Hello everyone and welcome to Part 2 of ATONIHAD! Thank you to all of you for supporting this story so far and for welcoming me as part of the writing community of this crazy, amazing world of FF. It's all a bit surreal but totally super. I cannot thank you guys enough for giving me lots of courage, positivity and tips to improve. We have now reached 105 reviews, 50 favourites, 104 followers and over 10,500 views, all for just 8 chapters! That is just wow, insane, unbelievable ahh, so much love to you all. Like I said, Part 2 is mainly going to look at resolving issues between Tony and Ziva, looking towards the future like where to live and dealing with the threat against Ziva. I'm not going to put them in a relationship straight away as they've got way too much to sort through first. Also, there won't be much of angry Tony until chapter 9 as I just feel that in this moment he would be so overwhelmed by Ziva being alive that he would be over the moon. But they will deal with and address everything soon :)

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*Thank you to everyone who reviewed! Please see the end of this chapter for additional thanks and replies to guest comments (your comments were so lovely and detailed that I want to reply to them fully and I didn't want to have a huge opening A/N. I hope that it's ok with you guys that this will be at the end for today*

Dear Lipush, thank you so so much for checking this chapter and translating some Hebrew words and phrases for me, you are amazing and I'm truly grateful. Wishing you all the best :)

Translations:

Ani Ohevet Otach: I love you (female)

Hit'gaa'gati elayich kol-kach- I missed you so much

Ktana Sheli- my little one

Previously on ATONIHAD…

The intruder made their way through the apartment; it sounded like they were carrying something. Bags, maybe? Tony couldn't quite tell. But it was clear when the person had stopped moving, stopped humming. They must have seen the suitcase.

"Hello?!" the person called out. Yep. They knew.

Tali gasped and looked up at her Abba.

Tony walked into the front room, pausing by the door to the bedroom. The other person gasped loudly and dropped the bags that they were carrying onto the old, cobbled floor.

Both adults stood there, stock still, eyes wide.

Suddenly, Tali, who had been peering out from the bedroom door beside Tony, shot like a rocket towards the other person.

"IMA!"

Part 2

Wednesday 25th May 2016 Parisian Apartment, France 4pm (Paris time)

"IMA!"

Tali raced towards her mother, sprinting, darting across the room like a wild cheetah, with her small feet pounding noisily against the hard, cobbled flooring of the old-fashioned living room. The young girl had been the only one out of the three in the room who had reacted to this situation. The only person who had been able to react. She had been away from her Ima; her best friend; her partner in crime; her protector for 8 days now. They had never, never ever been apart from each other before. They held this special bond, an unbreakable connection. Nothing was going to stop her from hugging her mother with all her might.

Tony and Ziva, however, had been frozen in time. Neither of them moved a muscle or even blinked, in the fear that if they did so, then the other would disappear into thin air. Their feet may as well have been super-glued to the apartment floor, just like how they used to super-glue McGee's hands to his keyboard once upon a time. But it had been a long time since they had done that. They could both feel their hearts hammering away like a marching band was beating against their chests, threatening to burst out of them at any second now. The world was almost spinning, almost fading to black. It was like being trapped in a dream and the situation just felt completely unreal.

Tony couldn't believe that she was here. If had been able to move, he would probably have rubbed his eyes a few times, or maybe a lot of times. This can't be real, can it? She was really, truly, actually here. Not just here as in inside this apartment; not just here as in Paris. But alive. Alive. She was alive. Ziva's alive! While he was still livid with her for keeping their daughter hidden away from him, he now finally had pure, 100% confirmation and right at this very moment in time that was all that mattered. They definitely needed to talk; she had a lot of things to disclose and explain to him, but for now he felt like he could open up the old-fashioned, translucent windows and shout this out to the world that Ziva David is alive.

