Chapter 4

TPOV

I woke up three hours later, but I didn't feel any better and didn't think that I would ever feel like I used to. "Morg?"

"Yeah?"

"We need to finish the story" I said and each of us grabbed the others to get the to be up in Jens office. I wasn't going back into the lab. Once everyone was there and sitting I started. "Alright..." I sighed, took a deep breath and started. "The day Morg broke his cup. He chained up Nikki down stairs and he tied me to the bed. His friends took me orally, but he wanted more. He took me vaginally and that was only the first time. He let us all out two days later with a warning of not to cross him. We didn't we came home with A+'s and did the cleaning and cooking to perfection. About three months later, it was month nine with him I had made a mistake about what he wanted for dinner and Nikki took the beating while me and Morg hid in the room. I had tried to tell her not to take him on by herself, but I was still healing from the rape." Morgan had spaced out probably remembering those days. "It took her three weeks to heal and another week before he would let her go back to school. The cover being that she had gone to visit some family in England. At the one year mark he was constantly drunk the social worker came every few months and it was getting worse. I knew there was going to be a big blow up soon and there was one..." I trailed off.

"It happened the day we had been there for a full year. He was drunk as always and Nikki decided to dump all the alcohol in the house. It was probably the worst idea yet. He was angry and took it out on us. I was told to hide and I hid in the closet. Nikki was beat to a bloody pulp and Tyla was chained up in the basement. Only she was... was..." she couldn't say it.

"I was stripped of all clothes and was told that if I went to the bathroom on the floor I would never know what empty was again. I knew that we were introuble. He had found Morg and hit her around, but he didn't get enjoyment out of that. He wanted me. So I followed orders, but by the time he came back down I really had to go. I told him this..."

MPOV

Ty was trying to say it, but she seemed to be lost in her head again. "Ty?"

"I am fine... I told him, but he responded by untying me and raping me again. Then he let me out of the basement to treat Nikki and Morg. I had to get Nikki to the hospital she had a broken arm and a few broken ribs, but when I tried to tell him that he back handed me into a wall. We decided to wait until he drank himself into oblivion then to sleep. It took a few hours and by the time we could even think about leaving Nikki was in so much pain that I had to carry her out of the house. We took a cab and the cabbie was nice and gave us no fare. Once we got to the hospital we asked to not have anyone know our names and that noone knew what happened. Other than our doctors of course." she stopped again so I picked up the story.

"The doctors were ok with that it wasn't the first time that they had delt with something like this. They patched Nikki up they gave her a light pain medication and told her when to take it. Then they told me that I needed to get looked at. Turned out that I had a concusion from him kicking me in the head, but me and Nikki were nothing. I don't understand how Ty managed to help us like she did, but the doctors were most concerned about her and had her get treatment. She had five broken ribs, a concusion, and severe trauma." I took a deep breath, "The doctor didn't want her leaving that night, but we told him if we didn't get back to our house we would be facing worse than what he just saw..."

"We got home before he woke up. I think he had had just enough of a severe beating time. I mean he would still have his fun with me, but he would only give us a little smack here and there. This was the quiet time before the storm. It lasted six months by now we had been there a year and seven months. It was not to bad. Then he escalated again. Started to hit us more and verbally abuse us more. It was about this time that Nikki started to cut, I had been making my self sick for about 5 months. Then we decided that we were going to leave and started to collect things to leave with. Then yesterday came around. Morgan broke a beer bottle and he came after us. We pushed Morg into the room and he took Nikki out. She was blacked out and he took his time with me. I remember dragging Nikki into the room and passing out. Once we woke up we decided we were ready to leave." Tyla finished.

GPOV

Our girls had been through so much, but I knew that this man deserved whatever came to him. I went to hug Tyla and Morgan, but when I got about a foot away from them, Tyla pushed Morgan behind her and started to shake at the site of me. "Tyla?" I questioned backing off a little bit. Her eyes had glazed over and it seemed like she wasn't even in the room anymore.

"Whats wrong?" Ziva panicked.

"Tyla." I whispered soothingly getting closer again. I sat on the edge of the couch and rubbed her back, but the longer she was caught up in the flashback the worse she shook. I kept whispering and caught the look Morgan had on her face. She seemed conflicted over what she was supposed to do.

"Move" I heard her whisper, but it held enough force that I listened and got off the couch. "Tyla" she said almost like it was a lullaby. Then she started to sing, "Now little Lisa is only 9 years old/She's trying to figure out why the world is so cold/Why she's all all alone and they never met her family/Mama's always gone and she never met her daddy/Part of her is missing and nobody will listen/Mama is on drugs getting high up in the kitchen/Bringing home men at different hours of the night/Starting with some laughs - usually ending in a fight/Sneak into her room while her mama's knocked out/Trying to have his way and little Lisa says 'ouch'/She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her/Tries to tell her mom but her mama don't believe her/Lisa is stuck up in the world on her own/Forced to think that hell is a place called home/Nothing else to do but get her clothes and pack/She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back." She had a beautiful voice and seemed to be getting through to Tyla. "Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love/Runaway love" she was quiet, but Tyla caught onto what was going on.

