Well I have been planning this chapter basically since I started the book so sorry if it takes a while but I want to do this one just right. Hope you like it, after I have finished it I get enough reviews and enough people want me too I might do a sequel, will write about it at the end.

Chapter 10 –

Tony and Gibbs arrived at the docks in record time, McGee and Ziva were busy evacuating the docks which looked like it was proving to be rather difficult, that was when Gibbs noticed the sign saying it was open day. 'that explains how they got in' Tony said quietly, Gibbs had never known him to be so quiet, in the car he would chat for hours about nothing unless you gave him a head slap, but Tali's death had really shaken him up. He got out of the car the moment it was parked and went over to Ziva, who as soon as she saw him ran over and fell into his arms, he could see the tears streaming down their cheeks and he felt his heart break for them.

Ziva buried her face into Tony's shoulder and hugged him letting her emotions go, she was distraught, she wanted her little girl back again, her brave cheeky little ninja. She couldn't imagine life from now on without the junior movie nut, she felt responsible for her daughters death and she voiced this guilt, she felt Tony cup her face in his hands again 'Zee how many times it is not your fault,' 'it was not my fault when she was missing but it is my fault now she is she is dead Tony' 'hey' he said firmly 'the only ones to blame for this is Dayan and whoever shot her and we will get them for this Zee I promise you but right now I think we should stop everyone here dying so that once we have done this we can find her killer' she nodded and they both turned to their boss who was watching them giving them a minute with McGee by his side 'ready' he asked softly when they nodded he handed them their bullet proof vests and they ran aboard the ship.

It was eerily quiet on board the usually always noisy always busy ship they had a little over and 2 hours and a half, Gibbs was disappointed about how little time they had but their first priority was to get the people to safety and the terrorist or whoever set the bomb had chosen the perfect day to prevent them from finding the bomb, they set off carefully examining every room thoroughly but quickly, they were all painfully aware of the lack of time. They completed their search of the first two decks and were on the third when Gibbs realized that they didn't have enough man power to search the whole ship in an hour and a half, 'Tony, Ziva you go that way he said directing them to the middle of the ship, don't go down to the next level without us' the two pining parents nodded and moved off in the direction he had indicated whilst he and McGee went down the left side, the bomb squad were doing the left hand side of the ship.

All was silent as Tony crept along after Ziva, he was struggling to focus, he wanted to just sit and pine for his little girl, but he knew that if they didn't find the bomb thousands would suffer, they both swung their guns up as they entered a cabin, checking it was clear, then they began to search it, Ziva checked all the cupboards and shelves whilst Tony stripped the beds, checked the mattresses and under the beds. They were quick and efficient desperate for it to be over so they could go home and morn.

'Found anything yet, Tony Ziva' Gibbs asked through their ear wigs 'nothing yet boos' Tony replied noticing that Gibbs called them both by their first names 'we are nearly done' Ziva said quietly. They met back up and descended to the next level, they were just about to split up when they heard a clatter and running footsteps heading straight towards them, they all froze and glanced at Gibbs who raised his weapon, they copied him and stood waiting. None of them were expecting who came barrelling round the corner, froze and then ran at Ziva.

A little girl with dark brown hair and fiery hazel eyes, she was dressed in ragged clothing and she was as thin as a rake, she was covered in bruises and burns. She hit Ziva crying out 'Mom'

Ziva staggered backwards as the girl hit her, the girl was hugging her tightly, she pulled the girl away and bent to look at her and gasped 'Tali' she cried 'your alive' then she was pulling the girl into a hug and they were both crying hugging each other, then Tony was there pulling them both into his arms before Tali released her mother and turned to her father who cupped her face in his hands like he did to her mother and gazed at her, the two pairs of hazel eyes met and he couldn't hold back a sob as he too pulled her into his arms pressing his lips to the top of her head whispering 'oh Tali thank God'

He released her and looked at her 'we thought you had been killed' he exclaimed 'I know' she said miserably 'I couldn't get out they put guards on the door and they were turning every room inside out so I climbed in the air vents and I heard them tell you I was dead mom' then she gasped 'god I forgot' she then turned 'Uncle Gibbs' she began but was cut of as he scooped her up into his arms and hugged her, she hugged him back there were tears running down everyone's cheeks now. Finally Tali gasped 'we have to get off this ship now' 'no you have to get off this ship' Tony said grabbing her hand 'we have to find the bomb' 'but you don't understand there is no time'

'Tali' Gibbs said he looked at his watch 'we still have an hour and 20 minutes, Tony Ziva you get her off this ship and to a hospital, we will call for some bomb squad to come help us' 'no' Tali interrupted 'you don't have an hour and 20 minutes, you have 20 minutes' everyone stared at her 'what' McGee said 'they didn't want you to get off this ship alive any of you, so they set it to detonate an hour before they told you' They all stared at her then Gibbs was shouting at the back up team telling them to abandon the search there was no time if they had no idea where it was 'wait' Tali cried 'I might know where it is' everyone looked at her 'and you got all this from hiding in the air vents' McGee said. Tali nodded 'I don't know exactly where it is but I do know that it in an oil drum that is full, they are very small but will all the oil' she didn't need to finish. 'Ziva, Tony take Tali and get out of here, me and McGee will go try disable the bomb' 'you cant disable it' Tali said 'but I saw the plans on the table and there is a switch hidden, I know where it is I can turn it off' 'NO' everyone said loudly, but Tali ducked under them all and ran off towards the engine room, cursing her they all followed.

