A/N: Welllllll, I finally decided to update! Not too sure if I like this, and I might redo it and take it down a different path, but I figured I would let you guys decide for me :) Please let me know what you think! No beta, so all mistakes are unfortunately mine!

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xoxo-C

The moment Abby had shut her phone, Gibbs walked into her lab.

"Gibbs! You are JUST the person I wanted to see!" Abby said, the smile on her face widening when he placed a Caf-Pow in front of her.

"What do you got for me Abs?" He barked, focusing all of his attention on the computer screen in front of him, trying to grasp what he was looking at.

"Well, the real question is, what don't I have for you!" Gibbs looked at the young goth expectantly. "Yeah, anyways, First off, there is no body, only body parts!"

Abby waited, and when the older man said nothing she continued, getting pretty excited over her findings. "It's actually pretty cool Gibbs, well in a sick twisted sort of way, the killer used what I think is an Ax but there are still more tests I need to run on that one. Also, Ducky found a separate letter carved into each limb. We are going to try and see if there is a secret message or code all together but from the looks of it, what we have here is a serial marine killer Gibbs!"

Jethro shook his head silently, all previous thoughts of contacting Jenny Shepard again going out the window. He had to focus on this case, it was different than the others this time, his gut was twisting and he was now determined to get the bastard.

Abby watched the older man gaze at the screen in front of him, she wanted more than anything to bring up the red-headed woman Tony called and told her about, but she knew Gibbs well, and she knew he had nothing on his mind but the case.

The goth decided to wait, and instead her and Tony would do a little research in the mean time.

Jenny Shepard waved to Candy goodnight as she walked out of the shop, her shift had finally ended and she was ready to crawl into the comforts of her king sized bed.

She smiled, excited to get home and just relax, and began to walk down the street hurriedly. As she was walking she heard someone behind her, or she thought she did. Turning around she looked for a person and sighed in relief when there was no one in sight. Turning back around her eyes widened and she screamed as she was stabbed in the stomach by someone in all black.

The said person picked her up and carried her down the street, she fought hard and finally his grip on her slipped and she fell to the ground. She let out a low grunt as her shoulder hit the hard pavement. Hurriedly she turned onto her back and kicked hard at anything as she was reached for again, Jenny almost smiled when she heard something crack and she got up and ran back towards the shop.

She ran and ran until her left foots heel broke. Jen lost her balance and stumbled back towards the ground; she clenched her teeth tight and waited for the hit, she didn't realize she had fallen into the arms of a person. Opening her eyes and with the help of the stranger she was pushed back into an upright position, she smiled widely, thankful to see a familiar face.

"Oh thank god you're here!" She said, breathing heavily.

Tony DiNozzo's eyes widened when he realized Jenny Shepard had been stabbed and was losing a lot of blood.

"Jenny, are you okay? We need to get you to a hospital right now. Can you tell me who did this to you?"

The red head shook her head stubbornly and released herself from his grip. "No hospitals. I don't know who did it, I was walking home from the shop and someone stabbed me, they tried to take me but I fought and ran. I don't know anything. What if they-"

Jenny stopped and began to pant, the wound in her abdomen and her other injuries starting to hurt more and more. She looked at Tony and watched as he spoke softly but firmly into his cell phone. He hung up and looked around, making sure no one had followed her.

"You'll bleed out, I'm taking you to someone and that's final." Jenny couldn't refuse because she felt her eyes shutting, and everything turned black.

Tony carried Jenny into the NCIS headquarters and rushed to the morgue. The moment the doors opened he shouted.

"DUCKY, I need you now!" Ducky hurried into the main part of the morgue and was shocked to see the young agent covered in blood and holding a young, pretty, unconscious woman.

"What in the world Anthony?" He said, rushing to the table Tony laid her on.

"I'm not too sure, this is a woman I met tonight with Gibbs, she works in the new coffee shop and I was walking to get some coffee and she ran into me. She said someone had tried to snatch her and she fought, she refused a hospital Ducky. I didn't know what to do…"

Ducky nodded and pushed Jenny's hair out of her face. "Yes well, you did the right thing Anthony, I am going to start examining her. You said Gibbs knows her?"

Tony nodded, wondering just how well Gibbs really knew her.

"Well you need to call him down here, she will want to see a familiar face when she regains consciousness."

Tony nodded and headed for the elevator. "Okay... make sure she's alright Duck."

Gibbs sat in MTAC, waiting for his coffee DiNozzo was supposed to be back with. He looked up and watched as Tony walked up to him, without his coffee.

"DiNozzo, there better be a damn good reason my coffee isn't in your hand." Tony nodded and bit his lip, hesitating for a split second.

