Chapter 26
A New Life
~~In Israel, around October 1, 2013~~
A/N: this is the AU, picking up when the scene of Tiva was kissing each other at the olive grove was being cut off on the episode of Past, Present, and Future; Final Chapter.
Tony and Ziva were embracing each other in a hug after having a full-on kiss. Tony looked down at Ziva, "I really want to help you, I want to be there for you, I want you to be home with me, I would love to come home after work to see you at the couch or even in bed every day, to be with you." Tony showed his compassionate feeling by not letting Ziva go.
"Ziva reached out her hand on Tony's scruffy beard, "Oh Tony, Please don't make it harder on me, I felt I need some more time to think and to figure things out, I am going to stay with my aunt Avira for some time." Ziva looked into Tony's eyes, she saw the tears coming. As she wiped Tony's eye, she hated to break his heart or see him hurt, then she took a deep breath, "There will always be an us, we will be together no matter what happens, Tony..." Ziva paused to wipe her own tears, she didn't really want to lose Tony, but wanted to have some time alone.
"Alright, Ziva, since the flight is tonight, I have a lot of time left with you, there are some things I want to show you, if that sounds good to you?" Tony smiled at Ziva, hugging her.
"We can have a lot of time together before the flight, let's do that" Ziva looked up to Tony with a smile.
"Alright, we'll go in my car, go some places" Tony smiled at Ziva.
"Alright sounds good" Ziva nodded.
Sometime later, Ziva had noticed that Tony had pulled up into the Mossad headquarters, she looked up at Tony, "What is this?"
Tony looked at Ziva, "I want to talk to you about something, but first we shall go inside, more secured that way, alright?" Tony smiled at Ziva.
Ziva was puzzled, nodded her head as she scoffed, "Alright" as she walked out of the car, met with Tony as they walked to the building.
"Everything will be alright, trust me" Tony hugged Ziva as he held the door open for Ziva.
"Alright," she said. 'It had better be good" Ziva thought to herself.
At the lobby of the director's office, Tony and Ziva walked into the lobby. Orli walked out of a room, and saw Tony walking in, holding Ziva's hand. 'Oh Tony, you found Ziva!" Orli reached out to hug Ziva, then looked at Tony. "I was going to call you to see if you had found her, this is a surprise visit" Orli smiled at Tony, then turned to Ziva. "Ziva, are you doing alright?"
"Somewhat. I am trying to hang in there, thanks for asking" Ziva shrugged.
"Alright Tony, since you came back, and Ziva is here, I need to talk with you both back in my office this way, please" Orli pointed at her office.
Tony was puzzled, "Alright, we see what she wanted" Tony whispering to Ziva's ear.
"Great, what is it now" Ziva thought to herself "I am not sure"
In Orli's office, Tony and Ziva were just sitting down at their chairs by the desk, then Orli had called an unknown person to bring someone in, which was what Tony and Ziva overheard Orli talking on phone by the door. They were puzzled for a moment.
As soon Orli came into the office, to sit at the chair front of the desk, Adam Eshel walked into the office to sit down, smiling at everyone, "Reporting for duty. Here I am."
Orli stood up walking around the desk, smiling at Adam, "Thank you for coming in, just wanted to tell you that Tony had found Ziva, and since they came here, I thought I would get the chance to talk to you, even you both, Tony and Ziva.
"Oh alright" Adam shrugged.
"Orli, we came here to see you about something else, but..." Tony was puzzled, but Ziva patted Tony's arm.
Orli nodded, "Ah, alright, we will see to that when I get this done"
Tony nodded, "Alright"
Ziva looked at Orli, 'Alright, what is going on, you have us here for what?"
Orli smiled, taking the folders from the shelf, then placed it on the desk, "Ziva, the will for Eli David has arrived in our hands, and some things we need to discuss, but it depends on what Tony wants to do" Orli pointed at Tony.
"What?" Tony muttered.
"Oh, my Abba's will, that sure looks so thick in that folder, must be important" Ziva wondered.
"Oh yeah, I had to read through it, most of it is very important, indeed..." Orli nodded as she gave the folder to Ziva, then patted her arm, "You belong to the Mossad, if you don't go back to NCIS, you are very welcome to work for us." Orli knew Ziva might not like what she had heard, looking at Ziva reading the paper.
