A/N: Could it be? Another chapter in the same week? By golly it is! Y'all deserved that after my long hiatus haha and y'all may hate me after this chapter, but I decided to take the risk anyway. And just another thing, all the reviews and alerts really do make my day! Thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU! :D
Disclaimer: Do I really need to keep saying that I don't own NCIS?
Tragedy 2
It had been a couple of hours since he had spoken to anyone. He didn't know what else to do. All he could do, was sit in his car and just simply think. He had turned off his phone so he couldn't be bothered even though he knew everyone would give him his space. He decided it was finally time to turn it back on though, and call the mother of his child and his future wife, and finally talk. Before he even had a chance to dial Ziva's number, her name popped up on his phone, indicating he had an incoming call from her.
"Yeah," Tony answered.
"Tony where are you?" Ziva asked.
"Ziva, is everything ok?" Tony could tell by the tone in her voice that something was definitely wrong.
"Tony you need to come meet me at the hospital right away. Rosie and Bella, they were…they were in a car accident." Ziva's voice was overcome with emotion and she had a hard time finishing the sentence.
"What? Oh my God. When, where, are they all right?" Tony immediately turned the car on and started driving away from the spot where he had parked near the park.
"I do not know. I just got the call about 10 minutes ago and I've been trying to get ahold of you. I already called Gibbs and told him what was going on." Ziva said, regaining control of her emotions.
"Where are you?" Tony said, a pang of guilt suddenly hitting him.
"I am here at Bethesda. I am in the parking lot though. I did not want to do this alone." Ziva said softly wiping a tear from her cheek.
"I'll be there Ziva. You're not doing this alone." Tony said.
"Thank you Tony."
"I love you." Tony answered.
Ziva felt her heart flutter. It was the first time he had said that to her all day. "I love you too Tony." Ziva said before she hung up the phone.
*NCIS*
"Abby, are you ok?" Karine asked. She was down in the lab with Abby since Gibbs didn't want to leave her alone and bored in the conference room. He had obviously informed the rest of the team about the crash, and like always, Abby did not hold back any of her emotions.
"Um, yeah I'm fine." Abby said sniffling.
"How come you're crying then?"
"I just got some bad news about your, I mean, I just got some bad news." Abby caught herself just in time. She nearly told Karine she had a niece.
"I'm sorry." Karine said patting Abby's hand. Her blue eyes were sympathetic.
"Thanks sweetie." Abby said. She then gave the little girl one of her famous bone-crushing hugs.
"Where's everyone else?" Karine asked once Abby released her.
"Oh um, Agent McGee is with Agent Gibbs and Tony and Ziva are…out." Abby answered.
"You're not a very good liar." Karine said with a smirk. "But I'll just pretend to believe you. Story of my life. No one tells me anything." She said the last couple of sentences with a dramatic tone.
"Man, she is more like her brother than I thought! Aside from the looks she is all DiNozzo." Abby thought.
"Abby, how does Ziva know my sister?" Karine asked after a couple minutes.
Abby's eyes widened. She never anticipated that this girl would ask so many questions. "Well um, they go way back." She finally answered. "Geez Abigail, you really are a terrible liar." Abby thought while she mentally scolded herself.
"They do?" Karine asked suddenly curious.
"It's sort of…complicated though." Abby said trying to change the subject. Karine wouldn't give up though.
"Does Tony know my sister too?" Karine asked.
"Um…sure." Abby said quickly; too quickly as a matter of fact. Karine picked up on Abby's anxiousness.
"Were they close?" Karine asked suspiciously.
"Closer than you think." Abby mumbled.
"Huh?" Karine asked.
"I said um…my favorite color is pink." Abby said trying to change the subject.
"You like pink?" Karine said looking Abby up and down. "Well for a girl that's almost completely dressed in black, I highly doubt that."
"Just because it's my favorite doesn't mean I have to wear it all the time." Abby said defensively.
"Blue is my favorite color and I wear it all the time." Karine said matter-of-factly.
"Just like your brother." Abby mumbled.
"Huh?" Karine asked again.
"Dang-it I gotta stop doing that!" Abby thought scolding herself again. "I said it's not…I don't know what I said. I forgot. Hmm…are you hungry? I'm starving! I need a lunch break anyway." Abby was talking a mile a minute trying to change the subject.
"Lunch? Don't you mean dinner? It's already nighttime!" Karine said.
"Yeah dinner whatever. Wanna come join me?" Abby said gathering her things from her office.
"Yes! Food!" Karine said happily.
