Title: Undercovers... Again

Chapter: 10

Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the original characters from the show, they belong to the writers of NCIS.

Author's note: Hey, sorry you had to wait a day in between but I had tons of homework yesterday and had to go out, leaving me with no time to write. Anyways, this is the new chapter. I hope you like it. I want to say THANK YOU for all of the reviews! Also, just as a response to a few reviews I got, Ziver is Gibbs' nickname for Ziva. He's used it in a couple NCIS episodes. Again, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!

Although Tony was not big on talking about his feelings, this was too much to handle. He had to talk to someone--and Abby was the most likely to understand what he was going through. Walking out of the elevator, he stepped into Abby's lab.

"Abby?" He called, then waited for a response.

His heart nearly jumped out of his chest when a familiar voice answered him, "Sorry to disappoint you but she's not here."

Tony's eyes widened and he spun around, finding himself face-to-face with the woman he loved. "ZIVA!"

Ziva grinned at Tony's obvious delight in her return.

She opened her mouth to reply, but Tony surprised her by pulling her tightly in a hug before she could.

Ziva was surprised to say the least, but didn't mind at all as Tony held her closely, as if protecting her from the rest of the world. She momentarily felt herself get lost in his embrace. Then Tony pulled back, snapping her out of her daze.

Ziva immediately felt the loss, but refused to say anything, she didn't even notice the way Tony blushed slightly at his sudden show of affection.

He cleared his throat and Ziva looked up to see him staring at her with an odd look in his eyes, "Tony?"

"Hey Zee." He cleared his throat again and Ziva wondered what was making him so nervous.

"I… uh…" Tony's nerves got the best of him, "I sure hope that now that you're back Gibbs will be easier to live with."

Ziva rolled her eyes and Tony fought the urge to punch something.

I'm such a coward! That's not what I mean Ziva, I wanted to say that I'm glad your safe. I wanted to say that I was terrified by the thought of losing you, I wanted to say that I love you and I never want you to leave my side again…

Tony closed his eyes in frustration with himself. He opened them again and stared Ziva in the eyes with new determination, "Ziva I—"

"ZIVA!" He was interrupted by Abby's voice.

Both Tony and Ziva turned to see the lovable goth standing in the doorway, a huge smile on her face.

"You're okay!" She ran towards Ziva and gave her a tight hug, causing Ziva's eyes to widen as she gasped for breathe, "Abby!"

Her voice came out more like a whisper and Tony immediately became protective, he stepped beside Abby and laid a hand on her shoulder, "Abs be gentle."

Abby smiled sheepishly and loosened her grip on Ziva. She took a step back and muttered a quiet, "Sorry Ziva." Before brightening up again, "But you're okay! Oh my gosh I was SO worried about you!"

She leaned in for another hug, but this time glanced at Tony's warning look and gently patted Ziva on the back.

Abby didn't say anything, but smiled to herself at how protective Tony was being, even if it was just over a hug. "I missed you so much, and when even Tony was upset I knew it was bad."

Ziva looked shocked for a minute before turning to Tony with a sly smirk on her face.

She tried to cover up her curiosity as she asked in a teasing tone, "Even Tony was upset?"

Tony blushed slightly and stuttered, "Yeah… Well…"

He decided to take his chance with her getting angry at him and covered, "I was upset because Gibbs was really mad at me for letting you get abducted. I… sorta slacked off on my surveillance duty."

Before Ziva could react Abby reached out and punched Tony in the chest, "TONY! This was your fault that Ziva was taken?"

Tony looked at Abby in shock, he wasn't expecting her to punch him. "Look Abs I'm sorry—"

Abby raised her hand to silence Tony, "Apologize to Ziva, not me. You almost got her killed."

Thanks for the reminder Abby… Tony couldn't help but think to himself.

He felt incredibly guilty as he knew he was responsible for what happened.

"Abby your hand is bleeding." Ziva pointed out, interrupting Tony's thoughts.