Tali ducked into the engine room, there were a lot of oil drums, she yanked the lid of the first one and began to feel around in it using a long stick she picked up, the team all arrived and Tony grabbed Tali 'come on' he said 'no' she cried 'if I don't get the switch everyone will die' 'no we will all be clear if we leave now' Tony said 'we are not going to loose you again Tali' she struggled but he kept a firm hold of her until McGee said 'guys she's right' they all looked over to see him carefully fish a small bomb out of the barrel he was looking in, he carefully lay it on the floor and began to examine it 'I cant see a switch Tali' he said desperately, Tali pulled herself free of her father and knelt next to McGee and carefully examined it, Ziva looked at the timer it read 2 minutes 40 seconds.

'Got it' Tali said pointing through a mass of wires where there was a tiny almost invisible switch; you wouldn't have seen it unless you knew it was there. Slowly Tali pushed her finger into the tiny hole and began to move it towards the switch, nobody moved until Tali's finger twitched upwards and after a moment the little screen went black. Everyone sighed in relief except Tali who mumbled 'that was easy' and frowned then she got up and looked in the other barrels, 'I guess we are all very lucky Tali is such a little escape artist' McGee said looking at the little girl who had frozen where she was, Gibbs walked over to see what she was looking at and for a brief second he too froze.

There was a second bomb in this oil drum and its timer was counting down it read 1 minute 20 seconds, and it was different, there was no time. He grabbed Tali's hand and yanked her away screaming 'everyone OUT now' nobody hesitated hearing that voice. They practically fell up the stairs running, Gibbs dragging Tali after him, they reached the top deck just as the bomb squad finished disembarking the huge boat, Gibbs released Tali and turned to close the door, then he was chasing after them, they were all running desperately trying to put as much distance between them and the ship when the bomb went off.

At first there was nothing, just a loud bang and then a wave of heat hit them all throwing them into the air, everything was so bright, they hit the floor and covered their heads to protect themselves from the falling debris then everything went silent.

Tony waited a minute before slowly raising his head and looking round he couldn't hear anything but he knew that would pass, desperately he looked round for his team, wife and daughter. McGee was coughing to one side of him rubbing his head. He looked to the other side and saw Ziva lying surrounded by bits of twisted metal and wood, she was bleeding from a wound on her head and she wasn't moving. Tony's hearing was coming back, he could hear himself screaming Ziva's name as he crawled towards her pushing bits of debris away and off of her, she shook her 'c'mon Zee wake up' he pleaded and sighed in relief as she began to stir, opening her eyes and looking round in confusion he helped her sit up before hugging her tightly 'Tali' she rasped and pulled herself up, carefully he assisted her and the staggered off in search of Gibbs and Tali.

They found Gibbs sitting up already, they rushed over to him 'are you ok boss' Tony asked concerned 'I'm fine where's Tali' he replied desperately 'she was in front on me when the bomb went off', McGee came over from one side 'she's not over there' he shouted and so they all began to search calling her name, their cries becoming more desperate as they continued not to find her, suddenly there was a second smaller explosion from one of the burning ships, it wasn't as big but it still blew them backwards of their feet covering the dock with fresh debris, the part of the dock that they had not yet searched for the 12 year old girl.

'TALI' Ziva screamed in panic, she had already lost her daughter once today, she couldn't loose her again. They continued their hunt getting more and more desperate when they suddenly heard Gibbs shout 'I've found her quick come help', they all ran over to see Tali lying on her back her head to one side, a huge heavy metal beam lying over her pinning her to the ground, she wasn't moving. Tony and McGee ran over to Gibbs and the three of them positioned themselves to try and lift the heavy beam off the tiny child, Ziva crouched down so she could pull her carefully out when they had lifted it, she stroked her daughters head brushing hair out of her face, she saw her eyelids flutter, and slowly she opened them 'mom' she gasped 'hush tateleh lie still' Ziva whispered, Tali gasped 'ow hurts to breathe'

'One two three' all three men strained to lift the heavy beam and slowly they managed to, Ziva quickly pulled her child clear and they all let it drop with grunts before falling to the ground next to Tali, 'wow how light are you if you got blown this far away' Tony asked his daughter with a smile on his face, she grinned her cheeky grin back, 'come on' Gibbs sad looking at his team who was more like a family to him now 'lets get you all to the hospital' Tony carefully gathered Tali up into his arms, kissed her brow and carried her to the entrance to the docks, whey could hear sirens approaching. Tali snuggled into her father's chest and that was where she stayed for the whole ride to the hospital, she fell asleep. Tony cradled her close, now savouring every second he had with her, Ziva rested her head on his shoulders and he rested his head on hers, and the whole family dozed.

Gibbs watched them, they really were and odd family, an ex Mossad ninja mother, a cheeky, movie nut prank loving father, ad a cheeky combination of the two daughter who had saved all of their lives along with probably half of the bomb squad. He smiled they were odd, but in a way they wee a perfect family.

Hi well hope you liked it. Took me ages, I really wanted Tali to be the one to save them, maybe in the next chapter they might discover not everything went to plan…

Right for my sequel I am thinking as some people did want Eli David, I might write a story that he has now heard about what Tali has done and how strong she is and how like her mother she is, he kidnaps her and forces her to become a child assassin, he drills all emotions out of her and she becomes a perfect weapon. It is up to Tony and Ziva to save her before it is too late. Let me know if you think I should write that, there will be more chapters to this probably

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