A/N: Hiya guys! Thank you for all of your wonderful reviews! It encouraged me to keep writing this story. I would have updated yesterday but I completely forgot. That won't happen again, I promise! Now let's get on with chapter 2!
Disclaimer: Like I said before... I DON'T OWN NCIS!
With much resentment from the paramedics, Gibbs travelled with the girl- now known as Ixchel- to the hospital. Loads of thoughts were running through his head; ones that he thought he would never think about again. She reminded him of his own daughter Kelly. He could remember once, when Kelly was 4, she had fallen down the stairs in the basement of his house, breaking he leg. The ride to the hospital was filled with screams of his daughter and him trying to calm her down and saying that everything was going to be Ok.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when they took a sudden left sharp turn and he nearly fell out of his seats. He then looked at Ixchel's face. It was covered a bit by an oxygen mask and her eyelids were closed, like they would never open again. Like an everlasting sleep. This time he looked at her face more closely. He tried to make out if he knew her, but thought no. He had never known a 13 year old before- except Tobias' daughter when she was younger.
Then it suddenly came to him. He then realised that she had a lot of resemblance to Ziva. Ixchel had the same dark brown curly hair as Ziva and her skin was also tanned a bit. Again, like Ziva. Only the eyes didn't match. She had green eyes, not the dark brown like Ziva had. But they were almost a similar height. Ziva is about 5 foot 8 inches and Ixchel is about 5 foot 6 inches. He took away the possibility that she could be Ziva's daughter because she has always talked about her personal life to him when it was important. But she never mentioned anything about having a secret daughter.
Anyway, who would be the father? Maybe the father could be one of Mossad or it could have been a sperm donation from a random person from around the world. Who knows, but he knew that it couldn't be Ziva's daughter. Otherwise he would have a gut feeling. Gibbs mostly knew about everybody from his gut feelings. That is how he developed his team- from his gut feeling.
He was pulled out of his thoughts again when the ambulance came to a sudden halt. He quickly got out and left room so that they could get the stretcher into the hospital as fast as possible. Gibbs followed them until they went though some double doors and he was told to wait in the waiting area.
The waiting area was almost empty and it was very plain. There was only an elderly gentleman in the corner reading a health magazine, looking like he didn't want to be there either. Gibbs took a seat and picked up a magazine and tied to read. It was no use though; he couldn't concentrate. He had only planned on staying for a couple of hours, but his plans have now dramatically changed. Now, he was meant to be at Kate's grave remembering her, but now he was sitting in a hospital, hoping that this girl named Ixchel was going to survive.
Then it came to him. Maybe he should ring McGee and see if he can pull up a surname for Ixchel. He knew McGee wouldn't have gone home. So he get's out his cell phone and rings his number. It rings ones and he already picks up.
"Hello Agent McGee" McGee answers.
"Why are you at work McGee?" Gibbs asked, trying to make a joke.
"Oh sorry boss"
Gibbs chuckled "Don't say sorry, it's a sign of weakness, anyway, that is not why I called you. I want you to look up a name"
McGee sighed in relieve "What's the name?"
"Ixchel. I-x-c-h-e-l"
McGee typed it into his computers "Ok, got it. And surname?"
"This is why I rang you. I want you to find a surname"
"Ok if you just give me an age range then I will find a surname"
"Ok. Age range is between 11 and 14"
McGee types it into his computer and presses the enter key. It comes up with some information. "There is only one Ixchel in the whole of America"
"And who?"
"Ixchel Clowes. She was born in Israel and she is 13 years old. She lost he parents when she was 3 and became an American citizen the same year. With no safe family to go to, she was adopted by..." McGee paused.
"By who McGee?"
"Boss, she was adopted by Special Agent Caitlin Todd"
Gibbs was now in shock. He didn't know that Kate had a daughter. He now wished he had known that before her sudden death.
"Ok carry on"
"After Kate died, Ixchel was put onto adoption and was adopted quickly by Lance corporal George Clowes and his wife Rachel. Rachel died 3 years ago due to cancer. She still lives with him and she goes to Alice Deal Middle school in Washington DC. She's in 8th grade and is exceeding in all of her subjects"
"Thank you McGee I appreciate your help"
"Anyway, what did you want this for Boss?"
"I will tell you later" he declined the call.
Now that was a lot of information to bring in. Now he knew a lot more about Ixchel Clowes- as she was now known as. But most importantly, he knows a bit more about Kate. He never knew that she had a secret daughter. One thing he didn't understand was why she never told him. It could have been so that she could do field worry. Gibbs knew that Kate had always hated doing paperwork.
A Nurse walked into the room. "Special Agent Gibbs"
Gibbs stood up and looked at her "Yes that's me"
"We did an operation on her and we found this inside her arm" The nurse said, handing him a clear plastic bag containing a bullet covered in blood.
"Thanks, I will analyse this when I get back to base" Gibbs said putting the plastic bag in his jacket pocket "And how's she doing?"
"The operation was successful and she has just woken up and she will need to stay in hospital until tomorrow. Also, as she is only a child, she will need to have an adult stay with her for the night. Could you stay with her?"
"Of course" Gibbs replied smiling.
"Ok" the nurse said "All you have to do is sign some paper work, then you could go and see her"
Gibbs nodded and signed all the pieces of paperwork. There was a lot of paperwork for somebody who was only going to spend one night her.
"Good. It is room 24. It is the last room down the corridor to your left" Nurse said pointing, down the corridor.
"Thank you" Gibbs said and headed to room 24. There were a lot of people about, making the corridors quite busy.
When he entered the room, Ixchel was sitting up on her bed and smiling at him.
"I was expecting you Gibbs" Ixchel said.
Gibbs headed over to the side of her bed and sat down on a chair mystified. "How do you know my name?"
"Well, I see you a lot at crime scenes" Ixchel started "You were also on TV ones, ignoring the camera"
Gibbs chuckled. Then stopped and asked a question "Do you remember what happened to you?"
There was a long silence. It was the kind of silence that was saying 'I'd rather not discuss it'. Ixchel finally spoke.
"It's... it's a long story" she stuttered "I will tell you tomorrow, anyway it is getting late"
That was the first time Gibbs actually noticed the time. It was 10 'o'clock in the evening. He was astounded by how fast time had passed.
"Good point" Gibbs said smiling. He headed over to the bed that was beside his chair and lay down. The lights then automatically turned off
There was a long silence until Ixchel spoke.
"This reminds me of the end of Alien" she said.
Gibbs chuckled. She's so much like Tony he thought.
A/N: How was that? There were a few surprises in this weren't there? This took me hours to write. 2 hours and 7 minutes to be precise! The next chapter will be loaded up as soon as possible. Reviews please?
