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On with the story!
For a few moments in the darkness, all that could be heard was Ziva's ragged breathing. McGee was the first to break the quietness.
"What just happened?"
"Oh my God! The elevator stopped, Gibbs! What are we gonna do!" Abby frantically asked, still holding Ziva's shaking hand. The Israeli was sitting in Tony's lap, clutching Abby's hand. Her breathing was labored as her stomach rapidly rose and fell.
"I don't know, Abs. Hopefully they'll notice we're gone. How's she holding up, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked through the darkness.
"Scared, Boss. I don't think anything is going to change that either," Tony said sadly, still cradling his almost sobbing wife. Suddenly, the emergency elevator lights flickered to life. A sigh a relief came from everyone in the small, metal box.
"Jethro? Are you alright in there?" came Ducky's voice from somewhere beneath the group.
"Duck! Ziva's in labor! We gotta get her out of here," Gibbs said.
"Oh my. This is most troublesome. The whole city is without power. There is no way to contact the fire department!" the ME said fearfully.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! What do we do?" Abby shouted again, somewhat startling Ziva, who had not said a word for some while. She was focusing on breathing, calming down, and Tony's voice, which was soothing her. Tony himself was stroking her hair while he murmured words of encouragement.
"Abigail, calm down. How is Ziva?"
"She's alright, Ducky. She's calmed down a bit," McGee answered as he sat on the floor to hold Ziva's hand. During their conversation, Gibbs was staring at the couple in the corner, debating on the best solution.
It had been 30 minutes since the elevator had stopped working. Every ten minutes or so, Ziva would whimper in pain and grab Tony's hand. She would curl up as tight as she could to try and ease the pain. Gibbs sat on her left side, stroking her hand. McGee and Abby were holding each other in front of the trio, timing Ziva's contractions. Ducky had left long before to attempt to find assistance.
After three minutes since the last contraction, Ziva seized up again, this time actually crying out in pain. Tears had made their way down her olive-colored cheeks.
"Gibbs, I think she's almost ready," Abby explained fearfully.
"Jethro? I'm back. The fire department has been contacted. They're arriving as soon as they can. How is everyone up there?" Ducky asked suddenly from below.
"The time between Ziver's contractions is about three minutes, Duck. I don't think she can wait that long," Gibbs explained.
"Then it has come down to only one option. Abigail, have you ever delivered a baby before?"
"Uhm, yeah. One or two, maybe," the Goth rambled nervously.
"Good enough, Abs. What do we have to do?" the silver-haired agent asked.
"First, you must check her dilation," Ducky instructed.
"Okay, I'd say she's about nine centimeters or so, Ducky," Abby replied.
From the office, Ducky rubbed his chin in thought. "Do any of you have any jackets?"
"Check!" came Tony's voice from the wall.
"Any water? Ziva's going to need it."
"Check!"
"Alright. Ziva? Dear, when your next contraction comes, I need you to push as hard as you can, all right?" Ducky asked, hoping that he would get a response from the woman in labor.
"Okay Ducky," Ziva said, her voice wavering.
"Abigail, you know what to do after that. But be careful: birthing twins is more difficult than just one child."
"AH!" Ziva's cry of pain echoed through the small silver box as she pushed with all her might to bring her children into the world. With Gibbs and McGee holding her hand, Abby delivering her children, and Tony hugging her from behind, she knew that she could do this.
Focus, Ziva. You've done this before. You can do this, she kept telling herself.
"Good, Ziva! I think I can see the first baby crowning! We need to get the head out, and then you can rest for a few minutes, alright?" Abby informed her Israeli friend. Though she didn't want to say it or scare Ziva more, Abby was incredibly frightened. She'd never seen her tough companion express her pain.
Ziva sucked in a breath and began to push again when she felt the familiar feeling of her child between her legs. Not wanting to wait, she pushed again with her contraction and brought a small baby boy into the world.
"Oh!" the Israeli exclaimed when her child easily slid out of her body and began to wail. Abby caught the small boy and wrapped him up in the jacket that Gibbs had gladly lent them. She pulled the baby up to Ziva, who greedily held out her hands for her newborn. Once the baby was in her arms, both she and the baby began to relax.
"What's going on?" Ducky asked.
"First one's out, Duck," Gibbs replied, seeing as the other four were engrossed in the small, bloody human in their friend's arms.
