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Chapter 2

Madeline took the folder and walked down the staircase to Abby's lab after escorting her father out. It had been years since she had seen him. Since she had seen Austin Gray, who was now a retired Naval officer. After what he did to her mother, it was never brought up or taken to the police. Madeline was raised by her grandparents until Kate was old enough to take care of her. It wasn't until she was fifteen, when she did a D.N.A. test that she found out who her father was.

She traced him back to D.C. It took her money and a lie to her mother to go find him. He was living outside of D.C. in Bethesda, Maryland. There he was raising a daughter on his own about a year younger than Madeline. Her name was Danielle and she was introduced to Danielle that night when she confronted her father. The girl was understanding and supportive about the situation. She let Madeline stay in her room for the night until she had to return home to her mother and grandparents.

Kate never found out about Madeline knowing who her father was and that she had a half sister. However, she kept in contact with Danielle online and through letters. Once Madeline went to college at American University, she was able to see Danielle more often. Danielle was never one to shy away from danger or from an intense situation. So if Madeline was right, her gut was telling her something was wrong with Danielle.

Stopping on her way to Abby's lab, she went and picked up a Caf Pow to entice her closest friend. As she entered the lab, Abby was at work on her computer as her music blasted in the background. Her hair was in pig tails, she was wearing her plaid skirt, knee high boots, the t-shirt Madeline had bought her, and her long white lab coat. Knocking on the frame of the door, she figured she wouldn't be heard over the music but it was worth a try.

"Abby…" Madeline yelled. "ABBY!"

"What?" Turning off her music, she spun around on her heel to see Madeline standing in the doorway, holding her favorite drink. "What are you doing down here? It's not my birthday."

"Can't I just come down to visit a friend? It's a little slow upstairs." Taking a seat, Madeline handed the drink to Abby.

"When you come visit you don't bring these so I am guessing there is something you want. Although you know I'll give you grief you know I will still do you a favor with or without Caf Pow, but the Caf Pow is greatly appreciated." She rambled.

"You got me."

"What do you need?" Abby pulled up a chair next to Madeline as they sat by the computer.

"I need you to run a search for a missing person named Danielle Gray."

"So the usual?"

"Yes, banking information, last purchase made, cell phone trace, and recent activity. She's been missing about a month."

"Why didn't you just ask McGee to run this?" She asked slightly confused.

"It's not really related to N.C.I.S. and you know McGee isn't that great at keeping things on the down low. With one head slap he'd be spilling everything."

"Alright, I'll get right to it." Taking the file on Danielle, she opened it up to see the photos. "What's this?"

"That's Danielle." Madeline cringed at the thought of her half sister being hurt. "So if you could run those photos to see if there are fingerprints or anything I can use to help trace where these photos came from."

"Do you know this girl?" Abby asked as she slipped on her latex gloves and opened an evidence bag to keep the photos in for safe keeping.

"I was asked to do this favor by a friend of the family, but yes, I did know her. She is a sweet girl." She sighed as she looked down at her watch to see how long she had been gone. "Let me know as soon as you know something."

"I will and Madeline-" She stopped in mid stride.

"Yes Abbs?"

"I've decided you can no longer bribe me with Caf Pow."

"What do you want?" Madeline chuckled as she attempted to negotiate with Abby.

"I want to see my god children." She demanded. "It's been almost five months since I've seen Caitlin and Leroy."

"Yes Abby?" Jethro walked into the room as Madeline was about to walk out.

"Not you Gibbs, little Gibbs." Abby corrected him.

"They are with Jackson right now, but they'll be back this weekend. You can drop by anytime to see them."

"What are you doing down here?" Jethro asked Madeline as Madeline gave a look to Abby.

"Nothing…boss." She replied.

"Well suit up we're heading out." He stated as he headed out of the door, expecting Madeline to follow which she did.

"What's the case?" Madeline asked as she walked briskly beside him and into the elevator.

"Where the hell you've been for the past hour and who that man was," He flipped the switch to turn the elevator off.

"One day you are going to break this damn thing and then I'm going to be stuck in here with you."

"And that's a bad thing?" He smirked.

"Yes," She crossed her arms and leaned back against the wall.

"Are you going to answer me?" He stepped closer to her.

"I told you I was visiting Abby."

"Who was the man?"

"He is the father of a friend of mine."

"Didn't look too friendly,"

"I was never fond of him."

