Oh the team back home was so far from functional but that was beside the point. After all, what other team would travel to Somalia on their own to avenge one of their own who they thought had been killed? Not many, but the NCIS team run by Gibbs? They had done just that. Of course, Tony didn't know that as he was from soon before then but that didn't matter. Because he had gone along with it despite where they had left things off.
"Tony, you do not recognize one of Gibbs' rules? I am shocked. Though yes, I did learn it before I joined NCIS from Mossad."
When Ziva could remember a Gibbs rule while drugged up but Tony couldn't? Well of course she would have to rub it in. What sort of partner would she be if she hadn't? But then he was asking about people trying to behead her and the Israeli woman blinked before she gave a slight nod. If she didn't tell him the details of the case, Abby would as she doubted he'd go to Booth or that Booth would tell him anyway.
"They did. Ritualistic killings. Israeli women tortured for five days and then killed and decapitated, their bodies left at synagogues on Friday mornings before services. But they have been dealt with."
Because it was Ziva and she had refused to let those bastards cut her head off, especially while she was awake. Yes, it left her worse for wear and she was going to be stuck in the med bay for a while despite her protests and wanting to go back to work, but that was beside the point. She had survived. She would deal with this just as she had Somalia. She would be fine. She had to be.