Disclaimer: Don't own The Parent Trap story or NCIS. They are owned by Disney and CBS, Belisarius Production respectively. If only, mind you I would have finished the show probably in season 5 and written it completely different.

A/N: Big thanks to Kate who has been a really great Beta for me. Really appreciate all your help. Hope you're all enjoying the story so far, since posting again I received so many reviews, so thanks very much. Please continue to review. Thanks again.

Washington DC, USA

The doorbell rang again as Tali was coming down the stairs to meet this woman that her Dad had somehow let into his life while Kate had been away. "I'll get it," Tali called as she leapt the last couple of stairs reaching the door. Swinging it open she got the shock of her life for a second but only for a second. Abby McGee stood there dressed all in black, "Kate, just who I wanted to see. Is your dad in?"

"In here Abs," Tony called from the lounge room.

Abby entered the apartment, "Tony I'm going to be with Kate upstairs." Tali remembered something Kate may have mentioned about her aunt. Something like, 'she tended to play the mother role when things were hinky'. Kate's words not Tali's.

"Okay, just don't take too long I want her to meet someone," Tony called back.

"Aunt Abby…" Tali started, but that was as far as she got before Abby yanked her forcefully toward the stairs. Tali was now really worried as they both moved up the stairs at fast pace. Had her aunt realized who she was, could her cover have been blown already she prayed it wasn't but she couldn't figure out what had her aunt in acting the way she was. "What's going on Aunt Abby?" Tali finally managed to say when the door to her room closed behind her.

"Kate, did you and Callum finally kiss?" Abby looked at her with pleading eyes, "Remember what I said, he isn't going to make a move…"

"Because he's just like his father," Tali interjected, thankful for Kate for drumming those words and several more into head. "As a matter of fact," Tali started seeing Abby's eyes light up, "No, another girl got to him before I did and spoiled the whole thing." It was true, but the other girl had been Kate herself.

"Oh," Abby sighed, before brightening, "Well that might make Trent a little happier that you've not attached yourself yet."

"Is he still in love with me?" Tali asked, Trent McGee was the younger of the two McGee boys, one year older then both Kate and Tali he had been smitten over Kate since he had started having hormones running through him. Unfortunately for him, Kate liked Callum, a lot.

"Let's just say when he went to Technology camp this year he wrote a poem for you," Abby sighed, "Reminds me of Timmy everyday. Even the fingersnaps."

Tali decided to broach the subject, "Aunt Abby, who is the woman downstairs?" Tali watched the expression change from Abby's usually perky self to a sarcastic one in moments.

"That would be your father 'love' interest," Abby smirked, before she sat down on the bed. She motioned to Tali to sit beside her, "There are a few things you need to know about the woman downstairs." Abby sighed, "Your dad, well he knew the lady downstairs a long time ago, he was working undercover and he kinda just fell in love with her…"

"What!" Tali interjected.

"Kate!" Tony's voice carried up the stairway to her room, "You okay up there?"

"We're fine Tony," Abby called back, "Just having the talk with her that's all."

"Oh…" Tony sounded flummoxed, "Okay then."

Abby smiled at Tali before whispering, "I knew that comment would come in handy with him one day," She hugged Tali, "Seeing as we had that particular talk a while ago."

"We did," Tali was lost.

"That plane trip must have taken it out of you," Abby's look of surprise changed to one of concern as she placed a hand on her head, "You're okay, no temperature or wooziness?

"I'm okay Aunt Abby really I am," Tali realized that this talk must have been very eventful by the way Abby had suddenly looked at her, "I'm sorry I'm just tired. That talk took us the whole day that much I remember and if I remember it was a lot of information to take in." That had been the way it had been when her mum and she had spent the day talking through the talk, she just hoped that had been the way Kate had reacted.

Abby shook her head, "I remember you freaking out on me and Aunt Jenny. Declaring to us both, that you never wanted to have a baby!" Abby hugged her, "But I think you've grown up so much since then."