"You know I can tell when you're hiding something." Stepping closer, he hooked his finger under her chin lifting it so their eyes met. "When you're lying you tend to have this little glance."

"You're eye sight is going and now you're going to give our children bad eye sight."

"Wasn't it you who said all marriages are based on trust…and if you don't trust me enough to tell me what's going on…" Flipping the elevator back on, it started to move as the words sank into Madeline's mind. He had brought up the issue of trust. It had taken her forever to break down some of the walls Jethro had up and this would just stop her progress. Flipping the switch, the elevator jolted to a stop.

"That man was my friend's father who I never did like. He came to me asking for help to find her."

"What do you mean find her?"

"She's been missing for a month and he is worried about her. I told him I would look into it. There, are you happy? I'm not hiding anything from you."

"And that's why I love you." Kissing her on the lips, he flipped the elevator switch to on so they were back on track to going to the main floor.

"So is there an actual case?" She asked as they walked to their desks.

"Not yet, but it's still early." Sitting down at their desks, Madeline looked around noticing that McGee, Tony, and Ziva were nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Abby was dusting the photos for prints when she heard footsteps enter her pristine lab.

"What do you want McGee?" She didn't have to look up to know it was him.

"I love you."

"You could have told me that later." She reminded him.

"What are you working on?"

"Just a project for the nuns," Pulling a print off, she went quickly to scan it into the computer system.

"The nuns involve a severely beaten woman?" Tony snatched the picture from Abby's fingers to look at it.

"Let me see." Ziva took the photo from him to look at it.

"I'd say she's a year younger than Madeline, five foot six, about one hundred twenty pounds." Tony rambled off.

"Guys, what are you doing here?" Abby took the picture back and slipped it back in the pouch with the other photos.

"We are making sure we don't have another Gibbs incident." McGee answered.

"Gibbs is going to Mexico?" Abby at this point stopped typing and looked up at McGee.

"No, the other Gibbs," Ziva replied. "What have you found?"

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Abby growled.

"This girl…" Tony held up the picture. "Is Madeline's half sister and she's missing,"

"How do you guys know?" Abby glared. "You were eavesdropping weren't you?" She shook her head.

"It was Tony's idea." Ziva blamed him.

"What?" Tony scoffed. "McNosy was the one who thought we should check it out."

"Was not,"

"Was too."

"What was that for?" Tony and McGee rubbed the back of their heads after having been slapped by Abby.

"Does Gibbs know about this?" She asked as they all answered no.

"What did Maddie tell you to do with the results?" Ziva asked.

"She wanted me to call her."

"Well forward all of it to me." Tony assumed the role of team leader. "Gibbs does not find out…at least not yet that is…" He paused as his phone rang. "DiNozzo?"

"Where the hell are you?" Gibbs barked.

"Coming boss." DiNozzo went to hang up. "Ziva and McGee too." Hanging up the phone he gestured for them to leave.

"Bye Abby," McGee and Ziva waved as Tony led them to the elevator.

Heading upstairs to the main area, they bypassed one of the interns that had signed up to shadow them for a week. None of them could understand why Gibbs was allowing interns all of the sudden. Was it because of Vance? Or was he looking for a new team member? The questions kept popping up in Tony' s head as they presented themselves to Gibbs.

"Boss," Tony addressed him.

"We've got an unidentified woman's body on base. Ziva, get the truck. Madeline you're with me." Gibbs tossed the keys to Ziva who flaunted it in front of McGee and Tony's face.

"Boss," Tony choked. "Have you checked to see if she even has her license anymore?"

"Shut up." Ziva hit him in the gut.

"Let's go." Gibbs rounded them up in the elevator as they headed to Quantico to assess the scene.

As Gibbs opened the door for Madeline and closed it, he got into the car in the driver's side.

"You know this is showing favoritism." She chuckled. "I can handle Ziva's driving."

"I wanted to talk to you."

"I'm in trouble." She shook her head as he put his hand over hers.

"Listen, I don't want you doing anything stupid. I will stay out of your business unless you want my help. But, don't put your life in jeopardy. I lost one wife and I'm not willing to lose another."

"I thought I was just a roommate?" That's what he once told McGee he called his wives.

"Where does this attitude come from?"

"From my mother mostly…but I think I picked it up from you." She kissed him on the cheek before the car pulled up to the guard station.

"Special Agent Gibbs and Agent Todd from N.C.I.S." He flashed their badges. She in some cases still went by her maiden name for work purposes once Vance returned as Director.