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Chapter 2 –

36 hours earlier

''Talia Kaitlyn DiNozzo''

'uh oh' Tali thought, 3 words, her 3 full names, and one very pissed sounding father, her brain quickly worked out the odds of this not ending in her in trouble. Not high.

''yes'' she said trying to sound as innocent as possible, whilst widening her eyes and pouting her bottom lip slightly in a way that nearly always made her father smile, and got her anything she wanted. She could see her father struggling to stay serious, as she gave him what everyone called 'the charm', she smiled sweetly, her mother was leaning against the wall, a smile at her daughter's antics on her face. Her father raised an eyebrow in an effort to stay focused. ''Tali'' he began ''is it true what your teacher told us''?

Tali frowned ''bout what'' she asked ''apparently you attacked a girl, at break today'' ''oh that'' Tali said relaxing ''umm define attack'' Tony rolled his eyes at his daughter, she was so like her mother, fierce, strong and stubborn. He shook his head to focus before replying ''slapping her, shoving her, throwing her around''.

He saw Tali relax, ''not true'' she said cheerfully ''well I did shove her around but I call it self defence''.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tony saw Ziva move into the room, ''what was she doing to you'' Tali gazed at him with his own clear hazel eyes ''Beth Andrews is the school bully, she chooses a new victim every week, and she gets away with it cus her dad is like mega rich, she was trying to beat up a new girl, basically two of her 'friends' hold the victim while she torments them, mostly by verbal abuse but also pinching them. I stepped in cus I was asked to show the new student around so I didn't think it would look good for me to have her beaten up on my watch''.

Tali paused for breath; she could see everything replaying in her mind in front of her:

There were kids watching, horrified but to afraid to do anything, as Beth tormented another victim, Tali moved through the crowd 'scuse me' she called as she reached the front 'um I'm meant to be showing her round so, if you don't mind Beth I'll take over from here' Beth turned to face her 'back off DiNozzo' she snarled but Tali stood firmly where she was, 'why don't you go pick on someone your own breed Andrews' she replied calmly, there were gasps and whispers from the watching students as Beth moved forward, 'take that back, then run, little DiNozzo' she whispered 'nah' Tali said a small wicked grin on her face 'I don't take back the truth Beth, my parents taught me never to tell lies'.

Beth made to slap her but her shocked expression was reflected on everyone else's face as Tali's arm shot up blocking the attack 'don't try that again' she warned but Beth did, with a small groan Tali used all the moves her mother had taught her as her arm came round again she caught hold off the older girl, she ducked under her second swing, before twisting her arm around and behind her and pressing her against the wall 'don't try and take me on' she whispered 'I have been trained to fight since I could walk' she knocked the girl's legs out from beneath her before walking to the new girl gently taking her arm and leading her away. 'Hey Tali' she heard a boy shout 'where'd you learn to fight like that'? 'my mum' she called back 'she used to be in Mossad' she heard 'whoa' and 'no way' from behind but she didn't care, as far as she was concerned her work was done, take out the school bully.

She explained what she had done to her parents telling then exactly what she had and hadn't done to the girl, by the time she was finished her parents weren't annoyed at her, they were exasperated, but they knew she had meant well, they didn't have the heart to tell her off. Ziva bent her head towards her 12 year old daughter gently kissing the top of her head, as she did so she whispered ''I hope there is not a next time but if there is then try not to leave marks as evidence'' ''I heard that'' Tony called as he walked toward the stairs no doubt to go watch some movie on TV. Tali grinned ''got it'' she whispered. Ziva smiled at her, touching her cheek softly before moving down the stairs after her husband.

The next morning Ziva got up early, so she could go out for a jog, since she had had Tali, this was not something she had been able to do so often, especially when Tali was very young. It had been a shock to discover 12 years ago after another undercover mission with Tony that she was pregnant, Tony had been so shocked that he had been unable to speak, which was a first for him.

He had been silent for so long that she had run away crying, thinking that he would just leave her to raise a child alone, he had come tearing after her and told her that he loved her and had done since he had first laid eyes on her. He had promised never to leave her, and he never had.