Another burst of laughter from downstairs brought Tali back to why they were up here. "Aunt Abby who is the woman with dad downstairs, you started telling me before we got off topic."

"Maybe I just need my CafPow," Abby joked as she hugged Tali again. Abby hadn't had a CafPow since Trent was born. But then again once Trent had tasted one when he was a little younger he couldn't stop drinking them. He had become known among the parents as "Mini-Abby" it was all good fun but it was funny how things had been passed on.

"Anyway," Abby sighed taking Tali's hands in her own, "The woman downstairs her name is Jeanne Benoit and she's a doctor. As I heard it from your dad she went off to do some Doctors Without Borders work for years before she came back to Washington as Head of Tropical Disease at Georgetown University."

"When did dad start seeing her?" Tali asked quickly.

"Don't make me love tap you Caitlin DiNozzo," Abby teased as she was interrupted again. Abby sat there for a moment, "You're Uncle Tim did mention it to me one night before we fell asleep…um" Abby closed her eyes tightly before they flashed open, "Oh it would have been when you went away for that ski trip with school. Apparently they bumped into each other. I always thought it was somewhat contrived that they happened to be at Georgetown University Hospital at the same time for your dad's yearly lung check up."

"Oh the lung check-up," Tali thanked anyone out there that Kate had explained about the pneumonic plague situation with Tony. Her Dad had inhaled a dose of pneumonic plague before he had met their mum and he had yearly check-ups to see how his lungs were so that he could stay on as a field agent at NCIS. It had become a regular thing.

"Yes, that's exactly what I said. I never did trust that woman," Abby muttered, "How appropriate that she comes back on to the scene when your dad is now the head of the agency and he finally got that inheritance from your grandfather."

"You suspect she is just after his money?" Tali looked at her Aunt.

"I suspect a lot of things. I'd dispose of her without leaving a shred of evidence if I thought it would bring…" Abby stopped speaking for a second before she continued, "Believe me, Gibbs has tried to tell your dad so many times that she wasn't good for him," Abby sighed as she rolled her eyes, "But I know how stubborn your dad can be. I think it might be because he's been Gibbs' little boy at heart," Abby laughed, Tali looked at her before her aunt continued, "That man would do anything for Gibbs, trust me he's done it before. But he can be so stubborn. I remember when…"

"When what?" Tali interest was piqued.

"Doesn't matter," Abby changed the subject, "So did you enjoy camp?"

"It was great," Tali grinned at her aunt, "Met this girl and became fast friends. We have so much in common you wouldn't believe it."

"Do tell…" Abby hugged her adopted niece as they sat on the bed.

"Sorry Aunt Abs," Tali squirmed out of Abby's arms, "Can't."

"Aww, come on Kate," Abby pretended to pout a bit. Tali hugged Abby.

"You'll just have to wait and see what happens," Tali added cheekily as she snuggled her aunt.

"Well until I see I guess we will just have to go downstairs to your father," Abby tried to threaten her. It failed.

"Come on Aunt Abs," Tali took Abby's hand leading her toward the door and down the stairs, "I want to see the competition."

"Competition?" Abby didn't understand as they made their way downstairs.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

The heat was something Kate didn't expect when she climbed down the stairs of the plane. As soon as she had stepped from the cool confines of the 747 it had hit her like a wall. But thankfully her mum had been walking a head of her and hadn't noticed the reaction. By the time they had entered David Ben Gurion International Airport, Kate had regained her composure and was looking all about her. Ziva turned to wait for Kate to catch up, "Tali, you okay?"

"Yeah, just glad to be back," Kate beamed at her mum. She paused as two men in dark suits strode over to where Ziva was standing. Ziva and the men talked for a few moments in hushed tones. Kate couldn't make it out at all and even if she had it was in Hebrew which meant that it would have taken her forever to translate it.

As it was Ziva broke from the discussion to turn to Kate, "Tali, let's get home it sounds like I arrived not a moment too soon," With that Ziva lead Kate and the dark suited men through the airport and out to a waiting Black Porsche Cayenne 4WD. The two men accompanying them were already placing their suitcases into the back as Kate climbed into the back seat with Ziva.

