Alone

A/N Hi!! Sorry it's taken so long to get chapter five written, but thank goodness for Study Leave (Even though as I upload this, study leave was weeks ago)! Also, thanks to everyone for all their positive feedback. I appreciate it! Anyway, Enjoy!

Tony sat staring at Abby as she recounted the tale, shell-shocked, petrified and worst of all, alone. No tears skimmed his cheeks and not a single sob fell from his open mouth, he was numb. All feeling had left his body and it was all he could do to keep himself from collapsing. Resting his head in his hands lest the girls see the tears, Tony DiNozzo began to cry. Silent tears, the type you can only cry when you think no one else is looking, tears of pure agony and pain and loss. The three agents sat, in an uneasy silence, only broken by an occasional sob from Abby's mouth and the occasional comforting noise from Ziva.

"Ring…Ring"

Three heads rose at the exact same moment, eyes landing on the source of the disruption.

Abby's Cell Phone. A frenzied rush on Abby's behalf to grab the phones ensued, though as she tried to make a grab for the phone, she fell over Ziva's legs and on top of the other girl. Had it been any normal day, a crude joke would have come from Tony, and a head slap from Ziva, Abby or both of them. However Tony stayed fixated on the phone as Ziva helped Abby up. Brushing herself down as quickly as she could the phone's ringing continued.

"We can trace the call… We can trace Tim..."

Abby glared at Tony for a few seconds, one of her hands still locked in Ziva's grip, before her expression slackened to a smile and she reached forward breaking Ziva's hold to hug Tony as she answered the phone that was only still ringing thanks to pure luck. Balancing the phone between her ear and her shoulder she began speaking and typing into her computer at a furiously fast rate

"Hello, Abby's Cell…McGee….Where are you? You can't tell me? But…!"

At this moment Abby gazed around the lab. Screwing up her face through the agonies of lying, the girl glanced over to Ziva. Indicating the computer, a flashing bar could be seen; the words read 'Signal Untraceable'. Both Ziva and Tony cursed as Abby carried on.

"McGee.. it's just me and Ziva. She told Tony to stay away…. God, McGee. Just tell me?"

A few seconds later her jaw dropped

"You're WHERE?"