Gibbs's New Girl
By Rena Mason
Chapter 3
Gibbs's ire mounted the longer McGee and DiNozzo were gone and the minute they stepped off the elevator he could tell that it hadn't gone well.
"So what do we know?" barked Gibbs the minute both agents stepped foot in the bullpen.
"The same as before Boss" answered Tony after a short pause and look at Tim. "She wouldn't even open the door and talk to us."
Gibbs slammed his fist on his desk causing everyone to jump. "Did she say anything at all?" he growled.
Tony looked at Tim, shook his head quickly then ducked his head, trying to hide. Tim looked back at Tony once more then turned to face his irate boss.
"She said to tell you that "She said she would she would let you know when she had something and not before." Boss" answered Tim quietly.
"She did, did she. We'll see about that!" growled Gibbs as he jerked open his drawer, grabbing his gun and then slamming it shut. He headed towards the elevator with a look that had several people scrambling out of his way.
"I think Allison has bitten off more than she can swallow." said Ziva quietly.
"It's bitten off more than she can chew, Ziva. And for once I think you may be right." said Tony as he watched the elevator doors close.
-NCIS-
With Gibbs's drive it took only twenty minutes to get to Allison's house. He parked out front and purposely made his way to the front door. Knocking loudly he waited only a few minutes then pulled out his lock picking equipment and made quick work of the lock on her front door.
The house looked the same as it did the first time he was here, with the exception of he now hear some quiet music coming from somewhere upstairs. Gibbs followed the music to the master bedroom to find Allison laying asleep on her bed amongst the evidence documents and several large books.
This time she wore a sleep tank top and a diaper, with a pink and white pacifier in her mouth. Her hair was slightly rumpled and gripped in her hand was a pen poised over a pad of paper with several works scribbled on it, then marked out.
She looked so young and cute that Gibbs stood and watched her for a few minutes until finally he moved some of the papers out of the way and sat down on the bed. He laid his hand gently on her head and then began to stroke her hair until she began to wake up.
"Come on Ali baby, it's time to wake up" called Gibbs softly as he continued to stroke her hair.
"Jus a few mo minues daddy" mumbled Allison around her pacifier
Gibbs smiled as he remembered the times when he had heard that from Kelly when he had tried to wake her up. It was almost like he was getting another change at raise a little girl, except this time he didn't have to worry about going through all the toddler, school age, or preteen worries that were associated with raising a child.
"I wish I could angel, but we really need to talk." said Gibbs. When Allison didn't make any move to wake up Gibbs spoke again louder. "Allison!"
When the volume and intensity of Gibbs voice reached Allison's sleep fog mind she sat up instantly, then fell off the side of the bed, scrambling to stand in the middle of the room trembling and crying mumbling under her breath.
"I'm sorry daddy, I didn't mean too, I'll do better!"
Gibbs had to quickly stamp down his fury at what Allison's father had done to this bright and confident woman when she was younger. He couldn't undo what was done to her but if she let him into this part of her world he would do his best to make sure that she was taken cared of and loved.
He got up slowly from the bed and moved cautiously towards Allison, stopping just in front of her and kneeling down so that she had to look down at him as he talked.
"Allison, it's Agent Gibbs. Come on sweetie, you're safe now."
It took Allison a few minutes but soon her eyes refocused and she was staring at Leroy Jethro Gibbs kneeling in front of her. Once again she crumbled to the floor and curled herself into a ball. Gibbs cautiously reached over, pulling her up, then gently sitting her back down on the bed.
"Allison, it's alright really. I found out about your Adult Infantilism when I searched your house and Ducky explain more about it. I can't say that I totally understand but I'm not going to hold what you do in the privacy of your own home against you. But we do need to talk about what has been going on for the last few days."
Allison slowly raised her head and for the first time since he entered her bedroom looked into the eyes of Leroy Gibbs.
"You mean me not answering your calls or not talking to DiNozzo and McGee?" said Allison quietly.
"Among other things. You were assigned to my team for the duration of this case so that means that I expect you to follow any and all directives that I issue. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir" answered Allison quietly.
"Good girl, now I expect you to report to NCIS headquarters at 8 am tomorrow morning ready to report what progress you have made on those documents."
"And the rest of it?" asked Allison hesitantly. Her hands had suddenly started shaking and she was ringing them in her lap.
"We will take care of the rest of it at a later date, but understand their will be consequences"
"Yes sir" said Allison quietly.
"Now why don't you put all of this stuff away, then get a dry diaper on and get ready for bed. I'll fix you a bottle and then you can go back to sleep. What would you like in your bottle?" asked Gibbs as he stood up and looked down at the woman sitting beside him.
"Juice please" said Allison softly.
