Since some people want me to continue I am happy doing so making this a multi-chapter story now. Thanks to the people that reviewed my story I'm working some of your ideas into this because I think there good- Hundan
"Me too" they just stood there looking into to each other reading the others eyes. Then Tony's nose began to bleed again. Ziva cupped his battered face with her hand
"Tony your nose is bleeding" she smiled softly at him not really wanting to break the moment they were having
"Oh shit sorry" Tony held his nose with his fingers and tipped his head back. Ziva started the elevator back up again
"No it is ok, but we had better get you down to see Ducky"
They got down to Ducky's lab and walked in as Tony held his head back and Ziva guiding where he was walking.
"Anthony, Ziva, Gibbs said you two were on your way down to see me. What happened?" Ducky sat Tony on one of the tables and Ziva stood next to him
"Interrogation got a little out of hand" Tony said wincing as Ducky prodded at his face with his fingers checking his injuries
"Well you certainly took a few good hits" Tony smiled, though Ziva knew it was a fake smile. Ducky walked over to his desk and got out his first aid kit. He got out some cotton and Tony out it up his nose to stop the bleeding
"This reminds me of a time when I was a college in Scotland and a fellow student and I got into a scuffle over a young lass…" Ducky cleaned Tony's wounds as he explained his story, to which Ziva and Tony weren't really listening to as they just looked at each other as though Ducky were not there.
"…And the other boy ended up with a fractured jaw. Well Anthony you are all fixed up. Nothing too major, you have a small cut on your brow line, a pretty beat nose and I would say you'll have a nice shiner tomorrow on your left eye, but you are good to go. Now Ziva what happened to you?" Ducky turned to Ziva
"I just banged my head Ducky, nothing big" Ducky turned her around and examined her head. He went and got a wet towel and put to her head
"It might be sore later, you certainly banged it well but you need someone to watch you for the next few hours to make sure you don't get a bad concussion. Tony watch Ziva for a bit I am going to see Jethro" Tony nodded and Ducky walked off leaving the two alone in the autopsy lab.
As soon as McGee had the Corporal secure and being watched he rushed down to Abby's lab.
"Abby, Abby, Abby!" he ran in yelling over the music. Abby got a fright and seeing McGee in a panic mood turned her music off
"Timmy, Tim calm down what happened?" Abby grabbed his shoulders to still him from moving
"There was a big fight in interrogation, Tony had to fight this big guy because the door got jammed closed and Ziva got knocked over and smacked her head, and then the guy attacked Tony and Tony went nuts! Like he totally smashed this big guy and he was swearing at him and punching him and-"
"Wow Timmy slow down a bit, are they ok?" McGee nodded and went to her computer opening the interrogation videos
"Yeah they are alright, Tony's a bit beat up but he's ok. Here's the video but it stops before it gets really bad because Gibbs told the guy to turn it off" Abby watched the video intently as Tony bent to Ziva then the fight began as the really big guy threw Tony back. They kept watching and when the video was meant to end it didn't and McGee was confused.
"Hey the video was meant to stop there, why is it still going?"
"Ssshhh" Abby wiggled her hand in his face while she watched the fight. When it finished she immediately spun round to McGee
"Timmy oh my god are you sure they're ok, where are they?"
"Ducky's lab" and Abby was out the door in seconds with /McGee hot on her tail.
A bit after Ducky left the two alone Ziva turned to Tony and walked in front of him so his knees were by her belly.
"Tony I know what you did in there was because you were protecting me but I didn't think you could be … so strongly about protecting someone" she looked away as she talked to him
"I wasn't protecting just anyone Ziva" she looked up at him and held his eye contact
"Tony…" Tony shock his head
"No Ziva, I didn't protect you once and what happened to you was all my fault, whatever happened I really don't know because you never tell me. I get it, I just hope when your ready you will tell me because not knowing kills me to think what happened" Ziva looked as though she was going to cry
"Do not blame yourself Tony, none of it ever was your fault. What happened was my fault because I trusted the people that I shouldn't have trusted. And the ones that had my back I walked away from" a single tear ran down Ziva's face and she turned away from Tony so he could not see. He turned her face back to him
"Ziva look at me. I promised myself once I had you back that I would never ever let anyone hurt you again. That's what happened today, I realised that Matthews had hurt you and I could not stand for that" Tony went angry as he spoke of Matthews but then Ziva stroked her hand through the side of his hair. He looked at her and his face went back to a soft, loving emotion. Then Abby came running in and Ziva let go and stepped back a bit. Abby stopped running as soon as she realised she had interrupted something but then when Ziva turned to her she ran up and hugged her
"Im so glad you guys are ok" she then went and hugged Tony
"Tony no more fighting like that, he was too big. Next time you have someone that big in interrogation you have to handcuff them or something ok" Tony gave McGee an evil look when Abby stepped back from the hug
"What? Its not my fault she saw, well yeah cause I showed her but still she would of seen anyway Tony, come on its Abby" Tony evil eyed him then nodded and smiled
"True"
Gibbs had had a little chat to Matthews about the whole incident. He had figured out that this marine was extremely violent and was addicted to harming others; he knew there wasn't something right about him. Then as he left the interrogation room he ran into the director.
