A/N: Hey, I'm back! Told ya you'd get another update. Sorry for the cliffy last time. Here it is:
My hands shaking, I take a picture.
"Hope it was a good picture, McGee. You can keep that one. You delete those other ones of me?" The voice shocks me.
Slowly, the face-up female gets to her knees and groans. She is covered in blood and has what looks like a bullet graze in her side, where her shirt has ridden up. I look at it, but she quickly pulls her shirt down. Then she stands up and seeing my dumbstruck face jokes, "Miss me?"
"Ziva?" This time it comes out more like a question. "What... Why..." I cannot form a coherent sentence right now.
"Hello, Tim. I'll give my statement to..." Her voice trails off at the sight of Jenna. "Shalom, Jenny."
I roll my eyes and start again. "This isn't the Director, Ziva. This is Jenna Emily Straton. She's our new Probie. It's her first day."
Ziva just laughs. Turning to Jenna, she asks, "What time did you get here this morning?"
"10 o'clock, Ma'am." Jenna replies nervously.
"No ma'am, I'm not that old yet, you have a couple years on me. I got you beat by 5 hours. How many languages do you speak?" Ziva smirks.
"Uh, 4. English, Russian, French and Arabic." Jenna lists.
" I know 7. Jenny only knew 3 when I met her. I taught Jenny Arabic." Ziva boasts.
Jenna says, "أوه حقا ؟ هذا هو نوع من باردة ، ولكن غريب. و انني اكبر سنا مما كنت، لقد تم القيام فرق عمل لثمانية عشر عاما." (Translation from Arabic: Oh really? That's kind of cool, but weird. And I am older than you, I've been doing task forces for eighteen years.)
I just look at her confused.
Almost instantaneously, Ziva smirks. She fires back,"هذا وقتا طويلا . كنت وجيني هي تماما مثل التوائم ، انها نوع من زاحف ." (Translation form Arabic: That's a long time. You and Jenny are just like twins, It's kind of creepy. )
I was pretty sure they were talking about me, so I was anxious to split up the conversation. I look at Ziva, "Gibbs'll take your statement. Head to the van. I'll go find Tony." Then, I look at Jenna, "Continue canvasing, we still have a murder."
They, luckily, follow my instructions. I head out to go find Tony. When I do find him, I'm not shocked by his appearance. He's sitting on a curb, his face in his hands, sobbing. He thinks Ziva's dead, I realize. "Tony?" I ask.
"Go away." He says angrily.
"She's not dead." I explain.
"Oh yeah?" He turns on me. "You going to tell me that's not her? Rule Number 39. There is no such thing as a coincidence. You going to tell me I have to see her move again?"
"No, Tony. I'm going to tell you SHE'S NOT DEAD. She was acting. She's alive and waiting for you at the van." I explain.
Tony sobers up. Wiping the tears from his cheeks, he stands up. He runs to the van.
I sigh, When will those two tell each other they're in love? Their game was cute at first, but it got old quickly.
Seeing him, Ziva throws her arms around him and gives him an Abby-sized bear hug. Then, she stiffens and looks away from him. He doesn't notice the blood now soaking into his clothes. He just stares at Ziva. Then, as if struck by lightning, he begins to freak out. "Oh god, Ziva! Are you hurt? Do you have to go to the hospital? Where have you been? Oh god, I've missed you."
She bursts out laughing. "You're ridiculous, Tony. I've missed you, too, my little hairy butt. I'm not hurt, just scrapes and bruises." She smiles.
"Sorry sweetcheeks, but with your record, I'm getting a doctor to verify that." He turns around "DUCKY!" He calls.
Ducky walks over, "Yes, Anthony?"
He points at Ziva. Ducky gapes. "Miss David?"
"It's me, Doctor. Tony here wants you to look me over."
As Ducky begins to wash the blood off her, I walk over to Tony. "Hey, can we talk?"
He nods, and we move out of earshot of Jenna, who has finished canvasing.
"You need to tell her." I say bluntly.
"No. She'll castrate me." He worries.
"No, she won't, You already have pet names for each other." I point out.
"Fine." He concedes, and stalks off. I am about to follow him when my phone buzzes, it's Abby.
My phone looks like this:
Abby: You got a case?
ME: Yeah, babe. On Jenna's first day.
Abby: Ouch. I love you. Telling Gibbs today?
(We've been dating for 9 months. I was going to tell Gibbs today.)
ME: Not Anymore. Because of Director, Jenna and other things. Love you too.
I pick up the phone.
"Something I can help you with?" I joke.
"What other stuff?" She asks, frantically.
"You'll see. We're heading back now. Bye, love you."
"Love ya."
I hang up, not trusting myself to keep quiet about Ziva. Abby will find out soon.
A/n: Two updates in one day. You guys are really lucky. Please review, it means a lot to me. I gave you some McAbby action here. A bit of Tiva, too, but that will be more later on. What do you think? Let me know in a PM or a review. Thanks for reading. K