Chapter 7

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Marie took a deep breath. She wasn't sure how to start she had never talked about Cairo. She had always planned on keeping this to herself. She never imagined that she would actually tell someone. But it was becoming too much to handle alone and she just needed to get off her chest. She found comfort in knowing that Gibbs wouldn't judge her, at least she hoped he wouldn't.

"Nine years ago my mom went on assignment in Cairo. We had to move from from England, SecNav's orders. Little did we know that The Frog was very protective of his territory. Somehow he knew that she was a cop. By then she was pretty close to bringing him down. Lets just say that he wasn't happy." She paused looking up at Gibbs before finally going on. "He stalked us. We don't know how long, but he knew things. He had photos. When he took us I saw them." This is where it got gruesome. She paused once again, not sure on how she was going to tell him everything that happened. Some of what was done to her she didn't want to repeat. She couldn't repeat.

"The first night we were there they beat my mom. Then it was my turn. I tried to fight but that only made them hit me harder. I did my best not to scream knowing that my mom would hear. I didn't want her to feel guilty what happened in Cairo wasn't her fault." Marie swallowed hard. She didn't like remembering, but she knew that the only way for her to get past this was to confront it head on. But she couldn't help but feel like a deer caught in the headlights. Despite Gibbs' comforting presence she still felt scared. She was shocked when Gibbs wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. She looked up and did her best to smile. For some reason being in Gibbs' arms knowing that he wasn't going to let anyhting hurt her gave her the strength to continue.

"They tortured my mom for days in a sick attempt to get information, and when that didn't work they found a new approach. Me." By then she was barely talking abouve a whisper but she didn't care. At least she was talking.

"They took turns often times arguing about who got the sharpest knife or the lightest whip. Either way it didn't matter because the pain was always the same. Unbearable. I actually felt bad for my mom more than I did myself because they would force her to watch. After it was all over. She would always cry and beg for my forgiveness, and of course I always would, but she didn't believe me. I don't think she ever forgave herself. So that is why she spent all that time going after The Frog, and when she told me he was dead I was relieved," Gibbs smiled and she paused, her mother had never said whether she was the one to kill him. It could've been Gibbs, she didn't doubt that he would have if anything he'd do it to protect her mom.

Marie looked Gibbs in the eye as she asked," Did you kill The Frog?"

Gibbs didn't say anything for awhile but finally he nodded. Marie couldn't help but gasp.

Gibbs looked down, he couldn't look at her. He didn't want to tell her, but he thought that she deserved to know. Now all he wanted to do was take it back. She probably thought that he was no better than those who had done this to her. He couldn't stand the thought of Marie being afraid of him, but he also couldn't blame her. He had murdered people and that was that.

He looked up at Marie expecting to see fear and repulsion in her eyes, but he saw the exact oposite. He saw love and admiration. Then she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. At first Gibbs was tense. He hadn't expected that, but soon he found himself smiling. He held her and reassured her that everything was going to be okay. She looked up at him and he was immediatly alarmed by the tears that were now present in her eyes.

"Thank you," she said sofly before burying her face into his shoulder and sobbing.

Gibbs didn't know how long they had been sitting there, nor did he know exactly when she had fallen asleep on his shoulder, but he was glad. She needed a break. After all that she had been through Gibbs was suprised that she kept going. Normal kids would have probably given up all hope by now, but not Marie. She was determined, he could see in her eyes that she wasn't going to stop until she found her mother no matter what that SOB threw her way. The more Gibbs thought about Josaf the more he wanted to kill him, not just for what he had done to Jen and Marie, but for what he was still doing to them. He could tell that Marie hadn't told him everything that happened in Cairo and he didn't expect her to. He knew that in order for her to talk about it she had to accept it. She wasn't ready to do that yet, but he made a promise to her as he watched her sleep soundly on his shoulder. He would help her deal with what had happened to her, and he was going to find her mom in the process even if it was the last thing that he did. She deserved peace and freedom from the memories and scars that still plauged her. After awhile he felt her begin to stir.

Without even relizing what he was doing Gibbs began stroking her hair soothingly and singing "Hush little baby don't say a word daddys gonna buy you a mocking bird and if that mocking bird don't sing daddys gonna buy you a diamond ring and if that diamond ring turns brass daddy's gonna buy you a looking glass." He stopped when he found that she had fallen asleep again, glad that she was finally getting the rest that she desperatly needed.

Marie. She was beautiful and strong and stubborn all at the same time, but she had this quality about her that Gibbs couldn't quite explain. He was in pure awe of Jenny's daughter, knowing that wherever Jenny was she was proud of her daughter. Just like he was.

"Don't worry Jen she's okay, and soon you will be too. I promise to find you. If its the last thing i do" Gibbs whispered to himself hoping that wherever she was she knew that.

Bullpen

"Where is Gibbs? He said he was just going down to autopsy to get Marie. Shouldn't they be back now?" Tony knew that it was none of his business but he still had to ask. Gibbs had been spending alot of time with Marie and he couldn't help but wonder why. I mean yeah she was Jenny's daughter, but that still didn't explain why he was spending so much time with her.

"Tony you really should mind your own business if not for your own sake then for Gibbs. He wants to help Marie. That little girl has been through more horrible things in her short life than most people will go through in a lifetime. Sometimes it just becomes more than one can handle alone. Just give them time don't worry our fearless leader will be back soon I promise," and with that they all went back to work knowing that Gibbs would not be to happy if he got back only to find out that his team had nothing to go on.

Their attempt to focus on work didn't last to long because Abby came running into the bullpen rambling a hundred words per minute. Tony looked at Ziva for translation only to be met with the same confused expression. After listening gor about thirty more seconds of Abby's rambling Tony couldn't take it anymore.

''Abby enough! You know that we can't understand when your talking faster than McGee can type, so why don't you slow down and start over. This time trying talking like a normal person okay," he said with a skight smile knowing that Abby probably couldn't help herself. Whatever she found it must be big, so DiNozzo sat down awaiting the grand finale.

"Okay so Ducky gave me Marie's blood to run to test for any abonormalities or reasons for why she fainted, besides the fact that the monster who tortured her for weeks called her just so she could-

"Abbs your rambling again," Tony warned, trying his best not to laugh.

"Oh right sorry its just that this is so huge. If you think that Gibbs was shocked to find out that Jenny was alive wait till he finds out that he has a daughter." By then Abby couldn't hold in the scream that had been building up ever since she found out that results. They finally had their very own Gibblet and she couldn't wait to tell Gibbs.

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