Ziva gasped, looking up at Orli, "My Abba's wish for me to return to Mossad if I ever quit NCIS, oh Abba." Ziva stood up, walking around the room, "He wants me to be like him!" Ziva shouted, as she kicked small trash can nearby.
"Wow," Tony muttered to himself, taken aback, watching how pissed off Ziva was.
Ziva walked to "Orli, are you seriously going to put me back in Mossad?" Ziva glared a look at Orli.
"I knew you would be upset, but look, in my eyes, in this agency, we are not going to do what Eli did. Eli was in wrong to do that, he was being disgraced from this agency when he went to US and killed a military guy there. We don't allow that, so I am not here to tell you to be like your father; I am asking you to work for us, do what you know how. Stay low and do the intel, report to us, and we don't kill unless self-defense only," Orli spoke in Hebrew to Ziva, Tony only picked up very few pieces as he sat up to try to process what he was hearing.
"Oh? I will consider it, being the spy and doing other things...but can I make some choices of who I would trust in as my contacts?" Ziva crossed her arms and put her chin in one hand, considering this.
Orli smiled at Ziva, "Indeed, do those jobs and all you do is report to Adam, then Adam will go to me."
"Ah I see..." I will consider it, hmm.." Ziva gulped, not sure what to do because she knew she had resigned from NCIS for good.
Orli smiled at Ziva, "Take your time to consider, whenever you decide, let Adam know, he will let me know, alright?"
"Alright" Ziva nodded, then glanced at Adam, then shook her head slightly, she knew it would bother Tony, unless Orli had something for him that would put a wedge between Adam and Ziva. Then she turned to Tony, then to Orli, "What's it got to do with Tony?"
Orli nodded with a smile, then looked at Adam to be excused, as soon Adam left, Orli turned to Ziva as she walked to sit by Ziva.
"Yeah, you will be protected for life, in Eli's honor. We will do everything to protect you, meet your needs, and we will make sure you have the funds secured. You are basically set for life, nothing to worry about, and work with us, we will protect you for life, consider that carefully," Orli smiled at Ziva, then turned to Tony, smiling. "Alright, Tony. Since Ziva has resigned from NCIS, I thought it was time for her to consider working with us again, so with you, I am offering you a job, will you consider it too?"
Tony and Ziva gasped, looking at each other then turned to Orli, "What?"
Orli chuckles, "That is what I was expecting to hear, alright, so I have talked with Leon Vance about it, he is aware of it, so the job I am offering is this Liaison between Mossad and NCIS, doing intel jobs..."
Ziva paused Orli, "Oh the same position I was when I first was at NCIS years ago?"
"Yep, and Vance likes that idea, but we want it to be your call, take your time, it will be open for you anytime you want it," Orli smiled, giving the folders to Tony,
Ziva looked at the folders being held towards Tony's hand, then turned to Orli, "So Tony work for you, then he will have contacts? Who?"
Orli nodded her head, "You will be one of his contacts, Adam is one of contacts you report to, so Tony report to you, you go to Adam then Adam comes to me, so that means you both will be in very low key where no one can touch, we will treat you both as our people, we trust you both. We have known and seen in a file that you both have done excellent jobs at NCIS, I thought I would ask you since I was told about your resignation." Orli looked at Ziva and Tony.
"Ah I see, Gibbs doesn't know about this, who do I report to for US side?" Tony nodded as he was considering.
"Vance. You report to him, then he will go from there, that was why I spoke with Vance..." Orli shrugged, "I am sure Gibbs won't take this well, when I met him, he was an interesting, structured man when it comes to work"
"Ah Vance..." Tony took a deep breath, "I will consider it, I want to wait and see how things are at NCIS, and yeah, I will talk with Vance." Tony nodded with a smile.
Orli nodded at Tony, "Take your time, anytime, whenever you feel it is right time." Orli smiled at Tony.
"Alright, how about this, if I take this job, Gibbs doesn't know at all?" Tony mutters.
Ziva looked at Tony, "it is like you work for NCIS full time but you are a liaison under Vance, basically two jobs." Ziva shrugged, smiled gently remembering the old days she was in that job.
