"Tony, I am not going in there!" Ziva crossed her arms and looked at Tony as they sat in the NCIS car used for stakeouts and following suspects.

"I, as senior field agent and your superior in every way," Tony smiled at her, "Order you to go into that café."

"Fine. I will do it." Ziva sighed and got out of the car and stuck her tongue out at Tony through the window. As Ziva walked away Tony rolled up the window to keep the warmth inside the car.

"Hey Ziva," Tony picked up the radio and said into it.

"Yes Tony?"

"Be careful, k?"

Ziva laughed and said, "I will be Tony. Do not worry about me. I think we may actually have a strong link to Dearing this time. Stronger than Cole was."

"I hope. Wouldn't that be nice?"

"Yeah. We could move on from everything." Ziva sighed.

"Now go in there and get Porter."

"I am going." Since Ziva as not yet in the café, Tony could see her through her arms in the air.

"Can you see him through the window?"

"I think. Tony I cannot see him."

"Look harder then go in when you have him."

"I will." Ziva took one step towards the restaurant the boom! The café blew up right in front of Tony and Ziva's faces. Tony sat there for a bit before reacting.

"Oh my god." Tony whispered as he climbed out of the car and ran towards the café. "Ziva no. Stay with me Zi. C'mon Ziva!" Tony said quietly trying to keep his voice from shaking. A tear ran down his cheek and he started to administer mouth to mouth for her. When he heard the sirens he didn't stop trying to help Ziva until she was wired up in the back of the Ambulance.

"Are you her boyfriend?" One of the medics asked as Tony climbed in the back of the truck.

"No." Tony shook his head and looked down at Ziva.

"Husband?" A different medic asked this time.

"No." Tony shook his head again and sighed.

"Then what are you?" The first one asked again. The two medics looked at him waiting for an answer. Tony took in what they looked like. The one, who asked him if he was her boyfriend, was tall and skinny. The other one was short but broad around the shoulders.

"I'm her…" Tony wondered what to say. Coworker or partner? "Coworker."

"Okay. Where are we taking her?" The skinny one asked.

"Bethesda."

Both medics looked at him. "Is she in the navy?"

"No. Something better. NCIS."

"Okay. We should be there soon." The broad one said as he got up to tell the driver.

"Might wanna call your boss and tell them." The skinny one leaned closer to Ziva adjusted her IV. He then leaned back up to look at Tony and said, "She's quite beautiful. When she wakes up, I may have to ask her out to dinner with me." Tony didn't respond. He just looked at the man and shot him a death stare."

Tony dialed Gibbs's number and waited for him to pick up.

"DiNozzo, did you get Porter?"

"No. Dearing did."

"What do you mean Dearing got Porter?"

"Well apparently, Dearing new we were gonna try and get Porter so he set a bomb up so we couldn't get him."

"Okay. I want you and Ziva back here now."

"Uh, that's not possible."

"What do you mean that's not possible?"

"The bomb hit Ziva. She and I are on our way to Bethesda."

"Are you okay?" Gibbs voice became softer and more concerned.

"Yeah."

"No, I mean how are you taking what happened to Ziva."

"I…um…its hard."

"I know. Abby, McGee and I will be there soon."

"K."