OK. First of all. Sorry it took so long to publish the last chapter of this story. First my computer broke down (no internet for almost a month) and then I had lots of stress due to the new semester.

So again. I am really sorry about this.

And Second. I will publish a sequel to this story which will continue where this story ends. ;-)

I hope you like it. Thanks a lot for all those great reviews. I loved them. ;-)

And always remember: please review.

-Davidozzo


Tony and Ziva stepped out of the shower. "Wow. That shower was great." Tony smiled while Ziva handed him a towel. Ziva turned around and kissed Tony. They heard a knock on the door. Ziva moaned and pulled away from Tony. He kissed her one more time before she walked towards the door. When she arrived Ziva heard Abby say. "Ziva, open up. I have a surprise for you." Ziva opened the door and saw Abby, McGee and Ducky. She smiled and remembered the other night. "Well. This is like dejá vu." Abby Walked into Ziva´s apartment. "Ziva, dress up we are going out." "Abby, I do not feel like going out." Ziva objected. Abby didn´t listen and rushed past Ziva into her bedroom. Ziva had seen Tony walk in there after they broke the kiss. "Abby, what are you doing?" Ducky and McGee were still standing in front of the door. Abby reached the door and walked into the bedroom. Ziva heard a loud scream followed by another scream which was much deeper. "Ahhh." "Ahhh." Ziva arrived at the door and was soon joined by McGee and Ducky who had heard the screams. Tony was standing in the middle of the room. He had nothing but a pillow to cover himself. McGee grinned at the sight of a naked Tony. "STOP SMILING MCGEE!" Tony hissed towards McGee. Abby smiled and hugged Tony and Ziva. They were caught in surprise. "I am so happy for you two."


Beep…beep…beep.. Tony woke up from a strange sound. He looked around to see where it came from, but he couldn´t find the source of the beeping. Ziva shifted in her sleep and Tony lay back down and her close to himself. Tony was now lying behind Ziva and breathed in the scent of her hair. He slowly fell asleep, but they woke up from the ringing of a cell phone. Ziva sat up in the bed and rubbed her eyes. She rolled onto Tony and reached over to the nightstand. Tony grabbed her at the waist and kissed her passionately. "Mhh, Tony. I need to answer the phone." "Ok, ok. I guess, we don´t want Abby to storm in here, again." He answered and remembered the embarrassing moment from the last evening. Ziva was still lying on top of him and answered her cell. "Hello? ... Yes Gibbs … Yes … I will be there immediately." She hung up and threw her cell phone back onto the nightstand. Ziva wanted to get up, but Tony pulled her back onto him and kissed her passionately. Ziva joined the kiss but soon pulled away and got up. "Gibbs called. I need to get to the office." Ziva said. "Do you want me to come with you?" Tony asked while Ziva slipped into a pair of tight jeans and a t-shirt with V-neck. "No, you do not need to come. You should get back to sleep." Ziva grinned, sat down on the edge of the bed and placed a kiss on his lips. "You will need your energy tonight." Tony pulled her closer to him and "I love you, Zee." "I love you, too, my little hairy butt." She kissed him one more time and then got up to leave. "I will see you later, Tony."


Gibbs waited for Ziva in the office. Earlier he had found a connection between the dead petty officer and a foreign criminal. Ziva arrived half an hour after his call. She looked refreshed although it was only a little before 4a.m.

Ziva placed her bag on her desk and greeted Gibbs. "Hello, Gibbs. Here I am." Gibbs looked at her and said: "We got a lead. Our victim was in contact with a foreign criminal. We found a couple of e-mails on his computer and there was no translator available." "So you want me to look over these e-mails?" Gibbs nodded as Ziva sat down and started to work. Gibbs cleared his throat and walked to Ziva´s desk. "I guess you talked to DiNozzo." Gibbs said and smiled when Ziva looked up. "How do you…" Ziva stopped when she saw the Gibbs smile. "Just keep it out of the office." Gibbs said and walked up to MTAC.

At 4:30a.m. Abby and McGee arrived. Gibbs had called them to help Ziva organize the mails. As soon as Abby saw Ziva she stormed towards her and hugged her. "Hello, Ziva. It is so good to see you. Where is Tony?" Ziva freed herself from Abby´s breathtaking hug. "Well, I guess he is still sleeping." "Doesn´t matter. I can´t wait to see him." Abby turned around and trudged towards the elevator to her lab.

McGee sat down at his desk. "Good morning, Ziva. Sleep well?" She looked up and answered. "Good morning to you, too. Yes, I have slept very well." They continued to work on the case.


Beep...beep...beep...beep...

Tony woke up and heard the beeping sound from earlier again. He looked around. It was only 4:50a.m. Tony got up and walked around in the room to look for the origin of the beep.

The closet as well as the dresser was empty. Tony was sure that it came from Ziva´s bedroom. He lied down on the floor and looked under Ziva´s bed. As soon as he saw the object that was placed under there his eyes grew to the size of a tennis ball. "Oh, shit."

A small LCD display with green numbers and connected to some kind of explosive looked at him. The display showed that there were only 6 seconds left.


Gibbs came down from MTAC. "What do you got, Ziva?" Ziva stood up and grabbed the clicker. "PO James Barrett. The e-mails I checked showed that he was in contact criminal named Alexei Ubizow. He is responsible for the murder of several American businessmen in Moscow and Saint Petersburg…"

McGee´s computer beeped and he interrupted Gibbs and Ziva. "Sorry, boss. But I just got an alert. There was a massive explosion in an apartment building in Washington. Experts say that it was definitely not a gas leak. They are showing it on ZNN right now." Gibbs looked at him. "Put it on, McGee." McGee turned on the TV and they watched the news.

"The explosion happened a couple minutes ago, a little before 5a.m. Due to the size of the explosion, experts can rule out a gas leak. The building is currently unsafe and the number of victims is still unclear. The fire department estimates that it will take at least until this afternoon to stabilize the building and to start the rescue."

The house was shown in a short clip. As soon as Ziva saw the building she gasped: "Tony!"


So that was it. if you want to know how the story continues, read the sequel.

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