Chapter 2

"You're back? Forever?" he blinked away the tears as he sat on her bedside, their daughter sleeping in his arms.
"I'm resigned from that world as of now" She reached for his hand, fighting back her own tears. "When that Agent brought me out of the sea" She began, his hand linked hers, fingers twined around the others. "He gave me something to think about, Kyle" She looked at him.
"Just rest for now baby." He said softly "As long as I know you're safe and finally back with us, that's all we need, Jenni and I" He, Kyle, said softly. He watched his wife fight sleep and put their daughter carefully down on her mother's chest as he sat down beside her, taking her hand. He sang softly and saw her give up the fight with sleep.
Kyle touched his wife's face softly, making sure she was asleep, he then checked their daughter before walking out through the door to find a doctor to find out when his wife would be discharged. A man stopped him just outside the door.
"Mackenzie's husband?" he asked, his hat under his arm. A man in a wheelchair came up beside him.
"Yeah" Kyle said.
"How is she?" The man in the wheelchair asked.
"She'll be ok, I'm to find a doctor." He answered softly.
"She saved my life, more then once. Thank you for letting us have her, she'll be back with you now." The man standing said "She's resigned as of now, I'm Sergeant Mark Hennings." He shook Kyle's hand.
"Gunny John Thomas" the man in the wheelchair said, he too shaking Kyle's hand. The three of them left Alexandra's doorway after looking at her a last time.
"Nice timing Agent DiNozzo, in the water and now" Mark Hennings said.
"I aim to please" Tony smirked he then turned serious "I'll stay with her till you're back Kyle"

Reflections

When Alexandra woke up her two year old lied on her chest, Kyle wasn't there but that Agent that had saved her stood at the door in a heated conversation in his phone.
"Ask the director" He snapped as he closed his phone. He looked apolitical as he entered the room. "Sorry bout that, how are you holding up?"
"I'm doing ok" She answered truthfully.
"No more running?" The agent asked and smiled softly as the woman nodded in response, her daughter fast asleep in her arms.
"I think it's safe to say I'm done running."
"Good to hear Mackenzie" he said softly as he sat down on the bedside.
"Alexandra" She said "The name's Alexandra."
"Well then Chicklet" he smirked "Let's go half the way, I'm Tony, Anthony DiNozzo"
"Ok the Anthony" She smiled at him "When can I get out of here, heard anything?"
"Your husband's out signing the papers, I'm with you till Director Morrow's told me otherwise." Tony said as he was affectionally brushing his fingers through Jenni's hair where she was sleeping in her mothers arms. Alexandra wasn't sure if he really was aware of what he was doing.
"Till I change my mind that is" A voice familiar to Alexandra was heard in the door.
"Leon" She smiled, Tony helped her to sit up without waking her two year old up.
"I'm glad you're looking much better" was the answer, he looked at Tony "DiNozzo, the director and I have come to an understanding, you're on an secret assignment, coming back to NCIS on the first Monday of the next month, keep Alexandra and her little one safe." Leon Vance gave Tony a nod before he left Tony, Alexandra and Jenni alone.

8 years later

""McGee, David, conference room" Gibbs bellowed, impatient and promptly pissed off, none of them had seen him this upset or angry for as long back as they could remember. Timothy McGee and Ziva David looked at each other, wondering what was going on. As soon as the elevator doors closed Gibbs shut down the power, his eyes burning holes in Ziva and Tim's heads.
"1 month" Gibbs said harsh and coldly. "It took me 1 month to figure out why Dinozzo'd rather go through Cold cases then to go out with us."
"Um" Ziva looked at Tim and then at Gibbs who refused to listen to her.
"What if the bomb had went of? Or if he had been shot while you were tired of listening to his voice?" Gibbs turned on the power again and exited the elevator, leaving Ziva and Tim to process the conversation. He heard a voice from the bullpen, the words didn't reach him but the voice reminded him of something, someone and it calmed him slightly. As he approached her the image of his first wife passed before his eyes.
"Anthony called" The owner of the voice fully broke through Gibbs anger, he looked behind himself, on Tony's desk sat a young woman. Her red hair was held in place in two braids. "Agent Dinozzo" The woman corrected herself. They both had to yet meet each others eyes
"Firstly, who are you and secondly what did he say?" Gibbs said, to his own surprise his voice wasn't hostile.
"Mackenzie, Alexandra Mackenzie" She, Alexandra jumped of the desk and reached her hand out to Gibbs "You got a new case, Ducks and Jimmy are on their way there. I was told to wait here till I could escort you there. Tony ain't alone, Cal's there, watching him till you, his partner, can be there to watch his six." Her feature was soft, a soft smile was on her face. Both almost drew back as their eyes met.
"So Ms Mackenzie" Gibbs began but was interrupted by the Director.
"Oh there you are Dr. Mackenzie" Vance said softly, Gibbs barely managed to hide his shock from how different Vance was acting.
"So you know her Vance?" Gibbs said, smoothing over the shock.
"Alexandra Mackenzie is working on neonatal, she has quiet some exams in computer technology as well. Hetty is wondering where you are" Vance finished, his eyes on the redhead.
"She's almost worse then Cal" Alexandra groaned with a twinkle in her eyes. "Yeah I'm a doctor, specialist in premature babies, I sometimes work with adults as well. The computer skills started as a hobby, self-learned, I took night-classes, got my exams, but we can talk about me later. Cal's watching Tony's back."
"I'll tell Hetty that you're with Gibbs, but no guns Alexandra" Vance narrowed his eyes at her "I know you got license, you been in combat, but you're no field agent, your no agent at all, so you're just there to show Gibbs the way, you'll head back to Bethesta as soon as you can"
"Yes uncle Leon" Alexandra rolled her eyes as she playfully saluted him and then grabbed her backpack and headed to the elevator when Tim and Ziva walked in.
"Grab your gears" Gibbs said and walked after Alexandra, Tim and Ziva hurried after, both of them geared up and ready. Alexandra looked from the two agents and over to Gibbs, Tony had told her about the team, she knew he didn't do trust, but she noticed that Gibbs was pissed at the other two agents, maybe Tony had trusted the two of them and something happened? And why the hell was it so hard to meet the lead agents eyes?
"If your two agents follow us, I'll drop you of at the crime scene" Alexandra said. No further words was spoken but Gibbs followed Alexandra and got into her passage seat and let her drive, he heard her humming while driving, it was the same tone as before. She turned on a CD, singing along to the song as they closed in on the crime scene.

"The dark road you take, there's no escape…"