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It isn't long before they get a hit on the BOLO, McGee sees it pop up on his computer screen, and quickly tells the others. "A metro police officer has seen him in a takeaway shop in Anacostia. He's following him, as ordered."

Gibbs springs into action. "Tony, Z-" He is about to have Ziva come too, an automatic response, but he quickly catches himself, and corrects. "Tony, come with me. McGee, get in contact with Metro, tell them to continue following until we arrive, and then back off. Tell them what he did if need be." Of course they had outlined it in the BOLO, but not the details like one of his victim's works at NCIS.

With Gibbs driving, they pull up next the metro cop in half the time it should have taken. They both jump out, and after looking around, and not seeing anyone who matches the description Ziva gave, they go over to him. "Where is he?" Gibbs questions.

"He hurt one of yours?" The cop asks, his dispatcher had said something about one of the victims, the only survivor being an NCIS agent.

Gibbs agitatedly answers. "Yes. She's on my team."

The cop knows what will happen to the suspect when he is found by these guys, but still he points at an empty apartment building. "Went in there, think I saw him on the fifth floor."

Without another word, Gibbs motions for Tony to follow him into the building, leaving the cop on the street.

It takes them barely a minute to find where Jack is hiding out, and guns drawn they creep into the room.

Before Jack can react, Tony has him pinned on the floor, a gun to the back of his head. "Got 'im, Gibbs." Tony calls out.

Gibbs strides over to where Tony is holding Jack, and kicks Jack in the jaw before saying, much to Tony's surprise. "You're under arrest for multiple counts of rape, murder, and attempted murder. What's your name Jack? Your real name."

Shocked by the turn of events, 'Jack' tells them. "Shane Jones."

Tony handcuffs Shane Jones, and just as he closes the second one, Gibbs pulls Shane up by his hair, and tells him. "You picked the wrong person to hurt."

As soon as the words leave Gibbs' mouth, he releases Shane, and knees him straight in the groin, hard.

Tony and Gibbs half drag Shane Jones 'Jack' into an interrogation room soon after arriving. Shane winces with every step he takes, jarring one injury or another. He has clearly taken a severe beating.

After roughly dropping him into a hard plastic chair, Gibbs and Tony sit down on the other side of the table. In a deceptively calm voice, Gibbs says. "You almost killed one of my people, you filthy piece of shit; a woman I owe my life to. You're lucky that I wasn't alone when I found you, otherwise you'd be down in the morgue right now." He pauses. "Now, you have two choices, confess or..." Gibbs points at Tony. "...he leaves the room."

Shane actually seems to need to think about this for a moment, even though Gibbs has an absolutely murderous look on his face. Then, he makes the smart choice. "Fine, I raped that chic."

Gibbs' gut tells him that there is something Shane is leaving out. "You're holding out on me Jones, stop now!"

Shane doesn't answer, and Gibbs gets mad.

Gibbs jumps out of his chair, and before Shane can react, he is pinned against the wall with Gibbs sig pressed against his temple.

"You're not going to shoot me." Shane says, his voice shaking, doubting himself.

Sure enough, Gibbs takes the safety off his sig.

This does the trick. "Whoa man, please! I'll tell you." Shane pleads, he then shakily tells Gibbs and Tony. "...I have AIDS." Gibbs re-holsters his sig, grabs Shane by the shoulders, and throws him across the room. He then strides out of the room.

Meanwhile, Ziva and Abby are standing in the observation room, watching the interrogation. They watch as Gibbs jumps out of his chair, grabs 'Jack' out of his seat, slams him against the back wall of the room, and puts his sig to his temple. The murderous intent clear in Gibbs' eyes.

They listen as 'Jack' starts off confidently, but quickly gets nervous. "You're not going to shoot me."

Ziva actually looks happy when Gibbs takes the safety off his sig. She then looks disappointed when 'Jack' pleads. "Whoa man, please! I'll tell you."

As 'Jack' says. "...I have AIDS." Ziva looks into the room, shocked for a moment, before turning to Abby.

"Did he say..." Ziva can't bring herself to finish the sentence.

But Abby knows what she is asking, and her face says it all.

Ziva slips bonelessly to the ground, sobbing.

"Oh Ziva." Abby says as she sits down beside her, and holds her.

A moment later, Gibbs strides into the room, and is shocked when he sees Ziva curled up against Abby, her body racked by sobs. "She heard?" Gibbs asks Abby, who nods. "Damn it. Take her down to your lab, talk." He then orders.

With Gibbs' assistance, Abby helps Ziva off the floor, and leads her towards her lab.

It takes over an hour before Ziva calms down enough to talk, she looks up to Abby. "Why is this happening?"

Abby has no answer for that.

It is another week before Ziva gets her test results. She is sitting in the doctor's office, Tony by her side, holding her hand.

The doctor, Dr Collins addresses her. "How are you feeling today Ziva?"

"Alright." Ziva replies a little too quickly.

Tony shoots her a look that says 'tell the truth'.

Ziva takes a deep breath, and says. "We found my... him. During the investigation, he said ...he has AIDS."

Dr Collins looks at Ziva sadly, and at that moment, she knows.

"I have it, don't I?"

The doctor hesitates for a moment, knowing how much this will change her life, her boyfriend's life, her children's lives, for the worse. "Yes, the tests came back positive."

The only thing Tony wants to do right now, is hold Ziva, but he knows she won't let him, so he settles for giving her hand a squeeze, reassuring her that he's there for her.

"I am going to prescribe you a course of medication, which you will need to take indefinitely, it's commonly known as the triple cocktail. It may cause you more side effects than the post exposure meds, including nausea, fatigue, vomiting, headaches, liver and kidney problems..." He hands Ziva a small pile of pamphlets. "...there's a full list of potential side effects in these, and a lot of other information."

Dr Collins continues to talk, but Ziva and Tony just sit there in shock.

Ziva has HIV.

TBC...

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