My puppy is missing....:( Please pray she comes home and doesn't get eaten by an alligator, taken to the pound or hit by a car! We've been looking since yesterday and have had no luck! Thanks! Also, I've got another spolier for you at the end of the chapter! :D
Song: Keep Holding On- Cast of Glee version
Tony and Dom crouched behind one of the tables they'd managed to over turn. The room, while far less dangerous, still held three armed men. The other four they'd somehow managed to take down with minimal effort were lying on the floor in dream land. The other ones were advancing on them and the door to freedom was across the room. Tony knew both of them wouldn't make it. Too much risk. Three men with guns, and two unarmed, bleeding, weak prisoners was not a fair battle. Unfortunately, these guys didn't care about fair. As they advanced, Tony only saw one option.
You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
"Make a run for it," he told Dom. "To the door. Get out and go to NCIS. Tell them what happened, where I am."
Dom shook his head. "I'm not leaving you. It wouldn't be fair."
The men were going to start firing at them any second. "Listen, I'll be fine. I'll be right behind you. But you make sure you get out first and go straight to warn everyone. They'll chase you... Don't stop," Tony explained quickly. "I'll distract them long enough for you to get a semi decent head start-" he hoped. "and then they'll be all over you. Just don't stop until you reach NCIS. I don't care how far you are from the building. When I count to three..."
"I'm not leaving you!"
"One..."
"Tony...!"
"Two....."
"Damn it, man!"
"Three!!" Tony leaped from behind the the table, straight at the three man. He saw Dom rush past and was glad the kid acutally listened to him instead of trying to help. Tony tackled one of the three to the ground, but being out numbered sucked, because in the next second he was grabbed by two arms and hauled off the floor angrily. He saw the back end of a gun appear from nowhere and suddenly he didn't feel so well.
Forgive me, Ziva. I had to do it.....
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in
Dominic ran for his life, literally. Tony had been right, two of the men had chased after him about a minute or so after he'd burst through the door. Thankful he was still in L.A., Dominic manuvered the streets, covering from the gun fire when he could and praying nothing hit him. He turned into an alley and stopped to catch his breath. While he knew it was still L.A., he wasn't sure exactly where in the city he was. Not to mention being in the sun and fresh air for the first time in months was doing a number on his body. He'd managed to lose the gunmen a few blocks prior, but he hadn't stopped running just to make sure.
He leaned against a wall, breathing heavy. God, what he wouldn't give for a cell phone right about now. Only there was no one else around, not in this part of the city anyway. Tony was probably dead by now, or recaptured and he felt guilty for even going. But he knew that the chances Callen and Sam would take down those bastards was greater if at least one of them had made it out alive and Tony had chosen to stay because he could take a few more beatings. Dom couldn't. He knew he probably looked like hell. Filthy, bloody, weak and malnurished.
Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
Hearing a noise, he stood upright quickly, his eyes traveling around the the area. He saw nothing, but he did start running again. He needed to find out where he was and find a way back to NCIS without money and looking like a vagrant. He heard a fog horn and realized he was somewhere by the water. That could help him in pointing out his position.... except he couldn't see or hear the ocean from the street. Not even seagulls.
Kensi leaned back in her chair while Callen and Gibbs stood in the middle offering up ideas on how to try searching for new leads. No one offered new scenarios or reasons...or even motives. They were past that and had run that river dry weeks ago. Ziva looked like she wanted to be sick again, but so far she'd sat there in stony silence. Kensi felt for the woman, really she did and wanted to help. Unfortunately, there was nothing she could really do for Ziva but try to get into the walls the woman had obviously built up in the past couple days.
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
The doors to the building burst open and Kensi had to blink a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Everyone paused for a few seconds before she, Sam, Callen, and Nate suddenly jumping up and yelling for the man bent over coughing in the middle of the floor.
"Dom!!"
"Welcome back, man! Where you been?"
"You damned rookie! I ought to kill you for making me worry!"
The reunion went on for a few minutes until Gibbs cleared his throat. McGee, Ziva and himself were still over near the bullpen, but his interupption could be heard clear as day. When silence fell, he finally spoke.
"Have you seen another agent, Agent Tony DiNozzo?"
Ziva held her breath, not wanting the little bubble of hope that welled inside of her to escape. If Dom was here and he'd seen Tony...surely, Tony would not be far behind, or they could find him! She almost lost it as the agent shook his head.
So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late, this could all disappear
Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend
"I.. don't know what happened to him. We were together and tried to make it out together..." Dom stopped, not sure who the three people were that were staring at him with something like desperate hope. Was this the team Tony was one, that he'd said would come looking for him? Most likely. "We almost made it, but he caused a distraction at the last minute so that I could at least get out alive and make it back here."
"You? What happened to my agent, Vail," Gibbs almost growled.
