A/N: sorry for the late update…I wanted to update a few days ago but my dad is in the hospital and then I had knee surgery on Wednesday and I just got released like 2 hours ago….so this is a product of pain meds and im not sure what else….oh and the information about the tumor is 100 correct…my mommy has one….

Oh right the disclaimer…sadly I don't own NCIS but if I did…oh buddy I would totally give the viewers what they want b/c that's who really matters.

"IZZY!" both Gibbs and Jenny yell before running over to the fallen girl.. Ducky gets up.

"It appears that matters have gotten worse Jenny." Ducky says "I've already called for an ambulance, they should be here soon."

Jen looks up at Ducky with tears in her eyes. "I-I didn't think….but Ducky this wasn't supposed to happen for a few more years…" She whispers.

Gibbs on the other hand has moved out of the room to make phone calls. He hits 3 on speed dial and waits for the phone to be answered.

'Yes Gibbs'

'Ziva, I need you to go to Jen's house and pick up some clothes, a disguise even. We are on our way to the hospital." Jen walks in and stands next to Gibbs.

'Is everything ok?'

Jen taps Gibbs on the shoulder and grabs the phone. "Ziva, its Izzy. We need…no I need you to go to my house and pick me up a few days worth of clothes. And can you grab her bear? You know she can't sleep without it."

'I'm almost at your house. Which hospital am I meeting you at?'

"Bethesda. But you are going to meet me out in the parking lot so I can change. Thank you Ziva."

'You're welcome'

Jenny closes the phone and sighs. Gibbs noticing her tenseness walks behind her and begins rubbing her shoulders. He leans down close to her ear.

"She's going to be ok. I promise." He kisses her temple then looks back up hearing sirens in the distance. "Come on you have to hide." He places his hand on her lower back and leads her downstairs into the basement. "You'll have to hide here until the EMT's leave. I'll make Ducky ride with Izzy and I'll stay here with you. We'll leave about 5 minutes after." Jen nods. Gibbs kisses her on the forehead and heads upstairs.

Ducky has let in the EMTs and they are were in the process of placing Izzy on a stretcher. Ducky looks at Gibbs. "Jethro, I'll meet you at the hospital. Will her mother be coming?" he asks careful enough to leave out names.

"Yes Duck, she'll be there. Take care of Izzy until we get there."

"You know I will Jethro." Ducky nods to Gibbs and follows the EMTs out of the house.

The door opens and a light is turned on. Tony sticks his head into the house very carefully. He hesitantly opens the door and takes a baby step in. Ziva rolls her eyes behind him and pushes him in.

"Hey! Don't push me…do you KNOW whose house THIS IS?" he asks very cautiously.

"Get over it Tony. Its just Jenny's house. And besides we were sent here so we aren't doing anything wrong. Come on…" she says motioning towards the stairs.

"Hey Zee-vah, you have to have sex to cum!" he says. Ziva stops and looks him dead in the eye. "Okay…I'm going." He makes his way to the stairs.

Ziva makes her way into Jenny's room and heads straight to the closet. She grabs a bag from the top shelf and looks around her wardrobe for a good disguise. Her eyes fall on a box on the floor labeled 'Cairo'. She chuckles to herself. "At least she kept the disguise."

"What disguise?" Tony says from behind her. Ziva jumps and turns around.

"You scared the crap out of me…" she says placing a hand on her chest.

"Actually Zee-vah it's you scared the…wait you got it right." She smiles at him. "What disguise are you talking about? You had to be zoned out pretty good if you didn't hear me come into the room." He says eyeing the box.

"I was remembering miney and Jenny's time in Cairo. We had to wear these ridiculous disguises…so I went as my sister and she went as my mother. She kept her costume." She said motioning to the box on the ground. "I think this would be the perfect disguise for her for tonight." She opens the box and shows him the costume.

"WOW…she actually went out in public like that?" he said looking at the garments.

"She had no choice." Ziva places the dress into the bag.

Tony looks at Ziva's face. "Tell me about her." She looks up at him and sighs.

"I don't know too much about my mother, all I have is a picture of her and what my father told me about her. According to my father, my mother was a French woman. She had about the same complexion as me. My father said that she was the most beautiful woman he'sd ever met, and I agree with him. She died giving birth to me. My father used to resent me because of that fact but once he saw me grown up, he says I look too much like her. I really wish I had the chance to meet her. Anyways after the first time me and JennyJenny and I met, she introduced me to Izzy and I knew that she would always be a great mother and friend, and that's what I consider Jenny…she's like the mother I never had." She finishes softly. Tony pulls her into his arms and prepares himself for her hitting him, but when she doesn't pull back he grips her harder.

