His eyes were unfocused as he slowly opened them and glanced around the room. What happened? A sharp pain shot through his mid-section as he tried to get up, A warm fluid beginning to gush out of him. It was then that he realized he'd been lying on his stomach In a pool of his
own blood . Panic started to rise in him as he searched the area for his partner desperately, images of the two of them running into an ambush flooding his mind, the last thing he remembered was being knocked unconscious. His eyes begun to bulge out of his sockets as he saw her small figure not
more than ten feet away. Tears formed at the back of hiss eyes as he saw her covered in blood, her breathing jagged.
Pain filled his entire body but he had to reach her, he could feel himself slipping away. Slowly inching on his stomach he painfully begun to crawl towards his partner. Willing himself to make it, even if it would just be for a little while he had to touch her one last time.
Her head was turned to the side, she was staring directly at him.
" Tony …don't leave… me"at that point she begun to cough violently blood spewing out her mouth,he could see her fading fast.
He begged his body to hurry he needed to be by her side.
Now a foot apart from her the tears begun to flow down his face. He found the strength within to speak with what little he had left in him.
"Hold…on..Ziva..I'm...right...here…"
He watched as her eyes slowly started to darken but not without showing the fear in them, then the words that followed sent shudders down to his core, completely crushing his very soul.
"Please Tony..I don't want..to die here..not like..this..please..there's so much..I..we haven't done" her eyes were pleading with him, though they both knew there was nothing either could do. Her eyes shifted away from him, he could tell her eyes were becoming more and more unfocused the world was slowly beginning to fade for her.
"No! look..at..me...only..on..me...". His breathing was becoming more and more erratic with every word .Shakily he lifts his hands from his side and rests it on her face soothing it as gently as possible
"It's…OK..we'll..make..it..We.." he tried to continue but was cut off by his own set of a dreadful coughs, it was getting harder and harder to breath for him and he could tell it was the same for her. it wouldn't be long now, he could feel himself losing focus.
"Promise" her voice was weak, the tears now rolling down her face. He closed the gap between them with the last of his strength, then placing his forehead against hers he slowly placed a soft kiss against her lips looking in her eyes for the final time as the darkness begun to fully take over." It was faint but he could tell she was smiling before the light in her eyes disappeared for the last time.
"I..lov..."was all he could manage to say before everything started going dark, his eyes slowly begun to flutter closed. A small smile found its way etched on his face before the darkness completely took over .He could go in peace and finally be with the one he loved.
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
