a/n: summer time = nothing to do! So im able to knock out a chapter quick! P.s don't you just love this ncis marathon on. They even had the backdoor pilot!! Only bad thing is they are the early episodes w/o ziva (sorry not dissing kate its just well she's not ziva). Oh one more thing in case you haven't heard already cbs announced that season 7 starts on sept. 22 and unconfirmed filming starts Monday. Just thought I would pass that along. (83 days! –happy dance-) enough talking! enjoy!! –lcats02

Previously in Saving Ziva

"Zee come on please. You have no idea how worried I am and if you're doing this on purpose to get back at me for what I did then it's working. I'm sorry zee I know you're not doing this on purpose. Just please wake up,"

Beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeep

"Doctor! Help!!"



Gibbs heard the commotion near Ziva's room and feared the worst. Doctors and equipment were flying by him into Ziva's room. There had to be at least 10 people in there. They must have kicked tony out because he saw him pacing back and forth, he looked terrified.

"I did not give you permission to die yet Ziva." He muttered as he walked by the entrance to her room

"Clear! No response! Charging to 400" they heard muffled by the wall but still they heard.

McGee couldn't believe it. She had to pull though she was like his crazy Israeli sister. She was one of the craziest, nicest (when she wanted to be), strongest people he ever met. She had to make it. Yet there she was on the fine line between life and death, and it looked like death might win.

-Ziva-

What happened? Where am I? Tali why am I here?

Ziva you have a choice to make. Tali said

You are unhappy with your life, you think you loved me. You can just let go and come with me, with us. Rivikin told her.

We can be a family again Ziva. Ari said.

She thought about it for a moment.

No I am not ready to die. I may not be happy right now but it will get better, I know it will. No I want to go back. I have to go back. I can't just leave things the way they are between tony and me.

You are making your decision based on him, that bastard that killed me.

How dare you speak that way about him! He is my friend and my partner and besides it was self defense you attacked him, did you not?

Yes I did, but he was going to arrest me!

And if you did nothing wrong I could have, no, I would have gotten you out! You made your choice Michael and I'm making mine.

Would you have?

Yes I would have Michael but there is no changing the past only the future. I'm going back.

You are making a mistake, but we will let you go. Good bye for now Ziva.

Goodbye but it's no mistake.

-Tony-

She's gone. I can't believe it, she gone. She's dead. My ninja is dead. Ziva, I will never talk to her again. The last real conversation I had with her was a fight. I never even told her how I feel. How much I actually care.

He slid down the side of the wall he was leaning against, tears streaming down his face.

Maybe, maybe if I told her how I felt before she went back to Israel; she wouldn't be gone.

"We got a pulse." He heard a nurse say.

SHE'S ALIVE! My ninja isn't dead!

The doctor came out and told them what happened. He said that it was from her waking up a little, her brain registered the pain. It was too much for it to take. They put her on some pain killers but she is still a sleep. After they finished clearing out from the room, tony went back in and pulled up his chair again.

"I'm back Ziva; you gave us quite a scare. I thought I lost you that time, for good. You are doing a great job at holding on; you just have a little longer. I know you can make it. Use those ninja skills of yours to hang on."

-Ziva-

You are the reason why I'm not dead. I couldn't just leave things the way they are. You would never forgive yourself. You would turn in to Gibbs even more, and I do not know where you could keep that boat in your tiny apartment.

-Gibbs and McGee-

"Boss do you think we should update ducky and Abby?"

"Nope"

"I think that they deserve to know"

"Do you know what that would do to Abby?"

"She would be on the next flight here"

"Yeah and I don't need her to worry even more and if you tell duck he will tell Abby."

"Right. I'm going to go see if tony needs anything."

McGee got up and walked in to ziva's room. He could tell tony wasn't there, he was in his own world. A world that include just Ziva and him.

"Ziva do you know what happened when I found out you almost died in morocco? I freaked! Then on the footage, I saw Rivikin there and I just had a feeling he was bad. I just had this gut feel that he was going to do something to you, something bad. I couldn't live with myself if you...and I didn't stop him. But now your even worst then I thought was possible."

A few hours pasted and no change its now 20 hours into the 24 hour window.

"Ziva only 4 more hours and your home free. I wish you could wake up. I miss you."

Tony unwillingly left to go to the bathroom. Gibbs took his place.

"Ziver I don't know what to say. Part of me wants to take you back to America and never let you leave, the other part of me want to kick your butt all the way Israel. Next time you are in trouble you come to me. And there will be a next time, you will make it, you know why, because I need you back in the field so you will not die. Do you hear me Ziva?"

I couldn't stand to lose another daughter.

Tony returned with 3 cups of coffee, crappy coffee but coffee nonetheless. The next 240 minutes ticked by as fast as racing snails. They knew the light was at the end of the tunnel, she just had to make it to the end.

"Ziva you are almost there just 43 minutes left." He grabbed her hand. "You can make it I know you can."

She wiggled her fingers just slightly but enough for tony to notice.

Did she just move?

She moved them again.

She did! She's going to make it.

He jumped up and ran outside the room to where the doctor's office was.

"Doc she moved!"