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Chapter 2-Sacrifice

"What are you doing here? This is my problem, not yours!" Although I was overjoyed to see him, I was also angry. "Well, I just couldn't live without you . . . I guess." He chuckled. His eyes fell upon my face when I looked up. He looked at me the same way that he had for almost five years now. Why couldn't I just come out and say it? I couldn't make myself tell him the truth; that I loved him. What would he say? I mean I've been gone, for what, four months now. He clearly had to have a girlfriend by now. That's just Tony.

As he gazed at her, he wondered if he should tell her about his feelings toward her before he was killed by that bastard and poor excuse for a man. He could see it now: he would find the courage to finally tell her and then he would begin," Ziva, I-"then he would get shot. He had to tell her now or she would never know. As he came back to reality, he remembered that they were not alone. McGee had been hog-tied and was lying on the floor behind the woman he loved. "McGee," he finally said," how you holding up?"

When McGee heard Tony, he was shocked and surprised. Tony normally only cared about saving his own behind." Yea, Tony, if being tied down, and lying on this floor crusted with crap, and then yes, I'm fine."

McGee is here? My thoughts wondered back to my former teammate who was never great at fieldwork. But, when it came to computer-tech stuff, he was the man. "You brought him with you?" He just sat there. "Where's Gibbs-"I broke off suddenly as I had a thought: Gibbs doesn't know they are here." You didn't, Tony, please tell me you didn't." If they didn't tell Gibbs or ask permission-well all I can say is that if he-Tony- gets out of here alive, Gibbs will kill him when he gets back!" To answer your question, no, I didn't tell him." He paused to take a deep breath." So he doesn't know unless,-McGee, you didn't-"He gave McGee one of those Gibbs stares." I'm sooo sorry Tony, after you left the office, he asked me, well more like threatened me, and I quote,'Damnit, McGee, where is he going?', so I kinda had to." Ah. Ok then, Gibbs does know that he is here. " McGee, when we get out of-," he was cut off when Saleem reentered. " I will give you little pathetic Americans a moment to decide which one of you will tell me where the other agents are and which one will die." He turned and left them alone again." What other agents? You are here by yourselves, aren't you?" I glared at him." Well, yea, what did you think if I didn't even tell Gibbs about this?" True." I will die. You two have nothing to do with this." Tony's eyes looked as if they were going to pop out of his head! "Ziva, you can't . . . I mean I can't let you . . . I . . . I . . . uhhh . . ."What was he trying to do? This was my fault. Tony and McGee were in danger because of me. I should die.

No, she can't die; I love her. I have to come up with a plan. Just then, he remembered Gibbs' Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife. When Saleem had frisked him, he did not confiscate his knife concealed in his pocket. As he was about to tell his friends of his escape plan, Saleem walked in. Right before he began to speak, a bullet shattered the unusually small window near the ceiling, and the next thing the very special NCIS agents saw was Saleem's limp body fall to the floor as blood gushed from his forehead. Saleem was dead.