Gibbs had stepped aside to allow his team to enter Abby's lab. They all walked in, seeming kind of afraid that Gibbs might flip out at any moment. Fir a long time nobody said anything.

Charity was the first to break the silence. "Hi, I'm Charity." She said and then started to hobble forward on her crutch.

Ziva stepped out towards her. "I'm Ziva. It's very nice to meet you."

"It's nice to finally meet you." Charity replied, smiling, but the smile didn;t quite touch her blue eyes. The two women shook hands.

"Finally?" McGee asked, stepping forward to shake her hand next. "I'm Timothy McGee."

"Yeah, dad has been writing to me about all of you." She answered.

Tony stepped forward next. "That's funny, he never said anything to us about you. I'm Tony."

"I'm his best kept secret." Charity replied. "Well, until now."

Just then Duckie walked in the lab. "Well, isn't this the place to..." Ducki began and then stopped as soon as he saw Charity, "Charity, you're home." He then walked over to her and pulled her in for a hug.

Charity wrapped her arm that, wasn't clutching the crutch, around him and squeezed. "I missed you, too, Duckie."

Duckie pulled back. "This is a wonderful surprise." He said, smiling.

"Wait, a second here." Tony interrupted. "Why did Abby and Duckie already knew you had another daughter and we didn't?"

Gibbs just shrugged.

"You just weren't special enough, Tony." Charity answered, smiling, but it still wasn't quite lighting up her face.

"We are best friends." Abby said, coming up to stand on Charity's good side and place an arm around her shoulders. "And Duckie, is just Duckie."

Duckie chuckled. "I met her a long time ago, when I first met Jethro." Duckie replied. "She was an adorable little girl then."

"But now that you all do know her and she is home," Abby began, "We have all have to go out and celebrate tonight."

"I don't..." Charity began, but Abby interrupted her.

"I mean you're home and alive!" Abby said.

"I don't really feel like celebrating right now, Abby." Charity said. "I just want to go home and relax."

"But..." Abby began.

"I promise we can celebrate later." Charity replied.

Abby sighed. "Okay, you probably need to rest, anyway."

"So, are you ready to go home, baby girl?" Gibbs asked.

"Yeah." She answered.

Gibbs then turned to his team. "Continue working on the case. If you need me call."

"If you're in the middle of a case, I can call a cab." Charity said, not wanting to interrupt her father's work.

Gibbs turned to her. "They can handle it. I'm taking you home and we'll order pizza from your favorite place."

"Pizza? I haven't had pizza in forever. Okay." Charity said, her mouth already watering.

"DiNozzo, you're in charge." Gibbs said.

"Okay, boss." Tony replied.

Before they left, Abby pulled Charity in for a hug. "I'm so happy you're home. I missed you."

"I missed you, too." Charity gave Abby a tight, one-armed squeeze. Then she pulled back. "We'll have plenty of time to visit. I'm gonna be home for a while."

"Okay." Abby said.

Charity turned to the rest of the group. "It was nice meeting you guys." She said.

"Nice to meet you, too." They all said.

Then Charity hobbled over to her father and they both headed out.