At The Hospital:
Even though we had only been on the Force for one day, we were still part of the team, no matter what. Catherine looked up when she heard the door open and someone walk in. It was Warrick, Ziva, Gibbs and Nick.
"How she doin'?" Warrick asked.
"How do you think she's doing Warrick? One day her life is perfect, then in an instant, her daughter is missing and her deaf husband is dead trying to protect the one thing that meant the world to both of them. Chava knew how to fight. In fact he was taught by Dow herself. How can someone be so GOD DAMN rude as to murder Hantaywee's father in front of her face?"
"Catherine, we don't know that he was killed in front of Hantaywee's face. For all we know, they were put into a van before there father's were attacked."
Gibbs spoke up.
"Aleshanee seemed to think she knew the reason Chava's throat was cut from ear to ear. Would any of your team know why?"
"Chava was deaf, he had been for a couple years. Ever since the bar fight in a Las Vegas club. He was protecting Dow, she was pregnant with Hantaywee, about six months, and he didn't want anything to happen to her. That was a couple months after she started working with us. When we heard what happened and that Chava was in the hospital for a gunshot wound to the head, we told Dow to take some time off and stay in the hospital and get checked out. She went into labor about two weeks after that incident." Nick finished.
"So they have been through a lot together. But why would they let Little Robe live? Why not kill him too?" Ziva asked.
"You don't know these men," I started, making everyone look at me.
"And you do?" Warrick asked.
"When I lived in Russia, they tried to kill my father because he was a half-breed in the American Army. They were also pissed that he would keep only one daughter on the base to train and send the other one with her mother back to America to go to American schools. Now there after me because the one secret I know on them was let out only a couple weeks ago," I stopped letting everything sink in. I turned so that I was facing everyone, so that I was lying on my back instead of my side.
"What was the secret?" Gibbs asked.
"They murdered four Russian military men to get to father only to have me kill one of them in self defense when he tried to rape me. My father was livid that any Russian police officer would even think abut harming any form of officer in command let alone harming me, someone who was taught by the best Mercs in the world." Again I stopped but only because I had run out of breath. My mind drifted to the fact that I was pregnant, my daughter was missing and my husband was dead. How was I going to tell my friends let alone Aleshanee that I was pregnant?
Ziva had seen the faraway look creep into my eyes and thought it was best if they left me to rest for awhile.
"We'll be right outside Dow, so if you need anything, don't hesitate to give us a holler," Catherine stated. Catherine, Nick, Warrick, Gibbs, and Ziva got up to leave when the doctor came in.
"I have your blood results back, Mrs. Vokivocummast."
"I didn't know any blood was taken." Catherine stated.
"Given her state at the moment, I thought it was best to take some blood."
"I see so why didn't you ask me or that other lady? I think she was the Director or something."
"It was just routine that's all."
"Uh-huh. So what does her blood say?" Warrick asked.
"I was just enlightened of what happened a couple hours ago so I'm sorry to have to tell you this ma'am, but you're about twelve weeks pregnant."
I looked at him then glance away. "I know." I stated.
"You know?" Nick asked.
"Yes. Look I know a couple Mercs that will want to be in the investigation as well as some Russian soldiers and some other Special Forces soldiers that can help. I've been around Military bases long enough to know that when you need help, your friends are always there to help you, even if they are Mercs."
"Well that's comforting. Get some rest, we'll talk later."
"Catherine, do me a favor okay?"
"And what's that?"
"Check on Little Robe and Aleshanee for me. And don't tell Ale that I'm pregnant, I don't want her to know?"
"Why don't you want her to know that you're pregnant?"
"She's got Little Robe to take care of, she doesn't need my problems as well. Believe me, its better that she doesn't know. The less she knows about my condition the better her chances are of staying with Little Robe."
"I see, well they are your wishes. Alright, I'll see how Little Robe is doing."
"Thank you."
"No problem. Get some rest. Be back later."
