Finally over

Time has passed, almost without your knowledge.

You never found out who was the second visitor that night. Your father died three months after his visit. You never saw him alive again. You talked to him on the phone, but you never saw him again. Perhaps it's for the best. That his midnight visit is your last memory of him.

It's a good memory.

But time passed. And slowly your life starts to get on track again. You don't feel so much pain, although it doesn't disappear completely. But it's not so much anymore. You can finally sleep again. The clock doesn't haunt you as it did before. Time passes quicker again.

And now you're in L.A.

And okay you are working. But still it's good to get out of Washington. It's good to breath the air. It's good to visit the beach, drive around a little. At least it would be. Ff Ziva wasn't such a pain. If she could just leave the director alone.

But you can't deny you're worried to.

So you go in search of her. After all you have to protect her. That is your job. During the ride to the diner you finally feel alive again. You bicker with Ziva, get lost. Drive around. And suddenly the pain is much less. You're alive.

And the smile on your face is finally genuine.

You run into the diner in the middle of the gunfight. You don't even think about it. A man points a gun at the director and you put yourself in front of her. It is your job to protect her. Your job to keep her alive. When the bullet hits your chest it knocks the air out of you.

You hear screams in the distance.

But you don't really notice anymore. You fall to the ground. You try to breath, but it's suddenly becoming difficult again. The sounds around you start to disappear. The world around you is become dark. You try to keep breathing.

And then you notice you don't have the strength to fight anymore.

So you give up. There's no more fight in you. You close your eyes. And you take your last breath. The world around you is now completely dark. There are no more sounds.

It's finally silent. Finally you can't feel anymore pain.

It's finally over.