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Chapter 13 –

Tony woke up early but her didn't move, he felt so relaxed, he opened his eyes slowly to see Tali curled up in his arms, he watched her sleep she was peaceful, the past week at the back of her mind for now. He looked over at his wife, Ziva was gripping one of Tali's hands the other resting on his arm, and she too looked peaceful. He watched his girls sleep, marvelling at how lucky he was, Ziva was certainly the girl of his dreams, and Tali was perfect.

Tali shifted snuggling closer to him, he tightened his grip on her, she was so brave but he knew that she was afraid, afraid that one day Dayan might come back for her, he was scared too, but he wouldn't admit it. He was also afraid of Mossad, Ziva had told him what her father had threatened her, but he had told her that their child would be fine, he wouldn't let Eli David anywhere near him or her. He had also said he wouldn't let anyone hurt her but he had let her down there, she had been snatched away and he hadn't been able to do anything about it.

Ziva opened her eyes then and looked straight at him with those warm chocolate eyes that he loved "boker tov" he whispered to her making her smile "shalom" she whispered back, she looked down at Tali and smiled "being a daddy's girl" she said smiling brushing hair out of her face, Tony grinned happily back and they both watched her sleep, until she woke up and looked at them "what" she mumbled, Tony smiled and kissed her "nothing just watching you sleep, you look peaceful" Tali yawned "mmm nice peaceful dream".

Tony looked at the clock and then yelped "oh jeez we are going to be so late" they all leapt up, Tali decided that as it was Friday she would go to school that day and see how it went, then have the weekend off and decide on Monday whether or not she would go. They ate quickly and rushed out the door; Ziva called McGee and told him to tell Gibbs that they were going to talk to Tali's teachers about her absence so they would be late. "Call us if you need us ninja" Tony said looking in his rear view mirror at Tali who nodded.

They explained about her absence to all the teachers present who all promised to let the others know. They then turned to Tali who suddenly looked worried, as if she was regretting her decision, Ziva bent to her level and took her chin gently and made her look into her eyes "call us" she said firmly before hugging the child who held her tightly "havtakhah" (promise me) Tali looked at her solemnly "ani mavticha ima" (I promise mum" Ziva smiled before touching her cheek and allowing Tony to say goodbye "no fighting anyone ninja" he said with a grin Tali grinned back and hugged him, Ziva watched as Tony closed his eyes holding her tightly savouring the moment before he too released her.

Tali smiled at them as if trying to reassure them, then she stepped away into the corridor and was swallowed up in the crowds of students, Ziva watched her go, regretting letting her, Tony placed a hand on her shoulder "she will be fine Zee, she is a mini you, a ninja" Ziva smiled "I know Tony, come on lets go to work

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When they arrived, McGee and Gibbs were staring at the monitor, Abby was next to them, they all looked rather stunned, "morning" Tony called out cheerfully dumping his bag next to his desk, they all whirled round "where's Tali" Abby asked looking slightly disappointed to find out that her little lab buddy wasn't in today "at school" Ziva said "she wanted to go in, what are you looking at" she moved in and saw it was a video from a security camera, it was in black and white "what is that" she asked, Gibbs looked rather uncertain about answering so when he did he was very careful. "it's the security feed from the warehouse where Tali was held" both Tony and Ziva froze staring at him.

"where did you get it" Tony asked "we went back last night after you left to see if we could find out who the other men were and whether they had left any clue about who they are" McGee said "they hadn't erased any of it so we have all of it from when the cameras were first set up 2 months ago", Tony nodded, McGee looked at his boss who took the remote and rewound the video to the beginning, showing them setting the cameras up and putting up a bank of computers, "I have a programme running down the other peoples face's" Abby said "I don't know how long it will take though"

They continued to watch, fast forwarding until they saw Tali being brought it, the bounty hunters kept throwing her, and shoving her so that she struggled to remain standing, Ziva gritted her teeth, they watched as Tali was forced to her knees where she remained trembling, a few minutes later the bounty hunters left and Dayan ordered all him men out, he cut Tali's cuffs before pulling her head back to look at her, there was no sound so they could not make out what was being said, but it obviously upset Tali because the guards were brought in and she was dragged away kicking and screaming all the while.

They watched her being forced into the small room Tony had found her jumper in and there she stayed for four days, only once in those four days did the door open for a tiny plate of food and a small cup of water to be pushed in which she fell on obviously starving. Gibbs stopped it when she was dragged out again and back into the computer room before fast forwarding it again so they didn't see her get tortured again, they watched though her escape.

