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Please be patient. We're almost at the end

In Russia, just outside Moscow, Tony stood in the office of the hanger, waiting for Ziva to pick up her phone. He had gone from London to Moscow looking for more information on Jacob Scott.

'Come on Zi' he whispered under his breath. 'Pick up.' Eventually she did.

'Hi Tony. Everything OK?' She sounded happy.

'Yeah, everything's OK. I'm just waiting for my flight back.' Tony on the other hand, was exhausted. He hoped to sleep on his flight.

'You are coming home?'

'Yeah, babe. I am.'

'Good. Tali and I miss you.'

'I miss you too Zi. And Tali.' Tony spotted someone trying to get his attention through the office window. 'I better go babe. Give Tali a kiss from me. I love you.'

'I will do, Tony. And I love you too.'

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Ziva's phone buzzed on the dining table. She was finishing putting the dinner things away. Ziva assumed it was a text from Tony, but it was from Abby.

Fornell has been shot in Gibbs' house. Ziva blinked at the message, putting the plate and tea towel down on the table. Another message came through, also from Abby.

He's been taken to hospital. In surgery. He was with Jessica Terdei from MI6. She's dead. Ziva sat slowly down on a dining chair. Fornell was one of the smartest and toughest federal agents Ziva had worked with. She knew that he would not go down without a fight.

Ziva's immediate thought was Fornell's daughter, Emily. Diane had died only eighteen months ago, and whilst Emily had other family, to lose her father within two years of losing her mother was not right.

'Ima.' Tali was sitting at her little activity table, drawing. Drawing might have been a bit of stretch. They were still squiggles at this stage. Tali had only just become interested in drawing and colouring in the last couple of months.

'Yes, motek?' Tali showed her a drawing. 'Is that for Daddy?' Tali nodded. Ziva went over to Tali and pulled her daughter into a tight hug.

'Ani ohevet otach, Tali.'

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Ziva pushed the hospital doors open. Gibbs had called and asked if she could go to the hospital to be with Emily Fornell. Tobias Fornell was out of surgery and fighting for his life. Team Gibbs was busy with finding who shot their colleague, so Gibbs asked Ziva.

'Emily' called Ziva, when she saw the red-haired teenager.

'Mrs DiNozzo? What are you doing here?'

'Gibbs called. Asked if I could drop by, make sure you are OK. And call me Ziva.' Emily smiled a little.

'I'm OK. It's my dad that I'm worried about.'

'We all are.' Ziva went to sit in the chair next to Emily. She opened her rucksack and pulled out a Tupperware container and a fork. She handed them over to Emily.

'I'm not hungry Ziva' said Emily.

'I do not care. You need to eat.' Emily looked at the box's contents. It was some sort of pasta dish. Her stomach rumbled loudly as she smelt the food. Hungrily, she grabbed the fork and began to shovel food into her mouth. Ziva pulled out her phone as it buzzed. A message from Senior with a photo of Tali. It made her smile.

'What's up?' asked Emily.

'My daughter is with her grandfather. He just sent me a picture of Tali.' Ziva turned the phone around and showed the photo of Tali with food all of her face. Emily laughed and continued eating.

The past day or so had been a world wind of things, one after another. Tony had come home, ever so briefly, something that all three of them loved. But then he left very quickly. Tali was upset at Tony leaving, which made it harder for him, but Ziva understood. Everyone wanted to find Jacob Scott as soon as possible.

After a while, Emily handed Ziva an empty box.

'Thank you' she said quietly. She had spent most of the past hour watching her father intently. Emily didn't want to miss anything.

'I have to go, Em. I need to pick Tali up.'

'That's OK' replied Emily.

'Call if you need anything' said Ziva, sternly, and sort of reminding Emily of her mother. The two of them stood up and Ziva gave Emily a tight hug. There were many things that Emily felt at the moment. Alone was not one of them.

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Tony and Ellie were in Abby's lab, giving Gibbs an update. They had been to the motel that Jacob Scott had set up as an off-the-books safe house. Former agent Kane had given Gibbs and MI6 Officer Reeves the information during their interrogation.

'Tony and I scoured the entire room' said Ellie to Gibbs. 'Didn't find anything. But Abby wanted to see everything from the office just to be sure.'

'Eyewitnesses?' asked Gibbs.

'Not yet' explained Tony. 'But Agent Monroe and Reeves are canvassing the area.' Ellie pressed play on the security video from the massage parlour.

'Stop following me´ said Jacob Scott on the video. 'Or more people are going to get hurt.

'What's he saying?' asked Ellie, her analyst brain working overtime. 'That he'll stop killing people if we just get off his back? Does he want revenge or not?'

'Wait' said Gibbs quickly. 'Back it up. Stop right there.' He stared at the security video.

'What's he looking at?' asked Tony. Gibbs walked over to some the evidence and lifted up a box. A post it was taped to a table.

'It's the Wi-Fi password' said Ellie. Abby came in from her office.

'And somebody used it. I finished analysing the router from the office. Someone logged in to their wireless internet just after the break-in.' She walked over to her computer, the three agents following her.

'It has to be Jacob' said Bishop.

'What's he doing?' asked Gibbs.

'He was searching for someone' explained Abby, bringing up a document on her computer.

'Who?' asked Tony.

'He was looking for Ziva' said Abby.

'What?' asked Tony. 'Why was he looking for Ziva? She's here in DC.'

'Get her on the phone' ordered Gibbs. Tony picked up phone and dialled Ziva's number.

'Hi Tony. I just put Tali down for a nap. You OK?'

'I don't know Zi. Jacob Scott is looking for you.' Tony's voice was making Ziva nervous.

'What? Why is he looking for me?'

'I don't know. Can you get to NCIS?'

'Yes, I ca-'

'Zi? Ziva?' There was no answer. Tony ran out of Abby's lab, Gibbs and Ellie following him. 'Why isn't she answering?' Gibbs heard the worry in Tony's voice. They got back up to the bullpen but suddenly Tony stopped in his tracks. 'ZIVA!' he cried down the phone. But all Tony could hear was the sound of bullets firing.

The next chapter will be up tomorrow. I promise.