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A/N: Hey this is my first story I write in English. It's not my native language, so forgive me if not everything is proper English, since I never wrote more than short school essays in English. But if theres someone who want to betaread my story it would be nice if you send me a PM.

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„Grab your gear", said Special Agent Gibbs to his team. Ziva stood up and went to Gibbs.

"I need to talk to you. Just for a second" she said matter of factly. Gibbs saw the hurt look in her eyes and knew instantly that something was wrong with his Agent. He looked over to her husband, Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, who looked on his desk and he saw the guilt written all over his body language.

Gibbs walked to a quiet corner so Ziva could speak without being overheard.

"Could I … ", she began nervously. "Could I stay here today and do some paperwork?"

"What happened?" Gibbs asked surprised by her wish.

"I just don't want to see Tony more than I need to today."

"What has he done?" Ziva eyes went to the floor. She didn't want to talk to Gibbs about what happened last night. It was painful enough to hear Tony's words in her head all over again. And it already made her sick to her stomach.

"Nothing. We had a fight last night and I do not wish to repeat it Gibbs. But please, I don't want to see him today. Not more than I need to and there's a lot of work to do."

"You two have to get over this fight. I can't keep you on paper work the rest of your life Zeevah."

The former Mossad agent looked up with an expression of hurt in her eyes Gibbs saw the last time … well he wasn't exactly sure when he saw it the last time but he knew that he saw it a long time ago. And his gut told him it was something painful she went through last night. What the hell did they argue about and what was it that gave her this horrible look on her face.

"OK fine. Stay here. I'll call you than and give you the information's about or dead body so you can start with your background checks."

"Thank you Gibbs" He saw the relief the moment he spoke the words.

"You're welcome."

Ziva left to sit on her desk, with Tony and McGee waiting for them to come back. Already ready to go.

"Don't you come, Ziva", McGee asked.

"Ziva will stay here for today." He looked at Tony who tried not to look at his wife. "You're coming."

And so the rest of the Team left.

Ziva looked at her desk full of papers. She tried to working on them, but always short pictures of last night popped up in her head. She couldn't concentrate.

She hadn't talked to Tony the following morning. She left early for her daily run. Normally she got up at 5 o'clock but today she didn't slept well and was awake at 3.30 a.m.

She remembered her days when she was still with Mossad. She remembered her childhood when her father left early for a run and when she turned 13 and joined him. The first weeks she was unable to hold on with her father. He told her she didn't need to keep up with him, but Ziva loved whatever the sport was doing to her body. She felt so exhausted afterwards, but all she could think of was the aim of keeping up with her father.

She stood up changed into her sport clothes and went for a run. It was a natural medicine for her to stop her head from memories. She had her iPod with her and tried to concentrate on her audio book.

"What've we got?" Gibbs asked McGee.

"Hamid Al-Abi. He worked for the Pentagon" McGee read. "He was shot in the head. The police officer found this note in his jacket." He gave the piece of paper to Gibbs.

'NCIS – Catherine and Aaron Reynolds – Franklin St. 4922 - Annapolis.' "The note is actually the reason why the police called us."

"Who are they" Tony asked. "I have no idea." Gibbs got his cell and dialed the number.

"Ziva I want you to find out about Catherine and Aaron Reynolds and their relationship to Hamid Al-Abi. We got their address on a note."

"Ok, I will do my best Gibbs."

"Ducky what can you tell me?"

"Not much. Only that it was a perfect shoot in the head from a near distance."

"You think he knew his murder."

"I don't know, Jethro."

"Fine. How long do you think you need?"

"I will give you the results as soon as possible."

"Here is it, Boss" McGee said. They went to their first trace. The address let to house in Annapolis. The Team went to the door and Tony ringed the bell.

