"And now you believe that none of this will end, until you have killed the person who is after you "Ziva spoke quietly, remembering a similiar conversation she had with Ducky, as Alexandria laid her head on her aunts chest
"And make no mistake, I will do whatever it takes to get back to my daughter and Nick and nobody's going to stand in my way. But you need to leave now, before it's to late" she felt a pang in her heart as she handed Ziva her daughters go bags before kissing her on the head, as she carried her sleeping form out of the house and she watched in tears as they and Tony drove out of the driveway to the nearest airport
[2 Days Later]
"Znn special report, an explosion at CIA Agent Odette Malone Cottage, in Bulgaria leaving 10 dead and nearly 20 injured in the process"
Nick, Kasie, Palmer, Mcgee, Parker, knight, Delilah, and Vance all watched in horror and anger at the suspect, while Kensi, Deeks, and Jane we're sadden and shocked at the violence that occurred, as the news described the attack. While major spurts of anger started to rise through Torres body as he remembered that Ellie could be one of the victims
"Nick" Jess tried to grab his attention, as his eyes were glued to the tv screen, hoping and praying that bishop was ok. He was till angry at her leaving but right now all that anger slipped away and was replaced with worry
"Ding ding" the sound of the elevator broke most of the teams attention away from the tv screen, to everyone's shock Ziva and Tony was standing their,Tali's hand locked with her fathers and with a toddler in ziva's arms who looked a lot like Nick.
"Mcgeek, Autopsy Gremlin, Delilah, director"Tony spoke before unlocking his and tali's hands to hug his other family
"Tony, Ziva what are you....." McGee began to ask while Nick's brain racked with questions with their sudden and unexpected arrival
"I need to speak with Nicholas, it's important"Ziva eyes went straight to his who was still watching the tv intently, before turning around to face her once more, wanting nothing more than to scream at her for sending Ellie, Odettes way. Expect the shock of seeing the toddler in her arms,left him speechless.
"Who is this pretty girl" Jess asked making some silly faces at the toddler making her laugh in an instance
"Theirs someone I'd like you all to meet. This is Alexandria, she's Ellie's daughter and your daughter too, Nicholas" Ziva spoke lightly the news, leaving everyone including their guest in shock at the news
While,every question and emotion Nick felt raced through his head at this news. Why didn't ellie tell him? Is she okay? Why now?
it wasn't long until Ziva, sent Tony, Alexandria, and Tali to take a tour of the building, before speaking again directly to Nick, who was unusually quiet trying to process the news
"Theirs something else I need to tell you, Nicholas, about why Ellie really left" this caught his attention further but he still stayed quiet allowing her to continue. "You remember how she told you leaving wasn't her choice" he nodded as she continued "well she wasn't lying, it wasn't her choice to leave. Odette was threatening her, with hurting you by sending your legal information to everyone you put away while undercover. Odette was using Ellie to also gain government secrets from the NSA and Ncis, just like she used me for the same thing. Once she uncovered her true motives she contacted me and Tony,to create a plan to take her down from the inside. It wasn't until a few weeks ago,after her death that we found out how deep her operation truly ran.Ellie is currently working her way to figure out the other players but it's much more dangerous than we thought it would be. She knew your daughter would be safe with you until she could safely come home." Ziva finished while everyone in the room was dumb shocked, even the people who didn't know Ellie.
"Why, are you just telling me this all now? Why didn't she tell me sooner?" Nick huffed out feeling some residual anger come to the surface
"Because if she contacted you then, you're life would be put at risk and she loves you too much to ever let anything happen to you to anyone she cares about" Ziva retorted back feeling bad about the pain Nick must be going through
"Why you?" McGee spoke up before Ziva turned to look at her brother
"I owed her one for keeping my secret, the secret that I was alive from everyone for almost a year" their visitors and Parker and knight looked shocked at these piece of information "Director, Eleanor asked me to give you this. It should clear her name" Ziva spoke handing a small flash drive to her former boss, he nodded before taking it from her. She turned back to nick before pulling a folded piece of paper with tear stains on it
"Eleanor, also wanted me to give you this to keep safe. She said you would understand the significance" the all to familiar paper of the note she taunted him with, the one he wrote to her under hypnosis all those years ago
He opened to reading his smudge handwriting with her tears on it
Bishop,
Nunca podré admitir esto en circunstancias normales, pero tengo sentimientos por ti, profundos, nunca me he sentido así desde Sofía y no quiero que se detenga. Quiero una vida contigo y solo tú a mi lado. Todo el calvario, incluida la valla blanca y los niños corriendo con el perro de la familia, y las vacaciones con nuestras familias.
El tuyo para siempre
Nick
He felt tears come up as he finished reading the note, but he was brought back to reality when Tony came back hand and hand with Tali and his daughter. Before he could even introduce himself, she ran over giving him a massive hug before speaking "Tatko" Nick looked at Ziva to clarify
"It's Bulgarian, it means dad" she spoke while he was shocked that Ellie told her about him, knowing the dangers they faced. The little girl who was still in her fathers arms pulled back to grab a picture out of her jacket pocket.
She pointed at nick before saying "tatko" before pointing to Ellie "майка"
"Mom" Nick spoke while Ziva smiled at the bonding happening in front of her, while snapping a picture remembering to send it to Ellie when it was safe
Everyone was watching the father daughter duo as Alexandria began to yawn tiredly against her father, who bent down to pick her up in his arms, Ziva handed him her luggage and hugging him, content at how today turned out.
"Are you ready to head home sweetheart" he spoke softly as she snored lightly against his chest "I'll take that as a yes" he slightly laughed at her response before leaving the bullpen, ready to head home with his daughter, their daughter, his and Ellie's.
