It was any normal day in DC, a six year old red haired green eyed little girl, her 10 year old sister with red hair and blue eyes and their mother who also had the same red hair as both her girls and the blue eyes of her first daughter, she was also pregnant once again, since the couple was once again trying for a son. All three made their way out to the family car climbing in. It was a normal day for them they were headed for the zoo on the bright sunny day. As the car made it's way down the road the youngest of the girls spoke.

"Mommy there are a lot of black clouds coming, maybe it's gonna rain.." the red haired woman in the front seat sighed as she looked back at her girls.

"Jennifer stop worrying okay, everything is gonna be alright okay?"

"Okay mommy.." The mother smiled as she looked towards her other child than back at the road.

"Heather is everything alright? You're being awfully quiet."

"Yes mother I'm fine.." Came the simple reply.

The car fell silent as the first flash of lighting appeared in the sky, Catherine sighed as she turned the car around with her two girls in it heading back home. A clap of thunder scared the older sister causing her to jump while the other laughed. Before anything could be said a scream came from the older sister there in front of them was a car coming straight for them, Catherine quickly swerved as she took a deep breath preparing for the worst. The rain had started coming down hard and the car slipped tipping over into the ditch as it rolled. The rain poured down as screams came from the six year old girl.

Once the car landed it was upside, carefully the six year old reached her hand up to a cut on her head, she had a few more bruises but no broken bones. Reaching over the young girl unbuckled herself and caught herself before she could fall on her head. She crawled over to where her sister was being careful of broke pieces.

"Heather? Heather wake up... Please" She said as she shook her sister. She reached for her sisters neck and tried to find a pulse letting tears come to her eyes when she found none. She had learned a lot of techniques by just watching her mother who was a nurse. Slowly the young girl crawled over to her mother.

"Mommy.. Heather isn't waking up.. Mommy? Mommy?! Mommy!' Now she started crying, crawling out of the car she looked around as she stood in the pouring rain crying she looked back at the car before she carefully made her way out of the ditch and up towards the road hoping to find help.

The six year old struggled up the side of the ditch tripping and falling in the mud as she went. She made it to the road where she saw police cars and ambulances lined up, they car that had caused them to crash had also caused many more to crash, all the men were talking at once and none would pay attention to her. She screamed trying to get their attention. All heads turned in her direction as two men came at her.

"What's your name sweetie?" The first one spoke as they tried to check out her wounds.

"I Jenny..." She mumbled looking toward the men unsure what to think.

"Okay Jenny where are your parents?" The second asked. Jenny pointed down the hill.

"Mommy and Heather there, but they dead.." She mumbled pointing to the car. Both men looked towards one another before letting out a whistle.

"Guys we've got more victims!" One man shouted as the other picked Jenny up taking her to the ambulance where they covered her cuts.

The drive to the hospital was quite one men held onto Jenny the entire time and she clung onto him she never had fatherly contact like that. As he took her inside she refused to let go, the man smiled weakly at her as he spoke.

"Hey Jenny, you gotta let go now okay, We will find your daddy and let him no you're here."

"No!"

"No?"

"My daddy away, he in the war.." the man looked towards her as he smiled weakly at her again.

"Would you like me to stay with you than?" Jenny nodded as she clung to him as he sat down in the hospital bed with her. They had been sitting there for hours talking before a nurse walked over with a lady. He smiled at them, waiting for one to speak.

"Sir, this is Josefina, she is the Shepard's housekeeper and nanny. Colonel Jasper Shepard is currently overseas and scheduled back to arrive in two days. We've reached out and contacted him about the death of his wife, oldest daughter and unborn child, he also does know that Jenny is here and he instructed that she goes home with Josefina."

With a nod the paramedic careful awoke Jenny as he whispered to her nodding. He pulled out a card and a pen as he wrote down a number handing it to jenny. She smiled and took it holding onto it as she hugged him and thanked him. He nodded as he smiled watching as Jenny left with Josefina, he was hoping that was the last time he would see her covered in bruises but he was proven wrong a few years later.

A cry, not even more like a whimper came from a twelve year old red haired, green eyed girl. The sound of a hand smacking against bare skin rang across the house, over and over again. A drunken Colonel shouted at his daughter. A housekeeper trying to save the young girl only to be pushed backwards into the night stand. Watching in horror of a scene that unfolded multiple times a week replayed, yet she could do nothing about it.

"Daddy! Daddy please!" Came the cries from the twelve year old girl.

"It is your fault! Your fault you stupid child! If it weren't for you they'd be alive!" He shouted as he smacked the young girl over and over again.