"You'll always have us as your family, Ziva. Abs, McGee, Gibbs, Jenny, Ducky, and me we are all your family." He rubs her back to try to calm her down just a little bit.

"Don't forget Izzy." Came her muttered response.

"Who's Izzy" he says looking down at the top of her head. Ziva pulls back slightly.

"Jenny's daughter." She whispers. "That's the reason why we are here. We have to get a disguise for Jenny and pick up some things for Izzy."

Tony is just standing there with his mouth open. He recovers after a little bit. "How come we didn't know that she had a daughter? Why would she hide something like that?" he begins pacing the room.

"Tony…Tony…TONY!" Ziva yells trying to get his attention. "Let's not focus on what she should have done,done; I'm sure she had her reasons, which she will tell us once we get to the hospital." She grabs Jenny's bag and heads to Izzy's room, spots the bear and places it inside of the bag. "Ok that's everything. Tony! Let's go." She shouts to the other room.

Tony appears from out of the bathroom. "Sorry nature called."

"Ugh whatever lets just go." Ziva says pulling him out of the house. She turns and locks up and walks straight into Tony.

"Zee-vah, why do you have a key to the Director's house?" He says realizing that she had indeed locked up the house and remembering that he used a key to get in, which she provided.

"I have one to her house and she has a key to my apartment. Izzy would sometimes stay with me, and Jenny would let me come over after work sometimes. We are friends Tony." She says walking to the car. He looks at the house then at Ziva's back and just shrugs, running after her for fear that she would leave him behind if he didn't hurry up. He gets in and Ziva speeds off towards the hospital.

"where Where are they? They should be here by now!" Gibbs looks towards the parking garage entrance. "I'm going to smack the both of them when I see them." He turns around and looks at Jenny who is just casually leaning on the hood of his truck.

"Calm down Jethro. They have a good reason for being late. She had to pick up DiNozzo then drive back to my house then here. They will be here." She says looking at the hospital behind Gibbs' shoulder. "We should really be in there."

Gibbs looks behind him then back at Jenny. "We will be once Tony and Ziva get here." A car pulls up next to them. "Well it's about time." He exclaims. Jenny chuckles.

Tony steps out of the car. "Boss I don't know whose driving is worse, yours or hers." He says pointing to Ziva, who is pulling a bag from the back seat.

"Hey I was trying to get here as soon as possible. Jenny, here's everything you asked for." She says before passing Jenny the bag.

"Which one did you go with?" Jenny asks before looking in the bag.

"The one from Cairo. I thought it would be appropriate." She says softly.

"Thank you Ziva." Jenny says. She looks at Gibbs. "You can go inside if you want I just need to change." Gibbs just looks at her. "Or you can stay here until I'm done."

"DiNozzo."

"Yes boss"

"Go inside and tell Ducky that we will be up soon. And Ziva…next time he complains just smack him." Tony stares at Gibbs with his mouth opens but leaves when he receives a glare his way. The car door opens and Jenny disappears, so Gibbs decides to stand guard while she changes. About 5-ish minutes go by and the door opens again and Jenny steps out. "Wow…you wore that in Cairo?" he asks looking at her outfit.

"Yes it just so happens to be a replica of Ziva's mother's dress. What you don't like it?" She says turning in the thin strapped, knee length white sundress. "I think the hair is a bit much but I have to hide my hair right?" she says while fixing her wig.

"Are you sure you wore that in Cairo? That shouldn't have been allowed." He said grabbing her by the waist and pulling her to him.

She laughs. "Jethro, as much as I want to do this right now…our daughter is up in that hospital in need of medical help. We need to be there for her, but once this is over we can continue this."

"Don't make any promises you can't keep Jen." He says giving her a quick kiss then reluctantly letting lets her go. He opts for placing his arm around her shoulders as they head into the hospital.

Tony is in the lobby waiting for the couple. When he sees Jenny he whistles but doesn't say anything, probably due to the slap he quickly received. "Izzy's on the 3rd floor. They rushed her to an MRI so it'll be a little while before we know anything. But she is in her room now."

Both Jenny and Gibbs nod at the news. Gibbs looks at Tony. "Where is Ducky?"

"He's in with the neurologist trying to figure out what was on the scan…and to answer the next question 'Aunty Ziva' is with Izzy." He says smiling.

