Trapped
Rain pounded on the car windows relentlessly. Thunder cracked the purplish grey sky. Tony sat in traffic drumming his fingers over his steering wheel in time to the music; the tunes were cracking and fading as the rain interfered with the signal. Minutes later he switched the radio off and sighed. The sun had not even been up for an hour and Gibbs had already called them all in for the day to start, again. He flicked open his phone and kicked his accelerator as he saw a gap in traffic, he hit speed dial and put the cell to his ear.
A yawn on the other end then
"David."
"Hey Zee-vah you up yet?"
"I am now, what's up that couldn't wait till later on?"
"Gibbs had a gut feeling and he wants us to review evidence from the Borelli case."
She sighed
"Did your power cut out this morning?"
"Yeah and my coffee place did as well. I guess I will have to wake myself up another way."
"I will pick up coffee for you on my way in."
"I actually love you Ziva."
She laughed and hung up. He shook his head and enjoyed the thumping of the rain on the roof of his car. He had seen around 3 accidents before he reached the office. He met Ziva in the parking lot, he was soaked to the skin after mere seconds in the rain and she had an umbrella. She beckoned to him and he ran over to her to take cover from the heavy onslaught or rain. She handed him his overly sweetened coffee and he thanked her profusely as they made their way in to the office. Once under cover Tony shook himself like a wet puppy and Ziva looked at him sympathetically as she sipped her pimping brew.
"Are you alright Tony?" She asked ruffling his wet hair
"Just freezing to death but I will be okay soon." He sighed squeezing out his tie impatiently.
They got in to the elevator and rode up to the squad room. As they looked around the bullpen they saw no Gibbs or McGee, this allowed Tony to sneak around his desk and remove his shirt and tie. He glanced over at Ziva modestly and she winked at him from her desk. He grumbled for a few minutes until he was done changing under his desk and then popped out again in a dry outfit. He approached Ziva's desk and opened her bag and took out her hair brush.
"Hey DiNozzo, get out of my bag!" He brushed his hair while looking at her with his lip curled in sadness.
"Stop being such a girl." She hissed, snatching the brush away and hitting him with it.
"How is our love child?" Tony asked throwing the brush back at Ziva while walking away from her desk towards his own.
"She is fine. She slept through the thunder; she takes after you on that." She winked at him and he grinned at her.
McGee popped up from under Gibbs desk and frowned at the two.
"Am I missing something?" He asked
"Yes McGoo, everything," Tony stood and approached McGee "Why are you touching Boss' computer?"
"Because, Tony the power cut last night screwed up Gibbs hard drive, and mine, you two luckily got away because you switched your computers off last night."
"Yes we did. Why didn't you Tim? Were you here all night?" Ziva asked also getting up
Tony began to laugh and McGee frowned at Ziva.
"No I was running a programme last night; I only put my computer on sleep."
"Is this why Gibbs called us in early?" Ziva asked looking slightly angry.
"Yeah McGeek am I missing my beauty sleep because of this?" Tony scoffed
"You need a lot more 'beauty sleep' than a few hours DiNozzo." Gibbs said appearing out of nowhere from behind Ziva, he had his morning coffee in his hand and a newspaper in the other.
"You are all here because a secure unit in the Entertainment division was breached last night during the power cut."
"Boss the news says the cuts were because of this bad weather." McGee said confused
"Maybe it was planned, maybe not. These may be just petty thieves after petty cash."
"Whoa back up," Tony held up his hands "A secure unit in the Entertainment division? What have they got to hide, puppets?" Tony looked sceptical
"No, they have got locations of safe camps all over the world that a possible terrorist would want or sell." Gibbs grabbed his gear and gestured to the others to do the same. "Hey Ziva come here." He beckoned her over.
"You two go ahead." He said to the patiently waiting Tony and McGee, they nodded and left.
Ziva approached Gibbs' desk thoughts running round her head. What was this about?
"Enjoying playing happy families with my senior field agent, Dav-eed?" He asked quietly
Ziva stood there stunned.
"I-I-I" She stuttered and then collected herself. "Wouldn't you rather that then us fighting?"
"I don't really know; just try obeying rule number 12." He said
"Gibbs I-"
"I know it will be hard to obey soon. Maybe not now, but soon, please Ziva don't get hurt."
