The NCIS team was in Abby's lab looking over evidence she and McGee had found pertaining to a case that they were working on. Well, except for Ziva. She wasn't Ziva now. She was Maria Sanchez off in some restaurant on an undercover mission that she had been put on by Gibbs and Jenny. Tony hated that she wasn't there. He loved her, and she knew that. He had told her everyday since the first day he told her. He told her every day when he woke up and every night before he went to bed. He never even looked at other girls anymore (they just didn't interest him) and he never took off his wedding band, not even in the shower. He was deathly devoted to his wife as was she to him.

Tony also hated the mission she was on. It was too dangerous, even for his little assassin. The man she was trying to catch was a serial killer who liked to take advantage of beautiful native women (which was exactly was Ziva was trying to be) and befriend them. Then, when they were least expecting it, he attacked and killed them, leaving no evidence behind. Yes, he was a deadly man, and every moment Ziva was on this mission he was terrified that she wouldn't come back.

After Gibbs had left the lab, McGee stayed behind with Abby to help hack their victim's laptop while Tony and Abby planned his 1 year anniversary surprise for Ziva. They soon stopped talking when Ziva walked into the room carrying a evidence box with clothes and samples in it.

"Abby," Ziva began in a rather hoarse voice, "can you run these samples for me please and try to find who's DNA it belongs to?" You could tell she was crying, but no one asked her about it. The mission was very stressful, and Ziva had been caught crying twice before and didn't want to be viewed as weak.

"Sure, I'll run them, Ziva," Abby replied rather cheerfully. "What's it for?"

Ziva took a few seconds to reply, making her co-workers suspicious. "It's for a rape I'm following up on for a agent. She is undercover and doesn't want her true identity exposed so this has to be done off the books." In a normal situation, Tony would be proud that she got her idiom right for once or even given her the wrong idiom to confuse her, but not now. Now, her was just too worried about why she seemed so off. She was speaking so softly and slowly you could barely understand her.

"Who's the agent?" Abby asked Ziva. When she could tell she wasn't going to get an answer, she pressed on. "Just so I can eliminate her DNA when I'm testing this stuff." She nodded her head towards the box of evidence Ziva had just put down.

"Oh, okay. Do you need her real name or will her alias be okay?" Tony couldn't help but wonder why Ziva was so reluctant to give out the information.

"Well, if you can give me her real name that would be awesome," Abby answered rather cheerfully and caffeine-induced. "Since that name is probably on more of her records and it will be easier to run DNA."

"Oh, okay. Well her name is…" Ziva paused and took a shaky breath, like she was trying to hold back a sob. Tony stepped closer to her, but she backed away. "Her name is…"

"Her name is…?" Abby asked, getting a little impatient and worried.

Ziva closed her eyes so she could not see any of the faces staring worriedly at her. She took a deep, shaky breath and let it out slowly before giving an answer that none of them were expecting. "Ziva David."