Ziva stared at her daughter on the screen watching as she yanked the guards down making them stumble, then pulled herself free, ducking around the guards swings she swung her leg up catching both of them in thee throat and head sending them crumpling to the ground before she turned and ran. "wow" she heard Tony say "unbelievable, she is amazing at fighting" she had to agree, Tali was certainly unique, and very special.

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A month passed and everyone relaxed slightly, they fell back into their normal routine, and Tali caught up with her work, the girl she had saved from the bully – Chloe became a firm friend and at school they were rarely seen apart. Tali continued to come to NCIS in the evenings often going down to Abby's lab especially if she had loads of science homework, then she would come and hang out with her uncles. Life settled back to normal, and it was only Tali who seemed worried still, but they all thought that, it was to be expected. But Tali remembered what Dayan had said to her the first time they had talked "you have to be patient to get your revenge" she guessed that one day he would come for her mother again and as she had ruined his plan, probably her too.

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3 days later she and Chloe were walking down the hall to their last lesson, they were chattering quite happily, when they heard someone shout "Talia DiNozzo" Tali groaned wondering what she had done now, "seriously I have been at this school for 2 years now and they still call me Talia when I have repeatedly asked them to call me Tali" Chloe smiled and they both turned to see a man running towards them, he stopped "Talia" he asked looking at Tali who nodded "Tali" she corrected, he didn't reply he just pulled out a badge and flashed it at her "NCIS" he said " I was sent to come get you, your parents are at the hospital and they asked me to pick you up"

Tali stared at him "what both of them are in the hospital" "I don't know the details, I think you mother was shot and then your father wounded protecting her, if you would come with me I will take you to them" Tali nodded and looked at Chloe who nodded and promised to tell the teachers what had happened "I hope your parents are ok Tali" she called after her friend as she followed the agent down the hall.

Her escort walked very fast and Tali had to jog to keep up with him "so where in NCIS do you work because I am there all the time and I have never seen you before" "I work in a different area" he said shortly. Tali frowned NCIS wasn't that big, they were walking towards a big black car like the ones at NCIS "who's your team leader" she asked now a bit suspicious, the door to the car opened "I am his boss" Tali froze staggering back "hello Talia Kaitlyn" Dayan said with a smile "you are meant to be dead" her escort grabbed for her but she ducked round him and ran as fast as she could towards the school, pounding footfalls told her she was being chased and she knew she wouldn't make it inside in time she ran at the wall and slammed her fist against the fire alarm.

The wailing siren began and she heard shouting from inside, there was a curse and she was grabbed from behind, she struggled desperately as she was dragged towards the car again, a hand over her mouth muffling her screams, suddenly there was a pain on the side of her neck and the world instantly went black.

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Tony stared at his computer, groaning as it slowly loaded the page he was looking for, Ziva watched him a smirk on her face "computer struggling to shoe up Tony" Tony groaned "it's Boot up Zee seriously" Ziva rolled her eyes at him, and then they both shot up as they heard Gibbs shout "DiNozzos" "yes boss" Tony called "are you not forgetting something, why are you still here" they looked at each other and then back at Gibbs "your daughter" he said, "the school called me because you weren't picking up, the fire alarm got pulled, they need you to come get Tali now", they grabbed their stuff and then they were running out the door, Gibbs shook his head, and sat down at his desk taking a long swig of his coffee, Tony's phone had run out of battery and Ziva had obviously put hers on silent, he didn't mind being the emergency contact, but he had a horrible feeling that something was wrong, in his gut he had a nagging feeling that Tali was once again in danger.

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Ziva drove to the school which was why they arrived after 10 minutes when the school was a good 20 minutes from NCIS. When they arrived they were surprised to see the playground full of children with teachers struggling to keep them in line as they took a role call, parents were making their way over and as soon as their child had been registered they were whisked away.

