Chapter 10
Gibbs pulled the car up about fifty metres from the shed. The area was mostly bushland, except for the clearing around the shed.
"Can't see any cars around," McGee said. Once they were all geared up, they circled the building.
Jenny found a door around the back. "There!" she said, but was quickly shushed by Gibbs. "DiNozzo, McGee, wait around here for my signal. We're going in," he told them. They dutifully obeyed. "Ready to save our girl?" Gibbs asked Jenny. She smiled and nodded. Gibbs kicked the door open.
Inside it was dark. Guns in their hands, Jenny and Gibbs advanced into the room further.
Gibbs heard a rustle. "You hear that?" he whispered.
"Yeah," he heard Jenny's whispered reply.
Suddenly, a shot was fired. Jenny moved to the right, Gibbs to the left, guns drawn. "Who's there?" yelled a voice from deeper in the room.
"NCIS! Remington, come out with your hands up!" Gibbs yelled back. He heard footsteps, but they weren't coming closer.
"All I wanted was Charlotte to pay for what she did, but then you guys had to intervene."
"You want to punish her because she did the right thing in reporting you?" Gibbs said. Remington didn't reply. Instead he fired his gun again.
Tony and McGee burst through the door, guns drawn ready to shoot. The shed was illuminated by the open door, and Gibbs now saw Remington with a gun in each hand, aimed straight at the doorway.
Bullets began flying everywhere; most of them from Remington's automatic that he hadn't shot before now. After thirty seconds of non-stop gunfire, Remington ceased shooting. "Get him," Gibbs said, assuming that Remington was now out of bullets.
McGee walked forwards and looked. "He's not here!" he exclaimed in disbelief. Gibbs went over to him and saw the Remington had somehow escaped. "Over here," McGee said, pointing at the wall. There was a small hole that was concealed from the outside in it.
"Damn it!" Gibbs said. He heard Jenny over the other side of the boxes and went over to her. She was holding something pink.
"Her jacket. She's not here," she said, as if not sure what to do next.
"Boss!" Gibbs heard McGee yell in panic. Both Jenny and Gibbs ran to where McGee was kneeling on the floor.
"What?"
McGee didn't answer; he was too busy trying to stop the blood that was streaming from the midsection of an unconscious Tony.
Ziva burst through the glass double doors and came to an abrupt stop when she saw Gibbs. "Gibbs!" she called out. He stopped pacing and waved her over.
"Is he alright?" she asked when she got to him.
"He's in surgery now. They haven't come to give us an update yet," Gibbs replied. McGee was sitting in the corner trying to reassure Abby that he would call her when they knew anything, and Jenny was pacing behind Gibbs.
"I should have gone with you. I shouldn't have stayed at the house," Ziva said, breathing out of rhythm.
"Ziva, calm down a bit. We're all worried, but working yourself up isn't going to do much," Jenny said. "Come with me, we'll get coffee."
Gibbs
pushed Ziva over to Jenny, and they headed to the cafeteria.
"I
can't believe this. I should have been there," Ziva repeated.
"He's my partner."
"Ziva, first of all, we all know that you and Tony are more than partners. We established that a while ago. It was a bit obvious"
Ziva stopped walking. "If you knew why didn't Gibbs say anything?"
"Because that's what Gibbs does. He waits until he has confirmatory evidence before he acts," Jenny explained. Ziva ran her hands through her hair.
"This mission has been a disaster," Ziva said. "First Sophie being taken, now Tony being shot. How can things be worse?"
Jenny put some money into the vending machine and watched as a fine trickle of coffee began falling into the styrofoam cup. They stood in silence, listening to the various noises of the hospital.
Once the coffee was ready, they headed back to where they had left Gibbs and McGee, except now they weren't there. Ziva walked further up the corridor, trying to find them.
"Ziva! In here," Jenny called, pointing into one of the patient rooms. Ziva went over and looked inside.
Tony was sitting up in the bed, awake and alert. Gibbs was talking to him, with McGee and Jenny now watching.
"Tony," Ziva breathed. He lifted his head and saw her. He smiled.
Dropping the coffee on the floor, Ziva practically ran to him and flung her arms around him, her hair completely covering his face.
"I think that's our queue to leave," Jenny whispered, motioning for Gibbs and McGee to follow her out of the room.
Ziva released Tony after a minute, and stood next to his bed. "I told you to be careful, and then you go and get shot!" she scolded.
"Well yeah, I deliberately jumped in front of a bullet," he replied sarcastically, but he was still smiling.
"You ever do that to me again, and I will-"
"Ziva, I'm going to be fine. Doctor said I'll be out of here in a week, two at the very most," Tony said. He reached for her hand and pulled her down so now she was sitting next to him. "Gibbs knows about us," he revealed.
"So does the Director. And possibly the whole of NCIS, now that I think about it."
"How?"
"Apparently it was obvious." Tony began laughing, Ziva joining in seconds later. She leant in to him and they kissed again.
Gibbs stood outside of Tony's room, watching them through the window. "Why I ought to-"
"Gibbs, we all knew it would happen. Just accept it," Jenny said impatiently. McGee had gone off to replace the coffee that Ziva had dropped, so it was safe for Jenny and Gibbs to talk.
Jenny was starting to fall apart again. "Jethro, she's been without her medication for almost two days. That's never happened before."
"We'll find her. The team who is at the scene now will find something," Gibbs replied, now starting to worry more himself. His little girl, who he barely knew, could be on the verge of being gone forever.
A phone began ringing. "You gonna get that?" Jenny said, nodding at his pocket. Gibbs pulled out his phone
"Yeah,
Gibbs."
"Gibbs, it's Abby. We got another location where
Remington could be."
"On our way," Gibbs said. "Let's go get her," he said to Jenny, and together they walked out the doors.
A/N Ok, so not much really on finding Sophie, but I really wanted to write a Tiva-centric chapter.
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