Disclaimer: Characters/Settings not mine, but the story is.. created entirely for self entertainment and shared solely out of desire to be friendly.
Chapter 7
Shock
After telling Gibbs and receiving his blessings on whatever they decided, Tony and Ziva headed upstairs, and out into the light, having to pause a few moments inside to allow their eyes to adjust to daylight again. Tony drove the two of them back to Ziva's apartment so she could rest and then go get groceries. They had a meeting planned for that evening with Director Vance. Ziva climbed out of Tony's sports car and went up to her apartment, her mind much more settled than it had been that morning when preparing to tell Gibbs the news they had...Vance was important, but not as important as Gibbs..Gibbs who had so neatly replaced her father.
She knew she should tell him..she should somehow let Eli know that she was expecting..but she knew he would not approve. She wondered how he would react. Her stomach lurched at the thought as her key turned in the lock. Click. She opened the door and walked in, pulling her cell phone out of her pocket to set the alarm so she would not sleep past three. The meeting was at six that evening. That would give her time to get groceries, bring them home and put them away, and then get back to the office.
She had just finished setting the alarm on her phone when she heard a rustle behind her but before she could turn whoever stood behind her had wrapped their arms around her and put a cloth to her face. Before she could drop her phone everything seemed to go hazy, then faded to darkness and her phone slipped from her hand, falling to the floor. Thunk.
Tony watched as Ziva walked up the steps to her appartment building door. Everything still seemed so unreal. He smiled, shaking his head in disbelief as he pushed down on the gas pedal and slowly pulled back into the road. The engine prrred as he headed to the office. Once there, he took the elevator up to their little part of the building, smiling at McGee as he sat down at his desk.
Ring...Ring Somewhere a phone rang as McGee got up from his desk and walked over to Tony's. His shoes were silent on the carpeted floor, but Tony could hear the soft Swish of his pants as they rubbed against each other with each step.
"How did Gibbs take it?" McGee asked as he sat on the corner of Tony's desk.
Tony smiled. "He took it better than you did...so what's your issue Mcbook? Our little surprise doesn't fit into your next novel?"
Tim tilted his head. Why does it bother me? He shook his head softly. "I am just surprised at you...you're usually so careful...and Ziva...well let's just say I'd have expected it from you, but not from her."
Tony laughed, leaning back in his chair. "Well, it wasn't exactly in the plans, McGeek. That doesn't change anything though..." His face grew serious. I've loved her for a long time... He shrugged. "What's on the agenda today?"
Tim stood up and walked back to his desk. "Nothing.. no open cases. I am just finishing up the paperwork from that last case."
Tony leaned forward, Click, Tap, Tap sounded the mouse and a few of the keys on his keyboard as he typed in the password to his email. Most of the messages in his email were spam, despite the filters that McGee had installed to block such things, but one of the email messages caught his eye. Tony frowned, clicking open the email.
To: T_DiNozzoNCIS
From: Anonymous
Subject: Your move
Below the contact portion of the email was one line, underlined and in blue, a link.
"We have Ziva."
Tony's stomach lurched. "Timothy.." he said, his voice shaky as he read the words. He moved the mouse over the link as he waved McGee over.
McGee moved pretty quick for not knowing what was going on. He could hear the panic in Tony's voice. "What's up?"
Tony clicked on the link as Tim reached his side. A window popped up, opening a video. The video began without him having to click on a play button.
First, the camera was angled at the floor, as if someone was holding it down and didn't realize it. Then suddenly it rose upward and came to rest on a figure in a chair. The room lit just enough to make out Ziva's features, but not well enough to see much else. She was unconcious, or sleeping, but the lighting was good enough to see that she was breathing.
We have Ziva. Came a distorted voice from somewhere behind the camera, and then suddenly everything went black. Not just the pop up window, but the entire computer. McGee slid the keyboard closer to himself and started pushing keys. Tap-tap-tap came the quick key strokes, but to no affect. The computer was fried.
McGee looked at Tony, whose complexion matched his own pale color, his face contorted into a look of anguish. Tony was frozen with shock.
McGee picked up his phone and dialed Ziva's number. There was no answer. He quickly followed that up with a call to Gibbs, who told McGee to meet him at Ziva's apartment. Tim called Abby next.
A/N: Story needed a little excitement. :D Advice, comments, suggestions all welcome! So sorry for the delay in updating.. will try to have the next chapter posted by this weekend!