"Great! The second one should be easier for Ziva. How is the poor girl?"
"She's good, Duck. Tired, but good," the agent said, stealing a glance at Tony and Ziva.
"Abby, I think I need to push again," Ziva exclaimed, attempting to keep herself calm.
The elevator came to life once again as everyone got into their positions by Ziva. Gibbs tried to take the baby from Ziva's arms, but she refused. Taking a deep breath, she began to listen to her body. When the next contraction hit, she pushed as hard as she could, once again feeling her child between her legs. Sensing her child was close to entering the world, Ziva switched her baby boy into her left arm gently and reached down to grab her other baby as it also slid from her body more easily than the first.
As soon as the baby began to cry, its brother also wailed. Abby grabbed the other jacket loaned to them by McGee and gently wrapped it around the second born baby.
"It's a girl!" McGee shouted as he happily watched Ziva cradle her two babies in her motherly embrace. The Israeli had tears and sweat running down her reddened face. Gibbs stood in the corner, observing the scene before him with a smile on his face.
Tony had shifted Ziva into his chest and carefully embraced her and the babies as to not hurt them. His wife had her face buried into his chest, her breathing still ragged.
"You did it, Zi. I knew you could do it. Now look what we have. Two beautiful babies. I can't wait to see what Kalev and Adi think," Tony whispered to her. Ziva lifted her head up and kissed her bloody children on their soft, fragile heads.
"I want Kalev and Adi here," she somewhat whined in an unZiva-like manner. Tony chuckled.
"They're with the dir-" Tony was cut off as the elevator started to descend slowly. Everyone gave a sigh of relief. The babies had ceased crying and were now staring up at their parents with handsome brown eyes and beautiful green eyes. The elevator doors opened to reveal Ducky and Jenny who was holding Kalev and Adi's hands.
"Momma!" they both yelled at the same time, attempting to run to their mother. Jenny held them back.
"Let Mommy get to the hospital to be taken care of. Then you can go to her and meet your new siblings!" she told them in a soft voice. As the paramedics situated Ziva on a stretcher and rolled her away with her two newborn babies, the whole team gave her a kiss on the cheek or head and congratulated her. Tony, who was practically glowing with pride, hoisted Kalev and Adi into his arms and entered the ambulance.
Two hours later, everyone was crowded around Ziva's hospital bed where she lay with her baby girl and her two older children sitting at the foot. Tony stood beside her with their little boy.
"Everyone, we would like you to meet Raizel Belinda, meaning "rose" and "beautiful"," Ziva said, motioning to the squirming girl in her arms.
"And Luzio Sansom, meaning "light" and "of the sun"," Tony finally concluded, smiling at the small boy in his arms.
"Those are some unique names. Hebrew and Italian?" Ducky asked, cooing at the baby in Ziva's arm.
"Yeah. We decided on Hebrew to Italian for the Raizel and Italian to Hebrew for Luzio," Tony answered.
Within minutes, the babies were fast asleep in their plastic cribs, along with Kalev and Adi asleep by Ziva's side. While Gibbs and Jenny excitedly stared at the babies, Abby and McGee were whispering to Ziva and Tony.
"You did wonderful, Ziva. I can't wait to babysit my four god babies!" Abby silently yelled.
"They really are adorable, Ziva. Congrats. You too Tony," McGee gave Tony a friendly hug while Abby carefully hugged Ziva in her bed.
"Do you want Jethro and I to take Kalev and Adi home?" Jenny asked as everyone crowded around the door to go home for the night.
"Nah, I'll take them home when I get the chance. Just let them sleep," Tony replied. With one last goodbye and congratulatory comment, everyone vacated the room, leaving Tony and Ziva to watch their sleeping children.
"They really are beautiful," Ziva whispered.
"So are you," Tony responded. He pulled her into a kiss and grabbed her hand from the chair he was sitting in. He leaned in forward to allow his wife to lay her head on his chest. Ziva closed her eyes and sighed.
"Four children."
"I know. It's wonderful."
I am so sorry that I have not update in forever! I think it was the weather. Rainy weather makes me extremely tired and irritated all the time. Please forgive me. I originally started the beginning of this a few weeks ago, but I just continued the ending. Please review! Have a wonderful weekend!
-Aviva
