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Chapter 2:
Gibbs walked through the door of Ziva's apartment, his whole body going rigid. The living room was a mess, objects lay scattered across the floor and large amounts of blood discoloured the light pine wood flooring. Closing his eyes he sighed deeply, forcing himself further into the apartment.
Taking his place beside a teary eyed Timothy McGee, Gibbs couldn't help but look down at the body of his Israeli friend. Another agent gone, Gibbs thought, but Ziva wasn't just another agent, she had saved his life many times before, not caring what happened to her in the process. The bright flash and click of the camera pulled Gibbs from his thoughts, forcing him back to reality. The room was silent, apart for the shuffling of feet, the click of the camera and the noises of the outside world. Gibbs risked one more look at Ziva, only now noticing the dark bruising on her forearms. Finger marks.
"McGee, when you're finished taking photos I want you to help DiNozzo with collecting evidence." Gibbs ordered.
"And call Ducky, see what's taking him so long to get here!" At the mention of his name, Ducky appeared in the doorway, Jimmy Palmer at his side. Casting his gaze around Ziva's destroyed home. The aged pathologist shook his head regretfully, making his way towards Jethro Gibbs, he looked down sadly at the woman he once called friend. Getting down to business he leaned down.
"Mr Palmer, would you mind turning Miss David on to her back please" he said unhappily. Jimmy Palmer nodded. Gloved hands turning the already stiff body of Officer David on her back. They all had to suppress a gasp as they saw her face. Bruised, cut and burned. Ducky cleared his throat.
"It looks as if she was shot point-blank" he said, mimicking the action of a gun with his two fingers "three times in the chest… it was a through and through" he looked around. "but she did not fall here, there are no bullets, no blood spatter" the old man's eyes travelled to the phone Ziva held in her hand, its handle smeared with bloody fingerprints. He sighed.
"Looks like the poor dear tried to call for help."
"Boss!" came a loud voice from the other room. Gibbs turned, coming face to face with DiNozzo.
"We found the bullet casings in the living room, and there is more blood in the… the bedroom" Tony said, his eyes moving down to the floor. Gibbs clenched his teeth.
"How bad?" he asked. Tony looked up again, shaking his head.
"Only a few smudges of blood on the walls, most of it is, on the bed. Looks that there was a struggle, the window is broken…" Gibbs could see that Tony was taking this hard; Ziva had been his partner after all. Swallowing hard, Gibbs turned to Ducky.
"Ducky, take her to autopsy, DiNozzo you're on bag and tag, McGee I want you to take those bullets to Abby's lab." Gibbs started for the door.
"What are you going to do Boss?" Timmy asked. Gibbs stopped short of walking through the door.
"I am going to inform her father."
Xxxx
Abby joyfully hopped up and down to her music playing in the background, sipping her second Caf-Pow of the morning. Gibbs had not been down in a while and she had not heard from the team since she had gotten in to work. Frowning slightly, she shrugged, presuming they had a case.
The doors to her lab swished open, causing her to turn round excitedly.
"McGee!" she shouted, embracing him tightly. When he didn't return the gesture, she looked at him confused. It was only then that she had noticed his bloodshot eyes.
"What's wrong Timmy?" McGee sniffed, then looked down at Abby.
"It's Ziva Abs"
"What about her!" the forensic scientist asked, her happy mood disintegrating into a worried and hysterical sate state.
"She's dead Abby… she was murdered last night" Abby's eyes grew wider, tears threatened to fall.
"No, that's impossible, Ziva doesn't die… she…she's a super ninja. Nothing can kill her McGee!" Abby broke down, once again embracing McGee. His arms wrapped tightly around her, holding her protectively to his chest.
"I need you to process these bullets Abby" she sniffed and shook her head, snatching the bag that containing bullets.
Ziva was her best friend, they may have gotten off to a bad start but the Mossad assassin had grown on her, and had later become one of the best friends Abby had ever had. Now she was dead, just another name on a gravestone, another agent lost in the line of duty. Abby sniffed again, glancing at the bullets.
"Don't worry Ziva" she said to herself. "We're going to find the person that did this to you."
Xxx
Gibb's sighed as he walked away from the Directors office. Stopping short of going downstairs. Looking out over his two remaining team members, his eyes softened.
The bullpen was quieter then usual, the happy chatter that floated through the room, the amusing banter shared by both the Italian and the Israeli and of course the threats Ziva yelled at innocent bystanders concerning her office supplies; all now nonexistent. Tony and McGee both sat at their desks in an uncomfortable silence, their eyes trained on their friend's empty desk.
Their team leader could tell by the looks on their faces that they were taking it hard, they had lost not only another team member, but also another friend. Hardening his face, he continued downstairs
"You think she suffered?" McGee asked. DiNozzo shook his head.
"I don't know" Tony answered, his eyes still staring at the desk opposite.
"Well find out DiNozzo!" came the harsh tone of Gibb's voice.
"Yes boss" he said, turning to his computer. He didn't even notice Gibbs pick up the phone that was ringing on his desk.
"Gibbs" he listened to the person on the other end talk, nodded then put down the phone. Gibb's started for the stairs again.
"What's up boss?"
"MTAC" he said, not looking over his shoulder.
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Upon arriving at MTAC, Leroy Jethro Gibbs was greeted by the stern face of Mossad Director David.
"Director" he greeted with a nod of his head.
"Agent Gibbs" the other man responded coldly. "Is there a reason why you called this meeting, I have more important things to do." Gibbs nodded.
"It's" about your daughter Director"
"What has see done now!?" he asked impatiently. Gibbs could see that the man was getting angry.
