Chapter 21

"Now you know what it feels like Ziva." Tzahal's voice shocked Ziva and she spun around to see him standing in the door way, his Desert Eagle hanging loosely in his right hand.

Ziva didn't bother answer him instead she just hugged Tony closer to her chest she was aware that his heart rate and breathing had slower down dramatically.

"To know what?" She screamed desperately rocking Tony back and forth trying to get him to wake up from his unconscious slumber.

"To know what?" The man exclaimed "To know what it feels like to loose somebody you love. To loose somebody who you have been waiting for all your life and then to have them cruelly snatched away from you when you finally have a chance of happiness!" Tzahal waved the gun around wildly.

"Please!" Ziva begged "Kill me, I deserve it, just save him!" Ziva couldn't stop the tears that were cascading down her cheeks.

"Ziva, I am sorry you could not realise before that you deserve this, I am also sorry to have to bring an innocent into this. But, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." The man turned heading towards the door.

It slammed shut behind him and Ziva was left alone with Tony.

"Zi?" Ziva hadn't realised Tony had woken up.

"Yes Tony I am here." Ziva stroked Tony's hair trying to soothe him.

"End it Ziva, please stop the pain." A tear was running down Tony's cheek "Make it stop…."

Ziva pressed her head against his chest "I can't Tony, please Tony don't ask…" Her voice was barely more than a whisper.

"Don't act like you don't have the skills Ziva, just kill me Ziva, please, please make it all end." Tony pressed his chin against the top of her head not being able to stop the tears that where cascading down his cheeks.

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Gibbs slammed on the accelerator and McGee was pressed even further into the passenger chair. Gibbs' knuckles were white against the steering wheel. He spun the Dodge down a side alley and McGee's senses were filled with the sound of screeching of wheels and the smell of buring rubber.

"ETA 5 minutes boss!" McGee shouted over towards Gibbs who in answer pressed his foot even further down on the accelerator.

"Make that 4!"

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Ziva traced her hands up to Tony's neck, pressing her fingers against his artery, cutting off the blood supply to the brain.

"I love you Zi," Tony simply stated.

Ziva feeling the tears returning "I love you to Tony." She answered, the pressure against Tony's neck never relented.

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Gibbs and McGee jumped out of the car guns already drawn, they sprinted towards a warehouse that lay centre of the docks. Still running Gibbs shot the padlock off the heavy steel doors.

The doors slid open revealing two men armed with automatic machine guns. Gibbs and McGee dived behind a stake of crates narrowly avoiding the burst of fire that came from one of the men.

Gibbs leaned out and emptied his clip into one of the men, McGee did the same with the other. They stood up and continued running.

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Ziva could feel Tony slipping away in her arms, life slipping away from his grasp, she lifted her head up so she wouldn't have to look at his face, she blinked back the tears.

She heard a burst of machine gun fire but her death grip did not loosen, she had promised Tony. Every second now she felt life leaving the body of the man she loved.

God forgive me, She prayed God forgive me.

This chapter was inspired by an episode of 'Spooks' I remember watching when I was young. It was a very touching scene but I had trouble writing it, partly because I am trying to do a million other things at the same time! Well that is it for tonight.

I will update soon but I still must ask you to review – please,

So avid readers, here is a question, when Gibbs and McGee come, is Tony dead or alive?