Although it had only been 48 hours the team had been incredibly busy. Each member of the team had an assignment to ensure that Tony and Ziva's wedding went off without a hitch. This included Director Vance giving his okay to the marriage. There was no way that Vance could have or would have said no to the union. Tony might have been goofy when he wanted to be but he was a solid NCIS agent that had a long future with the agency. Ziva was a talented NCIS agent and they had gone through a lot of trouble helping her become an American citizen.

In the 48 hours since Tony had awaked from his coma he had not had any improvement. In fact he had gotten worse. Tony was still paralyzed and the swelling near his spine had gotten worse because of an infection. Tony had spiked fevers on and off but the fears had finally passed. The chances of him walking in the near future were starting to look grim as the doctors raced to pinpoint the source of the infection and medicine regimen that would eradicate it.

However, even with that somber news everyone had done their part for Tony and Ziva's wedding. Gibbs had used his charms and connections with a county clerk that fast tracked Tony and Ziva's marriage license.

Ducky was having a baker friend of his make a cake that Ducky intended to sneak in for the wedding.

Abby had selected and put up all of the decorations in Tony's hospital room with the help of McGee and Jimmy Palmer. Although everyone had expected a dark direction from Abby she went surprisingly light hearted and picked up supplies from a local special occasions shop.

McGee was tasked with setting up a live webcam feed for Tony's father who was still in Monaco. And McGee would be taking pictures of the affair. No one wanted to say it but everyone was worried that Tony might not make it out of the hospital for a second wedding. McGee walked into Tony's room carrying a garment bag. "Okay Tony. I looked through your closet and I think I found what you were talking about." "I still don't think you should be moving to put on a dress shirt and jacket." "You can get all dressed up when you and Ziva have the bigger ceremony."

"Probie I am not getting married in a hospital gown. DiNozzo men are known for their style." said Tony looking at McGee. "I won't need to move that much." "Besides how hard could it be?" asked Tony. "Come on and help me with it." "I want to be dressed by the time Ziva gets here."

McGee said "Me help you?" "Are you sure you don't want me to get a nurse to help you?" asked McGee nervous about hurting Tony but also thinking it was a little weird to dress a grown man. "Where is Ziva anyway?"

"Get over here Probie." demanded Tony. "She is at home getting ready with Abby." "They should be headed over here soon."

McGee said "Alright…" He unzipped the garment bag and took out a white dress shirt and an ivory colored tie that coordinated with Ziva's dress. McGee helped Tony sit up in the bed and slipped the dress shirt onto him over the hospital gown. McGee buttoned the shirt for Tony and then helped him tie his tie.

Tony said "Alright suit jacket."

McGee stopped for a minute and said "I am sorry Tony." McGee seemed really upset about something.

Tony looked at him confused. "What is wrong?"

"I was pissed at you when you left me behind at NCIS." "And then you got shot…and you have all of this stuff wrong with you now." "I am just sorry for being angry with you Tony." said McGee feeling guilty.

Tony said "Tim...I didn't take you with me because I wanted to know you were safe." "You are a damn good agent. You've proved that time and time again." "I didn't want to put you in danger. I knew what we were walking into and I knew there was a very good chance that someone might die." "I would not have forgiven myself if that person was you."

McGee was speechless for a minute but finally said "I should have been there Tony." He then helped Tony get his suit jacket on.

Tony said "Great…from the waist up I look like a million bucks." Tony flashed a cocky grin. "A DiNozzo looks good even on his deathbed."

McGee shook his head. "You are going to make it through this town." "You will." said McGee more trying to convince himself. "I am going to go and check to see if the justice of the peace is going to be on time." "I'd hate to see Ziva go after a public official." McGee left the room.

Gibbs walked in as McGee was leaving. "How are you feeling?"

"I am good Boss." said Tony. "I am ready to marry Ziva." "It seems like noon is taking forever to get here." said Tony. "Ducky brought the rings by earlier so I am all set." "I want to thank you for your help getting the license application pushed through." "I really didn't want to wait to do this." "When you wait…you never know what you are going to miss out on." "No one has forever…"

Gibbs said "So you are ready to be a married man and all of the things that come with that?"