Ziva couldn't believe that he was there. In Paris. In the apartment. Standing there. Right in front of her. Staring at her from the bedroom door. God, she felt so torn right now, she didn't quite know how to feel or what to make of this situation. Her head was screaming at her: How could he be here? You should not have come. You are in danger now, again, because of me. She also knew that she had so much to answer for and she owed Tony a lot. He deserved to know everything, the whole truth. Not matter how much it hurt to acknowledge this, she did not want Tony to hang around for her. She had accepted that fact when she made him leave her on the tarmac in Tel Aviv almost 3 years ago. But the heart wants what it wants. Ziva's heart was crying out to be heard and was almost pulling her towards him, begging her not to waste anymore time. However, Ziva knew that this was most certainly not the right time for that. Or even if there would be a right time for that.

All of a sudden, she was jolted out of her shock-world by a significant force colliding heavily into her stationary body, causing her to gasp loudly and launch like a rocket high up into the air, then stumble backwards slightly, the backs of her legs coming into contact with the pristine white couch. Ziva, who had been staring at Tony in complete and utter shock, instantly moved her eyesight around the room to see her daughter clutching onto her right leg. This completely snapped her out of her zombie-like state. Ziva instantly brought both of her hands up to cover her mouth and began to visibly shake, tears rapidly flooding into her eyes and streaming down her cheeks.

"Tali? TALI!" She quickly fell to her knees, embracing her baby girl tightly in her arms. "IMA!" Tali jumped into her mother's lap, wrapping her small arms around Ziva's waist and digging her tiny fingers into her mum's back. "Tali, Ani Ohevet Otach. Hit'gaa'gati elayich kol-kach, Ktana Sheli". Ziva just about managed to choke this out before she clung onto her daughter with all her strength, afraid that if she let her go, she would never see her baby girl again. She never wanted to let go of Tali ever again. And she certainly wasn't planning on it either.

Completely and utterly overwhelmed and elated at seeing her little girl again, Ziva burst into floods of tears and after hearing and seeing her mother crying, Tali soon began to sob as well. It was incredible to be able to hug and hold her young daughter in her arms. To be able to hold close the amazing life who had brought the light back into Ziva's world. To the overjoyed pair, it had felt like they had been apart for so much longer than only a little over 1 week. Too long for a mother and daughter to be apart from each other. She kissed her cheeks, her forehead, her eyelids, her nose, the top of her head. Having her glowing light, her little angel back in her arms, Ziva was soon absolutely inconsolable.

Tony, meanwhile, had just about registered the fact that Tali had now leapt into Ziva's arms but he was still frozen on the spot. Trapped in his own shock. His own doubts. The denial was kicking in, going up a gear or three now. Tony couldn't believe his eyes; he had to double check that they weren't playing tricks on him. He had to know for certain whether or not Ziva was alive and hugging their daughter right in front of him. That is what he had set out to discover.

Slowly, he edged forwards towards the sobbing pair. Tony could sense his own hesitation. As he got closer to them, Tony saw that they were both covered in tears and his heart broke even more. He'd only seen Tali cry after a horrific nightmare and he'd never wanted to see her cry ever again. And could count the number of times on one hand that he'd seen Ziva upset, yet alone this upset. The last occasion of this that popped into his mind was when Eli had been killed. He could see very clearly now how much it had hurt Ziva to let her little girl go, even though it was to protect her and keep her safe. Almost as much as it had hurt to hear that the woman you love is dead and had hidden their daughter from you.

Upon reaching them, Tony crouched down to the ground until he was on his knees, not taking his eyes off of Ziva's face even for a second. Okay, focus DiNozzo, breathe, you can do this. He willed himself to slowly lift his shaking hands, needing to feel proof that she was alive. He gently lifted Ziva's right hand from where it was currently placed on Tali's back, but he soon let go in absolute shock and brought both of his hands to cover his mouth, just as Ziva had done a few moments ago. She was here, she really was sitting there in front of him hugging their baby girl.

As soon as his hands had touched hers, Ziva's eyes snapped open and her gaze immediately locked onto Tony's, his sparkling green emerald eyes meeting her deep hazel brown eyes. Neither could help but think back to the last time they had seen each other. Sweet, gentle kisses on the airport tarmac; finally giving in and revealing the strength and complexity of their love for one another in the orchard and at the farmhouse, which was now non-existent. Where Ziva and Tali supposedly were during the attack. But they were here, both of them, all three of them reunited and very much alive. Tony couldn't take it anymore. He took a few deep, shaky breaths, trying to will himself to calm down. But it was no use, he soon had streams of tears flowing, cascading down his face which displayed his complete and utter relief. She was still here, the woman who he loved with all his heart.

