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Chapter 4 – Bound by Blood

Tony could see that Ziva was on edge, he watched her as she slept, she had been acting strange since she had gotten that phone call last night, he wanted to help her but wasn't sure how to go about it, even after all these years of marriage, she still had the tendency to snap and attack him, and now with raging hormones it wouldn't be good.

He looked down as she awoke, slowly blinking herself awake, she glanced up and saw him watching her, she smiled at him, before slowly sitting up, then her eyes widened and she leapt out of bed and staggered down the hall towards the bathroom, clamping her hand over her mouth, 'uh oh' Tony thought as he leapt up after her, the morning sickness had arrived, when he arrived she was already bending over the toilet puking, slowly he crouched down next to her and pulled her hair back out of the way, when she was done she leaned against him breathing hard, her eyes closed, she reached up and touched his cheek, smiling he caught her hand and held it resting his head on hers, and for a minute they both just sat there on the bathroom floor, just in case more sickness came.

"Ima" came a voice from the door, and they both looked up to see Tali standing in the doorway, looking concerned, Ziva smiled at her daughter "I am ok Tali, just morning sickness" Tali gave her a small smile before kneeling down next to them and hugging her mom, who hugged her back smiling. Tony also smiled and wrapped his arms around the two of them, holding them tightly, until sure that she would not throw up again Ziva stood slowly and cautiously and made her way back to her room to get dressed, Tony kissed Tali's brow before giving her a gentle push, "go get dressed ninja" he said softly, but Tali didn't move "what do you think is wrong with ima" she asked, Tony sighed "I don't know ninja, but you know your mom, she likes to fight her own battles, so for now, I will leave her but if she isn't better later, I will talk to her ok" Tali nodded and hugged him before heading back to her room to get ready for school.

XOXOXO

Tony watched Ziva uncertainly for the rest of the day, over the course of the day though, she seemed to either forget about it or hide everything from him better and she became a lot less moody with him, eventually she looked at the clock "I had better go get Tali" she said, Tony glanced around, Gibbs was with Abby and McGee was trying to hack something, he thought; talk to the hormonal wife or listen to McGee get increasingly frustrated, as tempting as teasing McType-a-lot would be, he knew that he would have to talk to Ziva soon "I'll come" he said leaping up and grabbing his jacket "bye McGee" he called as they stepped into the elevator.

Once they were in the car park Ziva pulled out her keys but he took them gently from her "I'll drive" he said gently but firmly, she rolled her eyes but got into the passenger seat, he started the drive in silence before gently asking "what is wrong Zee, I know you now, I am your husband, you shouldn't have to hide things from me, tell me what is wrong" Ziva looked at him "I am fine Tony" she said, he sighed, well to be honest he hadn't expected her to open up, she was much better now and did open up a bit but sometimes she was just like the Ziva he had first met, headstrong and fighting her battles alone.

He waited until he had parked outside Tali's school before he tried again, saying the words he dreaded "that phone call last night, it was from Israel wasn't it" at first she didn't answer but he knew that he was right, she had frozen and her breathing sped up slightly, then she nodded slowly. He sighed and rested his head on the headrest, "they want Tali don't they" again she nodded, he looked at her "why didn't you tell me" he asked softly, "because I didn't want you to worry" she whispered "I made it perfectly clear that if they came anywhere near Tali, I would kill them, I told them that I would rather die than see Tali in Mossad" he sighed again "Zee, she is my daughter too, you have to include me when someone wants to hurt her, after all as her daddy I am meant to be the one beating up anyone who lays a finger on her" he was relieved to see a small smile creep onto her face, and she looked at him, " are you mad" she asked, he looked at her long and hard before leaning forward to kiss her, he smiled as she kissed him back leaning her head on his shoulder, he gazed into her eyes "ani ohevet otakah Zee" he whispered (I love you) "I am not mad at you, I just wish you weren't so stubborn and would include me in these things", she smiled "ani ohevet otakah Tony" (I love you Tony) "I will, from now on I promise" he smiled.