"Gibbs," Ziva sighed at him "I hardly think this conversation is relevant. It's only a kitten."
He nodded at her and sighed also, she turned to leave but he called her back.
"One more thing Ziva"
"Yes Gibbs?" Ziva walked back to him
"It's been a month since your life has been in danger. What do you think of that?" He asked in a hushed voice
"I think you can take that stupid agent you have tailing me off my case." Ziva said slightly angrily
"Talk to DiNozzo. It's his idea."
"Really…" Ziva looked thoughtful.
"Please confront this after the case. I need my senior field agent on this one." Gibbs stood up and grabbed his bag "Let's go."
"So can I get rid of my tailing agent?"
"If DiNozzo says it is okay, then you can."
She groaned and followed Gibbs to the elevators
The crime scene was small and relatively clean. All there was to look at was the cut foot of fence they were all standing in front of. McGee was trying to find building plans inside and Tony was shooting photos. Ziva had been told to bag and tag, but there wasn't much to bag and tag. She approached Tony instead.
"Hey DiNozzo"
"Ah Ms Dav-eeeeed, you have graced us with your presents!" Tony cried sarcastically
"Gibbs says the agent tailing me was your idea." Ziva said, stepping right in to Tony's space
Tony clicked the camera in her face making her jump back and almost trip on the fence that was the crime scene. However she did not fall because Tony grabbed her just in time.
"Careful there my so-called-ninja, you almost compromised our crime scene."
She growled at him and walked off planning a re-attack later.
Later she didn't get time though. They found themselves reviewing security footage and chasing the half stoned assailant. In the end they wrapped up the case at about 10:30 at night when they finally managed to trace the large deposits of money in the guy's account from a terrorist base in the middle east of the world somewhere.
"It's out of our hands now Timmy," Tony announce, dropping his paper work on to Gibbs desk "Our criminal, investigative side of the case is over."
"Yeah Tony, I know." McGee rolled his eyes at Ziva.
"Almost done my ninja? Excellent chasing skills earlier by the by, I can now almost forgive you for almost ruining the crime scene earlier on." Tony said approaching Ziva
"Almost done Tony," Ziva assured him "Have a good weekend."
"Oh. I will, I am gonna party hard!" He danced to the elevator, his bag slung lopsided on his back.
Ziva smiled and followed him before the elevator doors shut.
She grinned at him and he smiled lazily at her. Then the lights flickered and neither of them could see anything.
JOLT
BANG
They fell to the floor
THUD
"Ah my head," Tony's voice moaned
Ziva groped around for her bag and pulled out her phone. It provided enough light to see by she shined it over Tony. He had a red bump on his head and he was wincing in the light.
"Sorry, just bumped it when I went down." He rubbed his head and sat up. "Another power cut?"
"It looks like it. I am not getting any signal in here." Ziva sighed angrily. "Why is it that every time there is a power cut I get stuck in here?"
Tony shrugged and stood up using his phone to light his way to the emergency button. He pressed it but nothing happened.
"I suppose it needs power to work." He sighed and slumped down on to the floor beside Ziva. "I am missing Magnum."
She rolled her eyes in the dark and smiled to herself. "You're much calmer than the last person I was trapped in here with."
"Who was it, McGee? Of course I am calmer than him. I have to be with my two probies running amuck all the time." Tony yawned.
"How long do you think it will take for them to save us?" Ziva asked.
"Hours and hours probably"
"Why so glum Tony did you have a date tonight?" Ziva asked wirily
"No. I am just hungry."
"You ate dinner an hour ago."
He sighed and slipped even further down the wall.
"Don't worry Ziva I am sure Abby's emergency sensors will be going off anytime now."
"Strike!"
Abby spun round with glee and took her seat again. The nuns applauded and Rosita went for her turn.
"One frame to a perfect score" She grinned around at the nuns who were all in their habits and bowling shoes.
The lights flickered and went out. After being ushered out by torch handling bowling alley employees Abby and the sisters were standing out on the street waiting for Sister Anne to come round with the Convey van. Abby got out her phone, relieved to see that all the bars on her signal were full.
