Agent Cassidy's mistake or was it?
"Ziva nooo don't go in" Tony ran to try and stop his life long friend from entering the booby trapped house.
"DiNozzo stay back" yelled Paula Cassidy who for this mission had been the assigned leader. Much to the dislike of Gibbs and Tony.
Tony and Paula had a history, dating back to before Tony had started at NCIS she was the reason he'd even come to know about the job opening. Now that relationship was in tatters and all over what? An old friend had come back into her life a friend who she wanted to see on a more romantic level then save her failing relationship with Tony. Needless to say that had put a sour out look on what ever she did from Tony's perspective.
"Screw you Cassidy"
"DiNozzo stay back that's an order"
"Gibbs Cassidy gave her the fault mic she doesn't know the house is booby trapped"
The house suddenly blew up every one was thrown back onto their back meters away from where they had been. Tony was the first to get up he didn't care about the glass that was stinging his arms or the fact that he had first degree burns on his left arm all he cared about was finding his friend and seeing if she was ok.
He found her in by the pool. Her burns looked horrific, he picked her up and slowly walked down the steps of the pool into the cool water, where he first felt the sting of his own wounds.
"Z can you hear me?" he asked timidly. Ziva opened her eyes her back had been to the house so she looked as normal as ever. She smiled weakly
"What?"
"You ok?"
"I've been better, Tony I want you to tell Kate, that she'll always be my best friend no matter what Abby says to the contray" to any one else the statement would not have made sense but to Tony and the select few who knew her, it made perfect sense.
"Contrary and tell her yourself we've been through worse then this and lived, your not going to die on me ok not on my watch and not with out me"
"Tony you know as well as I do that I wont live through this, I've just gotten over the last bashing by my loving brother do you really believe that my body will be able to stand up to this I don't think so"
"No I wont let you your not going with out me, you swore you'd never go with out me"
"We were ten when we made that pact Tony"
"I don't care I ment it then I mean it now, don't be a but munch Z stay true to your word"
"Sorry T but I-
"ZIVA" Tears fell down Tony's face as he noticed his friends skin go even more pale then it already was.
"I love you T I'll always watch over you" and with that she slipped away.
Tony felt a hand on his shoulder it was Tim McGee a Computer Tech from Norfolk. "Tony the EMT's are here"
Tony nodded and Tim helped him carry a lifeless Ziva out of the pool. Paula watched the two men carry the young women over to Ducky.
As Tony walked over to the medic's she walked over to him.
"Tony...
"Get lost Cassidy"
"Tony you will not talk to me like that" Tony spun around this was the first look she got of her ex there was blood all over him, Ziva's she guessed mixed in with some of his. He looked like crap to put it nicely.
"You know what Agent Cassidy I'll talk to you how ever I like cause thanks to you I have to tell a group of people that their friend and loved one died due to the burns she sustained in an operation that you were running. She died because she didn't hear an order you said because you gave her a fault ear radio"
Paula just looked at him, it wasn't her fault well she didn't think it was but the other people there would share different views. They all knew that radio didn't work but she insisted Ziva use it any way, was she really trying to hurt her, did she really just kill her ex's best friend.
"It's bad enough you thought I was cheating on you with my best friend some one who's seen me do some of the most disgusting things in the world. There's no way Z would go out with or that I would want to go out with her she's like my sister, but you had to insist that I was seeing her. Now you've gone and killed her don't think I'll ever forgive you for that"
Gibbs watched as the two agents argued this was going to be one long ride to the hospital which they all had to go.
Tony walked out with his arm bandaged, he didn't want to stay for any longer then he had to, much the this distress of the doctors. He noticed Kate standing at the door. He walked over and tapped her on the shoulder she spun around so quickly she bumped his arm. Tony winced before looking up at her. There was sadness in her facial features.
"What are you doing here?"
"My mum just past away she and my dad were on holidays here...what are you doing here?" she noticed the bandages and her face turned from sad to worried "Tony what happened where's Z"
Tony and Kate had meet recently at Ziva's Birthday party, they hadn't gotten on a first their personality's clashed but after spending a few days together they had come to a truce.
"Kate we- Z- he sighed this was going to be way harder then he thought it would be. He looked away from the stunning brunette who he had a thing for something he had admitted to Ziva when they had headed back to DC after their week in California. Now to do this to her to lose two people she loved on the same day the women would be wrecked and never speak to him again.
"Kate Ziva's dead she died from sustaining fourth degree burns all over her back I tried to save her believe me I tried"
Kate just looked at him till the tears over come her. First her lip quivered then a tear ran down her face till she couldn't breath and although it must have hurt him to do so she found Tony's arms wrapped around her. They had both lost a friend that day one they could never get back.
Tony was brought back to reality when he heard a very distressed Abby yelling at the desk clerk to tell her where her friends were. "Walk with me" he looked down at Kate his good arm over her shoulder she nodded and they walked out to Abby.
"Abby" the young goth spun around and almost fainted at the tear streaked faces of her friend and Kate.
"What happened who- No she's not your lying she hit Tony's burned arm which made him yelp. And hold back tears from the pain.
"I tried to save her I really did but she didn't want to fight, she gave up I guess she knew something we didn't" he held up his arm and let Abby into the hug the three of them stood there till Paula came out.
"Tony I -
"Fcuk Off Cassidy" he said through gritted teeth as he rested his head on Kate's who was now sobbing quietly unlike Abby who was still crying when McGee came out behind Paula. He looked at Tony and nodded before pulling Abby into a hug. Letting Tony fully hug Kate.
"No I wont she's was a co-worker yes but we know that things like that can happen in our line of work"
"You're a heartless bitch Cassidy" Tony glared at her ' Her friend' he mouthed pointing to Kate when Paula cringed Tony rolled his eyes and took Kate over to some chairs.
"KATE where are you?" Mitchell Todd came out looking for his little sister, he looked around before finding her sitting with a man he'd never met before, clearly she had for she was leaning into to crying softly.
"Katie we'll get through this together we all knew this was coming"
Tony looked "you gonna be ok?"
Kate shrugged and sat back looking at her brother. "Want me to tell him?"
"Please"
Tony got up and walked over to Mitchell. " hi I'm Tony, I met your sister at our friends birthday party a few months ago. Ziva died earlier Today"
"Oh I'm sorry for your loss"
"Thank you" Tony looked back and smiled at Kate before walking off to find Abby and the computer geek otherwise known as her boyfriend.
He found them in with Gibbs who had been admitted must to his distress. "Who was that you were hugging Tony?"
Tony looked up at McGee "a friend of Ziva's, I met her at Z's last birthday party they went to college together."
"What was she doing here?" Tony turned around to see Paula leaning on the door frame. He just looked at her before turning to Gibbs and Abby.
"I'll see you when I see you" he went to walk out
"DiNozzo what's that ment to mean?"
"It's Christmas Gibbs we get four weeks off and don't think I'll be hanging around this year"
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