A little girl, maybe 6 or 7 opened the door. She has curled dark brown hairs. She also had darker skin and wore a cute purple dress. When Tony looked at the little girl eyes he was taken aback for a second. If he didn't know it better, he would have thought that he saw a mini Ziva right in front of him. But that was impossible. He looked over to McGee who must have thought the same thing, along with Gibbs.

"Hello. Are your parents at home? I'm Special Agent Gibbs and that are Special Agent's McGee and DiNozzo. We have a view questions."

"Eh … yes but they told me not to…"

"Fatima? Who's on the door?" a man asked.

"Three men who want to ask you and Mommy a view questions. They asked me to come in?!"

The man appeared on the door and when he recognized the three men who were standing there he looked shocked. Gibbs immediately took his weapon but the man gave him a look that said 'Don't dare to shoot me in front of my daughter!'

"Fatima, please go inside and in your room. But be quiet." She faced the Agents and then her father again. "Why? What do they want from you?"

"I think they will tell me inside. Just go to your room and I will come later and play with you, I promise."

"Everything I want?"

"Everything you want. Now go."

"Fine" she said not to happy. He waited until he heard his daughter's bedroom door close than he said

"Please come inside. I think whatever you want is not for nosy neighbors."

He let them into the kitchen; on the outside he looked cooler than he was. What the hell are these three men doing in his house?

"I thought your dead" Gibbs and Tony shouted furiously.

"Not so loud, please. You will wake my daughter. My other daughter" he added at the quizzical look on Gibbs face. His blood boil. This monster had two daughters, had a life when he took Kate's life so cruel. He thought he would never have to see this man again. And here he was. Standing right in front of him and the only thing which hold him back of shooting the man in front of him instantly was the knowledge that there was a beautiful child upstairs waiting for him to come. And as much hate he felt for this man, he would never take a father from his daughter when another man had took his daughter so cruelly from him.

"So what can I do for you, Agent Gibbs?"

"Maybe you start with 'Why the hell you are not dead!'" Tony yelled furiously. He still could feel the blood of his shot partner on his face. He still felt the pain of her death. And he knew about the pain Ziva felt, and the fight they had last night because this bastard was her brother and she missed him. He couldn't get over his hate for him the last 8 years.

It wasn't the first nightmare she suffered. Tony knew that his wife was regularly visited by demons from her past. But the most painful for him was the one when she started crying. He tried to wake her up. During his trying he heard her whisper. He stopped. "Ziva?" He listened closer. She murmured something he thought was her native language Hebrew. "Ziva, wake up" he begged.

"Ari no!" she whispered louder. Tony froze. He couldn't stop it. He couldn't stop the feeling of hate.

"ARI!" his wife cried again. "You promised!"

"Ziva wake up!" He tried harder, but his heart was hurting. What did that bastard do to his wife? What kind of promise did he break? His hatred for him grew even bigger than it already was. This bastard killed his partner, who was like a sister to him.

His heart broke when he finally slapped her to wake her up. Immediately Ziva was awake, ready for a fight. Tony holds her hands. "I'm sorry. You had a nightmare and I couldn't wake you up."

"It wasn't a nightmare she whispered."

"You called Ari's name" he said. "You said something about a promise he broke."

Ziva saw the hate in Tony's eyes. She closed her eyes, because she didn't want to see it.

"It's ok. It was just a memory. It's ok Tony. Let's get back to sleep."

"What has he done, Ziva", he almost yelled.

"NOTHING! Let's get back to sleep, Tony."

"What has the bastard done?" His hand around hers got tighter so it began to hurt. Ziva made a quick move to free them from him.

"This bastard was my brother! And he did nothing I would tell you about! So stop it!"

"Has he hurt you?! Has he…"

"Stop it Tony. You don't know my brother. Nobody of you do! He wasn't the monster you, McGee, Abby, Ducky and especially Gibbs saw in him!"

"Yeah, that's why he killed Kate."

"That was the Hamas side took over him. That was not my brother. My brother was kind!"

"Like you were, when we first met?"

"What does that mean 'When we first met?'"