"What's going on Mum?" Kate asked a little uneasy now.

Ziva smiled at her daughter before kissing her on the temple, "Nothing, you worry too much." With that the car roared to life and merged into the traffic leaving Ben Gurion. As the car travelled further into the city Kate realized that she and Tali had been raised differently. Tel Aviv was on the Mediterranean Sea and it was, from what Kate could tell, a popular place to live in Israel. The car slowed as they reached the centre of the city. Travelling through the streets packed full of tourists and locals alike, heading down to the beaches, the car drove into the suburbs. The car slowed in the suburb of Rishon Le Zion and the vicinity of the house, before it stopped altogether outside the opulent looking house.

Kate climbed slowly out of the car mouth agape at size and splendor of the house. Ziva climbed from the car quickly after her, "Come Tali, I think someone will have missed us." Kate walked through the gate and up to the front door. Ziva opened the door and stepped inside the cool house. The foyer of the house was enormous; ahead of Kate were stairs that split in two. Off to the left was the lounge room and the right lead off toward the dining room.

"Abba," Ziva called, she paused and turned as the men in dark suits brought their cases inside. "Thank you, Aaron, Michael. I will see you both at work tomorrow." For a moment Ziva caught sight of Kate's face as she said those words. "Tali, are you alright?" Ziva took her daughters face in her hands and looked into her eyes.

"We just get back and you want to get back to work," Kate pulled away from Ziva, "What about me? I'm not back at school for another week and you have more than enough holidays. Why are you doing this?"

"Tali," Ziva admonished.

"No, I didn't come all this way just so you could come home to work," Kate yelled running upstairs.

"I thought I heard you call," Eli David spoke quietly as he entered the foyer from the lounge room, "My apologies I must have drifted off to sleep. But I think someone yelling brought me back to this world."

"I'm sorry Abba," Ziva sighed as she hugged him.

"Don't be my Ziva," Eli whispered, "I'm sure you must have felt the same way Tali does now when I was working at Mossad. It's only natural that she is louder and abrasive in that respect. She is only half you remember."

"Thank you Abba, I needed to be reminded about my ex-husband after my daughter just accused me of working too much," Ziva sighed as she moved toward the stairs.

"Ziva," Eli placed his hand on her elbow, "Let me talk with her."

Ziva smiled, "You are welcome to try. I just don't remember you ever being that caring before."

Eli smiled at the jibe, "I thought that was all forgiven. I may not have done that well with you but I suspect that being the grandfather may just give me an edge in this situation." Ziva sighed and walked into the lounge room leaving Eli to deal with his granddaughter.

Eli found Kate draped over the bed crying, something that Tali never did. Eli walked slowly into the room, "Tali, its grandfather."

"Saba," Kate leapt into his arm much to Eli's surprise.

"Tali…" Eli began, surprised more when Kate didn't let go of him. He had to chuckle, "For a girl who doesn't like being affectionate you certainly have missed me a lot." Kate relaxed and Eli led her over to the bed, "Now tell me why you got angry with your mother?"

Kate took a breath; she knew that if she gave anything away to her grandfather he would know she was Kate not Tali. "I just wanted to spend time with Mum. I didn't want her going straight back to work."

"You know how important her job is to Israel," Eli responded, "She keeps us safe."

"I appreciate safety," Kate nodded, "But I also want me to be a major part of her life. Not everybody else. I mean sometimes I think she wishes she never had me."

"Tali, do not say such things," Eli warned her gravely, "Your mother gave up many things for you. She lost so much on returning here to Israel. I remember when you were only a few months old. I'd find your mother down stairs sitting by the phone, she'd be crying. But in the end she made decisions that she will never live down, sometimes I think she left her heart in the United States." Eli pulled Kate to himself so that she nuzzled into him, "I will tell you something; you will never be replaceable in my eyes or your mother's eyes."