Orli nodded, "That is basically easy way to, Gibbs doesn't need to know any intel or anything unless it falls in a case that he has no choice to work on, he will find out eventually but he should not be angry at you if you worked for Mossad too, it is your choice."
Tony sat back, taking a deep breath, smiled gently, then looked at Ziva, then looked at Orli, "how about when there are two people that have relationship working for Mossad?"
Orli nodded, "We have few of them out here, but not in same department, like I said, you are the liaison, and Ziva is in different position as you, then you both are fine as I do suspect something in you both, that probably explains why Gibbs seem to be irritated at times when he see you both together."
Ziva gulped, thought to herself, "Oh she must have known, my Abba must have told her?" she thought to herself, then looked at Orli, "My Abba told you that we are engaged?"
Orli smiled at Ziva, "Well, yes, Eli told me, he was so thrilled for you, he had spoken highly of you and Tony, he even left something for Tony in his will, but it's got to wait until it is official."
"Oh really?" Ziva raised her eyebrows, taken aback to hear that Eli and Orli were still confidantes. She hadn't realized that until now.
Tony was surprised to hear that conversation, then looked at Orli, "Well, now..." Tony sat up straight, clearing his throat. "Well, the real reason we came is, this. I wanted to see if you would Ziva be put under Mossad protection for when I go back to US? I mean, since she wanted to stay here with her aunt, and I respect that. Now, my job, I'm not sure about, yet." Tony muttered to himself.
"Yeah, Tony, I understand, the job offer still stands. Whenever you're ready." Orli nodded with a smile.
"I see." Ziva nodded. Suddenly, she had a thought that concerned her. She stood up and slowly walked toward the office window, looking down at the street outside, considering things, then turned around and looked at Orli. "Orli, when Tony and I get married eventually, will Tony be protected in both countries? On both jobs?"
Orli smiled and nodded. "Oh yes. That's part of the package deal. If he marries you, he automatically falls under Mossad protection. Whatever protection detail you need or desire, he will also get. With this package deal, all your assets and financial holdings will also fall under our protection. You can look over the details in the folder you have there."
"Ah, wow. I see now." Ziva breathed out a relieved sigh, realizing that her father did leave a sizable sum of money and securities for her and Tony, as well as whatever security services they would need. She turned and walked toward the windows and looked out at the sky.
Orli nodded, then patted Tony's shoulder, whispering to him, "You will be a fine agent, you are a fine man, you will be alright, we look after others, our people like a family, and I do see that you will be good for Ziva, be there for her, and do your best, I will be right back," Orli smiled at Tony.
"Yeah, thanks," Tony nodded at Orli, looking at her leaving the office, he stood up walking to Ziva, "What a unexpected meeting we had," Tony reached out to hug Ziva by his side.
Ziva looked at Tony, "What… what just happened now, and what about Gibbs and his..." Ziva leaned on Tony's arm.
Tony chuckled as he reached out to hold Ziva's hand. "Alright, from what I'm understanding here, Ziva, that Rule twelve? Out the window. History. If I'm not mistaken here, I go back there to work with Gibbs for the time being. Pass only the necessary intel to him, and nothing more. At the same time, you work here, with Mossad. Any intel that Mossad needs, or any work that they require of me, I'll do it over there." Tony shrugged his shoulders. "After all, I'll technically be under Vance, even though on the books I'm working for Gibbs. Gibbs won't know about this. I will talk with Vance and go from there, but when will I take the job. Not sure how busy Gibbs will keep me, but if he's having me sit out cases more, that's just to my advantage. I can always pass intel and do a little Interpol work on the down low. You know, under Vance."
Ziva smiled. "Brilliant idea. Double-teaming the intel. Because we're in two different locations basically covering each other doing our jobs." Ziva tilted her head to Tony. "But when will we get married?"
"Well… we can get married now if you want, we can still keep it a secret for the time being?" Tony smiled at Ziva.
"Ah there you go, we can do that" Ziva perked up with a smile, reaching out to hug Tony, "This is the best thing to do. Forget rule 12, and start our life together." Ziva turned to give Tony a full-on kiss as Tony returned a full-on kiss as they held each other.