At that moment the bell rang and they turned to see a swarm of children come running out eager to get home, amongst them was Tali, moving nimbly through the crowd, so smoothly it looked like she was dancing, her eyes flicked over the cars till she spotted theirs and she ran forward the autumn air blowing her hair back, Tony smiled at her, she really was perfect, she scrambled into the back and grinned at them "hiya" she said "hey ninja" Tony said as he started the car "good day" she pulled a face "same as always" she said, she looked at her mom and then spoke briefly to her in Hebrew, Ziva smiled and replied also in Hebrew, Tony smiled as he focused on driving listening to them speaking smoothly to one another, without a fault, odd words he recognised but despite having lived with them both for 13 years now he still wasn't fluent, not that he minded, he liked just listening to them talk in an almost musical way together.

They were almost back to NCIS when Ziva's phone rang; she pulled it out and answered cheerfully expecting it to be Gibbs asking where they were because they had a case,

"Hello"

"Shalom again Ziva"

She froze again "Malachi" she said coldly, before continuing in Hebrew, so fast that even Tali looked confused "what do you want, I told you to leave me and my family alone"

"this is your last chance Ziva, give her to me, or watch me take her from you"

"I will never let you take her Malachi, ever, she is never joining Mossad"

There was a gentle chuckle "who said you are in charge of what happens to her now Ziva, she is ours"

Ziva looked around frantically, they had just pulled up outside NCIS and were waiting for one of the guards to come out and let them in, Tony was staring at her in concern, she gazed at him in panic, in the back she could see Tali staring at her in confusion;

"last chance Ziva, give her to me"

"never" Ziva snarled

There was a silence and then Malachi sighed "very well then Ziva, I am sorry for this, but don't say I didn't warn you"

Ziva looked over and then screamed "Tony", his head whipped round then back again to face her, as a car came smashing into theirs, the next few seconds seemed to crawl by agonizingly slowly, as their car was thrown sideways, the force of the crash sent it spinning round and round, finally it smashed into a lamb post where it finally stopped, when all was still, Ziva coughed desperately, she tried to move but found she couldn't, trapped by the seatbelt, once she had hurriedly assessed herself, and found that nothing felt broken, she carefully twisted, Tony had his eyes closed and was bleeding from a gash on his temple, but to her relief he was already stirring, she slowly turned to look at Tali and saw that she was unconscious, slumped against the window.

She heard whistling and turned weakly to see Malachi crouch and peer in the window, he smiled at her sympathetically, she stared at him in horror, he sighed "ah Ziva, you should have let me have her, then no one would have got hurt" he straightened and resumed his whistling as he walked slowly, almost tauntingly round the car, Ziva struggled to free herself "no" she gasped looking frantically over her shoulder "no Tali, come on wake up" she reached out trying to reach her daughter and managed to grab her hand, she clung to it, shaking it "Tali" she begged "please wake up" if Tali was awake she might be able to defend herself.

Malachi appeared at Tali's door and slowly he opened it "no, Malachi please don't" Ziva begged, he gave her a smile that didn't reach his face "sorry Ziva" he said "but you are strong, you should be able to move on", he pulled out a knife and cut Tali free of the seatbelt before he carefully lifted her into his arms, Ziva clung to her daughter's hand "no Malachi" she screamed "Tali, no please no" Malachi stepped back and Tali's limp form was torn from her, "no" she screamed again as he turned and walked back to the car which had smashed into them, which was barely even scratched, he placed Tali in the back seat before he moved to the driver's seat, he smiled at Ziva tauntingly then he climbed in and revved the engine, then the car was spinning away, and Malachi and Tali were gone.

XOXOXO

Tony groaned as he tried to wake up, everywhere hurt and he could feel something hot and sticky dripping down his face, he forced his eyes to flutter open and everything was hazy, he could hear Ziva crying out and what sounded like someone whistling, he turned his head slightly and in the rear view mirror he saw a man opening the door, Ziva was screaming out "no, please no" the man was carefully tugging Tali out of the wreckage of the car, Tony waited for him to set her down and hopefully help them get out, but then to his horror, he turned and carried on walking towards the car that had run them down, he slung Tali into the back seat then he turned to face them before grinning teasingly, then he climbed into the driver's seat "no" Tony managed to mumble "Tali", but the car was already spinning away, taking his daughter with him.

He began to struggle "Tali" he muttered again fighting to free himself, "Tony" Ziva sobbed "Zee are you ok" he gasped, 'god the baby' he thought in panic "I am fine Tony, he took Tali" she sobbed, "I know" he managed, it coming out in a growl of anger, as he struggled.

