THIS IS ALL MY FAULT, BOSS
Tony was frantic when he made his way into the hospital. He got the information he needed and that's where he found Gibbs, looking scared but calm. "Boss, where is she? How-" "The doctors are with her now, Tony. They havn't been out to talk to me yet." Tony and Gibbs just stood there in shock now. He knew he should be focusing on Ziva but he had to tell Gibbs about Ray. He knew Ray did this and in order for him to tell Gibbs, he would have to tell him what was going on between him and Ziva.
"Boss, you need to listen to me, ok? I know Ray did this. I know he did, Boss." "Yeah, you keep saying that but where are the facts, Dinozzo?" Getting frustrated now. "Ok, last night I had Ziva come see me." Taking a big swollow as he continued to speak. "I didn't know how I was going to do it but I had to convince her to not marry Ray and believe it or not, my motives were not 100 percent unselfish. We talked for a while and we ended up back at my place." Gibbs continued to listen, trying to be understanding. "After convincing her to break things off, she was going to talk to Ray tonight. I know he did this, Boss." Gibbs gave an understanding look before speaking.
"Ok Tony, I will make a few phone calls. Get people looking for him." "Have you called anyone else? Does the team know?" Gibbs just nodded. "I'll called them. They wanted to come in but I told them to waite until we got an update on Ziva's injuries." Starting to come apart now. "This is bad, Boss. I know it is." Some tears running down his face. "We don't know anything yet, Tony but we do know how strong she is. This women survived 3 months of toture all by herself, in a desert. If anyone can survive anything it's Ziva.
The doctor finally came out to speak with Tony and Gibbs. Tony was already preparing himself for what he was about to hear. "Hi guys, my name is Dr Neils. I've been one of the doctors examining Ziva David's condition tonight." "Good, I'm glad we got to catch up, now how's Ziva?" Not trying to be rude but his verbal vomit had a mind of it's own tonight. Gibbs just put his hand on Tony's back trying to relax him. "Well, I want to say that Miss David is very lucky that she isn't dead but I'm afraid I can't say that right now. Whoever did this, did a number on her. She has two broken ribs which caused one of her lungs to puncture, the beatings she took to her head has caused her to develop something called a "Cerecal Compression" She's unconscious at this point and we think that's for the best right now. She's also been bleeding internally but we were lucky enough to get the bleeding to stop... for now."
"Oh, my god, Ziva." Starting to break down again. "No Ziva, this isn't happening to you." Trying to convince himself that this was all a bad dream but he wasn't waking up. "From the looks of it, it looks like she took a beating to her head, mostly from someone's shoe. Kicking her repeatedly." "We get it, Doc." Gibbs was getting sick to his stomach. Tony could barely handle hearing anymore. "Can we see her?" Tony asked softly. "Are any of you family of hers?" They both got frustrated again. "We may not be blood but we're all the family she has in the states. Please don't fight us on seeing her. You won't win." Gibbs said sternly.
The doctor gave up his fight. He knew how important she most of been to these guys. "We're going to get her settled in a room in ICU and then I'll have a nurse come find you. One visitor at a time, though. I won't budge on that." Walking away now, leaving Gibbs and Tony to waite. "Oh, my god. This isn't happening." Starting to walk around as Gibbs followed him. "This is all my fault, Boss and don't you dare tell me it isn't!" Getting defensive now. Gibbs just let Tony speak his mind. "If I hadn't urged her to break things off with Ray, he would of stayed calm and Ziva would of been safe."
Gibbs didn't care. He wasn't going to let Tony blame himself for this. Even if Tony beat him to the ground himself. "We don't know that. You know what you did for Ziva last night, Dinozzo? You gave her her life back." Tony was angry by this. "How the hell did I give her her life back, Boss?!" Gibbs remained calm with Tony. "I know it's hard to see because she's here but think about it, we don't know that much about Ray Cruz. Tonight proves that he has some serious problems and if Ziva would have married him, she would of been marrying the abuse, aswell." Putting a hand on his shoulder now. "You also saved her in another way. You showed her that a good life with a good guy was still possible." Tony tried to listen to what his Boss was saying but it was just hard right now.
"What if she doesn't survive this, Boss? She was beatened soo bad and the doctor didn't sound to optimistic. What if I lose her, Boss?" His head hung down as the tears fell. "The doctor is just doing is job, Tony. He see's what's right in front of him. He see's the facts but he doesn't know Ziva like we do." "I can't lose her, Boss. I just can't." "I'm going to call the team and let them know what's going on but you stay here and waite to see Ziva. We're not going to lose her, Dinozzo. I won't allow it." Tony just nodded his head as the Boss went to make some phone calls. Leaving Tony alone with his fears for the women he loved.
