This was the first fic I ever wrote. I wasn't going to post it at all but then thought "hey what the hell!". So here it is!

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS (wish I did… really I do)

Drawing his gun and creeping carefully into the house, Tony set his mind to finding and shooting this bastard. He'd pay for what he did to Kate – kidnapping her, making her suffer, making her afraid. He'd seen the look in her eyes when they'd rescued her. Like a part of her was somehow missing.

Tony edged around the doorframe, glancing around frantically, gun aimed high. He checked the room and, with no sign of Ari, waved Gibbs and the team inside too. Adrenaline pumped through his veins, his heart beating faster and faster with the rush. But this didn't faze Tony. He was too keen to find him. Shoot him.

Tony knew he was doing exactly what Gibbs told him not to – making it personal.

"Good, effective agents don't make it personal DiNozzo," he had said few hours before. "This is just another case, just another bad guy. Got it?" With his piercing blue eyes focused on his, Tony had nodded and muttered a "Yes Boss", but he didn't mean it.

Gibbs had made it personal. He had become obsessed with Ari and he knew it. If this was a game of 'do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do', then he wasn't playing. This was not "just another case" – this hurt Kate. This was not "just another bad guy" – this was Ari. And Tony was gonna make sure he paid for everything he'd done.

Agents bustled through the house checking all the rooms for any signs of the terrorist. Calls of "clear" came from various areas of the house. Tony's heart sank. They'd missed him. Just then an agent popped his head around a doorframe at the far end of the hallway.

"Uhh… I think you may want to come check this out," he aimed at Gibbs, who immediately rushed into the room. Tony followed, his mind racing at the possibilities of what he might have found.

The rug in the middle of the floor had been pulled back to reveal a door. Gibbs looked at Tony and Tony nodded in agreement as he withdrew his gun again. Gibbs counted a "1,2,3" and opened the hatch in a sudden movement. Stairs led down into a deep dark hole of uncertainty but Tony didn't hesitate and took the stairs two at a time with Gibbs following closely.

"Special Agen Gibbs," Ari beamed "What a surprise."

The two agents stood with their weapons aimed at the terrorist. Ari, unarmed, rose slowly from his chair.

Tony didn't' shoot him. Not because he didn't want to – oh no he wanted to alright – but because he had no reason to. Ari was surrounded and unarmed. There was no escape for him. Shooting Ari would have given him the easy way out. Besides, Gibbs hated this man even more than Tony did and yet Gibbs didn't shoot him on sight either. So Tony simply stood there beside Gibbs with his gun aimed at Ari, ready for anything.

"Ari you're not getting away this time," Gibbs told him. "Turn around and kneel on the floor with you're hands on your head."

Ari slowly began to do as he was told, but made a point of saying, "It doesn't matter anymore Agent Gibbs. I'll die before I tell you what you want to know." Gibbs cuffed the man and pulled his head back by his hair.

"And what would that be?" he glared at the smirking terrorist.

"Oh surely you didn't think I had no backup plan. You do underestimate me," Ari sneered.

The hairs on the back of Tony's neck stood on end and sweat prickled his brow. What was Ari talking about? They'd secured the missile-bomb he was planning, they'd got Kate back and now they'd captured Ari. They didn't know anything about any other plans.

Gibbs must have come to the same conclusion because he yelled at Ari "what are you planning? What's the next attack!" The terrorist grinned up at Gibbs, who couldn't control his frustration any longer and bashed the barrel of his gun into the back of his head so he fell unconscious.

The room fell completely silent as the two agents stood staring at the body sprawled on the floor. Gibbs opened his mouth to say something to Tony but Tony quickly hushed him and told him to listen.

A faint beeping could be heard if they strained their ears enough. A tiny glimpse of fear crossed Gibbs' face momentarily and he quietly stated "Bomb." Then, before Tony had a chance to panic, Gibbs lifted an unconscious Ari over his shoulder and yelled at Tony to run.

Tony didn't have to be told twice. He sprinted out of the tiny basement yelling at the agents still in the house to evacuate immediately. Gibbs was still behind him with Ari and running as fast as he could. They both headed out the door. They'd cleared about 20 meters before the bomb went off.

And my god it went off! The whole roof of the house lifted and seemed to hover for a moment before crashing down and being engulfed by a huge fireball. The sound was horrific and the sheer power of the blast sent Tony flying through the air to end up sprawled across the gravel. He didn't try and get up. Instead, he passed out.

Tateness in the next and final chapter I promise:)