Moments later, Tony and Ziva broke for the air and they broke the hug in time as they heard the door opening. Orli came back in her office, "I am sorry if I interrupted anything, so you both let me know anytime, and everything we say, or do, and what we agreed stays here."
"Alright, thank you for the information and I will for sure consider it, I will be in touch," Ziva smiled, holding Tony's hand.
"Thanks, and I will do the same when I get back," Tony nodded with a smile.
"You both are much welcome, and please know that we are here for you both, always know we got your back," Orli smiled at Tony and Ziva.
Eventually after making some decisions, they ended up signing the papers for the protection of assets and financials. As for the jobs, they were not sure but most likely a potential goal for Tony and Ziva. Orli had excused them for the day, so they had left the Mossad headquarters with new information, the package deal to consider.
As Tony had pulled into the highway, driving the car, he looked at Ziva, reaching her hand at his side, "Alright, we can go somewhere quiet, nice and special, so you know tonight supposed to be a clear night, there might be some meteor shower going on tonight, you know" he managed to watch the road and look at Ziva.
"Oh yeah" Ziva smiled at Tony.
Tony looked at Ziva, "What is on your mind?" Tony smiled.
"We are getting married, that means a lot to me that you love me for who I am, and I love you for who you are. We are meant to be together, and I think we should get married before you go back to the US," Ziva smiled, holding Tony's hand.
"Yeah, we can do that, I am thinking about doing it under the stars, just the two of us, and we can do that on the one of properties of your choice. Maybe the olive grove grounds, it is so lovely there." Tony smiled.
"I think that is a good place for us, Schmiel could marry us if he is at the house?" Ziva smiled.
"Oh, he can?" Tony muttered.
"He married my parents," Ziva smiled.
"Ah that explains how he knows you guys, that is awesome," Tony smiled.
"Yep, I think it would be neat if he married us in my father's behalf."
"That sounds like a cool idea," Tony nodded.
"Alright let's do it," Ziva reached out to hug Tony's arm while Tony drove the car.
~~Tiva4ever~~
At the olive grove house, Tony and Ziva arrived at the house to see Schmiel. Ziva and Tony went in the living room to sit together at the couch. Schmiel sat by them, "How may I be of service to you both?" the old man smiled at them.
"Yes, I would like you to marry us, please?" Tony asked for the blessing Schmiel can give him and Ziva.
"Schmiel, we want to get married before he goes back to USA," Ziva spoke almost simultaneously with Tony.
Schmiel chuckled, and smiled at how Tony and Ziva looked so happy in love, then he nodded as he stood up walking to the desk to get the paper. He turned around to Tony and Ziva, "I am more than happy to marry you both, Avira is sleeping right now, we can do that now, right here if you both wish?"
"Oh, sure thing, that would be nice" Tony smiled as he stood up.
Ziva smiled as she stood up holding Tony's hand.
Schmiel nodded with a smile, "Alright, I shall be right back, then I will make it happen for you both, my dear friends"
After the moment of Tony and Ziva getting married by Schmeil at the olive grove house, Tony and Ziva left the house in high spirits, so happy, as they took a walk through the land of orchards.
Tony stopped his steps in middle of an open land just right to see the twilight sky, with the sun setting. He put a blanket on the ground, while Ziva put a basket of dinner that Tony and Ziva had cooked at the house, and drinks, by the blanket. Luckily the ground was not in a dark place but enough for Tony and Ziva to see each other, the back yard porch had some light shining across the grounds.
Tony and Ziva sat down, close to each other, as they had some dinner, and drinks while sun was setting just to enjoy their alone time. Once they were finished eating, they put things away in the bag, but stayed on the blanket.
"Ziva, you are so beautiful, I am thankful to have you to be my wife, I love you Ziva." Tony laid back on the ground, looking at Ziva sitting up looking at Tony, smiling.
"This sure feels so good to be with you as my husband, I love you too, Tony" Ziva leaned over to give a full-on kiss to Tony, as Tony returned it back.
After some moments of kissing each other, Tony broke for the air, stroking Ziva's hair away from her face, "The reason I came up with this idea, I wanted us to be under the stars, make our own vows, and make it special, you know." Tony smiled at Ziva.