Suddenly there was a shout of "Tony, Ziva" they both looked up to see Gibbs dropping his coffee and come running towards them "Gibbs" Tony shouted in relief, Gibbs skidded to a stop "are you ok, what happened" "never mind us" Tony shouted "they took her, you have to get them" Gibbs yanked the door open and pulled out a knife, using it to cut Tony free, once he was he dragged him out "what are you talking about" he asked as both he and Tony, ran round to Ziva, her door was stuck tight so the cut her seatbelt and then Tony leaned in and lifted her out, she was still crying hard, once she was out Tony collapsed onto the pavement, cradling her, as she sobbed Tali's name over and over again, Gibbs stared before turning back to the car "where is she" he asked, they could hear the dread in his voice "where is Tali" Tony looked at him, pain in his eyes and anger, hard cold anger "they took her" he growled, Gibbs stared "what" he exclaimed "who did" Tony didn't answer, instead Ziva managed to force an answer out from between her sobs "my father" she cried "he took her to train her for Mossad"

Gibbs stared at her, and then he was yanking out his phone shouting down it at McGee to call in and ground all planes heading to anywhere near Israel and to bring a forensics team down and sweep the area where the crash had taken place, then he helped Tony and Ziva into the building past the two dead gate guards who had been killed to keep them all out long enough for Malachi to crash into them and straight up to Vance's office.

Vance didn't look too pleased to see them "Gibbs I am really busy" he began only to trail off when he saw the two agents covered in blood "well I suggest you make time to call up Director David and tell him to release his granddaughter that he just kidnapped" Vance stared "what" he said "are you sure", struggling to contain herself Ziva began to explain, she told them of the phone call and how she had gone to meet with Malachi, which was news to Tony too, he had thought she had just spoken on the phone, he stared at her in confusion as she told them of what he had said, and of the pictures he had shown her, and how she had made it very clear what would happen if he tried to take her from them, which was why he had crashed into them, because she couldn't protect her daughter. She told them of her second phone call, and then how he had almost teased her as he slowly took her daughter away from her.

When she was done, Gibbs drove the two of them to the hospital, normally they would have just had Ducky stich them up, but he wanted Ziva to have an ultrasound to make sure that the baby was ok. He waited in the waiting room, head in his hands, when Tali had first been born, Ziva had told him of how her father had threatened to come and take Tali from her, and he had told Ziva that they would never let that happen, she would be safe, but she wasn't.

He looked up as Tony came out all stitched up, he looked shocked as he sank into the chair "how's Ziva" Gibbs asked gently, he nodded "she's ok physically, mentally I don't know" he groaned, "I listened to her Gibbs, when Tali was a baby I would listen to her sing Tali to sleep, then she would just rock her and tell her that she loved her and that nothing would ever hurt her and that she would never have the same childhood that she did" Gibbs placed a hand on Tony's shoulder "hey" he said gently "we know who took her, we will get her back, we won't stop until we do" Tony nodded before looking at him "why" he whispered "why now, why take a child like that, just to try and break her, to turn her into an assassin"

Gibbs didn't want to say he had a feeling why, Eli David obviously knew about the incident last year, no doubt he knew that she had already killed a man, part of her was already broken, once you killed once, it was easier to kill again, it was just the first time that caused the problem. Ziva came out just then, still stunned, Tony leapt up looking at her questioningly "it's ok" Ziva murmured "the baby is fine" relief crossed over Tony's face before he turned to look at Gibbs "come on" their team leader said and he drove them, not to their house but to his, "sleep in my spare room" he said gently, he didn't want them to go home, to where there was so much of Tali, he knew it would hurt them, they both nodded and he showed them up and bade them goodnight, but he didn't follow suit, no instead he went down the stairs to his basement where the massive frame of the boat he and Tali had started building not long after they had finished the last one, the only one he had ever kept, now moored at the marina, the beautiful little boat that he had named Talia, he sighed, he only worked on it with Tali now, he realised he didn't want to carry on without her, so instead he sat down at his desk down there and put his head back in his hands, as he did so, his gaze fell on a picture taken on Tali's birthday out on Talia, it was of Tali and her parents, they were all hugging, Tali leaning against them as they all grinned at the camera, he looked at Tali her eyes shining, he felt his heart break, why was it always her?

He sighed before making a vow "I will bring you home Tali, I promise, hold on shortcake, we won't stop till we find you, don't let him break you", he had to admit he was worried, Tali was strong, stronger than any other child he had ever met, but was she strong enough to stand up against Mossad, and worst of all, her own flesh and blood?

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