"I am going to call Timmy. He hates power cuts." Abby explained to the nuns then put the phone to her ear.
"Special agent McGee"
"Timmy it's me! Are you okay? I know how much you hate power cuts, are you still doing paper work?"
"No I am home now."
"Oh my god where are Tony and Ziva I have a really bad feeling!"
"I don't know Abby."
"Well you better check do you hear me McGee!"
"I spy with my little eye something beginning with… S"
"Shoes?"
"Yes! Damn you are good at this game! Okay your turn."
"No this game is boring now; we have named everything in the room."
"Technically we are in an elevator."
"Really, I hadn't noticed." Ziva sighed "I am tired."
"Nice to meet you tired I am Tony." He reached forward and shook Ziva's hand. She rolled her eyes for the billionth time that night.
Little did the two of them know that McGee, Gibbs and Abby were calling their phones non-stop trying to find them, and that they were Abby was in the bull pen place in her bowling outfit pacing franticly.
"What if they have been kidnapped by the people that are after Ziva?" She asked Gibbs who was calling Tony's cell for the hundredth time.
"McGee can't you track their cell phones?" Gibbs asked Tim who was typing madly at his desk on a battery powered laptop.
"No, they are either turned off or out of signal." McGee replied.
Ducky came in from the stair well.
"The lights are back but the elevator is still broken, any word from Anthony and Ziva?"
Abby shook her head and went to help McGee.
"Well I must admit 3am is not my favourite time to arrive at work.
Ducky approached Gibbs and leaned forward so he could talk quietly.
"You don't suppose they are somewhere private together?"
Gibbs gave him a look.
"Oh come on Jethro it was only a matter of time."
"Guys," Abby jumped up. "Tony and Ziva never checked out of the navy yard last night! They either left after the power went out and were signed out by hand or-"
"They're still here." Gibbs finished her sentence for her.
"The elevator!" McGee cried and everyone looked at him "Last time there was a power cut me and Ziva got trapped in there. If they are still in there they have probably ripped each other up by now."
Everyone ran over to the elevator doors where a sleepy Tec was fencing it off.
"We think we have 2 agents stuck in there." McGee explained to him.
"Yeah I know they pressed the emergency button around 5 hours ago and we have been trying to fix this ever since."
"5 hours? DiNozzo is probably dead by now!" Gibbs murmured putting his hand on the doors.
"How far down are they?" McGee asked
"A few feet from here"
"Open the doors." Gibbs commanded.
"What?"
"Just do it."
The tec nodded and wedged open the doors and held them for Gibbs. He looked down and saw the top of the elevator not far down. Close enough to jump.
"Jethro what are you going to do?" Ducky asked a little worried. As Gibbs began to remove his jacket
"I am going to climb down there and open it from the top and get them out." He replied
Everyone watched as Gibbs did just that. He landed with a small thud on the top of the elevator and searched around for a trapdoor. Abby leaned over to watch him and Tim held her arm protectively so she wouldn't fall down.
Gibbs found the door, opened it and climbed inside. He was not impressed with what he found; Tony and Ziva were asleep in a corner of the elevator, Ziva resting on Tony's shoulder and snoring lightly.
Well it has been a long day DiNozzo and David, he thought and then climbed back out the top again and with help from McGee he was back in the squad room with Tony and Ziva still dozing below.
"Are you just going to leave them there?" Abby asked a little out raged.
"Yeah, it's their punishment for making me worry about them."
So the whole team left Tony and Ziva sleeping in the broken elevator and the tec scratching his head still confused at the crazy bunch he had just experienced.
And later, much later, Tony and Ziva awoke to the *Ding* of the elevator doors once they were fixed.
Ziva jumped up and pointed her gin at the startled tec and Tony slipped to the floor, a little disorientated.
"Oh, thanks." Tony said to the guy, still half asleep he hi-fived the man gently and pulled Ziva to the stair well "C'mon David. Let's go watch Magnum."
The tec watched these oddities wanted off and still scratched his head.
Were they married? He thought to himself.
I hope you liked that chapter, I am buggered after writing it and so I am going to go get some shut eye once I get home from work. Do you think I am being to slow with Tiva? Please let me know. Reveeeeiiiiwwww!