"Gibbs...." Murmured a voice.
Gibbs looked away from Tony at the door of the hospital room. He sighed as he asked, "Anything, Ziva?" Ziva shook her head as she walked into the room and stood at the end of Tony's bed. "No...He has fallen off the hook." Gibbs gave Ziva a strange look and Ziva quickly said, "No...Not hook. What is that ridiculous idiom?" Gibbs smiled slightly and returned his eyes back to Tony, replying, "It's radar, Ziva." Ziva nodded and sat down next to Tony's bed, smiling slightly as she looked at Tony. "Tony would have corrected me on that." Gibbs nodded and stood up, saying softly, "I'm gonna go check on the case. Call me if he gets up." Ziva nodded and watched as Gibbs left before returning her eyes to Tony. She sighed softly and murmured, "Why does this always happen to you, Tony? You do not deserve this...."
Abby growled angrily as she typed some keys into her keyboard. She took a large sip of her Caf-Pow and continued typing, murmuring, "Come on, come on, come on!" McGee looked at her as she typed and he sighed slightly, asking, "You okay?" Abby slammed her finger onto the enter key before looking at McGee and saying loudly, "No, McGee, I am not okay! This stupid....Bastard won't stay on his phone or online long enough to let me trace him!" She returned her eyes to the screen and shouted angrily, "For all we know, the phone he contacted you with was given to someone else, McGee!" McGee frowned sadly and looked at Abby, saying gently, "We'll catch him, Abbs." Abby sighed and stopped typing, simply staring at her screen. She looked at Tony and said sadly, "I sure hope so, McGee..." She hugged him tightly and McGee smiled as he hugged her back.
Suddenly, a voice asked, "Did you find anything, Abby?"
Abby pulled away from McGee and looked at the door. She sighed and said sadly, "No, Director...Sorry." Director Jenny Shepard sighed slightly as she walked over to Abby and looked at the screen. "And without any evidence or murders from this guy, we won't be able to catch him." Jenny looked at Abby and Abby nodded slightly, thinking hard. McGee then said confidently, "He's going to contact one of us again." Jenny and Abby looked at McGee before McGee finished, "I mean think about it. He didn't kill Tony and he must know that. So he must be planning something you know." Jenny nodded and said gently, "And without Tony, we have no idea why someone was trying to kill him in the first place." Abby nodded and looked at Jenny. Jenny smiled softly and said, "You can go see him, Abby. But be sure to get back here in one hour. You too Special Agent McGee."
McGee stood up and Abby hugged Jenny, thanking her five times before grabbing McGee and exclaiming, "McGee, come on!" She rushed out of the room and McGee quickly followed after her. Jenny sighed as she turned her eyes to the computer and murmured, "DiNozzo, what have you gotten yourself into?"
Ziva sighed as she stared at Tony's heart machine, listening to the beeps monitoring every beat of his heart. She watched as the red line went up and then down, up and down. She quickly tore her eyes away from the heart monitor and turned her eyes to the glass of water besides Tony. Ziva looked back at Tony, looking at the burns on his face, and she thought back to the night before.
Ziva hadn't exactly known what had happened, but one minute she was looking at Tony puking and the next, a bomb went off. She had climbed through the window after the explosion and began screaming Tony's name. What if he were dead simply because she couldn't get a shot? What if he had died due to her stupidity? Ziva began screaming his name some more and before she knew it, she had reached Tony's bloody, burned body. She had tried to wake him, talking to him and get him to talk, but nothing seemed to work. Instead, she simply listened to Gibbs and heard someone escape through the window she had so carelessly left open....
So it was her fault that the bastard got away.
Ziva sighed angrily as she remembered everything. She looked back at Tony and heard the man begin to cough softly. She felt her eyes widen as she asked softly, "Tony...Are you awake?" Tony's eyes began to flutter slightly and his eyes soon opened, looking around the room lazily. He coughed several times before turning his head to focus on Ziva. He blinked a few times before murmuring, "Kate...?" Ziva felt her heart sink into her stomach as she still held the smile on her face. "No, Tony. I am Ziva. From the Mossad, remember?" Tony blinked a few times and he furrowed his brow in confusion.
Tony stared at Ziva for a bit before murmuring, "No...Not Kate. Ziva..." He smiled as he said softly, "Zee-Vah." As always, he exagerrated her name and Ziva sighed slightly, smiling. "Yes, Tony. Ziva." She placed a hand on his and asked, "How do you feel, Tony?" Tony coughed and swallowed, looking around the room. "Where are we?" He looked at the windows to the right of him and at the desk where a few nurses sat. Ziva sighed and replied, "Tony, do you remember being in Gibbs' basement? You were in there with a man and he...H-He set off a bomb, Tony." Tony furrowed his brow again and he then asked softly, "Bomb...? I don't..." He stopped himself, his eyes widening slightly as he looked at Ziva. "Did you catch him?"
Ziva shook her head and asked, "Who Tony?" Tony made a face as he yelled loudly, "The bastard who tried to kill me!" Ziva stood up and said softly, "Tony, calm down! What was his name?" Tony began to look around frantically and he said with a bit of fear, "I-I don't know! He...He told me his name. I know who he was but..." He trailed off as he tried to think, but he couldn't remember his name. Tony swore and slammed his fists on the bed. "What the hell was his name?!" Ziva yelled quickly, "Tony, calm down! Getting frusturated will not help anything!" Tony rolled his eyes and glared at Ziva, snapping, "Oh please! How the hell would you know?! YOU GET FRUSTURATED AND YOU KILL PEOPLE! PROBLEM SOLVED, RIGHT?!" Ziva looked into Tony's eyes and screamed, "TONY, LISTEN TO YOURSELF! THIS IS NOT LIKE YOU!" Tony was about to yell abck, when he heard someone enter the room, saying, "Well, hello Tony."
