"We haven't got long" Ziva said, looking directly at her brother, ignoring Caitlin Todd who stood between them looking utterly bewildered.

"You shouldn't have told them." Ari said and she could see the anger in his eyes at her. She had told Agent Gibbs where Ari was but she had gotten there first, she didn't want Gibbs rushing in and shooting her brother, she had to talk to him and put some sense into his head first.

"Why did you take her?" Ziva said, talking like Kate wasn't even in the room.

"I was not spending the rest of my life in that prison, I was going insane Ziva!"

"You are insane! Now they are never going to believe you're innocent." Ziva said, a pleading look on her face but Ari just laughed and turned away from her rubbing a hand over his face.

"You really think I am innocent Ziva?"

She just stared at him. Did he just say that he had tried to kill Agent Todd? "But you…" She trailed off unsure how to continue with Caitlin in the room. "What you said about her, why Ari? I don't understand."

"And I need answers too." Kate butted in, "What on earth do you want from me; you got your escape, what now? Hold me hostage for the rest of my life?"

Annoying as always Ari just smirked leaning backwards to rest on the door frame. "I have a plan Caitlin, do not worry."

"Does it involve me going home?" Kate snapped back but of course he didn't answer and turned to Ziva instead.

"How long have we got?" He asked her casually.

"I don't know, not long I would imagine, Gibbs certainly isn't going to wait to let you escape again."

"Sorry to spoil his fun" Ari said, turning to Kate, "we are leaving now."

"But we just got here" she moaned, trying to delay him, if Gibbs was on his way she may be rescued after all. "Besides I haven't even gotten to speak to Ziva properly yet."

"She is coming with us." Ari said then looked to his sister who was shuffling uncomfortably at the other side of the room. "Or is she?"

"You tried to kill her Ari, why?" Ziva whispered her eyes large as she stared up at her older brother with the innocence of a hurt child.

"It was something I had to do, but I promise you, both of you, I regret it."

"I can't be a fugitive Ari" Ziva said "and I can't let you go either."

Ari stared at her and for the first time in his life, Ari Haswari felt lost. He stared at his sister who he had loved and cared for all these years only to see the betrayal in her eyes, except it was not her betrayal that he saw, it was his. "So is this what you want, Ziva?" Ari asked her, shock in his voice, "to see me locked away for the rest of my life?"

"Father will…"

"No he won't." Ari stated simply. "I know Ziva, he ordered you to kill me."

"I thought you were innocent Ari, I thought he was wrong!" Ziva's voice had turned from a quiet whisper to a loud yell by now, all her emotions filled her voice and she was shaking with the impact of everything she felt.

"Caitlin, we are leaving" Ari practically growled as he turned his back on Ziva and began to walk away.

"I don't think so!" someone yelled, but this time, the voice wasn't Ziva's.

"Special Agent Gibbs" Ari said turning around slowly to face the man he hated who now had a gun pointed at him from the doorway.

"Gibbs" Kate said quietly from in front of Ari and was about to move towards him when she felt a hand on her back.

"I don't think so" Ari murmured from behind her.

Kate didn't dare to move as she felt his arm snake around her waist and pull her towards him so that her back was pressed against his chest. Her heart rate sped up as she watched Gibbs from across the room aim a gun right at her.

"Let her go Ari and I might let you live!" Gibbs shouted not moving his hands even a tiny bit.

"I am afraid I can't do that Agent Gibbs, mainly because I know that isn't true." Ari said from behind Kate, she could feel the heat of his breath on the nape of her neck and it made the hairs stand on end and a small shiver run down her spine.

"Kate, are you alright?" Gibbs asked her but didn't take his eyes of Ari.

"Yes, Gibbs I'm ok." Kate said, "Though I would rather be at home right now."

"I don't blame you." He growled, but he wasn't talking to Kate anymore, Gibbs eyes narrowed as he stared down the man who had taken his agent hostage three times.

"Agent Gibbs, Caitlin and I were just about to leave and I am afraid you have interrupted our travel plans." Ari said calmly from behind Kate but she could hear the venom in his voice, he really did hate Gibbs.

"You're not going anywhere!" Gibbs shouted, taking a step forwards.

"Ari, please!" Ziva said from across the room, "let her go!"

"Ziva" Ari said quietly, "do you want to know why I tried to kill her?"

"Yes, I…I do"

"Eli" Ari said and his voice was laced with more venom than he had ever spoken Gibbs' name with, there was pure hatred in her brother's eyes and that terrified Ziva more than anything else that had happened that day.

"What do you mean?" She asked her voice barely more than a whisper.

"You want to know the real reason I hate Agent Gibbs, Ziva? Well here it is. He is just like him. He is driven by nothing but pure pride and selfishness and he will say it is for protecting the people he loves; but it is not, for he does not love anyone. I was born for one reason Ziva, for one reason only. To be Eli's precious mole in Hamas, he sees me as nothing more than a tool at his disposal and not only me, you and Tali were his tools as well. I tried to kill Caitlin to cause Agent Gibbs pain because he is just like him."

"But you love her!" Ziva shouted with tears in her eyes.

"Yes, I do" Ari said looking down slightly as if in embarrassment, in front of him Kate froze where she was. "And that is why she had to die."

"That, that doesn't even make any sense!" Ziva sobbed, tears falling down her face without any objection now.

"Don't you see Ziva? The people I care about will get hurt and this won't end with just me, I promise you that!" He said.

"ARI!"

The next few events seemed to happen simultaneously. Kate felt the arm around her waist loosen and a gunshot go off, somebody was screaming and there was suddenly nobody stood behind her. Tony appeared out of nowhere and ran past Kate, grabbing Ziva who struggled with him at first then sobbed into his arm as Gibbs lowered his weapon and walked slowly towards Kate…

"Ziva and Agent DiNozzo are escorting Haswari's body back to Israel" Fornell said to Kate and Gibbs as they stood in the middle of the bull pen. "This has made a huge mess but the CIA thinks that they will be able to keep the media from getting wind of this, it would have huge repercussions on our future with Israel."

"It would" Gibbs said solemnly, "who does it say fired the shot on the report?" He asked.

"Ziva, want to keep deputy director David happy" Fornell said before leaving.

Gibbs sighed and turned to his deck before he was interrupted by Kate. "Why did you do it?"

"He deserved to die Kate."

"No he didn't and you know it. A very long prison sentence may be but we know from Ziva all he said was true, it's not fair"

"Life's not fair Kate, has nobody ever told you that before?" Gibbs said.

"Yes, they have, you" Gibbs just laughed.

Kate had been feeling nauseous a lot lately and she was beginning to suspect her earlier theory to the cause of it was true. She did not know how she felt about the idea though. She didn't know if she was ready and the fact that Ari was now dead did complicate matters a bit. That was another thing she did not know how she felt about. On the on hand she had fallen in love with him, it was crazy and against all common sense but it was true. On the other hand, he tried to kill her, no matter what the reason. He had kidnapped her and he had shot her boss and her co-worker and had betrayed both his own country and hers and had not paid for that room at the motel (she was assuming) but maybe he was finally at peace. Kate sighed as she pondered these thoughts and then looked down at her watch, it was time.

She turned over the pregnancy test in her hands… it was negative.

Hi lovely people! I know it has been ages since I updated this story but I didn't like just leaving it unfinished. To be quiet honest I really don't like this ending but like I said I don't like leaving things unfinished and I have completely lost all inspiration for this story, anyways here is the ending though I know it is like 6 months late! As always please leave a review and I hope you have enjoyed reading What if.