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Gibbs bent over and looked at the screen. He double checked it and then looked at Tony. Who took the pads off and stood up. "I am not a part of Aviz Llik!" He looked at Ziva who took a step back. "Ziva…I'm not"

"A lie detector doesn't lie, Tony" Ziva said quietly.

Tony shoved the machine off the desk and stormed to the door angrily "Well this one obviously does" he opened the door and walked out slamming it behind him.

Gibbs looked at Ziva "You're not to go anywhere near him, is that clear?"

Ziva frowned "I need to talk to him"

Gibbs looked at her "McGee goes with you"

Ziva shook her head "I need to talk to him alone"

Gibbs glared at her "I don-"

Abby cut him off "I don't think he'll actually kill her Gibbs"

Ducky nodded "This is Tony we are talking about. He thinks the world of Ziva. You know that. Be reasonable. He just got back from Afghanistan. Let her talk to him alone. Give them five minutes and when Tony has calmed down we'll do the test again." Gibbs looked at Ziva who was looking back at him.

"Fine. But only five minutes and if you're not back by then I'll assume he isn't as good as we all thought"

Abby's jaw dropped "You're actually doubting Tony? The one you have worked with longest. Who no matter what has always had your back and when Kate then McGee came along always had their back and more importantly has had Ziva's back even when he wasn't her number one fan?!"

Gibbs looked at Abby and simply said "Five minutes starts now Ziva"

Ziva ran out of the room and went to look for Tony. She walked past the small area behind the stairs up to the Directors office and M-TAC. "Damn it DiNozzo! Where are you?" She said aloud to herself.

"Right here" A voice said from the small dark corner. Ziva jumped and turned to face Tony. "I'm not a part of that group, Ziva."

She stepped forward towards him "I know, Tony." She glanced down at his hands which were rubbing together. His knuckles were cut, swollen and had started bruising. She frowned at them and closed the space taking his hands into hers. "What did you do?" She asked gently.

"Hit the wall."

"Why?"

"Because of my results and people not believing me"

"I do believe you"

"How can you believe my word over a goddamned lie detector?"

"Because I know you"

"So?"

"So, you were angry before you did the test. Your heart rate must have been faster than normal. You looked calm from the outside but on the inside you were mad."

Tony looked at her "You really do know me don't you?"

She smiled at him. "Calm yourself down and do the test again. Abby will ask you some warm up questions before she asks the other question."

"Ziva, it said I was lying. If it says I'm telling the truth this time how will we know it is telling the truth?"

"Don't worry. We'll sort it" Ziva stepped away holding his hands so he came with her. "Let's go down and do the test again." Tony followed her reluctantly "I only had five minutes to talk to you. That stared before I left the room. I've had three minutes and if I'm not back in time then Gibbs is going to be mad."

"He gave you a time limit? Why?"

"He was…I don't know"

"He thought I'd hurt you didn't he?"

"No"

"Don't lie to me"

"Okay, yes, but…"

"But nothing. He doesn't trust me"

"He trusts you with his life" They reached the interrogation room and Ziva put her hand on the handle. Before she turned it, she faced Tony. He frowned at her. She leant up and quickly kissed him. The door was yanked open almost pulling Ziva's arm off. Gibbs stood there staring at the pair. He narrowed his eyes at Tony and gestured for them both to come in the room.

Tony followed warily but was greeted with Abby's enthuasim. "I'm positive the machine was faulty. We got a new one; we all did the test again and the answers were the same but the fact that you were angry and het up doesn't help. So if you're calm then we'll do it again." Tony nodded.

Ziva pulled Abby to the side and told her to ask him a few other questions before she asked him about Aviz Llik and do that a few times to make sure he got the same answers. Abby understood and nodded at her. She sat down opposite Tony. "Take your top off and put these on" She handed the pads to him and he stuck it on.

"Tony…did you propose to Ziva before you went to Afghanistan?"

"Yes"

"Did you kill people in Afghanistan?"

"No"

"Do you love Ziva?"

"Yes"

"Have you been with NCIS for more than twenty years?"

"Yes"

"How many women have you dated?"

"More than I can count on my fingers?"

"Are you in Aviz Llik?"

"No"

"Did you punch Gibbs when you first met him?"

"Yeah"

"Is your full name Anthony DiNozzo Junior?"

"No"

"What is your full name?"

"Anthony DiNozzo"

"Are you forty six years old?"

"Yes"

"Is your girlfriend eleven years younger than you?"

"Yes"

"Are you a toy boy"

Tony laughed "No"

"Are you a member of the Aviz Llik group plotting to kill Ziva?"

