She stares at the screen in the office. She can't believe it. She can't believe Tony has been tortured and kidnapped. She saw his eyes before he passed out. She saw the fear and the dull loss of hope. She had seen that before. When prisoners were tortured in her home where she grew up. Her father told her, she remembered, that when they had that look, they usually went crazy… No. She couldn't think like that. This was Tony. Tony was the strongest guy she knew. If anyone could make it through this, she knew he would.

She watched as an unconscious Tony hung by the chains as the knife was roughly torn out of his shoulder. Her shocked and horrified gaze traveled over his body. He was skinny, skinnier than a person should ever be. He had so many wounds on his bare chest, some old and some fresh and there were scars too, she could tell he had been given this kind of treatment for a long time. And when he spoke, his voice sounded hesitant and terrified. She had never heard Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, senior field agent, ever sound like that. She also noticed, with surprise that his pale cheek were tear marked. Anthony Dinozzo, crying? She never thought it was possible.

It was then, when she saw his pale, tear-stained cheek that she noticed how pale the rest of him was. It was as if he hadn't seen the sun for days. She wondered if he hadn't seen the sun for days. Actually, there were at lot of things that Special Agent Ziva David wondered but she knew it would do no good to wonder them now.

Her sharp eyes caught Gibbs flicking his fingers at McGee discreetly and he nodded and his fingers went flying on the computer as, she assumed, attempted to trace the call the best he could. Ziva stared at the screen and watched a woman, she was facing away from the screen, so she couldn't see her back, but she watched as she brought the knife to Tony's chest and slowly drew out the letters N-C-I-S on his chest.

"Tony…" Abby whimpered in horror, eyes red and puffy and her black mascara smeared from slow tears dripping from her eyes. Ziva felt some tears of her own threatening to spill over but she blinked quickly to get rid of them and glanced at Gibbs. He looked like he was about to explode. His eyes were blazing as he stared at the screen and his hands were clenched into fists at his side.

The woman stopped, turning off the camera so it was just a voice call and they couldn't see each other anymore. "Well, Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs." The female voice began, greeting Gibbs. "You now know what has happened to your senior field agent. He is ours now, to do as we like."

"What do you want with him?" Gibbs interrupted her, voice demanding and seething as he tried to control his anger for Tony's sake. Ziva could tell that all he wanted to do was jump through that screen and kill of them right now, but unfortunately for both of them, he couldn't.

The women chuckled lightly. "It is not polite to interrupt someone while they are talking, Agent Gibbs." She barked in order in Arabic and after a few moments a tortured scream sounded from the speakers and Ziva could only guess that the scream came from Tony. "Now," she spoke again as if nothing had happened. "I trust you will listen this time?"

Gibbs scowled, hating to be out of control and glared his Gibb's glare at the screen, but stayed quiet. The women's voice had a smile to it and as she spoke, it was laced with cruelty. "Your Agent has been in our custody for a year, Agent Gibbs. Right under your company's little nose. I'm actually quite surprised you have not found us yet. Well, until tomorrow, Special Agent Gibbs, we will be... 'Celebrating'... Agent DiNozzos time with us." Then the screen went black and the speakers turned off. She was gone.

Gibbs walked over to McGee. "Did you trace the call McGee?" McGee didn't answer right away as his fingers flew across the keyboard, his eyes concentrated and glued to the screen in front of him. Ziva crossed her fingers behind her back hopefully.

McGee suddenly spoke. "Got a hit, boss." He looked down at his keyboard and back up at the screen. "Looks like Tony is at..." He trailed off. "No. I-It can't be. We've checked there hundreds of times!"

Gibbs slammed his fist down on the table. "Where is he McGee?!" He yelled angrily, making McGee jump in fear and stared at all of them. "Tony is here."

Everyone stared at him before Gibbs shook his head. "No, you must be mistaken. He can't be here, with all of that screaming and... We would've heard it!"

"What if the room Tony is in is sound proofed?" Siva heard herself speak up but she didn't feel herself move, she felt numb. She knew all of this was her fault, if only she didn't go to his house that night...

Abby spoke up, eyes still watery with tears. "Well, um, actually. Even if the room was soundproofed we would still be able to hear a little bit."

"Jenny!" Gibbs yelled at her and she nodded, racing up to her office. "On it." Ziva ran to her computer. "Shutting down computers and making the room silent." While Ziva and McGee worked on shutting down the computers, Jenny's voice rang out through the building. "Everyone evacuate the building. Shut down all of your computers. Fast as you can."

Ziva watched, hand clutching Abby's arm as everyone started leaving the building and walking down the stair case. She watched Gibbs. His eyes were ablaze with a fire she never knew he could have. She watched McGee. His fingers flew on the keyboard as he double-checked that that was where the signal came from. She watched Abby. She drank a Caf-Pow, eyes red and puffy and she tried to steady her breathing. Then she focused on herself. Her chest ached painfully with a grief and guilt she had never known before.

Ziva's eyes traveled up to the Director as she walked down the stairs and headed there way. "All clear, buildings been evacuated."

Gibbs nodded. "Alright, now, everyone. Be absolutely quiet." Everyone did as he said and fell silent. It eerily disturbed Ziva. She had never known this place could get this quiet. But then again... Tony was always the one that spoke through the silence...

"Did you guys hear that?" Gibbs whispered unexpectedly. Everyone stared at him and shook their heads. Gibbs nodded at the floor. "Put your ear on the floor."

Exchanging excited and terrified looks, everyone slowly lowered to the ground and pressed their ear against it. At first, they couldn't hear anything. Ziva felt her back begin to hurt after awhile and she was about to speak up until she heard it. An agonized screech coming from below them. "Thats him." She whispered, a tear dripping down her cheek. "Thats Tony."

Well? Did that answer any of your questions? Or did it raise more? Sorry if the rescuing part came fast. Its 11:42PM and I couldn't sleep so I decided to write. Please review! Constructive criticism is much appreciated :3

~Mythia~