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Shut up to my sister. Anyway, here's chapter 6. Both The Blue Butterfly and the 200th episode were pretty sweet. Not too shabby. Shout out to desperatebones for constantly reviewing and for that encouragement via Tumblr. Thank you so much!
Just to clear one thing up, there was no Tiva baby, it's just my vast imagination of the events that took place after the death of Mike Franks. Now, with that out of the way, here's chapter 6!
(Happy early Valentine's day! XX)
Chapter 6:
Soon, Friday rolled around, Ziva got up extra early and went for an extra-long jog to burn off some of her nervousness. Why was she feeling so jittery? She didn't know. She got home, prepared breakfast for Aria and let the nanny take over.
She kissed Aria goodbye and took her time to head off to work. She wanted to be there after the team had arrived.
Meanwhile, at the NCIS team's hotel,
Tony got up to an empty bed. Alison had passed away in the field in November, it was a highly depressing period for him. He felt all alone again. No Ziva, no Alison. But, little did he know that all that was about to change.
He took a quick shower and met both McGee and Gibbs down in the lobby, Gibbs wanted to get a quick head start before the guy strikes again.
At the 12th precinct,
Ziva had given Kate a heads up that she would be late today, she needed time to prepare herself to see her old team again. Kate understood and started off without her first. Castle came in a little while after Beckett clocked in and Ryan and Esposito clocked in at the same time.
Kate was lecturing Castle,
"Be professional and try not to look like an idiot okay? This team is different, they would need to have a good impression of the team that Ziva is working with."
"Wait, back it up. Ziva used to work with them?"
"Took you long enough, tried to tell you but you were too busy signing some girl's chest."
"Hey! At least I didn't write my number okay!"
"Whatever, just be… professional."
"I am."
Kate rolled her eyes and sighed. She briefed the other guys and went off to get some coffee.
About half an hour later,
Team Gibbs made their way up to the squad room to see Castle attempting to do the moonwalk and both Ryan and Esposito were smacking each other's butts.
"I'd rate that at a fifty out of a hundred." Said Ryan
"You kidding me bro? This ass is quality yo!"
Castle stopped dancing and noticed the team staring at them.
"Code red, code red!" alerted Castle
Esposito, Ryan and Castle stopped whatever nonsense they were doing and pretended to go through case reports while Castle texted Beckett.
"Code red!"
"Got it," she replied
Kate appeared from the elevator and walked towards her desk. Gibbs noticed her at her desk with the plaque that read her name and went over.
"Detective Beckett?" he asked
She smiled up at him and held out her hand,
"Correct, agent Gibbs?"
He nodded and they shook hands. She introduced her team and Gibbs introduced his.
"I have one more team member but I'm sure you all know her." Said Kate
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Tony quizzically
As if on cue, Ziva stepped out of the elevator with a cup of Starbucks, a box of donuts and was listening to her I-Pod. She was humming the tune to Animal by Neon Trees.
She did a little twirl and walked to her desk, she bought a plaque that said, "Detective Ziva David" and placed it proudly on her desk. She pulled out her ear plugs and noticed that her old team was all staring at her in genuine shock.
She walked over and opened the donut box.
"For Espo, classic sugar coated," she handed the donut to him and he accepted it gratefully.
"For Ryan, white chocolate with cream filling," She handed him the donut and he chomped it down
"Kate, I got you the Oreo flavored one," she handed it to her and she said her thanks.
"Oh, sorry Castle, I forgot all about you! Damn it!"
"How could you!" he exclaimed childishly
"Kidding, I got you the plain chocolate one, we all know how much you love chocolate."
He accepted it and took a dramatic bow.
She turned to her old team. "As expected, I knew Gibbs would make you guys come early." She said
But? How? What? Were just some of the few words exchanged among team Gibbs.
"Anyway, I'll answer whatever queries you have later. Right now, we have a serial killer on our hands. Kate, care to get the egg rolling?"
"Ball, ball rolling." Corrected Kate
"Right, that."
With that, Kate got started on whatever evidence they gathered. Both teams exchanged information. Tony, however, was finding it hard to focus, he kept staring at Ziva. He was baffled but yet elated that Ziva had not been wiped off the face of this earth yet. He might grab this chance while he had it.
Meanwhile,
Adam was in his apartment, at a hidden room of his apartment. He had pictures of Ziva and her team investigating the case, made notes on their progress and took secret shots of them at crime scenes. He especially focused on Ziva a lot.
There was a whiteboard, on it, were the pictures of the military men he had executed. All these men were linked back to his father's old unit. He believed in his heart that he was seeking vengeance for his dad. They were responsible for the death of his father. They were supposed to look out for each other, yet, they abandoned him for the sake of their own survival. The unit leader even moved up the ranks when he returned from the mission. He had a photo of the next victim he was going to take down.
He had a plan, to gain Ziva and Aria's trust and later on make use of them to hinder the case and not get his ass in jail.
Adam knew that no one could stop him now.
R&R please! Yes, I do love Neon Trees! Tree Hugger in the house!