Surprise! I got all these new ideas and I just couldn't wait for Friday to write this chapter. Therefore you get an extra chapter early! Hope you enjoy. To my guest reviewer that said that Tali calls Tony Abba instead of daddy, at first I was thinking that since Tony was American, he'd have her start calling him daddy. However when you said what you did, I got to thinkng and figured that Tony might keep letting the little girl call him Abba to keep a piece of Ziva alive for her. So I fixed that in the last chapter. thanks for your feedback. Anyway please read AND review this chapter. Thanks to all my reading for sticking with this story. Alot more to come! Now on with the story.
Gibbs and Ziva just stared at each other for a moment, and then Gibbs walked over to the Israeli-American and opened his arms. She tentively stepped into them, but then relaxed and wrapped her arms tightly around her surrogate father. She couldn't stop the tears that came. She stayed in Gibbs' arms for several moments before pulling away and wiping her eyes. She had barely pulled away before she heard another voice say softly,
"Welcome back, Ziva." She turned around and gave a tentative smile.
"McGee." McGee wasted no time pulling his long lost 'little sister' into his arms. After they'd finally pulled apart, Ziva was introduced to the rest of the team. Soon they heard a small noise and that made everyone look behind Ziva. Schmiel was standing there with a small boy in his arms Ziva walked over to Schmiel and took the little boy from his arms. walking back over to the group she said,
"This is my little boy, Timothias Antonio. Little Timmy. I never forgot my family comepletely even when I couldn't remember. I didn't know where I'd gotten these names until yesterday when my memory returned. Now I know." Ziva paused then added,
"Where is Tony?" Gibbs was about to answer when a voice from behind Ziva said hoarsly,
"Zi?" Ziva slowly turned around.
"Tony.", she whispered. Within seconds, the two rushed into each others arms and clung to each other, completely forgetting that they weren't alone in the room. Both of them were crying. Ziva just kept whispering through her sobs,
"I am sorry. I am so sorry." Tony hugged the love of his life tighter and whispered.
"It's ok. You're here now." They both knew there'd be adjustments, but Ziva was here now. They were together again and for now, that was all that mattered. They stayed in each others arms, lost in their own little world, until a little voice piped up,
"Abba?" the two adults pulled apart and Tony turned to Tali who was being held by Senior. He took the little girl in his arms and said,
"It's ok, Tals. This is your Ima."
"I know. But I thought Ima was with the angels? Why you sad Abba? Ima's back."
"I'm not sad. I'm happy. Sometimes grownups are wierd like that." Ziva walked up to the two and said through tears,
"Tali, I wasn't really dead. I got hurt and forgot who I was for awhile. But I remember now. I'm back and I'll never go away again." Tali paused for a moment and then reached out for Ziva who took her. Tali hugged her Ima tightly and said,
"Don't cry,Ima. I'm glad you didn't really go with the angels."
"I love you, my angel."
"Love you,Ima." After a moment, Ziva looked up and noticed Senior. After She'd handed Tali back to Tony, she was pulled into a hug by the older DiNozzo.
"Glad to have you back, Darlin'." The man said huskily."
"It's good to be back with my family.",Ziva softly replied. The family was pulled back to reality by a curt voice that said,
"David." Ziva turned around.
"Director. Good to see you again.", she said a bit awkwardly.
"Likewise. Glad to have you back safe and sound. However, my people have work to do if we're going to catch the people who are after you and your family." Gibbs spoke up.
"Already told Ducky and Palmer to meet you down in Abby's lab. Better get down there before Abby has a fit." Everyone laughed at that and then McGee said,
"Boss, Zachar's in interregation. He's probably ready to talk by now." Gibbs smirked and said,
"Dinozzo, Ziver, see you later. Bishop, Reeves get back to work. McGee, Torres, with me." After saying goodby and telling Tony and Ziva that they'd see them later,everyone did as ordered, and Schmiel said,
"Zivala, I believe I will go check into my room. I left your bags behind Agent McGee's desk. I believe you and Dinozzo along with your children will be staying with Agent Gibbs until this case is completed."
