"Apple Pie"
Chapter Eight: Born to Be Wild
17x11: In The Wind

*Trigger warning*

Isana was working for Ziva well she did a job for Odette who was the woman who was in contact with Ziva and after that job she told her team about it. She didn't want to keep secrets from them. She got a flash drive from a crowded club for Ziva because Odette said she was scared of crowds that were new. Anyways they go to see what's on the flash drive and it's a photo of two men one of them is penning another guy up against a wall. One of them was a childhood friend of Ziva's Adam Ashel, he was also Israeli intelligence shin bet. The only issue with that is Ziva didn't know anything about the job. Ziva can't remember how she knows Sahar, Adam got killed in the end doing everything he could for Ziva.

the other guy was also murdered and the guy from the club Victor seemed like he knew more than he was letting on, so Isana did what anyone would do, she got dressed up in a hot outfit and made the man drool. Only for Gibbs to slap him around a bit, he gives them info on Sahar, her name was Sara and she had a kid named Phineas the problem was Phineas and Sarah were a few victims from a few cases back. She used Phineas to get closer to Ziva, it was so convoluted that it made everyone's head spin. Long story short Sarah was Sahar, and the other woman was just a ploy. In the end, they caught her and what was all this for? Because Ziva shot her brother fourteen years ago to save Gibbs.

Currently, Sarah's son Phineas was missing he escaped out of the window at Gibb's house after Gibbs told him his mom was dead, Phineas grew fond of Gibbs and Gibbs grew fond of him, which was why he was so snappy and put off. The only person who could handle him like this was Isana but Jack was taking one for the team. Isana had to deal with Torres who was also moody he had a thing for lost kids. Only she couldnt find him and it was pissing her off, they got an update on Phineas he went to his friend hurley's house and paid him for his bike.

"Unless he's in hiding or he's being held someplace." Isana hears Gibbs say,

"Okay, but let's not jump to worst-case scenarios just yet."

"Why not? It doesn't get much worse than this. He's nine years old. He's out there on his own. Even without some crazy-ass father - we know nothing about!" Gibbs yells.

"Hey! They are trying to help cool your jets or so help me, you will see my bad side." Isana was scary when she was angry, she was even scarier than Gibbs

"Boss, given what we now know about Sahar, Phin's dad may not be crazy at all."

"Find his dad!" He kicks over a trash can.

"Now!" he leaves and Isana looks at the group.

"- I have never seen him this bad."

"- I'm sure few have," Jack asks.

"I am the few. Okay," Isana pinches the bridge of her nose sighing. "I am going to be on Gibbs watch, text me if you find Nick because I scoured every fucking part of town, Right now Gibbs is beating himself up if that Kid gets hurt it's going to be ten times worse. We have to find him," Before she can say anything Nick walks into the building. "Really, I've been looking everywhere for your ass with me lets go." Nick doesn't move. "NOW!" She starts going towards the elevator.

"Yeah, she scares me more than Gibbs," Jack says watching the partners leave.

"Right"

Isana makes it downstairs to Autopsy with Nick " Where to, Gibbs?"

"Where's Victor? We cut him loose yet?"

Nick nods. "The club owner? Yeah, we had to. He lawyered up."

"He's the only one who knows anything at all about Sahar."

Nick nods again, "Let's go pay him a visit."

" I'll go. You stay here."

" Whoa, whoa, whoa." Isana stops Gibbs from moving.

" Hey, the team needs you. Both of you. I'm better off alone."

" No, no, no, you're not." Isana steps in front of him again.

"Hey!" he yells as Isana makes a face,

"I will literally shoot you." she sasses as he rolls his eyes, "Dont get smart with me." he goes to step around her, and Torres steps in the way,

"Hey, Torres!"

"Gibbs, don't give me this lone wolf stuff. All right? Nobody's better off alone. If there's a kid out there, you either take me along, or you fire my ass right now." Gibbs sighs looking at Isana.

"I mean I am going regardless because none of you are in charge of me."

"Come on." He mutters as the trio leave,

They enter the room well Nick and Gibbs do, Isana was keeping watch up front. Torres breaks Victor's bodyguard's ribs in under two seconds. He pins Victor against the wall by his throat.

"Sahar. What else do you know?" Victor was choking and Wheezing Gibbs nods. "Nick." Nick releases his grip a bit.

"Look, I already told you all I know."

"Where is the kid?" Gibbs asks.

" Ah. It's not my turn to watch him. Go ask his mother."

"She's dead. You want to join her?" Nick threatens.

"What? S-Sahar is dead? That's big news. I-I didn't know. And I sure don't know where the kid is."

" What about the dad?" Gibbs asks.

" What about him? I don't know him." Nick shoves his hand back on Victor's throat again. "All right, look. I know that I lied to you guys before, but "

"- Yeah, you've lied quite a few times." Nick nods as Gibbs's phone rings.

" But I'm being honest."

" Yeah, Izzie"

"- Uh hey."