"You were a ruthless killer, just like your worthless brother, Ziva!"

Ziva slapped him hard, but not as hard as she wanted to.

"Be careful, Tony. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MADE US LIKE THAT!"

"So tell me!"

"My family is nothing of your concern."

"Oh yes?" he asked sarcastically. "Well you know what. It made me sick that I married in your family of ruthless killer!" He regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth, but he couldn't take them back.

"Well, then you shouldn't have marry me!"

"Ziva, I don't mean it like that."

"Of course you do! I am long enough at your team to know how much you hate my brother."

"Ziva…!"

"Just go, Tony or I forget myself! You have no idea what it means to lose your siblings to a war."

"You should be dead. You killed my partner, you worthless, arrogant, bastard!"

"DiNozzo" Gibbs shouted as they heard a cry from upstairs.

"Damn. See what you have done DiNozzo!" Ari said angrily.

"Oh well, I don't care. Have you thought about what your death did to your sister?" It wasn't just yesterday. He knew that Ziva suffered from guilt because it was her shoot who took her brother's life away. And that is guilt not even the ruthless Mossad part of her could take. He stilled felt sorry for what he said. He knew what made her the ruthless woman she pretended to be. He was angry because he couldn't get himself to help her when it came to the part that she missed her brother, because he was satisfied that that man he hated the most was dead. And know this man causing Ziva and his Team so much pain is standing right in front of him.

"How do you know about my sister, and why would you care for her" Ari asked alarmed. He didn't like that man, but the thought that he could have something to do with his little sister made him even more angrier and he forgot about the noise his daughter made upstairs. All he could see was red. He thought about attacking Tony but Gibbs already has his weapon in his hand.

"I wouldn't do that, Haswari" he hissed.

"You won't" he said. "You were a father yourself and you are to much a Marine to take me away from my daughter. Not because of me, but because of her."

"I may not kill you, but I will shoot you if you attack my Agent!"

"So tell me, why you care about my sister. You saw her once 8 years ago!"

"And I married her two years ago!"

"You are married" a disbelieving female voice said behind his back. The three NCIS Agents turned around to the voice.

"Kate" is all they got out.

There she stood. Alive and holding a baby in her arms snuggling on her shoulder. The little girl was red from crying.

"Hello" she said and walked by them. She gave the little baby to Ari who held her tightly and whispered reassuring words in her ear. Tony thought it had to be Hebrew or Arabic but he would bet on Hebrew, since it sounds more like the words Ziva said in her sleep.

"Put your weapon away Gibbs, you may hurt someone" Gibbs knew she was referring to Ari, who he couldn't shoot with a baby in his arms.

"Is he holding you hostage" he asked angry. He was glaring at Ari with a murderous gaze.

"No! Or do I look like a hostage to you?"

"Kate, I don't understand. You are dead. You died in my arms."

"That is complicated. But what are you doing here and why is Tony married to Ziva."

"How do you know about Ziva", Tony asked angry that his long lost partner seemed to be alive and keeping the bed warm for are terrorist.

"You said you are married to his sister, and since Tali is dead, I thought there is only Ziva you could be married to. And by the way, why are you here?"

"You have a lot of questions to answer Kate, you know that?"

"Why are you here, Gibbs."

"Do you know Hamid Al-Abi, Kate" McGee asked.

"Yes, why? What happened to him?"

"He was found dead and had this note in his jacket." He showed it to Kate and Ari who was still rocking his daughter.

"That are our names" Kate said. "Well, the ones we are now living under."

"Maybe he found out about our past" Ari said.

"We have to take you two to NCIS"

"No Gibbs, you can't bring us there. Remember we are dead. What will the other say?"

"That is not my problem. And I will you have to answer me the question why the hell you are sleeping with a terrorist!"

"And what's about Jasmine and Fatima. We can't leave them all alone."

"You can take them with you and you will come to NCIS with us. There is a lot you two has to answer."