They had married in secret, and Ziva had arranged to have some time off, telling everyone that she wanted to go back to Israel to visit her family for a few months when really she was in the apartment she and Tony now shared. They hadn't told anyone that they were going to have a baby, knowing Gibbs would give them very hard Gibbs-slaps; McGee would probably faint and never let them hear the end of it. Abby would be furious that she hadn't known sooner, or that she hadn't been invited to the wedding.

Tali had been born 7 months later, it had been Tony's idea to name her Tali and she had been touched that he would name his daughter after her sister, it had felt right to name her that. It had also felt right to, in return give her the middle name Kaitlyn after Tony's old partner, who Ziva knew had liked.

After that they had to tell their team. Tony had gone in as usual, and at lunch Ziva had sauntered back into the building with Tali in her arms. Abby had been in the bullpen and they had thought that Tali would either be crushed by her when she gave Ziva one of her bone-crunching hugs or after she had noticed her, kidnapped by Abby who had taken the tiny child, and held her until Ziva had explained that the child was hers, she had taken her back though because when she had answered McGee's question of 'who's the father' McGee had nearly fainted and Abby had nearly dropped her.

Gibbs hadn't said anything but when he had heard that but of news and that they were married and he had noticed Tony slipping away, he had called him back, given Tony 2 head slaps (one for Ziva because she was holding Tali so he couldn't head slap her). Then he had given them a lecture about breaking Rule 12. They had managed to get him to stop and he softened up a bit when they told him that he was her godfather. As he was still grumpy Ziva had said that she wanted to get back to work and handed the baby to Gibbs, where she had remained until they left.

After that she had come to the office almost every other day, she had come to know the team as her family, when they were needed at the weekend, she would go sit with Abby, who had taught her so much science, she was top of her year at school in it.

Ziva was amazed at how happy she was now, she had heard that children are either the best or worst thing that can happen to you, she now knew that Tali was the best thing that had happened to her. She adored her daughter and couldn't imagine life now without her. She loved Tony as well, he was so sweet and charming, and Tali was just like him, which she had decided wasn't always a good thing.

She finished her run and went home, as she slipped in she listened for any sounds of life, both Tony and Tali were still asleep, she shook her head before going for a shower. Afterward she went and pushed the door to Tali's room open and smiled.

Tali was curled up and the covers sleeping soundly, Ziva studied her daughter, identifying certain features. She was a perfect mix of her and Tony, she had Tony's sparkling hazel eyes, and her hair which was the same colour as her own had natural streaks of light brown in it, but the hair was the same as her own, quite naturally frizzy but shining with the little unique V shape above her forehead. She also had Tony's cheeky smile. She had Ziva's strong determined facial features, and a similar tough but slender build. When it came to her personality, that was difficult everyone said but she and McGee both agreed she was all Tony, she acted exactly the same as him always pulling practical jokes on poor McGee. Tony thought she was all Ziva though, especially after she learned to fight.

She was perfect, Ziva thought, smiling. She sensed someone approaching and turned to smile at Tony as he staggered out of their room grumbling about it being to get early, he gave her a quick but passionate kiss before stumbling off to get coffee. Ziva woke Tali up ''come on'' she coaxed as the girl groaned and burrowed deeper into her bed ''don't be a lazy skull''. A smile spread across Tali's face and she heard Tony shout ''lazy bones Zee, how long have you been in this country?'' she rolled her eyes before pulling the covers off of Tali causing her to squeal and then moan ''I'm up. I'm up'' she then followed her husband into the kitchen.

An hour later they had dropped Tali off at school, warned her not to attack anyone, and were standing in the elevator riding up to their floor. Ziva was happy; she had a great family with a brilliant husband, a beautiful daughter. And she had a job she loved. The one thing that bothered her was her family in Israel. Her father had been livid when he found out she was pregnant, especially because the father was Tony of to her father, Rivkin's killer. He had pushed her towards having an abortion, Mossad agents were not meant to have children, they were a distraction, the only time agents were allowed to have children was when the child would grow with the intention to join Mossad drilled into them, as she had been. Eli David had threatened her, that one day he would come for her child, if she didn't abort the baby, she had refused. No way was she going to kill her child. There was always a worry that her father would come for Tali but for now she was safe.

Or was she?

Hope you like it, please let me know, should Eli David be the one to take Tali or should someone else take her, let me know, please review. Open to any and all suggestions.

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