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Chapter 21

The drive was silent, and Ziva and Tony kept giving each other meaningful looks, and it was driving McGee insane.

"Can you two stop it?"

"We're not doing anything Probie."

"You know what you're doing." He whined.

"Just shut it McGoo."

They got there, and Ziva climbed out of the car.

She could do this.

She could.

And she would.

She was.

With Tony right beside her, every step of the way.

She hesitated slightly before entering the building, with steps that go down as soon as you enter.

There was a small corridor at the bottom that she could see, and two doors the one in the left was the room she knew she had been taken into.

Tony came up behind her gently, and clasped her hand in his.

"I can do this." She whispered.

"I know." He said, reassurance in his voice.

She started to make her way down the stairs, a nauseated feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Her hand trembled slightly as she reached to open the door, Tony stood back and let her do it.

She slowly entered the room, and looked around.

These four walls, all the reminded her of was despair.

Anguish.

Hurt.

Hopelessness.

With a stab she noticed the blood stains on the floor and walls.

He grabbed her and viciously pushed her onto the chair, and tied her to it.

"I've been watching you for a long time Ms. David – I have my ways – and I think I know you better than most people do, even your precious Tony." He mocked.

"I do not know why you think Tony has anything to do with this." She replied neutrally, using her Mossad training.

He punched her in the stomach and she whimpered.

"You deserve to hurt," he said seething. He wiped a hand across his sweaty forehead and ran his fingers through his hair. He was agitated, and Ziva knew better than to push him too far, but one word could not hurt, and curiosity got the better of her, "Why?"

"You know…why?" He struggled to get the words out.

Whoever this guy was he was beginning to loose control, which made him even more dangerous than before.

"Tell me," she said gently, in a persuasive tone.

But it didn't work, and a dangerous smile crept onto his face, "Let's see how Tony likes this." He said slowly, controlled as he advanced towards her.

"Zee?" Tony's astoundingly gentle voice brought her back to the present.

She turned around to face him, and did something extremely out of character for her, and flung her arms around his neck.

Tony was taken by surprise, but put his arms around her firmly, lovingly.

"I thought I was never going to see you again." She whispered.

So that's what this was about. "I felt the same."

"No, Tony you don't understand-"

"You thought you'd never get to tell me you loved me."

She was surprised, "Yes." She said in barely a whisper.

McGee chose that moment to enter, and awkwardly realising he had interrupted a moment, just sort of stood there.

"Probie looks like a deer caught in the headlights."

"What? McGee does not look like a deer?" Ziva as they broke apart.

"Never mind," he rolled his eyes smiling.

They got to work, and to be honest finding evidence of Scott's/Kirby's activities wasn't difficult.

Tony was taking pictures of the chair in the middle of the room when he noticed Ziva across the room, trailing her fingers across the blood stains on the wall.

Whatever she was doing, on some psychological level it couldn't be doing her much good.

He went outside, whilst keeping an eye on her, and spoke to Gibb's "I don't think we should have brought her here boss." He whispered, gesturing towards her in the other room.

Gibb's looked at Tony, whose eyes were glued to Ziva, processing her every move, full of concern and affection.

"Go in the other room with her Dinozzo."

Damn, he was hoping Gibb's would say they could go back.

"But boss-"

"She needs to do this Tony," he said much more gently, "or she thinks she needs to do this, so let her do it, but make it easier, discreetly."

"She's hurting and she's not letting me in." Tony whispered.

"She will, and she's letting you be here, it's a step up for her. She's letting us all be here, instead of doing it alone."

Tony pondered on Gibb's words,

"Thanks boss."

"Ziva, come on boss needs us in the other room."

She raised her eyebrows at him, but followed without complaint.

"So much for discreetly." Tony mumbled.

"What was that?" She asked.

"Nothing." He said, smiling,

They were gonna be ok.

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