Title: Undercovers... Again

Chapter: 7

Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the original characters from the show, they belong to the writers of NCIS.

Author's note: I want to start off by saying thank you all SO much for all the wonderful reviews! I think that was the most reviews I have ever received for only one chapter! I updated this chapter quickly, and it is a little bit longer, so enjoy!


Tony ran his hands through his hair, "Come on Probie! It's not like I'm telling you to do my work, I'm just asking you to switch jobs with me for a minute!"

McGee sighed, "For the last time Tony, NO! I've already done all the work for getting a warrant, the only thing left for me to do now is wait for them to call. There's no way I'm gonna get surveillance duty while you relax because of my hard work!"

Tony sighed in frustration, "Fine McGeek!"

"DiNerd!" McGee spat back, causing Tony, who had been walking back to MTAC to turn around in surprise.

"What did you call me?"

McGee took a deep breathe before answering, "You heard me, DiNerd. You're constantly making fun of my name and it doesn't matter how many times I've asked you to stop, you keep doing so. Now I'm going to call you DiNerd until you call me by my proper name!"

Tony crossed the distance between him and the younger agent, then stared him in the eyes, "Take it back Probie."

"No DiNerd."

Tony felt his anger rise inside of him, but before he was able to say anything else Gibbs voice broke the silence.

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"

Both Tony and McGee's eyes widened at the anger in Gibbs' voice.

"He started it!" They both responded at once and Gibbs rolled his eyes.

"I don't care who started it, I'm ending it. Now DiNozzo you better have a good reason to not be up in MTAC doing the job you may soon find yourself out of."

Tony's face grew red as he blushed, "Well actually Boss, I was just trying to get McGee to switch jobs with me when he started calling me DiNerd."

The corner of Gibbs' mouth raised slightly at McGee's new nickname for Tony, but he quickly wiped the smirk off his face as anger replaced his amusement. "SO YOU MEAN NO ONE IS WATCHING OVER ZIVA?"

Tony's face grew pale as he realized what he'd done, the gut feeling he'd had earlier that day hit him hard, making him feel nauseous.

Running up the stairs he couldn't help but fight the feeling that something was wrong, and that it wasn't only the fact that Ziva was currently in Michael's arms.

Pushing open the door, Tony immediately checked the video, his heart almost stopped at what he saw.

Michael was lying next to the couch, bleeding badly, and Ziva was no where to be found.

"BOSS! WE GOT A PROBLEM!"

"What is it DiNozzo?" Gibbs, who was right behind him demanded.

Tony slowly turned to face his boss, his face was pale as he answered, "She's gone."

Tony felt his heart slowly being ripped into a million pieces as the reality set in. His knees felt weak but Tony fought the urge to faint, knowing that Ziva was in danger and needed his help.

What have I done? I may have just gotten Ziva killed.

Tony blinked back tears, only being brought back to reality when Gibbs' slapped him on the back of his head, hard.

"What the heck is wrong with you DiNozzo?"

Tony couldn't even find words being in the state he was, but this only angered Gibbs' further.

"Malech will kill her! You know that! What on earth could've made you be so careless as to leave your post when Ziva's life is at stake?!" There was no mistaking the fury in his voice, but Gibbs' felt some of his anger fade away when Tony's heartbreaking gaze met his own.

"She was kissing Michael, I didn't… I couldn't…" Tony trailed off, unable to say anything else.

Gibbs sighed deeply, he understood Tony's reason to leave, but it still didn't justify his actions. Gibbs knew, however, that there was no time to scold DiNozzo as Ziva's chances of survival dwindled with every passing moment.

"Tony tell McGee to gas the truck, then go tell Abby what's happened while I push a little harder for that warrant."

Tony's eyes widened at the devastated look Abby would give him, but realized that since he was the one who let Ziva get kidnapped, that it should be him who should have to break the news. "Yes Boss."

Gibbs sighed in frustration before walking out of MTAC and slamming the door behind him. He stomped down the stairs, doing everything he could to let some of his anger out.

This is not happening again! Gibbs thought to himself. He'd already lost Kate and Jenny, there was no way he was going to lose Ziva.

~~~NCIS~~~

"TONY!" Abby's enthusiastic greeting was met by a nervous smile from Tony.

"What's wrong?" Abby asked, all of her enthusiasm replaced with worry at the look in Tony's eyes.

"It's Ziva." Tony's voice cracked a little and Abby gasped.

"What's happened?!" Tony inhaled deeply, reluctant to tell Abby who looked close to tears.

"She's been kidnapped."

Abby began to cry and Tony felt his guilt deepen. He stepped forward and wrapped her in a hug, then whispered in her ear, "We'll get her back Abby, I swear I won't let Malech hurt her."

"What if you can't stop him?" Abby asked the question, revealing Tony's worst fear.

"Trust me Abby, with Gibbs, McGee and me, he doesn't stand a chance." He spoke the words to reassure himself as much as he did to comfort Abby.

Abby nodded before stepping away from Tony, "Now get to work, we don't know how much time Ziva has and I don't want her…" Abby trailed off, "I don't want anything to happen to her because you were here comforting me."

Tony nodded and ran for the elevator, he pressed the call button and was about to step inside when Abby laid a hand on his arm.

"Get her back Tony, I don't know what I'd do without Ziva."

Tony nodded and stepped into the elevator, waiting for the doors to close before placing his forehead against the cool metal and whispering, "I'll get you back Ziva, I'm not gonna let him hurt you."