Frowning they both got out and went over to where the head teacher was standing looking rather annoyed, "hey what's going on" Tony asked as they approached showing him his badge, the principal looked grumpily at them "nothing serious some kid pulled the fire alarm in the car park, but we had to evacuate any way, that kid is in so much trouble"

Suddenly from behind them they heard "Tony, Ziva what are you doing here" they both turned to see Tali's friend Chloe standing there looking very confused "hey Chloe we came to get Tali why wouldn't we be here" Ziva said frowning in confusion "but the agent that she left with said you were in the hospital after getting shot"

Tony, Ziva and the headmaster stared at her "what we haven't been shot, what do you mean, who was this agent" Tony asked, Chloe suddenly looked worried "he said he was NCIS, he had a badge but he didn't tell us his name" Ziva bent to Chloe's level "when was this" she asked silently already guessing the answer, Chloe's eyes widened in realisation "right before the firs alarm went off" she said slowly and Ziva leapt up swearing in Hebrew. Tony turned to the principal "security cameras" he said urgently "I'll take you to the security office" he said and they both hurried after him taking Chloe with them.

They watched the on the small monitor as people came in and out, until Chloe pointed at someone "that's him" she said and they froze the image "I don't recognise him" Ziva said squinting at the image, Tony shook he head "me neither", they watched until they saw Tali coming out after him, she was talking to him and she looked rather suspicious, suddenly a door to a car, rather like their own opened and Tali staggered back a look of terror on her face, the man reached for her but she ducked away, they watched as the man tore after her, he was almost upon her when she suddenly lunged herself towards the wall and slammed her fist into the fire alarm, then she was grabbed and was being dragged away once again, they stabbed something into her neck and she instantly stopped struggling and she was thrown into the boot of the car, then with a screech of tyres the car pulled away, seconds later the whole school came flooding into the car park.

Ziva grabbed the remote and rewound until they reached the part where the car door opened then she zoomed in and a horribly familiar face could be seen, they both stared at it in horror before whispering at the same time "Dayan", then they both turned and ran out of the office leaping into their car, and Ziva drove towards where Tali had been held last time "they wont have taken her there Zee" Tony said he sounded scared again "yes they have" Ziva said "because they want me to find them so Dayan can get his revenge" "What" Tony shouted "are you crazy, Ziva go to NCIS, get Gibbs and some back up" "no Tony" she shouted tears pouring down her cheeks " I have to go now I don't want her with him any longer than she has to be, you wait outside and I will get him to release her, you take her and take care of her Tony, promise me", the car skidded to a stop outside the warehouse and Ziva climbed out but Tony scrambled out there after her "no Ziva you are not going in there alone, I am coming with you, I cant loose you both" Ziva struggled as he held her gripping her arm "let go Tony I have to do this, please Tony I love you but you have to let me go"

Tony stared at her "I can't Zee I love you too much" Ziva looked at him "if you really love me" she said quietly "you will let me go and save our daughter" Tony stared at her tears streaming down his cheeks "I can't" he whispered "I can't loose you"

"N'aww that's sweet, but I am afraid you are going to have to" they both whirled round at the sound of Dayan's voice, they instantly drew their weapons and pointed it at him "ah ah I wouldn't shoot me if I were you" he said calmly and looked over their shoulder, turning slightly they saw two men approaching carrying Tali in between them, she was still out cold, there was a knife pressed against her throat. Ziva turned back to Dayan desperately "please let her go" she begged "she is just a child" Dayan laughed "oh she is not just a child Ziva, I know you saw the security footage of her taking out my men, she is good, like you, and besides I want to kill her too, she stopped my previous plan from working"

Ziva stared at him desperately, before turning back to her daughter, Tony was gazing at her desperately "now" Dayan said "I suggest you drop all your weapons and your phones before I allow my men, who are the men she took out to slit her throat and believe me they are dying to do that", glaring at him whilst glancing at her daughter's vulnerable form, Ziva slowly placed her gun and her mobile on the ground and stepped away from them, she looked at Tony who stared at her pleadingly "and you Agent DiNozzo" Dayan called, "no" Ziva cried desperately "please leave him out of this" Dayan looked at her coldly and then pointedly at Tony and the knife against Tali's throat twitched and a few beads of blood dribbled down her pale neck, Tony dropped his stuff next to Ziva's and stepped back next to Ziva, glaring at Dayan who simply smiled back "very good," he said before turning and walking towards a car "see you all soon" he called and them they both felt a pain in the sides of their neck and they too blacked out.

Dayan watched his men load the family into a van binding their wrists tightly, this time everything had gone as planned, he knew it wouldn't be long before the rest of their team realised they were missing so they had to leave quickly. But he wasn't worried, he felt triumphant, as last he would get his revenge, revenge he had been waiting for, for over 20 years.

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