A/N Not really an exciting chapter, it just introduces Zaria a bit more.

Chapter 4 – Curiosity gets a lot of answers

Abby was sat in her lab running what little evidence she had, her brain matter music as loud as she could get it when someone shouted her name in the background.

She spun her chair around and smiled when she saw who her visitors were: McGee, Tony and Zaria were stood by her door, Zaria had a caf-pow in her hands. Abby cheered up when she saw the three stood there especially when she caught sight of the caf-pow.

Abby bounced over and took the drink eagerly, she needed her caffeine boost.

"Thanks, what brings you guys here?"

"Well McGee came to help you and Gibbs has me showing mini-Z around while he talks to the local LEOs that were originally called in when Ziva was found. Hopefully to find a witness."

"Okay no problem, I'm just waiting for my babies to give me some answers so we should all get to know each other" Abby was grinning mischievously at Zaria as she said this, Zaria was too taken in by Abby's clothing choice to notice this.

'She dresses like this at work? Wow guess Ima wasn't lying when she said she dressed in her own way' Zaria thought to herself, until she noticed three pairs of eyes staring at her.

"Yes?" She asked the three grinning agents 'Ima has strange friends'

"So your really Ziva's kid?" Abby could not contain her enthusiasm and was smiling from ear to ear.

"Yes why?" Zaria was becoming suspicious of all the smiling and grinning

"So can we ask you some questions about you?" Tony was the one to ask this

"Sure I guess, you're Tony aren't you? Anthony D. DiNozzo"

"Yeah, how the hell did you know that?"

"Ima told me all about you guys, she even showed me pictures and I remember your faces."

"What has Ziva said about us?" Abby's excitement increased ten fold.

"She said that you are Abigail Scuito, Forensic Scientist, you are the happiest Goth ever, you are addicted to the drink caf-pow, know sign language and hated my Ima for no reason when she first arrived, but you are now good friends. You are kind hearted and very protective over the team because you consider them family. Oh and she also said you dress your own way and drive a hearse"

Abby smiled at this 'Awwww I'll have to thank Ziva'

Zaria took a deep breath before continuing

She pointed at McGee and said" You are Timothy McGee, you know everything about computers and technology, you sometimes help Abby with things in the lab or "Labby" as she calls it. You were kind to Ima after a short amount of time and she considers you a brother to her. Tony calls you probie everyone else McGee, occasionally Tim"

"Lastly Tony DiNozzo, Frat boy, womaniser, immature, and annoying I believe were her exact words."

Tony's face dropped, he looked crushed, was that really all she thought about him?

"She also said something along the lines of big-hearted, caring and a joker."

Tony brightened at this

"Oh really I guess the assassin does care really, remind me to tell her when I see her" His playful demeanour back along with his famous DiNozzo grin.

"What else do you guys want to ask me?" Zaria was definitely a lot more open when it came to discussing her personal life than Ziva, and she didn't seem to mind discussing Ziva's either.

McGee wanted to ask the more important issues first "Do you know your father?"

"Nope he didn't want me, Ima said" She didn't seemed bothered by this at all

"Oh well, okay then, how old are again?"

"McGee please she's thirteen honestly the maths isn't hard to do. Can you do any Ziva tricks?" Abby took charge of the conversation

"Ziva tricks?" Zaria was absolutely lost, she'd never seen her mother do tricks, she wasn't a dog

"You know, the ninja moves and Mossad stuff" Tony explained what Abby had meant

"Ohhhhhhh" Realization dawned on Zaria's face at Tony's explanation

"I can do basic self defence but nothing like Ima, but I can throw knives pretty well. I'm more of a... girly girl, yes?"

"Oh my god you speak like her! Wait a minute your girly? But your Ziva's kid, you're supposed to be all mini-ninja."

"Sorry I'm just not into all that Mossad stuff"

All three agents stood gaping at the young girl thinking she has to be joking. Not into all the training and cool tricks? There was no way that was true or at least that's what Abby, Tony and McGee thought.

After making their discovery that Zaria was a girly girl Abby's machines began beeping. It was the DNA samples taken from Ziva.

"Well what's it say Abs?" Tony beat McGee to asking the question.

"It says no match, the person doesn't have their DNA in out databases, sorry but I'll try expanding the search but that'll take sometime.

"Do it Abs, McGee stay and help Abby I'll go ring Gibbs and tell him that you've had to expand the search." Tony left with Zaria following behind him.

Bullpen

Tony sat Zaria at Ziva's desk so he could keep an eye on her from his desk while he phoned Gibbs. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone when he heard Zaria sigh.

"Something wrong mini-Z?" His signature grin creeping across his face, hoping it would make her smile

Zaria just gave him a sad look that broke his heart

"I'm stuck here, I'm bored, I hardly know you people and I just want to see Ima"

She became more annoyed and upset with each statement, by the end of it she was glaring at Tony with tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

When she realised how close to tears she was she reached into her pink backpack, pulled out tissue and began gently wiping her eyes.

