Sister Trouble
By ValerieRichards
Disclaimers: See previous chapter(s).
POV: Alexia (Lexi) and Gibbs.
Chapter 4
Director Sheppard surprisingly was able to put the hate of Le Grenouille behind her; something that also shocked Gibbs; and managed to convince the CIA to work with Renee to take out other arms dealers. Jeanne was working near Renee, but kept in touch with me and Tony. Six months passed after the incident and I became a full fledged Agent and I grew extremely close with Abby and Gibbs.
"Lexi! Lexi, what do you think? These shoes or these" Abby asked as she showed me two pairs of black shoes she was planning on wearing to her friend's party. I laughed and chose the second pair. She bounced to her lab happily. I began to think back to when my dad decided to visit NCIS headquarters about a month or two after the car bomb and decided to yell at me and Tony. He smacked me right in front of Tony and Gibbs. As soon as his hand hit me, he had gotten his drunk butt thrown out of the building and told never to come near me and Tony again.
"LEXI" Tony yelled. I shook the memory away and saw Tony waving his hand in front of my face. As soon as he saw that I was okay, he went back to work. Gibbs came strolling into the bullpen with his usual cup of coffee and ordered Tony and I to follow him.
"It's okay if you two don't want to, but I was wondering if you wanted me to adopt you two" Gibbs asked. Gibbs tried to hide a slight embarrassed look, but being a Marine taught me how to look through other Marines like Gibbs. Tony's face lit up like a Jack-o lantern. Ever since the car bomb and the incident with my dad, Gibbs has shown his protectiveness towards me.
"I-I'd like that" I said. We had it official in less time than I thought it would. Gibbs was the father I never had and I found it easy to call him dad outside of work. Unfortunately, the storybook-like feeling came crashing down on me soon after. We were working a joint case with a team that I'd never heard of. It was apparently a new branch in the FBI and was headed by a redhead.
"I'm looking for your leader" the redhead asked. As soon as she saw Gibbs, they both went white. Not everyone knew that Gibbs had a family before his three failed marriages. Shannon and Kelly, his wife and daughter, were killed in a car accident while under protection.
"Boss, who is that" McGee asked. Neither of them looked away from each other, but Gibbs answered with two simple words. My wife. There was nobody in the room that didn't have their mouths open.
"Jethro, we'll talk after. We need to finish this case before we can do anything else" Shannon told him sternly. He nodded and we went about the normal way of solving our cases. When we met Shannon's team at the crime scene, one of the women turned around and ran into Gibbs' open arms.
"Daddy, I missed you" she cried. Apparently, Shannon and Gibbs had discussed a lot of stuff on the way to the crime scene since Gibbs was the last one to show up. I turned away and focused on processing the section I was assigned to.
"Lexi..." Tony began. I gave him a glare that shut him up instantly and I got out as soon as I could. I didn't want to be in the house. Not with Shannon and Kelly in the same place. I dumped the evidence I collected in the van and then went for a run around the neighborhood. I needed to be alone and put both of the cell phones I had in the car we had come in.
"We ready" I asked when I got back and saw everyone out by the cars. I got a bunch of annoyed looks, but brushed them off and got into the passenger's seat. Tony climbed in the driver's side and gave a sigh as he started the engine.
"You broke a Gibbs rule. Never be unreachable" he told me. I ignored him and jumped out of the car as soon as we got into the parking garage. I spent the rest of the ignoring the others stares and comments about me going missing. I also managed to avoid Gibbs and Shannon.
"Lexi! Interrogation! Now" Gibbs growled the next morning. I followed him into the interrogation room and he shut the door with a loud bang. He sat down in front of me and yelled at me for not taking my cell phones. That's when I burst.
"Look, I'm sorry I'm interrupting your happiness of having your wife and daughter alive and safe. I can see that you've already have everyone you need in the bullpen right now. I'll leave you alone and I promise I won't bother you again. I'll just resign verbally" I said quietly. I got up and ran out of the room and towards the elevator. Gibbs started after me.
"Lexi? Lexi, where are you going" Tony asked me when I passed him. He started to follow me, but I got into the elevator before he was able to get to me. I beat both Gibbs and Tony to the parking garage and got in my car.
"Lexi" Gibbs called and jumped down the last couple of steps with Tony right behind him. I pulled out of the space and took off away from the pain. I saw Gibbs' blue car a couple of streets behind me and catching up. I lost them; Tony was most likely in the car with Gibbs knowing my twin; for a moment and stopped my car at a beach.
"Bye-bye federal agent" a voice said. My legs were like lead and the person that owned the voice pushed me forwards. The last thing I heard was a panicked scream.
Gibbs
I saw the guy push Lexi into the water with her feet tied to cement blocks. My heart beat faster. As I raised my gun, DiNozzo fired three bullets in a row into his chest. I kept running and threw my gun and badge onto the ground. I dove off the same edge that Lexi, my daughter, had been pushed off followed closely by DiNozzo. We both reached Lexi and Tony headed straight for the ropes.
"Come on Lex, don't die on me" I begged her as soon as I reached the surface. Lexi had already been unconscious by the time we had gotten to her and I instantly regretted yelling at her. I should've been more aware of how she felt instead of focusing solely on mine.
"I've got her boss" DiNozzo said as he got onto the pier and pulled her away from the edge. As soon as he pulled her away, I climbed up and got ready to do chest compressions. After a few rounds of CPR, Lexi coughed up the water and opened her eyes moments afterwards.
"Tony? Gibbs" she asked. We both sighed in relief and got in her line of vision. I pulled some of her wet hair out of her face and gave her a once over. I shook my head. Neither of them understood how much I cared about them.
"Lexi, I may have my biological daughter and my wife back, but that doesn't mean that I'll stop caring...loving the two of you. My family is complete now that I have you guys as my kids. Your biological father is an...an idiot for hurting you two" I told her. I was feeling awkward saying that, but Lexi needed to hear it. The Marines never taught you how to express your feelings; it came with the person themselves. Lexi was an example.
"Boss, are you..." Tony asked trailing off at the end. Like me, DiNozzo was not really good at expressing his feelings. I guess, Tony and Lexi could be seen as my biological children. Both Lexi and Tony had dark, brown hair just like I did when I was younger. They both shared green eyes like Shannon had. While Tony was almost exactly like I was during my youth, Lexi was more like Shannon.
"Don't make me say it twice DiNozzo" I growled. Tony grinned as he got the meaning behind my tone and a small smile played at my lips. Yeah, my family was definitely complete.
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