~~~NCIS~~~

Tony slammed the car door shut and headed towards the house Michael and Ziva had been using while undercover.

He forced himself to calm his nerves and tried to hide the way his whole body shook as he neared the crime scene.

Opening the door, he walked inside and stopped in his tracks. Tony had seen hundreds of crime scenes much more gruesome than this, but they'd never affected him in the way this one was.

He swallowed the rapidly-growing lump in his throat and took a deep breath before walking into the room where it all happened.

Gibbs had made him watch the recording of the surveillance tapes and Tony shuddered as he mentally replayed the scene.

Michael and Ziva were kissing one moment, then a gunshot had rung out and Ziva gasped as Michael fell to the floor, his face white. She had leaped into action, immediately taking out one of two gunmen, but both intruders were well-trained and not even Ziva was able to take them both out before being taken captive.

The second man had put her in handcuffs, then forced Ziva to watch as he shot Michael again to 'show he meant business.;

Tony was brought back to reality when Gibbs shoved a camera in his hands. "DiNozzo, take pictures. McGee, bag and tag."

The three agents set to work on their jobs, all of them fighting their emotions as they did so.

A few minutes later they were wrapping up their work at the crime scene when Gibbs' cell phone rang.

"Gibbs." He answered, and after a few seconds of response on the opposite side of the phone, Gibbs actually smiled before snapping the phone shut. "Let's go!"

Tony and McGee looked up in confusion, "Where to Boss?"

"Malech's." Was Gibbs' one-word answer, "We got the warrant."

Tony eagerly pushed himself off and was next to Gibbs' in less than a second. All three men hurried to the Hassan house before spreading out to all possible exits and signalling they were ready.

Gibbs knocked on the door, "Ishmael Hassan, open up it's NCIS."

His command was met by silence, so Gibbs knocked down the door and rushed in the house, only to see Ishmael and Zemira Hassan sitting calmly in the living room.

"May we help you?" Malech asked with a smirk on his face and Gibbs fought the urge to cross the floor and punch the man.

"Yeah, you can come with us and answer some questions."

Ishmael calmly sipped his tea, "I do not think so, Agent…."

"Gibbs, and this warrant here says you don't really have a choice."

"Well," Malech slowly stood up, giving the impression that he had all the time in the world, "I have nothing to hide, let us go."

Gibbs smirked before cuffing the man and stating, "You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney…."

He rambled off the words he knew so well before grabbing Malech's arm with a little more force than necessary and forcing him out the door towards Gibbs' car.

Tony rounded the corner at that moment and Gibbs noticed the hatred that flashed in his eyes as he saw Isaac.

Gibbs forced the man inside his car before turning to face Tony who had stomped over towards them and was reaching out to open the car door.

Gibbs reached out and grabbed his senior agents' arm, "Not now Tony."

"Bo—"

"Not now Tony." Gibbs repeated, this time in a firmer tone. "Trust me Tony I want to beat this man just as badly as you do, but we need his co-operation to find Ziva."

Tony paused, letting his hand drop he finally met Gibbs' hard gaze with his own defeated one. "Fine."

Gibbs nodded before adding, "We all want to assure her safety Tony, but don't make me take you off the case for getting too involved."

Tony closed his eyes in pain. The last thing he wanted was to be forced to sit by and watch as everyone else tried to save Ziva. "Yes Boss."

Gibbs' hand connected with the back of Tony's head before he commented, "When Ziva gets back, I want you two to talk."

"Boss?" Tony asked, not bothering to hide his surprise.

Gibbs rolled his eyes, "Rules are made to be broken DiNozzo. Just don't let your relationship interfere with work."

Tony took a deep breath before nodding, all the while wondering how Gibbs knew how much he cared about Ziva.

Gibbs smirked as a look of both nervousness and confusion passed over Tony's face. He got in the drivers seat and waited until Tony glanced once again, at Malech with hatred in his eyes before catching the younger man's attention again.

"And DiNozzo…" Tony looked at his boss expectantly, "You get to interrogate Hassan."


Haha, I'm thinking that the interrogation scene is next, with a surprising little twist at the end of course. :) So... this was more of a filler chapter, but I still hope that you liked it. Review and let me know if you did! :) Thanks for reading!