A gunshot rang out through the field. The agents turned and watched in slow motion as one of their own fell, taking a shot at his attacker and killing him. As he fell he saw black shadows closing in on his vision. Suddenly his world went black with the single scream ringing in his ears.

"TONY!!"

McGee ran towards Tony, falling to his knees next to the prone form and immediately checking for a pulse. He sighed when he felt a faint thump against his fingers. He turned to shout back to the rest of his team.

"He's got a pulse! It's faint but he's alive!" He heard Ziva sob from within the strong circle of Gibbs' arms, holding her back from running to Tony. He walls began to fall as she let her emotions show, tears running fierce tracks down her cheeks. She let her knees collapse and fell to the ground. Gibbs remained standing behind her as she cried, partly from relief but mostly from worry. She could faintly hear Gibbs issuing a strong command into his phone, probably the ambulance, but she didn't give it any thought. Images of Tony swarmed her mind, showing his handsome face and infectious smile, but she couldn't bring herself to smile.

"Ziva," she heard the soft voice above her say and at first she thought it was him, coming to tell her he was alright, but when she turned she found Gibbs and the ambulance pulling up over his shoulder, "you have to get up. You have to be there for him." Normally his rules would stop him from saying things like that, but he knew that Tony and Ziva were immovable forces. He held out a hand and she took it with hers. He could feel her trembling and could still see tears run down her face. He pulled her into a soft embrace and then led her over to the ambulance where Tony was being lifted into on a gurney. He silently helped her into the back and watched as she sat next to him, slowly taking his still hand, her eyes never leaving his face. He made his way swiftly to the car where McGee was already sitting, face white as he stared at his friends blood on his hands.

The NCIS car reached the hospital in record time, though the ambulance had reached it much faster. Gibbs and McGee ran through the doors of Bethesda, praying everything was still okay. As the ran down a much to familiar hallway they heard a woman's frantic cries.

"He has to be okay! He can't leave, you have to bring him back!" They turned a corner and found Ziva being restrained by four male nurses, frantically trying to get to Tony. There were doctors around him, hooking up tubes, checking vitals, trying to get his pulse back.

"He's been gone too long, help me get him to the ER!" one doctor yelled as he performed CPR on his patient. The group ran down the halls through a set of doors as the nurses restraining Ziva led her to the waiting room. She was silent and unmoving, eyes never leaving the doors that Tony had just dissapeared through. Gibbs swiftly walked over to her, removing the nurses with a glare. He looked at Ziva who now sat in one of the chairs in the empty waiting room. McGee took a chair next to her, putting a comforting hand on her arm, wich she grasped strongly with her own.

"He's going to be okay." he whispered as Gibbs took the seat on her other side. She continued to stare at the doors, but a silent phrase escaped her lips.

"I love him." Gibbs nodded knowingly.

"We all do." she glanced at him and smiled slightly, then as one they all turned their heads to the doors that their fighting friend lay behind.

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