Again, Tony came running towards the noise. He was without Agent Morgan though, so one could only assume that the other man had been ousted. Especially since Tony had two spots of paint on his vest.

Declan copied her earlier move, silently asking her if she wanted to take the kill shot. She eagerly took aim, but Tony had gotten smart. He dove behind the base of a tree, out of her line of sight. So she waited. Eventually he peered around the edge of the trunk, and she shot him in the forehead. He was out, and with a rather loud explosion of discomfiture he stalked off.

There was a noise in the brush down and to the left, but before she could respond to it, Declan shot into the bush. The feminine yelp that accompanied it meant that they had found Agent Prentiss.

Suddenly paintballs went flying.

One into Agent Prentiss' cover and she was out, since she had apparently already been shot once before. Four more whizzed into the tree where Ziva and Declan were situated and Ziva came to the sickening realization that Gibbs and Agent Hotchner had found them. Two of the paintballs hit Ziva, one hit the tree, and the fourth hit Declan.

They took off, swinging across the trees.

"They're both shooting at us, right?" Declan asked as they went.

"Of course they are!" Ziva snapped, looking desperately in the direction some of the paintballs had come from.

"Agent Gibbs can sniper shoot. Hotch can't. They had to have split up and he has to be closer to us then Agent Gibbs. What if I keep going and you stop and shoot Hotch as he comes out to get closer to us?"

It wasn't a good plan exactly. It was a plan that was fine for even Agent Morgan and Tony, but the idea of being a sitting duck for Gibbs rubbed her the wrong way. It was a plan though.

"What if I kept going and you stayed? If I get shot again, I'm out." Ziva countered.

"You're a better shot." Declan answered back.

"Fine." She dropped her grip on the next tree branch as her young partner hurried on.

She waited less than five seconds before Agent Hotchner came crashing through the underbrush. As soon as she saw him, she fired five times at his chest. Somehow three made their mark before he started running. She didn't stick around though. Gibbs would be after her now more than ever and she had no proof that she wasn't in his line of fire.

Gibbs. How in the world were they supposed to hit him? He could fire at double the range she and Declan could. And Declan knew better than to stop, so she was officially on her own. Maybe though, she could sneak up behind him as he trailed Declan. That looked like her only chance at the moment.

She thought of Gibbs' earlier words, "a friendly game of paintball, nothing more", and a smirk came to her lips. Yeah right.

Suddenly she heard an explosion of shooting to her right. She veered in that direction, increasing her speed as much as she could. She got to the scene of the battle in time to see Gibbs and Declan both take a shot from the other.

Gibbs had switched from a long-range gun to a short-range one and had Declan practically cornered in a tree. Well, that simply would not do.

Ziva swung her gun from of her back as silently as possible, took aim, and emptied her supply on his back.

This is going to be at least five chapters long. Please review! Thanks! :)