Tony watched helplessly as the stray bullet went straight for his wife of 4 years. He tried to warn her but it was too late. The bullet hit her in her heart. She died instantly.
The team didn't know that for 4 years Tony and Ziva had been married. They didn't know that when Ziva took 10 months personal leave that she was having a baby. When she left she was 4 months. They didn't know that they called her Mardi Kate or Mardirico Caitlin. They didn't know that she was just 11 months old. They didn't know that she was motherless. The only person to know all of this was Jenny.
Jenny was babysitting Mardi in her office when she got the call from Gibbs saying that they were coming back 1 agent short. Saying that her best friend Ziva was gone. Was dead without seeing her gorgeous daughter turn 1. Gibbs had asked Jenny if she would tell Abby.
Down in Abby's lab everything seemed different. Something was wrong and she couldn't put a finger on it. When she got the call from the director that she was needed in her office Abby knew that someone was gone. But she didn't know who.
As Abby walked into Jenny's office she could hear crying. Abby looked and saw that Jenny was bending down and picking up a young girl. Jenny turned and noticed Abby standing there. Jenny told her that Ziva had died but didn't answer any of her questions about the baby. She was leaving that for Tony.
As Tony walked out of the elevator he didn't head to his desk. He headed to Jenny's office. Jenny knew they were back and came out to meet Tony. She carried a crying Mardi. Tony took her into her arms and she instantly quietened down. Tony walked back to his desk and ignored the looks he was receiving from everyone. He went to the elevator and Jenny followed. That day Tony went home with his daughter hoping he would wake up the next morning and it would just be a dream
As the funeral approached still no one knew that Tony and Ziva had been married for 4 years. That they had an 11 month old daughter. Still the only one to know was Jenny.
Tony had taken the last few days off. Personal time is what he had told the team. They came to visit and Tony had said he was fine and was heading out. Just so they would leave and he could look after his daughter.
Jenny visited everyday and kept telling Tony to tell the others, as Mardi's first birthday was quickly approaching. She needed to be able to celebrate it.
The morning of the funeral Jenny came over to help Tony with Mardi. He had decided to tell the others today because they would find out anyway. As Jenny, Tony and a sleeping Mardi made their way to the cemetery all Tony could think about was Mardi growing up without a mother.
When they arrived Tony and Jenny meet up with Ziva's other best friends Angela and Kenzi. Kenzi had flown in from LA and Ange had taken time off work. There were a lot more people their then Tony had expected. As Tony made his way to the crowd with Mardi he saw the one person he dreaded seeing. Eli David. Ziva's dad.
Eli walked over to Tony and gave him a quick hug while trying not to wake Mardi. He said that he was sorry this had to happen to Ziva but there was nothing he could do. Eli also asked if Tony would stand with the family of both sides. Tony followed and he meet up with his step-brothers Jarred and Seeley. They gave him so much support.
Gibbs saw Tony head over to the family and noticed the young girl in his arms. She looked like a mini Ziva. She had brown curly hair and olive tanned skin. He knew from then that there had been something going on between them.
Abby looked as Jenny, Kenzi and Ange joined their group. She noticed Tony wasn't with them. She started to look around and saw him sanding in amongst Ziva's family and his own. Abby then saw the baby in his arms. It was the baby that had been in Jenny's office.
McGee looked at the face on Abby and there where she was looking. There he settled his eyes on Tony and the baby in his arms that looked much like Ziva. McGee decided that when this was over he would ask Tony about it.
A/N: I am going to write other chapters in which there is actual dialog. They will posted soon. Please if you like this the review! Please Please Please!
Oh and I don't own any body but Mardi.