"I am definitely ready. I want to make Ziva my wife." "Sometimes I just get lost looking at her." "She's perfect even when she is mad at me…the way she glares and her eyebrows raise." said Tony

Gibbs chuckled seeing just how much the boy was in love with Ziva. "Well, you two broke my rules..but maybe some rules are meant to be broken."

After awhile Ducky arrived with the small two tier cake his friend had prepared for the wedding. McGee helped Ducky sneak the cake in. Jimmy Palmer had arrived as well. Leon Vance and his wife were the last to arrive.

The only two people that were missing were Abby and Ziva. Ten minutes late turned into twenty minutes. Twenty turned into forty minutes late. When the hour mark arrived the tension in the room was as thick as a brick wall. Tony was starting to worry that he had been left at the altar..well the hospital bed. Maybe Ziva had changed her mind. He was asking a lot of this woman that he loved. He shook his head ridding himself of the thought. There was no way that Ziva would just stand him up. She would be there if she could be there. Which meant something had happened to Ziva. Tony knew it and he couldn't do a damn thing about it. "Boss…something is wrong. Ziva wouldn't be late at all let alone this late."

Gibbs said "Don't worry about it DiNozzo." "McGee and I are going to go over to her house." "She might have lost track of time or lost her cell phone." "We will be back soon." "Let's go McGee."

Tony said "You don't believe that Boss…." Tony sat there feeling helpless his own body was betraying him. He should be out there looking for the woman he loved and yet he was stuck in a hospital bed unable to move his legs.

Gibbs gave him a look and then he left with McGee. Gibbs drove over to Ziva's apartment with his foot on the gas pedal the entire time. His gut told him something was very wrong. Gibbs pulled up outside of Ziva's apartment and got out of the car. He headed into the building with his gun drawn.

McGee followed Gibbs' lead.

When they arrived to Ziva's apartment door they saw that it was just left standing open. They walked into the apartment guns drawn and searched. The apartment looked like a struggle had taken place. They searched every inch of the apartment but Ziva and Abby were nowhere to be found.

McGee stood in shocked silence. He walked over seeing Abby's cell phone lying on the floor. "Ziva let in whoever did this…she wouldn't just let a stranger in here…" "Not even on her wedding day would she be that careless." "Where could they be?" asked McGee more to himself. "Who could have done this?" McGee was in a panic himself. He and Abby had their own secret and he could feel the panic setting in over that. "Abby's pregnant." blurted out McGee.

Gibbs looked around and saw something strange. Gibbs bent down and picked up a picture of Ziva as a young girl with her father. The picture had been ripped in. The half of the picture with Eli David in it was laying on the floor. Gibbs eyes scanned the room for the other half. He spotted it stuffed under the television. Gibbs was about to make a call on his cell phone and stopped for a moment when he heard the words that fell from McGee's mouth. He saw the panic in the young man's eyes and didn't even need to ask whose child Abby was carrying. He wanted to head slap every member of his team but he shook his head opting to speak on the situation later. At this moment both of his girls were missing and he was going to make damn sure he got them back.

Gibbs called Director Vance and said "Leon…Ziva and Abby have been kidnapped from Ziva's apartment." "It looks like there was a hell of a struggle…but they are gone…" "Long gone it appears…" "I want to know if Eli David made entry into the country in the last 24 hours…"

Meanwhile….

Ziva woke up in a bedroom and looked around trying to figure out where she was and what time of day it was. The windows of the room had been blacked out and the lights were out. Ziva looked around the room squinting in the darkness. "Abby?" whispered Ziva feeling a body next to hers.

Abby didn't say anything she was still out cold from the drug she had been injected with.

Ziva moved to take her pulse and let out a sigh of relief when she felt one. "Abby…Abby wake up." whispered Ziva not knowing who her captors were. They needed to get out there and fast. Ziva got out of the bed and went to the window and hit it. She realized it was made of plexiglass. She was turning to go back to inspect the rest of the room when the bedroom door opened. Light rushed into the previously dark room and Ziva had to squint to make her eyes adjust. She froze looking toward the door. "Father…"

Eli David stood there and said "You would not come to me so I decided to come to you."