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Abby found Ziva's letter in her mailbox when she got home from work. She was excited Ziva had finally responded. She hadn't heard from Ziva and was getting concerned for her. All Ziva left was an address, no telephone number or any other contact information. She immediately tore open the envelope to read Ziva's letter. She read it quickly and was relieved to hear that she had been undercover, which explained the lack of communication. Abby chuckled to herself that Ziva added she had written Tony. She thought it was a lame attempt from Ziva to find out if she had talked to Tony. Abby immediately went t her desk to respond to Ziva.

Dear Ziva,

It's so good to hear from you! I was starting to worry. I miss you so much. Agent Lee is here and she's no good, I get a bad vibe from her. The guys are ok, nothing like McGee and Tony, but they are bearable. Gibbs is still Gibbs, I will be sure to tell him you said hi, along with Ducky.

I still talk to McGee, we try to get lunch together once a week. It's nice having some contact with someone from the old team, even its just once a week. I have written Tony several times. He asked in his first letter to me if I had heard from you and at that point, I had not.

I keep telling Gibbs that he needs to get you and Tony back and move McGee back from computer crimes. You guys were the best. I think all this is Vance's doing, but I don't know why. I think maybe he just wanted to show people he's the one in control and he could do what he wanted.

I hope all is well with you. Please write again soon!

Sincerely,

Abby

Ziva walked into the door of her apartment and threw her jacket and keys on the chair. It was late and she had a busy day. Even when she wasn't on an undercover mission, she had long days. Since she had returned from her mission, she has been conducting mostly surveillance on particular suspects that Mosad is interested in keeping an eye on. Her assignment today had her travelling to many different places following a group. She threw her mail on the kitchen counter and walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of water. She walked back to the pile of mail and sorted through the bills and junk mail. There was envelope that stopped her in her tracks; the envelope was addressed to her, in Tony's handwriting. She put the bottle of water down on the counter and slowly opened the envelope. Ziva slowly walked to the living room as she read the letter.

Dear Ziva,

I'm glad to finally hear from you! I had tried calling, but your cell phone was disconnected; now I guess I know why. I hope your mission went well. I am still adjusting to life on the carrier, I don't exactly have a lot of friends here. I'd much rather be back at NCIS having Gibbs smacking me on the back of the head. I also received a letter from Abby about the new crew. She said she was lobbying to get us back. Truthfully, I'd like to go back.

Ziva, there is no need to apologize for anything that night. I understand you were scared, so was I. After Jeanne I never thought I would feel like that about another woman. Then I started noticing what was right in front of me. I fell in love with you a long time ago, I've never met a woman like you. I think about you every day and, truthfully, I was nervous that the reason I hadn't heard from you was that you were trying to avoid me. I'm relieved to know that is not the case. You are the woman I love, I just hate that we are so far apart.

I'd love to hear from you again, please write back. Hopefully one day we'll see each other again.

Love,

Tony

After reading the letter Ziva closed her eyes and rested her head on the back of the couch. She was worried that Tony wouldn't reply to her letter or if he did, he wouldn't still feel the same way about her. She felt like a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders because he didn't hate her. She decided she was going to take a nice warm bubble bath to relax. She got up from the couch, Tony's letter in hand, and walked into the bathroom. She started the water and put in some of her lavender scented bubble bath beads. While the bathtub was filling, she walked into her bedroom and took off her clothes and put on her robe.

The water was warm and inviting as she got in the bath tub. She rested her head against the edge of the tub and the rest of her body was submerged in the water. She closed her eyes and thought of Tony. He was still in love with her and that made her feel good. Then she thought about the fact of how far apart they were. Actually, she had no idea how far apart they were since he was on an aircraft carrier and could be anywhere. Ziva was also a bit confused; she had never felt so strongly for someone and never found it difficult to turn off her feelings. It was part of her training, you can't feel for the people you are dealing with or you will not get the job done properly. When she was working, her emotions were off. After she returned to Israel, she couldn't find a way to turn off her feelings for Tony. As she relaxed in her lavender bubble bath she thought about what she would write back to Tony.

A week after writing her letter back to Tony, Ziva was sent undercover again. Her undercover mission was still surveillance, but she needed to be inside. She was working as a singer in a bar in Morocco. She was there for 3 nights before her target finally showed up. She was supposed to watch who he was meeting with and if any exchanges were made between the parties.

It was her fifth day at the bar, the second that her target showed up. She was in the middle of her fourth song of the night and was strolling around the bar flirting with some of the guys there. As she walked around several people suddenly got up and started walking out. Ziva made her way back to the stage as several more people walked out. Ziva looked around suspiciously and noticed a briefcase underneath a vacated table. Before Ziva had time to react the briefcase exploded.

Gibbs and his team were sitting in the bullpen working on a new case. On a television on the side of the office they had a satellite feed of a news network. When the news of the explosion in Morocco first came across the screen, it caught the attention of the team. They were watching video of the destruction and the emergency crews were still taking out the injured. The emergency crew was wheeling an injured female out in front of the camera and when one of the crew members moved, it revealed Ziva's face. She appeared to be unconscious on the stretcher and was bleeding from the head.

Gibbs attempted to contact Ziva on her cell phone, but it was disconnected. The team tried several different avenues, but were not able to get any information. After a few calls, Keating was able to find her and she was patched through to Gibbs' cell phone. After speaking with Ziva, they learned that the case she was working undercover and the case Gibbs and his team were working on were related.

Gibbs went to confront Director Vance after hearing from Ziva that she and Mosad were tipped off on their target by the Director. The Director finally explained to Gibbs why his team was split up. It wasn't to punish Gibbs or his team, it was to find out who was a leak in NCIS.

Gibbs watched his team as McGee worked on trying to find out who the spy was in the team. Agents Lee and Langer had a confrontation in the building next door to the NCIS office and when Gibbs and Vance showed up, Lee had shot Langer. After the confrontation it appeared to everyone that the leak was Agent Langer.

Director Vance made a call to Eli David in Israel in hopes of bringing Ziva back to NCIS. Since they had discovered who the leak was in NCIS, the old team could be brought together again. Eli agreed to allow Ziva to return to the United States and NCIS.

For the time being Gibbs had 2/3 of his team back, the only missing link was Tony DiNozzo.

I will have several chapters up quickly, even though I've been away I have been writing. Please continue to review. It motivates me to continue the story.