Gibbs motions to the elevator and begins heading over. They get in and wait to get to the 3rd floor. Upon arrival they see Ducky standing outside of Izzy's room talking to another doctor. He turns towards the couple and dismisses the other doctor.

"Jethro, Jenny can you come with me this way?" He says motioning to the chairs down the hallway. "it It seems as though Izzy's CNS tumor is metastasizing. I've been working with the neurologist here to try to find the soonest possible time for her surgery." Jen just shakes her head.

"A tumor? Ducky you can't be serious she's only 8!" Gibbs says angrily.

"I'm afraid I'm as serious as it gets Jethro. You see young Isabelle was born with the tumor. Luckily for her, the tumor is 10 cm away from her brain stem making the tumor operable. This is going to be a risky surgery but she will be ok. Doctor Gelfand will be working on her."

"That name sounds familiar…." Gibbs begins

"It should I only worked on you while you were in a coma." He says interrupting Gibbs. "Sorry I couldn't help but cut in. As Doctor Mallard said before she's lucky, just a few more centimeters and we wouldn't be having this conversation. If I may ask where is her mother?"

Gibbs, Ducky, and Jenny look at each other. Gibbs speaks up. "She passed away recently, but I'm her father so I'll be making any necessary decisions." He says holding Jenny's arm.

Doctor Gelfand looks at the couple and nods. "We have room to fit Izzy in, within the next hour. The surgery will take about 4 hours but there are some risks. She will be under anesthesia and then after surgery there is still the risk that she might lose some bodily function. But I promise you I will take care of your daughter." He says sincerely to Gibbs.

"Is it possible for you to give us a few minutes Doctor?" Gibbs says looking at Jenny who looks frightened.

"Sure I'll be in Izzy's room." He turns to Ducky and then leaves.

Gibbs turns his full attention to Jenny. "How long has this been going on for? How long has she had these problems?"

Jenny sighs "iIt started when she was three. I had Ducky check her though and he said that there shouldn't be a problem for another 10-15 years. This is as new to me as it is to you, and maybe even worse for me since I can't claim to be Izzy's mother." She says softly. "We will get through this just like the last time."

Gibbs nods and kisses Jen on the forehead "I'm not going to let anything happen to her." He detaches himself from Jen and goes over to the doctor.

"How soon will she be out if you get her in now?" He asks looking into Izzy's room.

"It will be about 6 hours before she's back in her room., 4 hours for surgery and 2 hours for recovery. That's a minimum though, but I'll do everything I can to make sure she's out before then and fully healed."

"Thanks Doctor."

"I'll take her down now to get prepped. You can sit in her room or you can sit in the waiting room, but I'll look here first."

"We'll be fine here. Just don't keep us in the dark." Gibbs watches as the nurses place Izzy onto another bed and wheel her out of the room. Unfortunately Izzy is unconscious or she would have seen the worried look on Gibbs' face.

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4 hours later

Doctor Gelfand comes around the corner and calls Gibbs. "She's ok. We were able to remove the tumor with no problem, and she won't be at risk of having any complications. She will however need to come back in a few years and have a MRI done to confirm that there is no residual tissue left over. She is in the recovery room if you want to see her but I'll only allow two at a time."

Gibbs shakes his hand. "Thanks you." He walks over to Jenny and together they walk towards the recovery room. Doctor Gelfand looks at the retreating couple and notices tonyTony.

"What's the story between those two?" he asks motioning to Gibbs' and disguised Jenny.

"They….its hard to explain, but everything will make sense soon enough. Don't worry about them doc just take care of Izzy." Tony leaves the doctor alone to go find Ziva who had disappeared long ago with Ducky.

'There's no way…is that…I thought she was dead?' he thinks still looking at the retreating couple. "I'm going to stay out of this one." He sighs "Great now I'm talking to myself…fantastic."

Back with Jenny and Gibbs who have finally made it to Izzy's room they stare down at their daughter. Jenny breaks from Gibbs' embrace and goes to Izzy's side.

"I don't know what I would've done if I lost her. Thank god she's ok." Jenny says before wiping stray tears from her eyes.

"Hey she'll always be ok look who she has as parents. Us Gibbs' don't give up for nothing…if we did I wouldn't be here." He says hugging her again.

"When she wakes up you know we are going to have to talk right?"

"Jen its 2 o'clock in the morning,. I'm pretty sure she's not going to wake up anytime soon. So how about we find somewhere to sleep and we will talk about this later…ok?" he says softly. Jen nods and leads them to the waiting room just outside of Izzy's room. A few minutes later the couple is asleep, anticipating the news tomorrow will bring for their family.

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