Ziva furiously typed away at her computer. She HAD to gather all the information she could on Bodnar before she left tomorrow. "I can't believe your still tracking him. I guess I should have known." "Tony! What are doing sneaking around behind me?" Ziva said hotly. "You do not need to know what I am doing all the time." Tony sighed. There was just no keeping his partner away from revenge. He had worked so hard to make her see that there were other options, but if this was how she wanted to do it, he would be with her every step of the way. Tony sat on the edge of her desk. "When do we leave?" he said in a resigned tone. "We? I did not say that we were going anywhere Tony." Ziva retorted, "I can do this myself and you will stay here and do nothing." She did not want her partner to get hurt. This was her fight, not his, and if anything happened to him she would kill herself inwardly. "Ziva," Tony said softly, "you don't expect me to stay here while you go alone do you? You need me there Ziva, as a friend and as a partner. I am skilled Ziva, I will not be a burden to you. It will be easier to get him with two of us there." He tried to say something more but something inside of him just finally broke. He couldn't stand it anymore. How dare she put herself in danger without him! Ziva saw his look of hurt and distress and it hurt her too. She had only meant to protect him. Suddenly, she made a unanimous decision. "We leave tomorrow at six in the evening and I will come pick you up." There, she could feel good with that decision. It helped her to know that she wouldn't be facing this all alone. That she would have backup.

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Tony and Ziva were both sitting at their desks like usual the next morning. Except for the fact that they had both been there since five in the morning researching and planning for Bodnar's capture. Tony couldn't get over the way his partner's hair had shimmered in the warm glow of the sunrise that morning. There was nowhere he would rather be than alone in the office with Ziva at five o'clock in the morning. Ziva couldn't help but notice her partner's dedication to her cause. She was so glad she had invited him along. Besides, how could she have kept all this a secret from him! All he had to do was smile and her heart melted. Although, his movie references were getting a little boring.

McGee walked in at eight o'clock, that was plenty early enough for him, to find Tony and Ziva at their desks and his boss's coat hung over the chair. "Pretty early for you guys isn't it?" he asked nonchalantly. "No, unlike you McSleeper, this is actually a reasonable time for us." McGee rolled his eyes at Tony's comment. Another great day at the office had started. "Ha, McGee when you come from Israel you learn to get up early. It is six hours later there you know." Ziva stated teasingly. Tony snickered. "Yah well, Abby just got a lead on our guy, he has a setup in a barn. Let's go." Gibbs called, as he grabbed his coat. Everybody else jumped up and grabbed their gear, catapulting into the elevator.

"Tony, Ziva round the side, McGee you're with me." Gibbs hissed. Tony and Ziva rushed around the side and threw open the door there. Then they rushed into the barn but upon entering saw no-one but Gibbs and McGee. " Uh, Boss there doesn't appear to be anybody here." McGee said as he holstered his gun. "Yah!" a guy yelled. McGee jumped a mile high and said; "Scratch that Boss there is somebody here," as the guy trained his machine gun on them from the rafters.

More coming soon! Hope you like it. Feedback appreciated. The next chapter will be the conclusion of the case and part of their trip to Israel.