This is the sequel/tag to my story Personal Layers. I suggest you read it first to understand a little bit more about Kate and who she is.

The chapters will come up quickly, one probably each day. Your welcome if you can keep up, if not, I'm sorry, but you will. :)

Please R&R!

Chapter 1-

Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo stepped out a steel elevator into a bright orange room with a large sky light. He headed to a section of the room where two other people sat at desks in the corner. Tony grumbled to himself as he sat down on the bottom right corner desk after putting his coat and bag on the ground. He was wearing a long sleeved maroon dress shirt rolled up to the elbows and faded jeans.

Timothy McGee, sitting in a desk on the top right corner of the sectioned off area, looked over at Tony when he heard the grumbling. Cocking his eyebrow, he stopped what he was doing and looked at Tony then over at Ziva David, who was sitting in the bottom left corner desk, also noticing Tony's unusual behavior.

Ziva spoke up first, "You haven't worn a suit in quite a while, Tony." She pointed out. "Did Kate do something to them?"

"No, Kate didn't do anything to them. They are absolutely fine; I just don't feel like wearing them much anymore. Besides, Kate isn't around enough to do anything to them." Tony replied bitterly.

"Is she coming over here this afternoon?" David asked.

"No again Ziva, she has detention."

McGee finally said something. "For what?"

"I don't frickin' know! She's in trouble for everything lately! Every day she has detention or I'm getting a phone call. I swear, the school has me on speed dial now!" DiNozzo took a deep breath, propped his elbows up on his desk, and rested his face in his hands. He was starting to grumble again, despite his co-workers laughs, when his phone rang.

Almost as soon as he picked it up, a woman's voice came in from the other side. "Mr. DiNozzo?"

Tony suppressed a groan and listened to her as she talked. Soon, he hung up and stood up, grabbing his stuff. "Be back in thirty minutes; gotta run an errand." He jogged over to the elevator and was gone seconds later.

Ten minutes later, Tony parked his car in front of Kate's high school. He shut the door with a slam and walked inside, immediately into the office. He cast a glance at Kate, who was sitting in a chair by the door, and walked over slowly.

Kate smiled weakly. "Hey Tony. What are ya doin' here?" She asked.

Tony opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by someone calling him over. He shut his mouth, shook his head a little and walked away.

The girl sighed and sat in the chair, waiting for the talk to be over.

A few minutes later DiNozzo came back out and headed for the door. The look on his face showed that he was clearly beyond annoyed. "Let's go." He grumbled to Kate as he walked by.

She immediately got up and followed him. "What'd they say?"

"That you're suspended for the rest of the week."

"But it's Monday morning!"

"Exactly, hope you never get sick of your dogs."

"Can't I go to work with you?" Kate whined.

"No! Not after you punched someone." Tony rolled his eyes and headed out of the school to his car.

"It wasn't my fault…" She muttered. "He kept talking about how my mom was arrested and that I live on the streets and no one wanted me near them."

"Well you do have a home, for now. Why didn't you just say you live with me?" He asked, turning to look at her.

"Because, saying I live with the agent on the case? Please! Sounds like I'm under surveillance, or with Social Services." Kate frowned.

Tony gritted his teeth. "Get in the car." He growled as his phone started going off.

Picking it up, he heard Ziva's voice. "Tony, we got a dead marine lieutenant at Shenandoah Park. Gibbs is looking like he is in a bad mood so you might want to get over here soon."

"Alright, I'll be right there." DiNozzo hung up and sat in the car.

~~~~Shenandoah Park~~~~

Tony again parked his car by the street. "Stay in the car, no matter what." He ordered Kate and got out. After grabbing his stuff, the agent jogged over to where his team stood around the body of a dead marine.

"DiNozzo, where the h*ll have you been?" Gibbs barked at him.

"Sorry Boss…had to deal with Kate." He motioned back in the direction of his car.

"She is here? What happened?" Ziva asked.

Tony started to explain when both of them got a hard slap to the back of the head from Gibbs. They both shut up as the team leader gave out orders.

"McGee, witness statements." He pointed to a far bench where a couple sat. "David, bag and tag. DiNozzo, photos." The whole team got to work while Gibbs stood there, wondering where the medical examiner was.

After a few minutes, Tony's phone started going off. After a quick glare from Gibbs, he answered it. "What?" He whispered.

The voice on the other side of the line was Kate's. "Hey Tony…can you come here?"

"Why?" DiNozzo hissed into the phone but still started walking back to his car. "What did you do now?" He called out to her when he was close enough.

Kate narrowed her eyes and opened the door. "Look over there. At the trees…" She nodded to a grove of pine trees on the other side of the park. Several of them had small holes in them, each about the size of a bullet hole.

Tony's jaw dropped slightly at the sight of the trees. "Uhh…I'll call Gibbs." He spoke out, mostly talking to himself though.