Several thoughts were running trough Chris's head, each one was worse then the one before. Jack kept telling her that Grant could not have gotten past security, but she was not convinced. She was terrified.

Grant was a very vindictive person, and very cruel. Chris had no doubt that he would hurt or even kill Zoe in order to pay Chris back for turning him in. As every second ticked by, Chris grew more and more terrified.

Jack's phone rung and he quickly answered it, sighing in relief.

"Thanks Luce." Jack said, hanging up. He turned to Chris and smiled. "That was Lucy, Zoe is fine. She just wondered off. A man who works here found her and is bringing her back to the bull pen."

"Is the man a friend of yours?" Chris asked, as they turned and headed back to the bull pen.

"Not really." Jack said. "But he is a decent man, he will never hurt a child."

Chris nodded and tried to calm her nerves, but it was hard. She was still scared. But by the time they made it to the bull pen, Chris had gone from scared to angry. Zoe knew better then to wonder off.

Jack and Chris rushed into the room and saw Zoe being hugged by a relieved Sue.

"Don't ever do that again, young lady." Sue said sternly, as they pulled apart. The woman was knelt in front of the little girl.

"I'm sorry, Sue." Zoe sniffled. "I was just bored."

"Bored!" Chris shouted, as she stormed over to the startled girl. Chris never raised her voice at Zoe. "You snuck off and scared the crap out of me because you were bored!? How could you do something so stupid!?"

"Chris." Jack said, placing a firm hand on her shoulder. "You need to calm down." His voice was calm, but held authority.

"But she….." Chris started, but Jack held up a hand to silence her.

His voice was slightly sterner as he said. "I know, but you need to calm down."

Chris was still very upset, but she knew she had to calm down before she said something she would regret. She knew she had a bad temper at times and often spoke before she thought. She did not want to say something to the little girl that she could not take back.

A few tears run dawn Chris's cheeks and she growled in frustration. Then she turned and ran from the room. Leaving a now crying Zoe behind.

Jack was torn, both of his daughters needed him, but he was only one man.

"Go after Chris." D said, as he picked Zoe up. She buried her face into the crook of his neck and continued to cry.

"Thank you." Jack said, gratefully. He knew Zoe was in good hands.

Jack quickly went after Chris, figuring she had gone to the conference room where they had slept the night before. He opened the door and saw that he had been correct.

Chris was standing there, shaking with tears flowing down her face. She held an unlit cigarette in between her fingers. Her other hand held a lighter.

"I…I thought Grant had her." Chris cried. "I thought he had her."

Jack rushed to her and gently took the cigarette and lighter from her, tossing them on one of the couches. Then he wrapped his strong arms around her and held her tight.

Chris melted into his embrace and started crying harder.

"It's okay, Honey." Jack said gently, as he kissed the top of her head. "It's okay. Zoe is safe."

Chris's tears stopped after a few moments, but she continued to cling to Jack. She felt safe in his arms. She hadn't felt safe since the death of her Grandparents. Jack continued to hold her tight, until she finally pulled away.

"I didn't mean to yell at Zoe." Chris said.

"I know." Jack said. He grabbed a box of Kleenexes and offered them to Chris.

"I scared her." Chris said sadly, as he took a few of the tissues and wiped her eyes and nose.

"Well in your defense." Jack smiled. "Zoe scared you first. You know, turn about is fair play."

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After Jack went in search of Chris, D continued to hold the four-year-old until she had stopped crying.

After the tears stopped, D sat the girl down on her feet and knelt in front of her.

"Chris yelled at me." Zoe sniffled.

"Aw, she didn't mean to yell at ya." Bobby said, as he placed a gentle hand on her small shoulder. "She was just scared, Sweetie."

"She was scared?" Zoe asked with a confused look.

"Yes she was." D agreed, as he took the tissues that Lucy handed him. He gently wiped the little girl's tear streaked face and nose. "When we couldn't find you, Chris was real scared. Sometimes people yell at other people when they are really scared. But Chris didn't mean to yell, she loves you very much."

"I didn't mean to scare her." Zoe said, hanging her head.

"It's alright, Sweetie." Bobby said, gently squeezing her shoulder. "No one's mad at ya."

"Bobby's right." D said. "No one is mad at you." Then he gently lifted her head up so that their eyes meet, and his voice grew slightly sterner. "But you are in trouble. You knew you were not supposed to go anywhere alone, didn't you?"

"Yes Sir." Zoe sniffled slightly.

"But you did anyway." D continued, ignoring the glare Bobby was giving him. "What you did was wrong, young lady."

"I know." Zoe admitted. "I'm sorry."

"I know you didn't mean to get lost." D said. "But you broke a rule, so you have to be punished for it. Do you understand?"

"Yes Sir." Zoe said, softly.

"Come with me." D stood up and offered his hand to the girl. She reached out and placed her tiny hand into his large one. D led her over to a corner that held a small wooden table with a potted plat on it. D took the plant off and sat it in the floor, and then he moved the table out a few inches.

