Thank you to everyone for continuing to read, I appreciate it, I hope you enjoy this chapter - there's a smidgen of Gabby because I can't resist
Tony jumped as he heard a knock on the door. He had been day-dreaming again and had forgot to listen out for Gibbs. Tony opened the door to see Gibbs standing there with his arms crossed. Tony looked at him sheepishly, even though he had worked with Gibbs for years, and he was a fully grown man, Tony still felt like a child getting into trouble when it came to Gibbs.
"Uh Hi Gibbs" Tony said quietly.
"Di Nozzo" Gibbs barked gruffly.
Tony stepped to the side and allowed Gibbs to enter. As Tony watched Gibbs make his way to the couch, he saw Ziva emerge from the bedroom, arms folded looking particularly cranky.
"Tony!" She said to him without even saying hello to Gibbs
Tony just shrugged.
Gibbs interrupted their moment.
"It's good to see you to Ziva" he said with a slight sarcastic tone.
Ziva looked sheepishly toward Gibbs.
"I'm sorry Gibbs, of course it's good to see you, I just don't know if we should have called you. Whoever this is could be watching the building."
"I know that Ziva, Tony filled me in, but I have a plan" He said calmly. "I don't think it's safe for you to be here at all, I think for the time being you're safest at NCIS. Even though whoever this knows about that building, there's a lot of security and I think it would be a challenge getting in there unnoticed."
Tony and Ziva looked at each other, they hadn't really discussed how they were going to approach this. Maybe it was a good thing Tony called Gibbs, maybe then we will focus properly on what's going on, Ziva thought to herself.
"Are you two going to say anything or are you just going to stand there blankly?" Gibbs barked
"Sorry Gibbs" Ziva said apologised. "Of course your right we need to leave here, what is you plan?"
An hour later Abby, and McGee had joined the other three in Tony's apartment. They had snuck in around the back entrance, hoping they hadn't been spotted. Abby couldn't stop staring at Ziva, she didn't believe her friend was really here. Gibbs noticed Abby's distraction.
"Abbs" Gibbs said "You've gotta stay focused. I need you do everything I say, this can't go wrong, all of our lives are depending on it right now"
"Sorry Gibbs, I will don't worry Gibbs I got this." Abby replied still smiling.
"Ziva I need you to go and get some of your clothes to give to Abby, neither of you really look that similar but we will have to work with what we've got right now."
Ziva nodded and went off into the bedroom, Abby followed so she could change.
"Ok, you two." Gibbs tuned to speak to McGee and Tony "This is what we're going to do. McGee, you and Abby are going to leave through the main doors, We'll need a scarf of something for Abby and McGee you'll need something to cover as much of your face as you can. Us three will get into my car and drive to NCIS. At best it will draw out the suspects, hopefully they will trail us on the way to NCIS. If anything goes south, McGee, Abby is your first priority, you get her out and you keep her safe, understood"
McGee nodded in acknowledgement, "Yes Boss"
Gibbs continued "Tony, you and Ziva are going to leave by the back entrance, it takes you out into a little court yard. I don't want you to go out on to the street, I want you to climb the fence out the back and make your way through the neighbourhood on foot, staying as hidden as long as possible. I will call you to arrange somewhere to collect you as soon as we are clear here"
A short time later they were all standing in lounge room ready to go. Tony and Ziva were to leave first. Gibbs hoped that if someone did realise what they were up to that Tony and Ziva would have a head a start. As they reached the back door Tony and Ziva paused, Tony reached for Zivas hand and gave it a tight squeeze, and he looked over to her to see her already looking at him.
"It's ok Tony" Ziva said "We've done things like this hundreds of times, we've got this"
Tony smiled "I know but it's different this time Ziva, it feels different" he said.
"Tony" Ziva said firmly "It's not any different, just because of how we feel, that doesn't mean we don't do what we have been trained to, the feelings, if you let them, they will make you lose focus, and we can't afford to do that Tony"
"I know, I'm sorry Ziva, I'm just scared, scared that you just came back to me and it could all be gone in a heartbeat." Tony said softly
Ziva reached up and kissed him gently
"It's ok Tony, we will get through it like we have a hundred time before" Ziva smiled as she spoke
"Now we need to focus on what we have to right now ok?" she opened the door in front of them and they took off, climbing quickly and quietly over the fence
Abby, Gibbs and McGee waited for 10 minutes before exiting. Abby had wrapped a large shawl around her to cover as much of her face as possible. McGee had a hooded jumper pulled low on his face. Gibbs turned to Abby and McGee
"Ok it's time to go, you both know what you have to do if this goes wrong" Gibbs said to the pair.
They both nodded in acknowledgement as McGee exited first, ensuring his eyes were constantly moving to catch anything suspicious. As Gibbs and Abby went to leave, Gibbs grabbed Abby by the arm.
"You be careful Abbs, I don't want anything bad to happen, got it?" He asked quietly
Abby nodded "I know Gibbs, we've been over this a hundred times"
Gibbs smiled "I know" he said "But we can do it a hundred and one just to be sure"
Abby smiled, Gibbs lent in and placed a small kiss on her temple and whispered "I love you Abbs, so be careful"
Abby squeezed Gibbs arm in acknowledgment before they exited the building.