"I don't know anything else about Sahar!" Victor chokes.

"Are you choking Victor?"

Gibbs pulls the phone from his ear. "Apple Pie says "hi." He puts the phone against his ear again. "What do you know?"

"Pedestrian reported seeing a kid on an orange and yellow mountain bike, corner of Maple Street and Tenth. Mcgee and Bishop will alert Maryland State Police and.." he hangs up.

"Maple and Tenth Let's go."

"Saved by the bell, Victor." Nick releases his hand from his throat.

//

Isana and Gibbs get out of the car, as Torres approaches them on his motorcycle he pulls the face guard up on his helmet.

"I managed to scare off a few delivery guys, but no orange and yellow bike." He explains.

"All right. Let's keep circling."

"Man, I still can't believe how this woman got us. How she fooled us, man. I should have seen it." Nick says.

"- I should have."

" Oh, come on, man. Not just you. She used her own kid as cover. That's not even fair."

" There," Isana yells.

"No. "Fair. " Not even fair."

"No. There. There! On the bike." She nods to a guy on the bike matching the description they take off Torres on his bike Isana on foot Gibbs in his car, Isana is about to reach the guy when Someone Clotheslines him

"Mind if I join you?" Ziva asks kneeling over the guy.

"This is Hurley's bike." Gibbs inspects the bike

"But not Phin's backpack. Let me guess. You're a doctor?" Nick was looking through the many bags of pills he had found in the backpack.

"Those ain't mine, man. I found that backpack in a dumpster."

Ziva picks him up off the ground "Come on. - A few things I miss about police work. Dealing with idiots like you is not one of them." she shoves him up against a wall.

"Where'd you get the bike?"

" Don't say you found it, either." Nick snarks.

"No. That I actually bought. Just a little while ago, some kid."

"What kid?" The guy stays silent. "Where's the kid?!" Gibbs slams his hand against the wall next to the guy's face,

"Bus station on Willow! He was maybe nine, or ten. Said he needed money for a bus ticket, so I gave him 20 bucks for the bike."

"Give this clown to the cops."

"Meet you at the bus station," Isana yells.

" And I'll Beat you there."

" I'm riding with you." Ziva follows after Gibbs.

"No, you're not. I got all the help I need."

"I'm not asking. Do you really want to spend time arguing about this?" Ziva explains.

"Hey, don't! Just take her!" Isana yells she was gonna have to ride with Torres they hand the guy off to the deputies in the corner, Nick offers her his helmet from the second compartment on his bike and she takes it. Before wrapping her arms around him.

//

Nick is holding up a photo of Phineas on his phone. "Sure, I saw him. Cute kid. Wanted a ticket to Philly. Of course, I couldn't sell it to him." the woman at the counter says.

" Why not?"

"No unaccompanied minors. I think he said something about his aunt meeting him here, so I told him to come back when she does." Maureen the ticket woman explains

" Is he still here?"

"No! You got it all wrong, Maureen." A homeless guy behind them starts talking.

"Lenny, stay out of this, please."

"Yeah, but that's not what the kid said. You're talking about that kid that sold his bike, right?"

" Keep talking," Gibbs says. As Nick shows him the picture.

"Yeah, him. He said he was going to visit his aunt in Philadelphia. When Maureen said no, he gave money to some hippie girl to buy his ticket for him. I'm pretty sure they got on the same bus."

"Where's the bus to Philly now?" Isana asks.

"Left about 20 minutes ago, and it's a local. Should be pulling into Silver Spring pretty soon."

" 20 minutes."

" 15 on my bike," Nick says as Isana nods,

"Call Silver Spring, tell 'em to hold the bus. Got a runaway on board."

Of course, when they get back to the bus station and Phineas is gone, a janitor explains how he says the boy leave with a man and he just assumed it was his father, so they all head back to the Naval Yard.

"Look, we are just as frustrated, Gibbs. I mean, whoever Phin's father is, he must be off the grid completely." Gibbs was staring at the plasma where a picture of the van with Phineas was.

"So, all of those custody battles?"

" Were likely an excuse to search for Ziva and do other bad things," Mcgee explains.

"This aunt Phin told everybody about, from Philly. He also mentioned an uncle."

"We found no living aunt. But we can search for an uncle." Mcgee explains.

"There has to be a connection."

"Welcome back, Gibbs. How are you? You doing okay?" Gibbs ignores Leon.

"Hey, Leon, any more word from Damascus?"

"That's why I'm here. My contact found a worker at the American embassy there who just might have a story to tell. Jack, Gibbs, MTAC. Let's go." Vance orders as they run up the stairs after a few moments Sloan just leaves and a few moments later Gibbs comes down the stairs,

"Hey, McGee. I got a new name for you."

"All right, fire away. What do you get?" Mcgee says ready to type it in.

"First name is Hassan. The last name is Sayegh."

"Hassan Sayegh."

"Libyan gangster?" Ziva speaks up.

"- Ziva, hey, you know him?"

"- I know of him. Many people do, and not for good reason." Ziva explains.

