Hi, so I have been working on this story for a little over a year now, and I am so please to be able post it. This is the secret story I promised you guys, a little while back. So a little background, this story came to me while I was watching the Season 5 episode 'Requiem'. There are some great stories on this site about Kelly Gibbs, and how she could be possibly be still alive, and trying to find her dad, and this was my take on what could have happened. Ironically since I started working on this story, I have come up with another idea for a Kelly Gibbs still alive story, but that is a darker tale, which I need to do a bit of research on, but I have an outline, which will be based on another episode of our favourite TV show, this time 'Mind Games' from Season 3. So without further ado, I present to you my take on Kelly Gibbs. Enjoy xx

Prologue

Agent Hanna Knight sat on the docks breathing heavy trying to catch her breath. The water was freezing and the warm air of July seemed to not help a tiny bit in warming her up. Next to her lay the body of Maddie Tyler. Like Hanna she was frozen cold, her hair was stuck to her face, her skin was a deathly white colour but unlike Hanna her eyes were closed and her chest not moving.

The water seemed calm and still, almost as if the events of a few minutes ago, hadn't existed. Hanna began quickly giving compressions to Maddie's cold body, trying desperately to take her mind off the scene she knew was unfolding under the water. She could see the scene still playing in her head, like a film reel on repeat refusing to let her forget the images. She knew above her on the concrete ground lay the bodies of two men, kidnappers, whom she knew she and Tony had shot dead. Tony one; her the other. Then throwing their guns aside, the pair had dived into the water, after the grey car which had entered only moments before. Its occupants? Two people both of whom were very close to Hanna's heart, although only one knew that.

She had seen what was happening just a fraction before Tony, and had taken off at the fastest pace she had ever ran in her life. Nothing else seemed to matter as her gun was pulled from its holster and fired before she could even blink. Hanna's heart was racing, almost as if she was running a marathon. Unable to hold her breath for as long as Tony could, the trio had freed the young girl, and pushed her out the car in the water, before Tony and Hanna had to rise to the surface with her to catch their breath. Tony had given her a bunk up to the docks and together they hauled the girl's frozen body onto the dock. Just as she readied herself to dive once again, Tony stopped her and told to look after Maddie while he went back under the water. To cold to argue and knowing that Maddie needed her help more, Hanna had stayed on the dock.

"Come on damn it breathe!" She shouted. Her eyes were brimming with tears, although they could have been mistaken from the water dripping from her auburn hair, cut just above her shoulders. Suddenly Maddie began to cough, and quickly Hanna turned her on her side and hit on the back as hard as she could, trying to get her to cough up as much of the water as she could. Maddie continued coughing as Hanna heard Tony breaking the barrier of water behind her. She turned and saw him swimming towards the docks with the body of their fearless team leader in his arms. Hanna quickly pulled him up, before extending a hand to Tony who pulled himself back up onto the docks. He immediately began compressions on Gibbs, as Maddie burst into tears and held onto Hanna tightly.

"Please let him be ok." She sobbed while taking deep breaths. Hanna held her close, her eyes still tearful.

"Come on boss." Tony cried out, still pushing on his chest. "Don't make me have to kiss you." A passer by came running up the end of the docks.

"Do you guys need any help?"

"Call 911. Get an ambulance and NCIS." Tony yelled to him. The guy pulled his cell from his pocket and dialled.

The ambulances soon arrived and Gibbs was carted into the back of one of them, Maddie pulled in the direction of the other.

"Are you coming with him?" One of the men asked Tony and Hanna, who were wrapped in blankets.

"I will." Hanna said before the words had even finished coming out of the man's mouth. She jumped in the back of the ambulance and the doors were immediately shut. The vehicle was soon on the move and Hanna's hand wrapped around Gibbs's.

"I'm so sorry." She whimpered. "This isn't how I imagined this would turn out. I should have said something sooner. I can't lose you, not now." The man in the back of the ambulance lifted his head.

"You seem close." He said. Hanna didn't even lift her head.
"You've got no idea."

The pair soon made it to hospital, where Gibbs was immediately wheeled off, and Hanna was held back.

"Let me go I need to help him!" The doctor held her tight.

"To help him now, we need to know how long he was under the water."

"What?" Hanna asked her eyes still following the path Gibbs's body had been taken.

"How long was he trapped under the water?" The doctor said looking directly into Hanna's eyes.

"2 maybe 3 minutes tops." She said the panic in her voice was obvious. "His legs were stuck under the steering column. Just please tell me he will be ok?" The doctor simply patted her arm, and rushed off after Gibbs.

About 20 minutes after she arrived Jimmy Palmer rushed into the waiting room. He spotted Hanna and rushed to her side, grabbing her and holding her close. Hanna wrapped her arms around Jimmy. The pair had been in a secret relationship for a couple of months, he was the only one besides Maddie, who knew Hanna's secret.

"He'll be ok love, I promise." Hanna kept her hold on Jimmy and tightened.

"Where's Maddie?" Hanna asked.

"In a room down the hall. They're checking her over."

"I need to see her."

"I know." Jimmy said, gently tugging at her arm.

Hanna had a secret. A secret she couldn't tell, at least not until he remembered her. She wanted to so badly. She wanted to be held in the arms of the man she loved and adored, for him to look at her and smile. For him to know exactly who she was, and to accept her even though it had been nearly 15 years since they had seen each other.

You see Hanna Knight didn't really exist. She was an identity created when she was needed to help a young 8 year old girl escape the men who had killed her mother. Because you see Hanna Knight, was actually the one and only daughter of Shannon and Leroy Jethro Gibbs, her real name was Kelly.

Kelly Ann Gibbs.

So this is just the prologue, I will hopefully be posting a new chapter every 1-2 weeks, depending on life, and work, and other things. I have all this story written out already, so it's just a matter of correcting my grammar and spelling before I can post. But anyway hope you enjoyed my beginning, let me know what you think, and I'll be posting again soon.

Please read and review as always, I love hearing from you.

Beth xx