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Tony dropped his gun in his desk drawer and slammed it shut. He couldn't believe it was all gone.

"Are you alright Tony?" asked Ziva, coming to stand in front of him.

"I'm fine," he said a little too quickly to be convincing.

"You just lost everything, you are not fine," said Ziva shaking her head. "And you are bleeding." She pointed to his left arm, where his shirt was torn and stained with blood.

"It's just a scratch," he said ignoring her concern.

"That is not a scratch. Take off your shirt," she ordered.

Tony grinned, though he knew it didn't reach his eyes. "I've been waiting a long time for you to say that again." His grin faded back to a frown, "but this is not the time, we have another bomb to find. Where's Gibbs?"

"MTAC. He is coordinating between Metro and the bomb squad who are at our apartments." She walked back to her desk and pulled out a small first aid kit.

"They won't find much," Tony scoffed thinking back to his charred apartment. "Where's McGee?"

"On his way. Now take off your shirt," she ordered.

"Do as she says, DiNozzo," ordered Gibbs as he marched into the bullpen.

"I'm fine Boss," Tony protested. "We need to find that bomb."

"We will. Now let Ziva fix your arm."

Tony walked away from Ziva who now had the kit in her hands, to stand in front of Gibbs desk. "Boss, do you realise how many government buildings we have to search?"

"DiNozzo," Gibbs said lowly. "Take off your shirt."

The two agents stared at each other, before Tony finally gave in. "Fine," he growled, as he angrily pulled off his shirt to let Ziva look at the cut. He ignored the stab of pain in his arm as the fabric pulled at the wound making it start to bleed again.

"You have a piece of wood embedded in the wound," she told him. Tony didn't answer, only gritted his teeth as she removed the foreign body with a pair of tweezers.

"Hold this," she instructed, pressing a bandage over the wound. Tony rolled his eyes, but did as he was told none the less. He couldn't believe she was making such a fuss over a splinter.

"You tell me if it starts to bleed through both bandages," she said as she wrapped a roller bandage around his upper arm to cover the first bandage.

"Sure, as soon as you let someone look at that cut on your forehead," he countered as he brushed back her fringe to expose a small cut.

"Touché," she smiled. "But my cut has already stopped bleeding."

Tony was interrupted from saying anything else by the sound of the elevator bell sounding and McGee rushing out. Without saying anything to either of them he was behind his desk and tapping away at the keyboard.

"McGee?" asked Gibbs coming to stand in front of the younger agent's desk. When he got no reply he asked again.

"Tim?"

"Sorry boss," said McGee looking up, the softer tone of Gibb's voice snapping him out of his own thoughts. "I just figured out how we can find out who the bomber is," he continued knowing Gibbs wanted an explanation.

"How?" asked Tony putting his tattered shirt back on. "Everything was destroyed."

McGee flinched at Tony's honest words. He didn't want to think about what had just happened, better to keep focused on the task at hand. "The guy put a video message on my computer."

"Which was destroyed," Tony stated again.

"I know that Tony," McGee snapped, scowling at his colleague.

"What have you got McGee?" asked Gibbs trying to defuse the situation before it escalated.

"My computer automatically backs up all files to a remote backup server," said McGee. Seeing the blank looks on his colleagues face he sighed. He hated it when he had to simplify his explanations. Where was Abby when you needed her?

"The video message that the bomber left on my computer has downloaded itself onto the internet. Which means if I log onto the network we can see the original video." He looked down at his computer, tapping some more keys before he looked up at the plasma screen in the middle of the room, where the image of a man was now visible.

Gibbs stood up and walked to the plasma so he could get a better look at the unknown man who had almost killed his team. "Search all databases; I want to know who this guy is," he said pointing to the screen.

"Already on it boss," said McGee tapping more keys. "We have another problem though; the guy said there's a bomb underneath the navy yard."

"We have to find two bombs before 0600," pointed out Ziva, the impossibility of the task showing in her voice.

"No," said Gibbs. "One bomb, DiNozzo search-"

"Searching for buildings on the navy yard with basements," interrupted Tony sitting down at his desk.

"Ziva, start check-"

"Checking the security footage at the navy yard gate to see if this guy came on base," she anticipated walking to her desk.

Gibbs smiled to himself, even under pressure and personal crisis his team could stay on task and get the job done.


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Gibbs exited the elevator opposite the lab, he could already hear the loud music the forensic scientist liked to listen to blaring from the speakers. He smiled, if Abby was here then she was safe.

Gibbs came to a sudden halt when he entered the lab. Abby was standing very still in her office; she was holding a vase with a single black rose in her outstretched hands. Tears running silently down her cheeks.

"Abby?" he asked cautiously.

Abby didn't answer; she didn't even turn her head to look at him. Gibbs came to stand in front of her. "Don't touch anything," she whispered.

Gibbs bent low so he could get a good look at the vase and what was inside. His eyes widening in shock when he saw a small explosive device floating in the water.

"Any slight movement will detonate it," Abby said, still whispering.

"How long have you been standing here?" Gibbs asked in the same tone.

"Gibbs you need to leave," urged Abby, ignoring Gibbs own question.

"I'm not going anywhere," he growled as he pulled out his cell phone.


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AN: Thanks for reading, I hoped this lives up to espectations. Though I will say I know as much about computers as Gibbs does. I guessed about the 'backup'. Feel free to correct me and I'll edit accordingly. As always your thoughts and opinions are very much welcome.