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Waiting Room

Ziva felt Jeanne eyes on her without even raising her eyes to look at the other woman. Gibbs watched the curious glances Jeanne sent Ziva's way and inwardly smiled, while sleep took him once more. "I will check on the others" she whispered and without the will to stop herself she placed a kiss on his forehead. "Do you know if Tony is out of surgery?" she asked not wanting to look her not wanting her to see what the mere whisper of his name did to either of them.

Jeanne's heart sped up at the mention of his name. HE WAS HERE! Her mouth became dry because her brain seemed to have forgotten the importance saliva played. She knew Ziva was waiting for a reply but she could not find her voice as fear was crippling her. She inhaled deeply and pulled from the pain she had felt when he had shattered her world and came up with a reply, while she formulated an exit strategy. She did not care if they were under-staffed tonight there was no way she was allowing him to destroy her new found peace again. "Which Tony Denardo or DiNozzo?" she bit out as she adjusted the flow of fluids in Gibb IV.

Ziva sighed, on one hand she could not quite blame Jeanne, but weren't they long passed that?

No!

He stilled called her name in his sleep and by the sad and painful looks on her face she too was still in love with him too. So why was it that it felt like her heart was tearing apart? Anger sizzled through her veins along with an emotion that seemed foreign but if she was honest she had felt it before only this time it came ten-fold. "I do not know by what name you know him I only know him as Tony-" Before she could finish the double doors to the recovery room opened and they pushed in Tony and McGee. Relief washed through her a fresh, putting aside the pain, rage and jealousy that were boiling inside her.

"Miss" the doctor beckoned and she walked over to where he was scribbling something in McGee's chart. "You came in with them?" Ziva nodded as she looked on her colleagues pale faces. "He will pull through with probably only some bruises and a headache, he suffered a nasty concussion but the damage should not be lasting… This gentleman," he sighed, gave her a smile "please have a seat?" he half asked as the man within him appreciated the stunning beauty of her, even though ragged and dirty he did not need his degree to know that between all the dirt and grime was a very beautiful woman.

He saw her stiffen and her mouth pressed into a firm line her eyes grew dark and she stood her ground. "No, please continue" she said and he heard her very thick accent, it was sexy he had to admit.

He smiled at her and received a scowl "very well then, this gentleman he has the risk of temporary and or permanent paralysis, he fractured his spine…" he watched as she took a sharp breath and swayed. "Um are you sure you are fine, you look a little pale and you ought to have that cut looked at" Dr. Winston said and walked towards her, and began to examine the wound. "Does it hurt?"

"What does it matter to you? Can you please complete your report on my friends" Ziva had not meant to sound so cold, she watched the doctor flinch as he drop the hand he was about to use to inspect her arm.

"As I was saying he fractured his spine, it may be permanent or temporary but we will not know until he regains consciousness. Your other friend, she is mess we had to pack her and send her to ICU, she has lost too much blood it would be suicide if we continued with the surgery, I will not give you false hope it would be a miracle if she came out of this." He said and stepped back and scribbled something on Tony's file then checked Gibbs as well and walked to the door and paused to look at her "-" he opened his mouth then closed it again walked through the doors and back to towards the elevator.

The doors to the recovery room opened again and in came, the Director, Abby and Ducky. Their faces mirrored her concerns as they looked at the other agents. Abby rushed over to Ziva and hugged her tightly. "Oh My God! What happened?!" she asked releasing Ziva and rushing to Gibbs. "Gibbs! Tony! McGee!" her eyes filled with tears as she spun around the room. "Ziva, say they are okay!" she pleaded looking like a frightened child.

Ducky caught her as she tried to leap on the bed. "Come dear" he said and held her close and she laid her head on his shoulders and cried. Ducky soothed her.

The door opened again and in walked in Dr. Winston gone was his scrubs, now he wore a coat he beckoned Leon to the corner of the room where others could not hear. "I'm Doctor Winston and I understand that you are the director of NCIS, your people are a long way from home… Leroy Jethro Gibbs has torn his ACL, Anthony DiNozzo has fractured his spinal cord and I can't say much more until he wakes up, Timothy McGee is stable but he suffered a concussion from the explosion he should be up as soon as the medicine wears off with a major headache but nothing is out of order. Erica Jane is still in the deep woods, I cannot tell you more till we take her back to surgery, she is in ICU and in her condition we can't allow her any visitors she is too unstable." Dr. Winston leaned his head in Ziva direction where she was seated in the middle of the agents. "Can you convince her to check her arm?"

