Sorry this chapter is so short.

I wanted to leave the cliffhanger just a little bit longer before I actually reveal what is inside of the package.


Tony's POV

"Tony, what is it?" Ziva asked as she drew closer and squeezed my shoulder comfortingly. She peered into the box and stiffened. "Get this to Ducky." She commanded and flew into action. "McGee! Pull up the security footage from this morning and find out who sent that package to Tony!"

McGee glanced up, startled and began to rise out of his seat to see what was in the package.

"No! Now!" Ziva shouted and she dialed Ducky's number. "Ducky, Tony is coming down to the morgue now and you need to be on stand by this is an emergency." Ziva hung up and dialed Gibbs' number. "Gibbs, Tony needs you in the morgue." And she hung up again and dialed 911.

As soon as I heard Ziva say, "This is an emergency," To Ducky I snapped out of my frozen state, grabbed what was inside the package, and bounded towards the elevator.

"No! Take the stairs!" Ziva shouted as she hung up on Gibbs.

"Right, it's quicker." I muttered as I threw myself down the stairs like I had only the other morning. I exited out of the stairwell and flew through the morgue doors.

Ducky was waiting, not really sure why he'd been called away from his dead body.

"Oh, my." Was all Ducky managed to say as he took one look at what I laid on the table in front of him. "You-"

"An ambulance is already on its way." I mumbled, knowing that I could count of Ziva.

"Good. I'll see what I can do." Ducky whispered, fighting back tears.

"What is the meaning of this, Tony?" Gibbs raged as he entered the morgue. "I was in a very important meeting when Ziva calls me and say you've got an emergence..." Gibbs trailed off as soon as he saw what lay on the table. "Is-"

"McGee is already reviewing this morning footage. If that revels nothing I'm sure he'll know to switch to last night's recordings." I whispered as I backed away from Ducky.

Gibbs nodded and opened his mouth to speak again but before he could Ziva burst through the morgue doors. "Ambulance is on its way and will arrive in under ten minutes traffic allowing. The operator said that having Ducky attend to it will be perfect, they couldn't ask for a better situation."

"I know you didn't come all the way down here for this, Ziva." Gibbs said, staring into Ziva's brown eyes.

"No. There was a letter in the box... I think Tony should read it before I had it over to Abby for processing. I already sent her the box." Ziva said as I glanced down at her gloved hand; clasped in between two fingers was a single sheet of lined paper.

"Thank you." I whispered numbly as Ziva handed me a set of gloves and waited for me to put them on.

"No problem." Ziva replied as she handed me the paper and stepped back, trying to give me some privacy as I read the letter addressed to a 'Mr. Anthony DiNozzo'.


Ziva's POV

I watched as Tony slowly read the letter and his face went from being utterly blank to a look of total rage.

"Tony..." I whispered and stepped closer, hoping I wouldn't have to interfere.

"Here." Tony said roughly and thrust the paper at in my direction.

I quickly took it out of his hands and continued to watch him.

Tony glanced around for a moment before realizing there was nothing to destroy. "Ah." He whimpered and fell to his knees. I handed the paper Gibbs who'd put glove on so he could too read it, before falling to my knees as well and wrapped my arms around Tony." Who would do something like this?" Tony gasped as he buried his face into my shoulder.

"I don't know, baby, I just don't know." I whispered into his ear, careful to only use his pet name in the quietest of tones. Despite the current situation I still had to keep a level head on my shoulders or both Tony and I were liable to lose our jobs.

"I don't understand." Gibbs whispered as he turned away from us and exited the morgue. I assumed he was on his way to get Abby the dreadful letter.