Hi,

So I guess I got some of you pissed if at Tony in the last chapter. This chapter is to justify his actions. So read, review and enjoy. (I hope)

Chapter 7:

Ziva entered the director's office and saw a team of three people sitting at the big desk in the middle of the office.

"Agent David, meet your new team."

The three men stood up and started introducing themselves, a guy who looked around the same age as Gibbs started.

"Hi, I'm Ethan Stone, leader of the team."

Ziva gave a faint smile.

"Hello, I'm Ken Johnson, computer technician of the team."

He extended his hand and Ziva shook it.

"Hey, I'm Ian Shelby, probably the hunky chunky of this team." He joked.

He had an attitude almost like Tony's, she smiled to herself.

Ken and Ethan both shot Ian a glare, this made Ziva giggle.

"Hi, I'm Ziva David." She said in between laughs.

"Looks like I choose the right people for the job, my secretary will allocate you an office where you can work in.

"I get the seat opposite the hot chick!" yelled Ian

"Ian?" said Ethan

"Yes boss?"

"Shut up for your own good sake before you look like an idiot."

"Shutting up,"

Ziva thought that the trio reminded her of her own team. She knew that she was going to have an easy time working with them.

"Milady, may I escort you to the squad room?" asked Ian

She smiled and nodded. Ian extended his hand and she took it. Ken rolled his eyes in annoyance and the new team left the director's office.

Back at the squad room,

Abby was up at the bull pen chattering away about her latest findings on how to make her own Caf-Pow!

"So it's like you put in caffeine at this point and there you have your own homemade Caf-Pow!"

The sound of the director's office door slamming shut drew all their attention away from Abby's chattering.

Ziva was holding hands with Ian and Ethan was talking to Ken about something. The whole team came down the stairs. Ziva tried to avoid the stares form her old team. She felt really bad abandoning them but in this matter, she had no choice. She sighed and walked quickly pulling Ian along with her.

Tony had a look of pain and hurt written across his face. Gibbs was wearing a sad frown, he rarely let his emotions show. But this time, he felt a sense of loss. He treated Ziva like his daughter and now she was with another team now. McGee tapped his fingers awkwardly on his desk and Abby had a look of rage on her face.

"How can Vance do this?" she exclaimed

"Not my call." came a voice from behind.

Vance headed down the stairs and walked to the bull pen.

"Then who's was it?" Tony said (more like yelled)

"I'm not at liberty to say. Meanwhile, find a replacement for agent David." Vance said and walked off.

Abby had tears slowly falling form the side of her eyes, Tony was enraged. McGee remained silent. Gibbs took a deep sigh.

At Ziva's new squad room,

"Target is Saleem Ulman, leader of an East-African terrorist cell. Last known location is Somalia but I believe he is in D.C. Yesterday, either him or one of his men took a shot at me. The shell casings are his signature."

Ziva held up a zip lock bag containing the shell casing and passed it over to Ethan.

Ethan examined the bullets for a while and determined that the bullets came from a riffle.

"I suggest we bring the bullets down to ballistics to determine exactly what riffle was used." Said Ken

"Okay, Ken, bring the bullets down to ballistics, meanwhile the rest of us will check into recent payments made at any weapons shop in D.C any motels that have been recently checked in? Ziva can you put out a bolo since you know how he looks. Get to work now everyone."

All three agents nodded their heads and got to work.

"Oh by the way, we have our own forensic specialist to aid us with ballistics, fingerprinting DNA samples and the rest, after we are done with ballistics, backgrounds and bolos, we will head to Ziva's apartment and look around, the sniper could've left some shoe prints behind."

With that, everyone got to work.

The day passed quickly and team Gibbs was released to go home.

Tony went and bought some booze to go home and get drunk. He called Jamie and invited her over. He was happy when he was with her, but it did not feel right. He felt like he was not really dating but just making use of her to get over Ziva. He felt bad and constantly worried about her.

There you have it, this should clear up some things (I hope) so,

R&R please!