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Chapter 2:

Tony hauled his boss up onto the dock next to Maddie. He laid him on his back and felt for a pulse. Opening the older man's mouth he felt for his breathing, but there was none to be found. Alarmed, the young agent began to do chest compressions.

"Come on Boss, don't do this to me." After a few moments of CPR, Tony was forced to give up and try to revive Maddie.

Just like before, he felt for a breath and could feel her pulse going. Leaning down, DiNozzo blew air into her lungs. Unlike Gibbs, the girl began to cough as Tony rolled her onto her side. Weakly she reached for Gibbs' hand and squeezed it. Seconds later, the marine gasped for air, startling his protégé, and attempted to sit up.

"Oh God Boss, don't scare me like that," sighed Tony causing Gibbs to chuckle. The laughter faded as he realized that they were missing an agent.

"DiNozzo, where's Ziva?" The agent glanced behind him and saw only water and buildings.

"She was right behind me Boss, I swear," their eyes met with a look of fear and 'oh shit' ran through their minds.

"ZIVA!" Tony shouted and jumped back into the water.

Panic raced through him at the sight of her limp body floating in the car. Her hair had fallen from its tight braid and waved across her face and open mouth. He attempted to pull her from the vehicle until her saw her trapped foot in the seatbelt. His right hand grabbed his knife and he began to saw the belt in half. It finally snapped apart and he reached for her. With his arms securely around her waist, Tony swam strongly towards the surface. Their heads broke the water's surface as he tried to keep her head above the water.

Gibbs and Maddie pulled her up while he scrambled onto the wet dock. His fingers flew to her neck in a desperate effort to find a pulse. Unable to find one, he launched into chest compressions, mumbling under his breath as he did so.

"Come on David, breathe," he said as he bent over to put air in her lungs. He had envisioned kissing her soft lips many times before and wanted to be able to do so freely, with her responding as well.

"Damnit Ziva, we didn't go through hell just for you to give up now."

Gibbs held Maddie as the sight became too upsetting for her to handle. His ice blue eyes watched as his senior agent fought to bring back the woman he saw as a daughter. He knew they loved each other, he wasn't stupid. During the weeks in their attempts to find her, he had decided that it wasn't fair for them to have to follow Rule 12 when they clearly cared for one another. A gasp from Maddie brought him out of his thoughts.

"Gibbs…" she whispered, pointing at a growing pool of blood underneath Ziva. He rushed to DiNozzo's side and began to remove her jacket.

"Boss?"

"Keep helping her try to breath. She's got a pulse and is bleeding out. Was she shot?"

"I…I don't know Boss. We split up when you…"

"Damnit DiNozzo, you're supposed to have her six at all times," the grey haired man snapped as her found one of her gunshot wounds on her left shoulder. He noticed that the bleeding wasn't slowing down.

"Gibbs, belt," ordered Tony as he spotted the second wound on her right thigh. Taking the belt, he tightened it above the wound to slow the blood flow. A cough broke the silence as Ziva began to breathe again on her own. She groaned in pain, her hands gripping her side firmly. A smaller pair rested on top of hers as Maddie hung up Gibbs' cell.

"Hang in there Ziver, help's coming."

"…hurts…" she moaned, her eyes squeezing shut and her teeth clenching. Tony's face was filled with fright as they anxiously waited for backup and the ambulance.

McGee arrived first with Ducky and Palmer. The three men quickly rushed their aid as the sound of sirens grew closer.

"My word, you all look drowned," Ducky observed, not noticing the wince on their faces at his choice of words.

"She's been shot three times Duck and is bleeding out." It was then the paramedics arrived and took over. With the help of Tony and McGee, they lifted Ziva onto the gurney and began to strap her in.

"Is anyone riding with her?" Gibbs stopped them for a second and leaned over to whisper into her ear.

"You will not die Ziva David. That's an order." She turned her head and he strained to hear her.

"Aba," Gibbs kissed her forehead and stepped back. Tony felt a tug on his shirt from Ziva's hand. He clasped it and looked at the EMTs.

"I'm her partner, I'll go." They loaded her into the back and Tony sat beside her as she fell asleep in exhaustion.