She came out of her flashback slowly and once she was somewhat aware of what was going on she joined in on the song, the two of them harmonizing perfectly, "Little Nicole is only 10 years old/She's steady trying to figure why the world is so cold/Why she's not pretty and nobody seems to like her/Alcoholic step-dad always wanna strike her/Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises/Teachers ask questions she making up excuses/Bleeding on the inside, crying on the out/It's only one girl really knows what she about/Her name is lil Stacy and they become friends/Promise that they always be tight 'til the end/Until one day lil Stacy gets shot/A drive by bullet went stray up on her block/Now Nicole stuck up in the world on her own/Forced to think that hell is a place called home/Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack/She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back." After that verse they stop singing and there are tears streaming down their faces.

"Tyla you alright?" I ask since Ziva and Tony seem to have vanished sometime between Tyla finishing the story and now.

"For now" she whispered and I hugged her softly. She siffened at first then relaxed and started to cry. Morgan wormed her way into the hug and so didn't Abby. Jen and Tim just sat back and left the hugging to me and Abby. "Where's my mom?" she quietly asked.

"They had an appointment." Jen said quietly. I was not to happy about them leaving, but figured I could deal with it later.

GPOV

The girls had been taken home by Abby to get some food after going to the doctors to get checked out. I had just got off the phone with her and finding out that Nichole was pregnant with that bastards kid. Then the elevator dinged. I saw Tony and Ziva step off, but told them to get back in the elevator. Once in I hit the off switch and turned to them. "Whats wrong Gibbs?" Ziva asked smiling.

"For one you can reschedule an appointment! And for another you left your daughter here with out her parents to try and mourn her best friend! And then I have Abby take the girls to the doctors and she finds out that she is pregnant with the bastards child! And YOUR NOT THERE!" I started to yell.

"This appointment has been planned for months now Gibbs"

"I don't care! YOUR DAUGHTER WAS WITH ABBY AND MORGAN! NOT YOU! HER MOTHER!"

"I'm sorry Gibbs, but..."

"No BUTS!" I yelled then turned to elevator back on and going to my desk. I grabbed my stuff to leave, but added, "Leave her alone tonight"

"She's my daughter though"

"I realize that, but you have done enough for today" and the elevator doors shut.

ZPOV

"How can he tell me that I can't see my own daughter!" I yelled and kicked at the wall.

"Zi if she said that she didn't want to see us then let her be for one night" Tony told me and reasoned quietly dragging me into the stair well.

"Alright. Alright. If its what she wants then I will let her be"

"Alright why don't we go finish up some work then head home for the night."

"Ok" I sighed and we headed to our desks.

GPOV

I drove faster than normal and got to my house in record time. I was right in coming straight here and not stopping at Abby's to check in on the girls. Her car was parked in the driveway. I entered the house and followed the light up the stairs to Nichole's room. I heard crying and looked in. Tyla was sitting on the bed hugging a stuffed animal to her and trying to be quiet. "Hey there" I said quietly openning the door. "Where's Abby and Morgan?"

"Gu-Guest r-roo-m" she said it so quietly I wasn't sure if I heard it right.

"Why aren't you with them?"

"I left the room. There asleep" she whispered and I sat on the edge of the bed. She was crying and started to make noises that didn't sound healthy.

"Hey it's alright." I said and openned my arms to let her hug me if she wanted. She threw herself at me and buried her face against me.

"D-do y-you m-mi-miss h-her?" she asked when she started to calm down.

"Yeah. I miss her alot, but I know you miss her more" she nodded and I sat back against the headboard as she started to cry more. I just sat and let her cry it out, she quieted down after awhile and I felt her breathing even out as well. She was alseep, I didn't want to move her so I laid her down in Nikki's bed and covered her with the blanket at the end of the bed.

I went into the room where Abby and Morgan were. I found them passed out and curled together, I saw Abby's eyes flicker open. "Hey" she whispered.

"Hey"

"Where's Ty?"

"Nichole's room, she cried herself to sleep"

"She is supposed to try and stay as relaxed as possible" Abby said alarmed.

"She is going to be alright. She is hopefully going to sleep through the night and then she can lay back for awhile tomorrow"

"Yeah" she sighed and yawned.

"Go back to sleep" I sighed and kissed her head. I turned to the door and left it open just a little. I went back to check on Ty, she was still asleep, but she was starting to toss a bit. I sighed and went down to the basement where I sat working on the boat. It was an hour later when I heard the door open and close then Jen came down the stairs.

"The girls?"

"Morgan and Abby are asleep in the guest room. Tyla cried herself to sleep in Nichole's room."

"She still asleep"

"As far as I know."

"I will check on her then head to bed."

"Ok" I said and watched her walk back upstairs and to bed. I stayed in the basement working for awhile longer and was lost in thought when I heard feet padding down the stairs. I went up and found Tyla looking lost. "Tyla?" I whispered and she turned. She started to scream and I stepped closer. The closer I was the louder she got. By this time Jen and Morgan were down the stairs, Abby not to far behind. "Tyla. It's alright sweetheart" I said.

"Jethro, step back." Jen said and I listened. She had stopped screaming, but was curled into the corner by the arm chair. Morgan walked over to her and placed her hand on her.

MPOV

"Ty?" I asked quietly. She was shaking and her eyes had glazed over. She wasn't there and I didn't know what to do about it. "Ty. Please." I begged.

"Morgan?"

"Yes, Mommy?"

"Want me to try?"

"Yeah" I said and watched my mom kneel down next to her and pull her hand toward her stomach. She lashed out and Gibbs pulled her away before she could get hurt. I stepped back in, but before I could do anything she kicked me in the stomach.

"Call Ducky" Jen said and pulled me away. We all went into the kitchen to allow Tyla to have some space. While Gibbs called Ducky I kept Morgan entertained.