Here For You

Well this story is almost done with. I feel like I'm updating for just one person but that's fine with me, I love her, she's awesome.

And I lied last chapter, there's gonna be another flashback in this chapter.


"You're alive?" Tony asked, stepping into the room.

"He..he told me you and Lila were dead." Nicole said. "That...that you guys came back...some reason, and got caught in some explosion at the house."

"We were just there." Tony said. "I know we love you guys but that would have been too soon of a visit for me to deal with your dad." He glanced back out of the room then looked at Nicole. "You do know..." He nodded towards the other room.

"I know who he is." Nicole said, rolling her eyes slightly. "I'm not that stupid."

"Nicole, we have to get you out of here." Tony muttered. Nicole looked uncomfortable all of a sudden and Tony wondered if she was going to start exhibiting Stockholm syndrome. "Nikki...I'm serious...look this guy helped put your sister in a coma! She's in a hospital right now, fighting for her life. Eight years Nikki...we thought you were dead for eight years. Lila lost it!" Nicole looked down, her arms crossing loosely over her stomach. Tony frowned slightly and his mind came up with every possible scenario.

"I think this little reunion is done with." Lester stood at the doorway, now with a gun. "Back to the other room now, both of you." Tony and Nicole walked slowly from the bedroom. Lester followed them then quickly put an arm around Nicole, holding her as a shield in case Tony pulled a gun or someone else came in.

"You're even worse then I originally thought." Tony said, his eyes narrowed as he glared at the other man. Lester just laughed and Nicole winced as his arm tightened around her. "Let her go."

"Why, so you can shoot me?" Lester asked.

"You're a coward, hiding behind a young girl." Tony said. He had to be careful how he did his goading. He didn't want Lester to just turn and shoot Nicole. He couldn't hear anything from the upper levels and wondered how his team was holding out.

"Insurance policy." Lester said, and for the first time he actually looked unsure. Tony was a little surprised that Lester might actually be starting to think that he really couldn't get away this time.

"It's all over Randalls." He said. "You got a run, over ten years. Time's up."

"No." Lester said, tightening his hold on Nicole once more. She grimaced and tried to wiggle away but froze when the gun came to rest on her head. "Behave Princess."

"Let her go." Tony said, teeth gritting. He'd be damned if he'd let this psycho kill someone that meant so much to himself and Lila. "You wanna shoot someone...shoot me!"

"What?" Nicole asked.

"If you insist." Lester said, turning the gun away. A door opened behind him just as the gun went off. Tony stumbled back against the wall, mentally saying thanks to Gibbs for making him wear a bulletproof vest under his coat. It still hurt and he could hear Nicole screaming and then there was a cracking sound and Tony looked up.

At first he thought that Abby was the one standing over Lester who was now lying on the floor, looking surprised. One of her hands held a tire iron while the other, still wrapped in a cast, went forward and linked through Nicole's arm, dragging her back. Tony frowned slightly, about to open his mouth to ask what the hell Abby was thinking, when he realized that it wasn't her. It was her clothes of course, but the woman wearing them wasn't his bouncy little goth forensics friend.

"Lila?" Tony was amazed he could say anything at that moment. Lila glanced at him and flashed a quick smile before returning her gaze to Lester as he got to his feet.

"You live through anything, don't you?" Lester said, glaring at the new comer.

"I'm persistent." Lila said, holding the tire iron up again.

"I can tell." Lester said.

"You're not getting out of this alive." Lila said. "I know you real well by now. You'll just get out of jail, pay your way out." Tony couldn't believe what he was hearing. He knew, of course, that Lila was right, but he couldn't believe that she was implying that she was going to actually kill the man. She could never kill someone, never had been able to. Although now that he thought about it, she must have been the one to off the man on the beach near where they had found her.

"Then do it." Lester said, holding his arms out. "Come on Lila, do it. Hit me...kill me. You know you want to."

"Don't think I won't." Lila said. While she looked determined, Tony could tell she was faltering. He slowly started reaching for his gun.

"Then do it." Lester repeated. Lila frowned and lifted the tire iron but didn't move to strike.

The second Tony noticed that Lester had his hand bent, aiming his own gun towards Lila and Nicole, was the second that Nicole had grabbed Lila and both girls fell to the floor just as the gun went off. A second gunshot went off and Lester stumbled before falling across the coffee table in the middle of the room, a bullet wound in his back. Tony looked to his side to find Ziva, a gash on her forehead and a split lip, standing next to him with her gun raised. She slowly lowered it and looked at Tony.