"Five minutes." D said, as he motioned for her to sit down.

"Yes Sir." Zoe said, sadly. She hated time outs. But she knew what she had done was wrong. She sat on the table, facing the corner.

D turned around and saw Bobby and Tara glaring at him.

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Jack and Chris walked into the bull pen and saw Zoe sitting in the corner. They also saw both Bobby and Tara alternating from glaring at D, giving Zoe's back sympathetic looks, and checking their watches.

Miles was also glancing at his watch every few seconds. Sue and Lucy were not in the room.

"I hope I didn't cross a line here." D said, as he walked over to Jack and Chris. "But from personal experience I know that children Zoe's age seem to comprehend the reason for the punishment better if it occurs immediately after the bad behavior."

"D." Jack said, not able to keep a smirk off of his face. "It looks like you are punishing Bobby and Tara more then you are Zoe."

"It also looks like they would like you to be involved in some friendly fire on your next mission." Chris said.

"I'm used to it." D said. "I mentioned that I grounded my son a month ago, and Bobby kept pulling his gun out and cleaning it. While giving me the stink eye."

"How much time has Zoe got left?" Jack asked.

D looked at his watch and said. "A few more seconds."

"Maybe you should leave her in the corner longer." Jack said. "See if Bobby or Tara really would shoot you."

"I think not." D replied.

He walked over to the small girl, with Jack and Chris following him.

"Time's up, Honey." D said.

Zoe jumped to her feet and turned around.

D bent down and hugged her, then kissed the top of her head. "Punishments over, Zoe."

He always hugged his own kids after having to punish them, even it was just a simple scolding. It was his way of letting them know that they were forgiven, that their slate was wiped clean.

D stood up and walked away, giving the new family some privacy.

"I'm sorry, Chris." Zoe said.

"It's okay, Squirt." Chris said, as she knelt in front of the little girl and hugged her. After they broke apart, Chris ran a hand through Zoe's hair. "I'm sorry too, I should not have yelled at you."

"D and Bobby said it was 'cause you were scared." Zoe said.

"They were right." Chris said. "I was very scared, so please do not wonder off again."

"I won't." Zoe promised.

"I love you." Chris said.

"I love you too." Zoe smiled.

Chris stood up.

"Zoe." Jack said, smiling at the girl. "You, Chris, and I need to talk."

"Bout what?" Zoe wanted to know.

"Something very important." Jack said, as he picked the small girl up into his arms. "Something that I am very happy about, and I hope it will make you happy too."

Jack placed a hand on Chris's shoulder, then he walked out of the room. He took the girls into the conference room they had slept in. Jack sat Zoe down on one of the couches, then he sat down beside her and motioned for Chris to sit on the other side of him.

"Zoe." Jack said, praying that he could find the right words. "I knew your Mom a few years ago, we dated."

"Really?" Zoe asked surprised.

"Yes." Jack said. "I did not know it then, but I just found out that I am your Dad."

"You're my Daddy?" Zoe asked with a huge smile. "Really? You're really my Daddy?"

"Yes." Jack smiled.

Zoe squealed in delight, then jumped up and flung herself into Jack's lap. Then she hugged the man as hard as she could.

"I guess that means you're happy about it." Jack laughed, as he returned the hug.

"Does this mean we can be a family?" Zoe asked, releasing him. She was still sitting in his lap.

"Yes it does." Jack said.

Zoe frowned and looked at her sister, then back at Jack. "Is Chris your daughter too? 'Cause I can't live with you without Chris. She's my sister."

"Chris is not my daughter the same way as you are." Jack explained. "She has another Daddy, but he can't care for her right now. I am going to adopt Chris though, because I love her very much and I want to be her Daddy too."

"What does adopt mean?" Zoe asked.

"It means that the three of us are going to be a family." Jack said.

Jack wrapped one around Zoe and the other around Chris. Chris leaned into his side and returned the hug. Zoe also returned the hug.

Jack was happier then he had ever been, this felt right to him. He knew it would be hard at times, but he also knew that they could get through the hard times. He also knew that there would be way more good times then bad times.

Chris was also happy, and confident that this was going to work out. She trusted Jack and knew he was a good man.

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An hour later, Lucy, Sue, and Levi returned to the bull pen. The two women were both carrying heavy boxes. Jack and Bobby immediately stood up and rushed over to help them.

"Thank you." Both Sue and Lucy said. Bobby and Jack sat the boxes on Sue's desk.

"This is all that was left." Sue said. "There was a fire in the girls' house a week after their Grandparents were killed. The police believe that a group of homeless people were squatting in the empty house and lit a fire in the fireplace. The fireplace was stopped up and caused the fire."

"The house was bought by a restoration company; they are fixing it up to resell. They found these things while going through the house and boxed it up, incase the owner came for it." Lucy explained. "It's items that they thought might hold significant value to someone."

