It was a normal day at NCIS, well as normal as a no-case-no-paperwork-no-body day could get. It was actually nice to some; Ziva could actually make it to her obstetrician appointment without having to reschedule it, Tony in tow of course.

To Gibbs, the thought of letting the two be together was a mistake was long past. Ziva was glowing with motherhood and Tony was with her every second he could be…even denying a case, stupidly f course, when Ziva was having a bad bout of morning sickness. A few head slaps later and an explanation of Ziva being pregnant and he wanted to be with his wife, Gibbs let the agent leave to go home.

If anything, being married to Ziva made Tony grow up, a lot more then he had after she was thought dead. Ziva was settling into the role of wife and mother quite well, especially someone who was on the verge of death two years before.

So when the two returned to NCIS trying to decide on name, they were greeted with one question…

Boy or Girl?

"Well Boss," Tony eyed Gibbs, "its twins, a boy and a girl."

"We're thinking of the names David and Leah."

Tony looked at his wife of six months only to find her staring at him, after five months of pregnancy, Tony had learned two things: a pregnant Ziva is more beautiful then she was before and it made her more dangerous.

"David or Leah, I was thinking of David Jethro after her and you and Leah Caitlin…Kate would be honored."

"I would be."

They turned to see their long lost partner; she looked different and defiantly alive.

"McGee…am I seeing things?"

"If so it's a mass hallucination, which is not possible unless we have some cotangent." McGee stood and walked to the group, "Kate…we saw you die."

"Shadow…I need help; my husband and I are on the run from Mossad. You tend to want to get murdered after you fake your death and were supposed to be killed by one of them."

"Shadow, what's a shadow?"

"A person who is made to look like someone else," Ziva spoke, "surgically, before being taught how to act like that person…down to the finer details."

"She did a good job too that day; I was listening on the radio."

"Mommy." Kate looked down to find her daughter, who had hid behind her, eyeing her. "I have to use the bathroom."

Kate picked up her daughter and nodded, "alright but I can't take you…is it okay if someone else takes you?" The girl nodded and Kate looked at Ziva, "do you mind?"

"No," Ziva walked over as Kate put the girl down, Kate looked at her.

"Mia, what does Papa say about talking?"

The girl eyed her mother before talking, "silence is better than a whole explanation; you want me to be silent don't you?" Kate nodded, "I will be."

Ziva took the girl's hand and left for the bathroom, Gibbs walked over and slapped the back of Kate's head before hugging her. "We thought you were death."

"Faked my death…I was pregnant with Mia." Kate played with her wedding band, "I need help Gibbs and despite my husband thinking this is the wrong place to come, I knew you'd never deny me help."

Gibbs studied Kate, she had longer hair which was now braided into a French braid, her skin was darker as if she had been in the desert for a long while, she wore a bullet around her neck. He touched it. "Where's this from?"

"My husband, he was shot and that's the bullet. He gave it to me as a reminder that he's always with me, in some form or another." She touched it, "will you help us?"

"Where's your house?"

Kate grabbed a post-it off Ziva's desk and wrote down the address, "yell out who you are when you arrive and ring the doorbell, I don't want my husband shot, I love him despite what you think."

"Mommy, they have an orange bathroom." Mia came back and eyed her mother, "I want an orange bathroom."

Kate picked up the bouncing five year old, "we'll see about it, thank you."

Gibbs looked at McGee and made a motion, he came over with a small pen. "Mia, can you help protect your parents?"

"Always, why?" Mia eyed him and he handed her the pen, it was a small gold NCIS shield. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Gibbs studied the girl; she looked as if she was lost in Kate's arms. Her hair was jet black and her skin was between Ziva's and Kate's and her facial features said Arab. It was her eyes, her grey-green eyes that said she belonged to Kate. "We have to go."

"Bye."

Mia looked out the window and smiled, "Mommy it's snowing, can we go home and play in it?"

"Perhaps," Kate put her down and she ran to the window as Kate walked to the elevator. "Mia come on."

"But it's snowing."

The team watched as Kate walked over and took the girl's hand, hissing as she did. "Hasmia, come on."

Kate was gone by the time McGee gasped, "Boss…Hasmia…it's an Arab name."

"I know that McGee…why is it important?"

McGee looked at Gibbs, "as in Hasmia Haswari…Ari's mother. She looks like him too."

Tony looked at them from his computer, "found the sign in log from downstairs, Kate signed in as this."

He put the thing up on the plasma and they found the signature and printed name Kate put down to sign in downstairs.

Caitlin Haswari, Former Agent

Hasmia Haswari, child

"Am I seeing things?"

"If so it's mass hallucination and needs a cotangent." McGee told Gibbs the same thing he told Tony.

"They entered the country yesterday," Tony eyed the team, "from Egypt, Cairo to be exact. Their passports have them under the names Ari Haswari-David, Caitlin Haswari-David and Hasmia Kelly Haswari-David."

He put up the passports and they eyed then, Kate and Ari looked as they had years before and Mia was smiling. Sure enough the names were there…strangely Mia was born American.

"I want to know how in hell's name that bastard is alive after our best gun shot him and why Kate is with him." Gibbs looked at Tony, "and find out everything you can about that child."

"Children, three others were with them." Tony put up three other passports, twin three year olds and a fifteen month old girl. "Jethro Todd Haswari-David, Michael Anthony Haswari-David, identical twins and Noor Zivyah Haswari-David.

The children, especially the boys, looked like Ari. Noor and Mia looked like Kate but only if you really stared at the pictures.

"This was taken at the airport." Tony pulled up a security feed and they watched as the six sat in the airport café eating, Ari was holding Kate's hand as they spoke. It was when she laughed and he touched her cheek that all the men made a look; it was Kate that leaned over and kissed Ari.

The kids sat eating, behaving for their age. Noor was in Kate's lap eating when Ari took her, she laughed as her father kissed her…Kate as well.

"My God, is that?" They turned to find Ducky, he looked at the screen, "what?"

"Kate's alive and married to that bastard, I'm thinking Stockholm syndrome."

Ducky eyed the family, a bit taken back when Kate kissed Ari as they all stood. Kate each of the twins' hands while Mia walked, Ari held Noor. Ari eyed Kate and spoke. Gibbs looked at everyone. "I want to know what they are saying."

"Abby."

They all looked at each other, Abby would know. "Send that down to her but go down there McGee before DiNozzo does."

"Me?" Ziva looked at Gibbs, "I'm hardly one for computers."

"Do I call you DiNozzo or Ziva?" Gibbs looked at Ziva; she put a finger up before walking to her desk.