he started the Viper up and revved the engine. Tony nodded. Liat walked over and removed the claps that held the car in place. Three shifted into reverse and mashed the throttle. The Viper sped backwards off the flatbed and onto the road below. Still in reverse, Three yanked on the e-brake and did a 180-rockford turn and quickly shifted into first gear as he sped away in the opposite direction. "This is Sky Train, I'm home free" said Three over the radio. Tony turned to Liat as they pulled off the next tarp, revealing a blue 1964 ½ Ford Mustang with white racing stripes.

"You're next Golden Girl" Tony said as Liat opened the door and got in, staring the ignition and revving the powerful engine. Tony released the clamps and Liat threw the car into reverse. She backed the car quickly off the flatbed. She pulled the same 180-rockford turn as her brother and sped off.

"This is Golden Girl, I'm clear" said Liat into her radio as she sped off to catch up with her brother. Tony pulled the tarp off the 3rd and final car and revealed a reddish-orange 2001 Saleen S-7.

"Nice" said Tony as he released the clamps and got in. he turned the key in the ignition and fired up the engine. After revving it a few times, Tony threw it into reverse and backed off the truck. The Saleen hit the ground with a "thud" and bounced a little bit. Tony yanked hard on the emergency brake, pulling the car into a 180 degree Jim Rockford style turn. Tony quickly shifted into 1st gear and then 2nd gear as he sped off to join his children. "All callsigns this is Movie Buff, target vehicles secure, repeat, cargo secure, all callsigns disengage, I repeat disengage" Tony ordered.

"Roger" said Malachi into his radio as he and Tali pulled into 180 degree turns and sped off for home. A few minutes later, all 5 cars were together.

"Hey Dad, where he headed?" Three asked.

"Miami, boats leave at 0800" Tony informed them.

0655 hours, 30 June 2000, Port of Miami, Miami, Florida.

When the DiNozzos pulled up in their stolen cars, they had just over an hour until the cars needed to be loaded into containers to be shipped out. "Ok, Lets go, strip em down, vid numbers, serial numbers, anything that can be used to id these cars, I want em off. Tali and Malachi pulled in right behind them, they had all the equipment they would need in the trunk of their cars.

By 0730, the cars had been strip of anything that could identify them as the ones bought by Eli David. They had also been wiped clean of finger prints. Tony had taken the license plates off the cars, which had also been wiped clean of prints, and placed them in a manila envelope. "What are you going to do with those?" Malachi asked. Tony smiled

"You'll see" Tony replied.

"Can you at least tell us where you're gonna sent the cars?" Tali asked.

"The Viper is going to Captain Volcanoff, in St. Petersburg, and The Saleen is going to Princess Alexi of Romania in Bucharest" Tony explained.

"And the Mustang?" Three asked as the cars were being loaded.

"An old friend" said Tony.

0800 hours local time, 3 July 2000, Port of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

It was early, and Commander Sheamus McKevitt of The Irish Republican Army was surveying the off loading of a weapons shipment from Romania. They had to move quickly before the RUC caught on to them. One of his men came running up to him. "Commander McKevitt sir, there's another container here sir, its address specifically to you. We've checked it out it's clean" the man informed him. McKevitt walked over to the open container. Inside was something covered by a white tarp. There was a note attached to it. Sheamus picked it up, it read "Trinity" on the outside of the envelope. He opened it and pulled out a card. It read "The Enemy of my enemy" McKevitt smiled. "And thus, I call you friend" McKevitt said out loud. McKevitt pulled off the white tarp and revealed a blue 1964 ½ Ford Mustang with white racing stripes. "Trinity" grinned from ear to ear.

1300 hours, 4 July 2000, DiNozzo Residence, Base Housing, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

"Sheamus McKevitt? You sent it to Sheamus McKevitt?" Malachi asked. It was the 4th of July, and the members of the Unit had all gathered at The DiNozzos' for a barbeque. Even Kate, Lieutenant Commander Parker, Tom Colleton and Colonel Barrett's daughter Erica Jane had been able to join them. It was a beautiful and hot summer day. Everyone had broken off into little groups. Bridget, Meg, Jordan, Kate and Terri Bauer were at one table, most likely chatting about their men folk, although Tony couldn't be sure, as he couldn't hear them, and frankly, he didn't really care. The Children, aka: Three, Liat, Tali, Erica Jane and Kim Bauer were at another table, talking about God knows what, while the younger Unit Members, Cole, Weston and Billy were talking shop at another. That left Tony, Colonel Barrett, Tom Colleton, Malachi, Jack Bauer and Chester the final table.

