My apologies for not updating sooner! Since we have a snow day tomorrow, thank the Midwest for its crazy weather! I did forget about this story, I admit! Reviews are WELCOMED, or it will be another two months before I update again! I don't own the majority of them either! This chapter is from the perspective of the children for the most part.
Abigail and Lexie sat on the floor by Isaac and played peek-a-boo with him. Someone came up behind them and tapped Lexie on her shoulder. The girls turned to see a Goth standing behind them.
"I'm Abby, who are you?"
Lexie got over her shock and covered it quickly, "I'm Lexie Jo, that is Abigail and Isaac."
Abby studied them all carefully, "Have I met you guys before? I swear I've seen you before."
"Let me rephrase this, I'm Lexie Jo Sheppard Gibbs. That is Abigail and Isaac Haswari."
Abby's scream drowned out the other agents talking.
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Sophia and Jack were sitting in their room in the safe house they had been living in for a week. Their Ima and the man that had been living with them were fighting, again. It was because of them. They knew it. The man, Michael, had been hitting Sophia. He had almost thrown Jack against the wall when Jack had tried to stop him. Jack and Sophia had tried to tell their Ima that Michael was hitting them, but she said he wouldn't do something like that. Sophia had almost been knocked unconscious during the last attack. The twins were throwing stuff into the backpacks they had bought for when they started kindergarten in the fall. They were smart for their age; they had grown up in Israel, with the Mossad headquarters as their playground. Jack had overheard their Ima telling Michael that her brother would be in Washington today.
Jack and Sophia had their uncle Ari's cell phone number, just in case something happened to Ziva. Jack tossed everything out the floor level window and jumped out, then turned around and helped Sophia out.
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Ziva tore apart the twins' room. She noticed that their bags and some clothes were missing, as well as their teddy bears. Why didn't I listen to them? Ziva accused herself as she jumped into her car, dialing her phone as she drove.
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Tony was watching TV with Leigha, and trying to come up with a way to tell her that he had kids, when his cell phone rang.
"DiNozzo."
"Jack and Sophia ran away!"
"Where did they go?"
"If I knew would I be wasting my time calling you, Tony?"
"Sorry, Ziva, that was a dumb question. Do you know where they could have gone?"
"I have no idea Tony. We have only been in this country for a week!"
"I'll meet you in ten minutes at your old place, okay?"
"Tony…hurry."
Tony hung up and shoved his phone in his pocket as he grabbed his badge, gun, and car keys on his way out.
"Tony-Bear!" Tony stopped in the door with one foot out, one in.
"What Leigha?"
"Where are you going?" Leigha was still sitting on the couch.
"Case."
"Who's Ziva?"
"Why?"
"Are you cheating on me?"
"NO! It was before you…something happened to her kids."
Tony prayed that Leigha wouldn't ask if they were his kids because he couldn't handle lying to her flat-out.
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Kate was standing in the middle of a park when she felt something attach itself around her legs. She looked down and saw her niece and nephew, crying and holding onto her for dear life.
"Jack? Soph?"
Kate bent down and picked Sophia up, since she was crying harder. As she settled the four year old onto her hip, she noticed bruises and cuts all over her arms.
"Sophia? What happened?"
Between the little girl's hiccups and sobs, Kate made out the name Michael.
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Kate took Jack and Sophia back to the hotel where she was staying with the three other people on this mission. Kate felt terrible for leaving her two babies with Lexie Jo and her nanny, but this mission was vital to Mossad. Sophia had curled up and fallen asleep in the bed instantly. Jack was sitting on Kate's lap in the chair in the corner as they waited for the other's to return.
"How did you find me, Jack?"
"We heard Ima saying you would be here. We went to the park where Ima took us once, that's where you were."
"Why did you run?"
"Michael was hurting us. Sophia mainly, but when I told him to stop, he started to hit me too."
"Where was your Ima during this?"
"Working. She didn't believe us. They were fighting and we crawled out a window."
The hotel door opened and Kate set Jack on the floor and stood up, "Guys, we have a slight problem."
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Tony jumped into Ziva's car, which he didn't recognize since it wasn't her Mini. He reached his arm over the cup holders and squeezed Ziva's hand.
"We will find them, I promise."
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Kate put Jack into the bed with Sophia and stepped into the adjoining hotel room they were also staying in.
Ari was sitting on the bed with Tali sitting next to him. Kate looked back into the room at the sleeping twins and then came back to them.
"Jack and Sophia were being abused."
"By who?" Ari stood; ready to kill whoever was hurting his niece and nephew.
"Michael Azulai. Ziva's Mossad partner."
Tali pulled Ari back down onto the bed, "We will all kill him, brother, not just you."
"Where is Jenny?" Kate sat down on Ari's lap.
"She wanted to see if she could visit with Lexie Jo before we have to return." Ari replied as he led Kate back into their room, leaving Tali alone.
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Jenny approached the house she had given to the nanny for her and LJ to live in. There was a SOLD sign in the front yard. Jenny approached the realtor, "What happened to the family that lived here?"
"The old lady died."
"The girl? What happened to her?" Jenny was starting to panic.
"I guess she moved in with relatives."
Jenny spun on her heel and headed back to the hotel, they whole way only one word was going through her mind: crap.
This was meant to be posted a few hours ago, but our street iced over and all the neighborhood kids were out sliding down the hill at midnight. It was really fun though! Review!!!