"Gibbs wants to make sure they all stay safe. And Iittle AJ doesn't know her parents or siblings yet, so having a familiar face nearby will help speed the adjustmant period along.", Senior said. Schmiel nodded and then Ziva went up to him and hugged him. She kissed him on the cheek and said,
"Toda,Schmiel. For everything." Schmiel kissed her forehead and said,
"I will talk with you later, My Zivala." Then he handed the baby to Ziva anded headed to the elevators. Senior then also decided to leave. Z He hugged his granddaughter and son and then Ziva before saying,
"I'll see you tomorrow."
"Thanks, Dad. Love you.",Tony said
"Love you all. And, Ziva, Darlin', welcome home." Ziva nodded and she and Tony said goodby to Torres and Reeves before heading down to Abby's lab. Everyone was already down there ,and Abby was at her desk helping AJ with a computer game. Leaving the other kids with Ziva by the door, Tony walked further into the room, quickly greeting Ducky and Palmer before calling out,
"Hey, Abs!" When Abby looked up and saw Tony, she ran into his arms.
"Tooonyyy! I was just about to call up there! What took you so long?!"
"Sorry, Abs, We had to say goodby to Schmiel and my dad first. They just left.",Tony replied after pulling back from the goth. Hearing Schmeil's name reminded Abby that Tony was back for a reason. She looked up and gasped. Ziva had been standing back aways ,but Tony walked back and took the baby to free Ziva's arms. Abby and Ziva walked slowly towards each other, meeting in the middle of the lab.
"Ziva.", Abby breathed out.
"Hello,Abby.", Ziva said in a little above a whisper. Without another word, Abby reached out and pulled the woman into a tight hug with tears rolling down her cheeks. Ziva uncharatristically clung to her 'sister' just as tightly, appoligizing over and over for leaving and staying away. Ziva didn't think she could have any tears left, but once Abby started, she couldn't hold back. The two women clung to each other and cried for a few minutes before Tali ran up and said,
"Auntie Abs? Are you happy too? Like Ima and Abba? Why do grown-ups cry when they're not sad?" Abby pulled away from Ziva and looked at the little girl.
"I'm happy because I missed your Ima so much and now she's back. As for the other thing, It's hard to explain. you'll get it when you're older." Tali made a face. She hated when grown-ups said that. Ducky and Palmer then approached Ziva.
"Ziva my dear! Welcome home!" Ziva turned and hugged Ducky tightly."
"I missed you Ducky! I'm so sorry I left." Ducky kissed her forehead and said,
"All that matter's now is that you're back." In a lower voice he added,
"Never forget how much you are loved. Nothing else matters. We'll all love you always, no matter what." Ziva hugged the ME tighter and said,
"Thankyou, Ducky. I love you all,too." Then she turned to Palmer.
"Jimmy! How are you. How is Breena?", she asked as she gave him a big hug."
"I'm great. Breena is too. We have a daughter about Tali and AJ's age."
"I heard. Tony told me on the way down. and Abby, I hear you have a serious man in your life.",Ziva said. Abby grinned and said.
"Oh YES! Jesse. And I can't wait for you to meet him." Suddenly Abby felt a tug on her lab coat. She looked down and AJ was standing there looking a little nervous as well as confused. She looked up at Abby and signed,
"Abby? Why does that girl look like me?" Abby looked at Tali and then Tony and Ziva, Then back at AJ before turning back again to Tony and Ziva.
"She wants to know why Tali looks like her. Do you want do this now? Are you ready to meet your daughter,Tony? Ziva, are you sure you're ready for this?" The two parents took deep breaths and looked at each other, then at Abby.
"Abby, We are ready, but we do not know American sign language. We will need your help."
"Of course. Ziva, do you have that bullet for me? Kasie can get to work on it while we all talk in the office."
"We'll just go back to Autopsy and finish down there so we can have something for you soon, Abby.", Palmer said. Abby waved and after hugging Tony and Ziva again, Ducky and Palmer headed back down to Autopsy. Ziva dug the baggie out of her purse and handed it to Abby. Abby introduced Kasie to the family and then said,
"Kasie, Tony Ziva and I need to talk to the kids in my office for awhile. Could you process this for me?"
