Before anyone knew what was going on or had the chance to stop it, Tony had Malachi pinned to the ground with a hand around his neck. Goofy NCIS Agent Tony DiNozzo, had a full grown male Mossad Officer on the ground. Everyone was surprised by this, including Tony and Malachi. Adrenaline can really come in handy.
"Agent DiNozzo! Get up." Vance yelled. Tony obeyed, leaving a shock Malachi on the ground.
"Wow." McGee said from the other side of the bullpen, completely shocked. Liat walked over and offered a hand to help her partner up.
"Where is she?" Tony asked with his teeth clenched.
"If Agent McGee checks his email, he will find the coordinates of her whereabouts." Malachi said calmly, brushing himself off as if his seconds spent on the ground had gotten him completely dirty.
McGee sat down to check his email and everyone else stared confused at the Mossad officer's.
"That's it?" Agent Rizzo asked the question they were all thinking.
"What was the point of taking her in the first place?" Jones asked
"We do not know, we are simply following orders. " Liat said, not taking her eyes off of Tony.
"No,no, this is too easy." Tony said as McGee handed him the address of where Ziva was. "I'm going, but no one else is, in case it's a trap." Tony told them as he headed to the elevator. Rizzo ran into the elevator before the doors shut. He should have just taken the stairs.
"You're not going alone." She said
"Oh, yes I am." He said, really wishing he had taken the stairs.
"And what happens if it is a trap and there is no one to help you?" She said
"Then I'll be the only one who gets hurt." He said, as the elevator doors opened and he got off, and much to his annoyance, Rizzo followed him.
"I'm coming, and you can't stop me." She said, not backing down.
"I really think it would be better if you stayed." He said as they reached the car.
"Rule 51 Tony; sometimes you're wrong." She said before getting into the car. Figures she would be the one to use Gibbs rules against him.
As they got closer to where Ziva might be Tony got more nervous. What if she was already dead, and he found her lifeless body? That would make sense as to why they were giving her up so easily, it would scare Tony for life and they knew they would have no use for a dead person, so they might as well ruin one of NCIS' best agents. Or Ziva may not be there at all, they just sent Tony after her to distract him while Ziva was sent somewhere else, like back to Isreal. There was also the possibility that the second they arrived they would be killed, the building to which they were going could contain a bomb or something.
Tony turned right on the street and drove down a dirt road, he could see a small shack at the end of it. He grew even more nervous, in about 30 seonds he would either have Ziva back, or he wouldn't. Tony stopped the car and looked round, they were the only people around, no other cars or signs a life. Maybe this wasn't a trap.
"You will stay in the car, unless you hear gunfire." Tony demanded and Rizzo nodded, knowing by the tone of his voice she shouldn't argue.
Tony slowly got out of the car with his gun in his hand. He slowly made his way up to the shack while Kristy nervously watched from the car. There were no windows on the outside of the shack, he kicked down the door to see an empty living room. He looked around before making his way over to a door opposite him, that was locked. He saw a key on a table next to it, and unlocked it, he walked through with his gun raised.
It was dark and smelled terrible. He could make out a small figure on the other side of the room and he made his way slowly over.
"Ziva?" Tony asked
"Tony!" She said happily,but her voice was still quiet and raspy, hearing her voice caused him to smile bigger than he ever had before.
He lowered his gun and ran the last few steps over to her.
"Are you alright?" He asked nervously as he cut the ropes that were tied around her wrists and ankles with his knife.
"I will be fine." She said as he helped her to her feet, she was weak and could barely stand.
He held her close to him as he reached for his phone.
"Rizzo, call Gibbs, tell him I have her and call an ambulance, but stay in the car." He demanded before shutting the phone.
"I'm so happy you're okay." He said pulling her into a hug, which she gladly returned.
He picked her up and carried her out of the room, and out to the porch of the shack, where they sat and waited for the ambulance.
He leaned his head down so his mouth was right next her ear.
"When this is all over, we're getting married" He whispered
"What?" She asked looking up at him. He pulled her into his lap and wrapped his arms around her.