"That sounds good, I would like to make a vow with you, Tony..." Ziva pondered for a moment, laid down at her side, looking at Tony, smiling gently, as she stood up, reaching down for Tony to get up.
"Alright I will stand up by the blanket," Tony reached out to hold Ziva into his arms, as Ziva reached for his arm to hold.
Ziva said, "I, Ziva David, will honor you as my partner, my best friend, my soulmate, my lover, my protector and I will always love you as my lawful husband now, tomorrow, forever, always." Ziva smiled at Tony with a happy tear streaming, holding Tony's hand.
Tony had a happy tear on his cheek, holding Ziva's hand on his chest, as he leaned toward Ziva, "I, Anthony Daniel DiNozzo will honor you as my partner, my best friend, my soulmate, my lover, my protector and I will always love you as my lawful wife, now, tomorrow, forever, always." Tony smiled, then he planted a kiss on Ziva's lips as Ziva had returned hers.
After the moments of kissing each other, Ziva broke off for the air, then sat on the ground as Tony sat by her, then they looked up at the stars showing up, just in time they had their vows done, then Ziva looked at Tony with a smile, holding his hand.
"I want to show you something" Ziva smiled at Tony, then played the music on her phone, then held Tony's hand, as she turned to him, "Tony, this song..." Ziva paused to think, then looked at Tony, "That was the song I sang at one of those missions, I thought I would play this song for us, so you get the idea of that song I listen to sometimes." Ziva's voice sounded beautiful as she sang, easily carrying the tune and singing in time with the song.
Lyrics (Temptation)
Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams
Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means
Temptation, temptation, temptation
Oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist
Oui, je sais. Qu'il est fait fumé.
Oui, je me suis paumée.
Il sait que je suis fauchée.
Mais à moi de jouer.
Temptation. Temptation. Temptation.
Je peux pas résister.
Dutch pink and Italian blue
He is there, oh waiting for you
My will has disappeared
Now confusion is oh so clear
Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist
Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist
"Ah really, this song sounds beautiful" Tony was listening to the song as it was playing on Ziva's phone. As the song finished playing, Tony reached out his arm around Ziva at his side and looked over at Ziva. Noticing that a tear had made its way down Ziva's cheek, he used his other hand to gently wipe the tear away. "Are you alright, Ziva?" he whispered.
Ziva nodded. "Oh, yes. The reason I love this song so much – and I wanted to share with you – is because it is very romantic. This song was on my mind when I found out that I was pregnant with our baby that we lost." She closed her eyes and leaned onto Tony's shoulder and held his arm and hand.
"It's a very lovely song." Tony nodded as he stroked Ziva's hair away from her cheek. "Thank you for sharing this with me." Tony said as he cradled Ziva into his arms.
"Mmmm." Ziva looked up at Tony as she climbed up on Tony's lap, as her legs held around Tony, leaning toward Tony to plant some kiss on his lips, then broke for the air "make this special for us, so no talking but make love with me, please." Ziva slowly taking off her shirt, showing bare chest, as she reached out her hand on Tony's chest, and unbuttoned Tony's shirt.
Tony looked at Ziva, placing his finger at her chin, "Yes, we shall make love and I will make it special." Tony smiled at Ziva, as he reached out for Ziva's cheek, as he leaned toward to press Ziva toward him, planting a full-on kiss on Ziva's lips.
After an hour of the love embracing activity, Tony and Ziva had laid on the blanket, as another blanket was covering them, looking at the millions of stars, and a Milky Way in middle of the sky, just to enjoy the view of stars as they held each other. All the sudden, Tony and Ziva had witnessed some good shooting stars over their head, "Those shooting stars are lovely to look at," Ziva had spoken to Tony, resting her head on Tony's chest.
"Yeah, they are so lovely, I feel at peace looking at them, I wish I could stay here as long I can be with you out here, I will miss you when I go back..." Tony tried not to show his sadness to Ziva but he understood and respected Ziva with his love, she did not want to go back to USA for some reason.
"Tony, it will be alright, we will be in touch at times, and we will be together again one day, at this time it is best if you go back to work, and I think I will go back to the Mossad, you know the package deal." Ziva sat up just enough to see Tony.
"Yeah, that is fine, I think it is best if you take the package deal, that way we can be in touch, but no one will know we had gotten married, not for now, I want to protect you," Tony nodded, stroking Ziva's hair away from Ziva's face.
