Chapter Ten

Impressions

Gibbs had a hand around Ziva's shoulders, he was taking most of her weight now as they rested in the elevator waiting for it to open on Abby's floor. "Ziva...what condition was he in the last you saw him?"

"Gibbs, if he were any other man he would have died days ago. The last time I saw him, he was trying to save my life by using the last of his strength to try and grab me. He is a fighter, yes?" She spoke weakly, her head leaning into his neck. She was so tired, so very, very tired and she just needed to close her eyes and...no she had to stay awake had to stay alive for Tony. He needed her, and she was going to save him if it was all she could do.

The door dinged open and Gibbs helped her into the lab, Abby turned quickly at the grunting coming from the two and her eyes boggled wildly at Ziva. "Gibbs! She needs to see Ducky not me!" Abby piped up moving over to grab her other arm to support her weight.

"Abby...I need your help." Ziva spoke just above a whisper, her head had slowly started to teeter forward towards her chest when the doors opened. Now she was fighting to keep it up and to keep her dark eyes open.

"Help? Gibbs?" She shot a glance at him as they lowered her on one of the evidence tables and leaned her against the wall.

"Ziva was conscious in the car from wherever they were holding them to here, she listened to road noises and we both thought you could help."

"Of course!" She ran over to her computer and popped up the screen for mapping. "First noise?"

"Gravel...about 2 km of gravel. Abby, we were in an abandoned warehouse. Drove for around half an hour, though some of that was in a circle so I'd say about twenty five real minutes."

"Alright...based on that and on the speeds for an average driver since I doubt we were speeding we are looking at a 20 mile radius. There are fifteen abandoned warehouses along the wharf, and at least twenty in various other locations. Any other noises?"

"Bridge...long one and sounded like a dingy."

"So definitely on the wharf, I bet that is the old L&N bridge so that narrows it down to seven possible locations. Anymore?"

"The warehouse...it sounded like roaring at certain hours..."

"A train?" Gibbs spoke as he placed a hand on Ziva's abdomen only to gain a grimace in return as she slid forward against it.

"Sounds like it to me," Abby spoke as she typed up a few more keys. "Alright, that narrows it down to three locations. One is an old cannery has a few submerged rooms and is set for demolition in a few weeks. Another one is what used to be a linen storage facility, has one large room and two smaller work rooms. The last one has been shut down for nearly seven years now, even squatters won't go near it. It was once suspected of being a drug raising facility, no information on any rooms."

"Jethro, Tobias is fusing...Ziva?" Ducky turned the corner and gawked at the injured agent. "Jethro! You should have brought her to me immediately! She is in no condition to be here..."

"Not now Ducky, Abs take care of her Tobias and I are going to check out these locations. Tell the director about them and to meet us quickly, have an ambulance on standby for us." And Gibbs was gone in a flash.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short post, I'm currently writing the next chapter but needed to take a bit of a break from this one with school. This was done a few days ago, but my after school activities kept me from uploading it. If all goes well there should be another chapter up in two days.