AUTHOR'S NOTES: FOR ALL OF YOU WHO READ'S SAM'S NIGHTMARE HERE IS A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE FOR YOU ALL. WITH MY TAKE ON WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN GOING ON THROUGH SAMANTHA AND GIBBS DURING "LAST MAN STANDING" REST ASSURED I WILL BE DOING A SHORT ONE FOR TONY'S HOME COMING, :) ENJOY!

Sept 23rd 2008

NCIS

Gibbs stood on the stair landing watching his team work. His new team. The only bright spot about his new team is he gets to work with his stepdaughter. "Dinozzo can do the paperwork. She probably did it for the Senior Dinozzo." Langer said.

"Agent Langer is that report done yet?" Gibbs said coming down the stairs.

"I was just suggesting that since Agent Dinozzo is the only female on the team she could write up the reports." Langer said.

Gibbs glared at him hard. "I suggest you write em yourself Agent Langer." Gibbs told him.

"Yes sir." Langer said.

"Sir? Director wanted to see you and Agent Dinozzo in his office." Keating said.

Samantha got up and followed Gibbs upstairs. "Gracie get into pre school ok this morning?" Gibbs asked.

"Yeah. Said she wanted to make her grandpa proud." Samantha said going into the director's office.

"Agent Gibbs. How is your new team working?" Vance asked.

"I got two guys down there who don't know their asses from a hole in the ground." Gibbs said.

"I know." Vance said.

"Leon why did you send my people away?" Gibbs asked.

"There is a breach in security on an old case. Money laundering one of these three agents is betraying their country." Vance said clicking his remote for his plasma showing Keating Langer and Michelle Lee.

"There was an attack on the presidents bank accounts in April. They're scared that it might be an attack on him." Vance said.

"So you sent Agent Todd back to secret service to help." Gibbs said.

"Exactly. Agent McGee was placed down in Cyber squad cause we have reason to believe that one of em is going through a guy by the name of Michael Rivkin. We suspect he has these funds under an encryption." Vance said.

"And McGee is the right man for the job to do that. So what are we here for?" Gibbs asked.

"I need you to find out which one of these Agent or so called Agents is betraying our country." Vance said.

8 :PM

GIBBS/DINOZZO HOUSE

Samantha was cleaning up the dishes. Gracie and her had came back after Tony had been deployed to the USS Reagan. And now the Seahawk. Gracie and Gibbs were inseparable during the night hours. Their routine consisted of Gibbs coming to get her bathed and then they would curl up and watched whatever was on tv. Gibbs came into the kitchen and sat down on the counter with Gracie beside him. "Mommy guess what!" Gracie said.

"What baby girl?" Samantha asked.

"Aunt Abby give Poppa 2 weeks to get Aunt Kate Uncle Tim and Grandpa back home to NCIS." Gracie said.

"She did?" Samantha asked amused.

"She told me 12 days. She also stated how long it had been since they left. I can't believe it's been 126 days." Gibbs said.

"I can." Samantha said softly.

"Mommy do you miss Grandpa?" Gracie asked.

"I do. I miss him a lot." Samantha said picking her daughter up and kissing her cheek.

"Me too. I wish he was here to watch a movie with me." Gracie said sadly.

"How bout you me and Mommy watch a movie. I got a shirt upstairs that has Grandpa's scent on it I'll put on your teddy bear." Gibbs said.

"Cool." Gracie said squirming out of Samantha's arms to go to the living room to pick her movie out.

"I'll get him back Sammie." Gibbs said wrapping his arms around her and holding her.

"I know. I still miss him." Samantha said.

"I know. Me too. But having you 2 here is a big help." Gibbs said.

SEAHAWK

Tony was laying on his bunker thinking of the same thing he had been thinking about the last 126 nights. His husband and his two girls. He took a picture out of his wallet and looked at it. It was the picture Gibbs had sent him a month after he got on board the Reagan. It was of Samantha and Gracie. Gracie was holding her teddy bear and Samantha was pushing her on the swing. Tony smiled softly. Gawd he missed em. He missed being able to help Samantha tuck Gracie in. And he missed just being there with Samantha. But most of all he missed laying in bed with Jethro. Tony stuck the picture under his pillow and tried to get some sleep.

