Chapter 5
As Gibbs watches Ziva walk away, his mobile rang and it was Abby telling him to come down to the lab.
Once down there he saw Tony and McGee with her. "Where's Ziva?" Tony asked. "We can update her later, but let us give her a moment, okay?" He saw them nod, he turned to Abby. "What have you got Abs?"
"Okay, you lucky gentlemen I will tell you what I have found out. It may come as a shock to you, a surprise if you will, but it might help you with the case or... it might put you two steps backwards, depending how you look at it, but I did get something..."
"...Today please Abs."
"Right, sorry. I match the blood samples to the two deceased bodies. The first match is of course to Lance Corporal Kearns and the other is from the unknown, so we still do not know his identity..."
"The point Abs." Gibbs said impatiently. "I'm coming to that. I found two more samples of blood and AFIS has come up with their matches. A John Gallagher who has a record for armed robbery and assault and then we have a Brain Johnson, who has also a record for armed robbery and assault." Gibbs walked up to her and kissed her on the cheek. "That is why you are my favourite." Both McGee and Tony were about to say something, but one look, 'the' look from Gibbs they both close their mouths. "McGee, see what you can found out about those two and see if they have a current address. Tony you find Ziva and update her. I'm going to see if Duck has anything new."
"On it boss." They both said.
Ziva was in the ladies' bathroom. Controlling her emotions and splashing her face with water. When Gibbs mentioned her past mistakes knowing that she still feels guilty about what happened, she relived all that pain again that she had suffered in those three months. The mental and physical pain never went away, it might never go away.
She went inside her bag and took out her packet of Citalopram and pops one tablet in her mouth. She been on these tablets since she came back, they are antidepressants, they also help her to sleep at night when the screams didn't stop. She also put some eye drops to hide any tale-tale signs that she took something. She put them both back in her bag, just when Tony popped his head in.
"Hey! You okay? Gibbs told me to come and get you. We have some new information." Ziva closes her bag and looks at him in the mirror. "Really? Like what?"
"Forget that for a second." He went in and close the door behind him. "Tony..." He slowly walks up to her, just outside her personal space. "I know... I shouldn't worry but I always will, I will never stop..." He slowly walked closer to her and was a breath's distance.
Ziva looked deep into his eyes seeing the concern and something else, maybe love? There will always be a special bond between them and she trusts him with her life, but she had done so many bad things in her past that she now regrets. 'So much to tell, to open up... but yet so much to hide, to still be buried.' For a brief second she felt her heart flutter as they looked at each other. She turned her head away. "I know. I'm okay really..." She smiled. "Let's go, you can fill me in on the way...and Tony."
"Yeah?" She turned and faced him. "Thank you." He returned her smile. "Always."