"Daddy please..." She begged as tears came to her eyes, he reminded her constantly that it was her fault her mother and sister had been killed and how she should have died and not them.

"You should be dead not them! If it wasn't for you they'd both be here today!" He shouted as he slammed her up against the wall, holding her there.

The beating had been going on for not days, not weeks, not months but years and each time it got worst, Jenny knew one day he was probably gonna kill her if he had the chance. She had fought back in the beginning, it just proved to be worthless and didn't do any good. At school Jenny would be made fun of because she was full of bruises that she tried her best to hide. Her teachers always wondered but never asked and never did anything about it.

It had been two weeks after her twelfth birthday that paramedic John Gage got a call. Out of the blue about a young girl he helped six years ago. A girl who had seemed special to him in some way but he wasn't sure how exactly..

"Hello.." John said as he answered his phone, he recognized the number as the hospital number but he was wondering why they were calling him.

"Hey, this is John Gage correct?" The person on the other line asked.

"Yes it is, what can I help you with?"

"There's a twelve year old girl here, she came in all bruised, beaten up and bloody. Looking at her chart she has you down as one of her emergency contacts.. " Before the nurse could he cut him off.

"What's the young girls name?"

"Jennifer Shepard.." John's eyes grew wide as he heard the name, it had been six years since he had last heard anything from or about this little girl.

"I'll be right in!" Was the last thing he said before he hung up. Without a second thought he asked a buddy to cover him as he took off towards the hospital. Once there he walked in and looked around scanning the noisy room in hopes of finding the young girl but that was when it hit him, he hadn't seen her in six years he might not recognize her. He walked up to a nurse who looked up towards him.

"Could I help you?" She asked glancing up at him raising an eyebrow.

"I'm looking for a Jennifer Shepard I got a call that she was here.." The nurse nodded and stood up.

"Yes of course right this way.." She said as she lead him down a few hallways to a room.

"She's in here, if you need anything you know where to find me." Was the last thing she said before walking back to the nurses station. John turned and looked in the window there lying in the bed was her. She looked like the small fragile, red haired six year old girl he had rescued after that crash. Slowly he walked in, she may have grown six years but you could barely tell. He sat down beside her as he looked over the bruise that covered her body.

"Hey..." Came the quite voice of the young girl who looked towards him. He smiled weakly at her.

"Hey you, how you feeling?" He knew it was a stupid question but he didn't wanna just blurt out and ask her what happened.

"I hurt all over but other than that I guess I'm okay.."

"Jenny, do why do you have me down as one of your emergency contacts, I don't mind I'm just wondering.."

"You're the only one I trust other than Josefina..." She said looking up towards him.

"Well was Josefina called? Does she know you're here?"

"No... Daddy fired her two years ago... He's fired a lot of the housekeepers/sitters since Josefina.. You're the only one left I trust.." John watched the little girl as she told him, he felt bad for her and he didn't know what else to do for her but he knew he had to help.

"Alright one more question Jenny, how did you get all these cuts and bruises?" The tears came to Jenny's eyes and that was when he knew something was really wrong.

"M-m-my father.. He comes home drunk and than blames me for my mother and sisters death... He beats me and tells me how I should have died and not them.. He beats me often, everyday... I come home from school and am alone with the housekeeper for awhile before he comes home drunk.. I've had many housekeeper because they try and help me and than he hurts them and than he fires them.." She says with tears falling down her cheek.

"Well don't worry, I'll get you out of there.." He says as he gets up.

"Don't go.."

"I'll be right back Jenny I wanna go make a phone call okay?" With a nod he left the room going and calling child services. Jenny had fallen asleep so he stood outside to room waiting for them, once hey arrived he walked over.

"Hello you must be John Gage, you called."

"Yes, before I take you in by her I was wondering if it was possible if me and my wife could foster her, she doesn't trust others easily."

"Well you have to go through a few stages before you get approved but it takes a few weeks at most. "

"Alright what will happen to her till than?"

"She'll be in another foster home."

"Alright..."

They both went in by Jenny and stood talking. John stayed with her till she was released from the hospital and than he watched as she went with the family, she looked back and waved promising her it would only be a week or two. John had talked with his wife who agreed to take in Jenny, they went through all the stages and when they were finally done he called child services in hopes of getting Jenny.

"Child services how can I help you?"

"Hey, I was told to call in when we were approved, and than you were going to tell me the status of Miss Jennifer Shepard. "

"Oh yes, give me one second." He could hear typing on the other side but than silence.

"What did you find?"