Tony was stunned that she was crying in front of him, he'd never seen Ziva do that and he'd known her for a while now and they were now very close friends, yet here was her kid not caring that a total stranger was witnessing her cry.

"I'm sorry your stuck here with us but come on it's gotta be better than going to school, right?"

"Yeah I guess so"

"Well then after I've phoned Gibbs I'll find something for us to do, unless Gibbs calls me out then I'll take you to Abby and she'll gladly keep you entertained, trust me, she'll play a game of twenty questions with you and I'm sure if you ask she'll take you for a tattoo"

Zaria laughed at this.

"Ima would kill her if she did I'm sure of that"

"Yeah that's true" Tony chuckled at the thought of Ziva finding out Abby had got Zaria tattooed.

He sat back down, pulled out his phone and dialled Gibbs' number.

"Gibbs"

"Hey boss, the DNA samples weren't in our database boss, Abby's expanding the search now but it's gonna take some time."

"Alright DiNozzo, I'm on my way back with our witness now."

"Metro had a witness?"

"Well yeah DiNozzo, the person who found Ziva in the first place."

"Right boss I..." He realised he was talking to a dial tone, Gibbs always had to hang up on people.

Conference Room

Gibbs was sat down next to their witness, while Tony was stood in the corner, not to make the witness nervous but because he simply felt to restless to sit.

Then Gibbs asked "Can I get you something to drink Mrs Ormrod?"

"No thank you, look I know that you want to find out what I saw metro already asked me but I didn't see anything useful" The middle aged woman seemed eager to leave and was constantly shaking her right leg.

"Mrs Ormrod we..."

"Tara call me Tara"

"Okay Tara that woman you found today was one of my agents, Mossad Liaison Ziva David, and I do not like people who think it's okay for my people to get hurt. Down in our lab is her thirteen year old daughter who nearly lost her mother today, so tell me what you saw today and you can go home."

Gibbs was now struggling to keep calm and not start interrogating the woman but even she could hear the harshness in his voice.

"Okay I was out this morning at around 6am, I saw your agent run past me down the street, I see her every morning wearing the same outfit, grey tracksuit bottoms and a tight navy blue shirt. Always listening to music."

The woman chuckled before carrying on

" I continued my walk, I went to the shop to buy a newspaper, had a coffee and then went for a walk through the park. It was about 7.15am and there was no one else around so I went and sat on a near by bench, and on my way over to the bench I saw a man getting out of the bushes, I was about to help him when I saw the knife he was holding so I ducked down and waited for him to leave. After he had I looked in the bushes and saw your person lying there. I untied her hands from the rope that was tied to the tree and I called the police."

"Thank you, now did you get a look at what the man looked like?" Gibbs was being gentler towards the woman now.

"No, not really, he was about 6ft 2inches and had an athletic build, you know, he looked muscular"

"Anything else you can remember?"

"No but the errrm knife, it wasn't an ordinary kitchen knife it was different, I can't really describe it, it was serrated and it folded in like a Swiss army knife but it wasn't a Swiss army knife."

"Okay thank you Tara you can can go now"

The woman left the room quickly, leaving Tony and Gibbs alone.

"Do you think she was telling the truth Boss?"

"Yeah DiNozzo, I think she was scared but she told us the truth."

"What do we do now?"

"Check in with Abby, then go see Ziva again, if she's awake see if she's remembered anything if not we come back here. Vance has another team looking over the crime scene again to see if metro missed anything"

Abby's Lab

Tony and Gibbs exited the lift outside Abby's lab and from outside they could here laughing, when they entered the lab they saw Abby shuffling a pack of cards using a lot of tricks to do so, Zaria was laughing hysterically at how professionally Abby could shuffle cards.

"Abs! ABBY!"

At hearing the shout Abby let out a quick "Sorry Gibbs" and put the cards away in her pocket. Gibbs shot her a questioning look as she did so.

"A friend of mine is a Blackjack dealer and he taught me how to... But our not interested in that. Hmmm. Well I don't have a match on the DNA yet, I had to widen the search again, but what I do know is that the person who did this was either amateur and didn't know just how much evidence they left or they wanted us to know who it was"

"Keep searching Abs I'm gonna take Tony and McGee to see if Ziva's woke up yet and how much she remembers now. Then I'll see if there's any new evidence for you to look at"

He gave her a kiss on the cheek and left with Tony and McGee in tow.

"Abby?" Zaria's voice was soft when she spoke

"Yeah?" Abby smiled tenderly at the teenage girl who's mood had become forlorn again.

"When can I go see Ima again?"

"I'm not sure, soon, maybe later on today when it's visiting I guess. In the mean time you can help me with my work" Abby was trying desperately to brighten Zaria's mood, but not waning to lie to the girl, that would not help Abby to develop a friendship with her.

Abby began doing her card tricks again and Zaria asked to try them, to both of their amusements it didn't go well.

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