antother chapter..
thank you CALLEN37 for beta reading this story.
This week I don't have a lot of time, and have no idea what to write about and how to tie up the loose ends, so I don't think I will post a chapter every day. we'll see.
anyways, here is the chapter.
~Goldfishmind
Chapter 16
"How could we have missed this?" Tony asked Ziva.
"We didn't look for it. We just thought she was a random victim. Not a friend of Tim." She answered simply.
"If she was a friend, McGoo would have said it, right?"
"I think so."
"But how could he not recognize her? I mean, they went to MIT together." Tony said.
"I do not know, Tony."
Gibbs entered the squad room.
"How is McGee doing?" Ziva asked.
"Ducky just checked him out. It appeared to be a nightmare, nothing more."
"When I have nightmares, they aren't so strong that I yell so loud."
"But what are your nightmares about? A date that leaves before you can do anything?" Tony squeezed his eyes together at Ziva's comment.
"You have no idea miss. Probie Davíd." He said. Ziva made a face and turned to Gibbs.
"Does he remember about when the first nightmare was?" Gibbs made a mental note that Ziva and Tony did not know about McGee's crappy youth with his drunken father.
"Yes, but it won't help the investigation." He gave Ziva and Tony his glare and they knew not to ask about it anymore.
"Have you found Devon Thomasson already?"
"No, but we think we may have found where he lives, or is currently staying." Gibbs looked up, surprised, but he did not let Tony or Ziva notice.
"We found out, that his rich friend Sheldon Tondos has a house in the US. If Devon is staying in the US, this would be an appropriate place to hide." Ziva told Gibbs. Tony was staring at Ziva, Gibbs noticed.
"You already have a warrant?" Gibbs barked and Tony jumped up and practically ran to his desk. "Already working on it, boss!" he said.
After a few hours, they were in the car, driving to Silver Springs, where the house of Sheldon Tondos was.
They got the warrant. They arrived at the huge house and knocked on the door. There was no answer so Gibbs picked the lock.
Ziva and Tony went from the back.
Ziva had just picked the lock when she heard Gibbs yell, "He going to the Westside of the house!" Ziva and Tony ran fast and saw a guy running. They followed him; the guy opened a door on the side of the house. It led to the huge garden. The guy ran fast and then suddenly stopped, grabbed something from his pocked and pushed on it.
Tony and Ziva stood in shock.
They realised too late it was a dead man's switch.
Ziva saw his face. It was Devon Thomasson.
Devon resumed running and Ziva pulled Tony away from a small, mound where Thomasson had buried the bomb.
Ziva pulled Tony to the ground just as the small hill exploded.
The green garden went black, just like everything else around him.
Ziva felt the blast and fell on the ground. As a pressure on her chest suddenly became so strong that she also blacked out.