Title: Disruption

Summary: As Kate and Gibbs welcome the newest addition to their family, several petty officers turn up dead. Gibbs and the team race to find the killer, but will the case strike too close to home?

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of its characters.

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"She's beautiful," Caitlin Todd-Gibbs cooed at her newborn baby girl. She gently rocked her in her arms, Kate's eyes drooping down along with her daughter's. She was exhausted, yet she couldn't let herself fall asleep. She wouldn't be able to bear it if she woke up from this beautiful dream, only to find it wasn't real. Gibbs had been sitting beside his wife as she swayed the child in her arms, pushing back sweaty strands of chocolate brown hair from Kate's eyes and forehead.

"Just like her mother." Gibbs grinned as he watched his girls dose off every few seconds before startling awake again. He knew Kate was tired, but he also knew that these precious moments with their newest addition meant so much more to her than sleep. He leaned forward and pressed a kiss to her forehead and then ran his thumb over her baby daughter's smooth forehead. He leaned back comfortably and continued to watch his wife and daughter, taking in their resemblance.

The little girl had Kate's dark hair, their was no telling if it would be straight like Gibbs' or wavy like Kate's, but she had taken Gibbs' ice blue eyes as her own. She had Kate's nose and mouth, but her father's ears, Kate had noted with a grin and he had rolled his eyes, though he was perfectly happy that the little baby had something of his. She was a perfect mixture of the both of them; a little heart breaker as Ducky had put it earlier. The baby's eyes fell closed and failed to reopen after a few more minutes, she'd finally given in to sleep. Gibbs smiled as he gently pulled the baby from Kate's arms. "Sleep," he commanded quietly as he pressed a kiss to Kate's cheek. She merely nodded as she pushed herself farther down under the sheets to the suddenly very comfortable hospital bed. Her face pressed against the pillow, Kate drifted off into a peaceful sleep. Her daughter would be safe with her father there to protect her.

"Boss!" A voice hissed from the doorway. Gibbs turned quickly to find Tony, McGee and Abby at the doorway. "She sleeping?" Tony asked as he glanced over at Kate.

"Well I don't know, DiNozzo! What do you think she's doing?" Gibbs retorted as Abby bounced past him to set a big vase with a colorful arrangement of flowers at Kate's bedside table and a blue elephant with a purple ribbon tied around its neck beside it. She turned on her heel and headed back towards Gibbs and the sleeping baby.

"She's sooo cute!" Abby squealed as quietly as she could and pried the baby out of her father's arms. Gibbs was about to take his daughter back, but Abby shifted her weight away from him and stuck her tongue out at him. She walked over to a nearby chair before settling down into it. Tony moved into the room, taking a spot next to Abby as he too looked down at the sleeping baby. Gibbs sighed in frustration but didn't object. He looked up and over at the door, where McGee was admiring Abby and the baby.

"Get in here," Gibbs said softly, earning a petrified expression from the young agent.

"Um, Boss... I, uh, I don't want to, to intrude, I just–" Gibbs didn't even let him finish before he glared at the younger man and tilted his head towards the other two.

"I said get in here."

"Uh, okay." Knowing he couldn't get out of it, McGee just nodded once to himself, took a deep breath and slid across the room carefully and quietly until he reached Abby's side.

"What'd you and Kate name the rugrat?" Tony asked as he looked up at his boss.

"Jesnie Aneece Gibbs," he replied proudly. Aneece had been Gibbs' mother's name and he and Kate had both agreed that Jesnie was a perfect fit for their baby girl.

"Jessie, Neecy, Annie, Essy..." Abby started mumbling up any possible nicknames she could think of. Gibbs shook his head and sighed as he took a seat across the room, his eyes never leaving his precious daughter. He could really get used to being a dad again.

"I like Essy." Kate's tired voice filled the room and everyone turned their heads to look at her. "But you have to call her by her real name too; so she knows it's her."

Gibbs smiled as he stood and crossed the room to Kate. He took his seat silently next to her on the bed and she reached over, taking his hand in hers and squeezing lightly. Kate watched as Abby and Tony started hissing their words at each other while they fought over whose turn it was to hold Jesnie. Kate sighed. Some things would never change.

"Ha!" Tony exclaimed as he safely took the child from Abby, who let go with a cringe and an apologetic look to Kate and Gibbs. The baby started wailing and Tony instantly paled as he too looked over at Jesnie's parents.

"DiNozzo!" They yelled at him.

"Give me my baby." Kate rolled her eyes at him and reached out for her daughter. Once she was safely in her arms, she hugged Jesnie close and hummed quietly to her, all the while glaring daggers at the sheepish looking Tony. She shook her head at him and continued to cradle Jesnie until the baby was lulled to sleep by the soft, slow rocking motions of her mother's arms. When she finally fell asleep, the trio excused themselves, needing to head back to NCIS. Tony left the room, murmuring his quiet apologies of waking the baby. He wasn't hushed until Gibbs shut the door in his face and he stood staring at the light colored wood for a few seconds before turning and heading out of the hospital behind Abby and McGee.

"Only Tony..." Kate grinned at her husband as he came back over. She handed him the sleeping newborn and he went around to set her in her little bassinet before he reclaimed his spot next to his wife. He leaned back letting her head fall against his side as they both got comfortable.

"Only Tony." He agreed with a tiny smirk.

No. Some things would never change.

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tbc...