Once the investigation was over the little girl was sat on the windowsill with Gibbs, Ziva watched on with tears as the little girl was given Michelle Lee's badge, the woman was gone but the little girl would remember Mishy forever.
Tony noticed the tears in Ziva's eyes and let her go and have some time alone, as she vanished the the women's restroom.
Gibbs looked up when his gut told him he was being watched, he looked around confused – nobody was watching him, he looked up at the air conditioning vent and frowned.
Once the little girl was collected by her aunt he got up, "Go get Ziva" he said to Tony, "Then find McGee" he demanded
Tony nodded, "Sure thing Boss" he said disappearing, he watched the vent, the bullpen was silent then he heard a scuffle and knew for sure that there was something in the vent.
He watched it more and climbed up on the desk, and began to undo the vent with his knife, and then looked inside, frowning when he saw it empty
Ziva began to laugh, "Gibbs what are you doing on my desk?" she asked amused
Tony and McGee laughed, and was soon silenced by a glare from their boss, as Jethro pointed to the vent, "Something is in the venting system, find it" he said gruffly and got down and went back to his desk
Ziva gradually stopped laughing and then climbed onto her desk, taking a look she reached inside and pulled out one long curly brown hair, flashing back to holding her baby girl in her arms.
Ziva grinned as she held her two year old girl in her arms, rocking her to sleep, her long brown curly hair cascading down her cheeks, the little girl was fast asleep.
She passed the hair to Tony, "Take this down to Abby for DNA testing" she said simply
Tony grabbed it and ran down to Abby, as Ziva leant down and picked up her lunch from her desk; a sandwhich, crisps, apple, yoghurt and a chocolate bar along with a drink all in a bag and she put it inside the vent.
Timothy frowned, "Why are you putting it up there? Mice don't eat that much Ziva" she said softly
Ziva smiled, "I do not think it is a mouse" she said softly
Timothy frowned, "Then what is it?" he asked confused
Agent Gibbs smirked, "A kid" he said simply
Ziva looked at him with shock on her face, "What makes you think that?"
Jethro smiled, "That hair you pulled out, no adult is light enough to be up there, and there has been a lot of reports of stolen food and drink, my lunch went missing, so did my coffee, and my jacket"
Tony had returned, and had overheard, "My torch went missing, and my spare shirt"
Ducky and Abby were stood behind Tony, as Tim nodded, "My pens keep disappearing, and paper off my desk, my lamp vanished too a few days ago"
Ducky grinned, "I do believe I heard something in the vent in Autopsy too, actually if I recall when Ari came into autopsy he looked a lot up at the venting system, and it was after that I remember the noises started and things begun to go missing" he said softly
Ziva looked down; going silent as she vanished into her own thoughts. Abby looked around, "I always put food by the vent, and it always goes. I thought I was feeding a mouse, I named it Bobo" she said with a grin, "Loves chocolate, specially white chocolate… that goes really quick, Bert went missing a few days ago, then the next day he was back again although in a totally different place to where he was before"
Tony laughed, "She realised it made noises then" he said amused
Abby looked at him, "What makes you think it's a she?" she asked confused
Anthony DiNozzo smiled, "My gut" he said simply
Abby turned to Gibbs, "What does your gut tell you Gibbs?" she asked
Gibbs glanced up, "That Ziva is hiding something" he said softly
Abby turned to Ziva who was climbing up onto her desk again and smiled seeing her lunch gone, and she turned to Abby, "Will the DNA test be done yet?"
Abby shook her head, "No" she said softly
Agent David nodded, "Okay" she said simply, "Tony give me an arm up" she said
Tony grinned, "It's leg up Zeevah" he said amused
Ziva rolled her eyes, "Whatever, just help me and meet me where this ends… possibly a cavity in a wall, large enough to sleep in" she said softly as Tony helped her up and she vanished out of sight.
Tony, McGee, and the rest of the team dashed to the other side of the room and found what Ziva was on about; a gap between MTAC and the director's office. Pulling the director's sofa away, they undid the vent.
Ziva crawled through the venting system, towards an open area….
