Tony stepped into the hallway. This time the long case clock to his left had only two pointers. It was a quarter past six.

He had been on his way home to have a quick shower and change clothes. After that he wanted to get back to the Navy Yard, but Gibbs had called him before he reached his house.

He was shocked, when he found the hallway of his dreams to be a crime scene. There was blood on the floor, a lot of blood. Ducky was there too and Gibbs, Tim, Mulder, the director of NCIS and Officers Ben-Gidon and Haswari who was talking on the phone. Tony went into the study, afraid of what he would see there.
She had heard something… but was she able to wake up and fight or was she the reason, why Ducky was there? He passed Gibbs and Jenny who were arguing and looked around. Everything was like in his dream. The armchairs, the fireplace, there was a book on the ground in front of one chair. But no body. He was relieved. Officer Ben-Gidon joined the director and Gibbs.

"Sorry, we lost her." He said holding an icepack to his forehead.

Jenny nodded understanding.

"Jenny." Gibbs said: "She was here, in your house. She was going to kill you."

"I don't believe that." She answered.

"He is right, director. We followed her trail to this place and when we got here, she just came out of this room." Ben-Gidon said.

"And way was she in this room? When she is so well informed, why didn't she just come up to my bedroom and finish the job?" Jenny asked furious.

Gibbs rolled his eyes: "Jen, I know she was your friend but with her being in your house at this time of the night can only mean one thing."

'Maybe not' Tony thought and the discussion he had in his dream came to his mind: "Where are we?" "Someplace safe." Why would she tell him, that this place was safe, when she knew the whole NCIS was looking for her? The house of the director was the least safe place on earth unless…

"Tony, get the camera and start working." Gibbs told him and pulled Tony back to reality.

"Boss, what happened here? Whose blood is that?" he asked. It was not his habit to not obey his Boss at once but he needed to know.

"Ziva David's. She is still on the run." Gibbs said.

Ari joined then after he finished his call: "We had a fight with her. She hit Ben-Gidon pretty hard but I had my knife."

Gibbs had a rule: never go anywhere without your knife. Tony wished that Ziva knew the rule too.

"Ducky!" Gibbs called over the shoulder and the medical examiner came: "How long can someone survive who lost that much blood?"

This was the reason why Ducky was here. "Without medical care? Four hours."

"She is a trained Mossad assassin. She knows how to survive long enough to be rescued." Ari said angrily.

"But she won't be rescued."

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Tony had volunteered to take pictures of the crime scene and after that he would drive the director to the Navy Yard. Jenny had been very calm when she went back up to get dressed.

On their way to work Tony looked at her: "Director… I need to talk to you." He quickly told her about those dreams. "In my last dream I was in your house, in that study. Ziva was there reading a book. She said it is a safe place. Tell me how can she believe that your house is safe?"

The director remained silent for a long time. "You were honest with me so I'll be honest with you. I don't believe that Ziva killed Agent Todd. I know, she didn't."

"You let her go… it was you who helped her escape."

"Yes. She is my friend. She saved my life and I let her stay in my house, the last place anybody would come looking for her. She had plenty of opportunity to kill me and she didn't. She is a good person no matter what director David or Officer Ben-Gidon or even Ari say." She looked at him: "You think I'm crazy."

"No, I think you are right."

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Tony tried to call Wendy, but she was not at home. He was tired but Gibbs had told them to find Ziva. Ben-Gidon and Ari told them everything they knew about her. Together with McGee they tried to find placed she would consider as safe. Mulder was calling every hospital and doctors practice within a three mile radius around director Shepard's home. But she had no luck.

Tony met Gibbs in the elevator and stopped it.

"She is innocent." He said.

"Tony she tried to kill director Shepard."

"No, Ziva told me last night, that she broke into her house because nobody would be looking there." Tony lied. Jenny had asked him not to tell Gibbs, about her hiding Ziva.

"She lied to you."

"Boss I think she is been played. She had the chance to kill the director and Ben-Gidon and Ari, when they came looking for her, but she didn't."

"Did you talk to her?"

"I tried, she doesn't trust me." Tony said. 'Why should she?'

"I want you to call me when you had your next dream."

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It was shortly after 1 am that he fell asleep. Together with McGee and Mulder they had investigated every known safehouse of Mossad, FBI and CIA. Haswari und Ben-Gidon were not happy to tell them about their secret hiding places.

'I won't dream of her. She is probably dead.' Tony thought before he fell asleep at his desk.

It was cold, dark, dirty and raining. He went down the road and into an old house. The light from the street lamp shone into the dirty windows. She was in the first room he checked. Her back leaned against the cold fireplace. Her eyes were closed and her body was covered in sweat. Her hand lay above her right hip; it was red from all the blood.

He went over. "Ziva, talk to me…" he said and removed her hand from the wound only to press his hand firmly onto it.

The pain seemed to wake her. Feverish eyes opened. "Tony." She whispered.

"Tell me where you are."

"No." she said and pain clouded her eyes.

"Ziva, I will come and get you. I know you are a friend of Jenny. I promise we will prove your innocence but tell me where you are."

"N…o."

"Damn it! I don't want to lose you!" It was true he realized. He wanted to find her alive. Prove she was innocent and … and what? Take her home? She was a stranger, and he was engaged. But that did not matter now: "Tell me!"

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