A/N: Well here's a nice long chapter for you all. I hope you enjoy this and this does contain some emotional parts, but does also have some nice light hearted moments.
There is also some case related information and you do find out who Amad Sayed really is (sort of) Ziva remembers him. There is a major clue and if you have read the whole story properly
then you should know. It is confirmed in the next chapter. Depending on the number of reviews.
P.S all hebrew translations are at the end of the chapter, also it was hard getting the romanized hebrew translations so if there is mistakes please respect that it is hard to find the correct versions as they don't have to a child versions, simply to a woman or to a man.

Thank you to: Different Child as always you reviewed, g2lovencis, tigerlily02 and jeanne19. There are more people have reviewed however these are the people who hae reviewed more than one chapter. I am sorry to anyone who has also reviewed more than twice but I did not notice as I only looked through names breifly to make this motice. You are still loved x

Chapter 7 – A Question or Two and a Clue

Zaria arrived at NCIS at 07.00 with Abby, who was in need of a morning caf-pow, wearing a light pink T-shirt and dark jeans and white trainers, when she noticed that Abby had hardly spoken this morning and she did not like it.

"Abby what's wrong? You've been quiet this morning it is... unusual"

"Sorry mini-Z" Yawned Abby it was too early to be interrogated by a teenager

"Well how about I hang out with you this morning in the lab?" The young girl offered a friendly smile to the Goth trying to coax her into conversation.

It failed.

"Umm sorry kid but I have a lot of work to get done today so you'll have to stay in the bull-pen with the team, okay?" Abby didn't even look at the girl and her voice showed that she was hiding something.

What the hell was wrong with Abby?

Bull-pen

Zaria walked into the Bull-pen determined not to dwell on what was going on in Abby's head: Who knew on a normal day?

When she was seated at Ziva's desk she noticed that neither McGee or Tony had arrived and Gibbs was absent, though probably somewhere in the building.

She decided that she was gonna start entertaining herself today and pulled out what she'd need from her backpack. Ohhh the day would be fun!

Zaria had never been one for pranks or purposefully annoying another merely to get a reaction, however she felt that because it was Tony (Who always teased poor McGee) it was a perfectly acceptable thing to do.

McGee arrived in the Bull-pen at 0715 wearing his usual attire of a grey suit and offered Zaria, who was sitting in her usually place – Ziva's desk, a smile and a 'good morning' which she returned kindly before getting back to doodling in her notepad.

It wasn't long before Gibbs came into the Bull-pen with a cup of coffee in one hand and his phone in the other hand at his ear.

"'Okay we're on our way" Gibbs gruff voice answered the person on the other end of the call.

"Grab your gear" He barked the order at McGee "where the hell is DiNozzo?"

"I don't know Boss, late?" McGee stumbled for an answer

"I can see that McGee I wanna know why"

At the exact moment Gibbs finished his sentence the elevator pinged signalling it's arrival and a breathless DiNozzo ran through the doors.

"Sorry Boss, car trouble"Panting his words

"Turn around DiNozzo we're heading out"

"Thought we weren't working cases 'til we caught Amad Sayed?" 'I'd rather work on catching the bastard that hurt Zi than work cases that could take days or even weeks to solve'

"We're not working cases DiNozzo, we're gonna go to the hospital. Hey, Zaria didn't you hear me? I said grab your gear we're gonna go see Ziver" Gibbs smiled as he called for Zaria to follow them.

Zaria's face beamed when she heard Gibbs tell her she was going to. She hadn't seen Ziva in nearly a week and she had become quite concerned that maybe Gibbs didn't like her. After all he'd gone to see her twice and had told Zaria to stay put at NCIS headquarters, so her heart lifted when she realised she could see her mother again.

Maybe Gibbs wasn't so bad after all.

'I guess I'll have to get Tony late' Zaria was actually a little disappointed that her teasing and pranking would have to wait.

'I just hope no one visits his desk while we're out'

Bethesda Naval Hospital

Zaria, Gibbs, Tony and McGee made their way to Ziva's room. Tony was chatting to McGee telling him about his weekend and the films he watched, though McGee wasn't particularly interested he still listened occasionally and gave Tony responses.

'Might as well be nice to him, he might return the favour someday' Deep down McGee knew it wasn't gonna happen.

Gibbs was silent as was Zaria, who was still wearing an elated face, Gibbs' face was relaxed but you could still see the stress in his eyes. After a few moments Gibbs decided to talk.

"You happy you gonna see Ziva?" He knew the answer but figured he had to break the ice somehow.

