Chapter 8

"Why does Ziva trust you?"

"When Ziva was 18, her sister Tali was killed by a suicide bomber, I was with them that day, I managed to pull them both from wreckage, however, it was too late for Tali. I have been there her entire life, protecting her, from many things Agent Gibbs." Akiva leaned forward, "I was ten years old when Ziva was born, they named her after me. Her father hoped that the name would give her the same ferocity. For you see my name, Akuziva, means splendid devil, of course, Ziva's mother removed the devil part, and you get."

"Ziva."

"That's right, ever since she was born, I was instructed to take care of her, train her to be a killer like myself. "

"You were only ten."

"Ah! But I was great. I had already killed for Mossad by age 10."

"As a child?"

"Those were different times agent Gibbs."

"Ziva's mother fought hard against Elli, until she passed, on Ziva's 18th birthday. She was sent to camp the very next week."

"And you were there?"

"Yes."

Tony hesitantly opened the door to Ziva's apartment, half expecting it to be booby trapped, he looked around the room cautiously, he, had, seen them leave, right? He pulled out his frequency scanner and started picking up the microphones and cameras. It felt eerie being back in her home by himself, it reminded him of when he fought Rivkin, a shudder rolled through him as the events that followed came to his minds forefront. When he entered the bedroom he took a deep breath, he knew that smell, his eyes widened. He sniffed around the bed, he felt a large grin over his face. Tony decided that he had spent way too much time and that Gibbs was going to kill him, grabbing the last of the equipment he hightailed it to NCIS, the grin never leaving his face.

"Tell me about your previous mission together." Akiva smirked.

"That's need to know Agent Gibbs." Gibbs tilted his head and smirked nodding slightly.

"Besides, I do not have the clearance for such a divulgence." Akiva's eye looked up and Gibbs stood, he took her gun with him then crooked a finger at her. She stood slowly following him out.

"That one McGee." Ziva pointed over his shoulder to a text file, he double clicked and a password screen popped up. McGee tried the same password as before with no luck, he looked over at Ziva.

"No idea McGee." Ziva looked at the file name again, "I can tell you it's Russian, probably an op brief."

McGee and Ziva heard footsteps on the catwalk, they turned their heads watching Gibbs and Akiva head to Vance's office.

"Well she's not in handcuffs that's a good sign." McGee quipped. Ziva nodded, watching Akiva's hands, she flicked her hand in a quick message, signaling the O.K.

Gibbs walked into Vance's office with Akiva in tow, she closed the door gently behind them.

"I'll call you back." Vance hung up the phone, looking between the two.

"We need clearance for a file." Gibbs stood in front of his desk. Vance looked at Gibbs, before turning to his computer.

"Which file."

Akiva made her way slowly across the room standing next to Gibbs, "Legacy." Vance's head whipped up, looking at Akiva.

"That's going to require a phone call."

"SecNav?" Gibbs asked.

"The President."

Gibbs looked over at Akiva, she looked back with a grin, and a raised eyebrow.

"Come on McGee I thought you were a hacker?" Ziva purred laughing lightly in his ear, McGee mumbled a response continuing to type algorithms into the computer. Finally, Tony came strolling into the bullpen a large smile creped across his face as soon as he saw Ziva.

"You have a good night last night Zi-va?" Tony took off his sidearm and set it into his desk. Ziva stood looking over at him.

"A perfect night actually." Ziva smiled sensuously at him.

"Oh I bet you did." Tony chuckled wagling a finger at Ziva. Tony's mind was running wild. Ziva narrowed her eyes at him. She leaned close to McGee, "How well were you watching me?"

McGee's eyes widened and he started to stutter, looking over at Tony for help. "I-uh-well-that is…uh"

McGee was saved by Gibbs and Akiva coming into the bullpen, Gibbs smacked the smile off Tony's face and went to his desk. Akiva stayed at the entrance looking over the faces before her. Tony rubbed his head and jumped, Akiva's eye was on him and it was starting to creep him out. Tony backed away slowly a nervous grin on his face. Tony stood in front of the plasma he could feel Ziva move behind him.

"Scared Tony?" Ziva grinned going over to Akiva, she stood next to her looking at Tony.

"No I uh, you move so quietly, I uh, you know you two look a lot alike." Gibbs shook his head, Oh DiNozzo, you can be so dense sometimes.

Akiva looked from Ziva to Tony then back again, she signed something to Ziva, Ziva signed something back and hit Akiva in the arm. Akiva moved her head slightly and made her way to the windows, Ziva followed and the two started a hushed conversation, in Hebrew. Tony waited for Gibbs to get mad but when it didn't come he turned looking at the plasma. A lot of new files were up on the screen, McGee stood next to Tony filling him and Gibbs in on the information he had been able to pull from Akiva's laptop.

Suddenly, Gibbs felt a chill go through his body and time seemed to slow down. He could see Abby out of the corner of his eye coming towards the back entrance of the bullpen a cup of coffee for him in hand. His eyes flicked to her then to the sound of broken glass, it all happened so fast, the glass, an electrical explosion and body's hitting the floor. He saw Abby freeze, as the cup she had been holding exploded in her hand as something ripped through it. Then, silence.

End Chapter.