Chapter 3
Back at the lab:
"Can someone please call Abby and tell her to put music off?" Ziva asked. "Because I think, I'll go down there with the baby. Ducky can check her or him and if there is evidence to process, Abby can get them sooner".
"Done", Gibbs commented.
"Zivaaaaaaa", Abby said and smiled."So this is the little one. Hello, aren't you a cutie. Boy or a girl?"
"I don't know yet. Can you call Ducky please?" Ziva asked.
"Sure", Abby promised and took a call to Ducky.
After a while Palmer's face popped into a picture.
"Where's Ducky?" Abby asked.
"Doctor Mallard is in the middle of an autopsy", Palmer answered.
"Can you please tell him that this is urgent?" Abby said.
"Doctor Mallard, Abby wants to see you", Palmer told Ducky.
It took only a few minutes for Ducky to come, but to Ziva and Abby, it felt like eternal.
"Ziva, Abigail, what can I do for you?" Ducky asked at his friendly style.
"You have a patient in here", Ziva explained.
"Please don't tell me that someone…" Ducky begun, but was interrupted by Abby.
"No, someone smaller".
"A lot of smaller and a live one", Ziva continued.
"Fine, I'll be joining you in a minute", Ducky promised."Body can wait".
Ducky came to Abby's lab a little after their phone call.
"So what can I do for you today?" Ducky asked.
Ziva and Abby pointed to table.
"Oh my", was Ducky's first reaction. "Where did you get a baby?"
"He or she was left near our crime scene. Fortunately for us, she cried and I heard her or him", Ziva explained.
"Okey, let's see", Ducky said. "Ziva, can you undress the baby, please?"
"Yeah, sure", Ziva said and did so.
"Okey, so you are a small girl" Ducky said. "Look approximately three weeks old. Seems to be very well taken care off. No bruises or scratches anywhere. My guess is that she has been fed recently. She has olive skin, dark brown, almost black hair and big brown yeas very similar to Ziva's . We are looking for a healthy little baby girl despite from the odd place she was left".
At the morgue:
"What do got for me Duck?" Gibbs asked.
"Doctor Mallard went to Abby's lab. It was something urgent in there", Palmer explained. "But cause of dead was gunshot wound to the head. He put up a fight; we found skin under his fingernails. The only odd thing we found, was a burned heart in his stomach. Its diameter was five centimeters. He was healthy according what we could see. Abby has samples".
"Thank you Palmer. And yes, the urgent thing was a baby Ziva found near the crime scene, Gibbs told. "Ducky is checking him or her I suppose".
"A baby?" Palmer was surprised. "That is new".
"Yes, even for me", Gibbs admitted and left to Abby's lab.
Back at the lab:
"It's a girl, Gibbs", Abby said happily.
"Approximately three weeks old, healthy baby", Ducky continued. "No sign of any kind of an abuse".
"So the one who left the baby, wanted her to be found", Ziva said.
"I agree, Ziver, I agree", Gibbs said and rubbed baby's hair.
Abby started processing baby's clothes and pretty soon she said:
"This is a dead end. There are no fibers, blood or anything unusual".
Until…
"Wait a moment, there is something weird in baby's basket. Abby said, took a plastic bag under the mattress and gave it to Ziva.
Ziva gave a baby to Gibb's arms. Gibbs studied baby's face and small hands. Baby took his finger into her small hand and holded it. He still missed his wife and daughter and holding a baby brought back memories. But being Gibbs, he didn't show them. But Gibbs was so lost in his memories that it took a while for him to register what Ziva said.
"Mossad", Ziva whispered quietly.
Haha, did you see that coming? :D