A/N: I know most of you are probably thinking that this is way too soap opera like and the story is just going downhill. Trust me, just stay tuned. And I'm very sorry for this long hiatus. Major writers block and school are kicking my butt.

Disclaimer: No I don't own NCIS, just the characters that have nothing to do with the series for the 13th time!

Tragedy

Tony couldn't believe his ears. Did he hear right? Did he really have half-sister? Little did he know that that was only half the news.

"I think now I the time to share some more information." Ziva said quietly. "About 5 minutes ago while I was taking Karine to the restroom, she revealed to me that um, that Jeanne is her older sister."

"Jeanne as in Jeanne Benoit?" Abby said her eyes now wider than ever.

"And you were going to share this information when David?" Gibbs said looking at her sternly.

"As soon as we were all together." She said quietly her eyes never leaving Tony's.

Tony on the other hand was in complete shock. Did he hear right? Did he actually share a half-sister with Jeanne Benoit? He knew that had to be the craziest coincidence ever but nonetheless, it was true. He couldn't believe it. He needed to get away from everyone. He needed to take some time for himself, to figure things out and most importantly, inform his father of this new discovery, and somehow, bring him down to D.C.

"DiNozzo! You ok?" Gibbs finally snapped Tony out of his trance.

"I…um…I'll get back to you on that." With that, Tony left the lab. Ziva didn't even bother going after him. She knew he needed to be alone for a while.

*NCIS*

How could his life come to this? He thought his family was closer than this but obviously it wasn't. After all that that bastard Tony DiNozzo did to his family, he was going to make him pay. He would start by striking at his heart. He had been watching them for months now. He knew their routine like the back of his hand. Messing with her car was the easiest thing he could start off with. Break failure, it was like taking candy from a baby. If it didn't work though, he had a back-up plan. He would be waiting for her…

*NCIS*

"Hey Rosie, when's Mama and Daddy coming home?" Bella wasn't sure if one of her parent's would be home early to tuck her in now that her ballet class had finished and neither one of them had gone to relieve Rosie of her duties.

"I don't know sweetheart." Rosie said helping Isabella put on her jacket. She could see Bella's green eyes droop from sadness so she decided to perk things up. "Hey, I'm kind of feeling for some pizza right about now how about you?"

"Hmm…how about ice cream and donuts?" Isabella said her green eyes sparkling again.

"Ice cream? But it's freezing outside silly." Rosie said giggling. "How about we get some awesome hot chocolate and then pick up some Krispy Kreme's on the way home?"

"Yeah I like that idea better." Bella said smiling. Rosie knew she couldn't resist a Krispy Kreme. They walked hand in hand out of the dance studio and into Rosie's car.

While she drove the 10 minutes to the nearest Starbucks, she noticed she had to press a lot harder on her brake-pedal than she did a little while ago. 'What the hell?' she thought. 'I just barely got my brakes last week! Ugh. I'm never going back to that mechanic ever again that piece of #&*#&*$&!'

"Rosie, are you ok?" Isabella said. She noticed she was mumbling to herself and looked quite angry.

"I'm fine sweetie don't worry. Let's just get our drinks and donuts ok?" Rosie said forcing a smile. Now she was starting to feel a little bit uneasy. She decided to take the longer way home. It was about 10 minutes longer than the original way she usually went, but she felt safer knowing the traffic on that particular road was practically dead after 7pm. After they got their hot chocolate and donuts they headed out as quickly as possible so they wouldn't get home too late. Tony and Ziva wouldn't be too happy if they found out that Bella was out past her bedtime.

While they were on the road, Rosie decided to drive a little faster to make sure Bella could get in some play time before she had to get ready for bed. The faster she went though, the harder she had to press on her brakes.

"Rosie you're going really fast. I feel like I'm on a roller coaster!" Bella said giggling.

"Or worse, I think I've spent too much time with your mother. Her driving skills are starting to rub off on me." Rosie said half-joking half being serious. As they approached the hill, she began to get nervous. Once her car started to go downhill, that's when it happened. Her brakes failed.

"Rosie slow down!" Bella said worriedly.

"Sit tight Isabella." Rosie said, her voice clearly in a panic. They were approaching the curve and even though she had taken her foot off the gas, she was still going about 50 miles an hour. "Oh my gosh…" she muttered as they approached the curve. Her eyes widened and she tightened her grip on the wheel. The last thing she heard before her world went black was a loud scream followed by a sickening crash.

*NCIS*

Ziva was now sitting at her desk. McGee was down in the lab with Abby and Gibbs was in the conference room trying to get more information out of Karine. All she could think about was Tony. No one knew where he was. He had been gone for a couple of hours.

"How could you be so selfish and stupid and jealous Ziva?" she thought. She had tried calling him a couple times on his cell but it had gone straight to voicemail. She sighed helplessly, and put her head in her hands. Slight tears began to fill her eyes.

"I'm losing my family…" she said softly. Just then, her cell phone rang. Thinking and hoping it might be Tony, she immediately wiped her eyes and put herself together.

"Ziva David." She answered.

"Hello Ms. David?" the voice on the other end asked.

"Yes, this is she, who is this?" Ziva asked.

"Yes, hi my name is Officer Stanley and I'm with the Washington D.C Police Department. I um, I really hate to say this ma'am but there was a really bad car accident and the young woman that was involved had your business card on in her wallet."

"OhmyGod what happened?" Ziva was now on her feet. A combination of fear and adrenaline began to seep through her body. "Are they all right?'

"Ma'am, we really need you to come down to Bethesda." The officer stated.

"No tell me right now is my daughter ok?" Ziva was now shouting and tears were filling her eyes again.

"Please Miss David, it would make it a lot easier if you would just come down to the hospital. Come in through the Emergency entrance and I'll be waiting for you. It would be best if you brought someone along with you too." He said calmly.

"Ok," Ziva whispered. She had a huge knot in her throat and her hands were shaking, but she was able to take the cell phone way from her ear and hang it up. Images of her daughter flashed through her mind. She looked at the picture frame she had on her desk and stared at it for what seemed like eternities. It was a picture of Tony, herself, and Bella at the NCIS Christmas party that year. They were standing in front of the Christmas tree, Tony holding Bella in one arm and his free arm around Ziva. None of them were looking at the camera. Abby had spiked the Egg-Nog (unbeknownst to McGee) and he had had one too many. He had attempted to show off his "dance moves" when he tripped over himself and knocked over poor Ducky who was also dressed up as Santa Clause. Abby had snapped the picture of the laughing trio just in time. Ziva loved that picture. She felt it showed the true essence of what their little family was all about. To think that it could all be taken away from her, she couldn't bear to think about it. She finally pulled herself together, grabbed her things, and headed for the hospital.

A/N: Yes, yes I love cliffhangers. Again, I'm so so so so so so so sorry about the hiatus! With school taking up most of my time again and transferring and moving, well, it took up a lot more time than what I anticipated! But now that I'm settling into a routine, I'll be able to update more often. I'm thinking this story might be about 20-21 chapters long so I can have room for more drama and angst, and then resolve everything afterwards. Stay tuned! Thanks for sticking with me!