Chapter 21- Saying goodbye
I hate this chapter really really much. I wrote it over and over but it still sucks the team says goodbye that part sucks .Sorry so don't be mad at me
also i do apologize for not posting a chapter so long just the familiar story school has began. I will try to put up a chapter once a week
When Ziva was still crying Gibbs took his phone out. He knew you was not allowed to call in a hospital but he was not the one Ziva needed right now. She needed Tony, Tony picked up his cell after the first ring
"Dinozzo she needs you" Gibbs spoke. He heard a click and knew Tony would be there within a minute.
And Gibbs was right within a minute Tony was at the end of the hall. He saw Ziva and did not hesitate twice. He took the place from Gibbs who stood up. Ziva looked up and only whispered
"Tell them" Gibbs only nodded in respond.
And that was what he went to do. He found his team together in the cafeteria of the hospital. Abby against Mcgee's shoulder, Ducky and Palmer silent next to each other.
He did not sat down next to one of them he just began to speak. He knew what Ziva wanted to be told. Not what Ziva had said to her mother, not that she somewhere was angry at her, not that Neorah was the reason they had lost Ziva in the summer, no that would be a secret, on only Gibbs, Neorah, Tony and Ziva would share. She wanted him to tell the team that her mother was sick, and would not be better; she wanted him to tell them that the doctors could not do anything. Because if she had to herself she would break for good.
"Neorah is really sick"
"But the doctors they will make her better right?" It was Abby who asked the question she looked like a little girl.
Everyone knew that Abby and Ziva were best friends and that Neorah and Abby had also grew closer while Tony had been in the hospital.
"No, she has been injected with an unknown serum it takes longer than the two days she has to develop an antidote"
At that Abby started crying against McGee, Ducky mumbled a prayer and Palmer, well let's just say he did his sort of reaction.
"Hey Zi" Tony whispered in her hair.
Ziva had stopped crying a while ago and now she just sat in his lab as a porcelain doll, to breakable to move.
For a while she did not respond, it was as if she was in her own little world. Until suddenly she looked up at him "Will you go in with me?" She asked. She looked at him full of hope she needed him with her. He nodded and got her on her feet. Together they walked the room in.
They watched Neorah sleep. You could see that she was running backwards. Her skin tone was paler than it should be, and her lips held an unhealthy bluish color, just as her eyes and the skin under it seemed darker than when Ziva and Tony had walked out the room to talk to Gibbs.
When the time moved on Ziva fell asleep, Tony watched her for a while.
He could only half imagine what she went through. In some way it reminded him about his mother. He had been so much younger, but was he truly. Every second he had watched Ziva he saw her become younger and younger. He had told it to himself before and he thought it again. When her mother had left a part of her had stayed at the same age while her other half had grown, not knowing it had trapped the younger part in her fears and sadness.
The strong woman he normally saw and the little girl in fear were one and the same, it was his Ziva the woman he loved and needed to protect. He would try and protect her from al the evil in the world only he feared that this time his protection was not enough to save her. He could only pray and heal her after the final break down.
After that he slowly was lulled by the sleep and soon had a dreamless sleep.
In the morning he woke up by a pair of eyes that were staring at him, Neorah's.
"Good morning" She said very softly but he thought that maybe she could not speak louder. He replayed and at that Ziva woke up.
At first you could see the hope on her face that was wishing she had just dreamt everything but the hope soon faded away.
"Are you in pain?" Ziva asked, Neorah shook her head and spoke up
"I need to tell you something"
Neorah laid herself a little bit higher in the bed before she began "I have not told you everything. I did not remember it before but now I do. I think I know who made this happen. You see when I was there, they made me work for them, after a few years they began sloppy around me because they thought I would never get out. I have much information about them that is why they try to kill me. The shooting at NCIS was because of me. I had received notes that I had to leave or they would kill you that is why I tried to leave Ziva"
Ziva just nodded not knowing what to say or do.
"Salim, he…he was not alone. There was one other who lead the group but he mostly stayed in the dark and was away. His name is Kalam he is Salim's brother. I am sorry Ziva had should have remembered it sooner"
"No, it is not your fault. It is his"
For a while no one said a thing Ziva held her mothers' hand in her own.
"We have to tell Gibbs" Tony finally spoke "They can find them and"
Tony was broken off by the doors that opened. The whole team was there. Gibbs and Ducky had decided that they all should come at the same time, to say goodbye to Neorah. And the rest of the time they would be ready to go to Ziva when needed. Neorah and Ziva had missed both out on a lot, and the last days they needed to be with each other.
Ziva looked at Tony, on look said enough she wanted him to tell Gibbs. And he understood she did not want to be away from her mother one single second now the time was slipping away.
Tony stood op squeezing Ziva's hand and motioning to Gibbs he needed to come.
The team went in one by one saying their own goodbyes.
The first was Mcgee, at first he did not know what he could say and what not. But Neorah smiled at him friendly and he made up the courage to speak.
"I actually don't know what to say or tell to make things less difficult. I guess this is goodbye, euhh"
It was not Neorah who spoke up but Ziva "It is okay Mcgee, you did not have to say anything persee"
"Thank you" Neorah said after this. Mcgee walked to Neorah to and gave her an unsure hug. At Ziva he just squeezed her shoulder.
The next was Ducky
He walked in and stood still at the foot end of the bed and began to speak;
God looked around his garden,
and He found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this Earth,
and sees your tired face.
He will put his arms around you,
And will lift you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He sees that the road is getting rough,
And the hills are hard to climb,
So He will close your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace by Thine."
It is breaking our hearts to lose you,
But you will not go alone.
For part of us goes with you,
The day God calls you home
"Boss, there is something you have to do. Neorah told to Ziva and me that Salim had a brother Kalam he is behind this all"
Gibbs nodded "We'll find him"
I hope in time Tony though "There are letters I think in Ziva's apartment to Neorah"
The next one was Abby, She was crying when she came in. And rushed to Neorah to and gave her a big bear hug. When she did that she spoke "I really really am going to miss you"
"It is okay Abby" Neorah spoke in her ear.
Abby went all crying to Ziva and hugged her as well "I will ask the nuns to pray for you and your mom" with that she left the room.
Gibbs was the last one, he did not speak only was there and it was enough. When he walked to the bed it was Neorah who spoke.
"I have asked you before and I do it again" it was the first time that Neorah had begun to cry "Take care of my little girl"
"I will" Gibbs promised and he embraced Neorah whispering "I will" a few times over. He stood up and kissed Ziva on her fore head. And the two of them were alone for just a while before Tony entered.
I know that I broke the goodbye from ducky there but I just did not know how to end it so it is just the poem in which ducky says goodbye
Tell me what did you think of the poem from Ducky?