"Alive. You're… oh my God… Zi… you're alive. You're alive!" he cried and spluttered out, barely able to hold it together for long enough to form a sentence let alone get those words out. So he re-took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles, the back of her hand, her fingertips, her palm.

It didn't seem like it could be possible, but hearing Tony's chocked words and watching his actions and reaction only made Ziva sob even more, along with Tony who was soon right there with here. The pair, both former agents, former partners, now parents, grabbed onto one another and hugged as if their lives depended on it, with their daughter, their precious baby girl cuddled in between them. Tony clutched onto the back of Ziva's dark blue jumper while he buried his face into the top of her head. Her gorgeous brown hair, now a bit shorter than before, was wild and curly again, just how he loved it and she still smelled like shea butter. Ziva also clung onto Tony's denim jacket and buried her face into his shoulder. He was here, he had found her again. The man who had taken on a Somalian terrorist, spent months tracking her across the globe and had now found her again, here in Paris with their little girl who was currently on her Ima's lap kneeling in between her parents. They were all shaking and trembling so much that they could almost feel the Earth move.

They were by no means perfect and they still had a very long way to go, but for now none of that mattered. For now, they were finally a family.

A/N: Thank you for reading! Up next: the reunion aftermath where the tension starts building between Tony and Ziva… Thank you to moonclarinet for adding this story to your community: 'Favorite stories that I like'! I'm truly honoured and humbled, thank you :) Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I hope that those with FF accounts got my replies ok: I love replying to you guys :) Thank you to Chickie10016, Debbie, the 7 guest reviews (I'm not sure if these are all different people so I will reply to each guest comment, I'm not going to label you as guest 1, 2 etc. as this just feels weird so I'll include the first few words from your reviews to distinguish between each one), Stella and Sue Dooley, here are my replies to you guys:

Chickie10016: Thank you for your review! I'm really glad that you enjoyed chapter 8, thank you for the great idea about an additional threat. I was so nervous about if you guys would like the apartment so I'm super glad that you loved it! I think that I've nearly got the backstory about the apartment figured out, hopefully this will be revealed soon. Thank you! I really love teaching and engaging with young people, it's tough but so rewarding when you see a child understand something or smile when they're going through a tough time. That would be a great idea for a school project! My Year 8 English teacher got us to do a group project where we had to create our own TV programme, make a trailer and write a script for the pilot episode. Was so much fun and I've still got this project on my shelf! Thank you for this super idea, it's one that I will definitely use! :)

Debbie: Thank you for your review! Yay Tiva and Tali have finally reunited. Thank you I'm really glad that you loved the apartment idea! Ooh now that's a really interesting idea, having this place be the same one that Gibbs and Jenny used while they were in Paris, I hadn't even thought of that, what a super idea! :)

Guest (I think the team): Thank you for your review! I totally agree, some of them must know or at least (strongly) suspect she is alive. Like you said, especially Gibbs. I like your idea about the team being told by Vance to give Tony a "false" version of the news, I'd love to see or write that as a fanfic. Yeah I also found Gibbs' reactions odd at the time. Maybe, like Tony, he got a gut feeling and started to think about all of the things that don't add up. That way he wouldn't have known about Tali. I dunno! It was just weird how they all got over Ziva dying and Tony leaving so quickly… :)

Guest (If Tony decides): Thank you for your review! Yes, I agree that Senior will be the first person that they tell, and Nettie as well. Probably Shmeil, maybe they'll tell Orli that they've found Ziva. Ooh that would be interesting to have them inform Vance who would then tell the rest of the team, I would love to see how they would all react to that :)

Guest (If Tony does find Ziva off-screen): Thank you for your review! Ooh wow, your comments were really thought provoking. Yeah I think it could go one of two ways: either like you said Team Gibbs would be unaware of what's going on, or Tony would contact them and the team would help to track down whoever is after them. That's a really interesting thought :)