"Then get going, I'll be back in a few minutes and I expect this to be cleaned up and you ready for bed." reminded Gibbs as he started towards the door then looked back to see Allison scrambling off the bed, beginning to clean up the mess on her bed.
With a smile on his face he closed the door to give her the privacy she needed to do what he asked and went down stair to the kitchen. He quickly found her bottles and nipples and filled it with the juice he found in the refrigerator then added some ice cubes remembering that Kelly had liked her juice chilled. After waiting a few more minutes just to make sure she had time to finish he started back upstairs and knocked once then opened the door. Allison was laying in bed under the covers.
Gibbs walked over to the bed, handing the bottle to Ali then leaning down to kiss her on the forehead. "Good night sweetie." whispered Gibbs as he rose and left the room turning the light out as he closed the door.
Gibbs waited outside of Allison's bedroom door for a few minutes before once again going downstairs, making sure the house was secure before locking and closing the door behind him. He sat in his car for a few minutes contemplating his newest girl, then with a smile on his face starts the car and heads back to the Navy Yard.
-NCIS-
Unfortunately Gibbs good mood toward Allison didn't last long when 8 am came and went and Allison had yet to step foot in NCIS headquarters. Tony tried to call Allison's number several times each time getting a busy signal, and finally no answer at all. Gibbs was just about the grab his gun and head out to haul her ass in when they heard the elevator bell ding.
"Boss" said Tony quietly as he nodded towards a struggling Allison just exiting the elevator.
She carried the evidence grate over to the nearest desk and drops in heavily on Tony's desk.
"Just where the hell have you been?" yelled Gibbs as he came to stand in front of the young woman.
"Gibbs, a minute" called Vance as he appeared on the catwalk above them.
"You stay right here" called Gibbs as he looked at the Director above him then headed towards the stairs.
When he was halfway up the Director spoke again. "Ms. Grayson, would you join us?" then headed towards MTAC.
Gibbs stopped for a second as Allison took the stairs two at a time to catch up with him then followed the young woman into MTAC. When they entered the room was dark but as soon as they came to stand beside Director Vance he called. "Bring him up"
In seconds the large main screen was filled with the face of the Secretary of the Navy.
"Welcome gentlemen, Ms. Grayson. I assume you know why we are here?"
"Actually we don't Mr. Secretary" answered Director Vance.
"Allison?" asked Sec Nav as he looked at the three people before him.
"Sorry Mr. Secretary. I just got off the phone with you then got stuck in traffic trying to get here and haven't had a change to brief Director Vance or Agent Gibbs on my findings." answered Allison.
"Then by all means continue" said Sec Nav as he sat back and prepared to watch the fireworks. He knew how Allison Grayson worked and he also knew that she rubbed most people the wrong way but she was almost always right so her methods were tolerated by most people.
"It was last night after Agent Gibbs left my house that it came to me. I couldn't find the evidence to verify that the documents have been copied because I didn't have all the documents."
"You mean you didn't got to bed after I left?" asked Gibbs.
"Well yes, but much later. After you left I had a hunch and it took me several hours to verify it and then by the time I got to bed it was late so that made it harder to get up and then I called Sec Nav and by the time I got off the phone with him I was late to meet you and then there was a wreck on the highway." answered Allison quickly then ducked her head.
"Well what do you suppose we do about it Ms. Grayson" answered Director Vance with a little chuckle in his voice.
Allison raised her head and looked into the slightly smiling eyes of Leon Vance.
"Well I need to go back to the embassies and check all their documents to see how many more were copied. The documents they informed us had been copied couldn't possibly have been all or Ms. Sciuto or myself would have been able to verify them by now." said Allison with confidence.
"Very well then, do you have a list of the embassies that you will need to visit?" asked Sec Nav as he leaned forward on his desk.
"It's right here Mr. Secretary" said Allison as he stepped forward to hand a piece of paper to Director Vance but motioned for her to give it to one of the agents sitting at the computers. Allison handed the paper to a young man, then quickly moved back to stand behind Agent Gibbs and Director Vance.
"I've got it thank you, give me a minute then I will get back with you." said Sec Nav, then the screen went blank.
Allison stood still nervously looking around until Vance finally spoken "You might as well have a seat Ms. Grayson, this may take a while." then motioned for her to take a seat in one of the chairs behind them.
Allison looked nervously at Gibbs and waited until he nodded then quickly sat down in one of the seats in the front row. A few minutes later Gibbs sat down on her right and Vance on her left. Vance handed her a bottle of water which she quickly opened and took a drink then closed it back up and put it in her lap.
"Thank you sir"
Gibbs leaned over, putting a hand on her arm causing Allison to jump then whispered quietly in her ear. "This is another thing we will take care of later."