"I feel the same way, and I will do that, it is only way we can be in touch is through the Mossad, no problem." Ziva smiled gently, then kissed on Tony's lip.
Tony returned to give Ziva a full-on kiss, then broke off the kiss, to look at his watch, realizing that he needed to catch the plane, "Almost time for me to go to catch the plane, so wanna go with me to see me go off?"
"Oh of course, yeah" Ziva smiles at Tony.
~~Tiva~~
After dropping Tony off at the airport, even when Ziva managed to watch Tony taking off on the plane, she burst in tears as she started the car engine, then drove back to the olive grove home where she would be staying with her aunt Avira. When Ziva arrived at the house, she walked into the living room, looking around the room and heard a small sound in the other room. Avira must be in there doing something, she thought to herself as she walked into there. As Ziva walked in, she saw the caretaker there, and realized that Schmiel had left to run some errands. Just then, the caretaker looked up at Ziva as she walked into the room. "Oh Hello, Ms. David"
"Hi there, how is my aunt Avira?" Ziva asked the caretaker.
"Oh, she is good, she perks up tonight for some reason" the caretaker smiled.
Ziva nodded, "Ah, looks like she is relaxing in the chair over there, I am glad she is ok," Ziva smiled. Suddenly Ziva gasped when Avira rose to sit up straight, "Ziva, is that you, I hear Ziva?"
Ziva smiled at the caretaker, then she stood up to walk to sit by Avira as the old woman reached out her wrinkled fragile hand to hold on.
"Hi yes, it is me Ziva," Ziva smiled at Avira.
"Oh yes, that is my Ziva," Avira felt her face, hair and hand, then suddenly Avira made some sounds that got Ziva worried.
"Avira, it is alright, what is it?" Ziva wondered.
"Oh, where is your husband?" Avira asked.
"Tony has gone to work for a while, it will be alright," Ziva nodded, trying to not be sad but wanting to be strong.
"Ziva, you are with child. Danger will come, and you must protect the child, and you must protect Tony." Avira tilted her face up toward Ziva, her milky-white eyes wide open and staring at her, as if she was peering into Ziva's soul, taking Ziva off guard.
Ziva gasped as Avira squeezed Ziva's hands, just enough to have her vision passing into Ziva's hands, without realizing it, Ziva looked at Avira, "Aunt Avira, I lost the baby."
Avira shook her head, "I know you had a child before, the child is up in heaven, but the child is with you, you must rest, stay low until the child will come to you," Avira perked up as her shadowy eyes showed off to Ziva, leaving Ziva speechless.
The caretaker was taken back, turning to Ziva, "Ziva, that is strange, before you came, she woke up from her nap, telling me about a danger that will come in near future, and a new child will be born in the family. I just did not take it literally until now..." the caretaker was speechlessly but confirmed what he heard what she had to told him before Ziva came.
Ziva gasped, then looked at Avira, "Avira, are you telling me, another baby is coming?" Ziva held Avira's hand.
Avira smiled at Ziva as she stirred back on the chair, "Ziva, you will be alright, the child will protect you, just like you protect the child, when time is right, Tony will come home to the family." Avira nodded briefly before she dozed off, worn out from seeing things in visions which wore her out a lot.
"Alright," Ziva gently put Avira's hand on her lap, stood up, looking at the caretaker, "I will be right back."
"Ok, I will be here if you need anything," the caretaker spoke.
Ziva nodded with no words, then walked out of the house, before she could burst in tears, she looked up at the stars, "Oh my gosh..." Ziva gasped as she covered her hand on her mouth then placed both her hands on her belly, as she looked down at her belly, just in time she realized that she is pregnant, and Tony had left back to the US, not knowing it. She turned toward the sky, noticed a huge shooting star screaming through the sky, as she thought to herself, "A child come within me, Tony and my baby, a second chance?" Ziva took a deep breath.
Meanwhile, in the plane flying over the ocean, Tony sat by the window, dozing off, when suddenly he woke up. He thought he heard a baby crying right behind the seat where Tony sat; he turned around to empty chairs, puzzled at the sound of the baby cooing and crying. Then he looked around toward the window, looking at the full moon rising over the ocean, and suddenly a shooting star flew across the sky, as Tony gasped, "Wow, that was huge," Tony thought to himself.
