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"Ziva!" with just one call of her name Ziva stopped and looked at her future self and saw the blood soak through the sweater. She closed her eyes and let out a scream hating herself for doing what she was about to do. She began to walk away as her future self say on the floor behind. She thought about Danielle, McGee, Abby, Gibbs and Tony. Oh Tony. She stopped after a few footsteps and turned around. She closed her eyes and remembered the restless nights Tony had just for letting go. How much he hated himself for it. The nightmares crawled in him like living parasites, Ziva did not want that. She ran into an office next to her and searched the cabinets, pulling out everything. She screamed in frustration as she ripped out each drawer. She continued until she saw it, a large red first aid kit. She pulled it out and ran towards older Ziva.
"What are you doing?" her future self asked puzzled.
"I am not letting go, not like how Tony let go!"
-x-
Tony sprinted out from the door leaving Gibbs and McGee to deal with the others as he ran after Woods. Bullets from Woods' other gun sprinted their way towards Tony as he dived into the side of the couch next to him. Tony grabbed the small stool next to the window and threw it at Woods hitting him straight in the back.
"Come on you coward! It's just you and me! This is the end!" Tony blurted out at Woods as he walked towards Woods lying on the floor in pain with the stool on his back. Woods got up and threw the stool to the side.
"Fine, have it your way!" Both men dived into each other tackling down to the ground with Tony on the ground and Woods on top punching each other simultaneously. Tony raised his legs and kicked Woods in the stomach flipping over Tony's head and onto the edge of the couch behind him. Woods gasped in pain as his head hung off the side of the couch. Tony got up to straighten himself and Woods rolled onto the ground and got up as well. Both men held out their hands in fists ready to make a hit. Woods made the first move hitting Tony right in the chest, and Tony responding with a swing to Woods' ear. Woods' ear began to ring in multiple frequencies feeling so painful as though it was about to explode. Woods held his ear with his hand as blood raced down from his eardrum. Tony's face was also bloody.
"It's too bad that your friend had to die. What was his name again? Oh ya, Timothy McGee… your friend who helped future you destroy my company. Want to know a little fact? I didn't just kill him, I tortured him and I made sure his wife saw it!"
Tony screamed in anger and ran towards Woods tackling him against the desk that stood next to the wall. A picture frame came crashing down and hit Woods in the back of the neck. "Ahh," Woods exclaimed. Woods grabbed Tony's hair and threw him to the side ripping out some locks of hair. Tony yelped as he held his head with his hands feeling some blood from the cuts caused by Woods' sharp finger nails. Woods got off of desk and made his way toward Tony kicking away any broken pieces of furniture that stood in his way.
"When I am finished with you, I am going to find your sons and kill them slowly and remind them of what kind of parents they have. And your pathetic daughter will be made an example of!" Woods threatened as he kicked Tony multiple times in the gut. Tony coughed out blood as he held himself together on the floor aching and breathing rapidly. Woods picked up a broken glass from the picture frame and knelt beside Tony. He raised his hand about to strike.
"Long live Anthony Dinozzo and his blood line!" Woods whispered.
"Dad!" a female voice was heard from behind Woods causing him to turn around to see Danielle standing at the door. Tony took this opportunity and grabbed Woods' hand that held the glass and pushed him backwards onto his back. Tony held Woods' hand pointing the glass's sharp end towards Woods' chest.
"I got this Danielle! Go check on Gibbs and McGee!" Tony yelled out as he held his position. Danielle nodded and ran to the president's office.
"Did you know that I hate you! I hate you because you kidnapped my daughter, blew up Gibbs's house, injured young Abby, killed future McGee and myself, and who knows what you have done to future Abby! And you've killed so many innocent people!" Tony roared as he pushed Woods arm closer and closer towards Woods' chest the edge of the glass barely touching Woods. Woods' hand began to bleed as Tony's hand squeezed his making the glass that Woods held cut into his hand. Tony then screamed for the last time and pushed as hard as he could letting the glass slide into woods right in the chest. Woods was speechless as the pain took over his mind and speech. His eyes, however, focused on Tony as Tony also grabbed a leg of a chair smashed Woods' face. Tony finally let go and Woods on the floor, gone. He's gone, it's over, it's done. Tony thought to himself as he sat down beside Woods' body breathing heavily. He looked up at the ceiling and finally his nerves began to relax. A smile formed in his lips.
-x-
Danielle starred at the white house as the ambulances and firefighters surrounded it. Her hair was a mess, and her skin filled with a few scars for taking out some of the guards at the white house just to get to her father. She looked to her side and saw McGee sitting on the curb while Gibbs held him. She felt Tony place his hand upon her shoulder. She noticed his arm was in a cast and his wound was all patched up.
