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Chapter 5
Ziva walked down the steps from MTAC. She looked like she was back in Mossad, which was usually not a good sign. As she walked down the stairs, she noticed everyone on Team Gibbs in the room. The rest of the team looked up to see her.
"Good. Now we can start," said Director Vance as Ziva walked in. "We have a proposition. But we need your opinions on our decision."
"What kind of proposition?" Tony asked.
"We have a high-profile crime scene," Vance answered.
"Where? On a movie set?" McGee asked with a slight trace of sarcasm.
Ziva cut in suddenly. "No. Tel Aviv. Mossad wants NCIS to investigate my father's death."
The room fell silent suddenly. The tension struck the room and hung in the room. No one said anything for a few moments. But Ziva could tell what everyone was thinking. What?
"Why does Mossad want us on this case?" Tony asked, "I hate to bring this up, but the last time we went to Israel, we left a team member behind."
For the third time that day, Ziva tensed up. She clenched her fists, and her knuckles turned white. Tony noticed and touched her arm so she would relax.
"Agent David," Vance asked, "Do you know why Mossad wants us on this case?"
"Apparently, my father told Malachi that if anything ever happened, he wanted NCIS to investigate it."
"Well, why us? Why not someone from Israel?" asked Abby.
"I do not know. I never know with my father or Mossad anymore," said Ziva.
"Mossad wants our entire team on that case. Miss Sciuto, if you'd prefer, you may stay here with your lab. That is, if we decide to go?" said Vance.
"What do you think Ziva? Should we go?" asked Tony.
Ziva looked up from the floor. She looked at the faces around her. She took some time to think before she answered. "I really don't know yet."
The tension in the room lingered for a few more minutes.
"So? What should we do? I mean, I'm not leaving my lab. But I mean are we gonna take the case?" Abby asked.
"We need your whole team to help on this case, Gibbs. This is the biggest case that we've ever been faced with, and I will need a firm yes or no," Vance announced.
"We know that none of us can take on this case alone. Even Jethro can't do it by himself," Ducky stated.
"Ducky is right. This case is gonna take maximum effort from all of us, if we don't take the case," McGee agreed.
Vance looked at Gibbs waiting for an answer. After the look had bared down for about half a minute, he gave him an answer.
"Come on Leon, you know this is gonna be a hard decision. At least give us some time to think about it," Gibbs reasoned.
Vance stayed silent for quite awhile. Then a familiar look spread across his face. It was a look that Gibbs hated seeing, and Vance knew that he did. "You're right. I'll give you all the day to think about it," he said.
I reuploaded this chapter. Pirate-princess1 made me realize a mistake I made! (If you're reading this, THANK YOU!) It's a really small mistake, so you might not notice! It's at the very end of the chapter! If you can, you're really observant!