"Yeah, I've missed her, not that I don't like staying with Abby but I can't wait until Ima gets release cause then I can go home again" She knew that Gibbs was trying to get a conversation by the fact that he had asked her a question with a neon sign for an answer. She played along though, hoping to get to know Gibbs better.

"I can't wait to get my best agent back, I need someone to help keep DiNozzo in line. It's not an easy task to do on our own" Gibbs smirked to let Zaria know he was only kidding

"Yeah I guess so" She chuckled at his statement "I could help you"

"Bet you could. No doubt Ziva taught you how to defend yourself, not to mention Eli" Gibbs couldn't stop himself from mentioning Ziva's father or the hatred that came with the name.

Zaria stopped walking shocked at the mention of her grandfather

"You do not like my Sabba Gibbs?" She knew the man was quite ruthless when it came to running Mossad and protecting Israel, however he had always been kind when with Zaria.

"No not really, do you?" 'No point in lying to her' Gibbs thought

They began walking again, Tony and McGee had stopped walking when they did and so they were now stood as a group of four again.

"Yes, he may be harsh with everyone else but he has never hurt me. He let me move here with Ima when she joined your team, even though he wasn't happy about it, after all I am his only grandchild. And he helped Ima teach me to defend myself. So yes I love Sabba"

"Well okay then" Deciding to drop the conversation as they seemed to have polar opposite opinions on Eli David.

Ziva's Room

When the four entered the room they were greeted with a sight they didn't think they'd see: Ziva was sat up slightly smiling and talking with a nurse who was changing her IV drip. The swelling was completely gone and the bruising had faded significantly.

She looked up when she heard footsteps and grinned from ear to ear at the sight of her daughter (and the rest of the team, sort of). The team moved to the chairs near the bed, however Zaria remained stood by the door, shifting her feet nervously.

"Zaria what's wrong tatelah? Are you not happy to see me? I know I am happy to see you again" Ziva was concerned that her daughter had not even said hello.

'Have I done something? Wait of course I haven't I've been in here for eight days. Oh my God! What if something happened when she was with the team?' After running the possibility through her mind, Ziva did what she did best: Get angry

"Gibbs did something happen to her? I swear if she got hurt I will..." Ziva was furious and didn't try to contain it. Until Zaria interrupted her.

"No Ima I am fine, but are you okay? You look better but I don't want to hurt you like last time" Zaria was so worried about hurting Ziva again, and Ziva found it both amusing and endearing.

"I am fine tei-yerinkeh I promise" Ziva gave Zaria a reassuring smile before holding her arms out. That was all it took Zaria went straight into Ziva's arms and Ziva soon found arms being wrapped gently around her (Zaria still didn't want to put too much pressure on Ziva's wounds).,

"Ani mitga'a'ga'at lach" Zaria mumbled into Ziva's shoulder

"Ani mitga'a'ga'at lach too tatelah" Ziva soothed her daughter, both too wrapped up in each other after being apart they forgot the other three people in the room.

That is until Tony dramatically cleared his throat.

"Not that this isn't sweet but we are still here you know" Tony smirked when he'd said that, until both David's shot him death glares. "Sorry for interrupting. Crazy Israeli chicks" He mumbled the last part but everyone in the room heard him.

Gibbs shook his head at DiNozzo before delivering a well deserved head slap to the senior agent.

"How you feeling Ziver?"

"I am fine Gibbs"Ziva was going to leave it at that but she took note of Gibbs' raised eyebrows and added "I am feeling better Gibbs, I am still in pain however it is nothing I cannot handle. Oh and thank you Gibbs" She was still hugging Zaria against her, not wanting to let go of the child.

"What you thanking me for Ziva? We haven't caught the bastard who put you in here yet" The team saw Ziva flinch at the mention of the attack, it was understandable it was still an extremely recent in anybody's book. But to Ziva it happened too recently and it was still burning in her mind (Though she wouldn't let the team know how shook up she was) and she hadn't had anything to keep her mind from going back and reliving the experience.

Even when she did think of something else she still felt the ache from the beating when she moved; especially when she tried to sit up or turn onto her side.

"Gibbs I am thanking you for bringing Zaria with you this time, thank you"

She gave Gibbs a small smile.

"No need to thank me Ziver, she's your daughter I can't keep her away from you. Plus I had had enough of both of you complaining about me not bringing her here" Gibbs laughed, and soon all of them were laughing with him.

"Argh!" Ziva couldn't help but groan, the stab wounds didn't like her laughter and protested heavily.

"Ima! What's wrong?" Zaria shouted at the same time the team jumped out of their rather uncomfortable seats and shouted "Ziva are you okay?"

