Title: My Heart Cries for you
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
ating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: I am remain poor and don't own NCIS it belongs to it's creator, network, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly.
Summary: Tony is diagnosed with leukemia and has to rely on his family for support.
Notes: Thank you for the support on this so far guys, heart. I assure you there is lots of fic left, I've got seventeen parts done, still editing and adjusting some parts near the end, and have my epilogue mostly written. This part hints at Ziva's return. I added this and the next part cause the hospital visits are Ziva heavy and I wanted to show the whole team.

Donald "Ducky" Mallard entered DiNozzo's hospital room he had news for his young co-worker. Ducky had been in contact with some friends in order to speed up the process of finding a match for DiNozzo, although he still had another month at least of chemotherapy he had wanted to make sure that there was going to be a donor at the end of his ordeal. They were all very upset to learn that his father was not a viable match but had been hopefully someone would be. He still couldn't believe the name that he'd been given to him by his friend, and needed to talk with the agent to see what the next move should be, because it might be a dicey road for the entire team.

"Hey Ducky, tell me you brought me some DVDs or something," DiNozzo greeted.

"I brought you some books Anthony. You shouldn't spend all your waking hours watching DVDs," he explained.

"You're probably right, thank you. There's not a lot to do around here, I'm feeling a little restless."

"I can only imagine how bored you must be Anthony."

"I swear I count down the seconds to visiting hours."

The treatment was making him tired most of the time he still was awake for enough hours of the day that he would get bored. He was glad he had some DVDs, and he knew the books would be a nice change of pace. He thought it was funny that getting sick might catch him up on some reading he'd been meaning to do. So far someone would visit him every day so he at least had someone to talk to for a few hours. There was a part of him that wondered if it might be better if he was sharing a room but then he realised he might not get along with a roommate so it was probably better he had a room to himself.

"I understand, I have some news about a possible donor for you."

"Really? Is it someone I know?"

"It is, but it might be difficult to get her to donate."

"Her? You mean my dad isn't a match?"

"No, there are similarities in your DNA since you're related but he wouldn't be an ideal candidate. But if we can get her back, Ziva is a match."

"Ziva? Really? Wow I wasn't expecting that. I know the last time I spoke to her she was happy with how things were going in Israel."

"We need to ask her she would likely come back at least to make the donation."

"All right, I didn't want to worry about this honestly. I never told her what was going on, I just told her I wasn't sure we could skype for a little while."

"Anthony, she would want to know."

"I want her to be happy Ducky," DiNozzo explained. "If I told her she might come back and I don't want to be the reason she's unhappy here."

Ducky realised just how much the young agent cared about the woman who had left their lives about a year before. He had always known they had shared a very special bond but he never realised just how deep his devotion to the Israeli was. He never thought he'd see the day that Anthony DiNozzo Junior would put himself second but he was seeing it for himself. As much as the young agent was trying to dissuade him from telling Ziva Ducky knew that someone would get in touch with her and ask her to help.

"She'd want to help you," Ducky told him.

"I know, but I can't ask her to do that for me."

"If you don't someone else will."

He sighed softly. "Just don't make her feel like she has to come back, I'm sure there could be someone else out there."

"Right now this is your best chance Anthony."

He sighed softly. "It would be nice to see her again, even if I'm stuck here."

While he knew that Ziva would likely come back to help him, he was sure she wouldn't stay very long. He missed her more than he realised sometimes, and he hoped that seeing her again would end well. He still wasn't over leaving her in Israel, but he knew that Ducky was right she would be his best chance to beat this, and even though he was nervous he was also excited. He could only hope she would actually come to help him when he needed her most.

Notes: I hope I captured some of Ducky, he's really hard to write. Let me know what you think about it.