"No"

"Are you an only child?"

"Yes"

"Did your names come from your father?"

"Technally no, but yeah"

"Did your dad call himself 'The real Tony DiNozzo' when he first met us?"

"Yes"

"Did you cry when you proposed to Ziva?"

"No"

"Did you give her flowers?"

"Yeah"

"Her favourite?"

"No"

"Why?"

"They didn't have them in the store"

"Are you in Aviz Llik?"

"No"

"Okay, cool, that's all of what I'm asking. Now for the results"

Tony took the pads off his chest and buttoned his shirt back up. They all held their breath while Abby waited for the results and had them printed off. She looked at the paper and then at everyone. "The test said that Tony told the truth"

Ziva huffed "On how many of the questions?"

Abby grinned "Patience, Ziva. He told the truth on all of them"

They all breathed a sigh of relief. Gibbs stepped forward. "DiNozzo"

Tony looked at him. "Yeah Boss?"

"Sorry"

"Uh…boss?"

"Sorry for doubting you and actually believing you were a part of Aviz Llik"

"I had a pretty good idea of why you were apologising but my confusion is flared by the fact that you're actually apologising. I thought you had a rule against it"

"I do. But one of my other rules is sometimes you're wrong"

Tony nodded "Got it"

Abby jumped up "So we lost a lot of time doing this so we're gonna have to get a move on if we want to do this by the end of the night"

"It's already pretty late, Abby. Why don't we do this in the morning?" Ziva asked. She was waiting for Tony's protest but he stayed silent. "It makes sense. Let people go home to their families. It's not fair we are keeping them here for no real reason"

At that Tony did protest "Ziva, there is a very good reason. Your life is a good enough reason for me"

Tony….nothing is going to get done tonight. People are tired and in all honesty I think everyone working on this is wasting resources. There are other cases to solve but people are working here on something this team alone could do."

Gibbs nodded "We're sending people home but they are all working on this in the morning"

Ziva nodded and everyone went along with it. They all walked up to the Squadroom and Gibbs yelled at everyone to go home. People quickly dispersed from the Squadroom and headed home leaving only Ziva, Gibbs, Abby, McGee, Palmer, Ducky, Tony and Director Shepard. "Well. It looks like we're here for the evening then." Abby said.

"Yeah. This is going to be fun" Tony commented.

Abby grinned at him "Sleepover at NCIS" She suddenly stopped and looked around open mouthed. "I know a way we can catch these dirt bags!" They all looked at her expecting her to continue "We could make a news bulletin saying we did the tests and it was found out that Tony was in the Aviz Llik and put him in a prison- undercover obviously- see if anyone from the real Aviz Llik group comes in to see him and we have Agents waiting outside and when they're done talking to Tony, he can call us and let us know they're coming out and we can get them"

They all thought about the idea and then the most of them agreed. "Wait…does that mean I have to go into a prison and stay there?"

Abby nodded "But it won't be like you're actually a prisoner. You'll be in special quarters where you're allowed to basically do everything you want."

Tony frowned "I still have to be there"

"Would you like to do it so you save Ziva's life?"

Tony thought about it then nodded "Yeah, let's do it"

Jenny came down from the Squadroom and listened to their plan. "I'll call an TV Agency now"

Gibbs nodded and the rest of them sat down and talked more in depth about their plan. When Jenny came down again she told them there was an Agency on their way. "They'll be here in fifteen to twenty minutes."

They all sat around until the camera crew came. They breezed out of the elevator with the reporter leading the way. "Hello, hello! Tell us what you'd like us to do and what you'd like us to film, we'll do a improve script and then we can get to business and then it'll be ready to stream tomorrow morning"

Gibbs pulled a face "I have no idea what any of that meant but yeah, we'll go with it"

Jenny briefed them on what was happening and they all set to work "Okay, so can we stand in front of that most wanted wall?" Jenny nodded and the woman barked out orders to her team. In another ten minutes they were all set up and ready to film. She started telling everyone on the team what to do. It took them a total of 2 hours and fifteen minutes to film the whole thing. When it was done the crew packed up and said their goodbyes and left.

Jenny looked at the team "They say they're going to tap into every channel saying that its breaking news in the hope someone from Aviz Llik will see so we just have to sit tight till ten am tomorrow morning." They all nodded and watched as she went up to her office.

"What do we do till then boss?" Tony asked.

Gibbs shrugged "its night time. Sleep"

Tony looked about. "Well okay, if you insist" He grinned and walked to his desk and lay down behind it. McGee followed suit going to his desk. Gibbs went to his and Ducky and Palmer went to two spare desks.

