4 weeks had passed since Jenny's memorial ball, and the team was doing great. There still had been no signs of Jacob Chazin around, and Ziva was finally thinking that he had gone away, realized he wasn't going to win this war.

It was a Saturday and there had been no cases around. It was the middle of June, and it was very humid outside, so the team decided to bring Aaron to one of the private pools in Washington. Abby and McGee had chosen to come along, Ducky said no, Jimmy just stuttered, and Gibbs well… he didn't say anything. Abby and McGee where going to meet Tony, Ziva and Aaron, at the pool, so they each headed to their own homes.

Tony ran into his room, and pulled on a red pair of swim trunks, and his grey OSC shirt. He put on a pair of sandals, and walked out into the living room. Aaron was already changed, and had red trunks on, which were very similar to Tony's, and I 'Little P.I' shirt, which Tony had bought him.

"Toey, we match." Aaron said excitedly, as he pointed to his own swim shorts, and then to Tony's.

"You're like a chip of the old block little man." Tony said smiling, Aaron just showed him off a toothy grin. Tony sat down in one of the chairs in the living room, and Aaron jumped into his lap.

Ziva was the last to come out. She was wearing a deep brown bikini, which had an orange flower on the side. Tony had bought the bathing suit for her when he went out to the mall. She also had his red OSC shirt on, and a pair of black soffee shorts on. She was wearing sandals, and her hair was tied back.

"Alright, lets go. McGoober are waiting for us." Tony said, lifting Aaron up into his arms. Ziva nodded, and headed out into the car. She managed to steal the keys from Tony's arms, and hopped into the driver's seat.

"I am driving." Ziva said, smiling slyly. Tony's eyes widened as he climbed in the backseat, next to Aaron.

"Close you eyes and hold on tight sport." Tony told Aaron. Aaron grabbed the sides of his seat, and shut his eyes, preparing for the most dangerous trip to the pool.

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Ziva slid into the parking lot, barely missing Abby's hearse. Tony jumped out of the door, and laid down on the ground.

"I'm alive." He complained. Ziva got Aaron out of his car seat, and rolled her eyes.

"Stop being such a pissy Tony." Ziva sighed, walking towards the door. Tony got himself off the ground.

"Either pussy or sissy Ziva, choose one." He said, walking inside. Ziva just gave him the death glare as she handed Aaron over to Tony, and walked in the designated locker room. Tony did the same.

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Ziva walked out of the locker room, and saw Tony, McGee and Abby sitting on the bench waiting, while Aaron was with a swimming teacher, learning the basics of swimming.

Abby stood up, and walked over to the edge of the pool. She had a black one piece bathing suit, with a skull on the shoulder, and spider webs across the middle. McGee also stood up, and went sitting next to Abby. He had a pair of blue trunks, which went a little above the knee.

Ziva went over the edge, and bent down and felt the water. Tony saw this as the perfect opportunity. He sneaked up on Ziva, and as she stood up, he pushed her in. Ziva had time to turn, and as she did so, grabbed his hand and pulled him in.

"Ahh." Tony screamed, as the luke warm water surrounded him. He realized that Ziva was still holding on to him as she started swimming towards the top. Once herself and Tony, had broke the top, Ziva splashed Tony in the face.

"Did I manage to sneak up on the ninja?" Tony questioned, knowing the answer. Ziva just launched herself at him, pulling him under the water. Tony wrapped his arms around Ziva's waist and pulled her back up. Tony pulled Ziva onto his shoulder, and made his way towards the shallower end, where Abby and McGee where.

"Put me down, or I swear you will never be able to walk again." Ziva threatened. Tony dumped her backwards, and she fell under water. When she broke the surface again, she jumped on his back, wrapping her arms around her neck.

"Let's play chicken!" Abby shouted. Tony and McGee nodded, while Ziva sat there, still on Tony's back.

"What is a chicken?" Ziva asked. Tony put his hand on her arm.

"Well, someone sits on another someone's shoulder and so does another pair. And the top people try to knock each other off. It's easy, hop on my shoulders." Tony said, but Ziva still didn't budge.

"I am on your shoulders Tony." Ziva said, still looking confused.