"Ok but you have to promise me one thing," Abby started. "No more questions about Tony, Ziva, or your sister. Got it?" Abby held out her pinky making Karine pinky swear on it.
Karine stared at her then finally linked her pinky around Abby's. "Fine. Only cos I'm starving!"
*NCIS*
Tony finally arrived at the Bethesda parking lot where Ziva was waiting for him. It only took Tony about eight minutes to get there, but to Ziva, it felt like eight hours. They walked side by side towards the Emergency entrance. With each step, Ziva could feel her heart growing heavier. As they entered the hospital, Ziva spotted a police officer waiting. Assuming it was Officer Stanley, she approached him right away.
"Are you Ziva David?" The officer asked.
"Yes. This is my," Ziva started.
"I'm Isabella's father. Can we go inside now?" Tony said very impatiently.
The officer motioned them inside and led them towards the Trauma center, where they were then greeted by Dr. Bowers.
"This is the family of car accident victims." Officer Stanley said.
"Hi. I'm Dr. Bowers." She said shaking Tony and Ziva's hands.
Ziva noticed the look in the doctors' eyes. It was a look that made her very uneasy. She could tell right away she was holding something back.
"Could you please just tell us if they're all right?" Tony said once again very impatiently.
"I think it's best if we talk some place more private." Dr. Bowers said leading them towards a waiting room. Once they were seated and the door was closed, she finally was able to tell them.
"I'm very, very sorry…we did everything we could but, we couldn't save her." Dr. Bowers said softly and sympathetically.
"Who? What? Couldn't save who?" Tony said angrily. He was shouting but he didn't realize it. Ziva was too stunned to even move.
"Rosalinda, the driver. She suffered massive head trauma and internal bleeding. By the time they got here to the hospital there wasn't much we could do."
"And Isabella?" Ziva asked softly. Great big tears were now falling down her cheeks. Tony looked like he was ready to kill someone.
"She's fine. She somehow escaped the crash untouched. She does have some cuts and bruises, but she did suffer a slight concussion. We're going to keep her overnight just to be safe. You may see her how if you would like. She's in room 105. I'll be back later to discuss some of the other matters." With that Dr. Bowers exited the room. That's when Ziva finally broke down. She put her face in her hands and began to cry.
"Hey Ziva, it's ok everything's going to be ok." Tony said pulling her into a hug.
"Rosie is dead Tony. She was only 20 years old. She was so young. She had her whole future ahead of her. How are we going to tell Bella or her aunt or her younger brothers and sisters?" Ziva said crying into Tony's chest.
"I don't know." Tony said softly.
"That could've easily been our daughter Tony." Ziva said.
"But it wasn't." Tony said taking Ziva's face in his hands and looking straight into her eyes. "Let's go see her now." Ziva nodded in agreement.
When they arrived in the room where Isabella was staying she was laying on her side, facing away from the doorway.
"Bella?" Ziva said walking slowly towards her daughter. At the sound of her name, Isabella turned around slowly.
"Mama." She said softly holding out her arms. Ziva knelt down and placed a great big kiss on Isabella's cheek before she hugged her back.
"Hey there kiddo." Tony said walking to the other side of the bed. He knelt down as well and placed a kiss on Bella's other cheek and patted her nose with his finger making her giggle ever so slightly, then sat at the foot of the bed.
"How are you feeling my love?" Ziva asked caressing Bella's cheek.
"Ok." Bella said softly. She wasn't in the best shape but it could've been worse. She had cuts and bruises in various places. Only a few deep cuts had stitches on them and she had a bandage on one side of her forehead where a really deep gash was. She was sore from the whiplash and had some marks from where the seatbelt was. The concussion had made her tired and whoozy as well.
"Rosie's dead isn't she." Isabella whispered. Her lower lip began to quiver.
Tony and Ziva gave eachother a look.
Ziva sighed and took a deep breath before she answered. "Yes."
Bella didn't say anything. She just let her tears fall down her cheeks. She then crawled over and placed herself in Tony's lap, burying herself in his chest. Tony hugged her back, wrapping his arms around his little girl protectively.
"I'm scared Daddy." Bella said sniffling.
"It's ok. You don't have to be scared anymore. I'm right here." Tony said trying to reassure her.
"You won't let him get me?" Bella asked looking up into her dad's emerald green eyes that they shared.
"Who my love?" Ziva asked, suddenly very suspicious.
"The man." Isabella said looking at her mom.
"What man?" Tony asked. He was very suspicious as well.
"The man that killed Rosie."
A/N: Oh yeah I went there again ;]