McGee picked up his phone on the first ring.

"McGee I want agents outside DiNozzo's room NOW!"

"Boss what's wrong?"

"Do it McGee!"

Gibbs hung up, leaving McGee staring at his cell.

"What was that about?" Ziva asked him from across the bullpen.

"Gibbs wants protection outside Tony's hospital room."

"Tony is in danger?"

"Gibbs must think so." McGee said blankly.

"Well what are you waiting for?" Ziva shouted, drawing the attention of the few agents unlucky enough to still be around at this hour.

"Right, of course." McGee stopped staring at Tony's empty desk and put the request through.

McGee called Gibbs back to tell him which agents were on route. He tried asking for more details, but Gibbs clearly wasn't in a talking mood because he hung up before McGee could get to the end of the question.

"We should go down there." Ziva said, standing and grabbing her coat.

"No." McGee forced out. "We stay and finish up. We still don't know where Barrett is and we don't know who shot Tony or Cade."

"We know nothing McGee." Ziva emphasised, throwing her coat back down. "We've processed all the evidence and have no other leads. If there was another shooter then they have left no face."

"Trace."

"That too."

McGee thought over her argument. "You think EJ shot Tony?"

Ziva tried to look a little guilty. "It is a possibility is it not? She was Tony's target-"

"We don't know that."

"What about the autopsy tape. Removing a microchip from Levin's arm? Then immediately after Tony is sent on a secret mission that we are to know nothing about. I can only think of one reason for that."

"Coincidence."

"If Gibbs could hear you-"

"I know!" McGee threw his hands over his head.

"Okay, we finish here, get Abby then we'll go to the hospital. But I'm not facing Gibbs until we have the answers."

Ziva smiled. "Ok, McGee."