Title: Illuminated

Author: IronIsraeliButterfly

Chapter Title: Crawling to You

A/N: The last chapter! I saved this song for last because when I heard it, I thought Gibbs and Ziva. Thanks for all the reviews!

"How long will this take?
How much can I go through?
My heart, my soul aches
I don't know what to do
I bend, but don't break
And somehow I'll get through
Cause I have you."

-"Crawl/Carry Me Through," Superchick

Eighteen months later…

Tony and Abby walked through the hallway of Bethesda. It was a wondrous feeling to walk to a room where they knew a team member was lying there, but not shot. It was a beautiful occasion. Abby and Tony had finally admitted that they were together to the team about six months ago. "I can't believe it!" Abby was practically squealing. "I'm an aunt, again! And you're an uncle, Tony!"

He put his arm around her waist and brought her closer. "I can't believe it, either. Gibbs and Ziva?"

"They're the most perfect couple, Tony," she admonished him. "I thought you got over the weirdness years ago."

"Some things never cease to amaze me, Abbs. Just like how you're with me." Abby nodded.

"Or how I got such a stud like you," she said, as they rounded the corner.

"And if I had to crawl
Well You'd crawl too
I stumble and I fall
Carry me through
The wonder of it all
Is You see me through"

Jimmy and Breena were sitting next to the hospital door. Breena was getting big, herself, and her hand settled on her stomach as she chatted quietly with Jimmy. Pregnancy suited Breena – she was positively glowing. She waved as she saw the approaching couple, and Jimmy smiled, and showed them to seats.

"Eli's in there right now," Ducky said, motioning to the two suits who were guarding the door. "We can't go in right now. You missed the Director. He came with his wife and kids."

"Jackie and Ziva are very close," McGee said, coming to the team, holding the hand of his wife of two months, a close personal friend of Ziva's from Israel who was now a florist in Georgetown. She was exactly McGee's type – simple, unassuming, intelligent, diligent, and loyal. It had been a quick courtship – they had just jumped into it.

"Have any of you seen the baby?" Lihi, McGee's wife, asked, a huge smile across her face.

"I went up to the nursery earlier," Ducky said. "What a beautiful child. Looks exactly like Ziva."

"Hope it has Gibbs's eyes," Abby said.

Just then Eli walked out and his eyes lit up at the sight of the team sitting on the cold plastic chairs. "You can all go in now," he said to them. "And thank you for being such good friends to my daughter."

In a burst of emotion, Abby hugged Eli. "Mazal tov, Saba," she said.

A grin broke out across his face. "Saba. I never thought anyone would call me that."Abby broke away and entered the hospital room.

"When everything I was is lost
I had forgot, but you have not
When I am lost, you have not lost me
When everything I was is lost
I had forgot, but you have not
When I am lost, you have not lost me
You have not lost me"

Gibbs looked at Ziva, who was exhausted. "It's been a long day, honey. Maybe you want to sleep."

"I'm so happy, Jethro, I don't know what to do. What should we name him?"

"Something Jewish. Something Israeli."

"Why?"

"Because a language that produces you must be a perfect language."

Ziva smiled. "You always say the perfect thing."

"I have the perfect person to say it to."

"What about Eden?" she asked.

"Like the garden?"

Ziva nodded.

He nodded.

"We're parents," she said, almost breathless.

He raised his eyes towards heaven, and remembered his silent plea to Shannon years before as he was working on his boat and was blanking on a name. As he watched Ziva drift off to sleep, he whispered, "Thank you Shannon."

All was perfect. And it was going to last.

"And if I had to crawl
Well You'd crawl too
I stumble and I fall
Carry me through
The wonder of it all
Is You see me through"

Fin.