"Sure, boss.", Kasie said. Abby smiled at her and said,
"Thanks." Then she turned to the Dinozzo/David family and said,
"Im not really her boss but she has been assisting me with this case. She's actually working for Ducky while he write's his book. she's his editor and agent, but she majors in Forensics."
"That's cool.", said Tony. The group went into Abby's office and shut the door. Then they began trying to explain things to the two girls.
While the Abby was helping her friends, Gibbs, Torres, and McGee were interrogating Benjamin Zachar.
"Who do you work for?", McGee asked. Zachar smirked,
"I do not have to tell you anything."
"I have a family out there with a little girl who will most likely have horrible nightmares tonight and every night after that for awhile. You tell us who you work for or I will make you wish you had!", Gibbs said intimidatingly.
"You can't do anything to me, Agent Gibbs.", Zachar scoffed.
"Wanna bet? Your partner is down in our autopsy right now, so I'd rethink that belief if I were you.", Torres said. They went back and forth for quite awhile, trying to break the man.
Downstairs things were going ok, but not great.
"That's my mommy and daddy? I have a brother and sister too? Does that mean I gotta go with them? I can't stay with you and Gibbs?", AJ signed with tears in her eyes. Abby relayed this all to Tony and Ziva and then signed and talked at the same time.
"Hon, You will ALL stay with Gibb's for awhile and we will all help you remember your mommy and sister and get to know your daddy and brother. Did you know I was adopted too? One of my brothers is my birth brother and he is my twin like you and Tali are twins."
"Really?", asked AJ." Abby nodded and reminded the little girl,
"I don't have any parents at all now. The ones I knew as my parents are with the angels and I found out that my birth parents are gone too. I just have my brothers and my team here,but you still have parents and your brother and sister. You are very lucky and blessed. And I know from knowing them that you will have the best family in the world. You'll have your parents and sister and brother but you'll also always have me and the rest of us here. We all love you and so do your parents and sibs." Together the three adults worked things out with the kids.
Meanwhile in interrogation, Gibbs and his team finally broke the Mossad officer who told them that Orli had sent them. He confessed everything and was sent to prison two hours later. After that, Gibbs went up to update Vance.
"So one's dead, the other's in prison but Orli's still at large? Jethro, It's time to bring in the other Agencies."
"Well, Leon, Reeves is working with his MI6 connections, we can also bring in Fornel and the FBI. Fornel's not with the Beaureau anymore but he still has connections. Delilah can connect us with the DOD."
"I'll set up a meeting with the SEC-NAV and the other agency heads for tomorrow morning. Has Abby finished processing those bullets yet?"
"Sloan was on her way down there now to find out."
Down in the lab, Sloan entered and called out,
"Abby?"
"Hey Jack. Kasie processed the bullets for me so I could help Tony and Ziva talk to the kids. By the way, Jack Sloan, Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David. The two kids you haven't met are Little Timmy and Tali."
" Nice to meet you guys."
"Likewise.", said both Tony and Ziva." Then Sloan said,
So Tali is AJ's twin?"
"Yes. They have just been reunited." Sloan looked over at the two girls.
"Well they seem to be getting along just great."
"Yeah, we're kinda relieved about that."
"Well, kids are really still need time to adjust but they can overcome some things better and faster than adults can."
"So I'm guessing you came down for a reason.", Kasie said.
"Yes. So what do ya got for me?" Abby and Kasie together went over the results with Sloan.
"Well, I was able to lift some finger prints off the bullets found in Eschel's body. They do belong to one in the wall was from Zachar's gun."
"So pretty much what we thought.", Sloan replied.
"Pretty much. After Kasie lifted the prints, I went over the phone records for Boskovich and Zachar. I traced the phone back to Mossad. and the last ten calls on Boskovich's and the last call on Zachar's were to Orli's cell or to Mossad. It looked like Zachar was trying to call Orli again when he was caught. The number was half dialed."
"So do we think he got through at all after Boskovich was killed?" Abby shook her head.
"Thankfully, no. The other calls were all made hours before that happened. The only call made after was the attempted one and it was interupted before Zachar could connect."
