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To say Hetty was worried was an understatement. She had just gotten off the phone with the director to update him on the situation; she called yesterday about the threat on their lives and being compromised. He had told her to take her team off the case but she wouldn't. Thinking back to her conversation with him last night about taking the team off the case, she sighed.

*Flashback-

"Leon if I take them off of this, you know just as well as I do that Mr. Callen will ignore it and go after her, and his team will follow, along with Mr. Beal and Ms. Jones and maybe even Mr. Higgins. She is his only family he has and he plans on keeping it that way." Hetty told him slightly frustrated.

"I know Henrietta but I had to ask. Gibbs knows there is something wrong." Leon replied.

"Really?"

"When you ordered Sliver Cube into motion, it sent off an alarm here. He's here and wants to talk to you."

Hetty sighed. "Alright."

"Hetty?" Gibbs said.

"Hello Jethro."

"What's going?"

"It's a very long story." Hetty started.

"I got time."

"About 3 weeks ago Mr. Callen and Mr. Hanna were approached by a young woman, early twenties. Turns out she is his niece."

"Niece?" Gibbs replied shocked. "I thought he didn't have any family."

"He didn't think so either. Remember Amy Callen, his sister?" Gibbs hummed in agreement. "Well, turns out she had a daughter by the name of Madison. She had disappeared after her mothers murder so he never knew. In short she found him, after a long hard 2 years. Thursday night we went out for some fun as a team, yesterday we got a call from her. She was being chased; they caught her at the boardwalk. Mr. Callen and his team couldn't get to her in time. We are still trying to locate her, but the man Ethan Bishop, sent a live video link of her being held. She's beaten, tired, dehydrated and scared. It's bad Jethro and I don't know what Mr. Callen will do if we don't find her in time." Hetty finished.

"Damn it." Gibbs muttered. "Where are they now?"

"Working then hopefully getting some sleep. We all have to stay here tonight. Mr. Callen however is working out, probably to the point of exhaustion." Hetty told him. "Jethro?"

"Yeah?"

"Mr. Callen is…he would never admit it, but he's scared. Scared of not finding her in time, and quite scared of being a Uncle when all his life he's been alone."

"I wouldn't doubt it." Gibbs replied. "Do you need our help?"

"I don't…I don't know." Hetty said for the first time not knowing.

"How worried are you?" he asked.

"Very." Came her reply.

"We'll be out there by morning." Gibbs told instantly before handing the phone back to Vance to go get his team.

-End Flashback*

That had been at 10 o'clock last night and it was now 6:30 in the morning. Hetty knew they needed to find her soon before it turned into another Dom case. She knew the team feared that and she feared it as well, even though Maddie wasn't even an Agent. She grew on everyone so fast that she became easily part of their family. She smiled remembering Callen that first week and how happy he was, she can't remember seeing him happier then he had been that week. Now all she could do was wait, and pray they found her…alive.

Her phone went off startling her and she quickly answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hetty." Gibbs said. "Morning."

"Good Morning Jethro."

"We need clearance to get in."

"I'm on my way." She replied hanging up.

Callen

During the night Callen sat there in front of the TV thinking, watching and dozing in his chair. He had gotten a total of 2 and half hours of sleep before giving up and watching Maddie. It was 6 in the morning before any of the others woke up and it happened to be Sam first.

"You get any sleep?" Sam asked him pulling up a chair next to him quietly.

"Some." Callen answered.

"How much?"

"2 and half at most."

"You've just been watching this?"

"Yeah." Callen said quietly. "She's been trying to stay awake. Probably afraid of what would happen if she fell asleep."

"What does she keep glancing at?" Sam asked curious.

"I think Ethan's sitting in the room, she was relaxed until 30 minutes ago when she glanced towards something behind the camera and tensed up, been that way since."

"Think he'll stay there long?"

"Who knows..." Callen said, they watched as Maddie looked behind the camera before looking back at the camera and slumping against the chair letting out a breath. "I think he just left."

There was a few minutes where they both just sat there watching her. She started to move her mouth, which was silent to them.

"What you think she's doin?" Sam asked. "Trying to tell us something?"

"No, I think she's singing." Callen said softly looking at her.

"They fall asleep like that?" Sam asked gesturing towards Kensi and Deeks snuggled together.

"Yep. I wonder when they will finally realize they are perfect for each other." Callen replied smiling a little.

