Tony the Elephant was tired. He was tired of being in a suitcase and traveling. He wanted to be home. He had heard Alex talk to Tony and knew that Tony was in trouble. He had hoped they were on the way home to help, but instead he was heading to Israel. At least he knew that Tony would be there and he hoped all would be well. Tony the Elephant would have to see.

Alex and Tony walked out of the conference room and was headed outside. Tony had Alex's hand in his and was relieved by what had happened with David and knew that at least there would be no punishment for the killing of Rivkin. Now, Tony was just concerned about what would happen to Ziva.

"Alex, do you know what will happen with Ziva?"

Alex knew that Tony cared about his partner and was concerned about her wellbeing. She understood what Ziva did not, was that they were together and he didn't love Ziva. Tony was just trying to protect her. They made their way to the next meeting room where Director Vance and Admiral Rabb were waiting. "Agent DiNozzo," Admiral Rabb started, "We need to talk about Officer David and the time line of what happened over the last week. We need to know if she gave information to Rivkin to help him allegedly kill wanted persons of interest or if she had any knowledge that he was responsible for the death of an ICE agent. We need your cooperation in this investigation."

Tony just looked at Rabb and Vance. He knew that they wouldn't be pursuing charges against Ziva as it would not look good to have an Israeli up on charges of espionage in the US. The relationship between Israel and the US could be damaged if this got out. Tony just sighed as he exchanged a look with Alex.

"What do you want Admiral? How do you want to spin this?"

"Agent DiNozzo," started Director Vance.

"No Sir, I won't spin. I won't hide the truth. You do what you want just keep me out of it." Tony stated, looked at Alex and walked out of the room.

"Admiral Rabb, I would hate to think as officers of the court, we would knowingly ignore what has happened here. I would hate to think that no justice will be served for the dead agent or that we would loose leads on chasing terrorists. I have spent half my life in intelligence. I know the difference between the good guys and the bad guys and the ones in between. Tony is one of the good guys, one of the best. He stands for justice, what is right. That is what he has always done. If you turn you back on him and what he believes in you will lose him, and I won't blame him." Alex paused, looked at both the Admiral and Director Vance, "I will blame you Director Vance for not protecting your agent, for throwing him to the wolves. I will tell him to take one of the offers he gets on a regular basis and leave NCIS." She looked at Admiral Rabb. "And I will leave with him."

While Alex was telling off Vance and Rabb, Tony walked outside the building to see if he could calm down. He was thinking how all of this could work out so that Ziva wouldn't end up in jail. As he turned around he saw Ziva in the glass.

Gibbs and Alex had met up and were walking outside looking for Tony. Alex had told Gibbs about the conversation between Vance, Rabb and Tony and Gibbs was not happy. He to wanted justice for the dead agent and it appears they were not going to get it. He looked around and spotted Tony.

Gibbs watched as Ziva pulled her gun on Tony as she pushed him to the ground. Both Gibbs and Alex were stunned that she would pull her gun on Tony and started running toward the pair. "You weren't there!" they heard Tony say to Ziva as she got up and walked, ran away from Tony. Tony just laid on the ground trying to catch his breath.

"Tony, are you alright?" Alex asked she reached his side. "Careful, don't move to fast." Gibbs helped Alex get Tony to his feet.

"You ok DiNozzo?"

"Yeah Boss, I'm good." Tony grimaced as he rolled his shoulders. He didn't think he broke anything new, but he could feel pain building across his back and ribs where he landed on the ground and Ziva pushed the gun in his side. "I guess you both saw that?"

Gibbs nodded. "Do you want to press charges? She assaulted you."

"No. I don't want anything to happen. I'm fine, just sore. Don't do anything you might regret later, Gibbs." Gibbs just looked at Tony and they walked back into the Mossad building.

Gibbs walked back to where Vance and Rabb waited. "She attacked DiNozzo, pushed him to the ground and put a gun in his side. What are you going to do about all this Director?"

Vance just looked at Gibbs and shut his eyes. Could this get any messier? What was he going to do now. He owed DiNozzo for taking one for the team. He realized he had underestimated DiNozzo. He would have to take another look at his agent when he got back to Washington. See where he would do the most good. One thing he did know was that Alex would be involved.

Gibbs continued to watch Vance as he thought through his next steps. "I need to talk to Director David. Once we have our conversation we shall see what happens next." Gibbs watched Vance walk out of the room and faced Rabb. "Is Tony clear now? Will he face any charges?"

"No, he's clear." Rabb smiled a small smile. "The Major wouldn't have it any other way. David may and should be facing charges on espionage when or should I say if, she goes back to the US. The US Attorney won't have a choice." Gibbs just closed his eyes. Ziva had saved his life and now she was heading toward trouble if she went back to the US.

The Directors met in David's office to talk about what had transpired. "He's good." David admitted. His report on DiNozzo had been wrong. Ziva had missed something when investing the MCRT. He would have to talk to her about that. Vance just smiled and took a thumb drive out of his pocket.

"Here is the information we got off the computer from Officer David's home."

"Ms. Suito, I believe. Please tell her thank you." Vance put out his hand to say goodbye to David.

The Mossad director looked at Vance before he left. He took a deep breath, "I have one more thing to tell you, when Ziva first arrived, she was working for Ari . . ."

A Few Hours Later

The group was waiting to get on the plane to go home. Tony, Alex and the Admiral boarded the C-130 first while Vance waited for Gibbs. Ziva got out of the car and walked to Gibbs. She faced him with her bag in hand. "I can't work with him. I can't be on the same team as him. I don't think he is telling the truth about Mich . . . Rivkin. I don't trust him and I can't be on the same team with him."

Gibbs just looked at Ziva as she talked. Did she really think he would trade her for DiNozzo? Tony was the finest young agent he knew. Tony was also following the orders Gibbs himself had given him. Gibbs had told him to keep on Rivkin. Gibbs glanced over and looked at her father. Did she really believe that she would be going back to the US without facing charges for her behavior regarding Rivkin. Maybe he needed to tell her what she faced. Instead he decided to do something different. Gibbs leaned in and kissed Ziva on the cheek. "Take care of yourself," was all he said as he turned and walked away.

Tony watched Gibbs enter the plane. "Boss, one light?" he asked. Gibbs just looked at the airman and indicated that it was time to go. Tony looked at Alex and he closed his eyes briefly. He knew it meant that Ziva wasn't coming back. She was gone. It wasn't what he wanted. It wasn't the outcome he wanted, but he was very happy to be going home with the lady next to him. They didn't care anymore who knew about them. They held hands all the way home with Alex's head resting on Tony's good shoulder.

Tony the Elephant, waiting in the bag to go home, was very happy.

A/N: Ok, I received a request for Tony the Elephant so he is back. I also received a request on what would happen if Gibbs saw what Ziva did. I hope they both lived up to expectations. Thanks again for all the kind words, I really appreciate it.

Just a couple of more and we will draw to a close. Thanks for sticking with me. I state again, I don't own and all mistakes are mine.