"Yes, I did send it to Sheamus. He did after all, help us rescue that little girl a few years ago" Tony explained.

"Yeah that's true, he did" said Chester, who was also on that mission in Belfast 3 years earlier.

"Still, he is a Commander in The IRA! And his Father, General Michael McKevitt is The Commanding General of The IRA!" exclaimed Mal.

"Still not caring" said Tony with a smile.

"So what's the latest on Director Gold's health?" Tom Colleton asked Malachi, changing the subject. Malachi shook his head.

"Not good, he grows weaker by the day. He won't see 2001, which means it won't be long before Eli David takes power "said Mal, grimly.

"It'll make it that much harder, and politically dangerous to kill him" estimated Chester.

"Doesn't matter, Eli David will die, and it will be at my hand" declared Tony.

"Ok, time for a lighter subject" suggested Colonel Barrett. "Thanks to Tony, The Unit has cost Eli David approximately $100,000,000 in the past week alone" said Barrett proudly. "It's considerably more, if you lump that together with the Ben-Lev Family, Colonel Fekesh, The DSD and Bradenhurst Corporation" he added. "I miss anything?" he asked Tony.

"Nope" answered Tony quickly and flatly. His eyes shifted to Colonel Colleton's.

"Did you think you'd get away with it?" Tom asked as the man, their target stood up from his desk, his silver plated Colt 45. in hand. The low light in the room shimmered off the eagles on the man's shoulders. "Was it always about the money? Was that why you sold out your country to Eli and Rene? You sold weapons, technology and intelligence that were used to kill Americans!" yelled Colleton, his words bouncing off the soundproof walls of the study.

"It was always about the money. Years ago, I always sent Jenny to the best schools. I had to pay for them" said the Colonel as he raised his pistol. "And know you came here to do what? Kill me?" he asked.

"That's the plan" replied Tom with a smile.

"And how do you plan to do that, when I have the gun?" the man asked as he cocked the pistol.

"I never said I was the one who is gonna to kill" you replied Tom. Suddenly, Tony appeared behind the man. In one fluid motion, he grabbed the man's gun and forced it to his temple, pulling the trigger. The man's body went limp, as he fell back into the chair.

"Look at that, ran into his own bullet" said Tony as he let the man's arm, and the gun fall to the side. He looked back up at Tom. "Let's go"

That mission had taken place in the dark days off the Unit. it had only been 4 months since John Hirsch's death, and Malachi and Chester were still recovering from it. So when the termination warrant had come through, Colonel Colleton and then Captain DiNozzo had taken it upon themselves to carry it out. The man he and Tom had killed that night was in fact a traitor to his country. And at the time Tony didn't see a problem with killing him, and he still didn't today. What bothered him about it, was when years later, he ran into the man's daughter.

With a deep breath, Tony stored the memory back in the back of his mind and went on enjoying the barbeque, and more importantly, The Company of his family. "So Dad, what did you end up doing with those license plates?" Three asked him. Tony smiled his trademark 1000-watt grin.

"Oh, you'll see"

0930 hours, 18 July 2000, Office of Mossad Deputy Director Eli David, Mossad Headquarters, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

"Intolerable" said Eli David as he threw a piece of paper down on his desk. In the past month, he had lost over $100,000,000 dollars, and one of his best arms distributors as well as provider of arms and intel. But the most shocking and vulgar act of all was when his 3 cars were stolen right from under Illan's nose. He picked up his cup of morning tea and sipped it as Liat walked into the room.

"This came for you Deputy Director" she said as she laid a manila envelope down on his desk.

"Thank you" he replied, very insincerely. Liat nodded and left the room. Eli opened the envelope and pulled out a note. It read:

-Eli,

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it"- Ferris Bueller

If you can find em', you can have em'

-MB

Eli placed the note down and dumped out the contents on the folder. Out slide 3 license plates. Eli's face turned bright red wit hanger. "AHHHHHHH" he screamed.

As she walked down the hallway, a small smile cracked on Liat's face.

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