Hello lovely people of ! Sorry that I haven't posted a new chapter in a while but we have been getting a lot of snow up here in New England and our snow blower happened to quit on us. Lots of shoveling. Yuck! Anyway, I have a new chapter for you now! Thank you to the lovely Tiva4life for leaving me a review! They make my snow filled day so much better!
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Chapter 10
After Thanksgiving, things seemed fairly normal for everyone. Before they all knew it, it was the last day of school before holiday break and Ziva and Abby were taking the boys over to NCIS for the afternoon because of the half-day the school had.
Tony and Ziva gave Tim and Abby a ride over to the base because they had decided it was easier to take one car. As they pulled up at the gate to the base, Tony rolled down the window to speak to the guard. Abby rolled down her window and flashed her pass. The guard took one look and waved them on. "What's on your pass, Abby? That guy looked shocked." Tony asked. "It basically says that I'm Director Gibbs daughter and that my mom can fire them if they don't let me on the base." Abby grinned.
Tony pulled into a parking spot and they all hopped out. Ziva and Abby led the way into the building with Tony and Tim following close behind. "Hi, kids! I have everything set up so the boys can get their IDs." Jenny said as they walked through the door. Abby had called her on the way over to tell her they were coming. As soon as the boys had their ID cards, Jenny led them up to her office.
"Hello Aunt Nettie!" Ziva smiled as she walked into Jenny's office. "Hello dear! How are you all today?" She asked the group. "Good." They all answered with a smile. Jenny gave them the ok to explore and Abby took off to the bullpen.
"Dad!" Abby yelled, running down the stairs. The whole squad room turned to see Abby flying past the desk to almost tackling her father in a hug. "Hey, Abbs. I see you brought the crew with you." Gibbs laughed, kissing Abby on the cheek. "Yup." Abby grinned. "Hey guys." Gibbs smiled, waving to Tony, Ziva, and Tim. "Hey, Gibbs." They all smiled. Abby introduced all the team members to Tony and Tim. Tony seemed to like Joey a lot as well as Tim with Jimmy.
They all made their way down to Lilliana's lab and Tony and Tim were amazed at how much Abby looked like her older friend. "Abby! Ziva! How are you lovely ladies today? Who are these guys?" Lilliana questioned, giving Abby and Ziva each a large hug. "This is Tim, my boyfriend, and Tony, Ziva's boyfriend." Abby introduced. "Nice to meet you two! I'm Lilliana and this is my wonderful lab! I'm kinda running behind on some tests so do you guys want to help me out?" Lilliana asked, pulling out a box of rubber gloves. "Yes!" They all shouted. They all grabbed a pair of rubber gloves and quickly put them on.
As soon as Lilliana explained what she wanted them to do, they set to work. Abby, Tim and Tony started to fill some test tubes for "Major Maspec" as Lilliana called one of her machines. Ziva went to go help Lilliana with ballistics and soon had everyone watching as she fired rounds into the ballistics chamber. "Is there a party going on back here?" Gibbs asked, entering the room. "No, the kids were just helping me with some tests. Ziva is amazing at firing weapons you should see her with that Colt, but that's not important…" Lilliana said as Gibbs shot her a look. "Anyway, thanks to my helpers, you now have an un-smooshed slug, and Major Maspec shout be going off just about..." Lilliana was cut off by her machine beeping. "And that would be your test results." She said, running to her machine. She quickly rambled something off that none of them but Gibbs understood.
"Mia is about to interrogate a suspect. Do you want to come watch her?" Gibbs asked the group. "Sure." They all smiled. "Mia doesn't look very threatening." Tim said. "You'd be surprised. Just warning you now, don't piss her off." Gibbs smiled. They all walked over to interrogation to find Mia and Joey waiting outside the door. "We all set?" Gibbs asked. "Yes, just waiting for you, Gibbs." Mia smiled. "Well, I'm here. Go get a confession. We all know he did it. Just get our confession." Gibbs stated. Mia nodded and with a quick kiss on the cheek from Joey, she walked in and everyone else went into observation.