"It says here that the case of a Jennifer Shepard was taken to court the other day, she was sent home with her father who had sober up.."

"t-t-thanks..." He mumbled before hanging up on the person on the other end. He than turned to his wife.

"John what happened?"

"She went back to her father..."

"No..." He nods and hugs her not saying another word.

Things had been alright for awhile.. That was before Colonel Jasper Shepard was forced to step down from his position, he came home drunk once again and would beat his daughter once again. She was now fifteen and was a beauty when she wasn't covered in bruises. Her father had fallen into the wrong crowd his way of making money was now selling his daughter to men for periods of time. There was this one man who would pay large amounts for her. Since her father was drunk all the time he didn't care about his daughter's well being.

"Will you stop fighting me! You know I won't let you get away with this." He said as he smacked her once more. After multiple more smacks he let go of her and pushed her forward letting her collide with the floor. Carefully she picked herself up as she went and continued with his chores. Tears always seemed to stain the fifteen year old cheeks all the time. After finishing the cruel man choirs he would more than often have his way with her.

It had been three weeks since she last worked with the cruel man, he came back one day and she made sure she hide.

"Jennifer!" Came the shouted from her father. Two sets of angry feet hurried past her in attempt to find her. After hours of search and not hearing anything she came out of her hiding spot as she looked around. That was when she made the mistake of walking into the study. As soon as she stepped in she was attacked not by one but both men.

"Rêne get her!" Came the shouts from her father as the both beat her. The men continued to shout as they beat her. Jenny tried to fight back but soon it became too much. She didn't remember what happened next but she had passed out.

John had just gotten home and was sitting with his wife when his phone rang. He reached over as he answered it.

"Hello?"

"Is this John Gage?"

"Yes why?"

"Well, first off you and your wife are foster parents and we have a girl who needs a foster family but also she has you as her emergency contact.."

"Is the patient by any chance a Miss Jennifer Shepard?" His wife had heard him ask as she sat up looking towards him.

"Yes it is.."

"We are on our way." He said as he hung up looking towards his wife.

"What was that about John?"

"Jenny she's in the hospital again.. They called me because I'm her emergency contact and plus we are foster parents and she needs somewhere to go and they remembered we asked about her. "

"Well what are we waiting for lets go!" She says as she drags him out and to the car as they drove to the hospital. The car ride was silent as they both sat there, once at the hospital they bot walked up to the nurses station.

"Jennifer Shepard?" John said as the nurse pointed in the direction and they both took off. Once the approached the room they starred in horror. The housekeeper stood beside Jenny as she looked up towards them she smiled seeing them as she nodded leaving the room. They both approached Jenny who looked horrible.

"Jenny?"

"John is that you?" She asked looking towards him smiling as she saw him.

"Yes it's me what happened?"

"M-my father and his friend beat me till I was out cold... John he sold me to him often I was forced to do everything for him.." She said as tears came to her eyes. John hugged her carefully.

"It's okay now, you're safe. As soon as you get out of here you're coming home with us." That brought a smile to Jenny's face. John and his wife took turns staying with Jenny till she was released from the hospital. When she finally was they both were there to take her home.

As the walked into the house Jenny smiled as she looked around. She walked in and walked to one of the bedrooms she smiled as tears filled her eyes.

"You did this all for me? Thank you guys so much. You really didn't need to do this.." Jenny said as she hugged each of them.

"Actually we did.." John said as he smiled.

"Why is that?"

"We're adopting you.." Jessica said with a smile. A smile came across Jenny's face as she hugged them once again.

"Thank you so much.."

"Anything for you Jenny.

Jenny had been staying with the Gage's for three years now. It wasn't till two months after her eighteenth birthday she got invited to a large family christmas with the Gage's family. Jenny smiled as she walked along with John and Jessica. John had a sister who they were gonna go spend the holiday's with. As the approached the house they knocked, and it was answered by a man.

"John, Jessica it's great to see you guys again." He than smiled and turns to Jenny.

"Hello, I'm Jackson Gibbs, brother-in-law to John here you must be Jenny." Jenny nodded

"Yes I am and it's nice to meet you. "

As the evening went on all but two people introduced themselves , John and Jessica walked over as they finished up talking.

"You ready to go?"

"Sure but who are they?" Jenny asked pointing to a brown haired man and a red haired woman. John looked towards them and smiled as he helped Jenny with her things.

"Leroy Jethro Gibbs and his fiancée Shannon. " She nodded and walked out without another word. Little did she know that the man she had asked had seen her leave as he walked over to his mother.

