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"Okay, here we go." McGee pointed in his computer screen to show Tony the location.

"Good work. Remember no one finds out about this." He said and headed to the door keys in hands.

He drove like a maniac, desperately driving towards the piers. He still didn't know what he was going to do once she was in front of him, the only thing he knew was that he needed to see her again, he would figure out the rest from there.

Finally he arrived. He parked his jeep far enough to be inconspicuous and started walking the deserted piers. He had a bad feeling about this, so his gun was in his hands, ready to fire if needed. His eyes scanned the dark place looking for Ziva, hopefully she hadn't left the place after calling him. As he approached pier 23 he heard shouting and one of the voices was Ziva's. He moved closer but stayed hidden; he would learn all he could.

"I didn't think you would make it." He didn't recognize the voice of the man and yet he felt an instant dislike to him.

"I said I would." That was indisputably Ziva. He felt a strong relief at knowing she was okay.

"Where's the money?"

"Where's my sister?"

Sister? Tony was really confused; he thought Ziva's sister had died in an accident.

"Money first."

"I don't trust you Damian."

"There was a time when you trusted me with your life amore."

Tony was able to see from his hiding place as the man, who he know knew was Damian, got closer to Ziva and attempted to touch her face, only to have her push it back.

"That was my mistake, trusting you, but I'll never make the same mistake again."

"Ziva, Ziva. You haven't changed at all, so full of spirit. That's why you always satisfied me in bed."

Tony had to physically contain himself from coming out of his hiding place and killing the man with his bare hands, but he did because he realized there was a lot more going on than he thought.

"You never satisfied me."

The man looked at her for a few moments and then busted out laughing. "That's exactly what I mean. Now give me the money or your dear Tali dies, and this time for real."

Ziva walked back a couple of paces and pulled a briefcase from behind some gas tanks. "Here. Now my sister."

"I trust I won't have to count it." He didn't receive an answer from her; instead he opened the briefcase and touched the money. "You see my dear; I told you we could do business."

"Damian!" Ziva's voice had a dangerous tone.

"Very well. I see you want to cut our meeting short." He whistled and two men came out of the shadows holding a teenage girl In between them.

As soon as they were close enough to Ziva and Damian, the girl tried to run to her sister but the men stopped her.

"Tali are you okay?" The girl didn't answer, only nodded. "Damian you have the money. Now let her go."

"It's not that easy darling."

Ziva knew it wouldn't be. "What do you want?"

"You know too much and I can't risk it."

"I haven't said anything what makes you think it'll change now."

"Your boyfriend the cop."

"Leave him out of this." She practically yelled.

"See what I mean dear. He obviously means something to you."

"You leave him out of this Damian. This is between you and me."

"You are right. It is." He signaled to his men to release the girl. She immediately ran to Ziva.

"Tali, you leave and go straight home." She handed her the car keys.

"Not without you."

"Leave now." Ziva gave Tali a look that told her not to question her order. The young girl hugged Ziva and hurried away. Ziva waited until Tali was no longer in sight and then turned to Damian. "What now?"

"Ziva, Ziva. I really wish you hadn't left our little family. It's not going to be easy killing you."

Ziva knew this would happen. She knew there was no way she was getting out of here alive. "Just do it."

A shot was heard a moment later, but she felt no pain. She opened her eyes to see Damian sprawled on the floor bleeding. Immediately more bullets started flying. She grabbed Damian's gun out of his hands just a moment before someone grabbed her and pulled her behind some crates. She thought about fighting for a moment but then recognize him by his smell. It was Tony. "What are you doing here?"

"Saving your ass again."

"I didn't ask you to come."

"Yeah, well I have a tendency to go after suspects that hit me in the head and run."

"If you didn't come you would have gotten your suspect back anyways."

"I didn't want to get you back in a body bag." For a moment they let the emotion of his words envelop them but the continuous sounds of bullets flying brought them back to reality. Apparently there had been more than two of Damian's men and they were now pinned where they couldn't escape. "We gotta move. I am going to cover you and you run like the devil. Here are the keys to my jeep and my phone. You get out of here, dial McGee's number and tell him where to send back up."

"I am not leaving you here."

"Will you just listen to me for once."

"No. This is my mess."

"Damn it." He looked around him, trying to find a way for both of them to get out of here alive or at least a way to convince her to go. "Did you mean it?"

"What?"

"Did you mean it? That you love me?"

She took a moment to answer him. "Yes. I don't know how or why but yes."

"Then do as I say."

"No. I won't."

With a sudden impulse he grabbed her face with both his hands and brought his lips down to hers. In that moments sparks flew and he forgot where he was, all that mattered was kissing her.

She was taken by surprise by his kiss, but soon returned it. She had been wanted to kiss him ever since the last time they kissed and she wasn't about to lose an opportunity.

A bullet hitting just above their heads brought them back to reality.

"Okay, we both go." He took her hand with his free one and they started moving, firing back only when necessary and ducking behind everything they could find.

They finally made it to his car. Since she still had his keys in her hands she just got in the driver seat and drove away. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed McGee's, he requested the back up.

"Police station I assume." She knew what was coming. When she didn't receive an answer she turned to look at him. His eyes were closed, his face was pale and he had a huge blood stain in his shirt. How did he get shot and she didn't notice? Why didn't he say anything? "Tony." She nudged him in his shoulder but he didn't move. "Tony, come on. Don't do this." She nudged him again, even hitting him a little bit but she still received no response. "Tony you can't be dead."

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