Sept 24th Noon

NCIS MTAC

Gibbs had asked McGee if there was a way to get a file from the encryption. The only way from a certain Agent afloat.. Now here he and McGee were waiting on Tony to come through. When the monitor showed him they smiled. "Hey guys." Tony said.

"Hey Tony." McGee said.

"Dinozzo." Gibbs said.

"Boss. Ok McGeek what is the code I need to get into this thing. This better not be hacking McGee." Tony said.

"It is but it's for a good cause. But someone else is gonna give you the code." Tim said.

Gibbs picked up Gracie who had walked in with Samantha and sat her up on Tim's lap. "Hi Grandpa." Gracie said happy.

"Hey pumpkin head." Tony said smiling.

"Hi. Are you having fun?" Gracie asked.

"Not really Baby. Hey Happy Birthday seeing as I missed it. How old are you now?" Tony asked.

"I'm 5." Gracie said.

Tony smirked. "I know. I just wanted to see if you knew." Tony said.

"Gracie read this off to Grandpa." Gibbs said.

"Ok" Gracie read off the code.

"Very good Baby girl. Have you been helping Aunt Abby?" Tony asked.

"Yes I have. I'm her new partner." Gracie said.

"Just no tattoos or piercing." Tony said.

"Grandpa can you come home now." Gracie asked.

"No babycakes I still gotta still here." Tony said. Gracie jumped off Tim's lap and ran over to Samantha who picked her up and left the room with her.

"How she doing?" Tony asked.

"She's hanging in there." Gibbs said.

"Take care of em." Tony said.

"I will. Dinozzo take care of you self." Gibbs said.

"I will love you all." Tony said fading out.

"Should we go find Samantha?" Tim asked.

"No she's in good hands." Gibbs said.

ABBY'S LAB

Samantha was sitting on a stool getting a hug from her best friend. "It's ok sweetie." Abby cooed. Gracie was sleeping on Abby's futon .

"I miss him Abby. I feel like I am living in a dream world. That this is a nightmare and I'll wake up." Samantha said.

"At least you have Gibbs. Can't forget Timmy." Abby said handing Samantha a towel.

"Yeah." Samantha said wiping her eyes.

"Abigail would be so kind as to run this. Oh my did I interrupt something." Ducky asked taking his adopted granddaughter's swollen eyes.

"No Duckman. Sammie is just missing Tony." Abby said taking the baggy from Ducky.

"Have we heard from Anthony?" Ducky asked.

"Just came from him Tim and Gibbs talking on the Satellite in MTAC." Samantha said.

"Missing one's loved one and then seeing em so far away is hard." Ducky said draping his arm over Samantha's shoulders.

"Yeah it is." Samantha said.

SEPT 25TH 3: PM

NCIS DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

Gibbs and Samantha were talking to the director when McGee came in. "What is it McGee?" Gibbs asked.

"Someone just accessed Rivkin's key. They're getting in downstairs." Tim said.

Samantha Gibbs and Vance ran fulls team down to the basement. They heard a gun shot and instantly pulled their guns. "Lee?" Gibbs asked.

"H he h had the c card and h he went for h his gun." She said sobbing. Samantha checked Langer's pulse and found none.

5: PM

BULL PEN

Kate came off the elevator and went directly over and hugged her team mates. Samantha who was at Tony's desk was typing up something just smiled at the team. "Aunt Kate!!" Came a little girls voice from the elevator.

"Hey sweetie." Kate said picking up Gracie and kissing her.

"I missed you." Gracie said.

"I missed you too." Kate said making her way over to Samantha and setting Gracie down and wrapping her arms around the girl.

"You and Gracie come stay with me and Abby. We need a girls night." Kate said into her ear.

"Actually Kate me and Gracie have a project we need to finish. So how about this can be a Girl's Night out." Gibbs said quietly.

"Yes that's a great idea. We'll go down to that new club." Abby said.

Ducky pulled Gibbs to the side. "Do I detect you pushing Samantha out the door?" He asked. "She needs this. She needs time away." Gibbs said watching Samantha smile somewhat of a smile.

"It's like she believes Anthony will never come back. Like he's just Gone." Ducky said.

"He is Gone." Gibbs said going to his desk.

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