Tony POV
When I came to I was at Bethesda. I looked around to see McGee asleep in a chair across the room. I smiled; even if I gave Probie hell I could always count on him to have my back. I sighed, I wondered how messed up that kid was going to be after that. I mean he saw his own teammate tortured with his own eyes. I sighed inwardly; this job destroyed the best in people. I was about to wake him up when the door opened and Gibbs quietly entered the room. He shook his head at me motioning for me to stay quiet. He quietly shut the door and walked over to drape a blanket over McGee. Once he was satisfied that McGee was comfortable he turned back and focused his attention back on me.
"Don't wake him up Dinozzo, poor kids gotten no sleep the past couple of days and God knows he needs it."
"Got it Boss." I turned back and looked at McGee. He had cuts all over his face, oh yeah he was a little worse for wear, but he was alive and that was all that mattered. Gibbs interrupted my train of thought when he spoke
"Well looks like your gonna live another day Dinozzo, you'll be annoying the crap out of all us in no time." He commented as he was reading my clipboard and checking my records. I nodded my head in response and the room was silent for a few minutes except for the sound of soft snores.
"Gibbs"
He looked up at me
" Ziva. is she alright?"
He looked hesitant, as if not sure what to say. I saw his brow furrow in agitation
I asked again a little more forcefully
"Is she alright?"
"Yeah Dinozzo she's alright"
I regarded Gibbs carefully trying to figure out what was going on in his head.
"Well is she here in the hospital as well?"
He turned away from me and went to sit in the old fashioned chair across the room.
"No she's not"
"Well where is she then?" I asked confusion clouding my futures
Gibbs let out a sigh and said to me
"I imagine she's at home right now."
I looked down memorizing the pattern on the ridiculous hospital gown they had me in
"Oh well she must've dropped by when I was still knocked out."
I saw a flash in my Boss's eyes and I faltered a bit.
"She didn't come see me at all"
At that he looked up at me
"Did she?"
He brought his hands up to cup his face and slowly released it again. He sighed and looked back up at me.
"No Tony she didn't"
Ziva POV
After we got back to DC I was checked into Bethesda along with Tony. The doctors examined all my injuries and did all they could and told me that I should stay overnight. I refused and left the hospital with a prescription for pain medication. As I was leaving the hospital I heard someone call my name
"Ziva!"
I turned and saw Gibbs walking towards me. I stopped walking and waited til he caught up with.
"Were you just going to leave without talking to anyone" he asked
I looked at him trying to figure out what to say
"Thank you Gibbs. For Everything, I would've been lost without you."
He didn't say anything in response just looked at me
"Well if that is all, I will be going now"
"Ziva he was the one that put the mission together, he was so determined to find you, to bring you back home"
I looked down at my feet, I could feel the tears beginning to well in my eyes. I couldn't deal with this not now. I took a deep breath and looked back up Gibbs.
"I cannot face him Gibbs not now" and with that I ran out of the hospital, ignoring the rain and leaving Gibbs standing there shouting my name, and didn't stop running til I hailed a taxi. As got in the car and told the driver my address I whispered to myself as I pushed my wet hair out of my face.
'I don't deserve to"