Hey, Sorry it's been awhile. The story is finished though! I will continue to update as often as possible. Malachi issue will be addressed in a different fic. But everything else has current low priority, sorry to all of you who got excited. Also sorry to NCISfan 28 for the delayed cliff-hanger.
Gibbs throws her to the ground below him and shields her with his own body. Thinking while moving he pushes her to the left, towards the couch, and rolls to the right. Ziva keeps rolling and hides behind the couch. She looks him square in the eyes and he knows he can rely on her to save his life.
As he stand Gibbs does a mental tally, making sure he continues to move. Malachi has fired 2 of 6 shots from this gun but he has another and four knives. Gibbs has one unfired gun and Ziva has at least 5 knives on her person and numerous weapon stores, including one under the couch. Then a thought hits him, Malachi might know where they are. He sends one of very few silent prayers to God.
He realizes he has stopped moving as a bullet flies past his head and he has to throw himself to the carpet. He stands immediately and his nose ends up on the end of Malachi's fist. Malachi kicks him in his famous gut then brings the gun across his head.
Ziva curses as Gibbs goes down and Malachi turns toward her. Slowly he raises his gun, but she draws hers and fires at his spare gun, splintering it. He fires another shot and she feels a renewed pain in her already shattered shoulder. She loses her balance and her eyes go wide as Malachi unsheathes his knife, a deadly smirk spreading across his face. If DiNozzo thought she was deadly with a gun, Malachi's a massacre. He crosses the floor quickly and pushes her against the wall and kisses her, hard. Instinctively, she places her knee in his groin, with force suitable force. He recoils, before coming back with a vengeance and wrapping her neck in his hands. Before she can stop herself a whimper escapes her throat.
Her whimper tears him from his reverie, and he sees her almost dead against the wall. Slowly he drags himself up and slams his fist into Malachi's temple. Still weak Gibbs goes down again at Malachi's boot in his knee. Malachi turns to face Ziva, who is kneeling with her gun pointed at him,
"Why? What went so wrong, Malachi?
"Because I loved you, and you didn't care."
"But you don't have to kill us, just like I don't have to kill you. I don't want to kill you but if I see you again, I will put a bullet through you."
"You couldn't kill me. You will see me again Zivaleh, and when I erturn I'm going to fu…" He screams and stumbles out of her apartment, with her bullet through his knees. She sighs and collapses against the door.
"Dinozzo." He says answering his phone several minutes later
"Tony? It's Ziva. Please, bring Ducky and come to my apartment. Don't tell any of the others."
"Ziva, what's up?" He says sitting up straight. McGee looks at him
"Please come." She is breathing hard, about to pass out
"Of course." He hangs up and she blacks out.
Tony puts his phone in his pocket and stands, a frown creasing his forehead.
"Got a case?" McGee says standing
"Nope."
"Ziva tell you where she is." Tony knew McGee was worried, and felt horrible that he had to lie to him, but he was more scared of Ziva than McGee. McGee had admitted that he'd been told to trace Ziva's number and almost the entire log had been calls to Israeli numbers. Tony himself had discovered their Marine had been on the Damoclese at the same time as Ziva.
"Uh. No, she just wanted me to run something by Ducky." He walks down to autopsy, and gives the gremlin a hard look until he disappears.
"Ahh, Anthony. What can I do for you?" Ducky considers the younger man's face, "You haven't found them yet?"
"That's not it exactly. She rung me?"
"Ziva called you? That doesn't sound right."
"She asked for help and discretion. That help involved me giving you a lift to her apartment." Ducky raises his eyebrows, grabs his bag and coat and follows Tony.
Tony grunts when he sees the inside of her apartment. Gibbs is sprawled against the far wall, his leg bent at an awkward angle and blood streaming from a broken nose, but otherwise he appears okay. Ziva is curled in a ball on the floor, blood pouring from her shoulder and bruises all over her neck, she is barely breathing and definitely not okay.
"Oh dear God. Tony can you stop the blood from Gibb's nose and wake him up." Tony moves to find a towel before going to Gibbs.
"Boss?" Tony tries to wake him up unsuccessfully, before debating whether or not to do what he knows will work. He decides to risk it and moves to slap him up the back of the head, but Gibbs wakes and catches his hand.
"Were you going to?"
"Yes boss."
"How long have you been wanting to do that DiNozzo?" Gibbs responds smirking
"A while sir." He replies before catching himself "I better check Ziva."
"Ziva!" Gibbs exclaims getting up and dragging himself across the room "How is she Duck?"
Ducky turns to look at him, and Gibbs almost recoils at the look in his eyes.
Updating as soon as possible… I promise it won't be 2 months this time again I apologize for cliff-hanger. Please review and give me suggestions. I will warn you, I'm not very happy about the story from here on.