"Down here, DiNozzo." Gibbs called from the basement.
As Tony made his way down to the basement where Gibbs was working on yet another project, Gibbs knew exactly why Tony was dropping by. Earlier that day; just when they had all thought that they had lost another friend and colleague in a mortar attack, they had in all actuality didn't. Ziva had survived the mortar attack that former CIA agent Trent Kort had set up by proxy in his rogue state, in fact she wasn't the only survivor of the attack. Ziva and Tony's two year old daughter; Tali, survived along with her mother. Tony had been replaying the day's events in his mind since they had happened.
After making it through everything; Ziva knew it was time to let Tony know that he had a daughter. So, with that being decided Ziva had packed and went to the airport with her daughter in tow. One very long flight and a cranky toddler later; Ziva and Tali had landed State side.
"Thank you for flying with us; Agent David." the airliner personnel said as Ziva exited the terminal after she had put Tali in the stroller they had with them.
Once everything was squared away at baggage claim, the duo headed to the Navy Yard. On the way, up to the squad room; Ziva and Tali had bumped into Gibbs, who had been on one of his coffee runs. Gibbs was happy to see Ziva and somewhat surprise to learn about Tali along with everything they had been through. Everyone on Gibbs' team knew they were always safe when Gibbs was around; not that Gibbs' team couldn't take care of themselves. And Gibbs knew that better than anyone else. Out of everyone who was on his team or had been on his team since Franks had handed over the reins; Gibbs had a list in mind of his people that he had to be full on body guard for and not be for. Ziva fell into the second category partially due to her upbringing, her time in the Israeli Army and her Mossad training. After all she was a trained assassin.
After talking for a bit; Gibbs brought Ziva and Tali up to the squad room. Just before the elevator the floor that the squad room resided on, Gibbs told Ziva to go to the conference room. He and Tony would be there in a moment or two. As always Ziva followed orders and took her daughter up to the conference room once Gibbs got off of the elevator. The team, FBI Agent Tess Monroe and MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves had told Gibbs that Kort had gone off of the grid.
"DiNozzo, with me. Conference room now." Gibbs barked.
With that; Tony was on Gibbs' six.
"Are we talking to a witness or something, boss?" Tony questioned as they made their way to the conference room
"Nope."
"Are we talking to Kort's contacts to locate him?"
"No."
"Then what, boss?" Tony asked.
It was then that Gibbs opened the conference room door and nodded for Tony to go in before him.
"For this." Gibbs answered as he followed Tony in.
Tony was instantly overwhelmed with all that was before him.
"Tony." Ziva said with their daughter on her hip.
"Kehlev, Kehlev, Kehlev!" Tali shouted.
"Here you go." Ziva said as she handed Tali her stuffed dog toy.
Gibbs nonverbally signaled to Ziva that it was now or never when it came to telling Tony that he was a father, that he was Tali's father.
"Tony; this is Tali… our daughter."
"Our what?"
By this point; Gibbs had positioned himself at the door just in case Tony decided to bolt. Which of course, Tony did try but fell short when he bumped into Gibbs.
"Sit and talk, DiNozzo."
After that; Tony and Ziva talked. Eventually the rest of the team was clued in. Then after all of that Tony and Ziva introduced their daughter to the team. Ziva also met Bishop.
Now Tony was in Gibbs' basement talking things out while Gibbs worked on his project.