ok guys wont leave you in suspence too long so here is the next chapter...please review :)

megan

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The explosion caught them both off guard. Suddenly people were screaming to get the agents that were in there out.

"Kate stay here! I'm going in!" Tony yelled.

"Tony no I can come!" Kate said but the paramedic pulled her back on the stretcher and all she could do was hope.

Tony ran the heat of the fire seemed to burn his face but he needed to find the team.

"BOSS!" Tony yelled hoping to get an answer. Nothing came.

"Tony? Is that you?" Tony heard McGee yell.

"Tim! You ok?" Tony asked looking at the younger agent using his first name in hope to get a better answer out of him.

"Yeah!" Tim yelled over the roaring flames.

"Get out now!" Tony yelled.

"What about you?" Tim yelled back looking horrified.

"You have a wife and kid! Don't take the risk of letting your daughter grow up without a dad!" Tony yelled and that got Tim and he exited the building as quickly as he could.

Tony looked around.

"BOSS!" He called again with still no answer. The fire was raging closer and he knew he would get stuck in here soon.

That's when he saw a shadow. At first he couldn't tell of it was a person or just something he slightly saw. When it came closer he saw it was Jacob. He was carrying Ziva who was only just conscious.

"Jacob! Where Gibbs?" He yelled once again using first names in hope of getting a better answer.

"He's back there…he told me to take Ziva first." Jacob yelled looking scared.

"Ok go strait you will reach the exit…I'm going for Gibbs." Tony said looking directly at the agent.

"Ok…be careful!" Jacob yelled before heading off with Ziva.

Tony walked through the heat and every time he looked at the fire it seemed to get closer. He saw Gibbs half sitting half lying on the ground.

"Boss?" Tony yelled. Gibbs looked up at him.

"You shouldn't have come Tony." Gibbs said barley able to breath.

"There was no way I was leaving someone behind! Isn't that something you taught me?" Tony said putting his arm under Gibbs and lifting him up. "I got you Boss, now lets get out of here before we become fried."

Tony walked, everything in his body screamed not to go anywhere near the flames but he had no choice, it was the only way to the exit. He wondered where the fire fighters were…they should be in here by now. Tony suddenly saw the exit.

"Almost there Boss…just a bit further." Tony said.

Kate was standing up looking into the flames. What the hell was he thinking? She suddenly was a shadow. It was bigger then Tony though and she soon realized it was McGee. The paramedics ran up to him wrapping him in a blanket. They took him away for oxygen.

"Tim, are you ok?" Kate asked as he sat on the stretcher occupied by her not to long ago.

"Yeah. Tony came in, told me to get out and went to look for everyone else." McGee managed to say before the medic put and oxygen mask on him.

The fire trucks finally arrived. They all ran getting out hoses and spraying water on the building.

"There are 4 more agents in there!" Kate yelled at one of them.

"Ma'am it is too dangerous for me to send men in there…we will calm the fire down and then move in." He said looking at Kate.

"THEY'LL DIE!" Kate yelled.

Suddenly she saw two more shadows. Three fire fighters ran up to help them. When they came closer she could see that it was Jacob and Ziva. Ziva was close to loosing consciousness and Jacob looked like he was going to collapse.

"Jacob! Where's Tony?" Kate said loudly enough for him to hear her.

"I don't know. He ran in for Gibbs." Jacob said.

Kate turned to look at the fire once again. There was no way she was going to sit and wait to see if they were alive. She bolted pulling her shirt over her mouth. The first thing that hit her was the heat; it was like nothing she ever thought possible. She looked around and then she felt someone grab her from behind. She stifled a scream. She turned around to see Tony. She collapsed in his arms. Although she had only just got in the building she all ready felt faint. Tony looked at her scared as she fell to the ground. Three fire fighters came in behind them. They grabbed Gibbs Tony and Kate and ran out of the building.

Kate breathed in the fresh oxygen and looked around. The paramedic was telling to breath in and out. She tried to but all she wanted to do was cough. She suddenly saw Tony beside her. He was wrapped in a blanket and had an oxygen mask on. After a few more minutes of breathing in the oxygen the medic pulled it away and Tony grabbed Kate's hand.

"You ok?" Tony asked full concern.

"Yeah. What about you?" Kate asked as Tony helped her sit up.

"I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about. You have got a bullet graze then you hit in the head by a pipe." Tony said.

"I did?" Kate asked. "All I remember was getting really dizzy.

"Yup there was a loose pipe above you, I tried to move you but it was to late." Tony said.

Kate looked around. The fire was almost out and the smoke still rose. The stars glistened overhead. Everyone else was getting the oxygen they needed but they would all be ok. Thank God for that. Kate thought. Tony pulled her into a hug and she fell into his chest happy to be in his arms, the one place at the moment she felt safe.