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Chapter2-

Ziva calmed herself before opening the door to her car. She had a clear view of the NCIS building from her position at the visitor's car parking at the Navy Yard. She had heard from her father upon landing in Washington that NCIS agent Kate Todd had been killed and Ari Haswari was the only suspect. Her job was now to stop one pissed off team leader, Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs from killing her own brother. Although she knew her brother could not have killed the NCIS agent, deep down she was worried. Ari's behavior for the past months had been odd to say the least. He had been acting strange and avoided their father at every turn. Even his current assignment has been dictated over conference by her. She had chalked it all up to being deep undercover as Hamas operative, but now she was not so sure. She decided to give the benefit of doubt to his brother for the time being. She was going through the dossiers provided by their intelligence wing when she saw Jennifer Shepard exiting the building. Aware that her friend, who she had met 2 years ago in Cairo, was going to be the next NCIS director, she breathed a sigh of relief. At least she had someone in her corner. Along with her was the aforementioned agent, Gibbs. Thinking fast, she quickly left the car heading towards the building.

Ziva was having fun messing with Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo. He was proving very easy to rile up, giving her a chance to study the surroundings. She had snooped around other agents' desk and was now awaiting Jen's return. The beep of the elevator made her turn towards them. Getting up from the chair, she moved towards her.

"Shalom Jen."

"Shalom" replied Jenny.

"Did I miss it?"

"Yes you did, but we didn't."

Turning towards Gibbs, Jenny made the introductions."Special agent Gibbs, Ziva David, Mossad"

Ziva, extending her hand for a handshake continued,"Ziva, director Shepard has spoken often of you."

"Really?" replied Gibbs.

Ziva did not miss the slight sarcastic edge in the answer. Knowing about their previous relationship, she was not surprised. She had known about agent Gibbs for a long time. First when Jenny told her, two years back and then more thoroughly from his dossier. Even knowing his past and his love for read heads, she could not ignore the slight ting she felt when she first touched his hand, nor did she miss the sudden widening of his pupils, even if it was for only a split second. He was well maintained for his age, for she knew that he was at least 20 years her senior. Being a former marine and NCIS field agent, it was expected of him. He had short hairs, silvered with age, but his eyes were sharp blue, clear as the sky. During long nights in their missions, Jenny had often talked about him and now Ziva could understand her frustration over the not so amicable breakup. Snapping away from her way ward thoughts, she excused herself when her phone started ringing. Hoping that the caller was Ari, she moved towards the windows for some privacy.

Needing to keep her conversation discreet, she switched to Hebrew knowing no one around her knew that language.

"We need to meet"

"It's too risky Ziva, Gibbs will have you followed" replied Ari.

"I do not feel good about it. I may be able to convince the new NCIS director of your innocence, but Gibbs…, Gibbs has blood in his eyes."

"You leave him to me. Just be there at the drop. Tonight." replied Ari, smirking in anticipation of killing the bastard.

"Harry misses you. You have not been to see him for quite some time."

"I miss him too. After this mission, let's meet in Paris. We will take him to the Disneyland. He will have a grand time there. After here, I really need to lay low for quite a while."

"Take care. Shalom"

"Shalom Ziva"

Ziva left after some time, in order to be on time for the drop. She noticed Agent DiNozzo following her, and snorted. The NCIS agent still needed to learn the art of following without getting noticed. After the drop was successful, she watched Agent DiNozzo standing outside the hotel door. She was about to go out and talk to him but then discarded the notion. Instead, she indulged in her favorite pastime when Harry was not around, the meticulous and time consuming task of cleaning her weapons. It helped her to calm herself and she needed that calm now more than ever.


24 hours later

She was making the return journey to Tel Aviv but instead of his brother, she was escorting his corpse. Her brother was dead. She herself had killed him. She still could not believe that she had pulled the trigger on Ari. She had agreed with Gibbs plan to set him up for Ari to kill, but she had never imagined herself to kill Ari in order to protect Gibbs. But when Ari had started sprouting all the details of his life to Gibbs, most of which Ziva was unaware off, she had come to the conclusion that Ari was not in a sound state. If she had not killed him, Gibbs would now be dead and God knows what Ari could have done next. She knew her father was not a saint, hell, if not for Harry even she would not keep such close contact with him. But what Ari said painted a new picture. Her father had created a perfect mole for Mossad, even Ari's conception was pre planned. It was no surprise that he had turned against him.

But it did not excuse Ari's actions. He had killed Agent Todd just because she was close to Agent Gibbs and because Gibbs reminded him of their father. But Gibbs was as different from Eli David as possible. Her thoughts again shifted to the silver haired agent. There was something about him that intrigued her. She knew he had lost his first wife and their 8 year old daughter while overseas. She could not even imagine what it must be like. She would go mad if anything were ever to happen to Harry.

Harry. How was she going to explain to her 5 year old son that his uncle was dead. He had already suffered so much in his short life. There was another problem. She did not want to be near her father at the moment. He may have changed for Harry but he was still the same man, still Deputy Director of Mossad. She had been thinking about relocating for quite some time. Now she had the perfect break.

She thought about Jenny's offer. She was among the few people who knew about Ari's connection to her and also that she has a son. She had offered her a liaison position in NCIS where she would e attached to Agent Gibbs team. Ziva thought back to the offer, which was made at the tarmac of Dulles International Airport.

"Think about it Ziva. You need a break from Eli and also a change of pace will do you good. You want to spend more time with Harry. This position will give you that. You could spend more time with him and also the job will help you from getting bored. It's a perfect solution. Think about it while you are on flight. Give my love to Harry. I hope to see the two of you soon". Saying that, Jenny had left Ziva to board the private jet back to Tel Aviv.

Just as the plane was landing, she made her decision.

Within a month, Ziva was again on a plane headed to Washington, this time with her son. They were embarking on a new journey, one that would lead them to pleasant surprises.


The chapter may seem like it was written in a hurry, but it's not. I wanted to finish the Ari-Kate story line and introduce Ziva to NCIS.

Next chapter will introduce Harry ! YAY !

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