Set Post-Aliyah. Following chapters will be longer, this is the preview.

Disclaimer: If it were mine, one season would start immediately after the other ended, with none of the four month gap bullshit... :D

"Morning Boss, McGoo, Z-" Tony greeted the team as he swung into his seat, abruptly cutting off the last name as he remembered Ziva's absence.

"Hey Tony." McGee answered, his usual enthusiasm dampened.

Shuffling through a stack of files on his desk, Tony paused at a large folder, marked only with the words "Special Agent DiNozzo" scrawled in black marker. Remembering another mysterious envelope he'd opened, Tony rose from his desk and headed across the room. At his own desk, Gibbs was nose-deep in paperwork, a frown etched across his forehead. In the past few weeks, Tony had realized that the dull, routine desk work was one of Gibbs' coping mechanisms.

"Any idea about this envelope, Boss?" the younger agent asked waving the package toward his team leader.

Seeming to snap out of his auto-pilot paperwork mode, Gibbs looked up. "No." he answered, as concisely as always.

"Feels like a small object, maybe a few." Tony guessed, handing over the file.

Taking the envelope from his agent, Gibbs neatly tore open the top, looking carefully inside. Seeing no threat from the folder, the older agent slowly tilted the file, sliding two small items onto his desk.

Both agents visibly paled instantly. One item was a small, nondescript flash drive.

The other was a simple Star of David necklace. Dried blood was visible on the broken chain.