"Nice timing." Tony said. Ziva smiled slightly before the two of them went over to the girls. "Lila? Nikki?"

"Ow." Lila said. "Definitely not healed up enough for that sort of fall." She sat up, rubbing her arm. She looked at Tony. "Bulletproof vest?"

"Yep." Tony said, reaching forward to push Lila's hair out of her face.

"Good boy." Lila said. She suddenly paused and frowned slightly. "What did you say...Nikki?" Tony nodded over at Ziva who was crouched by Nicole and checking a bruise that was on the girl's neck. Lila looked over slowly and her eyes widened. "Oh my god."

"Lila." Nicole said, looking a little uncertain. There was second where no one did anything and then the sisters were hugging and crying.

"I almost expected that to be your first action when you saw her awake." Ziva said, looking at Tony.

"I'll get my hug soon enough." Tony said.

"Why is she wearing Abby's clothing?" Ziva asked.

"How should I know?" Tony asked.

"Abby's sitting in the hospital room in a hospital gown right now." Lila said, looking at the two NCIS agents. "I needed to get here and convinced Ducky of that. He called Abby in and we switched clothes so when I walked out of the room, the guards would just think I was her."

"Now that's just sneaky." Tony said. Lila smiled slightly. Tony helped the sisters to their feet and got his hug from Lila when she threw her arms around him and leaned against his chest.

A few minutes later they were standing outside surrounded by police cars and ambulances. Tony and Ziva stood back, letting the sisters have a private moment to talk. Tim joined them, his arm in a sling, and said nothing as the three of them stood by and watched Lila and Nicole. Lila held out the locket and Nicole happily put it back around her neck.

"Hey guys...where's Gibbs?" Tony asked after a few minutes of just watching.

"I saw him over at an ambulance there." Tim said, pointing to an ambulance a small distance from the one they were near. They could see the back of Gibbs' head so they all just turned their attention back to Lila and Nicole. As they watched, Nicole stood up and hugged Lila before walking over to the agents, leaving Lila to get fussed over by paramedics.

"How you holding up?" Tony asked, giving Nicole a light hug.

"I don't know yet." Nicole said, sighing. "I...I never held any illusion that...Lester was a good guy or anything. But...eight years...I...I don't know how I'll behave or anything yet."

"We're here for you." Tony said. "Come here. These are special agents Tim McGee and Ziva David."

"Hi." Nicole said, smiling slightly as she shook their hands.

"Nice to meet you." Ziva said.

"Yeah, like she said." Tim said.

DiNozzo, David, McGee." Gibbs said, walking over. His hand was being held tightly by the little six year old boy he had found in the attic. The agents looked at him then at the child.

"Nicky, you're okay!" Nicole said, dropping to her knees. The little boy paused then let go of Gibbs' hand and ran into Nicole's arms. The baseball hat flew off his head as he ran and light brown hair was revealed. Tony tilted his head, looking at the boy's large brown eyes then at Nicole's blue eyes. He frowned slightly, remembering that Lester had blue eyes as well.

"Who is the child, Gibbs?" Ziva asked.

"That's Nicolas." Gibbs said, crossing his arms loosely. "He's six." He looked at Tony who was too busy doing mental comparisons.

Nothing in the kid reminded him of Lester. The hair was too light to really match with Nicole's. Their noses however were the same as the whole family's had been. Overall, there were resemblances but something was just off. He couldn't quite figure it out and it bugged him. Maybe the boy wasn't Lester's but Tony didn't want to think of who else would possibly have done things to Nicole. Poor innocent little Nicole who had only been sixteen the last time he saw her. Twenty four now. It hurt to think that even just one person had violated the girl in any way.

"Looks like Delilah's done getting checked by the paramedics." Tim said. All eyes turned towards the ambulance as Lila walked over to them. She moved slowly, still sore and obviously weak. Tony could only guess that she had pulled something on the paramedics to let her come see them rather then have them all called over to her. She was tricky that way.

"MOMMY!" Nicky spoke up for the first time. Tony's eyes widened as he watched the boy pull himself from Nicole and ran at Lila. He stared, hardly believing it, as Lila got down to hug Nicky tightly. His mind started going into overdrive. Six...the boy was six. Lila was his mom. Last time Tony saw Lila was six years ago and they had slept together. Nicky's eyes, they were Lila's large brown ones. And the hair...it was like his own hair, he knew that. Other visual similarities between himself and the boy popped into his mind, one right after the other, faster then he could keep track.

