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"I promise, I promise I will never tell anyone unless it is okay with you," he said solemnly.
"Thank you Tony," Abby sighed as she started to calm down.
"Mommy," Tali wailed from somewhere far ahead of Abby as she chased after her daughter.
"I'm coming," she shouted as best as she could as she ran through the woods.
"Mommy," Tali screamed again and Abby's heart lurched at the distress in her daughter's voice.
"I'm coming," Abby shouted once more.
Finally she broke free of the woods, what she saw there made her stop dead in her tracks and it made her blood run cold in her body.
Eli David held the struggling Tali as the toddler squirmed and cried, not far from them Ziva stood glaring at Abby.
"Mommy," Tali screamed trying to throw herself out of her grandfathers arms.
Abby willed her body to move, but she was frozen in place.
Suddenly a helicopter appeared dropping a ladder next to Eli, Eli grabbed the rope with one hand and held Tali firmly in his free arm.
"You should have known we would find out, now you are never going to see your daughter again," he growled before quickly climbing up the ladder with Ziva on his heels.
Abby wanted to run toward them, to steel her daughter back and hold her safe in her arms where her mother and grandfather could never get her, she wanted to scream her anger, her pain, her anguish as they started to fly away with her daughter inside, but yet she was still frozen in place.
As they got farther in farther away Tali's cries for her got quieter and quieter, but they rang loudly in her head.
"Mommy," she heard Tali wail again, this time it was much closer and it sounded kind of muffled with cracks companying it, like she was wailing through a radio.
"Mommy," Tali wailed again.
Abby jolted awake this time looking around the darkness of her living room.
"Mommy," she heard Tali wail once more through the baby monitor.
Abby started to lift herself off of the black fluffy blanket she was lying on to herself while lying on the hardwood floor of her living room.
Tony sat up on the couch and walked over to where Abby was.
"I got her," Tony said motioning for Abby to lay back down.
Abby listened as Tony went down the hall way and entered her daughters room.
"Hey kid," she heard Tony sigh through the baby monitor.
"Mommy," Tali sobbed a bit quieter and Abby's heart clenched at the sound of her daughter's cries.
"Mommy's sleeping," Tony said to the sobbing toddler.
"No," Tali said in a stubborn voice and Abby laughed a bit at her daughter being all tough.
"Come on kid, you mommy needs her sleep," Tony sighed.
"No, Mommy," Tali said stubbornly and Abby chuckled at how stubborn her daughter could be.
Abby got up and started toward her daughter's room knowing that if she didn't stop them, they would go back and forth all night.
"Thank you Tony, but I got it from here," Abby said coming into the room and taking Tali out of the crib and holding her daughter close to her as she rocked back and forth.
"Sorry Abs," Tony sighed.
"Its fine, just go back to sleep," Abby said walking over to the rocking chair before sitting down.
"Mommy," Tali said quietly.
"What is it baby, did you go potty?" Abby asked her daughter.
"No," Tali said shaking her head sending her wild curls everywhere.
"What is it?" Abby asked looking into her daughter's sparkling green eyes.
Tali looked at her mother for a moment before throwing her tiny arms around Abby's neck and resting her head on her shoulder while sobbing quietly.
"Shhh, its okay," Abby cooed to her daughter while she rubbed her back comfortingly.
"Hey, I'm here, I'll always be here," Abby said to her daughter.
"It will always be you and me," Abby said as her daughter pulled back rubbing her eyes.
"Tony?" Tali asked finally saying her sixth word.
"That's right," Abby said with joy filled in her voice, she loved it when her daughter said something new, it let her know she was doing something right.
"Tony and I will always be here for you," she whispered.
Tali yawned and rested her head on her mother's shoulder once more.
Abby started to hum a bit to soothe her daughter to sleep, she always sang to Tali when she had a nightmare.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, oh please don't take my sunshine away," Abby sang.
She continued to hum the music as her own hellish dream returned to her memory.
