Chapter 11
"That's enough for today Tony" The physical therapist told Tony who wanted to push himself further.
"I'm not tired" Tony argumented, but the argument had no fire in it.
"But I am. Besides you have some water therapy on schedule tomorrow. Listen to me Agent Dinozzo." The therapist said, using Tony's title to get him to listen.
"Tone's what's going on?" Alexandra asked as she let herself in into Tony's room.
"I'd…" Tony shut himself up, the look in Alexandra's eyes told him to silence.
"He's pushing himself?" Alexandra asked as she looked at the therapist, who's name tag said 'Gene Franks'.
"That's an understatement." Gene sighed.
"Tone's" Alexandra said softly as she sat down beside Tony on his bed. "Remember what I said yesterday? The more you push, the harder it gets, you need to trust me to work you hard enough. I was thinking of having him stand up and get himself to the chair, with my support ofcourse."
"I don't know" Gene said.
"I'm with Alexandra" Tony said quickly.
"I need you to promise me to never give up and to tell me if it hurts. You know, trust is a two way street." Alexandra said. "Let me look at the arm first."
"What do you got for me Abs" Gibbs said as he strode into Abby's lab.
"On time as always" Abby grinned and started to tell him about everything she found out.
"Good work Abs" Gibbs kissed her cheek before he picked up his phone and entered the elevator, he ordered his team to go pick up the suspect and bring him up, promising to bring lunch to them all.
Back at the house Tony stood up, grinning at the physical therapist and Alexandra. Alexandra was on one side, the therapist on the other side as he slowly moved the short distance to his chair. He sat down exhausted but happy.
"Good work Tony" The therapist said. "You'll be back on your feet before you know it. I'll be back tomorrow at noon to bring you to the hospital's pool."
"I'm heading to the hospital for a couple of hours tomorrow, we can meet you there" Alexandra suggested, Gene nodded and thanked for the day, saying '12:00 tomorrow'.
As Alexandra and Tony was left alone in the house first named looked at Tony.
"I'm so proud of you" she said as she dried her tears.
"I'm getting there" Tony said.
"Not about you walking or standing up you fool. I'm proud of your strength and determination. You still got miles to go, but you'll get there."
Tony blushed and mumbled something.
"I'll ask McGee to bring your laptop tomorrow after the hospital visit. Shall we give 'Runaway train' a shot?" Alexandra asked.
"Yeah, let me get a bottle of water and a couple of pills and I'll be good to go." Tony said.
"I'm glad we found a sort you don't react like a loony on." Alexandra grinned.
"As I recall you didn't act less of a loony on the pills after the surgery." Tony teased right back.
"If Ju was here he'd tell you that I always act like a loony" Alexandra said and they both laughed.
At NCIS, the case was easily closed after finding their suspect. Gibbs sent the team home, for once not aware of Leon standing upstairs and looking at them. He was satisfied with their work and though he didn't say it, he was glad that they didn't need to bring in another agent, ever since Tony had saved Alexandra's life, Leon had seen Tony with other eyes. He didn't show anyone that, not till the rescue mission of Ziva. And when Tony dove into the Potomac to save Gibbs and… even then he didn't cut Tony much slack… it wasn't till recently when Alexandra had called him, that he realized how hard he had been on the agent. He knew he had to let Tony know what a good agent he knew he was. He knew what he had to do and he was planning it as he entered his office.
Opening the front door Gibbs came to a stop. Music, his daughter and Tony, his son, was singing again. He smiled as he stood himself in the living room door.
He was amazed by the strength in Tony, not only his voice, but to see him almost back to normal, they'd just had to work on getting him back to his feet now… suddenly Alexandra sat down beside Tony in the couch.
As always Alexandra paused the game, knowing Tony's limit and maybe her own, or maybe she just felt that they weren't alone anymore.
"Hi dad" Alexandra said before she turned to look at him.
Chapter 12
A few days later Tony sat at the desk in his room at Alexandra's place. Scrolling through pages, finally finding what he was looking for.
"Sarah Gibbs 1989 Born to Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Shannon Gibbs. Baby sister of Kelly Gibbs." Tony scrolled downwards and came to a stop, reading silently to himself "With great sadness we've said goodbye to our beloved daughter and sister Sarah Gibbs." Looking further into it Tony almost gasped '6 month old child died in the care of' and some hospital name. He knew what this meant… It meant that someone had kidnapped Gibbs 6 month old daughter, switched her for someone else and made them believe she was dead…
"You ready" Tony nearly jumped out of his skin as he heard his boss's voice.
"Yeah." Tony said as he closed down the page and wheeled himself towards the door.
The ride to the hospital went fast, they just picked up Alexandra and then went to the NCIS. There Gibbs left Alexandra in the bullpen and brought Tony with himself to Abby's lab.