Abby looked at Ziva "Can I sleep under yours?" She asked. Ziva nodded and watched as Abby went to her desk and lay down. She stood in the middle of the Squadroom for about five more minutes doing nothing before Tony's head popped up from behind his desk.

"Hey! Are you coming here or not?" He whispered to her. She looked at him and nodded walking over. She sat down next to him and stared ahead. "What's wrong?" Tony asked her.

"Nothing"

"Ziva? What's wrong?"

Ziva looked at him lying on the floor staring up at her. "I was just thinking about earlier"

"What about it?"

"If you hadn't have been here then I would be dead"

"Gibbs would have done something"

"He was going to pull the trigger when you shot him. Only you saw that coming. Gibbs is really good but I honestly don't think there would have been anything he could have done"

Tony shrugged "Well then it's a good thing I was here then." He said winking at her.

"It's not funny Tony"

"You getting killed isn't something I find very amusing"

Ziva sighed and looked away. Tony sat up but whacked his head on his desk hard. "Ow!" He whispered. Ziva turned to him after hearing the thump. He was holding his head tightly. Ziva bit her lip to stop herself laughing but let it out quietly when he shot her a dirty look. He looked at her and started laughing too and they were both soon trying to keep quiet while laughing.

"I'm not sleeping under that thing now" Tony said as he turned around so lie down behind his desk rather than under it. He pulled Ziva down with him. "Just sleep Ziva. It will hopefully be sorted tomorrow."

Ziva rested her head on his chest and listened to his breath and let his hand tracing patterns on her back sooth her. She looked up at him and saw he was staring at her. "When do you have to go to the Prison?" She asked him quietly.

"After the broadcast tomorrow. Then hopefully we'll get these dirt-bags"

Ziva nodded "You haven't been back more than twenty four hours and you've already started back at work. This isn't fair on you"

"Don't worry about me. You're my primary concern and I would have started work again as soon as I got back if I had too. Just sleep. You need it. You've had a rough day" Ziva nodded and moved her head back down. Tony carried on tracing patterns on her back until she fell asleep. He lay awake for a while praying that they'd get the people trying to kill Ziva and thinking about the worst case scenario. He closed his eyes and fell asleep thinking about food and Ziva and work and Afghanistan and movie.

Tony woke just as the sun was coming up. He'd had a good night sleep dreaming of all his favourite things. He smiled up at the ceiling remembering what had happened in the dream. He rolled over to search for Ziva but hit his head- again on his desk. He kicked it "Stupid piece of junk" He muttered rubbing his head. He reached out behind him to see if he could find Ziva. She wasn't there. He sat up and looked around. He couldn't see her in the Squadroom. He jumped up and woke everyone else. "Hey…Has anyone seen Ziva this morning?" He asked. People shook their heads sleepily. "I can't find her."

Gibbs was the first one to snap into action. "Okay. Abby you look for her in the women showers and bathrooms. McGee check all of downstairs, Tony you and I will go and check upstairs. Ducky, Palmer, stay here in case Ziva comes back here"

They all nodded and set about looking. Gibbs and Tony ran up the stairs to the M-TAC and Jenny's office. They looked on that floor and burst into Jenny's office. She was sat there looking at some papers. "Have you seen Ziver, Jen?" Gibbs asked.

Jenny shook her head "No why?"

"We can't find her" Suddenly Gibbs's phone went off. He answered it quickly, it was Abby. When she had hung up Gibbs lowered his phone.

"Has she been found?" Tony asked urgently.

Gibbs nodded and walked out Tony and Jenny close on his six. They got to the Squadroom and Ducky and Palmer joined them. McGee and Abby were both at the woman showers waiting for them. Gibbs put a hand on Tony's chest to stop him and went in. Tony shook his head and followed him in anyway with the others following. Gibbs was stood staring at Ziva and she was staring back. Tony's eyes widened and he took a step forward then stopped. He started shaking violently. "Oh my dear girl" Ducky said quietly and Palmer took his cap off.

Ziva was hanging from a single bar from the ceiling with a shower cord wrapped around her neck. He hands were tied behind her back and her feet were tied together. He eyes were glassy staring but not seeing. A piece of paper was just visible from her pocket. Gibbs stepped forward and took it out, the movement of him pulling making her body rock. He opened the paper and read it aloud

"I find it funny that you thought you'd be able to protect her"

PLEASE NO HATE ABOUT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER! PLEASE...I HATE, HATE...Anyway I hope you enjoyed it despite the end...this is not the end of the story...you dont know what happens next...neither do I tbh but please dont stop reading...tell me what you think and when you want the next chapter up by...I'm hoping tomorrow evening.