"The other night dear, when I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke dear, I was mistaken, so I hung my head and cried. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, oh please don't take my sunshine away," Abby continued as she rubbed her daughters back and rocked them both back and forth.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear, how much I love you, oh please don't take my sunshine away. Please don't take my sunshine away. Please don't take my sunshine away," Abby finished as she stood up with her now slumbering daughter still in her arms.
Abby walked over to the crib before gently laying her sleeping daughter in the white crib.
Abby's hand lingered on her daughter's cheek after she covered her with her silk blanket once more.
She felt her eyes fill up with tears as she squeezed her eyes shut and sent a prayer to whoever would listen.
"Please don't take my sunshine away," Abby whispered with her hand on her daughter's cheek.
Abby then opened her eyes, took back her hand and left the room for the third time that night still leaving the door cracked just in case.
She walked back out into the living room, Tony was had stolen her spot on the floor and was now sleeping on the blanket. They had argued earlier about who would be staying on the floor, they each insisted on being the one sleeping on the floor, now Tony was forcing her to sleep on the couch.
"Fine," Abby huffed lying on the couch and covering herself with the blanket.
"Abby, Abby come on, we got to get ready for work," Tony said shaking his sleeping friend.
"huh?" Abby asked rubbing her eyes.
"We go to get ready for work, are any of my suits here?" he asked quietly.
"Check the guest room closet," Abby said sitting up on the couch.
Tony turned around and started walking down the hallway.
Abby stood up and grabbed the blanket on that she had covered up with on the couch and the two blankets on the floor and folding them before placing them on the back of the couch.
She then grabbed the small blanket at the end of the couch and laid the blue and pink blanket on the ground a few inches away from the TV, she then went into the kitchen and filled a sip-cup with milk and placed it next to the blanket. Abby quickly went back to the kitchen and poured some oatmeal and water into a small bowl and placing it into the microwave before walking back into the living room and turning on the TV, she quickly changed the channel to one where Sesame Street was playing.
Abby made her way down the hallway and stepping into her daughter's room.
She turned off the baby monitor, grabbed the small stuffed lamb, and walked over to the crib where she picked up her sleeping daughter who started to wake when Abby opened the door. Tali was a light sleeper like Ziva and Abby, Abby hadn't been a light sleeper until Tali was born.
"Mommy?" she mumbled sleepily as Abby walked them out to the living room.
"Good morning Tali," Abby whispered setting her daughter down on the blanket and handing the stuff lamb to her just as the microwave beeped.
Abby jogged to the kitchen and took the bowl out of the microwave, she then grabbed a small spoon and stirred the oatmeal while blowing on it to cool it down slightly, finally she jogged back out to her daughter, she placed the bowl and spoon in front of her daughter.
"There you go baby," Abby said kissing her daughter's cheek before going back into the kitchen to start making Tali's lunch and snacks for when the toddler got hungry while Abby was working.
"Thank ou," Tali called picking up the spoon awkwardly.
"That's right baby, 'thank you', you almost have it," Abby said clapping her hands with delight.
"Hey kid," Tony said walking into the living room in a suit.
"Tony can you watch her while I take a shower and get dressed?" Abby asked as she packed Tali's snacks and lunch into her baby bag.
"Yeah sure, can I make some breakfast?" he asked as Abby passed by him and continued down the hall.
"Yeah help yourself to anything you like," Abby said shutting her door behind her as she entered her room.
Abby turned the water off and grabbed her towel wrapping it around herself before she stepped out of the tub. She then walked out of her bathroom and into her room and heading into her closet to look for something to wear.
She picked out a pair of matching black silk underwear and bra, a short plaid skirt, a white t-shirt with a pocket over her left breast and a pair of white sneakers.
She know longer wore jewelry after having Tali, most of her jewelry would be dangerous to have on around Tali or the toddler would grab and break them. She told herself that when Tali was older she would drag her collars, cuff bracelets, and platform shoes from out of the back of her closet, until then Abby would have to stick to sneakers and only being able to keep her short skirts out.
