"The fingerprints belong to Kaida, our Kaida" Abby grinned "Where did you get them" Abby eventually asked
"They're Avas" Gibbs mumbled
"I'm sorry" Ava said running out the room
"Kai" Ziva whispered going after her
Ziva eventually caught up with her
"Kai" she said scooping her up "You knew who we were" Ziva asked
"Yes" Kai whispered looking down
"Why didn't you say anything tateleh" Ziva asked rocking her lightly, Kai was nearly in full blown tears
"Mom told me you were dead" Kai cried scrunching Ziva's shirt in her fists "Where's Tali" she asked sobbing "Mom told me she was dead too"
"She's at Abby's" Ziva said comforting Kai "It's okay tateleh, calm down and tell me what happened"
Kai took a few deep breaths then began explaining "We were all playing in the snow" "I ran away from the snowballs and crashed into Lisa"
"She took me inside for cocoa, she told me that while I was with her there was a fire at home and we had to leave"
"She told me you where all dead" Kai cried in Ziva's arms
"It's okay" Ziva kissed Kai's hair "Shall we go see Gibbs and Abba" Ziva asked perching Kai on her hip
"Why didn't you find me" Kai asked
"We tried, so hard tateleh" Ziva said tightening her arms around her now 8 year old "Tali missed you so much, so did Abba and I"
"What's going to happen to Mom" Kai asked laying her head on Ziva's shoulder
"I don't know, we'll have to wait till she gets here" Ziva smiled at Kai, her little girl "Lets go back to Gibbs and Abba" Ziva smiled again
"Where's uncle Tim" Kai asked she knew that he would usually come to cases like these
"He should be on his way, we can check with Gibbs" Ziva smiled, what had this woman said to her
"Tony" She grinned "She admitted it, she's our Kaida" Ziva smiled holding Kai in her arms
"Kai" Tony grinned taking Kai from Ziva "Oh Kai, I can't believe it's you, we spent months searching for you, Tali misses you so much, she doesn't let Jacey or Gracie touch anything that's yours everything has been kept ready for you" he grinned at her "I will never let you go ever again" he swore kissing her fore head tears threatening to spill
"Don't cry Abba" she smiled through her own tears "I can come home" she grinned "right" she asked loosing the grin
"Of course" Ziva smiled stepping in
Gibbs was on the phone to McGee "McGee go to Lisa Sawyers house and pick her up now" he barked slamming it on the table
"You might break it Gibbs" Kai laughed hugging him
"I missed you kid" he smiled
"I missed you too" she said hugging him so tightly
Ziva filled Gibbs in on everything Kai told her.
"Gibbs" McGee said sticking his head through the door "Lisa Sawyers is in interrogation" he left as Gibbs followed him down all the complicated hallways, they weren't at NCIS and he had no idea where interrogation was
"Miss Sawyers" Gibbs said sitting opposite the monster of a woman
"Where is my daughter" she asked massaging her fingers against her temple
"She's safe" Gibbs said gritting his teeth "What's your daughters name" he asked
"Ava" "Ava Leanne Sawyers"
"How long has she been your daughter" he asked
"8 years, she's 8" Lisa rolled her eyes as though it was obvious
Gibbs laid out the three photos from above in front of her "Who are these two children" he asked her
"That's Ava" she said "I don't know her" she pointed to the other girl, Tali
"This is Talia and this is Kaida" Gibbs stated "Neither of them are Ava"
"Yes that is my daughter Ava" "I've never heard of those other girls" she sighed
"Gibbs" McGee interrupted "I have something you're going to want to know"
"It better be important" Gibbs sighed closing the door behind him
"Lisa Sawyers had a daughter named Ava Leanne Sawyers who died nearly 4 years ago, she was 4"
"So 'Ava' exists" Gibbs asked
"That's what I'm saying" McGee nodded "only she doesn't exist anymore"
Gibbs went back into the room
"What were you doing in the weeks running up till Christmas"
"I was at home with Ava"
"Did you ever leave and go to Washington DC"
"no"
"Lisa you know that Ava is dead" he asked
"You told me that she was safe" Lisa yelled
"I told you that Kaida was safe, you took Kaida as your daughter"
"Where is Ava" she yelled
"You know your daughter died when she was four" Gibbs said
"My daughter is not dead" she yelled
"I'm done here" Gibbs sighed leaving
He slammed the door on the way out.
While Kai was resting on the couch in the staff room Gibbs called a meeting with, Tony, Ziva and McGee. They discussed the case and Lisa, it seemed genuine she honestly didn't know what happened to her daughter now they needed to work out what to do. "We should head back to Washington" Tony sighed "We're leaving in an hour" Gibbs decided leaving to book the flights and arrange transfer for Lisa.
"Kai" Ziva smiled, the small girl was sitting on the couch staring into space
"Ima" Kai said looking back at Ziva
"We're going to go back to Washington soon" Ziva smiled
"okay"
"A few things have changed tateleh" Ziva smiled looking at Kai "Abba has gone to get the things we brought with us do you want to get anything from your house" Ziva asked
"It's not my house" Kai stated "and I don't want anything from there"
"There's absolutely nothing" Ziva asked
"nothing" Kai said
"We have to go there anyway" Ziva said
"I don't want to" Kai said crossing her arms and glaring at Ziva
"Why not" Ziva asked
"I'm not Ava" she said "Everything there is Ava's not mine"
"We have to go get uhh" "Lisa or Mom" Ziva asked
"Lisa" Kai stuttered
"Okay Lisa needs some clothes" Ziva said taking Kai's hand and grabbing a couple cookies off the table
"Fine" Kai sighed getting up
"Thank you" Ziva said leading her out to the car.
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