"Yes sir" answered Allison quietly.
To Allison it seamed like forever but it was actually only ten minutes before they heard.
"Sec Nav is calling sir" said an unknown voice in front of them.
"Put him through" called Vance as he and Gibbs stood, and walked toward the screen.
When the screen came to life it filled with several video conference boxes, the largest one of the Secretary of the Navy.
"Gentlemen and lady, as you can see I have contacted the embassies that you requested and needless to say they have concerns" said Sec Nav as he sat back and let Allison take over.
"I can tell you gentlemen that my aides assure me that you were given a complete list of all possible documents that were copied." said the Ambassador for the Russian embassy.
"With all due respect Ambassador, your aides are lying. As you may or may not know I am fluent in several language and if we had all the documents I would have been able to complete my verification by now." said Allison as she stood, and came to stand beside Gibbs.
She had been silent up until then knowing full well that most of the Ambassador's would be more comfortable or only talk to Director Vance or Agent Gibbs. She was very well aware of the prejudice or dislike towards her amongst most of the foreign diplomates and even some of the politicians in Washington. For the most part she didn't care what people thought about her as long as they let her do her job.
Several of the Ambassador's had leaned out of screen, talking to someone and then few minutes later another screen popped up showing an elderly man in a smart business suit.
"Director Vance can you vouch for Dr. Grayson's security clearance and take full responsibly for her actions?" asked the man on the screen.
"I can assure you Admiral Grayson, that Allison has one of the highest security clearance in Washington, besides my own." said Vance as he took a step toward the man on the screen.
"As a member of my team, take full responsibility for all of her actions" said Gibbs hotly as he stepped forward to stand beside Vance.
"It's Ambassador now, Director Vance and I hope you two know exactly what your getting into. Dr. Grayson will have exactly four hours in each embassy, and access to any documents she requests. I just hope you can do this Allison."
"I can father, you know I'm best at what I do" answered Allison confidently.
"Then I await your report." said Ambassador Grayson then motioned for the connection to be cut.
Director Vance and Gibbs stood staring at the empty screen then turned to find Allison sitting in the seat she had recently vacated with her head in her hands. Gibbs quickly went over to her, kneeling down and gently placing a hand on the back of her head. Allison raised her head to look into the sympathetic eyes of Leroy Gibbs.
"You know you can do this Ali, don't let him make you doubt yourself" whispered Gibbs softly.
"I know, but it's been so long since I've seen him and even through video conferencing I can still feel all his resentment and fury towards me." whispered Allison as she dropped her head once more.
"Allison look at me" said Gibbs with enough force, that Allison was compelled to comply. "I don't know why your mother started drinking or why your father blames you but it's not your fault! Do you understand me sweetie, it's not your fault!" then Gibbs pulled her into his arms, feeling her stiffen then relax into his embrace. Gibbs looked back at Vance who hadn't moved then pulled her into his lap, sitting in the chair she just vacated.
"I'll make arrangements for a transport for her and one of your agents. Take all the time you need." said Vance as he left MTAC motioning for everyone to follow him leaving Gibbs and Allison alone.
It was about twenty minutes later when Gibbs finally felt Allison trying to get out of his embrace. Gibbs loosened his hold but didn't totally release Allison from his grasp. She still sat on his lap and Gibbs could tell that Allison needed a few minutes to compose herself and make herself presentable.
"Feeling better?" asked Gibbs softly as he gently rubbed her back. At her nodded, he smiled then gently moved her off his lap. "You stay here for a few minutes and I'll send someone up with your bag. Come downstairs whenever your ready, alright?"
At her nod again Gibbs gently kissed her forehead then left her standing in the middle of MTAC hugging herself. As he left MTAC he saw another female agent and asked her to take Allison her bag. She quickly complied and Gibbs continued his way down to the bullpen.
As he reached his desk he sat down and began to do a search on Admiral Douglas Grayson.
"Boss?" asked Tony
"Go home and pack a bag DiNozzo, your going with Allison to visit about ten embassies?" said Gibbs as he continued to type on his computer.
"Here is Washington boss?" asked Tony as he stood and started to gather his stuff.
"No, in their homelands. Vance is securing transportation and you will have four hours in each embassy, make sure she gets everything she needs."
"Awwww boss, wouldn't McGee or Ziva be better..." started Tony then stopped at the look Gibbs was giving him. "Right boss, when do we leave?"
"As soon as you return and Allison comes down from MTAC, and Tony. Watch out for her, she's ruffled some mighty powerful feathers with this stunt."
"Got it boss" replied Tony as he quickly exited the bullpen to go home and pack a quick overnight bag. This wasn't going to be his favorite trip but at least he was determined to try and enjoy it the best he could.
