TStrange Happenings
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Chapter 11 - Words I've Longed To Hear
Tony and Gibbs had stayed at the hosptial for the entire night, after Ziva had momentarily woken up, but she had remained asleep much to Tony's disappointment. The Doctor had been in and out of the room all night, checking to make sure Ziva was stable, and he was extremely happy with her progress.
The morning came, and Gibbs woke up from a fitful sleep. He stretched and looked across at Tony who was still sleeping with his mouth wide open. Gibbs thought about waking him up with a head slap, but instead left him to sleep. He looked across at Ziva, and smiled at the sight of her sleeping peacefully. Gibbs left the room to get some coffee, and update the rest of the team.
Blackness. The room seemed to be full of blackness. In the very far distance, Ziva could see a small tunnel of light and she began to drift towards it. As she approched, she was aware of some pain. This made her recoil a little and as she sank back into the blackness, the pain disappeared. But curiosity had the better of Ziva and she fought to get to the tunnel again, She was so close, so close.
Tony jumped out of his slumber when the machine attached to Ziva began to alarm. He ran across to the bed and saw Ziva twitching under the blankets. She was waking up. Tony pressed the call bell to alert the medical team, and then sat next to Ziva holding her hand.
"Ziva, it's Tony. You're in hospital, but you're alright. Open your eyes Ziva" Tony begged, he was overjoyed when he saw those big brown eyes looking back at him.
"Tony, it hurts" Ziva whispered, her voice husky from the ET tube.
"It's ok Ziva, the Doctor will be here soon and they'll give you something for the pain" Tony tried to reassure Ziva. It worried him that she was in so much pain. Ziva was not one to show weakness, and it proved to Tony how much she must be hurting to admit she was in pain.
It was not long before the Doctor had been to assess Ziva. She had been asked numerous questions to assess her brain activity and had passed with flying colours much to Tony's relief. Gibbs had gone back to NCIS headquarters to update everybody, but before he had left, he had given Ziva a very gentle headslap.
"Are you feeling more comfortable now?" Tony asked Ziva, who was looking a lot better than she had when she first woke up.
"Yes, it is more like an ache now. Tony, I do not remember what happened to me, and it seems that everybody is avoiding the answer to that question"
"It's not that nobody wants to tell you Ziva, it's because you have only just woken up, and the Doctor doesn't want to stress you out"
"Please Tony, it is stressing me out not knowing" Ziva pulled her oxygen mask off her face. Immediately, her machine started to alarm.
"Sweetcheeks, you need to keep that on" Tony attempted to put the mask back on, but Ziva stopped him.
"I will put it back on if you tell me why I am here" Ziva threatened.
"Ok, but if you show any signs of being in distress, the conversation is over"
"Agreed" Ziva replied, putting the mask back over her face.
"It was your father" Tony began, and he didn't stop talking until he had told Ziva everything. At the end of the conversation, Tony's heart fell as he saw the hurt on Ziva's face. Tears threatened to fall down her cheeks, and all Tony wanted to do was hold her. He sat next to her on the bed, and gently hugged her.
"Thank-you for being truthful Tony" Ziva said, when she had calmed down a bit.
"Anytime Ziva"
"How long have you been here for?"
"Ever since you were brought in, couldn't leave you alone now could I?"
"Thank-you Tony, it means a lot"
Tony thought about unloading his heart off to Ziva and telling her how he really felt about her, but he figured that she had been overwhelmed enough today.
He was broken out of his silence by Ziva's hand caressing his cheek.
"I heard what you said yesterday" Ziva said quietly.
"What was that sweetcheeks"
"You said you loved me"
"I thought you were sleeping" Tony was shocked, and didn't really know what to say.
"It's ok Tony, there's something I want to say back"
"What's that?" Tony knew what he wanted Ziva to say, and was desperate to hear those words.
"I..." Ziva began to speak but then cried out in pain and arched off the bed. Her machine started to alarm loudly, and Tony was shocked to see her body jerking off the bed.
"HELP! Please somebody HELP!" Tony shouted as he sank to the floor in despair, unable to do anything but watch his partner, the love of his life fight for her life once again.