The team pull up in the black sedan slowly outside the warehouse; they parked just around the corner. "Be quiet, and move quickly. Oh, and fire when you see him, this guy is going to regret EVERYTHING!" Tony assured them. The agents quietly exited the parked car, guns at the ready they stealthy moved over to the warehouse. Tony on one side of the entrance and Ziva and McGee facing, "1 ... 2 ... 3" whispered Tony, on three they quickly entered the desolate building, guns pointing outwards and ready to shoot. Only to be greeted by nothing, just dust.
They searched the rooms efficiently, the foggy dust lined their noses and throats causing them to cough and their eyes water. The thick dust covered the floor and laced their shoes with a grey cover "Great, I just cleaned these!" grunted McGee "Ha Ha, well you get to clean them again" Tony mocked, McGee glared back jokingly.
A few hours passed since they had arrived at the warehouse, they were still no better off than when they arrived "urgh!" grunted Tony, "this is useless!" he added in disbelief, "Hey, Tony .." Tony interrupted Ziva thinking she found something useful "You found something?" Tony pleaded, his eyes widened and then he looked down when he saw Ziva's face, "No, sorry Tony. But we're going to find Yoshi. Don't worry" Ziva replied reassuring, she looked over to McGee for reassurance, but McGee just shrugged his shoulders.
Ziva rested against a wall, there was a slight creak and the wall came away from the main wall, revealing a small dark and dusty tunnel. Tony's eyes scanned over to the tunnel, and then preceded to jog over to Ziva and then kissed her on the lips; McGee's jaw dropped as he saw his co-workers make-out. "Erm, guys. What about #12?" McGee suggested, "We already broke that McGee, catch up" Ziva joked flirtatiously while looking at Tony with warm eyes. Tony grinned back.
After checking the rooms one more time, they headed towards the tunnel; "No flashes" whispered Tony, "If he is down here, we don't want to alert him with the flashlights" he again whispered. The walk seemed to go on forever, the agents had one hand on the others shoulder in front, apart from Ziva; she had placed her hand on Tony's waist. Tony took lead. What seemed like an eternity, they saw a small flicker of light at the end of the tunnel, "don't walk towards the light" Tony laughingly mocked Ziva and McGee giggled.
The dark tunnel lead to another tunnel, but this was lit by candles and lead to a small room at the bottom. "Shh!" whispered Ziva, "look" Tony told Ziva and McGee to stay outside the door using hand signals as he went inside. Tony quietly opened the door, to revel a dim light room with two silhouettes, one standing and one was lying on the floor, not moving.
"Have you really broke #12?" asked McGee inquisitively, Ziva looked at him and smirked and then shook her head, McGee responded with a doubtful "Oh, I thought so."
Tony quickly raised his gun; the standing body also raised his gun. Both men about to pull the trigger. When Ziva and McGee heard a gunshot followed by a scream; They both rushed into the door, but thankfully they found Tony standing over the body on the floor and a second body was lying on the other side of him. "Yoshi?" Ziva asked "yeah" replied Tony "And is that …" "Yeah, it's Gibbs" Added Tony with a blank face.
A twitch of Gibbs face caught Ziva's attention she ran over to the body and elevated his head on her lap "Gibbs, you awake? You OK Gibbs? Can you hear me?" She asked, Tony and McGee huddled around and watched as Gibbs slowly opened his eyes, and interrupted with little coughs he said "Took you long enough" Ziva, Tony and McGee chuckled.
A small cut on the back of Gibb's head was covered in dust so McGee cleaned it with water from his flask, then places a piece of gauze over which he kept in his jacket Just in case. Tony and McGee help Gibbs to his feet and then help him walk through the two tunnels; again Ziva placed her hand on Tony's waist while walking through the dark tunnel.
With Gibbs back at NCIS headquarters, he was offered 2 weeks rest by Vance, but refused. The team were sent home by Vance.
The next day, Tony, Ziva and McGee got out the lift, not suspecting to see Gibbs back at his desk. They saw a huddle around Gibbs desk, Abby, Ducky, Palmer and Vance they three remaining agents joined in the welcome back of Gibbs.
After everyone has gone back to their work, Gibbs phone rings "yeah"... "where?"... "OK, we're on our way" ... "dead marine guys" [Tony and Gibbs] "Grab your stuff" Tony looks back at Gibbs and Ziva and McGee smirk at each other "sorry, boss" Tony says in an apologising tone, Gibbs Chuckles and repeats "Grab your stuff" The four head to the lift and Gibbs turns to Tony and Ziva, and says with a jokey tone "Oh, and #12" Tony and Ziva blush and look at each other embarrassed. McGee chuckles. "Good to have you back, boss" McGee adds.