"No, I'm going to go underwater, and you're going to put your legs around my shoulders. And then I come up." Tony said. Ziva hopped of his back, as Tony ducked underwater. Ziva climbed onto Tony's shoulders as he instructed to do so. Tony came up from the water, and put Ziva's legs behind his back, where she linked them at the ankles. Tony put his hands on the top of her legs, ignoring the look she was giving him.

"Oh, Ms. David missed a spot shaving this morning, didn't she?" Tony laughed, and then grunted as Ziva slapped him on the top of the head.

Tony walked over, nearer the deeper end, where McGee and Abby where waiting for them, Abby was on top of McGee.

"One…Two…Three…CHICKEN!" Abby shouted, as she put her hands up in a defensive position. Ziva did the same, not really knowing what she was doing, except trying to knock Abby off of McGee. Tony stepped closer, and Ziva leaned over and grabbed Abby's biceps. Abby leaned back, pulling Ziva with her. Ziva's legs where pulling Tony's neck to far forward, making him step forward, bumping into McGee, which made him stumble backwards. Since Abby was leaning back, McGee was off balance, as he fell into the water. Tony threw his hands up in the air, and so did Ziva.

"We are the Champions, my friend." Tony started singing. Ziva laughed, as she was still sitting up on Tony's shoulders. Tony started chanting, and running around in circles, in the stomach deep pool. He didn't notice McGee sneaking up behind them, and tackling Ziva from behind. Ziva shot forward, her stomach hitting Tony's head hard. She was balance on top of Tony's head for a millisecond, before letting out an 'oomph' and falling into the water. She came back up, coughing and wheezing, and Tony immediately walked up to her, and put his arms around her, lifting her up near his chest.

"You have a very hard head." Ziva joked, coughing. She saw the look Tony was giving her and continued. "I just got the wind knocked out of me. I am fine." Ziva answered, getting up out of Tony's arms. He turned to walk away, and she jumped on his back again, pushing him under. He came back up again, with Ziva still on his back.

"You are one tricky chick David." Tony said, walking over to where Aaron was know swimming by himself, only using the arm floaties. "Hey buddy." Tony said, Ziva rested her chin on his shoulder.

"Look, I swimmin" Aaron said, doing the doggy battle in little circles. "Dan said that that maybe I I could go underwater and and blow bubbles!" Aaron said, all excited. Dan was his swimming instructor, who was rather handsome.

"Hey Aaron, how's the swimming going." Dan said, swimming back over to the group.

"I doin' good." Aaron bragged, as he kept going in circles.

"Aaron's doing great for a three year old." Dan commented, watching Aaron swim around.

"He's going to go underwater he says." Tony commented back. Dan looked at him with the 'come on' look.

"He's not going underwater, he's just going to learn to blow air out of his nose." Dan said. Tony nodded, before heading back towards the deep end, where Abby and McGee where standing on the edge.

"Let's do relay races in the lanes." Abby suggested. The rest of them agreed. They split into teams, and of course, it was McGee and Abby vs. Tony and Ziva. Tony was the first to go out for his team, and he was facing McGee.

"Ready to loose again McGoober?" Tony bragged. McGee just smirked.

"Tony look, Cheryl Crowe!" McGee said, right as Abby said go. Tony turned around while McGee dove into the water.

"Tony, into the water." Ziva demanded, as she imitated a diving motion with her hands.

"McCheater." Tony said, as he dove into the water. McGee was a good 5 heads in front of Tony. Tony rapidly spun his arms around, and caught up to McGee, but Tony forgot to breath. He lifted his head up out of the water and started coughing.

"Water…up…my…nose…" Tony complained, trying to blow out the water.

"Tony, go." Ziva chanted from the other side.

"You'll feel sorry if I die." Tony whispered to himself as he kept swimming. McGee had already reached the turn, and was heading back the other way. When Tony hit his turn, McGee was a quarter of the way there. He saw that McGee was getting tired, so Tony pushed harder.

Tony caught up to McGee at the last quarter, and passed him to hit the wall first. Ziva dove it, and dove right over Tony's head. McGee hit the wall, and Abby dove it, just not as graceful as Ziva. Tony climbed out of the water, to see that his partner was already half way up the lane, and Abby was lagging behind.

