Breaking Ziva
Rated M- for violence, adult situations, well hell, I'm not giving it all away! If you're not a grown-up, you shouldn't read this!
Summary: You cannot read her mind, or see it on her face. But inside of her, lies demons...
Disclaimer- I don't own NCIS and its characters, but I'd gladly accept an invitation to work for the show ;)
You cannot read her mind, or see it on her face.
But inside of her, lie demons.
Monsters from her youth...and new monsters.
They collect in cages, rows, set in shelves
In the very depths of her mind
Locked in the little room she keeps them
Overflowing
Desperate to sweep them away,
But too afraid to open the door and risk their freedom.
Too afraid of who will see them;
Who will turn her away once they know the truth
Once they realize she is not so strong as she seems.
She longs for the destruction of that room
But is too afraid to open the door.
So she places heavy guards around it
And seeks comfort in nothing more...
-C.M. Adams
"Where's Ziva?" Gibbs asked as he walked into the bullpen. "Thought you said you called an hour ago and she said she'd be here?"
"I did," Tony replied as he picked up his phone for the tenth time and dialed her number. "And I've been calling for the last twenty minutes. She's not answering." Gibbs squinted and turned to McGee.
"I called her too, boss. No answer."
"Maybe her phone is dead?" Gibbs suggested.
"It's ringing," McGee replied. "If it was dead, it'd go straight to voice mail."
"She sounded kinda strange this morning," Tony said, a tone of worry in his voice. "Was acting kinda strange yesterday, too."
Gibbs scratched the back of his head as he thought. She had been acting a bit strange the day before. They'd thought nothing of it at the time. She'd been known to be in an odd mood now and then. But now he felt a strange gut feeling that something wasn't right.
"McGee, you keep trying to reach her," he said as he grabbed his gun and badge from his desk drawer. "Call me if she shows up here. Dinozzo, you're with me."
Tony grabbed his gear as well and quickly caught up with him at the elevator.
"Car's still here," Tony said as they passed it. Gibbs laid his hand on the hood, noting it was cold, and she'd not gone anywhere recently. They made their way to the door and Tony knocked. He peeked through the window next to the door. "Ziva?" he yelled out. Then his eye caught something. "Boss..." he said, not looking away.
Gibbs looked through the window where Tony was indicating. Light spilled from under the bathroom door down the hall, and water had begun to pool out from under it. He reached for the handle and turned it, surprised to find it unlocked, and they ran in with guns aimed around the room. "Ziva?" Gibbs yelled as they approached the bathroom. That door was locked.
"Ziva, can you hear me?" Tony yelled. "We're coming in!" He kicked the door under the handle and the door shot open. They never expected what they saw on the other side...