"How's my mother?" Danielle asked shyly.
"She has been taken to the hospital now, she'll be okay," Tony answered. Danielle looked to side. In the dark sky she saw three figures emerging with a few others behind them. She narrowed her gaze to make out who they were.
"shit…" she muttered as she saw her brother and cousin walking towards her with older Abby holding their hands. Behind them were other people whom Danielle recognized to be hostages that were to be used as experiments. Mike smiled at her and Danielle shook her head. Tony froze.
"You little shit! How did you…?" Danielle asked with a small chuckle. Mike said nothing all he did was smile. He let go of Abby's hand and ran towards Danielle. He hugged her once he reached her. He placed his head upon the top of hers.
"I'm glad you're back shorty," Mike said as he hugged Danielle tighter. Olivia then came in and broke them, hugging her cousin as well.
Mike paused in front of Tony, shocked to realize who Tony actually was. "Dad…" Mike said softly as he stood in front of Tony. Mike chuckled a little, "it's nice to see you without grey." Tony didn't know whether that was a compliment or not but he surprised once Mike did not hesitate to hug him. They were the exact same height and he could tell that Mike was his son. He had nothing but Tony in his expression.
Gibbs smiled at the scene as he was still sitting next to McGee. Older Abby made her way towards them. She stood in front of McGee, trying her hardest not to cry. She knew that he wasn't future McGee but just seeing McGee's face made her cry. She knelt down in front of him and placed her hand upon his cheek. She gazed in to his eyes and McGee into hers. She did not hesitate to hug him and he to hug her.
"Well…I leave for a few months and it looks like someone blew up the white house!" said an old familiar voice from behind Gibbs. Gibbs chuckled for he did recognize the voice. He turned around to see his 80 year-old self standing right behind him with a cane.
"You missed the fight," young Gibbs replied as older Gibbs sat next to him.
"Well I am slower than I used to be." Both men gazed over to see Markus and James running up to Danielle.
"So how did Mike know where Abby was?" young Gibbs asked.
"Tim taught Olivia how to track people, don't ask me why but he did. Mike was determined to go on his own but Olivia insisted that she'd help. I was going to take the risk of bringing the other boys to the fight to get Mike and Olivia back but when we came it was all over. I'm still going to give Mike hell for leaving though." Young Gibbs began to laugh and older Gibbs with him.
-x-
"Oh they are here!" exclaimed Abby as she jumped from Tony's desk chair as she heard the ding of the elevator. The elevator doors opened and the team was revealed, all scratched up and wounded but alive. Abby ran to give Gibbs the first hug, then onto Ziva, Tony and then McGee. She did, however, hold McGee the longest then placing a kiss upon his cheek. Gibbs smiled at the scene, for he knew that Abby did not know about her and McGee's future.
"I am so relieved that you are alright! Did you finish the job?" Ducky asked as the team entered the bullpen.
"Yea…but you know what I vote on a two week or maybe more vacation for all of us," Tony said as he sat down in his chair. Ziva giggled as she too sat down in her chair. She did nothing but stare at him with a smile.
"So what happened to Danielle and everyone else?" Abby asked as she leaned up against McGee's desk.
-x-
It was 2038 April 30th, and Ziva Dinozzo did nothing but stare at the calendar that displayed pictures of her children.
"You okay?" Anthony asked. Ziva nodded but kept her gaze on the calendar.
"This was the day that it happened, when HLCIS fell. Do you remember?" she asked as Anthony walked up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. He nodded and kissed her neck.
"Should we tell Danielle? About what happened? We did say that on this day we would tell her," Ziva said as Anthony sighed.
"I guess so."
Ziva looked into her husband's eyes and leaned against his chest once she turned around. She closed her eyes as all the memories of Tony losing his future self and of her almost losing hers. She shook her head, it was over. She and Tony had gotten their life back. HLCIS no longer existed. In fact, Gibbs made sure before he retired that Woods' father would not get assigned to that mission that was supposed to result in his death, and Vance was able to help the Woods family for he befriended Woods' father, hoping that nothing like this could ever happen again. Since HLCIS did not exist, Danielle did not have to work there, she did not have to see her father die, or her uncle, or be scared from having to be forced to do experiments on innocent people. Her brothers and cousins did not have to hide away in Canada with Gibbs. They were safe, McGee was not tortured and killed and neither was Abby. Ziva was not shot and stabbed. They were alive and living the life that they fought for 25 years ago.
THE END!
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