"Uh, Gibbs, what about him?"

"He may be the one who's after Phineas," Gibbs responds as Kasie comes running in.

"I got it! The bus station video. I couldn't get the license plate, but I got a clear shot of the guy, and facial recognition gave us a name."

The picture pops up and everyone looks annoyed. "Victor, the club owner?"

"Ziva, let's go."

"Uh, yeah, Gibbs, I'm coming, too," Isana says.

" No, you're not. You're staying here. You get Victor's photo to TSA. McGee, you tell Torres to meet us at Victor's club."

Mcgee nods. "On it."

"And why couldn't you go?"

"Because Gibbs knows that I'd kill him," Isana responds.

Gibbs, Ziva, and Torres had been gone for hours.

"I can't believe this guy lied to our faces again and again." Isana was looking at Victor's picture.

"And the moment he heard Sahar was dead, he got on the phone with Hassan to make a deal."

"Boss, hey, just letting you know we have found no outgoing flights to any Middle Eastern countries tonight. But we've alerted TSA at every airport just the same." Mcgee says into the phone.

"Okay, McGee."

They get an alert an hour later and McGee calls Gibbs.

"Boss, someone just booked two tickets to Montreal, with a connection to Cairo from there," Mcgee explains,

"Someone?"

"Passports show a father and son, but the seats were paid for with a company credit card from Victor's club. Flight leaves Oakton Regional Airport in 30 minutes." Mcgee continues.

"Alert TSA. We're close to Oakton." Jack's phone

"We'll meet you there." They hang up. " Hey, Jack, let's go. You coming?"

"Um, I can't. I got to take this. Just go. Get him. Thanks for holding."

//

Isana Makes it to the airport in time to stop Torres from Punching Victor in the face.

"So your boss can find me." He was glaring at Victor.

" Find you for what?"

"For this." Nick goes to Punch and Isana steps in the way.

"Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no. He's not worth it."

"Yeah, Apple Pie to the rescue, huh?" Victor chuckles mockingly.

"Not to you, anyway." Isana then turns around and punches him in the face with so much force he falls into the TSA security guards behind him.

The group takes Phin back to the Naval Yard where jack found his aunt and Uncle and Mcgee got sent a video of Tahli as well as Isana she wanted to open hers in the privacy of her own home.

"Daddy says come visit, Uncle Tim, so I can meet my cousins and play."

"Cute kid," Nick says.

"Cute? She's adorable."

"Delilah's never been to Paris," Mcgee says.

"I have, if you need any help with the twins I am just saying." Kasie shrugs. Mcgee plays the video again, Zive, Sloane, and Vance are talking Palmer is waiting for Ziva he is going to drive her to the airport, Ziva says her goodbyes starting with Kasie.

"Bonne chance, legende."

"Ah, tre¨s genti, mon amie Kasie." Zive replies.

"Oh." They hug. "Merci, I think."

"Agent Torres, come over here, please." Nick steps towards Ziva. "If my child ever went missing, God forbid, you'd be the person I'd want searching."

"Well, thanks. My only regret is that we never had that rematch."

"Ah. I was hoping for that, too. Since you let me win." Ziva says as Torres points and Nods.

"Aha! Hello? Didn't I tell everyone? I let her win."

"Had to get him started, huh?" Isana yells from her spot at Mcgee's desk.

Nick walks past Ziva to his desk. "Tell her how you feel, you wuss," she whispers in his ear and he chuckles.

"Hey, tell Tony I'm waiting for my video," Bishop mutters.

"Oh, I'm sure he'll send it to you."

"And, Agent Pacheleki, if I may, you have not filled my shoes you have overgrown them," Ziva says as she smiles

"Hmm."

"Odette will be ready when you are," Ziva explains. She shakes Bishop's Hand has it extended out, before turning to Mcgee and Isana.

"I will miss you two most of all, Scarecrow."

"Wizard of Oz. Tony would be so proud." Mcgee hugs her first.

"See you soon."

"I'll see you very soon, Dorothy."

"Mm-hmm." their hug breaks and she goes to hug Isana.

"Ziva, my friend you have made me so strong and for that I love you."

"I love you as well, Isana."

"Can't be late. Let's go." Palmer Reminds Ziva and they head for the elevator.

Isana goes over to her desk, she clenches and unclenches her fist As Nick watches her. She packs up her bag, while he stares at her. Ziva was right he was a wuss because he would never tell her how he felt.

Isana says her goodbyes and goes to leave as Nick stops her in the hallway. "Did you want a ride?"

"Sure, yeah."

"You should Ice those knuckles Mohammed." the two laugh.

"It was either I punch him or you punch him and you have been breaking necks all day I wanted to do and besides. I looked better doing anyway." she winks as he laughs she walks ahead and he admires her. God, he was so in love "You coming, Nicky?"

"Yeah Ana" he starts walking with her again, her places an arm around her shoulder and things just seem to fit with her. Everything seems to work when your soulmates.

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