Terribly sorry
I just couldn't think, I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this
So I'm sorry if this chapter aint as good
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Everything seemed to be going in fast-motion for Tony now. They were finally acting rather than thinking.
He sat in silence in the car while Gibbs was on his mobile on the way to the hospital. This greatly worried Gibbs because Tony was rarely silent.
"Yeah, thanks Fornell", he hung up.
"So?", Tony asked with anticipation.
"Fornell contacted Special Agent Volkov, he's arranged a meet"
"You mean a shootout?"
"To put it lightly, and we'll take him into custody, "interrogate him", he'll tell us everything he knows, then he'll go off the grid for a year or two before contacting the Petrovs again"
"Why?"
"Well, that's what anyone in any cell would do, undercover or not, not decrease the risk of being captured, tabbed etc etc. Just remember Tony, the FBI are sacrificing a very delicate operation just to see that we save her."
"I know, Boss. I can hardly believe it myself"
Gibbs looked at Tony as he continued driving. He wasn't telling him the whole truth. Between Peter, Fornell, Jen, himself and another individual, there was something else to this plan. But he daren't tell Tony.
In the bullpen.
"Are you sure about this Ziva?"
"I'll be fine Jen; I can take care of myself"
"But Tony- "
"Tony will thank me one day"
"He is already losing it because of Amy but if anything happened to you he would-"
"I think he has already shown that he does not think of me in that way"
Jen saw right through this. She knew that Ziva was tearing up inside and is using her Mossad training to cover up her feelings.
Ziva strapped on her bulletproof vest just as McGee walked in all set to go.
"Ziva, the FBI have sent us the co-ordinates they're waiting for us on site", Ziva nodded as she grabbed her gun from her desk drawer and made her way to the elevator with McGee.
"well what should I tell him", shouted and exasperated Jen from the bullpen.
Ziva stopped in her tracks and thought carefully. The Great Gatsby. She finished the book shortly after the e-mail came this morning. She thought of how Gatsby had changed his entire lifestyle to be with the one girl he loved. But she was artificial. She didn't know what she wanted. She chose her husband instead. And this led to Gatsby's murder. Typical! The one character in the book who isn't artificial; who doesn't let the boundaries of society stop his quest for her and he dies…
Well, "I'm certainly not going to let my "quest" for someone to love me stop my life. I'm not going to let Tony break my heart like he has done to many girls in the past…
"you know!", Ziva called back, just as the elevator doors closed.
I am not going to die for him… I'll die for someone else…
Tony and Gibbs were in the elevator at the hospital, patiently waiting for the little pinger to ping when they reached the 9th floor.
"god", sighed Tony, "now I know how Amy felt. What the hell am I supposed to say to her Boss?"
"Use your gut"
"So you don't know how I should approach this? Maybe you should do this"
"I can't, stay long. The "meet" is happening in a half-hour so I'll need to leave in ten minutes"
"I'm coming with you"
At that moment, Gibbs flipped the switch to make the elevator come to a grinding halt
"No, Tony. Angela needs someone. It's probably better for her to be with someone she knows rather than a hospital full of strangers and FBI bodyguards who could kill her at any second. She needs someone she trusts…"
"but…"
"No "buts" Tony. I know this is a sensitive issue but I cannot have you taking the law into your own hands"
"You've done it enough times, cant I have the limelight for once?"
The tension in the small elevator could be cut with a knife. Both men stared each other in what seemed like a lifetime. Gibbs was too shocked to even attempt a head slap. Instead, he did something that even Tony didn't anticipate.
"Tony, all day I have felt nothing but envy towards you. I would give anything to get Kelly back or to even see her, just to say a proper goodbye. I don't care how I'm gonna do it but I promise you I will do everything in my power to get her back alive. Are we clear?"
Tony took a deep breath, "OK Boss, you win" and he flipped the switch to continue going up, with an obvious look of bother on his face.