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Batman was the first to respond, and was there within seconds with Robin, Batgirl was not far behind.

"What is going on?" Batgirl asked, "Why did we have to rush here?"

"There is an N.C.I.S agent being treated here, she has a concussion and may have ear damage… we need to keep a watch over her room just in case someone tries to hurt her" Batman stated "there is a possibility that she might not hear a subtle noise, like someone coming in until it is too late"

"Okay, should someone take stakeout at her room?" Batgirl asked

They went to Ziva's room and the guard was not at his post.

"Shit!" Batman cursed at a whisper so his two sidekicks couldn't hear.

They went inside and Ziva was still there, it was as if she had heard nothing of the events around her.

"Agent David…"

Ziva turned having heard Batman's deep voice.

"Who are you?"

"We've had a break-in here… I'm trying to make sure no one hurts you, we believe whoever did this is specifically after you." Batman explained

"Wait, you still have not told me who you are" Ziva said and attempted to stand

"Agent David, that doesn't matter, but if you want the truth, I am the Batman…"

Then a gunman tried to sneak in… Batman expected Ziva to realize the man was entering but she didn't indicate that she noticed it at all. He had done research when he heard she was Mossad, learned that she was a trained assassin and was once a control officer. He figured that she would be capable of locating even him.

(P.O.V Batman)

I figured when she didn't respond to me that she might have been asleep, but when she didn't respond to the gunman's entrance I knew something wasn't right, and it had nothing to do with the concussion. I knew that she was not safe here.

"We need to get her out of here; it isn't safe; her hearing is compromised." I whispered to Robin and Batgirl

Robin didn't seem to understand why I said what I did, but Batgirl got the message.

I dispatched with the gunman and discovered that he was just another hired hand.

That was when I realized what needed to be done.

(Third Person)

Gordon was stunned to hear that Ziva David was no longer in the hospital. He sent up the Bat signal and Batman responded

"Agent David is no longer in her room and Gibbs doesn't know what to do with himself and Director Vance is likely to run me over the coals… frankly I can't blame either one of them."

"Her safety was compromised; I could not leave her in an area so exposed."

"You couldn't… you took her from the hospital?" Gordon was stunned

"She is still receiving medical care as if she was in the hospital, but she is in a secret location where her safety can be assured. I will release her once I am sure that doing so isn't putting her life in jeopardy."

"Did you at least get her consent before you to took her from the hospital?"

"Yes" Batman said simply "I would never take a federal agent anywhere without her consent… and I doubt I could with this particular agent, according to what I've read about Agent David she has the capability of taking on up to 5 men at once and winning. I somehow get the feeling that if I were to try to take her on alone I'd get hurt."

Meanwhile Ziva was in the cave with Robin and Batgirl; she was resting comfortably at this point.

"I wish I knew exactly why Batman wanted us to move her from the hospital." Robin wondered

"Maybe he figured here would be safer, I mean come on… no one knows that this place even exists outside of the team" Batgirl pointed out, "and since it seems someone is after her this may be the best place for her."

"You have a point, so we just wait for Batman to return"

"I think so, she's asleep right now, so everything should be okay," Batgirl said

Batman returned to the cave, it had been hard to convince Gordon and Gibbs that taking Ziva from the hospital was a good idea. She was recovering nicely from her concussion and soon her hearing would probably need to be tested. He was hoping that by that time things would be safe.

Gibbs rubbed his temples; he couldn't believe he had trusted the safety of one of his best agents to a masked vigilante. He knew that Gordon and Yin both trusted Batman fully and if what The Batman said was true then Ziva agreed to leave the hospital and go with him to wherever he had her.

