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Ziva pulled into the garage at NCIS and parked in her normal spot. She and Nate went inside and went straight to the bullpen. Ducky was there, just as Ziva had asked him to be, and when he saw Nate, he said, "What happened to you, my boy? That's a lot of blood on your shirt." "The boys that attacked him got in a few good punches, Ducky, and they broke his nose. I need you to look at his hose and check his stomach to make sure the punches did not hurt anything," Ziva said.
"Come over here, my boy, and let me take a look at you," Ducky said. Nate went over to Ducky. Ducky picked him up and put him on Gibbs desk to get him up to a good level. He began to look over Nate's bruises and felt his nose. "Well, you were right, Ziva. His nose is broken. I can fix him up just fine. His stomach will have a few bruises, but they will fade within a week or so. I need to set his nose though. Jethro, will you hold his head still so he doesn't jump when I set his nose?" Gibbs put a hand on either side of Nate's head from behind and held on tightly. Ducky firmly grabbed Nate's nose and jerked it back into the correct position. Nate screamed in pain. Ziva jumped and a tear rolled down her cheek. Nate's nose started bleeding again. He grabbed the hem of his shirt and held it to his nose. Gibbs grabbed a Kleenex and handed it to Nate. Nate held the Kleenex to his nose to stop the bleeding. "So, Ziver, what's the whole story?" Gibbs asked.
Ziva proceeded to explain everything that happened. She told him what Nate had told her and what the principal said. "Do not go over there, Gibbs. I have been looking for a school for the gifted to enroll him in and I think I found one in Arlington. It is called Randolph Elementary School. I found it on a website of schools for the gifted. I am going to call them when I get home tonight and see about setting up a meeting with them. This situation moved up my time table, but I think everything will be just fine."
After Nate's nose stopped bleeding, Ziva took him down to the locker room and grabbed one of his extra shirts she kept in her locker. He changed shirts, then Ziva checked him in to the daycare. She called the DC Self Defense Karate Association and told them that Nate would not be attending karate class that day. She then went back upstairs and got back to work.
That afternoon, Tony and McGee brought in a suspect. He was an Arab man and they had evidence that tied him to the terrorist cell. Ziva was going to conduct the interrogation. As soon as she walked in to the interrogation room, she thought that the man looked familiar. She couldn't place it though. The interrogation started rather calmly, but then the man saw her Star of David necklace and began to shout in Arabic. {You Jewish Bitch think that you can tell me what to do! Who do you think you are that you can arrest me and interrogate me! I will never tell you anything!}Ziva switched to Arabic as well and shouted back at him. {You need to calm down! I have dealt with men like you before! Just give me a reason, any reason, and I will punch you in the face! You will not call me a bitch! Just because I am Jewish doesn't give you the right to call me anything other than Agent David!} The man glared at her and continued shouting. {You are the reason that my family is dead! You and your people caused their deaths! My brother was the only one I had left! But now he is dead too because of a stupid Jewish bitch like you that got away from him!} Ziva felt herself getting warmer and yelled back, {How can you say that I am the reason your brother died! I don't even know if I know your brother!} The man jumped to his feet and screamed, {My brother was Salem Ulman! He was all I had left!} Ziva paled and felt the entire room shift. This man before her was related to the man that captured, tortured, and raped her. Suddenly, all she could see was the man before her. She jumped to her feet and attacked him shouting, {Your brother captured, tortured, and raped me just because he felt like it! I was the woman that he captured! I didn't kill him! My boss did to save my life! Your brother almost killed me! Now I'm going to show you just what I thought of your brother!}
Ziva began kicking and punching the man. Letting all her anger out on him. Suddenly, she felt gentle but firm hands grab her by the shoulders and pull her back. She tried to fight, but finally focused on the voice that went along with the hands and heard Tony trying to call her back to the room. "Ziva! Ziva! Listen to me! You have to calm down! Please!" She collapsed into his arms and let him drag her from the interrogation room. She vaguely saw Gibbs enter the room as they left. As soon as the door closed, Ziva turned and wrapped her arms around Tony. She began to weep openly. Her whole body shook as she clung to him. "That man is Salem's brother. He blames me for his brother's death. I could not take it anymore. I had to let out my anger. I feel so weak," Ziva gasped out between sobs.
Tony paled as he heard this, but just held her tighter and kissed the top of her head. What she needed right then was someone to cry on. That was what he would be for her. Tony struggled with his thoughts. He wanted to march into interrogation and finish what Ziva had started. He also wanted to tell Ziva just how he felt, and that everything would be all right. He couldn't help it. He had to say it.
"I love you, Ziva."
Well, what did you think of this chapter. Please keep the reviews coming. I love hearing what you think about the story and what you think should happen. In the next chapter, you will see Ziva's reaction to Tony's declaration. Nate will be enrolled in a new school and have some guy time with Tony.