"Boss, remember Jenny from the coffee shop?"

Gibbs eyes flashed angrily.

"Leave it alone DiNozzo!"

Tony shook his head.

"No, boss she's here… in the morgue, she had been stabbed and wouldn't let me take her to a hospital, said someone tried to take her. Ducky is examining her."

Gibbs didn't say a word and left, walking towards the elevator he shook his head.

"Shit."

Gibbs arrived in the morgue and heard laughter, he sighed in relief and walked through the automatic doors.

Ducky and Jenny both looked at him, Jenny stared at him for a second and looked down, blushing.

"Ah Jethro," Ducky said smiling. "I am very glad you're here, and I'm sure Jennifer here is glad as well."

Gibbs smirked and walked towards them. "I thought you didn't like the name Jennifer." He said, looking at the redhead, not skipping over her rather large stab wound. His eyes lingered there for a moment and then he looked into her eyes.

Jenny chuckled and shook her head. "I find it charming when Doctor Mallard here calls me it, with anyone else…not too fond of it."

Ducky gripped her shoulder comfortingly. "Please my dear, call me Ducky."

Jenny smiled and nodded, wincing when he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Oh goodness, I am sorry, I wasn't aware your shoulder was injured as well." Ducky said concerned.

"It's nothing, I'll be fine Ducky." She looked at Gibbs, and looked away quickly when she saw that he was staring at her.

Gibbs looked her up and down, taking note of the broken heel and her dirty and torn clothes.

"I'm going to need you to tell me what happened, Jen." He finally said.

"I'm not even really sure I know what happened, I was walking home after work and I had this like, gut feeling that I was being followed. The next thing I know, there was a knife in my stomach and a guy lifting me over his shoulder. I fought and ran and stumbled into Agent DiNozzo and uh, here we are."

Gibbs nodded thinking silently. Rape attempt? Robbery failure?

"Well, what do you wanna do about this Jenny?" Gibbs said, their eyes locking.

"Nothing. I want to go home and sleep." She yawned thoughtfully, and Gibbs resisted the urge to smile.

"That's out of the question." He said stonily.

Jennys eyes flashed angrily. "Who are you to tell me what to do? I want to go home."

Gibbs shook his head. "No."

"You aren't my keeper Agent Gibbs, I can do whatever I please."

He stared at her for a long, hard moment.

"I'll take you home if you want, but I'm putting a uniform outside of your house, and we are clearing the inside before you can stay there."

Jenny looked at him incredulously. "What? No. I do not need all of that, if you MUST check my house, fine. I'll let you. But you are not going to waste a person's time to watch me all night. I am not that important and it's completely unnecessary."

Ducky patted her on the shoulder.

"My dear, you really should let Jethro take care of you, he's the one to trust in situations like these."

Jenny thought for a moment, smiling softly at the Doctors advice.

"Fine. Ducky are we done here?"

Ducky was more than satisfied. "Yes my dear, just be careful the next few days. I'd recommend bed rest but I get the feeling you wouldn't like that very much. Just be sure to rest, mind your stitches and ice your shoulder." He paused and smiled. "Please contact me if you need anything else. It was more than a pleasure to meet you Jennifer. And don't be a stranger!"

Jenny smiled and slowly got off the table. "Likewise Ducky, thank you for being so kind."

He nodded and with that Gibbs escorted a barefooted Jenny Shepard to the elevator.

Jenny watched him watch her out of the corner of her eye.

"Is there something in my teeth?" She said, stepping into the elevator.

"What?" Gibbs questioned.

"You're staring at me."

Their eyes locked.

"I know."

Jenny looked away, smiling widely and trying to maintain the flipping and flopping her stomach was currently experiencing.

"Why?" She questioned, still avoiding his eyes.

"Am I not allowed to look at you?" He responded, sounding serious.

Jenny squeezed her eyes together, wishing for the elevator to arrive so she could get away.

"I need shoes." Jenny said, avoiding his question and looking down at her feet.

Without another word to her Gibbs reached for his cell phone.

"Abs, I need your help." He paused. "Okay be right down."

"Hope you like black." Gibbs said, smirking and changing the elevator floor to the forensic lab.

Jenny nodded. "It goes with everything."

Gibbs gave a hardy laugh. "We'll see about that."

The redhead unconsciously rubbed her abdomen where she was stabbed, she wanted to question Gibbs further about what he meant, she had a lot of questions for him. But she decided against more conversation, enjoying the comfortable silence between them. The elevator signaled its arrival and the doors opened, revealing a very unusual sight.