WHY CAN'T SHE JUST BE HAPPY
Since Ziva was only allowed visitors for so long, Abby, McGee, and Duckie all came by to visit her that morning. Tony wanted to be in Ziva's room every minute he could, holding her hand, saying things he knew she needed to hear but he couldn't be selfish. She had a family with NCIS and they needed to see her just as much as he did. Abby just walked out of Ziva's room with tears in her eyes as she ran up to Tony.
"Oh, my god, Tony. Why would anyone do this to Ziva?" Desperately needing a hug from the guy who was a brother to her. "Some crazy, jealous, messed up FREAK, that's who." The anger in his voice was clear to everyone in the hospital. Abby kept hugging Tony when she got this weird feeling from Tony. Like he knew who did this to Ziva personally. She backed away from Tony now to look him in the face. "Tony, do you know who did this?" Tony was trying to hide what he knew from Abby or what he believed to be true but he knew that Abby wouldn't let this go.
"Abby, promise me you won't freak out over what I'm about to tell you. Promise me." Looking his friend in the eyes. "Ok, I promise. Who did this, Tony?" "I think it was Ray." Covering her mouth to prevent herself from screaming. "Ray loves Ziva. He's engaged to her. Why do you think he put her in this hospital, Tony?!" Tony understood Abby's confusion. "Look Abby, I just don't want to get into this right now but long story short, I convinced Ziva to break things off with Ray a couple nights ago. We ended up back at my apartment where things happened and she was going to talk to Ray last night when he got home. That's when I got the call from Gibbs, telling me Ziva was here."
Abby was in complete shock. She looked over to see the rest of the team conversing about Ziva's condition. "I know we didn't know much about Ray but to think that he beat Ziva so bad that she can't even wake up and open her eyes? They need to find him, Tony. We need to find him?!" Still complete devistated for her friend right now. "They will, Ziva, I will. I promise he will not get away with this." Holding onto Abby's shoulders. Abby just hugged Tony again while the rest of the team joined them. "You need to get to work, guys but Tony, don't worry about coming into work today. I will explain everything to Vance when we get there."
"Thanks, Boss." "Give her our love, Anthony. We can come back to visit Ziva tonight." Tony just nodded his head and McGee and Tony just gave eachother a friendly look. "Let us know if anything changes with her, Tony." Abby gave Tony one last hug before leaving. "I will, Abs." Gibbs stayed with Tony as the rest of the team quietly left. "Aren't you leaving too, Boss?" "I will. I'm just worried about my Senior Agent. I know things are going on in his head right now and that he wants to act on them." "Boss-" "You have to let them find Ray, Dinozzo. You have to let ME find Ray. You can't let your angry get the best of with something like this because if you do, you will kill him."
"God, this isn't fair! Why can't she just be happy?! I need answers, Gibbs. Does the Grim Reaper have some personal vendetta against Ziva? Did she do somebody wrong in a past life that's punishing her for it in this one?" "Tony-" "Well, that's they're the only things that make since, Gibbs. I know Ziva has made some wrong choices in her life. I know she has made some bad judgements but for god sakes, she has paid for them. Why is there always something lurking around Ziva that the minute something good happens to her, it gets taken away?"
"I don't know, Tony. I don't have any answers right now, either but you have to listen to me. Ziva will get through this and Ray will pay for this. He's not getting away with this, Tony. He just hasn't been caught yet." "I need to get going but the best person to be there for Ziva right now is here." Putting his hands on Tony's shoulders before leaving him. Tony just thought for the longest time. "Yeah, your right, Boss. He will pay. One way or another, his life will end for this." The look on Tony's face was truly frightning now.