Six Years Ago - Washington

"This is the worst part." Tony said, wrapping his arms around Lila.

"I know, but I have to go." Lila said. They stood in an airport, Lila had to be on her way to Seattle soon.

"Why can't you just stay?" Tony asked. "How dangerous would it be?"

"Too dangerous." Lila said. She tilted her head up and kissed him softly. "Tony, there are some things going on, that right now I just can't tell you. But I need to know that you trust me and you trust that when it's all over, you'll learn everything."

"I always trust you." Tony said.

"Can you promise me that...when you do find out...you won't be mad at me?" Lila asked.

"Do I ever get mad at you?" Tony asked.

"Sometimes." Lila said. Smiling slightly. "But not for long."

"Exactly." Tony said. He kissed her again and this one went on longer.

"Remember when we were talking about names?" Lila asked. Tony nodded. You never did answer me when I asked what you would pick."

"I don't know." Tony said, running his hand over Lila's hip. "I guess...for a girl I might use Isabelle...for a boy, probably Nicolas. Never really thought much on it to be honest. Think the last time I put any effort into thinking on names was when we were babysitting that kid."

"Mr bubbles." Lila said, laughing.

"Hey, least it's not as bad as all the spaghetti sauce you got." Tony said, grinning.

"Now boarding flight to Seattle." The speakers announced.

"I have to go." Lila said.

"Take care of yourself alright?" Tony asked. He toyed with a loose strand of hair. "And come back soon."

"I'll try." Lila said, her eyes flashing a hint of sadness but it was gone before Tony could really see. "Don't forget your promise, Dinny."

"I won't." Tony said.

Present

He finally understood what she meant the last time he had seen her. What she was hiding, what she had made him promise. She was pregnant that last time. Tony looked at Gibbs and realized the older man knew the whole time. He looked back at Lila and Nicky. He felt mixed emotions, anger being one of them at first. He had a son for six years and didn't even know about it. But the anger faded away as he understood Lila's reasons for not telling him.

"Tony." Nicole said. Tony blinked and shook his head to get himself refocused. He looked at Nicole as she stood nearby. She smiled slightly and nodded over at her sister. "You should...you know."

"Yeah." Tony said, nodding. He patted Nicole's shoulder then walked over to Lila. She looked up as he got closer.

"Nicky...this is Tony DiNozzo." Lila said, turning her son around gently to look at Tony. Nicky's face scrunched up slightly as if he were trying to remember something. Lila squeezed his shoulders, smiling softly. Tony got caught off guard when the little boy came to him and hugged his legs. Lila stood up carefully and brushed her hair out of her face. "He umm...he knows."

"Oh." Tony said, nodding. He watched Lila chew on her lip. He knew she was waiting for his reaction. He smiled a bit and got down on one knee to be on Nicky's level. "So...you're my boy huh?"

"That's what mom says." Nicky said.

"Couldn't have asked for someone better." Tony said, smiling. Nicky actually smiled back and threw his arms around Tony. Lila smiled as she watched them. "You been taking care of your mom for me?"

"Yep." Nicky said. "Well...I been trying. Didn't do too good."

"Nah, you did just fine." Tony said. "Between you and me...your mom is a little crazy. She gets herself in trouble all the time. But I can tell, you stayed brave through this. And that actually helped a lot more then you know."

"Really?" Nicky asked, his eyes widening in surprise.

"Oh yeah." Tony said, nodding. "In fact, you were so brave, that...you're going to get to be an honorary member of NCIS."

"Cool!" Nicky said. Tony smiled and looked at Lila as she laughed. "Mom did you hear that?"

"Yeah, hun, I heard." Lila said. "Can you go talk to Gibbs while I talk to you dad for a bit?"

"Do I have to?" Nicky asked.

"Please?" Lila asked.

"Oh okay." Nicky said. Lila smiled and bent down to kiss his forehead. "Ew, mom! Not in front of the ambulance people!" Lila laughed as Nicky wiped at his forehead and walked away.

"Good kid." Tony said.

"Yeah." Lila said. "Really smart too. No idea where he got that from."

"Hey!" Tony said. Lila smiled. "Could have gotten it from me."

"Oh come on Dinny." Lila said. "You're not exactly..." She was cut off by Tony kissing her. She carefully wound her arms around his neck while his snaked around her waist.

Tony knew that this time, she was staying. No one was going to leave this time.


Aww, everyone's together now! And yeah, it was a little mean of Lila to stop talking to Tony after she gets pregnant but she was seriously just out to protect him. People do what they can to keep people they care about safe.