~~Few momths later, around Late 2013~~
At the farmhouse, Ziva walked into the house, tossing her go bag onto the couch. She then turned around and looked at the pictures on the fireplace mantel. She let out a sigh as she thought to herself, "Oh Tony, I'm sorry that you are not here for this. How can I tell you about it?" Ziva walked toward to the fireplace shelf, and grasped the pictures of Tony and Ziva together and brought it closer to look at it for a moment. She put it back on the mantel, then shifted her gaze at another picture, this one of them on the scooter riding around in Paris. Almost without thought, as she took a deep breath, she looked down at her belly and gently rubbed the small bump of her belly. She cradled her hands her hands around her belly as she thought to herself again, "At least I have a piece of Tony that will keep me going. At least until we meet again." Ziva smiled at the thought that just popped up in her head. She then walked over to the couch and flopped down on it by her go bag. She looked over at it, then put her hand into the bag and pulled out a small piece of paper and looked at it, a tear and a smile forming on her face. It was a picture of the sonogram of her baby. She suddenly wanted to tell Tony the news, and so she reached out for the phone, dialing the number to call Tony.
~~At the bullpen, in Navy Yard~~
Tony rubbed his eyes after poring through paperwork at his desk. Another one of those late nights. He shook the tiredness out of his head and resumed typing in the final details of the case reports on his computer. "Oh, boy, oh boy," he muttered to himself blearily, tossing a stack of papers onto the desk.
"You okay over there, Tony?" McGee's quiet voice reached Tony's ears.
Tony looked over to McGee, but before Tony could say anything, the phone on his desk rang. Tony's hand shot out and picked up the phone. "Special Agent DiNozzo speaking." Suddenly he heard a click and the line went dead. "Huh. Phone must be acting weird." He looked up at McGee as he hung up the phone.
McGee looked over, puzzled. "First time? I could track it and see if it's the phone system, you know."
Tony glanced at the phone, then looked back at McGee. "Nah, wouldn't worry about it. It's late anyway. Thanks anyway, McGee." Tony nodded with a smile. Yet a thought nagged at his mind: What if it was Ziva trying to call me?
McGee smiled at Tony, "Alright. If it happens again, I'll see about tracking it down." He leaned over and whispered to Tony, "I know you're missing Ziva. You're putting all your energy into work, lately." McGee ribbed at Tony.
Tony scoffed. "Well, you know how Gibbs is. And how he expects us to be like him. Work, eat, sleep, repeat ad nauseum." Tony shrugged his shoulders and sat back in his chair, looking at McGee.
"You said it yourself, it's late," McGee replied. "Can we finish this up on Monday? Let's get out of here."
Tony stood up and looked out over the cubicles and noticed that he and McGee were the only ones there. "Wow, it's later than I thought. Why are we here late on a Friday night, anyway? Lemme finish this up and log out so we can get outta here." He smiled at McGee then turned to his computer.
~~2 years later, Sometime in spring 2016~~
At the farmhouse, Tali sat in her highchair, babbling as she played with her food and ate the occasional bite. Her eyes followed Ziva as she wiped down the table. "Ima!" Tali blurted out, giggling as she called out.
Ziva put the washcloth down on the table and turned and smiled as she walked up to Tali. "Yes, I'm here. You are done with your food?"
"Me done" Tali broke out into a giggle, as she flapped her hands around, smacking the table in front of her. Bits of food fell onto the food as she smacked her pudgy little hands onto the table.
Ziva giggled at her little girl, then got the washcloth and started wiping down the highchair table. She looked at Tali and thought to herself, "You sure look a lot like Tony. I'll need to introduce you to your Abba soon. Another thought popped up right after that one: Maybe I can call Tony and see if he is at work."
Suddenly, Tali heard a small sound, and looked toward the door, then back to Ziva. "Ima!" she said, as she pointed her finger in the general direction of the front door.
That got Ziva's attention, and she quickly stood up. "What is it?" she muttered to herself as she took a couple of steps toward the front door.