Guest (When you mentioned): Thank you for your review! Thank you that's really helpful, I like your take on that scene, especially all of the details and the metaphors. I hope that chapter 9 had a little bit more drama and detail in it, your comment gave me some great ideas when I got stuck with writer's block! :)

Guest (Thank you for reading my previous review): Thank you for your review! WOW what a detailed review you gave, I'm blown away! No problem, I always try hard to reply to every review I get, I love getting to talk to you guys :)

1. I love your comments and ideas involving the "Bury Your Dead" episode, so so clever! Yes, tell me about it, it was so frustrating to lots of Ziva, Tony and Tiva fans how the finale panned out. Ooh now a reunion like the one you mentioned from CSI would have been much better to see on NCIS, I like it! Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I love this point that Ziva has gone through a similar/identical situation to Tony, thank you so much for sharing this idea! If it's okay with you, would it be alright if I mention the car explosion, S5 EP1 in a later chapter please? I think that it would be fun to include that situation in a Tiva argument?!

2. Thank you! I would love to write more NCIS FF after this story. Ooh, I haven't heard of "Best Intentions" I'll definitely be giving that one a read, that FF sounds really interesting. That might be quite an interesting take on the finale Family First…

3. Woah, have you ever written FF? Cos you've got some amazing ideas and a super imagination! I loved reading them! I've read the FF "Why She Walked Away", where an angel of sorts takes Gibbs through different stages of Ziva's life to show him why she went back to Israel in S11. Your idea would be really cool to write about, it also reminds me a little of the S9 ep "Life Before His Eyes" when Gibbs is shot in the diner. That would be so interesting, have a bigger team, maybe with Kate and Ziva, maybe some other characters too.

4. Again, another clever idea! I would like to see Kelly slowly remember her old life. I like how she marries a man serving his country, naming their daughter Maddie and Kelly working for a government agency. That's interesting, how she would watch Gibbs from the side-lines, debating whether or not to tell him. Maybe she wants to join NCIS to be close to her father? Yeah I know right, God only knows what direction NCIS will go in now! It's clever that you mentioned we never saw their bodies, just like we never saw Ziva's. Yeah, I don't think Gibbs needs to be married to be happy, but it would be nice to see him as a father or grandfather.

5. Thank you, it just made sense to me that Tony would make a list. He and Ziva both write lists and follow instructions. They followed Gibbs' rules, especially #12, Tony wrote a bucket list, they both wrote I Will lists (Ziva did this twice). It just made sense that Tony may not be able to express all of his ideas straight away, but he would write them in a list. Haha now I'm choking on my water, I would love it if GG read all of the plot holes that all of the fans have come up with and ones included in this story. We can only hope that we are right, cos we gotta believe that Ziva's alive :)

Guest (The ending scene): Thank you for both of your reviews! Ooh yes I really like that, I can imagine that type of music would perfect for both this chapter and that scene in NCIS, that scene was stunning and heart-breaking. I also thought about that ep while writing this chapter. When Ziva is crying and speaking in Hebrew to Tali, it made me think about when she was crying and talking in Hebrew to Eli :)

Stella: Thank you for your review! Hehe I'm so sorry about yet another cliff-hanger! Thank you, I'm so glad that you like the apartment and that it sounds cosy. I agree, I think that after their initial relief and hug, there would be a lot of angst and tension, leading to some arguments and much needed discussions. But, as you said, over time they would grow to give each other their little looks again and build up to strengthening their relationship before finally going on a first date. Aww thank you (I'm blushing now!) I'm really glad that you like my FF writing :) It's a pleasure getting to know you too and I'm so happy to be sharing this journey with you. Thank you for those lovely words, I will work hard to make them proud of me. Oh wow that is so cool that your mum is a teacher, what a small world! I bet that she is really amazing and inspiring and I bet that she is super proud of you! TEAM ZIVA IS NOT DEAD :)

Sue Dooley: Thank you for your review! Woohoo Ziva's alive! Thank you I'm so glad that you loved the apartment idea, I had no idea how people would react to that. Ooh I love your idea about where Tony may have gotten the key from, it's one that I am considering. Oh yes there will definitely be some serious discussions and tears. You said "Could it have been a plan they had developed before?" Sue, keep hold of that thought, you may be onto something there…! :)