"Good. But we're not out of the woods yet. We'll have to keep digging. Thanks Abs.", Sloan said before heading out of the lab to report the findings. Abby waved and then got back to work.
After Sloan had reported what Abby and Kasie had told her, Gibbs who had come down from Vance's office by then, came up with a plan.
"I say we work here a couple more hours. By then it will be dinnertime. For the sake of the kids, you all come over to my place for barbecue. Bring your laptops and whatever else you'll need for work. We'll eat and then work from there. The kids will be much happier and have more room and you and Palmer can bring Deliah, Breena and your kids. We'll work as long as it takes, and the kids will be able to get to sleep on time. Got plenty of room for your twins and Tori, too. When we're done, you can just pick them up and carry them home asleep." The team just stared at Gibbs for a minute. He'd been acting a little wierd ever since he got back to NCIS a few months ago. Finally, McGee found his voice,
"Sounds like a plan,Boss." The others accepted as well, so it was settled. Gibbs and the team worked a couple of hours longer and then Gibbs headed down to the lab.
"Barbecue at my place tonight. Bring your laptops. Work's not stopping yet. Orli's still out there. But It'll be better for the kids at my place. It's the safest option. Vance is bringing in reinforcements tomorrow so we can track Orli but until we don't have any more new evidence to process anyway so we can work from there just as easily." Abby looked at Gibbs with a raised eyebrow, but didn't say anything other than,
"Great Idea,Gibbs! It will be easier to work when we don't have to worry about the kids. Especially at bedtime. Normally she would be more surprised and say more. But then, nothing about this case was normal. Anyway, Gibbs had been acting unusual ever since he and McGee returned from Paraguay. Like he had a new lease on life or something.
A couple hours later, everyone was at Gibb's enjoying the food and being together. Abby came with Jesse and introduced him to Tony, Ziva and the kids. Tony and Jesse got along especially well since they were both into movies. Ziva and Tony loved meeting McGee's twins and Ziva and Delilah also got along really well. Tori and the twins became instant friends. It made everyone smile to see the kids so happy together and having so much fun. After eating, the team went down to the basement and got to work digging up what they could on Orli and her officers. Breena and Jesse,were more than able to keep the kids occupied, while the NCIS team worked together to end the danger. Especially since Kayla and Jarrod helped out with the little ones. A few hours later, all the information that could be found was. It was helpful, but not enough that they could just pick up Orli and arrest her the next day. They all hoped they'd find her before she could find them. The kids had been put to bed long ago. Some of the adults stuck around for a little longer to talk. This was mainly Abby,Jesse, Bishop and the McGees. Breena and Palmer carried Tori out to the car and left as soon as the work was finished and Vance had to get his kids home. The others that didn't know Tony or Ziva had decided to head back home as well. Ducky gave Kasie a ride back to Abby's A few minutes later, Jesse pulled Gibbs aside and said he wanted to talk to him about something. While Abby was talking with some of the others, Jesse and Gibbs went down to the basement.
Gibbs handed Jesse a sander and they worked in silence for a few minutes. Then Jesse said,
"I know you're really important to Abby." Gibbs didn't reply.
"She talks about you all the time. You were there for her when she really needed someone."
"Not lately, Krakowsky.",Gibbs admitted regretfully."
"Gibbs,she's forgiven you for that. She's just glad to have her dad back. Or the closest thing to one she has. My dad died as well. I still have my mom, but that doesn't mean I don't wish I had someone to look up to like Abby does. You're part of what makes Abby who she is. The things she's learned from you, she's taken to heart and they're a part of her now."
"Well, I'll tell ya something,Krakowsky. She hasn't learned from me half of what I've learned from her. Hell, If it wasn't for Abby, I'd probably have drunk my life away by now in this hole in the ground with my boats. Abby gave me a family. She joined NCIS and we all became a family somehow."
"Well, Sir. I love Abby. I've never met anyone like her."
"And most likely never will again.", Gibbs said with a smirk. Jesse gave a small smile.