Abby lifted her hand to reveal a small cut on her knuckle, "I know—I hit something hard in Tony's pocket when I punched him."

Tony furrowed his brow in confusion then lifted a metal object out of his pocket—Ziva's Star of David.

"Tony!" Ziva scolded as she snatched the necklace out of his hand, "What are you doing with this?"

Abby looked at Tony with wide eyes, knowing exactly why Tony had taken Ziva's necklace.

"Uh…" Tony quickly scanned the room for any excuse and his eyes rested on Abby, "Sorry Zee. I saw it on you desk—"

"And decided to steal it?" Ziva interrupted, "Why?"

Tony blushed but continued, "As I was saying… I saw it on your desk and thought to bring it to Abby to comfort her."

Tony gave an inward sigh of relief when Ziva believed his lie, "Oh."

Tony grinned as he looked at Abby, "Guess she doesn't need it anymore."

Abby raised an eyebrow, not buying Tony's lie for a minute. However, at the sparkle in his eyes as he said that she didn't need it anymore she decided not to say anything. That look and the quick glances to Ziva told Abby clear enough, It won't be much longer.

She smiled to herself and Tony flashed her a weird look before turning to Ziva. "Come on, I guess you should probably tell McGee that you're back too."

Ziva nodded, "Okay." She turned to Abby and smiled. "It is good to be back Abby. I will talk to you later, yes?"

"Definitely." The happy goth nodded, sending her pig-tails to bobbing. "We have so much to talk about."

Abby glanced at Tony when she said this, making him nervous that she'd tell Ziva what he was acting like when she was gone—he wasn't exactly in the best mood.

"Bye Abs!" Tony quickly shouted over his shoulder as he rushed Ziva out the room.

They reached the elevator and both went to press the button. Tony tried to ignore the shock that rippled through him as their fingers touched, little did he know that Ziva was feeling the exact same thing.

~~~NCIS~~~

Tony sighed as he looked up from his paperwork the next morning. He glanced at Ziva's desk only to see that it was still empty.

Tony felt his heart beat a little faster as he wondered if she was okay. Why else would she be this late for work unless she was hurt.

"Probie!" Tony snapped, causing McGee to look at him with raised eyebrows.

"What Tony?" The younger agent asked, clear annoyance in his voice at being interrupted from his work.

Tony forced his voice to sound casual as he asked, "Where's Ziva? Didn't she have to work today?"

McGee nodded, "Yea—"

Tony cut him off before he could finish, "Then where is she McGee?" He asked, his worry rising.

"She's just saying goodbye to her dad at the airport—his plane left…" McGee glanced at his watch, "about 10 minutes ago."

Tony nodded, relief flooding over him as he realized that Ziva was fine. He even allowed himself a small smile as he realized that Michael would be leaving too.

He began his work again, this time in a much better mood.

Not five minutes later the elevator dinged. Tony looked up with a smile on his face as he got ready to greet Ziva, however he wasn't prepared for what happened next.

Instead of Ziva coming out of the elevator with the smile he loved like he'd expected her to, Ziva came storming out and headed right to his desk. She didn't even say a word as she forced him up and dragged him into the elevator.

Tony shot McGee a helpless look right before the elevator doors closed. He didn't know what he did, but judging from the look on Ziva's face, one thing was for certain—he was in trouble.

As soon as the heavy metal doors slid closed Ziva reached over and flicked on the emergency elevator stop button. Then she turned to Ziva with fury written all over her face, "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO MY FATHER?!"

Lol, so you probably weren't expecting that to be the ending, but I have one more chapter that I will write and I'm thinking that you'll like it. :) Also, I bet you didn't think the fight between Tony and Ziva's father about the whole interrogation/bad father thing was going to come back in the story, but I introduced it for just this reason... I don't think that reason is hard to figure out but if you don't know then read the next chapter (probably tommorrow) and you'll find out. Again, thanks for reading and please review!

PS. I am SO psyched for the new NCIS episode tonight! :)