Risks
Silence bore in to his ears. It was too quiet compared to the sounds his ears had painfully encountered before.
His face was pressed against something hard and dust filled his nose making it hard to breath. He opened his eyes and gasped through his mouth when he realised his lungs were aching. Sounds were coming back to him. Fist in a low buzzing and now in a higher multitude he could hear sirens and feel heat from a distance. He pulled himself up a little bit becoming more conscious of his surroundings. He felt a sting in his head and an ache in his chest. Great he was still recovering from that last explosion.
The he heard someone calling him from close by. The voice was weak as if it had been calling non-stop for a while.
"Tony? Tony? Tony?"
"I-I'm here." His voice wasn't coming out properly and he felt blood on his face.
Clattering, footsteps, and a hand lightly on his back
"Are you- badly hurt?" She asked her voice shaking.
"Um… no," He didn't want to worry her "Don't worry about me. Are you okay?"
"Yes but my poor apartment is not." She sighed and looked at the shattered glass.
"I don't suppose it matters you're going to be in protective custody now. I am afraid it is almost certain this is targeting you." Tony sighed and Ziva hung her head. But they both knew it was true.
"Okay. Gibbs is going to kill you for letting my home blow up."
"Yeah I know. C'mon let's get you to the ER I can hear the ambulances already." Tony took Ziva's hand and helped her over her smashed coffee table and towards the door.
"I really liked that table. Gibbs made it for me." She sighed looking back at the smashed wood.
"I am sure he can make another c'mon." He tugged her hand and they left.
After two hours being patched up by ER Tony and Ziva returned to the squad room to find a panicking Abby
"Oh my god, oh my god, Oh my- Are you guys alright? Well of course you're not I mean you almost got blown up!"
"It barely got my apartment Abby. We're alright the emergency room just likes to fuss." Ziva consoled her allowing Abby to hug her.
"You guys haven't heard? It was the company car that got blown up." McGee said
"Yeah we know McNo-it-all. We saw the wreckage." Tony said throwing his coat over his chair.
"Where is Gibbs?" Ziva asked looking around for him.
"He is in MTAC, talking to your dad." Said Abby
They all looked at her questioningly.
"He tells me more that's all!" Shrugged Abby sitting behind Gibb's desk
Ziva headed for the stairs and Tony followed her.
"Agent Gibbs, agent DiNozzo and David are requesting access to MTAC."
Gibbs closed his eyes. He knew they were going to want in.
"Ah Agent Gibbs do let them in. It would be good to hear Ziva's voice again." Said the man with the accent on the big screen
Gibbs sighed and Vance, who was sitting in one of the seats in the front row, nodded at the agent at the panel.
Seconds later the two agents walked in to MTAC. Ziva briskly and Tony a little hurried, trying to restrain her as it seemed. They were handed headsets and Ziva approached the screen just in front of Gibbs.
"Father are you aware I have had 3 attempts on my life in these past weeks?" She said accusingly
"Shalom Ziva, my child I have heard of your encounters and allow me to insure you as I have just insured agent Gibbs that Mossad has nothing to do with these explosions."
"Innocent people have died! Tony and I were almost blown up twice!" Ziva tugged on Tony's jacket pulling him in to the screen.
"Ah agent DiNozzo, how have you been?" Eli David addressed Tony directly.
"Just peachy sir," He replied sarcastically "Yesterday was the bomb!"
No one laughed at his pun but Eli, he laughed coldly. He really hated Tony.
"Eli," Vance stood up and faced the screen "The second bombing was a system that is used by Mossad, it was in fact used when agent David's home was blown up two years ago."
Eli nodded "Yes the cut line masker. We do use that but so do many others. It is not an uncommon way of covering a leak. Are you accusing me of trying to kill my only living child Leon?"
"No sir just checking that you didn't know something." Gibbs responded.
Eli nodded "May I talk to my daughter alone for a moment?"
Vance nodded at the panel agent and she switched off the speaker phone. Vance, Gibbs and Tony took of their head phones and faced away from the screen however still listening to everything Ziva was saying.
"Yes father? No I would prefer to speak English. Yes, Oh. Alright, thank you for telling me."
She drew her hand over her neck and they hung up on Israel.
"David, anything to worry about?" Vance asked Ziva
"No sir, my father was just informing me that my aunt Nettie has passed away." Ziva replied looking down.
"Oh, my condolences. Do you require personal time off?" Vance asked
"Yes I think so." Ziva replied "We were quiet close. I would like to fly to Tel-Aviv and attend her funeral."
Vance nodded and left MTAC
"Ziva," Gibbs took her arm "Your life is still at risk. A trip on your own is not a good idea. I would like to assign you an agent for-"
"Gibbs I do not need a babysitter!" She replied angrily then noticed him glance at Tony. "No, no Gibbs! I don't need Tony of that flight with me quoting 'Snakes on a plane' or whatever!"
"I love that movie." Muttered Tony, he looked slightly hurt.
Ziva rolled her eyes "Tony you and my aunt were not the best of friends."
"Oh right, I told her I was your husband and called her a dirt bag." Tony nodded to himself and Gibbs looked confused.
"Take Tony with you. Please?" Gibbs said
The others stared at him.
"You said please?" Tony said
"Fine," Ziva shook her head to get her thoughts straight. "I will take Tony if he promised not to quote a single movie."
"Do I get a say in this?" Asked Tony
"No." the other two said in unison.
Tony shrugged. "When do we fly out?"
"Tomorrow night. We will buy our tickets now." Ziva sighed and left MTAC
Tony was about to leave too but Gibbs called him back.
"DiNozzo. Don't do anything to piss her dad off. Okay?" He said to Tony. Then he left.
SO! What will happen at Aunt Nettie's funeral? Who will they meet? What will happen to Tony and Ziva? Stick around to find out!