"I love you Saba," Kate whispered as she buried her head into his neck.

"I love you to my Tali," Eli smiled, "Tali, what are you doing?" Kate was sniffing his shirt.

"Making a memory I guess," Kate managed, "In years to come I can remember you and your words to me whenever I smell tobacco, peppermint and Old Spice. I'll think of you."

Eli Laughed, hugging his granddaughter again, "Your sense of humor is something I love about you Tali." He rose from the bed, "Come let's go down and see your mother. I'm sure I'll be able to sort something out with her." Kate rose from the bed heading downstairs toward the lounge room, leaving Eli standing at the top of the stairs stroking his face and musing to himself as he descended the stairs and headed in the direction of the lounge room where laughter now could be heard as the two most important women in his life were making up.

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Washington DC, USA

"You must be Kate, I've heard so much about you from your father," Jeanne Benoit smiled sweetly at Tali as she walked into the lounge room.

"Tony," Abby called from the entrance way.

"Yeah, Abs?" Tony turned from where he was standing, with a couple of drinks from the bar in the corner.

"I'm heading off I'll see you at work," As Abby walked into the lounge room she avoided eye contact with Jeanne. Tali saw the way Jeanne's eyes hardened immediately when Abby had walked into the lounge. Abby walked over to Tali, "I'll see you later Kate, you be good for your dad." Abby hugged her before giving her a kiss on the cheek, "You call me if you need anything."

"Don't I always?" Tali returned the hug, grateful that Kate had explained to her that whenever she needed a woman to talk to about stuff Aunt Abby was the one she always went too. She released Abby, letting her aunt leave, "Bye."

"See ya," Abby called as she left.

"Bye, Abs," Tony called after her, "Well I guess it's just us." "Oh Kate did you know that Jeanne is a doctor," Tony added conversation wise.

"I hear you want to do medicine when you're older," Jeanne tried to start a conversation with Tali, "Do you have a favorite field that you'd like to study?"

"I've thought about it," Tali had never thought about medicine in her life, she'd dreamed of being a writer or a journalist but never a doctor, she shrugged "I don't know really."

"Well last time you talked to me you wanted to become a pathologist like Uncle Jim," Tony cut in, he was referring to Jimmy Palmer who now preferred to be known as Jim now that he was well into his mid-thirties.

"Well, yeah but I really don't know," Tali sighed closing the book, "I think I'm too young to be thinking about careers. Anyway I still have my life of fun ahead of me."

Tali finished and Jeanne sat there in awkward silence Tony shrugged before he changed the topic, "You want a Coke or ginger beer Kate?"

"Ginger Beer, please Dad," Tali replied as she plopped herself down on the leather couch with a book in hand and began to read. Tony disappeared out to the kitchen. Tali did her best ignore Jeanne but the woman wanted to talk that much was obvious.

"So you're dad took out riding when we went out to the stables," Jeanne smiled, sickly sweet, at Tali, "I understand that Scarlett is your horse?"

"Oh yes, that sounds wonderful," Tali started, "But you know Dad he has so many women that he takes out to the stable all the time. Scarlett is so used to strange women riding her that I'm sure she wouldn't of cared." Tali decided to attack while she was on a roll. "I mean why else would Dad call himself the 'Italian Stallion', the thing about Dad is that he's a player."

"You don't say," Jeanne eyed Tali slyly.

"What were you girls talking about while I was away," Tony asked as he reappeared and flashed Jeanne a disarming smile.

Jeanne glanced at Tali who was now reading her book. "Kate and I were talking about many things." Jeanne smiled at Tali and Tali smiled back. She knew this was not going to be a pushover. It could very well derail Kate and her entire plan. She had to call Kate tonight, their plan hung by a thread! Jeanne Benoit could very well be the scissor that severed their parents forever.

Author: I decided to make Eli not evil in this story mainly because it doesn't work and in reality most people only have a distorted view. Remember a man must retire at some point which will mean he changes hence why Eli isn't evil. So no flaming please