Reflections
"Bossman" Gibbs turned and looked at Abby, he groaned wordlessly, the look on Abby's face, she wanted something and he knew that whatever it was, he better say yes or she'd be like a kicked puppy for the rest of the week and the weeks to come.
"Yes Abs?" He said, focusing his eyes on her, he smiled at what he read, she had yet to speak or sign, but it had nothing to do with work.
"I was thinking" She bit her lower lip.
"Good girl" A chuckle was heard from the door, she gave up a squeal and flew to the owner of the voice. At the door Tony sat in his wheelchair, but the look on his face, ever since Kyle had downloaded those songs and Tony and Alexandra had been singing, he was almost the same as before he was shot.
She hugged him close till he asked her to stand back a few seconds.
"Tony, don't o…" Gibbs silenced, he knew what Tony was about to do, but the look in the younger man's eyes told him to just stand ready to catch him if he'd fall. Abby choked back tears as she watched her friend bite his teeth together and push himself upright from the chair, as he found his balance he came to a halt, took one step, on hand against the wall, the other hand landing on Gibbs shoulder as Gibbs hurried over to support the man who was more like a son to him, then anything else.
"I'm so proud of you" Abby all but sobbed as she stood herself in front of Tony and Gibbs, gently wrapping her arms around the first named.
Reflections
"Leon" Alexandra said as she met him at the stairs in the bullpen. He wrapped his arms around her.
"Alexandra" He said with warmth, causing everyone to stop what they were doing and look at the pair. Only Ziva and Tim smiled and went back to their work as the others on the floor looked shocked.
"Tony's down in the lab with Abby and daddy" Alexandra leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Let's go to my office" Leon said softly before looking at the staff, first at Ziva David who nodded back at him and Tim McGee who did the same. "Go back to work, I doubt Agent David and Agent McGee's the only two who got something to do, but if that's the case I'm sure they got something for you to do." Papers was shuffled and faces was turned down as Alexandra and Leon Vance took the stairs to Leon's office.
Reflections
"Time to sit down?" Gibbs asked, his eyes locked in Tony's.
"Think so" Tony said, exhausted. He let Gibbs and Abby lower him back into the chair. "Thanks" he said, blushing softly, knowing that if Alexandra had been there she'd tell him to accept the help and that there were no weakness in accepting help.
"My daughter's got through to you eh?" Gibbs asked with a rare but soft smile. One they had seen more the last few months that he had had his daughter in his life.
"She'd tell me to suck it up, accept the help, getting stronger and accepting help is no weakness" Tony mimicked the words and the voice of Gibbs daughter, causing Gibbs and Abby to laugh softly.
"She's got to you" Abby teased.
"She's always known how to talk to me" Tony said softly. "Wasn't the first and wont be the last. Besides Gibbs, your granddaughter's even sterner then her mother, I think it's Hetty's influense, maybe even Director Vance" Tony chuckled.
"Talking about your daughter" Ziva's voice was heard from the door. "Good to see you well and here, yes?" She looked at Tony.
"Yeah, thanks Zeeeevaa" Tony drawed out her name, a playful smile on his lips.
"Alexandra?" Gibbs asked, impatience and worry etched his voice.
"She is upstairs with the Director. Shocked the rest of the floor, Vance asked everyone if they had nothing to do and that me and Ziva could give them something to do" McGee grinned from the door.
"I'm glad she's had Vance in her life." Gibbs smiled vistfully.
Reflections
"So everything's going good?" Leon asked as Alexandra sat down on his desk.
"Yeah, me and dad's getting closer, Tone's getting better, he's not as worried about the job anymore, thanks." Alexandra said.
"Good, was the least I could do. I've failed to inform my agent about his worth here at NCIS and out in the field, not to mention his worth to you Alexandra." Leon said softly.
"Back then, I had just learned to trust you and the Mackenzie's. Back first when Jenni was born, I did somewhat trust you. Before I gave birth to Jenni, Jackie had a talk with me. What she said made sense when I was of running with Jenni in my arms. I had to keep fighting for Jenni but I was no longer alone. My road ended in front of Kyle's home, I remember knocking at their door, Kyle taking Jenni and I collapsing in mama's arms."
"Kyle called Juho, who called me. Juho's mom, your adoptive mom had just died. I took contact with the hospital, dealed with the paperwork and made sure Jenni would stay with Kyle when you'd be back of shore." Leon said.
"I somehow knew it had to be you." Alexandra smiled softly "Loosing Jennifer, Juho's mom, was hard. She died before she got to meet her granddaughter, her namesake. When Jenni turned to and I was still at sea, I couldn't take it, I asked to resign, unit chef would look into it. It wasn't till the boat sank and I nearly lost my entire team that survival became a have to. Mark was injured but dove under to bring me up after everyone else was up again, unit chef took over and helped me stay on the surface and then as taken from a movie with superheros, Anthony appeared beside me, checked on everyone and kept me floating" Alexandra felt Leon's arms around her.
