Aliyah II

Summary: My take on what happened at the end of season 6. Will Tony and the team be able to save Ziva? And what is she hiding?

"Tell me everything you know about NCIS." Aliyah

Tony's Apartment

Tony sat on his couch and he hadn't moved since Gibbs told him to go home and don't come back until he could safely come back to work and focus. Gibbs wasn't blind to Tony's feelings for Ziva. It's been three days. All he gets up for is water and bathroom. Today he sits in silence because he destroyed his TV in a fit of rage yesterday. It's been three days since he last saw Ziva, three days since he last heard her beautiful laugh that lit up every dark room. Three days of drowning himself in alcohol to forget. Forget that he wouldn't ever see Ziva again. Forget the ultimatum her father gave her. Forget the way he felt about her.

But today he remembers. He remembers why he drowned himself. He remembers the look on Ziva's face when she attacked him in Tel Aviv; he remembers the look of betrayal, hurt, guilt and confusion on her beautiful face. And then he realizes. He realizes Ziva won't ever come home. Then he realizes why. Her father gave her a choice; come back to NCIS or stay in Tel Aviv. Because she chose to stay in Tel Aviv, she is a risk to Mossad. The Americans made her soft and vulnerable. The only thing the Director of Mossad can do is send her on a suicide mission. This realization is worse than anything Tony has ever felt before.

His cell rings and pulls him from the brink of darkness once again.

"Yeah Boss?"

"Come back in DiNozzo, we got a case. Be here in an hour."

"You got it Boss." Click. Tony wasn't in the mood for a case but he knew he couldn't sit in his apartment and wallow for much longer. He also wanted to keep his job so he got off his couch, showered, got dressed and headed to work.

The Bullpen

"DiNozzo, you're late."

"Sorry Boss, I got a lot on my mind right now."

"Tony, where've you been these last few days?" asked McGee.

"Not here, McNosey," Tony coyly replied. Thwack.

"Sorry Boss." As soon as Gibbs headslapped Tony, things began to return to normal; as normal as things could be without Ziva. "You said we got a case Boss?"

"Yeah DiNozzo, go to Abby's lab. You too McGee."

Abby's Lab

"Gibbs!" Abby cried as she ran into the aged man's arms and began crying. Not many things made Abby cry. The only times when Abby cried was when Kate died and when Jenny died. There was only one person left for Abby to cry over, and Tony hadn't heard from her in almost four days.

"It's Ziva, Gibbs." Abby sobbed. Those three words made Tony want to throw up.

"What's going on Boss?" Tony questioned.

"Yesterday we received a package in our mail. It had a return address on it for somewhere in North Africa. I opened it and saw a Star of David necklace and a finger. Tony's face paled as he remembered Ziva always wore a Star of David around her neck.

"The necklace was caked in blood and the finger had remnants of a French manicure on it. I had Abby run tests to see whose blood and finger these are," Gibbs told Tony and the rest of his team.

"It's Ziva's, Gibbs," Abby cried again. And Tony's world went black.