"So that's Lance Corporal Matthew Rider. All evidence points to the fact that he killed Lance Corporal James Loften. We just need a confession. I'll bet you five bucks that Mia has him in tears and confessing in the next ten minutes." Joey filled the kids in on what was going on with the case. They all looked through the one-way mirror to see Mia just staring at the Lance Corporal. "What is she doing?" Ziva asked. "Just watch." Gibbs smiled.
"My only question for you, Lance Corporal Rider, is why." Mia whispered. "Why what?" Lance Corporal Rider asked, avoiding eye contact. "DO NOT PLAY STUPID WITH ME!" Mia yelled, lunging up and slamming her hands on the table. Ziva jumped. She leaned into Tony as he wrapped his arms around her. "THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO YOU! THE BULLET MATCHES THE ONES IN YOUR WEAPON!" She yelled, the Lance Corporal shocked. "You have no alibi, and various people can put you at the scene of the crime at the time of the murder." She whispered. "If I were you, I would confess now. You are already looking at a lifetime in jail. The man you killed has a wife and a four year old daughter. I think they could use some justice, don't you?" Mia added as the Lance Corporal began to tear up.
"I was talking to him and he said that I had no honor. He said I wasn't a true Marine. He was the only thing in the way of the promotion I deserved. I never meant to kill him. I took out my gun and showed it to him. I said that if I wasn't honorable, then why would it hurt me inside if I killed someone with it? We had a brawl and the trigger was pulled. I never meant to shoot him. I wanted to prove myself." The man shook with tears. "Wow, I have never seen such a large man cry so hard." Tim said. Ziva hugged Tony tightly. "You ok, baby?" Tony asked softly. "Yeah, I wonder how that little girl will do, knowing that her daddy is gone forever." Ziva said, burying her head in Tony's neck. "I don't know babe, I don't know." He whispered.
They all filed out of the observation room just as Mia walked out of the interrogation room. "Nice job, honey." Joey smiled, quickly kissing Mia. "Keep it out of the office!" Gibbs grunted, smacking Joey on the back of the head. "Sorry, boss." Joey quickly responded, rubbing his head. "How come the kids can love be mushy?" He asked, smirking at Tony and Ziva. "Because they don't work here. Wipe that smirk off your face!" Gibbs ordered. "Yes boss." Joey quickly said.
"Wow, Mia. That was impressive. I wish I had your job. That would be very cool." Ziva smiled. "Someday you might. You would make a great agent." Mia smiled. "You guys want to get something to drink? My dad is going to get me a Caf-Pow! Do you guys want anything?" Abby asked. "Ziva, I'll bring you a Berry Mango Madness. Tony I'll get you a root beer and Tim, Caf-Pow for you, too, right?" Gibbs rambled off. The two boys just stood there nodding with their mouths hanging open. "How does he do that? How'd he know what I like to drink?" They both asked. Gibbs smiled a sly grin and went off to get the drinks.
"So, Tim, Tony, I already know that Ziva wants to be an agent and that Abby wants to be a forensic scientist, what do you boys want to do?" Mia asked, tilting her head slightly. "I want to do computer forensics or something cool with computers." Tim answered. "Very nice, we always need more of those." Mia smiled. "I kind of want to see if I can go farther with my football career, but after seeing the cool things you all do, I'm considering becoming an agent." Tony explained. "Maybe someday you'll all end up working here. You could all be on the same team." Mia laughed.
"Joey and I are going to head down to the gym and do some sparring practice, do you four want to come and watch?" Mia asked. "Sure." They all responded. "Maybe you can try some sparring." Mia chuckled. "Tony, want to try? You and I could try some sparring." Ziva suggested. "Could we move that well in jeans?" Tony asked, trying to find a way out of fighting his girlfriend. "We have some extra sweats in the gym. Some of them will probably fit you." Joey grinned, knowing what Tony was trying to do. "Yay." Tony said, sounding defeated.