"Agent Gibbs I've heard there has been an incident in interrogation?" Gibbs mentally cursed
"Yes that's right"
"So from what I hear Agent DiNozzo had a physical altercation with Corporal Matthews, one of the lead suspects?"
"Yes Matthews assaulted Agent David and DiNozzo controlled the situation" Vance gave Gibbs a look
"Well from what I saw on the video surveillance there was some extreme measures taken to control the suspect, maybe even personal. Tell Agent DiNozzo I would like to see him" and Vance walked away before Gibbs could say any more. Gibbs was now mad. Vance better not take this too far. The elevator down to Ducky's opened revealing Ducky; Gibbs got in and joined him back down. Gibbs flipped the switch to stop the elevator and turned to Ducky
"Jethro they are both fine, but I suspect that the reason for Anthony's rage was deeper than just controlling the suspect" Gibbs raised his eyebrows
"Well we did not talk about the fight to much but he was giving of a negative vibe about sharing the information on the fight, he was more focused on Ziva than anything. I have a feeling he is keeping something from everyone" Gibbs nodded
"Thanks Duck. I hoping Vance isn't going to do anything stupid, somehow he saw the fight and he has views that DiNozzo had a personal matter with his aggression" Ducky turned the elevator back on
"Well he may have his moments but I believe Vance is right this time" Gibbs stayed silent
"Jethro… be easy on the boy he has had it tuff lately, and we all know how last summer had effected him" the elevator opened and they walked into Ducky's lab. Everyone had ended up in there.
Abby was talking to everyone when they walked in but Gibbs realised only McGee seemed to be listening and Tony and Ziva were just looking at each other. They all looked at Gibbs and Ducky when they came in.
"DiNozzo" Gibbs motioned him to follow and he jumped of the table and threw the cotton out of his nose when he went passed the bin to join his boss in the elevator. Ziva was nervous for what Tony was going to get in trouble for just because he was protecting her.
"Timothy, Gibbs wants you to go back upstairs and Abby can you just watch Ziva for a while?" they all agreed to there task's and went quietly to them.
Tony was so nervous as he joined his boss in the elevator, he looked angry even though he had told him earlier he thought he had done the right thing. Again Gibbs turned the elevator off and he turned to his senior field agent.
"DiNozzo, Vance wants to talk to you about how you handled the situation, he's seen it somehow. He seems to think there was something deeper behind your rage on the suspect. Is this true?" Tony was in the shit now
"No Boss why would you believe-" Gibbs stepped closer to Tony
"Don't lie to me DiNozzo" Tony ran his hand trough his hair
"Boss he assaulted Ziva I couldn't let him do that" Gibbs narrowed his eyes at Tony
"Do you care for Ziva?" Tony gave his boss a funny look
"Yeah I care for all of the team" Gibbs shook his head
"Not what I meant DiNozzo. Do you care for her?"
"Yes so what if I do, are you going to fire me because I let myself accidently fall in love with her" Tony's eyes widened. Did he really just say that out loud to his boss of all people? Gibbs just stood there
"No I am not DiNozzo because I know when it happens you can't just take it away" was his boss making a personal reference about himself? He must really be in shit
"Boss?"
"No DiNozzo I don't want to hear it. You go tell Vance what you have too, just don't tell him what you just told me" Gibbs turned the elevator back on. Just before they reached the Directors floor Gibbs turned to Tony
"And DiNozzo I think she would want to hear it" he nodded knowing want his boss was talking about. As he walked out of the elevator and to Vance's office he was wondering if that was Gibbs's way of giving him and Ziva permission.
He knocked on the Directors door.
"Come in" he walked in
"Agent DiNozzo, take a seat" Tony took the seat next to Vance on his conference table. This was going to be either a good discussion or a bad one. He had a feeling it was a bad one.