Before Pride went back to the Crescent City, it was determined that a trip to see the late Mike Franks. Now Tali had heard the countless stories about Franks over the years from Gibbs mainly but she had also heard stories about the legend from everyone else that knew him. The only thing was that Tali had never gone to Franks' grave. Everyone that knew Gibbs knew that he saw ghosts or at the very least he heard them. So the question on Tali's mind was if Franks was going to be with Gibbs when they had gone to visit.
"You almost ready to go, Gibbs?" Tali called.
"I'm here."
Seconds later, Pride was with them and the trio headed over to the cemetery. Of course, Gibbs was the one who drove them to the cemetery so they got there in record time. From the second they got out of the car, Tali could sense that they had someone else with them.
"He's here with us isn't he, Gibbs?" Tali asked as they made their way to Franks' grave site.
Gibbs nodded. Pride smiled at the fact his late comrade was there with them in spirit.
"You're looking good for your old age, Gunnery." Franks said.
Gibbs chuckled.
"You ain't looking half bad either, Pride."
The trio and Franks' ghost drew closer to the grave site.
"Who's the kid, Probie?"
"Tali David." Gibbs responded.
The teen knew in that moment that Franks had asked about her.
"I'm Ziva and Tony's daughter, Franks." Tali said to the nothingness behind Gibbs when she briefly turned around to face Gibbs.
"DiNozzo and David, really Probie?"
"Yeah, they have a fifteen year old daughter."
Franks' ghost was completely stunned. Since Gibbs knew that Ziva was dead which meant Franks' ghost also knew.
"There is quite a resemblance between mother and daughter. Are we sure she's DiNozzo's kid?" Franks questioned.
In that moment, as they had reached Franks' grave site that Tali somehow had known what Gibbs' late mentor had said to Gibbs.
"Everything about me is my mother, Franks. My eyes are my father's." Tali said this time it was to Franks' headstone instead of the air by Gibbs.
Franks' spirit laughed when he saw Ziva's personality in Tali. After that the trio spent some time at Franks' grave before they returned back to Gibbs' house. When they trio got back to Gibbs', Pride gathered his go bag just as the taxi cab he had called to take him to the airport had arrived out in front of the house.
"Next time, you come down to NOLA; we'll do it up right." Pride said to Gibbs.
"Sounds good, my brother."
"That it does, my brother."
Pride then turned to the DiNozzo's. He first said his goodbyes to Senior before he turned to Tony and Tali.
"It was good to see you again, Pride." Tony said as they shook each other's hand.
"It was. Stay out of trouble, DiNozzo and stay safe."
"I will."
After that exchange, Pride turned to Tali. "Take it easy on your dad, kid. He's still getting use to you being a teenage and all that comes with it."
Tali nodded in response before she spoke.
"Laissez les bon temps rouler." Tali said to Pride.
Gibbs, Pride, Tony and Tali shared a smile as Senior asked what his granddaughter had said. After his inquiry was answered, it was Pride turned to respond to Tali.
"Laissez les bon temps rouler, Tali."
With that, Pride was in the backseat of the taxi cab and was en route to the airport for his flight back to the Crescent City.