Before Ziva got there, the door suddenly opened, only to be shut quickly. Adam was standing there, pale-faced. He quickly walked over to Ziva. "Ziva, we got to talk."
"Sounds like you had rushed over here in a hurry, what is it?" Ziva became worried.
"Well, I got some bad news. We have to be on the move, now!" Adam took a deep breath, reaching out and grabbing Ziva's arm. He had a serious, slightly scared look on his face.
Ziva pulled her arm away from Adam, but didn't stop him. "Are you telling me that danger is near? That it has found us?" Ziva gasped, shook her head.
"Yes! I don't know many details, but we don't have much time." Adam swallowed a lump in his suddenly-dry throat. "Orli is monitoring the situation. She sent me here to take you and Tali out of here. We have to go now!" Adam pointed finger in the air.
Tali sat in her chair, suddenly puzzled at the sudden shift in the mood in the air. "Ima?" she called out, questioningly.
Ziva nodded once to Adam, swallowing against her dry throat, the adrenaline kicking in. "Alright. I better get our bags packed" Ziva quickly walked over to her go bag, and picked up the diaper bag that was sitting nearby. She quickly glanced over at Tali sitting in her highchair, then returned to packing the essentials. She looked up to Adam and said, "Give me a minute." She took the diaper bag and ran into the other room to grab more diapers. She reached behind the baby supplies dresser and grabbed two items and stashed one of them into the very bottom of the diaper bag. She thought to herself as tears started running down her cheek, "Now is time when I have to do my job, on the run to protect my family. I must call Tony."
"Hurry!" Adam called out.
"Got everything," Ziva came back into the room and picked up her go bag, slinging it on. She turned to Tali and quickly cleaned her off before taking her out of the highchair.
"Ima?" Tali asked, not sure what was going on at all.
Adam looked at Ziva and hissed, "We must hurry!" Adam quickly pushed Ziva out of the house, picking up the diaper bag that Ziva had dropped. He handed the bag to Ziva and said breathlessly, "Here you go. Don't wanna forget this." He closed the door behind him and quickly walked them toward the car.
Ziva pulled her regular cellphone out, dialing the number for Tony. She let out a sigh as she got into the car and a fleeting thought ran through her mind. "Hope I can get hold of Tony, before the danger gets to us."
At the Navy Yard~~
Tony was at his desk, doing the usual paper pushing and entering meaningless data into his computer, while the others toiled away at their desks. He sat back in his chair and let out a sigh, thinking to himself, "Wow, two years already. I miss my Ziva, my wife. I must decide what I need to do, and soon. Should I just go ahead and call the Mossad and go find Ziva? Just pick up and leave, go back to Israel for good?" Tony sighed and shook his head, then sat up and opened his middle drawer and looked into it. He noticed some small items that had belonged to Ziva when she was working there. Letting out a frustrated sigh, he slammed the drawer shut. Just when he did that, the phone on his desk rang, startling Tony out of his funk.
"You gonna get that?" McGee looked over to Tony.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll get it." Tony took a deep breath to calm himself down. It had been a while since he had left work before sundown, and the work had been taking a tool on him. He reached out and picked up the phone and said, "Hello, Special Agent Tony Dinozzo speaking." The line suddenly went dead, and Tony looked at the phone. "Again?" he muttered to himself as he put the phone back on the hook, looking at Ellie Bishop, then Gibbs, then McGee. "Interesting, I get a call and the line goes dead." Tony raised an eyebrow and shrugged his shoulders.
Just then, someone ran into the room and told them to turn on the big TV. "Something's happening," the agent said, before leaving.
"Now what?" Tony sighed exasperatedly as he turned on the TV. "- breaking news from ZNN, live on scene -" the reporter was standing in front of the ruins of a building.
"Turn it up, McGeek!" Tony prodded McGee.
"Sure thing," McGee said as he thumbed the volume control up a little more.
"-standing at the now-destroyed home of former Mossad director Eli David, which has been destroyed in the blast -" the TV blared on.
"No! Not my Ziva!" Tony whispered to himself as he watched the news.
A/N: Dear Readers, this is the last chapter for this AU story, Across Time. Thank you for enjoying this au story, I am excited to tell you that there will be next AU story arc coming up soon, Thank you for the reviews, tweets, messages, and kudos.