Tony smiled as he spotted Brad coming into the room with a wheelchair. Excitement filled him as Brad pulled up and locked the chair's brakes.
"Good morning, Tony," he said brightly. "Ready to get out of here for a while?"
"Yes!" Tony pushed his blankets off. "I just need some help to get off this bed, please."
Brad chuckled. "Sure." He quickly helped Tony maneuver himself into the wheelchair. "Are you comfortable?"
"Yes. Can I go to the cafeteria with Rachel now?"
"Of course. Enjoy yourself, and don't forget to come back up here sometime today."
"I won't!" Tony laughed for a moment, then grinned as he rolled himself into the hall and followed Rachel to the elevators.
"Do you want to eat something, Tony?" Rachel asked as she pushed an already tired Tony into the cafeteria.
"Not hungry," said Tony, though he stared at the sweets on display with a longing look.
"Which dessert do you want?"
"How did you know?"
"Because you keep staring at the dessert case."
Tony smiled. He pointed to a piece of chocolate cake. "That one."
"Alright." Rachel smiled back at Tony, then turned to order a coffee and two slices of the cake.
"I'll pay you back, Rachel," said Tony once Rachel handed him their order and pushed him to a table near an open door. "Just as soon as I can get Gibbs to bring me my wallet, anyway."
"I don't need you to pay me back, Tony. It's alright. Keep your money, and maybe you can shout us next time."
"Okay." Tony looked out the window. "Can we go outside after we've eaten?"
"If you want to."
Tony grinned. "I want to, Rachel. Maybe we can have our session outside in the sun today."
"That sounds like a plan. Are you missing the sun?"
"Yes."
"Well, we'll talk in the sun then." Rachel bit into her cake, surprised at how delicious it was. "Tony, what do you remember about Ziva?"
Tony thought for a moment. "She's Israeli. And pretty."
"What else do you remember?"
"She's smart and dangerous. She can kill someone without them knowing she did it. I sometimes joke around and call her a ninja assassin."
"What do you remember about her family?"
"She was the middle child in her family. She had a sister and a half brother. They're both dead now. Tali died years ago, in a bombing near their home. Ari was the one that killed Kate." Tony sighed. "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned that."
"It's okay. Keep going."
"Ziva was Ari's handler, but he went rogue. I could tell from their conversations that Ari loved Ziva and wanted to protect her, that's why she never found him until it was too late. Ziva walked into Gibbs' basement after Ari was already dead, but she doesn't blame Gibbs for it. She thanked him for allowing Ari to die a quick death."
"Let's move past that. What else do you remember from work?"
"Ziva and I went undercovers together."
"Don't you mean 'undercover'?"
"Nope. Well, technically, yes, we were undercover. We were pretending to be a married couple, and we faked having sex."
"How do you fake that?"
"We got under the covers of the bed and I did push-ups above Ziva. It looked real to the FBI agents that were watching us. It was so funny."
"Alright. I'll believe you."
"And, we got locked in a shipping container once. That was eventful, and we sorted out an argument we had been having. Then there was this case where the victim was eaten by a bear in Shenandoah Park, and it turned out that one of the rangers had killed the girl, as well as a few others, and left her in the woods. Ziva, poor thing, fell in love with the killer."
"Okay. What year was this?"
"Start of 2006."
"Tell me what happened two months later."
"Uh... Gibbs was knocked unconscious in a bomb blast. That was when he lost fifteen years of his memory, got it back, moved to Mexico and left me in charge of the team."
"Okay. Skip that then. That's something I need to discuss with Gibbs at a later date. After Gibbs came back, what happened?"
"Ziva was being hunted down for murder, not that she committed any murders. And Abby almost got killed by a smart car. Gibbs was poisoned by an idiot. Paula Cassidy died. That was at the start of 2007."
"What came next?"
"I saved Gibbs and Maddie from drowning."
"I overheard you saying earlier that you thought Gibbs was sick."
"He said he's not, and I guess he probably isn't since it's not actually 2007 anymore. But I feel worried about him."
"That's understandable. I can assure you that Gibbs is completely healthy."
"Good."
"What else can you tell me?"
"I remember that McGee and I were on a stakeout once, shortly after the whole thing with Gibbs. McGee put ink on my binoculars to prank me. It was funny, after the event, but I remember that I wanted to kill him for it at the time."
"When did this occur?"
"I'm not too sure. It was definitely after saving Gibbs, so it has to be at least after November 2007. But it wasn't too far along from that incident either."
"Would McGee remember this?"
"Probably. He's got a good memory."
"Maybe we can ask him later on then."
"Okay." Tony smiled. "Can we go outside now?"
"Sure," said Rachel. She stood and pushed Tony out into the courtyard, agreeing that the sun was nice.
A.N: Hey everyone! Let me know in reviews if you want me to make the next chapter more of Rachel and Tony talking things through and Tony remembering more, or if you would prefer to skip to Tuesday and Tony going home with his memory up to April of 2008.
Thank you for reading! I hope you're enjoying this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it.