They arrived at the gym and Mia helped Ziva find some sweats that would fit her. As soon as Ziva found her size, the tow girls headed to change. Joey helped Tony find a pair of sweats for him to wear and they set off to change as well. Tim and Abby sat on the bench in front of the mats that were going to be used for sparring. "Where did Tony and Ziva go?" Gibbs asked, entering the gym with the drinks. He handed Abby and Tim their Caf-Pow!s. "After Mia and Joey finish sparring, Tony and Ziva are going to try." Abby announced with a grin. "Oh boy, I'm staying to watch this." Gibbs stated with an amused look on his face.
The four soon came out of the changing rooms and Mia and Joey stepped onto the mat. Ziva and Tony took a seat on the bench with Abby and Tim as Gibbs handed them their drinks. Ziva looked up to see Mia and Joey stretching. Mia got up, as did Joey, and smiled. "You ready?" She asked, pulling her hair up into a tight ponytail. "Yes I am." Joey grinned. With that, Mia came at him, swinging her foot around to him in the back of the knees. Joey hit the ground and Mia sat on his back, straddling him. Ziva laughed. "You can take her!" Tony shouted. "That all you got?" Joey asked, jumping up, flinging her on her back as he came down and sat on her stomach, straddling her and using his hands to hold her arms down.
"Nice try." Mia smiled, kneeing him in his lower back. He fell forward, losing his grip on her arms as he fell on top of her. Mia took this opportunity to roll them over so he was on the bottom. She pinned him down the way he had done to her. "She's good." Tony said. "She's a damn good agent, too." Gibbs smiled. "Should we let the kids try?" Mia asked her partner, who was still under her. "Good idea. You can stop hurting me then." Joey moaned. Mia jumped up and helped Joey up.
"You two ready?" Mia asked. "Yeah." They both answered. Tony and Ziva stood facing each other on the mat. "Go!" Mia yelled. Ziva swept her foot around the back of Tony's legs and pushed his chest. Tony fell to the ground with a thud as Ziva put her foot on his stomach. Tony grabbed her foot and pulled her down, jumping up to pin her down, just as Mia and Joey had both done. Tony kneeled over Ziva, holding her arms down. Ziva brought her knee up to hit him in the groin. Tony fell backwards, holding himself in pain. "Oooo!" They all yelled. "That one's gunna leave a mark." Joey said, shaking his head. "Tony I'm so sorry!" Ziva yelled, dropping to his side. "It's ok, baby. My fault for leaving them unguarded. Ow!" He groaned. Tony slowly stood up and Ziva led him over to the bench. "She got you good!" Joey laughed. Mia elbowed him in the stomach. "I mean, sorry dude. That must hurt." He said, rubbing his stomach.
The four went off to go change, shortly returning. They all headed back up stairs to the squad room. The four kids headed up to Jenny's office with Gibbs. "Did you enjoy yourselves?" Jenny asked. "Yup! Ziva and Tony were sparring and Ziva kicked Tony's butt!" Abby announced. "Really, well I hope you are all ok." Jenny said, slightly concerned. "Ziva is, Tony, not so much." Gibbs stated. "What happened?" Jenny asked, her eyes wide. Gibbs leaned over and whispered in Jenny's ear. "Oh. Tony, are you alright?" Jenny asked. "I'm better now." Tony forced a smile. "He's a tough man." Ziva smiled, wrapping an arm around Tony's waist. Tony kissed her curls.
"Well, it's 1850, should I order the Chinese food and have someone pick it up?" Gibbs asked. "Sure," Jenny smiled. Everyone ordered what they wanted and Gibbs called it in. Ten minutes later, Mia and Joey went off to get it. A few minutes later, Team Gibbs, Lilliana, Ducky, Aunt Nettie, Jenny, and all the kids were sitting in the squad room eating Chinese food.
Around 9:40, Tony, Ziva, Abby, and Tim piled into Tony's car and Tony dropped everyone off at their homes. Tim was dropped off first, then Abby, then Ziva. Tony was invited to stay the night at Ziva's and he accepted.
"Goodnight, beautiful." Tony whispered, kissing Ziva softly. The two were curled up in Ziva's bed. "Goodnight, handsome." She whispered back. "I love you." The both whispered in unison. Ziva pressed herself up against Tony and he draped his arm across her waist. Within minutes, they were sound asleep.
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