[From Twilight]
As Tony turned his head his eyes widened in alarm.
"Freeze Claire don't move!" he shouted urgently, and jumped up. Claire froze with the key still in the lock and looked over at him worriedly.
"The cars wired to explode." Tony told them as he slowly walked over to stand beside her. They both swallowed thickly.
"It looks like the detonator's tied to the trunk." He explained shakily. One more second and she would have been dead.
"How far did you turn the key?" Kate asked.
"Um I'm not sure almost all the way I think." she told her nervously.
"Ok let's let it just snap back." Tony suggested and slowly put his own hands over hers.
"Ok" Claire agreed looking up at him nervously. Tony gave her a reassuring nod. He wasn't going to let anything happen to her.
"Now let go." Tony told her gently. Claire did as he asked and walked over to where Kate was. Tony held his breath as he carefully held the key in place.
"Now all of you run" he told them with a glance.
"Tony were not leaving you standing here." Claire immediately argued.
"I'm a lot faster than you are, I'll be right behind you. This is not a debate!" he told them seriously, leaving no room for argument. He was talking to all of them but kept his gaze on Claire. Kate and McGee nodded reluctantly and dashed back up the hill. Claire didn't move.
"Claire get out of here." He told her with an unknown expression in his eyes. She had to get out of here.
"Tony, you and I both know that in your condition you won't make it far." She told him seriously. Tony sighed and looked back down at the key. He couldn't argue with that.
"Anthony….you should have taken that extra week." He muttered to himself.
Gibbs was on his cell when Kate and McGee raced up the hill.
"It's the car!" McGee shouted.
"It's wired to…" Kate was cut off as the car exploded and knocked all the investigators off their feet. After a moment, they all looked up from where they were lying and glanced around.
"Tony! Claire!" Kate shouted in alarm as she noticed their absence. She should have known. After a moment of agonizing silence the two in question made their way up. Claire was helping Tony crawl up the hill, both of them breathless. Tony, still recovering from his condition and Claire because she was doing most of the work.
"Boss, you remember when I told you I never felt better?" Tony asked as he crossed the caution tape.
"I lied." He muttered and collapsed in exhaustion. Claire leaned against a tree and rubbed soothing circles on his back. This was not their day.