Yesterday, Gibbs was placed under the protective detail of Ziva, McGee and I because Ari has already made two attempts on Gibbs' life. Now, tracking Ari's location, we realized he and a group of terrorists are planning to use a drone to blow up a pier where a ship which just docked would let the Navy men see their families again.
We managed to get to the warehouses before it was launched but they launched it before McGee could jam their servers. Now, McGee is working on jamming them, so the drone just lands in the water.
I use a fire escape ladder to do a quick check for Gibbs.
"One down, no one in sight boss." I report through my earwig.
"Let's do it." Answers Gibbs
I pull myself onto the roof, while Ziva and Gibbs enter from the downstairs stairwell, and immediately two or three men start firing. I run across the roof in the direction that Ziva and Gibbs are. I see a terrorist and take him out.
I keep running to find the man controlling the drone, and a put a few bullets in him, along with Gibbs who just came over a ridge to where I am.
I remove the gun from where it's positioned near the man,
"Clear." I say
Then Gibbs and I look at the drone controller, in semi-confusion.
"McGee! It's still flying!" yells Gibbs,
"I've gotten one frequency down, but I still have two to go." Responds McGee.
A moment later, he gives a slight cry and multiple bullet ricochets are heard. Gibbs and I look over the side of the building to see McGee taking cover toward the back end of the car, shooting at a terrorist in one of the windows in the building whose roof we're on.
McGee fires a few shots before he says "Boss! One of them shot my transmitter!"
"You know how to fly this thing?" I ask Gibbs
"Nope, but I know how to crash it." He says, stepping back and firing three bullets into our transmitter.
After we watch the drone crash, Gibbs leans over the roof wall, looking down at McGee.
"McGee? You okay?"
"I got one terrorist inside. I don't know if I got him but he stopped shooting!"
"Hold your position, we'll flush him." Answers Gibbs. Before he cocks his gun and then says "I'm out."
"Me too." Agrees Ziva
"So am I." I say, checking my mag.
"Shooter!" yells Ziva, running forward and throwing herself in front of Gibbs, as a gun goes off.
Gibbs and I immediately take down the shooter, before turning back to Ziva, who's still on the ground.
Gibbs frantically unzips her jacket, to reveal the bullet didn't penetrate her vest. Her eyes flutter open and she grimaces.
"You okay?" I ask
"Ow." She groans "I just got shot, at point blank range in the chest Dinozzo. What do you dream?"
"I believe the term is "what do you think?" Ziva." I correct gently, as I help her up
"Protection detail is over Ziva." Gibbs says when she gets steady in her feet.
"You did good." I compliment.
"For once, Dinozzo's right." Gibbs smirks
Ziva chuckles "Wow. I thought I would die before I ever heard-"
With a boom, and an explosion of blood, Ziva collapses on the concrete deck, a perfect circle of blood in the center of her forehead, eyes open, but seeing nothing, blood starting to pool around her head.
I feel her blood all over my face, and I look the direction the bullet came from. In the corner of my eye I see Gibbs, his gun raised.
"Ari." He whispers, and my throat clenches with fury.
Ari will die.