"Gibbs, what is that famous gut telling you about the Batman?" Abby asked

"Honestly, I think we should trust him, but at this point I wish I could talk to him personally" Gibbs said

"Why don't you ask Gordon how he gets in touch with Batman? Gordon has to have some way to let Batman know that he's needed." Abby suggested

Gibbs walked to Gordon's office

"Gordon I was wondering how I would get in touch with Batman"

"I should have shown you this sooner, the last time you saw him he sought you out, now it's time for me to teach you how to get his attention." Gordon said, "Follow me"

They got to the roof and Gibbs became quite confused

"A spotlight…"

"It's a signal, when you turn it on it puts a light in the sky with a bat symbol in the center, Batman will come up to this roof. Fair warning, he likes to sneak up on you."

"I'd love to see him try" Gibbs smiled

"We'll see"

Gordon left the roof and Gibbs briefly considered not contacting Batman. Then he turned on the signal.

"I wasn't expecting you, Agent Gibbs," Batman said from behind Gibbs

"What's the old saying, expect the unexpected"

"If you are wondering about Agent David, she is resting at this point"

"I was wondering what brought you to move my agent from the hospital"

"Like I told Gordon, her life was in danger" Batman replied

"I would like speak with my agent make sure what you said is true about her having consented to go with you" Gibbs said

"That can be done; I would have arranged it sooner had you asked"

"Okay, I'm asking now" Gibbs did his best to look Batman in the eye.

After a short conversation with Ziva David, he was certain that she was safe and had given Batman her consent to be taken from the hospital. There was no duress involved in getting her to leave.

Batman returned to the cave and checked on Ziva.

"Why did you want to get me out of the hospital?" Ziva asked

"I didn't think that you were safe, there was no way to really secure that window, and it wouldn't be the first time that someone tried to get at you through that window, and no offense I do not think that you hearing is up to what it was before the explosion."

Ziva said nothing just gave him a hard glare that told him she didn't appreciate that statement, as true as they both figured it was.

Ziva was relaxing in a newly set up bed that kept her in the batcave where Batman figured it was safe for her to be. She was never alone in the cave; one of the team members was always there with her.

Alfred came in on occasion, but didn't interact with her usually those that did were Batman, Batgirl, or occasionally Robin. She had figured out that Robin was the youngest of the bunch; Batgirl was closer to his age than she was Batman's and Batman was the oldest of the three, probably the one that founded the team to begin with.

Gibbs still didn't like the fact that he didn't know where Ziva was, but he was convinced that wherever she was she was at least okay. Batman had assured him on several occasions that Ziva was never left alone wherever she was. Gibbs figured that Batgirl and Robin often stayed behind with Ziva. He questioned Robin's ability to do much to defend that place, but Batgirl had proven that she was tougher than she looked. She was good in a pinch and a fast thinker… she never let her size get in her way, she just used it to her advantage. She used her brains more than brawn.

Robin was fast at moving, but not so much at thinking… not like Batgirl anyway, he could be a loose cannon on occasion, but it was clear Batman knew how to keep him focused on the task at hand.

Batgirl was very good at keeping on task, and keeping things together. She was also quite the acrobat.

Ziva David was sitting up on the edge of the bed, she was in regular clothes, and very bored.

"Are you okay?" Batgirl asked

"I am fine, just quite bored," Ziva replied "I feel a lot better if that is what you want to know."

Batman had just returned to the cave, fully aware that they needed to test Ziva's hearing to know definitively if his hunch about her hearing was correct.

"Ziva, there is something I feel needs to be done before you think about rejoining your team."

"And what is that?" Ziva asked

"Checking to make sure that blast didn't damage your hearing… I can do that here, but if I find that it has been damaged, I would implore you to go to a specialist and get their opinion as to if you need a hearing aid or not."

Ziva sighed; she should have known that this would come up, after being that close to the center of a blast could cause permanent damage. She had been lucky back in Israel but this time it seemed it was not to be the same.

They set up and ran the test and Batman didn't seem to like the results, the quieter sounds went unheard by her, he had read that she had been in another blast in the past and feared that this second one had just built up more damage to what was already done. She didn't seem to have two lucky strikes in her.

To be Continued…