A/N: So I was in Disneyland one weekend and me and my mom were in the hotel room browsing; we had just arrived there and were getting ready for bed as we were browsing through the TV and NCIS was on; it was the double episode marathon. This particular duo featured the reason behind the Paris op and gave some of Vance's history. It also had the reunion of Ziva and Eli after the whole debacle that was the season 7 closer. I loved this episode, surprisingly enough, and I just wished that Jenny was alive for it. So I decided to write it into the period during which she was alive and create a character that had ties to Jethro and Ziva. I didn't want to put this into my other fic because I didn't want to have to figure out a new character as well as the story; so a new fic it is. Sorry for the really long A/N but I needed to explain why I wrote this instead of working on the other fic. Enjoy!

Corruption 1

It was 0645 hours and Ziva was slowly getting used to starting work at 0700 instead of 0600, but she still showed up early. She was expecting a catch-up day. The MCRT had a whole slew of cases, back to back with no time to complete any but the most basic paperwork on each case. Today should be a day to work on those more detailed pieces of paperwork, but she was greeted with an unexpected sight upon entrance to the bullpen.

There was a young woman she recognized pacing the length of the floor in the MCRT Section; she paced from Tony's desk all the way to the edge of Tim's desk and back. She was mumbling to herself in multiple languages, she appeared to not notice Ziva standing there, but Ziva knew this young woman. Her name was Jessica Lion; she was one of the last people Ziva trained before coming stateside; in fact she was trained by both Ziva and Ari right before Ari's "undercover" op and Ziva was assigned to train and work with Jenny, the current Director of NCIS.

Jessica was still a nice healthy weight. She was rather short, but strong. Her hair was almost black, long and braided straight down her back. There was a hint of metal in the braid from the spike strips woven into her hair. Her eyes were olive green and set into a pale face. At the moment there was a slight flush to her cheeks from her pacing and whatever thoughts were going through her head. She was wearing a tight black longed-sleeved shirt that was tucked into pale green cargo pants. The pants were secured with a dark brown belt that had a belt knife attached to the buckle. The cargo pants were tucked into calf-length black leather boots.

Ziva could see the outlines of various weapons besides the spike strip in her hair. She had thin a knife at her wrist on her left hand, she also had a Marine issued knife in a sheath at her waist on her left side, there were a two knifes in her left boot and one in her right boot. She had a small caliber hand gun in her right boot as well as a sig Saur in a holster straight out of Star Wars. The holster was made of black leather and attached to her belt and wrapped around Jess's mid-thigh. The gun rested within easy reach and the holster's solid leather that wrapped around the thigh held four knifes.

Ziva knew that the 12 weapons was not what really made this girl dangerous; she was an expert in more than 10 styles of martial arts including Kung Fu, Shotokan, Shitoru, Ju-Jitsu and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu as well as the styles taught to Mossad officers and Marines. The young woman, really, could kill you just as easily as Ziva, herself, could. She could regularly match Ziva during sparring matches, and occasionally best her, and she routinely beat Ari and the other men in the unit.

Ziva just stands at the divider between sections and just watches her protégée. After a few more minutes Jess slows down her pacing and without looking at Ziva, she speaks.

"I know you're there Ziva." She said and her voice is a quiet alto, with no trace of an accent; though that too is deceiving; she was trained to go anywhere in the world and blend in as a local.

"I figured you did, but I still remember to let you speak first when you get into tits like this." Ziva told her moving around to sit at her desk. Jess continued to stand.

"I think you mean 'tizzy's' Ziva: when I get into tizzy's like this." Jess corrected with a smile.

"Ahh, yes I did. I am still unaccustomed to American Idioms." Ziva said with a smirk as she booted up her computer. She watched as Jess relaxed and leaned against Tony's desk so she could still see Ziva.

"So in order of appearance who gets here first?"

"Usually me, I am not used to starting an hour later than Mossaud. After me is usually Cynthia, Director Shepard's assistant, then Director Shepard followed by Ducky and Abby, but they stay downstairs in Autopsy and Forensics. McGee is next followed by Gibbs then Tony." Ziva answers and looks up to see Jess's olive eyes narrowed and a frown on her face.

"Okay, good, that means I can talk to the new director first and get that out of the way. Then I can talk to Gibbs and the Director afterwards." She muttered to herself and she let herself relax. Ziva didn't know what Jess was doing here, but she knew that if it had to do with her bosses that it was probably best that she stay out of it for the time being. If she needed to know, then she would be told.

"How long are you here for, Jess?" Ziva asked instead.

"I am here for the foreseeable future. I just finished my last op and Hetty gave me a month leave to spend here in the states before I pick my next assignment. However, I made a pit stop to visit my boyfriend in Russia before coming over here a few weeks ago and discovered something very interesting that might require me to not get my assignment for a few more weeks. And that mission might not be one of the ones Hetty had for me." Jess answer was vague where it needed to be and concise everywhere else. Ziva nodded, just as the elevator upstairs dinged and both Cynthia and Director Shepard got off and walked across the catwalk. They entered an office on the opposite side and vanished from sight.