"I don't know but I'll be thankful when they get together and all the sexual tension will be gone." Sam said quietly. "You wouldn't mind them dating and working together?"

"No as long as they don't mix the two. I don't follow Gibb's rules you know."

Sam chuckled. "I noticed."

A few more minutes passed before Callen decided to speak up wanting to get something's off his chest. "When we find her I'm giving her an option." Callen said so quietly Sam almost didn't hear him.

"Option?" he asked confused.

"The option of staying with me or leaving."

"Why on earth would you do that?" Sam said looking at his partner in disbelief.

"It's my fault her mother is dead, it's my fault she lived in fear for 2 years, it's my fault she slept on the streets, it's my fault she practically got raped, it's my fault she's been taken. Staying with me is not a good idea, so if she wants to leave she can." Callen told him quietly looking at her.

"I'm gonna spell this out for you G alright?" Sam told him firmly trying to get it through his head. "If you give her that option we both know what she will and should say. She's not going to leave you. We both know that and why would she? You want her to leave after all that's happened? Put her back out on the streets? She needs you G. She loves you, she needs her Uncle to take care of her. You are her only family G and you know what it's like to not have family around, you and her both need each other. You know that."

"I know." Callen told him after a moment or two. "I know I just...Sam I don't know what to do."

"About finding her? Or about being an Uncle?" a new voice said coming into the conversation. They both looked over to find Hetty standing there looking refreshed and with a warm face on.

Callen sighed and looked over at Maddie on the screen. "Both."

"Well for the finding her, we are going to do everything we possible can and hopefully Mr. Beal and Ms. Jones will make a break through soon." Hetty told him coming to stand closer.

"And for the Uncle part, you're going to be just fine." Sam told him. "All you need to do is be there for her, take care of her, be her friend when she needs it. It will come easier then you think."

"He's right you know. It will get easier. Plus you have a whole of people who seem to care quite a lot." A new voice told him.

Callen and Sam turned to see Gibbs smiling at him with coffee in hand and his team right behind him looking like they just got off the plane bags in hand.

"Gibbs?" Callen said confused as he got up to shake his hand. "What are you doin' here?"

"Thought you might need some help." Gibbs replied with a smile.

Callen let out a small laugh and looked at Hetty shaking his head.

"Well, let's make some formal introductions before we fill them in." Hetty said as Gibbs and his team spread out in their office area. "Mr. Hanna would you mind waking the rest of um…our team before well…" Hetty said trailing off.

Callen took a seat laughing while Sam smirked walking over to them taking and taking two books. He stood right in front of them before tossing them in their laps. Kensi and Deeks sprang up from their position knocking heads in the processes. Make Sam let out a loud laugh shaking his head.

"What was that for?" Deeks asked rubbing his head.

"What the hell Sam?" Kensi also said rubbing hers only making Sam laugh more.

"We have company Ms. Blye. And we were waiting for you two to make introductions." Hetty answered for her. The two of them looked at each other scooting away before getting up to notice Gibbs and his team.

"Good. Now that everyone is here we can start. I hope you all remember Agent Gibbs, and McGee. Then we have Agent Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo." They all nodded. "You haven't met our LAPD liaison, Marty Deeks, Kensi Blye, Sam Hanna and Callen."

"Now they we've done that. Let's get filled in. But before you start, is that her Callen?" Gibbs asked pointing towards the screen on the TV.

"Yeah." Callen replied.

Ziva, Tony and McGee were shocked as they looked at her. Gibbs sighed and looked back at Callen who went quiet. Sam then took charge and started to fill them in. The next 20 minutes was spent like this, the LA team explaining what they know while Gibbs team listened and asked questions on occasion.

Callen just sat there and looked back at the screen. He watched her for a while. He sat there thinking of what Sam said and how true it was. He needed her and she need him. Callen frowned his brow in confusion as she watched Maddie before getting up slowly out of his seat and got closer to the screen.

"What is it Mr. Callen?" Hetty asked.

"She's…her hands. Look." Callen told them pointing at the screen at her hands that looked like they were twitching. "She just started doing that."

"G she's been sitting there for a while maybe…" Sam started.

"No, I've been watching her for 4 hours. This is new it's almost like she's…" Callen said trailing off.

"Signing." Gibbs said in shock.

"Yes! Just like Abby did." Callen said getting excited.

"I believe Mr. Beal signs." Hetty informed them.

Sam and Callen shared a look before racing up the stairs to find Eric and Nell. The rest of them followed closely behind them.