Broken: prologue
The warehouse was massive and was full crates; so much so you could not see the other side of the expanse. Ziva could feel McGee behind her as they worked their way slowly in from the back door towards DiNozzo and Gibbs in the front. She saw the suspect from the corner of her eye. Spinning she leveled her gun in his direction. She felt McGee follow suit.
"Stop, federal agents" McGee yelled. The suspect just smiled.
Then she saw it the bulge underneath his jacket her eyes widen fear. Her head yelled not here this does not happen here.
"Bomb" she screamed unknowingly in Hebrew reaching her hand slightly behind and to the right pushing McGee back towards the door. Dropping the gun to her side she turned towards McGee with eyes wide pushing him out. McGee may have no idea what she said but he knew it was bad as he turned to run.
Gibbs and DiNozzo were still close to the front door with guns drawn when they heard McGee and started towards the other agents. Ziva's scream stopped Gibbs in his tracks he knew what she had said pulling DiNozzo back from charging ahead. Gibbs pushed him towards the front door "Run!" he demanded.
The explosion ripped though the warehouse pushing Gibbs and DiNozzo to the ground outside. Gibbs pulled himself up looking over at DiNozzo who was doing the same.
"David, McGee" Gibbs yelled into the small microphone.
For a moment there was nothing. DiNozzo pushed himself from the ground and started moving toward the back of the building with Gibbs behind him.
"I'm here."McGee's voiced strained through the ear piece.
"David" Gibbs called again. He watched as DiNozzo broken into a full force run. Again there was silence. "McGee do you see her?"
"I found her" McGee voiced crackled through the ears. McGee pulled a chunk of the building off an unconscious Ziva. "We need a bus" McGee yelled. He could see DiNozzo rounding the corner at full speed coming straight to them. "She's waking up" McGee added
Ziva began to pull towards consciousness. She saw the pieces of the bus strew around her body on the street in Tel Avi "Talia" She screamed trying to crawling toward the burning wreckage but somebody was stopping her but there was no holding back the tears as the fell like a storm down her face.
McGee and DiNozzo both were holding her back so she could not hurt herself. This time her scream came out with more as a cry of pain and anguish. "Talia!"
DiNozzo pulled her back towards his chest. "It's over Zee" His voice penetrated Ziva's mind and her images began to clear and she felt her body relax into him. McGee face was blackened by the dirt wiped the blood from him forehead and finally breathed. He looked up questionably to Tony who just shook his head in response.
Gibbs knelt down next to his agents. "Ziva" he asked quietly. She was leaning back against Tony her head down on her chest. His words seen to pull her back to the present and she began to pull herself out of Tony's arms.
"I am fine" looking up finally. Gibbs gently pushed her back and Tony tightened his grip slightly around her.
"Stay" Gibbs directed her staring into her eyes. They heard the sirens coming in the background. They all stopped and felt lucky for a moment.