"She's dead. She was murdered" Eli David's eyes widened, the faint smile he had on his lips disappearing. After regaining his composure the man simply shook his head.
"How?" he said, no emotion evident in his voice. Gibbs frowned,
"She was shot in her home, we don't know for sure what happened. Any idea as to who would want to kill her?" Gibbs told him, the Israeli man nodded slowly. No sign of emotion on his face. Frowning as if he were in deep thought. The man finely spoke.
"Everyone of my enemies is an enemy of hers agent Gibbs."
"Care to give us a list?"
"I will be in DC when and if I can to retrieve the body." he said, his voice wavering.
"You wanna tell me exactly when that's gonna be?" the silver haired man asked. Looking menacingly at the camera, the Mossad director gritted his teeth.
"I will get there when I can!" he said, the link going dead.
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Israel Mossod headquaters 18:00, hours
When Director Eli David cut off the MTAC link to NCIS, he couldn't help but turn to look at the picture of his three children. Sighing he gently picked up the picture from the table, looking down at it in with remorse.
His eyes first rested on Tali, his youngest daughter. So carefree and compassionate. Always with a smile on her face. She and Ziva were closer than sisters could be. She was only sixteen when she died. Killed in a Hamas suicide bombing.
Moving his gaze to his son, he had always been a sweet boy, especially to his sisters. But as he grew, he got colder and started to hate his father. He betrayed Mossad, he betrayed Israel and most importantly, he betrayed his father'. With his son joining Hammas, he only had one child left.
Finely he looked at Ziva, the smiling girl in the photo seeming to be a totally different person to what she was today. After he had to order Ziva to kill Ari, she had grown further apart from him, if that was even possible. After working with NCIS, she had changed. a change he didn't like. She was his only child and he expected her to be under his control, she strayed from him but that didn't make the pain in his heart any less painful.
"Oh Ziva, why did you stray from me. You were such a good agent." he said to himself. A soft knock on his door made him look up.
"Enter" he said. The door opened and a tall well built man walked through the door.
"Shalom Director" he greeted, his voice was deep and slightly accented.
"What is it?" he asked, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"You have received a message" the man said, holding up a white envelope. Eli extended his hand snatching the letter from the mans hand.
"You can go now" he said, watching as the man left through the door. Opening the letter he couldn't help but gasp at the words printed on its crisp white paper. Closing his eyes he clenched his fist tightly. He was going to be on the next flight to DC, it was the least he could do.
Xxx
"What have you got for me Abs?" Gibbs asked as he walked in to Abby's lab, a cup of coffee in one hand, a Caf-Pow in the other. He lab was eerily silent, just as it had been when Kate had died. Setting both his coffee and the Caf-Pow on the table, Gibbs started towards Abby.
"Abby?" he said, causing her to jump. Sniffing she turned from her computer screen, he eyes red and watery.
"Hey Gibbs" she said, her voice was quite. Long black trails of mascara ran down her cheeks, staining her pale skin. Opening his arms, Abby ran in to them.
"I need to know what you got off the bullets Abby" he asked, his voice softer then usual. Abby nodded against his chest, then pulled from his grasp.
"They were standard issue Gibbs, from a SIG saucer."
"Ziva's?"
Abby shook her head.
"Tony collected Ziva's gun too, it wasn't fired." Gibbs nodded. "I also checked the police reports, Someone called 911and reported what seemed like violent disturbance at Ziva's apartment, that was two days ago, Gibbs. On Friday night" Abby said, a worried look on her face.
"And, what did they find?" Jethro Gibbs asked, confused.
"When they got to Ziva's apartment they knocked. A man answered, the cops asked if everything was alright and he said that he and Ziva were just having an argument, but that everything was sorted out." Gibbs thought for a moment.
"Who was he?" the Goth shrugged and shook her head, her pigtails swaying with the movement.
"They didn't ask for his name" Gibbs closed his eyes in silent defeat. They weren't getting anywhere with this case.
"Who called it?" he asked, his voice sounding tired.
"Apartment 323, Ziva's next door neighbour"
"Good work Abs" he said kissing her on the forehead, then started for the door.
Xxx
Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs approached the door of apartment 323, knocking, he glanced at the apartment next door, smiling sadly. After waiting a few minutes, the door of 323 opened, revealing a small seventy year old woman. Her hair was curly and white, tinted with the colours of dark brown. Her pale blue eyes stared at him through the glass of her thick-rimmed spectacles, as her rose-painted smiled up at him.
"Can I help you dear?" she asked, squinting her eyes to focus on Gibbs.
"Yes Ma'am, I am sorry to bother you, but I am here about a disturbance you reported" Gibbs asked, pulling out his badge. The old woman nodded.
"Oh yes. Friday night I think it was. I heard shouting. and what sounded like a physical fight coming from Ziva's apartment. She seemed to be fighting with a man." the woman finished.
Is she ok?" she asked. Gibbs shook his head, swallowing his sadness.
"No… she was found dead this morning." the old woman gasped and looked at the floor.
"Oh poor Ziva. She was such a lovely young girl."
"Did you know her well?" he asked. The woman shook her head.
"We said hello occasionally, she helped me with my shopping sometimes, she even helped me when my pipes burst, Other then that she seemed very…distant" The woman finished talking, then looked up at Gibbs. Hey pale blue eyes staring into his. He nodded.
"Thank you Ma'am. That will be all for now."
"Your welcome Agent…?"
"Gibbs" he said the tuned away. The woman watched him go, a single tear ran down her cheek, then closed the door.
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