A/N Thank you so much for reading this far. For the record this story is 100% my own writing, I would never copy someone else's work and claim it to be my own, there are thousands of stories on this Fanfiction website and stories are bound to clash every now and again but I really haven't copied anyone's work. And I'm not planning on turning this into a McAbby any time soon I just want them to be very good friends and for Scarlet to see Abby as a second mother figure. £500 is approximately $800, apologies I did mean to change it before I published the story. Your reviews always mean a lot to me and I like honest opinions.

Back at Annette's Tony and Ziva were looking for any sign of the murder weapon; apparently they were looking for a simple kitchen knife which there are many millions of across the country. Tony was the first to speak once they entered and made sure the house was empty considering they hadn't found Annette yet "how'd ya think McGee knows this nut job"

"How do you know she is a nut job Tony?"

"Well according to Gibbs she murdered her ex that's cause enough to be a nut job not to mention the fact that she then turned up at the crime scene, did she even think about getting caught?"

"I do not know Tony but do you know how we got this address because I never got it and I know you didn't and McGee has been with Abby working with evidence all day"

"So our little McGenius has been here before"

"Well he must have been Tony"

"How can we prove it though?" Tony asked himself as Ziva walked up the stairs

"Hey Tony I think I have proof"

"Yea what?"

"Well I believe you would call it a collage or moodboard"

"What are yo- well that is all the proof I need"

"I will call Gibbs"

"You do that"

"Hey Gibbs this woman had some sort of a shrine dedicated to her ex-boyfriends looks like McGee was on her list until she needed er em"

"What Ziva?"

"She needed him to look after his daughter"

SMASH

"What the hell was that?"

"Tony dropped a vase, you don't sound surprised about McGee's kid boss. Wait, you already knew?"

"Glad you're up to speed now get DiNozzo to clean up his mess and take pictures of this so called shrine and DO NOT touch anything else! We need to find this crazy woman, how many more people are on her hit list?"

"From what I can see at least four"

"I need all of their names and when you two are back you get two names each, I want them all brought in and questioned one at a time, first one done gets the afternoon off unless I say otherwise"

"Yes Gibbs. Hey Tony did you hear?"

"….."

"Tony"

"….."

"DiNozzo! Snap out of it"

"What?"

"Never mind, clean that lot up, I'll take pictures of the shrine and will explain the rest of Gibbs' instructions on the way but we need to get out of here ASAP"

"I am the senior field agent; I give the instructions around here not you"

"Accept these are not my instructions they are Gibbs', I was just repeating them"

"Since when did McGee have a kid?"

"I do not know Tony but we need to hurry up"

"Yea, I get it, let's get to it then"

Back at NCIS Gibbs knew that he had to tell McGee what Ziva had found and that they both knew about his kid however he was unsure of how to break it to him. So he decided to take a plain and simple approach. "McGee!" Gibbs shouted as he strolled into Abby's lab "Hey boss what's up?

"I sent Tony and Ziva to the address you gave me, this woman was a total nut case, and she has a hit list of at least four more people on a shine on the inside of her wardrobe door"

"Is it really that bad?"

"Yea McGee so you better have some ideas as to where she would hide in-between hits"

"I honestly don't know boss"

"Your name was on the list you know; thank goodness she had enough sanity left to realise someone needed to look after her daughter". McGee was left speechless "where is Scarlet?"

"Getting a milkshake with Abby whilst I finish tidying up"

"Leave that and get your but upstairs, as soon as Ziva and Tony arrive I need you to take the camera to Ducky and get him to try and do a physc profile on what he can see in the photos and what you can tell him and DO NOT hold anything back! The so called shrine had something on it to do with Scarlet, Tony and Ziva know about her"

"What did they say?"

"That don't matter now McGee, go and do your job! Ziva is driving, they'll be here in ten"

"Have we found Annette yet boss?"

"No. That reminds me, what else did that letter say?"

"Well er, it said she em"

"What McGee!"

"It said that she knows where I work, who I work for, how to get to me and how much she has always loved me. That's the short version"

"That's it you are no longer working this case, go to Ducky tell him everything you know about her, show him the letter and don't be stupid"

"But boss that letter is private"

"Where is it?"

"Second draw of my desk why? Boss no you can't read it!"

"You don't tell me what I can and can't do McGee I thought even you would have knew this by now"

"Boss please"

"Ducky's now!"

Gibbs was astonished at the fact that McGee obeyed his instructions and went straight to Ducky's lab although it was probably just to escape him anyway. Tony and Ziva arrived at NCIS, as Gibbs said, in ten minutes by which time McGee had finished with Ducky and was returning to Abby's lab to finish tidying his daughters mess only to find his daughter cleaning up with Abby.

"I thought it was my job to clean up after my own daughter"

"Well I had nothing else to do and we were both bored right mini McGee"

"Yea, daddy are you in trouble because of mummy?"

"No sweetie, why did you think that?"

"I heard the nasty man shout at you before and he upset you"

"Don't you worry about me, I am just fine"

"Good because he'd have me to answer to if you weren't" replied a protective Scarlet running up to her father for a hug.

Then the elevator dinged and McGee somehow knew it was Tony and Ziva coming to snoop.

"McGoo, you're a father, congrats"

"A bit late Tony" replied McGee still holding his tight in his arms

"Who's he Daddy?" questioned the now shy young girl

"This is Tony and Ziva; I work with them like Abby and Ducky"

"Don't forget the mean man. You have a funny name" said Scarlet pointing at Ziva

"It's rude to point honey"

"It's okay McGee. So what's your name?"

"Scarlet Alice McGee" she announced proudly

"You have a lovely name but isn't it a colour?"

"Yea but my favourite colour is pink, what's yours?"

"It's a rainbow"

"That doesn't count"

"Blue then"

"Okay" grinned the little girl now satisfied with the answer she received

"Do you wanna know my favourite colour?" asked DiNozzo feeling left out

"No"

"Why not?"

"You look funny, act funny and you said daddies name wrong, its McGee not McGoo"

McGee found himself smiling at his daughters words "She's a fast learner eh Tony"

Tony simply frowned in response to his which made the little girl giggle and to Tony's surprise that made him smile. Gibbs then magically appeared and questioned "Coffee break or team meeting I wasn't invited to?"

"Boss they just came to meet Scarlet"

"I don't care we need to find this woman and if it means searching for her ourselves street by street we do it. Understand?"

"Yes boss" they replied in sync

"McGee a word in my office, leave Scarlet with Abby for a minute, Ziva, DiNozzo stairs.

McGee sat his daughter down on a pink stool he bought earlier in the day and headed towards the elevator where he split from Tony and Ziva whom he walked out of the lab with. Tony whispered "good luck Probie". Once to the elevator Gibbs shut it down and simply spoke "did you really want these next four men dead?"

"No boss"

"Then why the hell didn't you tell me when I asked if you had any idea where she might be hiding"

"I wanted to give her time to change her mind"

"No McGee!" Gibbs' voice roared up the elevator shaft "she lost that privilege when we found the first dead body"

"But boss how could I just turn her over?"

"The director is going to have a whale of a time with this"

"She doesn't have to know"

"Don't you think you've hid enough from people today McGee?"

"I don't wanna lose my job boss"

"Then you go to this café and convince her to either hand herself in or you arrest her when she refuses. You did say you would be able to do at least that"

"Fine, I'll do it, only because I don't wanna lose my job"

"And drop the attitude with me, it don't suit ya."