Tali was lying on the floor bleeding again, Ziva was kneeling next to her.

"I need to stop the bleeding" Ziva said frantically

"Honestly Ziva, it's just gonna happen again" Kate said to her.

"Get me something to whip up this blood!" Ziva yelled. Tali disappeared and was replaced by Ari standing in front of her.

"Oh yeah, show up now, you smart-ass" Kate mumbled "We have a job to do, where were you?"

"It is a waste of time, she is either going to get it, or she is not" Ari said to Kate.

"Get what?" Ziva asked as she got up.

"The way I see it, it does not matter how you got here you either in this thing or you're not. There is no in between, and Kate here can get pissed off because for all her though-talk she is no different from Tali. She is stuck"

"And you're not?" Ziva questioned

"No."

"Oh please" Kate sighed rubbing her forehead with her hand.

"Stop. When I shot Kate I competed my task. When you shot me-" Ziva looked away from him "- when you shot me, I came here. Found love"

Ziva's head snapped back and looked at him. "What?" she said shocked.

Ari put an arm around Kate's waist and Kate rolled her eyes at Ari's smug grin.

Ziva looked at them. "Oh my god"

Gibbs and Jen were still sitting in the same position as they were fifteen minutes ago, Ducky had gone to get coffee and McGee was still holding Abby.

Tony was watching them all, he hadn't moved from his position of sitting on the floor and leaning on the wall. He closed his eyes remembering what had happened earlier that night…

-

He remembered the team had gotten a tip on where a man named Drew wanted for murdering two Petty Officers was hiding out.

When they had reached the small shack where Drew was hiding Gibbs and McGee covered the back of the house, He and Ziva covering the front. Drew was already waiting for them. He jumped out from behind a tree holding a knife.

He could remember Ziva seeing Drew first and ran after him.

When He saw Ziva running after Drew he went after her. He saw Ziva stop in front of Drew.

Drew turned to face Ziva, she just stood there, looking at him. Tony remembered the exact moment when Drew smirked at her and drove the knife through her chest and ran.

"ZIVA!" he remembered yelling as she collapsed to the ground.

-

Tony had a single tear running down his face.

"I just stood there" Ziva told Kate, they were standing alone in the empty waiting room "I just stood there and let him stab me. I was going to fight, but then I thought, just for a second, what is the point? And he stabbed me"

Kate looked at her sadly, the Ziva whispered:

"Do not tell anybody"