"I'm fine all of you it just hurts to laugh. Hurts a lot" She grunted to the four people stood staring in panic at her. "Really I am fine it will pass"

The team returned to their seats while Ziva tugged Zaria onto the bed softly. Zaria saw that it wasn't easy or comfortable for her mother to move over so she walked around to the other side of the bed and lay down as close to Ziva as she could get. Ziva's face relaxed and she put her arm around Zaria's shoulders.

They spent the next few 2 hours discussing everything that had happened at NCIS since Ziva had been in hospital. They joked about the team's disbelief about Zaria's girly girl personality and Ziva couldn't stop laughing when Zaria told her about the 'really cool' card tricks Abby had taught her.

She would need to see this soon.

Zaria noticed the looks going back and forth between Tony and Ziva and decided that they would get together soon, even if she had to intervene (which she already had).

At noon Gibbs decided that they should be getting back to the Navy Yard, something Ziva and Zaria protested against but in the end reluctantly agreed with.

"Tatelah before you go tell me, you have been keeping up with your school work, yes?" Even an assassin needs to worry about their kid and school.

"Ken Ima" Zaria said innocently, Ziva narrowed her eyes at the girl.

"Okay, I haven't but I have done some of the work, I promise"

"Zaria Neve David! You have to keep up with the work tatelah or you will be behind when you go back"

"Okay Ima I will. Ani Ohev Otach"Zaria spoke softly now

"Ani Ohev Otach Zaria" Ziva gave the girl a final hug

"Ziver before I go I need to ask you: Do you know how you know Amad Sayed?"

"No Gibbs, I have never heard of that name before, but he knew me Gibbs and he did look and sound familiar to me. I am sure I have met him somewhere in my past or I once knew him"

"What do you mean he knew you? What did he say to you?"

Ziva took a deep breath before answering

"He said I need to pay for what I did Gibbs"

"What did you do?"

"He never said, but said he knew who I was, who I worked for and who Zaria is, though he said he had no interest in her"

"Okay, keep trying to place him Ziva." He kissed her head and he felt Ziva stiffen at the gesture. "We will catch him"

The team left but Tony said he just wanted to talk to Ziva quickly.

"What is wrong Tony?"

"Nothing Zi just wanted to talk to you" He ran his hand through his hair nervously as he sat on the chair directly in front of Ziva.

"About what Tony?"

"You. Listen Zaria's been asking me a lot of personal questions and-"

"Oh my God Tony I am sorry if she's been annoying you and pissing you off-"

"Hey don't interrupt it's rude." He was joking with her and it seemed to calm her down "She didn't piss me off but uh I wanna ask you something and I want an honest answer okay? And don't dodge the question or try and get me off the question" They both smirked at that.

'Sometimes I think he knows me too well' Ziva smiled

"Do you love me?" He blurted the question out at a record speed but Ziva understood what he was saying and it stunned her.

Tony was stood holding his breath as he waited for a reply.

"Yes Tony" Ziva did as he asked and answered him with a straight answer

He let out the breath he was holding and couldn't contain his grin even if wanted to.

"I love y-" He tried to tell her back but she interrupted him again.

"Tony I do love you and I know you are going to say it back but I need you to listen to me. I am not read for a relationship right now, not after what happened. I need time to process everything that happened."

Tony's face dropped and small tears formed in his green eyes, he was heartbroken but he did understand what she was saying.

"Okay Zi, I'll wait then. Just let me know" He lent forward to kiss her head, which Ziva allowed but she couldn't stop herself from tensing slightly at the contact.

He turned to leave when he heard her call after him

"Tony if I were you I would work on getting Zaria's approval, you'll need that if you wish to avoid injury" She joked

"Ha you'd hurt me if she didn't like me?" He played along with her

"No, I wouldn't" She smiled to herself when she saw him looking confused until he understood what she meant.

"A little girl couldn't take me Zee-vah"

"We shall see"

Just minutes after Tony had left a doctor came in to check up on Ziva.

"Well you seem a lot better today Miss David, I'll be back this evening to see how your feeling and run a few tests" He smiled

"Thank you Doctor..." She read his name tag "Doctor Adam" she returned the smile and watched as he left the room.

Ziva was about to go to sleep when she remembered exactly why Amad Sayed looked familiar and she knew exactly who he really was and knew how she had met him.

A/N: Hebrew translations
Tei-yerinkeh - sweetheart
Ani mitga'a'ga'at lach - I missed you
Ani Ohev Otach - I love you
And for those who didn't know
Tatelah - Darling
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