Hello guys, firstly i want to say thankyou for all your amazing reviews, and i hope everyone had a loely christmas and new year! Secondly - yes i know this is short, very short but i have been insanely busy and ill, and this is only here because of blackmail purposes! Because now OutCold has to UD her story (Silent Gunshot - great story by the way i think you should all R&R it :-p ) tomorrow! So you have her to thank for this UD, again i apologize it's so short but as i'm sure you know everyone is soooo busy around christmas, and my teachers are evil and gave us an essay over the break! Thanks for reading and sorry about the wait.

Chapter 7

Back at NCIS, the elevator dinged causing everyone to jump, well everyone except Gibb's that is.

It was a security guy from out front; Tony and Gibb's were on their feet before the guy had had a chance to say anything. The guy had an envelope. He got as far as "I was told a Dinoz –"

And Tony snatched the envelope out his hands, and tore it open, his face turning deathly white as he saw the contents of the envelope.

There were photos, a dozen in all. They were of Ziva. He looked at each of them in turn, wincing at everyone, but in shock he dropped them all at the last one.

Ziva looked badly beaten and was clutching at her left arm which was covered in blood, Tony couldn't see the cut but by the amount of blood he presumed it was quite deep. Her top had been cut open, exposing her bra and stomach which was black and blue from where he'd hit her. She was on the floor; her hair was out of the ponytail and cascaded down her back. But what had really struck Tony was that for the first time in all the photos she was looking at the camera. Like a personal plea, to Tony, begging him for help with her rich, entrancing chocolate eyes. And it shocked him, because for the first time since he had known Ziva he saw weakness in those eyes.

And if this guy could do that to Ziva, the strongest woman he knew, how much more physical and mental abuse could she take? Images of his other victims popped back into his mind, he imagined Ziva, cold and lifeless. Just another victim. He shuddered.

Gibb's went over and picked the envelope and photos up. Looking at them each in turn, but he took something else out the envelope – it looked like a chain, Gibbs muttered with murderous look in his eyes, "it's her star of David necklace."

"Just another thing this bastard's taken away from her." Tony said, with anger building up inside of him.

"McGee, what's this?" Gibb's asked, holding up a stick of some sort that you put in a computer.

"It's a data stick boss."

"Well put the doobey whacker in the computer –"

"On it boss" McGee did some fiddling when Gibbs got impatient.

"Well McGee?"

"It's a video clip boss."

"Put it on the plasma McGee." Tony said.

Ziva came up on the screen.

I know it's short so you can give it a short review if you like, but a short review would be fantastic! I will write more and quicker, so please please please review. The little button is so desperate to be pressed...

Thanks for reading,

Emily xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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