Ch 7

Juliet sat at Gibbs' desk waiting for him to return. She perked her head up when she saw him and Ziva step out of the elevator. Gibbs walked over to her and pulled back her rolling chair. He pulled up another one from another desk and sat down in front of his computer. Juliet scooted around to watch what he was doing. He had Kate's file pulled up and was editing her status from deceased to missing. He then proceeded to pull up her family file and wrote down a number.

He picked up his phone to dial the number when Juliet opened her mouth to say something. "What are you doing?" she asked. Gibbs waved a hand to dismiss her comment. "Hello? Is this Brian Todd?" Juliet froze. Brian didn't know she had come here. He thought she was at her friend's house. "This is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and I have found your daughter, Juliet Todd." I'm dead, thought Juliet. Brian is going to kill me. Literally. It was hard to make out the conversation, because all she could hear was Gibb's side of it, but it went something like this "No, she showed up here this morning sir. We have taken good care of her. Well you're welcome. No, we've reopened Kate's death investigation. Yes we know. We know sir! Well we will be here. If you would be of help then sure, you can come. Okay, I'll tell her. No she knows too, we talked to her this evening. Nope, not mad. Ari is dead. For six years. All right, we can put her in protective custody if you prefer. It's probably best if you don't have contact then. Sure, here she is."

Gibbs handed the phone to Juliet. She reached out her shaky hand and took it from him. She put the phone up to her ear with a grimace. "Brian?" She said quietly. "Juliet Todd! I'm so glad you are safe. It's a good thing you went to them when you did, because none of us knew Ari was dead." Juliet released a sigh of relief. He wasn't mad at all, he was happy. "They are going to put you in protective custody for know Jules, You won't be able to talk to me again for a while. Please help then find Katie for us." Juliet giggled; she loved it when Brian called Kate, Katie. All of her brothers called her that. Even she called her that sometimes. "Okay Brian, I will. Yeah, I love you too. I will! Bye."

Juliet hung up the phone and looked at Gibbs. He had a smile on his face. "He wanted me to tell you that he wasn't angry with you, but I guess you can see that now." He patted her on the back and stood up. "Come on." He said. "What?" asked a confused Juliet. "You're in our protective custody. Everyone spends the night at my house tonight to help me protect her. Let's go!" Said Gibbs as he started walking towards the elevator. The rest of the team stood up as they scrambled to gather their things and followed closely behind Gibbs. Everyone stepped into the elevator behind Gibbs and it began is descent towards the parking garage.