NCIS

WHERE'S DINOZZO?

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Summary: Tony goes missing and no one knows where to start looking for him. Will they find him and will Ziva finally tell him she loves him, or will it be too late?

CHAPTER 13: WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT...

ZIVA AND TONY...

"Hey, Zi," Tony asked. "What Tony?" Ziva asked lifting her head from his shoulder to look at him. "Did you ever find out what put me in the coma?" Tony asked. "Why do you ask?" Ziva questioned.

"I just want to know." Tony told her.

"What do you remember?" Ziva asked not really wanting to tell him. "I remember getting out of my car and locking it, but that's it." Tony told her.

"Well...from what we figured out. Someone hit you over the head hard enough that you left a little blood at the scene. When we finally found you..." Ziva began and almost could not continue.

"What, Zi?" Tony pressed.

"I thought we were going to lose you…"

Ziva said at last as she looked at him.

"…We called an ambulance and you were rushed to the hospital. You had a few broken ribs; you had been shot in the shoulder and had a very bad head injury. They had to operate to relieve the pressure in your brain and get the bullet out of your shoulder. The doctors said that you died a couple of times on the operating table." Ziva told him the tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh, Zi, I'm sorry that I made you tell me." Tony said pulling her into a hug.

After a few minutes, she stopped crying and pulled away.

"What is the real reason you wanted to know?" Ziva asked. "Because I felt like I was missing something. Do you..." Tony began.

"I am fine now. I'm just glad that I didn't lose you." Ziva told him. "I'm sorry..." Tony began his hand on her cheek. "Never apologize, it's a..." Ziva began. "Sign of weakness." Tony finished with a smile.

"Much." Ziva said and kissed him.

THE NEXT DAY...

ABBY'S LAB...

"Hey, Abs," Tim said walking into her lab and sitting down beside her. "Hey, Tim," Abby said as she turned to face him.

"What were you working on?" McGee asked. "Nothing...this week has been too slow. No cases and I have nothing to do." Abby told him.

"It has been a slow week and I'm tired of doing paperwork for cold cases upstairs." McGee told her. "Is Tony picking on you? Maybe you could come down here and work on some of the cold cases." Abby suggested.

"No, Tony spends more time looking over at Ziva when he thinks no one is paying attention. He hasn't called me Probie or any other of his usual names in the last couple of weeks." Tim replied.

"Remember when Gibb's came out of his coma and how he changed? Tony is probably going through the same thing. Plus dealing with what's coming for him and Ziva." Abby told him.

"I know we're going to be parents too though." Tim replied. "Do you miss him picking on you and calling you, Probie?" Abby inquired.

"Yes." Tim admitted. "Something kind of scares me." Abby told Tim. "What scares you?" Tim asked, looking into her eyes.

"That everything is happening so fast and it's getting hard to catch up." Abby told him.

The doors to Abby's lab opened and Tony stuck his head in.

"Hey, Probie, if you're done here the boss says we have a case." Tony said and turned back to the elevator.

"He's back!" Tim and Abby said and smiled.

Then Tim tried to give her a quick kiss and leave, but she threw her arms around his neck.

"Abs, I have to go." Tim said as he finally pulled away. "I know I'll see you when you get back with the evidence." Abby told him with a smile and he left.