Tony looked at the door and realized that it was none other than Chase, his doctor. Ziva looked at Tony once more before saying coldly, "I have to call Gibbs." She walked out of the room and Tony sighed heavily as he ran a hand through his hair. He stopped when he felt his face and moved his hand down to the burns on his face. Tony looked at Chase and Chase looked up at him from his clipboard. "Oh...Those will go away soon. Don't worry, Tony. No scars." Tony nodded and moved his hand down onto the bed. He smiled slightly as he thought about what happened and he placed his hands over his eyes.
Chase looked at him and frowned sadly. He looked back down at his clipboard and said gently, "Well, your lungs definately took a beating, Tony. You couldn't breath a few times and gave us all a scare, even Gibbs." He wrote something down on his clipboard as Tony moved his hands onto the bed. Chase continued, "Your lungs gave out several times during surgery, you've been struggling to breath, and because of the pneumonic plague, you haven't been able to breath by yourself in a while." He looked up at Tony and Tony nodded, smiling as he asked, "That what the tubes in my nose are for?" Chase smiled and shrugged slightly, saying, "Yeah. You've been doing fine with your breathing without the other machine we had and that's why we hooked you up to those."
Tony nodded and yawned slightly, asking, "How long am I in here for?" Chase looked back down at the clipboard and said, "Well, the burns should heal in about a week and so will the bruising. But the damage that occured to your lungs probably won't heal until another month or so. So, we could let you out in a month completely healthy, or we could let you out in about two weeks with a bit of lung problems. Just so long as you're not getting blown up, I think you'll be fine."
Tony nodded and laughed slightly, saying kindly, "Thanks, Doc." Chase nodded and looked at his watch. "Well, I have to be getting to a meeting now. So," he looked up at Tony and smiled. "I'll be back to check on you in an hour or so. Alright?" Tony nodded and watched as the doctor left, sighing slightly. He stared at the ceiling and muttered, "Dammit..."
Ziva sighed heavily as she finished speaking with Gibbs. She put her phone back onto her belt and looked back at the hospital. She debated on simply leaving without telling Tony good-bye and then coming back later. But she then decided that she'd re-enter the hospital and try to get along with Tony.
Ziva sighed as she walked into the hospital and down a few hallways, before coming to Tony's door. Tony was sitting up in bed watching television with his usual expression on his face. Ziva took a deep breath before entering the room and looking at Tony. She stood in the doorway and waited until Tony looked at her to move over to him. Tony frowned and returned his eyes to the T.V.
"Ziva..." Tony began, turning off the T.V. He looked at her, watched her sit in the chair beside his bed. "I didn't mean what I said I was just--"
"Frusturated?" Ziva asked, smiling slightly.
Tony nodded and sighed, shutting his eyes. "Yeah...I can't think of the bastards name and I know, I absolutely know I know his name." He sighed angrily and Ziva said softly, "Do not worry, Tony. I understand how you feel. I can understand how that would make you frusturated." She smiled at him gently and looked into his eyes, waiting for a response. Tony looked at Ziva and asked, "So, how long was I out?" Ziva stood up and murmured, "About three days..." Tony nodded and he grabbed Ziva's hands softly. He looked her in the eyes and said gently, "Sorry for calling you Kate earlier." Ziva smiled as she looked down at Tony and she said gently, nearing his face, "Do not apologize. It is a sign of weakness, I am told." Tony nodded as he continued to stare into Ziva's eyes and he moved his hands up to her elbows. "Yeah, from the great Leroy Jethro Gibbs." Tony said softly, rubbing Ziva's arms gently. Ziva laughed gently, nearing Tony's face some more and whispering, "I do not want to lose you again, Tony." Tony moved his left hand up to Ziva's face and whispered, "You worried, Ziva?" Ziva smiled as she finally came close enough to Tony's face where he could feel her breath on his lips. Tony stared at her, watching as Ziva stared back before he murmured, "I should've been more careful..."
Tony could almost feel their lips touching and he felt as thought he needed to kiss her. He wanted to kiss her. He wanted to love her and make her his. Tony wanted to desperately kiss and it was showing, sweat beginning to form on his forehead as their faces and lips became so close. Too close to simply stare at each. However, Tony seemed to be stunned by either Ziva's beauty or her gorgeous eyes.
Ziva nodded and placed her hands on Tony's cheeks, murmuring, "Yes you should have been very careful, Tony."
She suddenly pulled away from him and smiled at him, saying, "Well, I am tired Tony. I have been up all night waiting for your eyes to open."
Tony blinked as he stared at her and she laughed as she said, "See you tomorrow, Tony." Ziva walked out of the room and Tony sighed slightly, smiling as he turned back on the T.V. He looked out the windows to his right and smiled as he walked Ziva walk away, her body confidently striding down the hall. Tony found his eyes trailing down to her butt, until he saw her look back. He quickly looked back at the screen and sighed heavily, smiling.
Well, that's the end of this chapter, peeps. Hehehe, I didn't make them kiss. XD Pure torture for some of you out there I would assume. But anyway, the next chapter is going to be basically like this: Gibbs speaky with Tony about KA-BOOM in basement and little man that escapAY. Then, Ducky shall come in and speak as well about everything. Tony is eventually going to breakdown and you shall figure out why! SHAWANG! SEE YA GUYS!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE AWESOME SUPPORT AND REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!