A/N: I was planning on writting a longer chapter but I felt like updating since I feel bad being so busy with school. But you all know the drill, school work comes first. Silly teachers! Also my dog decided my left arm was his pillow so I had a hard time writing the last part of this chapter :P

I would love feedback on this. I didn't know really what to do with this chapter. I will hopefully be able to get another chapter up this weekend because I know what I basically want to happen in the next one. It all depends if I finish my Philosophy paper or not. It's suppose to be due this week and I also have a paper or Brazil's economics due tomorrow.

Tony could feel the little body shivering in his arms as he stepped outside. Tony carefully set the boy down on the grass in front of the house he had just come out from.

"Here you go little man" Tony softly said as he took of his jacket and wrapped it around the youngster.

As Tony wrapped his jacket around the boy he looked the boy up and down for the first time. The boy seemed to be around three or four years of age. The boy was tall, blonde and handsome. He also looked to be unharmed and not more than mentally affected by the events that had taken place at the house. When Tony looked into the boy's face he saw the boy's gorgeous blue watery eyes. He was gritting he's teeth to keep his eyes from running over.

While Tony ran his hands up and down the boy's arms to keep him warm Ducky came up by his side.

"Who is this little man Anthony?" Ducky said in a friendly voice looking down at the youngster.

Before Tony has a chance to answer the boy turned he's head to Ducky and said "My name is Collin".

"It's very nice to meet you Collin" Ducky said kneeling down to Collin's height next to Tony. "I'm Dr Mallard but you can call me Ducky and this man is Special Agent DiNozzo" Ducky said as he pointed a finger at Tony.

Tony had now stopped his motion to warm Collin up and had placed his hands in his lap letting Ducky talk to the boy. Tony took a look at Collin again noticing his change in behavior. Collin looked more at ease now speaking with Ducky. Collin's arms had moved and he was now tugging at Tony's coat with his hands.

"Is my dad okay?" Collin asked peering over Ducky and Tony's shoulders to look at the front door of his house. "He looked broken."

"Sometimes accidents happen…" Ducky started saying.

Collin shut out Ducky's words as he started to move towards the house but Tony stopped him. "Let go of me" Collin sternly said. "I want to see mommy and daddy."

"We can't go and see them" Tony tenderly said.

"I WANT MOMMY!"

Ducky took the child's arms firmly in his hands and calmly started speaking with him.

"Collin, why don't you go with Tony here and get some cocoa and something to eat. We can talk about everything later."

Collin looked down at the ground and saw Tony's jacket which had fallen off his shoulders. He was trying to figure out what to do. Collin's little faces wrinkled as he thought and he finally decided that he would listen to Ducky. Maybe Ducky could fix his parents.

"Okay" Collin slyly said.

"That's a good lad" Ducky answered. "Tony, why don't you get Master Collin back to NCIS and get him settled. And cover that bite with a cloth the bleeding seems to have already eased. You can wash it when you get back. I will take a closer look at it and clean it properly once we arrive back at autopsy." Ducky told Tony.

Tony grabbed this jacket and took Collin's hand and led him towards the sedan Gibbs had arrived in. Tony didn't think the boss would mind, Gibbs was a big softy when it came to children.

Ziva watched as Tony and the boy left from entrance of the house. Everything had happened so quickly. The youngster had startled her when she had opened the lid of the chest. As the pair got into the sedan she could spot the fresh bite on Tony's wrist. It was bleeding a bit but nothing major though it had started to swell. Ziva wanted to make the wound better. She was torn from her thoughts by Gibbs.

"Bag and tag David."

Ducky came back indoors speaking avidly with Palmer and Gibbs. The doctor and his assistant got the Meyer's bodies in the van and headed back to NCIS as Gibbs, McGee and Ziva finished processing the house.

Tony was standing in the men's bathroom letting cold water run over his sore wrist. His mind wandered to Collin. The boy had sat in the backseat of the car with his arms crossed on the whole way to NCIS. Tony didn't say much and Collin didn't seem to care. He was fine with being grumpy. As they arrived at the navy yard Tony had brought Collin up to Abby. Abby had fussed a bit over the bite on Tony's wrist but as Tony assured her he was fine she had started cooing over Collin. Collin hadn't bothered returning Abby's gestures. Abby didn't seem to mind Collin's cold demeanor as she picked him up and headed for the vending machines in search for something eatable.

This case was not going to be easy Tony thought. Collin had survived a crime that had sent his parents to their grave and he was the sole witness. This was bound to leave a scar on the boy.

Tony turned off the water and got a paper towel to dry his hand with. He threw the used piece of paper in the bin as he headed out into the bullpen towards his desk. He was going to find out everything he could about the Meyer's.

It was at his desk the rest of the team found him as they were making their way from the elevator. Tony looked up as he heard the team enter the bullpen. Ziva was talking to McGee and Gibbs was walking with Collin. They apparently had dropped by Abby's lab.

"Autopsy DiNozzo!" Gibbs sternly said as he walked by with Collin headed for one of the conference rooms.

"On it boss."