She opened one of the boxes and pulled out a stuffed toy. It looked like a yellow tator tot wearing blue overalls. It had several small stitches in a few places, where someone mended holes. "Like this guy here. Looks like someone patched him up a few times."

"It's a Minion." Bobby said, taking the toy from Lucy.

"What's a Minion?" Jack asked.

"My friend." D said, placing a hand on his shoulder and smirking. "You are now the Father of a four-year-old little girl. Very soon you are going to be introduced to Minions, a talking sponge, talking horses, and many more extremely silly cartoons. Not to mention all of the princesses."

"Sounds fun." Jack said, with a frown.

"That's not the fun part." D chuckled. "The fun part is when she finds one she really loves and you watch it with her constantly. Day after day, until you know every line and every song."

"Every song?" Jack asked, worried.

"Disney movies." D replied, still smirking.

"It won't be that bad, stop scaring him." Sue scolded D, but she was laughing.

"Where are the girls?" Lucy asked.

"Changing." Jack replied. "Tara picked them up a couple suites of clothes apiece. After we get Grant off of the streets, I need to take them clothes shopping."

"You also need to go shopping for art supplies." Sue smiled.

"Art supplies?" Jack asked, confused.

"Take a look at this." Lucy said, as she reached into one of the boxes and pulled out a sketch book. It had Christina drew on the front cover in a very creative pattern.

"Chris is an artist." Sue said, as Jack took the book. "She is very talented."

Jack opened the sketch book to the first page and stared in amazement at the drawing. It was an elderly couple, Jack assumed they were the girls' Grandparents. The drawing was very good. Jack turned to the next page and saw a very realistic drawing of Zoe holding the yellow toy that Bobby had called a Minion.

"Those are amazing." Miles said. Him, Bobby, D, and Tara were looking over Jack's shoulders.

"I love my new clothes, Tara." Zoe said.

The adults turned and saw that the girls had just entered the room. Zoe was wearing a purple sweat suite with pink hearts. Chris was wearing blue jeans and a blue hoddie sweater.

"Thank you again, Tara." Chris said. "They fit great."

"Kevin!" Zoe yelled in delight as she ran over to Bobby, who was still holding the stuffed Minion.

"Here ya go, Sweetie." Bobby smiled as he handed the toy to her. Zoe hugged the stuffed toy to her chest tightly.

"Where did you find him?" Chris asked, smiling at her sister.

"Sue and I went to your old house." Lucy answered. "I'm afraid there weren't much of your belongings left. There was a fire. The people doing the restoration found these and boxed them up." She nodded towards the boxes.

"Thank you, you have no idea what this means to us." Chris said. "Grandpa won Kevin for Zoe at a carnival when she was two, it was her favorite toy. He always slept in bed with her and attended every one of her tea parties."

Chris walked over to Sue's desk ands looked inside one of the boxes. She had tears in her eyes when she pulled out an antique jewelry box. She slowly opened the lid and a couple of the tears leaked out of her eyes.

"Chris." Jack said, softly.

"It's our Grandparents Dog Tags and I.D's from the Army." Chris said, her voice thick with emotion. "They were very proud to have served their Country. It's how they met. Grandpa got wounded, had some shrapnel in his leg and shoulder. Grandma was a nurse at the MASH unit he was taken to."

Chris took a shaky breath and continued. "Grandpa used to tell us that all of the pretty nurses used to fight each other to see who would get to change his bandages and stuff. And that Grandma always won."

Then she chuckled and added. "And then Grandma would say that the only reason she had to change his bandages was because she lost the fight every time."

"They sound like wonderful people." Jack said.

"They were." Chris said. Then she noticed the book in Jack's hand.

"Sue and Lucy also found this." Jack smiled. "Are these your drawings?"

"Yes." Chris said, laying the jewelry box on the desk.

"You are very talented, why didn't you say something? I would have gotten you a sketch book so you could draw." Jack said.

"I don't draw anymore." Chris said. Her voice hard. "And I would appreciate it if you would not go through my personal belongings." Then she snatched the book from his hand and tossed it into the trash can beside Sue's desk.

"I didn't mean to upset you." Jack said, confused. "What's wrong?"

"Chris hasn't drew since Grandma and Grandpa went to Heaven." Zoe said, sadly.

"It's no big deal." Chris lied. "I used to draw; now I don't. Just drop it."

"But you are very talented." Miles said. "Those drawings are…"

"Personal." Chris cut him off. "If you will excuse me, I need to use the restroom."

Everyone noticed that she was near tears as she ran from the room.

"She said it wasn't the same without Grandma." Zoe said, also near tears. "Drawing used to make her happy, not it makes it sad."

"Let me talk to her." Sue said as she gently grabbed Jack's shoulder. He had started to go after Chris to check on her. "I believe I know why she is so upset."

Jack nodded and Sue went to look for Chris.

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Hope you liked it. I will post again soon. Thanks to the ice, I have a three day weekend.