"My guess is that was both the Director and her assistant." Jess commented.

"That was. Do you want me to walk with you up there?" Ziva asked knowing that the Director didn't know Jess.

"That would be helpful." Was her reply.

So both women made their way up the stairs and into the outer office. Cynthia had her back to them, so didn't see them walk into the inner office of the Director of NCIS.

"Director Shepard." Ziva said. The red haired woman turned around and looked at them.

"Ziva, what can I do for you? Not tiring of NCIS, I hope?"

"No Director. I am content where I am. This is the person I trained before you joined us; she also works for NCIS; she has asked to speak with you. Her name is Jessica Lion." Ziva introduced them. Jess and Jenny shook hands and Ziva slipped out of the room.

"What can I do for you Agent Lion?" Director Shepard asked, sitting down behind her desk. Jess sat down opposite her.

"Right now, not much. I've just returned stateside from an undercover op that has lasted since I left Mossaud. I heard that we had a new Director. But on my back stateside, my boyfriend in Russia, Moscow, called and said that they had a situation; his 13 year-old twin sisters were being threatened by an arms dealer/assassin. I detoured there and helped sort it out. The assassin's name was: Anastasia Vertov. That is her current name. I found two other names for her; one of which showed that she should in all rights be dead. That was from a NCIS undercover op. There were three agents on said mission: William Decker, L. Jethro Gibbs, and yourself. Can you guess who my assassin is?" Jess was polite, yet firm in telling this.

"Svetlana, my hit." Jenny sighed, knowing that was going to come back to bite her in the ass. "At that time, I didn't have the emotional capacity to kill someone in cold blood." Jenny looked away, not able to meet Jess' eyes as the guilt build insider her.

"I came to ask if you wanted me to handle it. I know where she is right now and I can take care of it and return in less than two days?" Jess asked, softly, knowing what the woman was going through.

Jenny nodded.

"Good. Now that that is taken care of. I have another reason for my visit. I have discovered something strange in researching all of this. Your op is related to another one seven years prior. This mission had multiple components and failed. This is why you had your op. I found some very strange pieces of this puzzle and I wanted to meet with you, Gibbs, Decker, Vance, Whitney Sharp and Eli David." Jess continued.

"Why?" Director Shepard was confused.

"Well, I figured that you might believe it if it came from the people involved instead of me." Jenny nodded her head at that answer.

"Well, it will be pretty easy for myself and Agent Gibbs to attend. I can get Vance her by ordering him here. As for the rest, I might be able to pull a few strings and get them here. Eli will come to see Ziva if nothing else. But it will take more than two days to get everyone here."

"So I take care of the target and return and take a mini-vacation while you get everyone here." Jess shrugged.

"Deal. I will expect you to report back to me in person in three days, Agent Lion." The director ordered. Jess nodded and left the office.

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Jenny felt horrible for the rest of the day. She had Cynthia cancel all of her appointments and ops in MTAC and had her take messages for any calls for her. Jenny poured herself a glass of bourbon and sat at her couch instead of her desk.

That op and the ones preceding it were one of the best times in her life. They had a few missions before Paris to track down Svetlana and her lover; two Russian arms dealers. She and Gibbs spent a week in a stuffy attic in Marsielle, tracking people onboard a Lebanese trawler. On the second night she and Gibbs became lovers. They had ops all throughout Europe and Eventually Ducky joined them on their ops. The first Paris op was supposed to be the only op in Paris. They were supposed to get close to their targets of the Russian and a few other arms dealers and bring them all down.

But Gibbs and Ducky had a run in with French police officers resulting in a confrontation on a cliff that led to Ducky pushing a Frenchman off the cliff. Ducky and Gibbs had escaped and run to the cliff; where Decker was supposed to be waiting. Decker couldn't make the meet and Jenny ended up stealing a boat to rescue them after they jumped. They brought the officer to shore and took off across the ocean, finding sanctuary in Great Britain. Jenny managed to get all charges dropped and they returned to Europe. Ducky stayed in England while Jenny and Jethro stayed in a cabin in Serbia for a week. They spent most of their time that week making love.

They returned to Paris and continued with their mission. Then they received their orders to take out Svetlana and her lover instead of arresting them. Jenny's hit was Svetlana and Jethro got her lover. Jethro, being the Marine sniper, had no problem taking out his target. Jenny however could not see herself taking out her target in cold blood. If Svetlana directly threatened herself or Gibbs; she would have taken the shot without hesitation. But she saw this hit as killing someone in cold blood. She couldn't do it; she left Svetlana alive and told Decker and Gibbs that she had made the hit.

A week later and most of the other dealers were arrested. The three of them were each debriefed and given new orders. Jenny told everyone that she had made the hit, and the guilt of lying to her boss's and her lover ate at her and she fled. Taking a new set of orders and leaving Jethro with just a letter left inside of a coat that he got for her.

Her failure during that op cost her, her lover and gained her, her current job.