Leon gave a half smile "Thanks Dr. Winston, how long-"

"Uh" McGee opened his eyes and he tried to move his head that felt like a car was sitting on it as his head throbbed.

"McGee!" Abby gave out a high squeal that caused his ear drums to explode the throbbing headache to worsen. The lights in the room hurt his eyes, so he closed them as soon as he had opened them. He licked his dry lips and tried to lift his head but it swam with pain. Memories of the explosion surfaced in his mind. The team, EJ! His eyes flew open again and this time he fought against the pain, and tried for a full sentence.

"Abby, where's Tony… Gibbs" Swallows saliva, "Ziva and EJ?" he finally managed to ask as Abby lifted a glass of water to his lips while she ran her fingers through his hair, stroked his face and tried to hug him as much as possible.

Abby's eyes filled with joy, love and yet he could see the storm wasn't over just yet because her eyes were also worried, and her bottom lip wobbled as she parted her mouth to speak or so he thought until her lips came in contact with his. The kiss was brief brush of her lips but it held a promise, an apology it held so much emotion he felt his heart still, and then she smiled "Ziva is to your right and Gibbs is still asleep, Tony too, EJ, I'm not sure. But I'm happy you are okay Timmy!" she said and hugged him while his sore body screamed in pain. But he knew better than to complain that was Abby and she was going to hug you until she felt you. She kissed his forehead and moved as the doctor came and as if the lights weren't already creating havoc he pulled out a penlight and opened his eyes and shone it on his aching eyes, while he introduced himself.

"Agent McGee, do you know why you are here?" Dr. Winston asked as he turned off his penlight off and replaced it on the chest pocket of his coat.

"There was an explosion, we went to rescue an agent and the place was wired we were hit" he replied squinting his eyes. He felt a brief squeeze on his arm and turned to see Ziva.

Dr. Winston smiled, scribbled something else on McGee chart and patted his shoulder. "Very good, now" he turned to address the worried faces in the recovery room "You are not allowed in recovery for long periods of time, I will be transferring Agents McGee and Gibbs to the medical floor for further observation. So please… Dr. Benoit " he called and she appeared at his side. He whispered something in her ears that made her go pale and she stared at Tony.

Ziva watched as she opened her mouth and closed it and almost staggered out of the room. Ziva was vigilant as the nurses and the porters carried out Gibbs and McGee while Vance, Ducky and Abby followed behind them. Then she blended into the shadows.


Jeanne entered the room a little past 2am to check on Tony before she signed out for the night. Her heart was racing, he was still out of it and the doctors were worried that it was more serious than it appeared, because he should have awoken by now. She felt conflicted as she approached him, he had cause her such pain with his lies he had wounded her more deeply than she had thought possible he had changed her life in some many. He stirred, as though dreaming, she picked up the clipboard with his chart and out of nowhere Ziva emerged from the shadows. "What are you doing?" Jeanne jumped she had thought they were alone, she knew no one was there when she entered the room, so where did Ziva come from. Jeanne swallowed hard and met the gaze.

"I was checking his chart, what are you doing in here, didn't Doctor Winston ask you to leave?"

"Do you always do what you are told?" Ziva replied while she glared at Jeanne. "I am just protecting partner it is my duty to protect him" she finished.

"From me?" Jeanne asked as the when place verbal slap landed where it was intended.

"Yes, you did try to frame him for murder" Okay so yes she was outraged that Tony had lied to her and betrayed her trust then her father had been murder after being pursued by Tony. Was it that far a stretch?

Tony heard the familiar voices as he tried to open his eyes, but his eyelids kept on closing, his mouth was parched dry like the time he had spent in the desert , trying to avenge Ziva. Ziva! That was the voice he heard. He fought his eyes open but the face he saw wasn't that of his partner but that of a woman who had haunted his very dreams for longer than he w as willing to admit. "Jeanne" he whispered her name.


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-GJ