AN: It sucks, with as much as I love the show, still now ownership. *sigh*

Onto the story!

LAST TIME ON NCIS

In the small motel room, the men were getting ready for this job to be done. They were deciding what they wanted to do with the pretty agent and her partner. With the devilish plan mutually agreed upon, they went out into the morning light and headed out in search of the agents.

ZIVA POV

I woke up with a start. I was cold and could not remember why. But it all came flooding, or is it streaming, back. The chase. The car crash. The nightmare. The shooting. The walking. The camping. The talk. Wait, it was THE talk that we had been avoiding ever since the day I accused him of having phone sex.

I groaned and turned my head to see one very handsome Tony DiNozzo still asleep with one arm underneath my head serving as a pillow and his other arm draped over me, yet holding me protectively.

I sighed in content not wanting to move. However, the dark shadows of people chasing us and trying to kill us, made me realize we needed to get up and get a move on.

"Tony." I said sitting up.

"AHngfoiehsi." Was all I heard from him. It was, of course, gibberish mumbling.

"Tony. We need to get up and get moving before we are found." I said with a little more force. I stood up and stretched, already missing my morning run. Looking at the sun's current position in the sky, I figured it was close to 6 AM.

"Alright, alright. I'm up." Tony said, a little more awake. He had not moved or even opened his eyes, so I suspected he was falling asleep. Only one way to fix that.

I walked over to the stream and got a handful of water. I made my way back to where a sleeping Tony was laying. Carefully I poured the water out of my hand onto his head.

"AHHHHHH!" Was all Tony yelled and jumped up into a fighting stance just like he did under our first undercover assignment together.

I could not help but laugh.

"Ha Ha Ha Ziva. Very funny!" Tony said stretching now that his heart rate returned to normal.

This made me laugh even more because all I could see in my mind was when I did that to him before and he jumped up on the bed like he was ready to kick some ass.

TONY POV

"I'm glad you found that funny, Zee-va." I said walking over to grab two more granola bars from by gear.

"I am sorry, Tony. But if roles were reversed, you would be laughing, yes?" Ziva asked. As much as I was pretending to pout, I could not try for long. I always loved to see her laugh and smile. It lit up the whole forest and was contagious.

"You're right. I would." I handed her a granola bar which she gladly took. We set down by the remains from last nights fire. I have got to remember to do that to McGoo. I thought to myself.

MEANWHILE

The two men made their way to the car. With both in deep thought about their plan, they headed out.

"How's your leg?" The uninjured man asked.

"It's stiff, but fine." Jerome said.

"Good because if we don't succeed, then we are as good as dead." The other guy said.

They drove for a few minutes in silence. Soon, they came to a clearing near where they wrecked the car. They pulled into the clearing and got out.

From the trunk, they grabbed their guns and extra ammo. Jerome had remembered to bring the map with them.

Cautiously they headed into the woods in search of their prey.

AN: Well, what do you think is going to happen next?

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