(Thanks to all the followers of this and my previous McGiva stories… and I hope you will continue to enjoy this and my future stories)

Final hours:

Bethesda Hospital:

Tim arrived at the hospital to the good news of Ziva's miraculous recovery from her coma, her wound was healing nicely and her pulse was stronger than ever… the doctors were baffled by this miracle as was the rest of the team, except for one person who knew what had happened, Timothy had taken her place to die and he was happy to do it for her.

Ziva smiled at the sight of Tim entering the room to see her sitting comfortably.

"Hey Ziva" he greeted "you gave us quite a scare"

Ziva smiled cheekily "Sorry… I'll be sure to be careful next time"

"Don't joke about that Ziva" Tim said, his voice breaking.

Ziva pulled him into a gentle kiss "No joking now… I'm not going anywhere just yet"

Tim smiled… he would have said the same but he couldn't take saying that only to die in a few hours' time.

Tim stayed by her side for those final hours of his life, he was feeling weaker as the time passed by slowly, Ziva could not see how weak he was as the room drifted into silence, they spoke about their new love and a potential relationship brewing between them, Tim knew he had to say something but he could not, the hours were nearly up.

The final minutes were approaching and Tim decided it was time to leave her in the hospital for her rest, he leaned in close and kissed her softly "I love you Ziva" he whispered.

"I love you too" she whispered back and kissed back deeply before slipping into a deep sleep.

Tim waited for her to sleep before whispering into her ear "Be safe, Be happy, Stay strong and I'll forever have you're back"

When Tim arrived home his heart was beating rapidly in his chest, he was scared as hell but he refused to sneak out of the deal he made with the reaper in question. He stripped out of his clothes and changed into his bed clothes before climbing into bed, he knew the reaper was waiting and he was not going to disappoint her… taking one last look at the window he closed his eyes with a smile knowing he was doing what was right.

The Death world:

When Tim opened his eyes he gulped down the bile at the sight before him, he was surrounded by nothing but a dessert… the clouds thundered like a howling of souls being tortured, in the distance was a small silhouette of a castle, on the ground before him was a metal device that looked like a futuristic rifle, he felt a familiar presence behind him.

Tim smirked "You know for a reaper you could at least give a man a fair warning at when their being reaped"

The reaper smiled and brushed her hair softly "Where is the fun in that" she replied.

"Where are we?" Tim asked softly.

"Hell" she answered simply

Tim looked at her incredulously "You were going to send Ziva here" Tim couldn't believe it.

"I have no choice, orders are orders" she replied defensively.

"Why?" Tim asked.

"Because of her actions in the past, Tim… Before Ziva became the woman she is now, she was something completely different back then, Mossad turned her into a cold blooded killer" The reaper walked towards Tim "Now you're here in her place"

Tim felt better at that thought so he scanned his area "So this is hell" he looked around.

"Yeah" she replied sadly.

"I expected it to be all… flames and torture" he said trying to relieve the tension.

The reaper gulped as she nodded her head "It is… this is just how they play first"

"Play?" Tim asked.

"This place is used to toy with their new souls" she started "They force the souls to run before dragging them to torture and flames of the underworld"

Tim understood the rules before looking to the rifle on the ground "And fight" Tim pointed to the futuristic device.

The reaper smirked "You're meant to be unarmed… but I like you, any man who got the guts to sell his life for the woman, does not belong here" she past him the rifle "This rifle is 500 years into your future, it holds 2 functions" she started to demonstrate "1: it forms as a laser rifle, it also fire's 200 mega joules of a rail gun, 2: It switches to a sword for close combat"

"So I fight till my ammo goes" Tim nods his head taking the rifle.

"Haha that's the best bit, the ammo is infinite, rechargeable power pack, just hit the red button to reload" she points to the east and looks to Tim with determination "You run, Run as fast as you can and don't stop, there is a safe border between heaven and hell where no demon or angel can cross, you'll be safe" she looked up at the sky and gulped the bile back "Timmy… Run" she whispered.

Tim followed her gaze to the sky and gripped the laser rifle tight when he saw the hundreds, thousands of flying demons in the distance.

"TIM!" the reaper yelled "RUN!" she screamed and Tim took her advice as he ran as fast as he could.

"Remember, stick to the route i told you, and don't head north!" she shouted to his retreating figure "That's lusts territory!" and with that he was gone.

The reaper stood their alone "Good luck… you crazy son of a bitch" she smirked before fading back to her office to file the report.

(Hope you enjoyed)

Lycanboy666

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