"Go Ziva go!" Tony said, doubled over as he tried to catch his breath. He looked over at McGee, who was also doubled over. "Cheer on your partner McCheater." Tony said.

"Go Abs." McGee said weekly. Tony looked up again to see that Ziva had already hit the turn, and was heading back. Abby had just made the turn, and was also heading back, 5 paces behind Ziva. When Ziva finally won, Tony jumped up in the air.

"Team Awesome 2, Team Nerd 0. hehehe" Tony chanted. Ziva climbed out of the pool and over to where Tony was standing. Tony ran up to her, and lifted her up in the air. Ziva demanded to be put back down. Tony reluctantly put her back on her feet. Tony gave Ziva a congratulations hug, and she hugged him back. She opened her eyes and looked out the window, and saw a black van sitting out in the parking lot. She looked a little closer, and saw a man, dressed in black, sneak around the back. The man pulled out a semi-automatic.

"SHOOTER!" Ziva yelled, as she pulled Tony into the water. McGee grabbed Abby's hand and ran into the locker room. They didn't know why Ziva had pulled Tony into the water

"MOMMY!" Aaron yelled, as Dan was pulling him out of the pool, and towards the locker room.

"SOMEONE CALL 911!" Dan yelled to the other guys, hanging out in the hot tub, which was located in the locker room. Dan pulled Aaron safely behind the door.

Ziva and Tony where still clung to each other as bullets whisked passed them. Tony was struggling holding his breath, and surfaced to breathe in. He was then pulled under by Ziva, who was also struggling. Ziva gave up, and re-surfaced taking a deep breath. Another bullet went under the water, and Tony pulled Ziva back under. Tony wrapped his arms around Ziva's waist and held her close to his body.

Sirens where heard in the background, as the shooting stopped. The masked man ran back into the van, and took off. Tony and Ziva cautiously re-surfaced, the began swimming towards the edge of the pool. Tony was first to hop out of the pool, as he lifted Ziva out of the water. Ziva came up, and rocketed into his arms. Tony wrapped his arms around her waist, as she did to his neck. Dan and McGee poked there heads out of the locker room.

"TOEY MOMMY" Aaron screamed, trying to run out of the locker room, but was stopped by Dan.

"You guys come on, get in here" McGee yelled from the door. He didn't have his gun on him, and could do nothing but coach them back in the room.

Ziva was the first to pull back, as she noticed a wet spot on her lower stomach. She looked down and saw blood. She wiped it away. "It is not from me." She said to herself. She took a sharp breath in.

"Crap." Tony said, as he felt like he was getting dizzy. He started falling over, but was caught by Ziva. She sat down, holding him like a baby. She was holding his head, while putting pressure on the gun shot wound to his stomach.

"No No No Tony. Come on, stay awake." Ziva cried. Tony's eyelids where shutting, and his face was paling.

"James…Bond…is hard…to kill…" Tony joked, trying to reassure Ziva. "I… always end up…either…framed or…hurt…McGee has…never been… hurt…not fair." Tony complained again. Ziva silently chuckled wiping a tear from her cheek. "Don't…cry my…ninja…" Tony said weakly. He shut his eyes. McGee ran out to them when he realized that Tony was down. Dan also came out saying that the ambulance is on his way, and the cops are chasing a suspect. Aaron saw Tony lying down from the doorway, and tried to go running out to him. Abby was sitting on a bench behind him, crying, and wasn't paying attention when Aaron ran out.

"DADDY!" Aaron shrieked, as he tried to run up to Tony. Dan caught him and brought him back into the locker room. "NO NO NO NO… WANT DADDY!" Aaron shouted, as Abby lifted him into her arms. Dan headed back out to Tony.

"Tony, stay awake." Ziva said, another tear falling out of her eye.

"Tired…Cant stay…awake…sorry…" Tony whispered. His eyelids shut again, and stayed shut. Ziva tried shaking him, and she opened his eyes again.

"Sorry…my…ninja…stay…strong…take…care…of… Aaron…" He finished, before closing his eyes for the last time.

"No…no…Tony…NO NO NO NO!!" Ziva said, her cries becoming louder each time. She tried shaking him, but he wouldn't answer. Ziva screamed as loud as she could as blood was seeping through her fingers.

Maybe this time, she lost Tony for good.

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