I tried desperately to update yesterday. However I was really sick and spent most of the day in bed. I tried to write and had finished the chapter but couldn't stay awake to edit. glad I didn't. I had to rewrite most of it, andvery little of it made sense!!!
enjoy!!

Chapter 7

Marcus was yelling as they went down in the elevator to get away from Tony and Gibbs. Keeping the knife at Ziva's neck, Marcus used his other hand to reach into the back pack that hung of his shoulder and pulled out duct tape. "Do you really love me Ziva? More then… HIM?"

Ziva paused a second as she remembered what she'd done. She hoped Tony knew just how much she loved him and that it was all a rouse to get the knife away from his neck. She would have done anything to keep him safe. Granted it had all gone wrong when Gibbs stormed in. She had planned to get close enough to disarm Marcus, instead she had ended up his hostage.

"You do, you have too, you wouldn't have come with me if you didn't."

"You had a knife on my throat, what was I meant to do?" she scoffed, "I could never love you." She felt a sharp blow to her temple and then there was darkness as she fell to the ground after being rendered unconscious.

When she awoke it was to the sound of Marcus arguing with another woman. She'd been bound with duct tape to a chair, her head was throbbing and she could feel the bruising on the side of her face, and see some more, as well as some cuts and scrapes, on the rest of her body, she assumed it must have occurred when she feel to the floor of the elevator, or when Marcus had somehow moved her from the elevator to this chair.

She took the opportunity to survey the room for anything that would help her break free. At first glance all she saw was a computer on the desk, on the screen was booking conformation for plane tickets, she couldn't quite see where too. There was a double bed in the corner and an old wooden wardrobe in another. The door flung open, and Marcus entered the room with a much older woman. "Is this her? Is this the woman Anthony stole from you?"

"Yeah, but she's changed, she's come around, she chose me over him."

"I don't believe it, I don't believe this whore. She's no good for you Marcus."

"I am no whore."

The woman slapped her across the face. "Shut up whore."

The slap had caused Ziva's long, loose hair to fall back behind her shoulder, revealing her Star of David necklace. "She's a Jew?"

"It's doesn't matter ma, she said she loved me, and she'd change for me."

"No I did not."

"She's no good for you Marcus," the woman continued, practically ignoring Ziva's comment, "I mean a Jew? and look at her, so weak."

"Untie me, and you will see just how weak I am."

Again the woman slapped Ziva.

"Don't make her cross Ziva, you need to show mama your respect, she will be living with us after all."

"You are crazy. I do not want to live with you or this crazy woman. I do not love you. You are not half the man Tony is."

"Yes you do. You do love me" He was obviously enraged by her comments. He kicked the chair she was sitting on,cracking two of the chair legs and making the chair fall on it's side, he continued to yell at her, kicking her in the guts as he did. "You don't mean it, he's not half the man I am. He ruins everything. EVERYTHING YOU HEAR ME???"

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Tony and Gibbs stormed into the squad room, Tony still gripping his neck

"Jeeze DiNozzo, it's not that bad, I checked it already, just get down to Ducky and get a bandage on that thing."

"Can't boss." Tony said gasping for breath dramatically, he knew it wasn't bad, but still had an irrational fear that if he spoke too much or stretched his neck it would split open and make it much worse. "have… to… find… Ziva."

Gibbs rolled his eyes, picked up his desk phone and pressed a few buttons, "Get up here Duck, and bring a bandaid." He went to hang up the phone, then paused and pressed it against his ear again. "make it a big one Duck," and with that, he hung up the phone. "where McGee?"

"Here boss," McGee called as he walked towards the bullpen.

"Where have you been McTardy?" Tony questioned.

"Sorry boss, I was trying to write my next chapter and had my phone of silent."

"Rule Number 3 McGee," Gibbs started to speak.

"I know boss, I'm sorry, never be unreachable."

"Good, now we've got that cleared up we need to find Ziva. Tony do you think he'd hurt her?"

"I don't think so boss. Besides, Ziva was trying to defuse the situation for as long as she could so long as she keeps pretending to like him she'll be fine."

"Knowing Ziva, we don't have long then." Gibbs stated. He knew Ziva could turn on her acting abilities when she needed to, but she also couldn't stand men like Marcus and would have a hard time not hurting him if he crossed the line.

"McGee trace her cell. Tony where would he take her?"

"I don't know boss, I only knew him when he was a 14 year old Mummy's boy."

"Is his mother still live?"

"I'll check." Tony darted behind his desk, frantically pressing keys to pull up information.

Ducky walked into the squad room. "You're lucky Henderson brought in a case at the last minute Jethro, otherwise I would have been at home." He was carrying a fishing tackle box that doubled as a first aid kit. "Now, where is all this drama I've been hearing about?"

"DiNozzo." Gibbs stated as he pointed at Tony.

"What have you been doing my dear boy? A gash like that won't kill you but you really should have gotten it looked at."

"Isn't that what you're doing Duck?" Tony reminded him

"Yes, yes, I suppose it is. You know, back in medi-evil times, it was believed…"

"Deanna Paxton..." Tony interrupted Ducky who continued to patch up his wound "Sorry, Duck... Doesn't look like De's been a good girl Boss. She's come under investigation a couple of times, charged once on minor offences but no one's been able to prove she's been involved in any of the other larger offences, though she seems to have become quite the regular feature in some interrogation rooms, usually for embezzlement."

"Got an address DiNozzo?"

"Pulling it up now boss." He paused for a second while his screen refreshed to a new page revealing Deanna Paxton's address. "Got it Boss."

"Gear up then." The three men grabbed their SIGs and packs and headed towards the elevator, while Ducky rapidly tried to finish off Tony's patch up job on the move.

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I think there are maybe 2 chapter left of this story. not sure if i'm going to continue this thread or start a new one. having trouble thinking up ideas for another story. let me know what your thoughts are, if you really want me to continue I'll try to think harder as to where I could take the characters.