"You heard me." He said with a goofy grin.
"You are serious?"she asked raising her eyebrows.
"Yes." He said, completely serious.
She smiled, feeling more happy than she had in her entire life.
He kissed her softly on the lips.
"I love you, Ziva."
"I love too" she said
Rizzo watched the couple from the car. They were like some strange fairy tale, but no doubt completely adorable. She thought about her few married friends, none of them looked as happy as Tony and Ziva did together, and they weren't even married.
The Ambulance took Ziva and Tony to the hospital and Rizzo went back to NCIS.
"Is everything okay?" Jones asked Rizzo as she walked into the bullpen
"They said agent David was really dehydrated and probably has a concussion,but she should be fine" She told them
"It makes no sense that they would go to the trouble to kidnap her and then just, give her back." Agent Patel said.
"They left nothing at the crime scene, they wiped everything clean. There wasn't the smallest trace that anyone but Ziva was even there. Why get rid off all evidence you were there if you were going to say you had her anyway?"
"Tony said everyone in Mossad was crazy." Jones said.
"Gibbs is about to start the interrogation, you're not going to want to miss this." McGee said as he came into the bullpen "And he has Liat and Malachi in the same room."
"Isn't that against rule 1?" Rizzo asked McGee as they all made their way down the hall towards the interrogation room.
"Maybe he thinks they'll get nervous this way." Patel suggested
"They don't seem like the type to get nervous." Jones said
"Well Gibbs is always right, so whatever his angle is, I'm sure it will work." McGee told them.
"Tony, I need to speak to my father!" Ziva said
"I'm sure he doesn't want to hear the list of death threats you're mentally making right now." Tony said
"I am serious Tony." She said as she tried to get comfortable on the hospital bed.
"Vance is trying to contact him, but he's having trouble." He told her, trying to calm her, but ultimately failing.
"I do not understand any of what has happened. The world has gone mad." She said, causing him to chuckle. "I did not get that one right?" She asked
"Oh, no, you did." He said. Ziva started to toy with a wire that was running fluids into her arm. "Stop fidgeting."
"I am not staying here over night." she said sternly
"Oh yes you are." He said
"I am sure the nurses will want me out of here by " She looked up at the clock "5 o'clock." two hours away.
"You're not allowed to threaten any of the nurses or doctors." he told her and when she went to argue he said "No buts."
"This is ridiculous." She said, throwing her head back on her pillow. " I am fine."
"Can you just cooperate for once, please?" He said throwing her puppy dog eyes.
"No." She said and he laughed.
Ziva looked over to the clock, which read 11 pm. She looked over at Tony who was asleep in one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs. She kept adjusting in her bed but there was no way to get comfortable in it.
She had made up her mind, she was leaving, whether anyone liked it or swung her feet over the edge of the bed and reached to pull the few wires out of her arm when a hand landed on hers stopping her, which made her jump.
"Tony!" she said breathlessly when she made out the face in front of hers.
"Where did you think you were going?" He asked, picking up her legs and putting them back into the bed.
"Bathroom." She lied.
"Oh right, you were going to take these out of your arm " He said motioning to the bag of fluids "Which are contected to this thing that can move around with you instead of just bringing it?" He said and she stayed quiet. " You don't lie as well when you are tired, Ziva."
"I am still a better liar than you" She teased. He sat and the edge of the bed and wrapped his arms around her and she automatically leaned into him.
"Probably." He said, smiling down at her. She sat up straighter so she could press her lips against his. The feeling in her chest when they kissed was something she knew would never get tired of feeling. When the kiss became too heated for a hospital room she pulled away.
"If you had let me go home earlier, that kiss probably could have gone somewhere." she said seductively.
"Well tomorrow night I think you should stay at my apartment, you know, for safety reasons." He said
"Oh yes, safety reasons. Of course."
"Do you think you could get some sleep? I promise to have you out of here by eight." He said
"Fine."She said "If it gets any later then eight, then I will begin to take out any nurse that stops me from leaving."
"I have no doubt about that." He told her as she lay down and closed her eyes.
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