"He and me as in the chopter, he told me to get the ladder or he'd jump from where we were, was probably the first time I saw what a good person he was, not to mention agent, he'd get to lead a team any day he want, he took over the leading role from me without a single thought, he gave orders, I just followed them." Leon smiled.
"He never told me" Alexandra said "he just showed up there and after that he always been in my life, but looking back, he was in my life back when I was pregnant with Jenni, I was chased, he showed his badge, got me to the hospital, that was two weeks before I gave birth to Jenni. He made sure Kyle knew where I and Jenni was, after bringing me home from the sea, he brought me and Kyle closer. Me and Kyle renewed our vows, Jenni was 3, Anthony was the best man, Juho gave me away." Alexandra smiled at the memory.
"I was at the back of the church, followed you in the distance, making sure you were safe and happy" Leon revealed.
Chapter 13
"Sit down" Abby patted on the floor of the lab, beside herself. Alexandra smiled at her as she walked over and sat down beside her.
"So what do you want to know?" Alexandra asked with a smile.
"You're married to my… to Kyle, you call his mom Mama and your adoptive sister of Dr. Juho Mackenzie." Abby began.
"I'm married to your brother, your biological brother. I call your biological mother Mama. Juho's my brother through law." Alexandra confirmed. "Any more questions?" her voice held no sarcasm or animosity.
"How do you know the Director? I've only heard Gibbs call him Leon, even though Gibbs gets stared at when he does" Abby finished in thoughts.
"Juho's family took me in, I came to them as a 13 year old, no fosterhome accepted me cause of some fights I had been to, only one person, actually two persons" Alexandra said and looked at Abby "Two person's never gave up on me, unfortually they couldn't provide me with the stability I needed. Jackie and Leon, they weren't married then, they had just started to see each other, but they helped me back on track, Leon brought me to the Mackenzies and I've belonged there ever since. Still when I was 17, going on 18 I went into an heated argument with a person, me and this person…"
"Your life not been easy…" Abby said as Alexandra silenced.
"I'm lucky" Alexandra said "Back then, parents wanted me to go to jail for the fight, though I didn't start the fight, neither did I end it. Once again Leon came to the rescue, he told them I was soon to be a marine, the judge had a conversation with both lawyers and my supervisor, Chief Roger Dale. They found it best for me to be let go of the lawsuit, their punishment on me for the fight, was handed over to Chief Dale. I was scrubbing floors and stuff without any complaints. Unfortually Chief Dale was injured on my first turn. He was still my chief, until I was 22. My unit chef was hard, never once called me by my first name, not till the day I was resign, when Anthony jumped into the water and saved my life. I was 24, going on 25 and a mom of a 2 year old." Alexandra looked down at the floor.
"So you and Kyle hadn't always…?" Abby asked.
"No… I met him, fell in love but with my insecurity issues I was hell to live with… I wasn't the nicest… It wasn't till I was in month 8… I had been sent home as soon as we knew I was pregnant, I worked from an office. Spent the last two weeks of the pregnancy at the hospital. I soon realized I wasn't safe, being me, pissing of the wrong persons… they found me" She silenced again, fighting of a panic attack.
"Easy" A voice reached through to her, looking up she met the eyes of Special Agent Ziva David. "Breath with me" Ziva said as she was kneeling in front of Alexandra, who did as she was told, blushing at having to be reminded.
"Everything ok?" Alexandra asked as she got her breathing in check, trying to smooth over her own reaction to her memories.
"Gibbs asked me to check on you, you ok now, yes?" Ziva said.
"Yeah, passed nightmares" Alexandra waved with her hand. "Don't we all have them" she brushed it of and then saw the look in Ziva's eyes before she looked away.
"Many have" Ziva said.
"She was a prisoner in…" Ziva shook her head as she rose, silencing Abby.
"If Ziva wishes to not speak about it, its up to her. Tony saved your life" Alexandra said.
"He is good at that, yes?" Ziva made it sound like a question, though both women knew it was a statement.
"Yeah he is… he's a good swimmer too, even after the y-pestis… Dad's always been as gruff as he is?" Alexandra said teasingly, trying to ease the tention.
"Yeah, but we know he loves us" Abby grinned back and was rewarded with a smile, similar to the rare ones they got from their bossman.
"I remember the day… in the ally with my 2 days old daughter… I had to escape the hospital, with my daughter…" Alexandra closed her eyes for a second "we were the hunted, they hadn't noticed my daughter yet, I had to keep her safe. I was running out of time, they were catching up on me when I heard his voice 'NCIS hands where I can see them' I took my flight and he ordered the men to not shoot after me… I wish I'd known what I know now"
"What is that?" Abby asked
"That the one who gave me time to put my daughter safe, the one who made sure I got away safely… that he is my father"
The end
Hope you liked it :) Was so short chapters so I posted them all at once ;)
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