Ziva was working her hardest on this case. She knew how she would feel if somebody took Zach away from her. She looked at Tony; he was typing just as furiously as her and was talking over the phone to people who could possibly help in the same urgent fast voice as her, as was McGee. Not only Ziva knew how it would feel, Tony and McGee knew too.
"What do you got? Wait, did you all pull all-nighters?" Gibbs said anxiously when he walked into the bullpen at 0700 in the morning looking at their clothes which were from yesterday. McGee was first to speak.
"Yes boss and I checked the Lieutenant's credit cards, the last time he used them, was 2 days ago, before he got the kid, who's name is Aliyah Marie Murray. She has her mom's maiden name." McGee said quickly.
"Okay. David, what do you have?!?"
"There are two places he started going after the divorce when he was distraught, a storage facility in Quantico and a bar about 20 miles from here." She said.
"Okay. McGee you're with me, you two DiNozzos," Gibbs said pointing to both Tony and Ziva, "go ask around the bar and storage facility to see what you can find out."
They all grabbed their bags and ran to the elevator.
"Where are we going boss?" McGee asked in the elevator.
"To talk to Lieutenant Smith's ex-wife, McGee." McGee nodded.
The team went there separate ways.
Ziva and Tony went to the bar first and flashed Smith's picture around. They didn't get any answers there. Next was the storage facility, where they found a baby's blanket, they bagged it. Ziva and Tony then searched the area, but found no other trace of them. They walked back to their car. When Ziva and Tony got back to the car, Tony's phone rang.
"DiNozzo." Tony said and put in on speaker phone so Ziva could hear.
"Tony, Karly Smith is dead." Gibbs said.
"Oh, crap. We'll be right there boss." Tony said and Gibbs hung up.
"I am driving." Ziva said.
"For once, that's fine with me." Tony said and switched sides with Ziva.
After a lot of blaring horns and cussing from Tony, they were at the crime scene, where Karly Smith was already being loaded into the truck by Ducky and Palmer.
"That was quick, DiNozzo. Time of death was around 0100 in the afternoon yesterday, after we got the call." Gibbs said when they walked over to him.
"Ziva drove." Tony said. Gibbs nodded.
"Okay, we have to solve this case, and fast, so let's go." Gibbs said and walked over to his car, Tony and Ziva right behind him.
When they got back to headquarters, they didn't even get a chance to sit down. Abby had tracked Lieutenant Smith's cell phone and they were on their way to an abandoned warehouse in Virginia.
When they arrived at the warehouse, Gibbs called Abby and asked, "Is he still here Abbs?"
"Yes. Hurry Gibbs. I don't want the baby to get hurt." Abby said.
"I know Abbs, I will." He said.
Ziva, McGee, Tony, and Gibbs drew their guns and walked quietly into the warehouse. After about a minute of searching they heard a baby crying. They rushed over to the noise.
"Lieutenant Smith! Put Aliyah down." Ziva yelled when they reached him.
"You aren't going to take her away from me!" the Lieutenant yelled and put her down in a small basinet beside him. He walked towards Ziva and kicked her gun out of her hands. Ziva started circling, her team backed away.
"Ziva, be careful." Tony said.
"Calm down, Honey. I have crazy ninja skills, remember?" Ziva said and then Smith threw a punch at her. She caught his hand but he jerked away.
"Boyfriend, girlfriend, huh?" Smith said as they circled.
"Not exactly Smith, husband and wife, we have a kid too, Zach, he is 1 week and 6 days old." Tony said.
"You think I care to hurt your precious wife, just because you have a kid?" Smith asked, and to prove his point threw a kick at Ziva.
She grabbed his foot and he jerked away and immediately ran forward, attempting to tackle Ziva, but she turned and kicked him in his gut, then grabbed his hand and threw him over her shoulder. Ziva flipped him over onto his stomach and cuffed his hands.
Tony walked over and whispered into Smith's ear, "One; I wouldn't of let you hurt her. Two; she's mossad." Smith thrashed under Ziva and grimaced at Tony. Ziva stood up.
"That was easier than I thought it would be, but he was easier than any marine I have ever fought in my 3 and a half years here. How did this guy get into the marines, Gibbs?" Ziva asked as she dusted her hands.
"I have no idea Ziva. I could've beat him." Gibbs said and picked Smith up. Ziva walked over and picked up the crying baby girl.
"Shhhhh." Ziva said and rubbed her back. "What's going to happen to her Gibbs?" She asked.
"She'll have go to social services." Gibbs said. Ziva bowed her head and Tony took her hand.
"Come on." Ziva followed him and held Aliyah in the passenger's seat while Tony drove back to headquarters.
"Honey, I want to ask you something." Ziva said.
"Okay Ziva, shoot."
"Well, I want to adopt Aliyah; I don't want her to have to go to social security." Ziva said.
"I think you mean social services sweet cheeks, and I think that is a good idea." Tony said.
"Toda Tony." Ziva said just as they arrived at headquarters.
"Your welcome, baby." Tony said and wrapped his arms around her and his soon to be daughter.
"Get your hands off of her and come on, DiNozzo! We have to make a call to social services." Gibbs yelled, handing Smith over to McGee so he could put him in an interrogation room.
"No, we don't. Ziva and I are going to adopt Aliyah." Tony said.
"You know she will never be able to replace Tali, right?" Gibbs asked.
"We are not trying to replace Tali. We just don't want her to have to go to social services." Ziva said a little harshly.
"Okay. Do what you have to do. I'll help you get it set up." Gibbs said.
"Toda Gibbs."
When Ziva arrived in the office, she and Tony headed strait for the unused interrogation room where the daycare was being held. Zach wasn't there. Ziva immediately called Jenny.
"Director Shepard." Jenny said.
"Jenny, where is Zachariah?" Ziva said angrily, her phone on speaker.
"I have him up in my office. The daycare worker can't stay here forever." Jenny said and laughed. "You can come get him. Everybody else is here too."
"Okay."
"Oh, and Ziva, there is a social worker here so you can adopt Aliyah, just bring her up here." Jen said.
"How come they sent someone here so quickly?" Ziva asked.
"I made a rush call." Jen said and hung up.
"Let's go. We don't want to keep the social worker waiting." Tony said and Ziva handed Tony Aliyah.
"She'll be your daughter soon. You need to hold her." Ziva said and took his empty hand.
Tony smiled and they walked to the director's office.