A/N I know I said I wouldn't publish this chapter until I got 8 reviews (I currently have 7) but I'm on a major high right now because I FOUND ANOTHER PROMO FOR SEASON 6!!

30 whole seconds of pure heaven...

It's on YouTube - /watch?vEvd6XR8zPrY

--jumping around--

Anyway...

Once again, if you get confused, let me know. I'm thinking I might have to rewrite this.

For Claire, because she Beta's everything (sure, she Beta's after it's published, but oh well. I appreciate it.)

And for Elle, mostly because I enjoy getting advanced material…lol.


Chapter 14

As soon as they returned to the hospital, Ziva quickly got back into bed.

Within minutes a doctor had come in to see them. "Well, Ziva, looks like we'll be able to discharge you tomorrow."

Ziva smiled. "Great. Because this place-"

"Thanks Doc," Tony finished. The doctor shook his head as he left.

Ziva whooped slightly. "I get to leave tomorrow!"

Tony laughed at her. "Yeah."


Gibbs took his place opposite Jenny at the table, with Mira sitting at the end.

"I'm Director Shepard," Jenny introduced herself. "And this is Special Agent Gibbs."

Gibbs thought about that for a moment. He only called Jenny 'Jenny' when he was being very serious about something, yet she introduced herself as that to everyone.

Weird. Pointless to think about, also, Gibbs thought to himself.

"I come to this country from far away. What is happening?" Mira asked, her accent thick and her English not perfect.

"We understand that this may bring up some memories, but we need your help with an investigation that we are running," Jenny said, opening the file that was in front of her.

"Investigation?"

"We're investigating a bombing that took place in Israel seven years ago," Gibbs explained.

"There have been many bombs in my country," Mira said, twisting her hands.

"The one we're talking about is one that occurred just down the road from your house," Jenny said, pulling out photos of the burning Kilhaad residence.

"I remember," Mira said after she glanced at the pictures.

"Where were you at the time of the explosion?" Gibbs asked.

"My home. I hear the explosion, I went outside and went to help the family."

"You knew the family?"

"Not well, but yes."

"Can you tell us about them?" Jenny asked, just to make sure Mira understood exactly what they were talking about.

"Three people. Mother, father and son."

"Names?"

"Ziva, Jamal and Chaim Kilhaad. Chaim was the son," Mira clarified.

"Alright. Do you know of anyone who had a grudge against them?" Gibbs and Jenny had agreed earlier to pretend that Mira was not a suspect, just a witness.

"Not that I am aware of."

Gibbs glanced at Jenny for a second before speaking again. "Your family was investigated for terrorism charges?"

Mira stood up, fury burning in her eyes. "Are you suggesting I had something to do with the Kilhaad bomb?"

"We were-"

"I am leaving," Mira said, pulling on her coat.

Jenny stood up as well, but didn't argue. "I'll have an agent escort you out."

"Thank you."

Mira walked out first.

"That was interesting," Gibbs said quietly.

Jenny turned to look at him for a moment. "Yeah."


The next day…

"Alright, bag is packed," Tony groaned as he pulled the bag zipper shut. "I can't believe you have this much stuff."

"You can't complain. You brought it all here for me."

Tony just shook his head and slung the bag over his shoulder. "I'll take this out to the car and then I'll be back for you."

"Alright," Ziva said happily. She was excited to be going home.

Tony left the room, thinking about Ziva.

He walked smack bang into someone. "I'm sorry, I was-"

The person ran off.

"Okay…" Tony said to himself, confused. He quickly took the bag to the car and returned to the hospital room.

Ziva was waiting for him at the door. "What, no wheelchair?" she said sarcastically.

"Oh, I can get one for you if you want-"

"You do and I'll-"

"Alright, no threats necessary," Tony finished quickly. Ziva smirked and they left the hospital.


"So now what? She's under surveillance?" Gibbs asked. It had been several hours since Mira had left. Gibbs had brought dinner up to Jenny's office.

"Yep," Jenny said as clearly as she could through a mouthful of potato. She swallowed. "FBI wanted to help out-"

"You didn't let them take charge of the surveillance, did you?" Gibbs said in disbelief. "Soon it'll be their case and not ours."

"I assure you that I did not agree to let them assist. If anything, I don't think they'll want to help out with this case any time soon."

They ate in silence for a few minutes.

"So Ziva should be out of the hospital by now," Jenny said conversationally.

"Yeah. Tony was taking her home."

Jenny stared at him.

"What, Jen?"

She laughed lightly. "You think it's wise to allow them to spend this much time together?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"No reason," Jenny said quickly.

"If you're referring to a certain storyline in Deep Six-"

"Come on, Jethro," Jenny said, laughing. "You so know what I'm talking about."

Gibbs peered at her glass. "How much wine have you had?"

"Same amount as you," she replied, calming down a bit. "I'm just saying, Tony seems to really like her."

Gibbs sighed and stacked up their plates, ready to leave. "I know."

"And you haven't done anything about it?"

"There comes a time when one must accept what cannot be altered," Gibbs said wisely.

Jenny laughed again. "Where'd you get that from?"

"No idea. But it sounded good," he said, walking out.


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