Chapter 4

Back at NCIS Headquarters, where the team has been for a while now, they're trying desperately to put the pieces together in order to find Danielle and her father. Down in Autopsy, Ducky is just about done performing the autopsies on the two victims. In the Forensics Lab, Abby has been frantically processing the evidence. The rest of the team is in the bullpen on the third floor. Tony makes a quick phone-call because he's not going to be able to meet Jamie for their scheduled lunch and wants to let her know.

"Sweetie, I'm so sorry but I'm going to have to skip lunch today." Tony said while holding the phone up to his face. As much as he really wants to have lunch with the woman he loves, he has a job to do. Besides the fact Gibbs will kill him if he leaves.

"DiNozzo! Get off the phone and do some work!" Gibbs barked.

"Yeah… He's yelling at me again." Tony said over the phone to Jamie.

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs stands up and starts walking over to Tony's desk.

"He got up. I have to go. Love you too." Tony quickly puts the phone down.

Seconds later, Gibbs grabs the phone from Tony's desk and rips the plug out of the wall. Afterwards, he slams the phone on the floor. The phone breaks into a couple pieces and obviously needs to be replaced now.

"This isn't social hour DiNozzo! If I tell you to get off the phone, you do it!"

"Right Boss."

Gibbs turns around to look at the others. Ziva and McGee duck behind their computers.

"Ziva…" Gibbs tries to get her attention.

"I found the residence of the Grandparents. If Danielle managed to escape, she may try going there." Ziva stated. "And I called the local police in Charlotte, North Carolina. They've already setup patrol cars in the area."

"What else?"

"McGee sent Danielle's picture to all transportation services in the area. I widened that search by sending her picture to all police and state police in the surrounding states as well. If she's spotted within seven states of Maryland, in any direction, we'll know. I also faxed the husband's picture, so we'll know if he pops up as well."

"McGee…" Gibbs tries to get his attention to find out what he has.

"I think we have a problem Boss."

"You care to elaborate?"

"I was checking medical history to see if the husband has had any bizarre behavioral issues in the past…"

"You found something."

"He had post-traumatic stress disorder after being sent home when he acquired an injury while doing some type of classified mission. The mission records are highly classified so I can't access…"

"What exactly is the problem, McGee?"

"I was just getting to it."

"It would be best for you if you get to the point quickly."

"While at the house, I found a ripped up medical document. It mentioned the birth of Danielle. So when I looked into her birth history, I found Mary Walsh was a couple weeks pregnant prior to her husband getting home. Because of his condition, he probably didn't even realize Danielle was born earlier than she should have been if she was his child."

"That gives him motive." Gibbs said. "He found out his wife cheated on him."

"And that Danielle isn't his child."

"That's why the wife was killed first. Then the oldest daughter came home to the slaughter and was also killed. Danielle probably came down stairs for breakfast only to witness the fight, got scared and fled." Gibbs said. "DiNozzo…?"

"We may have a problem when trying to approach Danielle." Tony stated.

"I'm sick of hearing the word problem."

"I found a newspaper article about a police situation where Danielle was shot with two tazer guns."

"That's horrible!" McGee exclaimed.

"What does this have to do with finding her?"

"The police thought she wasn't cooperating with them. She was walking away and she didn't know they were yelling at her to stop…"

"DiNozzo… Get to the point."

"I talked to a counselor from her school. Ever since that situation happened, she's been very afraid of authority figures. So she's going to avoid police like the plague."

"Ziva?!"

"Yes?"

"The police patrolling the Grandparent's area… Tell them they need to do it discretely. Put some under-covers out there. We don't need her seeing cops and deciding to go somewhere else."

"Also, the husband's car was located, abandoned in Strasburg, Virginia." Tony added.

"Are their any reports of stolen cars in the vicinity?"

"No… But I contacted the local police of Strasburg. If any cars are reported stolen, we'll know."

"Does anybody in this room know where she is?!" Gibbs barked as looks around the bullpen at the team. "If you all don't find her, you can find another job!"

"Boss, maybe you should take a quick break." McGee said.

"You're getting a little worked up, Gibbs." Ziva agreed.

"We have a scared teen roaming around somewhere! She knows her family was murdered! She knows the man she's been living with is after her! She's afraid of cops! And all she has to help her… Is us! I will NOT let him hurt her! Find him! Find her! And do it now!"

The team goes back to work on trying to locate Danielle. Gibbs walks back to his desk and sits down. He puts his elbows on the desk, holds his arms up and places his face into his hands. He takes a deep breath as he thinks about what it was like to lose his own daughter for fifteen years. Thoughts of what it would be like if it was Jamie who was the one missing cross into his mind. The thought of it being Jamie is what's driving him.

After a couple minutes he takes his hands away from his face. He notices the unopened envelope that's been sitting on his desk since the morning; waiting to be opened. He decides to open it.

Upon opening the envelope he pulls out the contents of it. The envelope contained a couple photos of two people together. As Gibbs flips through the photos, he becomes increasingly angry. He then glares in Tony's direction. Tony doesn't notice because he's at his desk working, or least trying to. Gibbs keeps glaring at Tony with an overwhelming feeling of wanting to shoot him.