Words:

Shalom: Hello/goodbye/peace

Lo: No

Ken: Yes

Abba: Father/Dad

Ima: Mom

Bold italics= text in vide/ letter

Italics= in video

CHAPTER 2:

"Gibbs?" Tony asked

Gibbs led him a little bit away from the group "We're doing this for Ziva and I know she doesn't want everyone watching her life story, I don't think we're going to like what we see"

"Do you even own a DVD player and TV?" Tony asked him

SMACK! "Thank you boss" he said and then ran off to call Ducky and Abby.

"The rest of you grab your gear and let's go"

They pulled up to Gibbs's house in silence, a moment later Ducky, Abby and Tony pulled up and they went inside. Gibbs led them upstairs and into a room across from his bedroom. There was a TV, DVD player a big couch that could fit 5 people, a comfy arm chair. Tim went to put the DVD in and Tony grabbed a spot next to Abby on the couch. Which left Ducky, Ziva and Gibbs standing in the room, Gibbs tapped Ziva's elbow which made her jump, he nodded to the hallway and they silently slipped out of the room.

"Before this starts is there anything you want to tell me or the team?" Gibbs looked down at her seriously with his ice blue eyes piercing her dark ones. She shook her head and went back into the room. She claimed the chair so she could be away from the others. Tony and Tim were sitting on either sides of Abby and Ducky was sitting next to Tony. Gibbs moved to sit on the floor in between the couch and the chair, as a buffer in between the team and Ziva. Also, he wanted to be close to Ziva, because they had gotten a lot closer after her time in Somalia. He knew thing that was most likely going to be on the videos and that was Ziva killing her half brother Ari and watching it again would be hard on her. McGee hit "play" and the screen turned a bright white as black letters came across the screen.

Well congrats team Gibbs' you're all here hopefully, so lets get started, I must admit The first year of Ziva's life is un-eventful to say the least. But we must watch parts of it just to get a taste of what she was like before she became who she is today.

And with that the screen changed, and the camera zoomed in on a tiny baby with dark brown hair and dark eyes. Abby "awwed" at how cute Ziva was as a little baby. And then another person came into view. The camera zoomed out a bit and the team saw a younger version of Eli David. "Shalom Zivaleh, welcome to the world…you are destined for greatness" he said to the little baby. The words were in Hebrew but there were subtitles underneath.

Gibbs clenched his fist at the last part. It was obvious that Eli David had from the moment Ziva was born planned for her to be a part of Mossad.

Okay, so that was boring but I must say Ziva you made a very cute little baby, too bad it didn't last.

Then the screen changed again, Ziva looked about two years old, she was already running up and down the house laughing, we saw a younger boy chasing her smile on his face. The team froze slightly when they recognized that it was Ari Haswari. Ducky was very interested in this side of Ari, they had all thought him to be a ruthless soulless killer, who killed their friend Kate, but in this video you could see that he was once just a young boy who had been corrupted by most likely his father. Then they saw little Ziva trip and hit her head on the counter. There was a scrape on her forehead from where it had collided with the table and her eyes filled with tears. But before Ari could get to her they saw Eli David come onto the screen again.

"Ziva! What have I said about crying? It is a sign of weakness. Do not let me see you cry."

You were only two, but daddy was still hard on you even though you couldn't have understood him that well.

Gibbs watched horrified as Eli raised his hand and smacked Ziva across the face. Once. Twice. Three times and then Ari ran forward standing in-between Ziva and his father, "Lo Abba! Lo!" he said but Eli ignored him and pushed him out of the way. "You must learn Zivaleh. Learn to show no weaknesses." And then he left. Ari ran to his sister, but with a tough look on her face pushed him and ran down the hallway and closed a bedroom door behind her.

Tony grabbed the remote and paused it.

"Wait wait Ziva? Ari was your brother...why didn't you tell us?"

"He was my half brother" said Ziva, stony faced.

"We always thought…." Mumbled McGee.

"I know what you thought" said Ziva "You thought he was my what…lover? Well now you know the truth"

"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Tony

"Whyddya think Dinozzo!" Gibbs said a little louder than he needed to…

"After Kate died, we were all pissed at Ari, and we wanted revenge. And then Ziva came in and said she was his controlling officer, and we didn't like her either… We wouldn't have given her a very nice welcome if we had found out he was her brother too." Gibbs said

Tony nodded slightly and then pressed play again…

"Ima?" a little four year old Ziva asked her mother. They were sitting around a table for dinner. Ziva, an older looking boy who was Ari and a little baby who was Tali.

"Ken Ziva?" Mrs. David answered her

"Abba says you are going to die is that true?" the little girl asked impatiently. Her mother choked on her food

"Ziva I am sick, but you have your father and your brother and you will keep Tali safe."

The scene changed again and it looked to be later in the evening Sarah David was yelling at her husband and neither of them noticed to two kids who were listening in the hallway.

"Eli why the hell would you tell them?" she yelled at her husband

"Calm down! They have a right to know the truth!"

The camera shifted and moved in closer to Ziva and Ari.

"Ari" a scared Ziva asked her brother. "If Ima dies, then when will she return?"

"She wont Ziva, she wont be able to…she doesn't have a choice."

They walked into the bedroom…and Ari climbed into his bed and Ziva climbed in next to him. She had her own bed, but it was obvious that she did not want to be alone tonight. Ari wrapped his arm protectively around his sister and they fell asleep.

The next scene showed a frantic Ziva trying to wake up her mother, who had passed on. "Ima! Ima! Lo! Lo! Wake up Ima! Please!" Eli David grabbed her arm

"She will not wake Zivaleh, she is dead"

Ziva smacked her dad across the face. "What did you do to her!" she tried to wrestle her way out of his grasp but he held on to tight. Tears filled in her eyes and Eli smacked her.

"You will never hit me like that ever again!" he said "Crying is a sign of weakness Ziva how many times do I need to say that?" he stormed out of the room.

Ari came in and hugged his sister, "Ziva its okay, it really is okay to be sad."

"No its not you hear what Abba said" she said and Ari left the room sadly.

Ziva stood there for a minute angrily brushing the tears away before smacking herself across the face, hard leaving a red mark burning there and then followed her father and brother out of the room.

Abby had tears in her eyes; Ducky's eyes were also wet. McGee and Tony looked dumbfound at the screen and Gibbs flicked his eyes over to look at Ziva. She looked at the screen blankly and then the screen went black.

Well that's the end of the first DVD guys. Next Ziva will be off to school!

The team sat there for a minute, what other hardships Ziva had been through in her life, and they were dreading to find out. Gibbs excused himself and went to get more coffee and made tea for the rest of the team while McGee got the next video ready. Gibbs handed everyone their drinks, Ziva didn't take it from him though so he set it next to her on the end table, took a big swig from his cup and then stared at the screen, and McGee hit play, and the second DVD began to roll.

Authors Note:

Sorry I've decided that I'll update every 3-4 days because of the longer chapters. I know I hate reviewing but please review I'd like your input.