This just came to me. Since I haven't had it beta-read please forgive me my language mistakes. Go with the flow, I suppose.

I didn't forget

Chapter 1

Gibbs and Ziva had arrived at NCIS LA headquarters in order to finish some cold cases that needed closing. The cold trails they followed had them flying to LA so they could finally finish the paperwork on these old cases they had been on these past few weeks. He had taken Ziva cause he knew the moment he would take Tony with him it would mean that it would take forever. Tony would have demanded some free time to go site seeing around LA. McGee had been busy with the ICT department cause Tony and his downloading habits had taken its toll on not only his firewall but the departments firewall as well.

Gibbs smiled he could still hear McGee's muttering towards Tony. McGee had grown a lot in the last two years, as a matter of fact he had been growing ever since Ziva had decided to 'leave' the team back in Israel. McGee had been the one to pick up the pieces Tony had been in. He had been the one that made sure Tony came to work and not drowned in his grief over Ziva's disappearing act that had ended up in them going to Somalia to more or less rescue her. Gibbs sometimes wondered if they ever really rescued her. She was doing just fine on the surface but he knew and saw the little things. It had diminished in time but they were still there. The little things that no one noticed unless you had known Ziva well before the Somalia fiasco and the one that currently sat beside him right now.

They arrived at the LA headquarters and were greeted by Hetty. Callen and the others soon joined the three agents and introductions were made. Gibbs saw the slight hesitation in Ziva's eyes. This was one of those little things he had been reminiscing about. She was hesitant with any kind of physical contact that involved strangers and whether Gibbs liked it or not the LA team was new to Ziva.

Introductions were made and all seemed to be going well. Hetty had made arrangements for both Ziva and Gibbs to be able to work independently from the others so they wouldn't get in the way of each other. Gibbs had made it clear he wanted this over and done with as soon as possible. Later that afternoon Gibbs stumbled into MTAC unannounced and was greeted with a very agitated Hetty who wasn't in the least bit amused by the information Eric was given her.

'What's going on' Gibbs demanded to know in his usual brisk way. Ziva had quietly slipped in just behind Gibbs and was lurking quietly behind Gibb's back.

'Eric is not being able to identify terrorist number 3, so he is not getting to go to through to door number 2 and win a million bucks…' Deeks laughed at his own joke. He immediately shut op when he saw the thunderclouds on Hetty's face.

Hetty pointed towards a rather blurry photo on the main screen and Gibbs could hear her frustration about not being able to identify the unknown man.

'We only have audio on him but I cannot get the picture any more clearer' Eric piped in.

Eric played the audio and a strong male voice could be heard. Everyone was trying to listen what was being sad.

'It's right now running through all known translation-databases so getting it translated won't be a problem but getting this guy identified will be' Eric's fingers raced across the keyboard.' I am giving it my best shot but sofar….'

'Play it again' Ziva interjected, pushing Gibbs aside. 'Play it again and louder' She was practically yelling. Eric looked at Hetty and with a slight nod Hetty gave her OK.

The audio tape was played again and this time much louder. Ziva didn't even stayed but after a few words from the unknown man she bolted out the room.

'I got it' Gibbs said and he followed his probationary agent. Gibbs momentarily lost sight of her but then he heard retching sounds coming just outside the building. He opened the one door he found slightly a jar and found Ziva bend over and losing her breakfast from that morning.

He made sure she was aware that he was the one that was approaching her so when he put her hand on her back he was surprised she recoiled away from his touch. She moved away from him, muttering several Arabic words but Gibbs' wasn't about to give up on her. He kept talking to her in soft soothing words trying to pull her back to this reality instead of the one she was currently living in. He could see by her entire body language that she slowly was getting herself back together.

'What was that all about' He finally was able to ask her. Ziva was still not facing him, he gave her the bottle of water that he had grabbed on his way out.

'The man's name is Mustafa Hadirie' She murmured.

'What' She had told him so softly that he couldn't quite understand what she was saying.

'The man's name is Mustafa Hadirie' she said again and this time louder.

'Who is he' Gibbs asked.

'He…He…..used to visit…..Saleem's camp' Ziva was still not looking at him. 'He sometimes came to watch and…participate in the...…interrogations' That last word was whispered so softly he had to strain himself to hear it. He all of a sudden realized what she meant. Pure rage washed over him and all he could do was smash his hand against the wall. Ziva started to walk back towards the entrance she and Gibbs had come out of but he stopped her.

'You wanna go back in'

'Don't I have to, they will demand an answer why I ran out'

'You don't have to anything, if you want I can tell them and we will take it from there'

Ziva finally looked him in the eye and Gibbs wasn't too pleased with what he saw. He saw defeat, he saw the same look she had when she first got back from that hellhole. He made the decision for her.

'I'll tell them. You get in the car and I'll take you back to the hotel so you can get some rest, take a bath or something'

Ziva nodded. 'I would like that'

Gibbs watched as Ziva got in the car and only then he got back in and took the stairs up to the LA MTAC two at a time.

He wasted no time and jumped right back into the heat of things.

'The man's name is Mustafa Hadirie. Ziva identified him'

'How is she able to identify him simply from listening to his voice. That won't do' Deeks said.

'I trust her' Gibbs said.

'Although I will be more than happy if this is indeed Hadirie I have to agree with Agent Deeks on this' said Hetty. 'How…' but before Hetty could finish her sentence Gibbs interrupted her.

'According to Ziva he would sometimes visit Saleem's camp and participate in her…' Gibbs took a deep breath '…..interrogations'.

TBC…

I'am thinking maybe one or two more chapters. I've got the story in my head, just have to put it in writing. It won't be pretty….(but for whom HAHAHA ! evil laugh..)

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