"I don't know, sir. I'm sorry! I didn't want to leave, but one of us had to. He went straight for the gunmen and managed to knock one to the floor before I got out the door. After that, I don't know what happened. I was being chases by two men shooting at me as well and I felt bad for leaving him. I reallly wanted to go back and get him....but he told me to bring you all in to get him, free him."
Ziva listened, horrified and was surprised when McGee placed an arm around her shoulders. She looked up at him with a raised eye and McGee just smiled sadly back at her. He knew. He had to....Oh god, she was going to be sick.... She pushed past the group and walked quickly to the rest rooms, managing to make it just in time. When she finished she opened the stall door and made it as far as the wall across from the toilet before hitting it with the palm of her hand, tears coming down her face.
Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
She sank down the wall, then realized someone was helping her to sit. Turning, she saw Gibbs sink to the floor with her and just hold her tightly. She wasn't ashamed to let him see her cry- after all, she'd done it a few times before in front of him.
The sobs wracked her body and all she found she could do was lean on Gibbs. Her hope had began and died within a two minute time frame and she wasn't sure she could take more of this emotional yo-yo.
Gibbs smoother her hair, giving her a soft, father like kiss on the forehead. He wasn't stupid, he knew Ziva and DiNozzo had something between them. "It's ok, Ziva. He's not dead and we have means to find him. Don't give up on him just yet."
Gibbs words echoed through her body and he said them with suck c onviction and fact, that Ziva found she believed him.
Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ziva wasn't sure how long she and Gibbs sat there, but it was long after her tears had stopped and silence was the only thing that around them. Sometime during that time frame, McGee had come in, and he was sitting there too, a hand on her knee in a comforting gesture. The three team mates sat in silence, each wondering different things.
Gibbs wondered if he'd just lied to Ziva and what would happen if Tony really was dead. IT hadn't been a possibility before because Tony was missing, not dead. But with an eye witness account, to Gibbs it sounded as if Tony had almost sacrificed himself to save the other agent.
Ziva, with her head on Gibbs' shoulder, thought about how different things were going to be, how she'd have to pick up the peices of her life if Tony never came back....But she trusted Gibbs and if Gibbs said Tony was still alive, then he had to be, no matter what the knot of fear in her stomache told her.
McGee laid back against the wall, this thoughts along the same lines. Except he wondered if Ziva would have the strength to move on if Tony was gone. The death of a team mate was nothing knew, but he knew Tony better than he'd known Kate or even Paula (and technically she was just an agent, not on the team except for as a breif TAD after Kate died).He wouldn't believe Tony was gone until he saw the body and Gibbs called Ducky- because letting anyone else do the autopsy on him would just be unfair. He honestly was more worried about Ziva. She was worrying herself sick and looked it. Her pale face, the random times she disappeared to the bathroom whenever Tony was mentioned. Poor woman. He'd make sure she'd get better...whether Tony was alive or not.
Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Review, please???? I know.. I'm mean.. but a LOVELY spoiler for the season FINALE of NCIS should make up for it, right? Besides, if I made the next two chapteres into one, it would have been long...very long. And no one has picked up on my hints yet. I'm sad. Or maybe just that good. Lol. SPOILER!!! Credit goes to TV Squad.
Get ready for a CBS crossover event -- well, sort to TV Guide, Dylan Bruno will guest on the last two episodes of 'NCIS' this season. Bruno, who played Colby Granger on 'Numb3rs,' will be playing a military man connected with the Gibbs' nemesis Colonel Merton Bell (Robert Patrick). For more details and SPOILERS, such as they are, follow the Bell character heads up a professional army -- a pseudo Blackwater -- armed with veterans who are happy to be part of his mercenary corps. Dylan Bruno is going to be one of Bell's minions, Lt. Jason Paul Dean. Dean's an ex-Army Ranger who had received medals for his feats of courage and heroism. Then something went wrong in Afghanistan and he was dishonorably discharged. Presumably that's left a bad taste in his mouth and his bitter. He's also ready, willing and extremely able to take part in Colonel Bell's private war games. He's a stone-cold killer when put to the mentioned, Gibbs has dueled with Bell a few times this season. And Allison Hart, Rena Sofer's character, has a definite link to Bell; she was the attorney representing one of Bell's soldiers in a previous episode. Since then, Hart has remained in contact with Gibbs and there's something brewing between them. However, in typical 'NCIS' fashion, if Jethro and Allison are more than friends -- and they flirt like they might be -- the producers have yet to show it to us. The fly in the ointment for their romance, of course, is whether Gibbs can trust her or not. Gibbs is the kind of man who's been burned enough times that he doesn't trust easily, and he's still never really gotten over losing his first wife, Shannon, and their daughter, Kelly. What can we expect from Lt. Dean? Hard to say, based on the limited information. But according to what producers recently told Entertainment Weekly, Gibbs "has to make a devastating choice to save his team." Does Dean take aim at Tony or McGee or Ziva, forcing Gibbs to sacrifice himself to protect his people? That would seem highly probable. Mark this in your calendar: the 'NCIS' season finale airs Tue., May 25 at 8PM.