Tony got up from his desk as McGee and Ziva sat down at theirs and got to work.

"I'll get lunch." Tony said to them as he walked to the elevators.

Ziva threw a quick glace in Tony's direction before resuming her duties. The glance didn't go unnoticed by McGee but he didn't comment instead he just ignored it and concentrated on the task at hand.

"Hi Ducky" Tony said as he arrived down in autopsy.

"Ah, Antony let me see that bite of yours" Ducky said as he walked away from Major Meyer's body to dispose of the apron he was wearing as well as his bloody plastic gloves. "Why don't you take over for me Jimmy."

"Sit down for me Anthony please." Ducky said as he gathered the supplies he needed to clean the bite on Tony's wrist and bandage it.

Tony sat down on one of the unoccupied autopsy tables as Ducky brought the supplies over and then sat down in front of Tony.

"He has a set of teeth" Ducky said amused.

"And he knows how to use them" Tony answered as Ducky cleaned the bite with antiseptics. Tony hissed when the liquid met his wound.

Ducky just gave Tony a look and kept on cleaning the lesion. He was surprised Ziva was not here. When Ziva had gotten hurt Tony had been by her side. Even though Tony had just gotten a small injury he would have expected the Israeli to be at Tony's side. They always seemed to be attached when something happened to one of them.

When Ducky had finished he sent Tony on his way and got back to the examination of Tom Meyer. Ducky wanted to finish both the Major and his wife's autopsy before the end of the day.

Ziva was putting her phone down as Tony came back with lunch as promised. She had been speaking to Major Meyer's CO but had not gotten any leads from their conversation.

"Smells good." Ziva said as the aroma of the food hit her nostrils.

Tony gave her a megawatt smile as he set down a warm sandwich on her desk. He then turned the other way and called out "McGee" before throwing his sandwich to him. McGee barely caught his sandwich before it had a chance to hit the floor.

"Thanks Tony."

"You're welcome Probie." Tony said as he sat down at his desk letting his eyes settle on Ziva as he unwrapped his own lunch. Ziva had her gaze set on her sandwich.

"Found Collin's aunt" Tony said with his mouth full. "Her name is Dana Meyer. I left her a message to get in touch with us."

"It is nice to know Collin still have some family left." Ziva said.

Tony and McGee silently agreed and the three of them kept working as they finished up their lunch.

Later on in the afternoon Gibbs showed up in the bullpen with Collin in his arms. Collin looked rather pensive as the pair made a halt by Gibbs' desk facing the rest of the team.

"Do we have any leads?"

"Apparently the major was in dept boss." McGee questionably said. He was worried about slipping something that would make the young boy distraught.

"Don't know yet boss." Gibbs gave McGee a look. "On it boss!" he said as he fiercely started typing away on his keyboard.

"I have been talking to the Major's CO and men from his platoon and they had not noticed anything out of the ordinary with the Major. The wife worked from home her employer had not had any contact with her for a week but it was not unusual." Ziva said as Gibbs had turned his head to her.

"Found the aunt" Tony said making a gesture towards Collin "I have left messages but no response yet. Oh and Abby and Ducky both got something."

Gibbs steered his path towards the elevators. "DiNozzo, David go and see if you can get a hold of the aunt. If not tell me. In that case we need to call social services."

Tony and Ziva grabbed their gear and headed down to the parking garage. Ziva didn't fight Tony for the keys as he got into the driver's seat.

There was a lot of tension in the car as Tony drove towards the apartment owned by Dana Meyer. It was the first time in two weeks since Tony and Ziva had been confined in a small space, alone, together. Ziva's gaze had traveled to the bite on Tony's wrist and her hand was going back and forth as she tried to decide if to touch Tony's arm or not.

"It's just a tiny injury Ziva. You don't have to kiss and make it better" he said breaking the silence.

Ziva swallowed hard and then let her eyes move up to Tony's face.

"What if it had been a big injury Tony?"

"What's a kid gonna do?" Tony amusingly said.

"Tony" Ziva said with a tender voice.

"What Zee-vah?" Tony asked dragging out the syllables of Ziva's name.

"What if it had not been Collin but a man with a knife or a gun?"

"We can't dwell in what ifs Ziva." Tony said as he stopped the car in front of Dana Meyer's apartment building.

Tony turned to Ziva as he killed the engine. Ziva sat looking at him for a moment before she lifted her left arm and placed her hand on Tony's cheek. Tony closed his eyes as he leaned into her palm. He then placed his hand on top of hers. As Tony tenderly removed Ziva's hand he softly kissed the inside of her hand before letting it go. Ziva gave him a loving smile.

The pair got out of the car and headed up to the apartment. It wasn't long till they were back in the car having found no Dana Meyer at the location. Again it was Tony who drove as they headed back to the navy yard. After a quick call to Gibbs the car was filled with silence.

Tony moved his right hand from its place at the steering wheel and placed it over Ziva's left hand which was resting on her thigh.

"We'll figure this out" Tony said squeezing Ziva's hand.

Ziva let her fingers dig into her thigh as she closed her eyes and bit her lip.