"Probably. My point is, though, that I've never loved anyone the way I love her. I want to marry her. I'm planning on proposing Next Friday night." Jesse took the ring out of his pocket to show Gibbs. The ring was in the shape of a spider with diamond eyes. It was made of white gold and legs made up of tiny little diamonds formed the band. Gibbs looked at the ring and then said,
"Are you asking for my permission or my blessing.
"Maybe a little of both?", Jesse answered nervously.
"Abs is a grown woman. You two don't need my permission. As for my blessing, Abby's had alot of men in her life that I didn't like for one reason or another. usually because they turned out to be dangerous or just all wrong for her. You aren't one of those men. I haven't known you long but I can judge a man's character pretty fast. Comes from being a marine and a NAVY cop, I guess. You're really good for Abby ,and I'm pretty sure she's been good for you too. I wouldn't marry my girl off to just want my blessing, ya got it. Jesse let out a sigh of relief.
"Come on. Let's get back up there before Abby comes looking for us." Jesse nodded. As they headed up the stairs, he asked softly,
"You think she'll be ok with the ring?"
"Oh yeah. Trust me. She'll love it.",Gibbs answered.
"While Gibbs and Jesse were talking downstairs, Tony and Ziva pulled Abby aside and the three went into the kitchen.
"Abby, Tony and I wanted to talk to you about something."
"Ok. What is it? Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, Abs. Everything's fine. Ziva and I were just talking while you were working this afternoon after we talked to the kids. We were thinking that even though neither of us is particularly religeous, we want our children to have Godparents. We want them to be surrounded by a big family, so everyone in our group will be honerary aunts, uncles or grandpas, but If something were to happen to us, we wanted there too be someone to take care of the girls and little Timmy."
"Nothing's gonna happen to you.",Abby said, anxiously. Ziva sighed and said,
"Abby we do not plan for it to,but anything could happen at anytime. This job has shown us that over and over. That's the reason Tony and I both left. If something were to happen to us, Tony and I wish for you to take our children. We also want you to be the Godmother."
"Me?", Abby asked uncertainly. Abby had a secret she hadn't yet told anyone on the team, including Gibbs. She and Jesse were expecting a baby. She was waiting till after her next OBGYN appointment before she told her NCIS family or her brothers. Abby was also very worried about what kind of mother she would be. Without knowing it, Tony eased her fears when he said,
"We already talked to McGee and he agreed to be the Godfather but we want you and Jesse to be the ones to take the kids in if it were to come to that. Abs, we watched how the kids bonded with you, especially AJ. You'd make a great mom to them if needed and you'll be a great Godmother. The kids already love their Auntie Abs."
"Abby, you are so full of love and life. I have always admired that about you. That's one of the reason's AJ is named partly after you. Tony and I want our children to experience that love and to learn to love life from you.",Ziva added. Abby had started tearing up at what Tony had said, and tears were now leaking out. She reached out and hugged her siblings and said,
"Thanks, you guys. This means everything to me. I accept and I'll love them like my own." Abby pulled back and added, "You two aren't allowed to have anything happen to you, though." Tony and Ziva chuckled and Tony said,
"Understood, Boss!" Abby smirked. Just then Jesse and Gibbs returned. By then it was really late , Bishop, and even the McGee's had left by then. So Abby and Jesse said goodby to Gibbs, Ziva ,and Tony and headed back to Abby's place.
When Orli didn't hear back right away from her men, she knew they'd probably been caught or killed. It took her several days before she was able to find out for sure what happened. She couldn't just go to NCIS and ask, after all. She didn't know how much the team knew about her involvement. She didn't know if they were already looking for her. She sent others to find out discreetly. Once she'd gotten an accurate report, she was outraged that her plan had failed. She got one of her people to make airline reservations for her. As she made herself ready to go and worked out a plan for how to proceed once she arrived in DC, she said to herself,
"If you want something done right, you must do it yourself." Orli smiled to herself. Her plan was fail-proof. Soon she'd have those children captured, and Ziva David would have no other choice but to give in to her demands.
Well, there's a surprise chapter for you all. The action returns on Friday! Remember, All reviews are MUCH appreciated! Please don't forget! Thanks!Catch ya later!
