Everyone stood outside the closet, except Gibbs and Ducky, who were inside the closet examining the blood stains.
"Well, whoever this blood belongs to, the point was to cause pain." They all looked at him in expectation- you don't just say something like that and stop. "Well, see here," He pointed at some of the marks on the wall that were smeared. "Wherever the wound was, that area was rubbed against the wall, to inflict maximum damage and pain. The rubbing would have opened the wounds wider by grinding away the raw edges of the wound; the pain would have been quite bad, especially if…" He trailed off as everyone stared at him in horror. "I am sorry about that; I do get carried away at crime scenes sometimes." They all nodded at once. Just a little carried away. Gibbs shoved past them, readjusting his hat as he went.
"Search the rest of the premises. Talk to her neighbors. Find something."Gibbs went to search the two bedrooms. Tony took the kitchen, Abby and McGee searched the rest of the apartment. It was about two minutes before Gibbs called them all into the master bathroom.
"DiNozzo, you said that you were in here with Ziva this morning?" Tony nodded. "Did you see this?" Gibbs pulled the shower curtain to the right a bit, revealing hole in the wall.
"Yeah, no I didn't see that." Gibbs pulled the curtain even farther, before he finally just yanked the curtain off completely. There was an arc of similar holes, all obviously from the same knife, along the wall. "Well, I think we need some photos." He looked expectantly at Tony.
"Well I didn't bring a camera!!" Gibbs rolled his eyes to McGee.
"Uh, I have this little digital one-" Gibbs grabbed it before he could say anything else. He snapped a couple of pictures and then called to Ducky.
"Any theories?" Ducky examined the wall closely for a few moments. Then he turned to Gibbs
"Jethro, do you recognize this blade? It looks like a-"
"Mossod, standard issue, I see it Duck." Ducky looked at him for a moment. Then turned back to the wall.
"Whomever was wielding this knife was trying to scare someone. See, they would have pushed someone up against the wall. Holding them by the shoulder maybe." He pushed his fist forward into the wall. "Jethro, look at this." He called out suddenly. Gibbs, who had been looking at the photos on the camera, came over.
"Looks like someone's fist made a bit of a dent in the wall. A big dent." Ducky nodded.
"Indeed. This dent is far too large to belong to young miss David."
"So does that mean she was the being pushed?" McGee asked.
"Well, yes McGee, that's what I was going to say once people stopped interrupting me."
"And the holes in the wall?" Gibbs questioned.
"Well I'd say it was a kind of mental or emotional torture." They all looked at him questioningly. " See, they would hold her against the wall, and stab around her head. The faster they would be, the more scared she'd be that they'd miss." Everyone simply stayed still for a few moments, before Gibbs yelled at them.
"Are you just going to stand there!? We have a whole apartment to search!" The team sprang into action. After the display in the bathroom, they were more determined than ever to find out what was wrong with Ziva.