"Mom, who was that with Uncle John and Aunt Jessica?"

"That was their adopted daughter Jenny, I had been telling you about Jethro.." He just nodded as he watched her leave.

It wasn't till many years later that the same red head walked into the same agency a certain Leroy Jethro Gibbs worked at. They had met in the director's office that morning a smile across Jenny's face as she shook his hand. They worked well together, Gibbs hadn't known that was the same woman he saw many years earlier not until one day when his uncle and aunt walked into NCIS.

Jenny had been working with Gibbs for weeks and he still hadn't know it was her. Jenny hadn't been in for the last three days she had taken two personal days. Jenny hadn't been in and since she started working she had never been late. Gibbs was just about to call her when the elevator bell rung. Glancing over towards the elevator his jaw dropped seeing his aunt and uncle.

"Uncle John, Aunt Jessica what are you two doing here?"

"Well we know Jenny works here and well she's been gone for the last three days we were hoping she was here.. But we were proven wrong.."

"Wait, you mean to tell me Jenny, is your adopted daughter? The one you brought to the christmas party years ago." They both nodded.

"Yeah, didn't you know that?" Gibbs shook his head.

"No she never said a word about it.."

"I'm not surprised.."

"Why is that Uncle John?"

"You never said a word to her at that party, you and Shannon were the only two who didn't say a word to you, what was she suppose to do? Come up to you and say hi I'm Jenny the red haired girl at your family christmas party years ago, everyone there talked to me except for you and your fiancée. Jethro what was she suppose to say?!"

"You have a point."

"You think?"

"Anyway other than that, Why's she missing?"

"Her real father was killed, they're calling it a suicide but Jenny thinks otherwise and hearing her reason behind it we believe he was killed too. Do we hate the man yes.. but he is still her father none the less he was the only true family she had left we gave her time to grieve." Gibbs nodded as he listened to them.

"Well you did the right thing, I promise you I'll find her no matter what.."

"Thank you..." Just than the elevator door dinged and they all glanced towards the door and in walked Jenny in a black dress and heels her hair was curled and her makeup was somewhat smudged. They all looked towards her and she stopped as she saw them turn her back to them as she wiped her eyes.

"I'm sorry... I was coming here to clean myself up before I headed home.. I didn't expect you all to be here."

"It's okay Jenny we were just worried about you." John said walking up and hugging her. She hugged him back as Jessica walked over and hugged them as well.

"You should have said something we would have been there with you.." Jenny shook her head.

"This was something I had to do on my own.. "

"So what did it finally come down too?"

"Suicide..." Jenny mumbled as she continued to hug John and Jessica, more tears rolled down her cheeks as she stood there.

"So you didn't get a folded flag?"

"I got one... I took it back to my family's house.. That house is mine now it's been in our family for generations so it's just gonna stand there, I put the flag there because I didn't want nor need a constant reminder of him." They both nodded.

"Lets get you home." Jenny nodded as she walked out with them not even look towards Gibbs as they all left.

Jenny worked under Gibbs for a few more years and fell in love but ended up leaving him which was the worst mistake of her life. She came back though and out of the three years she was there they had one drunken night and Jen ended up getting pregnant. She had gone after Rêne aka the frog in those three years and it had worked out for her. It was at the end of three years she was forced to fake her own death because of her pregnancy. Leon Vance had taken her spot, she alone raised Kate until she found out her real father had actually faked his death and had cleaned up his act except he was extremely sick. She raised Kate and took care of him till he died and she buried him once again. She would visit John and Jessica with Kate often. Now she was back and was gonna do whatever she had to to protect her family. Jenny had a rough childhood but it made her who she was.

Jenny looked towards Gibbs.

" I often have nightmares of when my father, Rêne, or both of them would beat me... That's why I toss and turn in the middle of the night, that's why I scream for help because no one helped me until I met your uncle... Jethro if it weren't for him I wouldn't be here today.. But my mind always flashes back to the pain and suffering never the good memories."

Gibbs hugged Jenny as he looked down towards her, she had started shaking towards the beginning of the story and he had held her as he told her he now kissed her forehead and rocked her.

"It's okay Jen i'm here now to protect you"

A/N: If you can tell me where John Gage comes from I'll mention you in the next chapter. Till than hoped you enjoyed the background on Jenny. Jenny, Heather, Jasper, Gibbs, Jackson and Shannon were created by CBS, John Gage, well I'd tell you but that would give the answer way. Anyway credit goes to that show for John. Catherine and Jessica were created by me. Hope you enjoy and I'll update soon.