Abby went to the bathroom and pulled her hair into two high pigtails, she also wore a little less makeup, she still wore it, just not as heavily, she finished getting ready by applying bright red lipstick. Finally she rushed back out into the living room.
"Hey Abs," Tony called his greeting as he picked up the baby bag.
"Hey, just let me get her changed and we can go," she said picking up her daughter, tossing the stuffed lamb and blanket to Tony, and running off to Tali's room.
She placed Tali in the middle of her room and started rummaging through her closet.
Tali watched her mother with wonder and awe in her bright green eyes.
Abby scooped her daughter up once more and laid her on the changing table.
She took the pink nighty off her daughter and changed her pull ups.
She then pulled a black t-shirt that said 'Mommy's girl' in red painted style writing over her daughters head.
She then slipped a small pair of jeans on her and put a small pair of white sneakers on her daughter. She picked her daughter up once more and ran out into the living room to meet Tony.
"Ready?" he asked holding the stuff lamb in his hand as he picked up the baby bag once more after stuffing the small blanket into the bag.
"I go to put the car seat in you car," she said heading toward the door.
"I did it last night before I went to the movie store," he said closing the door behind them.
They ran down the stairs and out the front door of the building. They quickly scrambled toward the car, Tony opened the door so that Abby could get Tali buckled in securely, Tony then handed her the stuffed lamb which she handed to Tali. Tali smiled as she watched the two grown ups scramble around it amused her to see her mother like this. Abby through the baby bag into the seat next to Tali before kissing her daughter on the cheek and shutting the door.
Then the two adults got into the car and buckled themselves in.
"Hey Abs," McGee called from across the bullpen with a large smile.
Everyone was in their teams little office space, everyone being Gibbs, McGee, Ducky, Palmer, and Director Vance.
They had all started meeting her there when she came back to work with Tali, they would all wait and swarm Tali when she got to them.
"Hey guys," she said as all the men turned toward them.
"Do we have a case yet?" Abby asked Gibbs as she handed Tali over to Ducky who was waiting with open arms.
"Quack," Tony said suddenly and immediately Tali squealed and laughed in Ducky's arms.
"Ducky," she said loudly while clapping.
They all laughed at the small child's actions.
"Well I'll be," Ducky said looking at the child in wonder.
"Oh speaking of that, she said something new last night," Abby said walking over to Gibbs and hugging him before walking back over to where her daughter was being fussed over by the men.
"What did she say?" Tony asked.
"Tali, who's that?" she asked her daughter as she pointed at Tony.
"Tony?" the toddler asked her mother waiting to see if Abby would tell her she got it right.
"Yes baby, that's Tony," she said taking her daughter from Ducky's arms.
"She said my name? That's so cool," Tony said with a goofy smile.
"What's wrong director?" Abby asked, she had been watching as every other man on the team fussed over her daughter, normally the director would have fussed right along, but today he had stood back and watched.
"We are getting some visitors today, they will be helping us on the case," he said keeping a professional face.
Gibbs stayed quiet and looked away when Abby looked to him curiously. They all knew that Ziva had hurt Abby greatly when she left once more. None of them knew just how badly and why it hurt her so badly besides Tony and Abby herself.
"What agency are they from?" Tony asked causing Abby to look toward the director as well with curious green eyes.
"They are from Mossad," he said without emotion.
Abby pushed her way through the team holding her daughter to her tightly as if Tali was going to be ripped out of her arms at any moment by some invisible force.
Abby stopped in front of the director and for a moment she looked into his eyes, looking for some sign to show that he was just joking.
"Who are the agents?" she asked with fear in her voice, her heart felt like it was going to leap out of her chest it was pounding so hard.
He opened his mouth to answer when the familiar ding of the elevator doors opening rang throughout the bullpen, they all turned to watch as Ziva David stepped out of the elevator with Eli David directly behind her.