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She had been shot. Pain exploded in her shoulder as the bullet tore through skin and muscle. Ziva fell to the floor in agony in time to hear Tony whisper.
"Ziva!"
Ignoring her body's shouts to lay down and allow the darkness to consume her, Ziva grabbed Daegan's gun from his holster. She couldn't hear anything and time seemed to be moving in slow motion. Ziva saw Tony leap at Scarface and when she saw the shot, she took it. She pressed down on the trigger and Scarface fell to the ground. Tony was safe. Now she could relax. She saw Tony turn in surprise and begin running towards her. Her grip slackened on Daegan's gun and it fell from her grasp, making a clinking sound as it hit the ground. Ziva closed her eyes and allowed herself to give into the darkness.
Tony knelt next to Ziva's body. "No," he whispered, cupping her cheek. "No. No. No. No. No!" he yelled. He put two fingers to her neck. Please don't leave me. There was a pulse. Tony would've smiled if not for the dire situation.
"Someone call an ambulance!" he yelled, his eyes not leaving Ziva's face. McGee put a hand on Tony's shoulder.
"The men, Tony." He whispered, "There are still at least twenty up there."
Tony squeezed his eyes shut and tear fell onto Ziva's pale face. He ran his hand through her hair and sighed. Just then, Abby, Ducky and Palmer came running from where they had been hiding behind shelves at the other end of the room.
"Oh my god!" Abby said, seeing Ziva unconscious. "We heard the shots and came running and now Ziva is…"
"Abby, calm down. The most important thing now is to help Ziva and prepare ourselves for when the other men come to check on us. They would have heard the shots." Tony said, "look through the evidence boxes. Grab anything that might stop the blood flow. You might also want to look for anything that we could use as a weapon."
"What about these guys?" Lee asked, gesturing to the four men that were handcuffed.
Gibbs looked up briefly. "Kill them."
The men only had a second to look frightened, before their necks were snapped.
"Get their weapons." Gibbs ordered. Lee began to search through their clothes to get all their weapons.
"You two." Gibbs yelled to the other two male agents.
"Yes?"
"Do what DiNozzo said. Look for weapons and first-aid in the evidence boxes."
The two men hurried to comply. A few minutes later, one came back with a large piece of cloth. He handed it to Tony.
"Thanks." Tony ripped a thin strip of the sheet and folded the rest of it. He pressed it onto Ziva's shoulder. "Don't worry Ziva. We're going to get out of this." He took the strip that he had ripped off and used it secure his makeshift bandage in place. "That should hold it for now." Tony turned around in time to see everyone searching through old evidence boxes. There was quite a substantial pile of weapons that was growing every second. Tony managed a small smile. This had to be breaking every protocol imaginable; using weapons from old cases to fight against twenty armed men in NCIS headquarters. Tony turned back to Ziva and gently picked her up. He needed to take her somewhere safe, somewhere where the men wouldn't find her. He went to the back of the room to the shelves that were furthest away from the door. Placing Ziva carefully on the ground, he cleared out the boxes that were residing on the bottom of the shelves. Then he placed Ziva in the spot where the boxes were and put the boxes back in front of her one by one. Soon only her head was visible. He placed a soft kiss on her lips. "I'll be back for you." He whispered, "please stay safe for me." He wiped a tear and quickly placed the last box in front of her when he heard a knock at the door and a shout.
"Daegan!" A man's voice yelled from behind the door, "Is everything okay in there?"
Tony jumped up from his spot and back to the group. Everyone was picking up weapons and aiming them towards the door. Some of the agents had to use knives and Palmer was even armed with a sword. Tony wondered what case that had been used in. He grabbed the gun that Gibbs was holding out to him and trained it on the door.
"It's been a pleasure working with you all."
The door suddenly burst open and the sound of gunfire filled the air.
A/N: CLIFFHANGER. I know. You all hate me. But if you want a quick update you will need to review. Thanks.