Flashbacks and Therapy
As they worked on another case where a female marine by the name of Carina Tesch, Ziva found herself struggling. The past few nights she hadn't been sleeping. In fact she had been having nightmares of the time that she had been kidnapped. With a shiver as she looked at the body in Ducky's morgue Ziva swallowed. Looking the body over she looked at the wrists and frowned. Seeing ligature mark around the woman's elbows. Leaning a bit closer she saw that there was an initials in it. Squinting her eyes she gasped when she saw what the initials said.
Turning form his report when he heard the in take of breath Ducky looked at Ziva and asked "Ms. David is everything ok?" Watching he closely as she examined the body he could tell that she was lost in what she was doing. Picking up the phone he called Gibbs. Whatever was bothering had to be causing her some kind of flashbacks. In fact he figured that even though it had been months since Ziva had been rescued from an abduction she was still struggling. Watching her closely now though as she he could see many different emotions.
Looking up she nodded and without a word she left. As she walked out of the morgue Ziva shook from head to toe. Making it back to her desk she ignored DiNozzo when he asked if she was ok. Looking at her computer she started to remember her time being held captive. With a slight shiver she got lost in her memories. So lost in her memories she hadn't realized that she had started screaming out and that DiNozzo had came up and was trying to shake her. As the memory progress she yelled out without realizing "HELP!'
Having been keeping an eye on Ziva for the past few weeks DiNozzo along with the whole team was worried about her. Jerking from thought though as he heard her call out he along with Gibbs and Abby who near by rushed over to her. Wrapping his arms around her he said "Boss, we can't have her on this case." Pulling her close to him he held her as if trying to protect from whatever she was remembering.
Gibbs nodded and said "I was going to inform her to take some vacation." Looking at how DiNozzo was holding he began to wonder shaking his head though he looked at Abby and said "Abby, please go and get us all something to drink. We will be in the interrogation room." Looking at DiNozzo he said "Move it."
Abby nodded and headed for the vending machines looking over her shoulder as she went she frowned. She had known that when Ziva had been kidnapped a few months back but no one had really known what all she had endured during her time of captivity. As she got the vending machines she bought four waters not exactly knowing what the others wanted.
Doing as Gibbs said DiNozzo pulled back from Ziva and said to her "Follow me ok. You are safe. We are all here for you."
Ziva nodded not saying anything. As she went with DiNozzo she realized that the therapist she had been seeing since she had been kidnapped had been telling her to write down her feelings and then burn them. Wishing she was anywhere but here. She didn't want her co-workers to show her pity. With a slight she said "I am perfectly capable of walking on my own DiNozzo." As if to prove to him she was she took a few steps by herself.
DiNozzo sighed and let her walk by herself and bit back any retort that he had. He should have known she would be stubborn. But continuing to follow her he looked at Gibbs and said "I am worried about her." He knew that she had been having a rough time since her kidnapping but he had a feeling that things were much more deeper then she was letting on.
As they walked into the meeting room Gibbs said "Ziva, are going to therapy? You did go through a tough deal."