Tony and Ziva were alone in the very clean looking hospital room. Gibbs had gone to talk to McGee and Ducky about what was going on and what was happening with the crime scene (since most of it was destroyed in the collapse). Tony had sat in silence by Ziva for a few minutes but after a while he gently took Ziva`s hand in his own and looked into her deep brown eyes. She looked pleasantly surprised but didn`t take her hand back, instead she gave his hand a gentle squeeze of questioning.
"Ziva, could you tell me?" Tony calmly asked her. Her grip loosened on his hand.
"I could, but I will not." Ziva said rather stubbornly.
Tony lent in closer to her with their noses almost touching. "You can trust you know."
" I know," and with that she closed the gap.
Fire exploded. Burning flames erupted. Tony jumped in surprise, not expecting her to take the extra step. But when it happened, he just went with it.
Ziva was startled with her own certainty but why question life when it's so short and painful? She slowly opened her eyes to see Tony's forest green ones staring straight back at her. She carefully pulled away. Of course she didn't want to ruin the tranquil moment but she had a feeling someone was going to walk through the door very soon.
" Never give up, never be afraid. I'm always here" Tony's soft voice was no louder than a whisper but Ziva heard ever word clear as day.
"So you will die with me?" Tony's expression turned from confusion to worry to understanding startlingly quickly.
Cautously, Tony rose from his kneeling position and stiffly rotated round to face the door, purposely blocking Ziva out of harms way.
"Well, well, well. Two special agents on their own with one lying in a hospital bed being protected by the other. Looks like I'll have to go through him first"
