A/N: Okay so here is the Chapter about what happens with Quinn after she leaves Jen's office. This is giving more people and my new Beta (phantom1s) time to work on the other chapters and stuff.

An Unknown Child

21

I walked out of the office knowing that things were getting a little hairy back there in the office. And though getting asked to leave, even if it was to protect me in some way, sucks; I am actually kind of glad to not be in that room. The adults need to make some choices. I smile as I pass Cynthia walking to the door before turning back and walking to her desk.

"Umm, where's Security?" I asked her.

"Oh here I'll walk with you down. I'm all finished up here and I don't want to hear what happens in there." She stood up from the desk and walked over to me and leads me out of the office and to the elevator.

"How long have you known my Dad and Jenny?" Even though it's been a day since I started calling her mom; calling her Jenny again seemed weird, but until they decided what to do about her job and announced that they were a couple, I would call her that name.

"I was hired on when Director Shepard became the Director so, a couple months. Why do you ask? She replied.

"Well I remembered the face you gave Dad when he walked us in and you seemed ready for trouble when you saw all three of us waiting for the boss man."

"Let's just say that before you came, anytime those two were in a room alone together, the tension in the room skyrocketed. So I've come to expect fights, even more so when SecNav shows up. You're Dad doesn't like to play nice with other agencies and Director Shepard spends a lot of her time doing damage control."

"What has it been like the past few weeks?"

"Since Agent Gibbs took time off?"

"Yeah."

"Quiet, too quiet if you get my meaning. The first week the Director seemed distracted and the second week we both welcomed Tony acting like Gibbs, because it gave us something other paperwork to do."

"So that's why she said she was all caught up and had to wait for other cases to be solved or labeled." The elevator had stopped and we both stepped out. She lead me over to a small office. Inside the office was a desk with two chairs in front of it, normal office set up. But over in the corner a picture area was set up with a pale blue fabric as a backdrop and a camera connected to the computer about five feet away.

Through a door in the back of the room enters an elderly man, probably didn't like retirement so returned as a security guard.

"Ahh Cynthia, I got your message. Is this the person for the new badge?" He asked in a voice that sounded rough, like he'd been a smoker.

"Yes, with access to the building and the gym and pool facilities." Cynthia replied.

"Got it." He told her punching some commands into the computer. He then moved over to the camera and turned it on.

"If I could have you stand in front of the backdrop on the thin black line for me?" He asked me and I moved over to where he asked me to stand.

Not even two minutes later and he was done taking my picture. He let me see the image, and once I gave my approval to the image he formatted it onto a bland badge template with my name and the rest of my information that he needed and sent it off to the printer. A couple minutes later he brought it back for me to sign. I signed the paper and he bustled off to another room. I glanced at Cynthia in confusion.

"He is making copies of the badge before he has it laminated. One will be put into the security file, another will be sent to Director Shepard and one last one will be placed in your father's file."

I nod my head that I understand. The man comes into the room once more.

"Here are the copies for the Director and Agent Gibbs' file. The original is being laminated it'll be done by the end of the hour." Cynthia takes the copies and leaves.

"Umm I have no idea how long my dad will be, so just page Autopsy when it's done, I want to visit with Ducky." I ask him.

"Sure thing." I left the room and headed back to the elevator and took it down to Autopsy. I poked my head and saw Ducky and some pale skinny man doing paperwork.

"No bodies for you to work on, Ducky?"

"Haha, no my dear, my hall for bodies is empty at the moment. What can I do for you my dear?"

"Dad and Jenny are talking to SecNav, and I am waiting for my badge to be laminated. Jenny managed to get me one so I don't need a visitor's badge to visit my dad and with this badge I can use the pool and gym rooms too."

"Jennifer is attached to you my dear, if she did all of that for you. What are they discussing now?" He asked moving to make room for me to sit down. I gratefully sink into the seat and rest my sketchbook on the table top.

"Umm I think I should wait for them to tell you and everyone else. I don't want to ruin the surprise for them."

"Okay then, my dear, keep your secrets. You didn't want to be in the office did you?"

"No I didn't, but Jenny asked me to leave." I open my sketchbook to the drawing of my dad and turn to a new page; I didn't want to give anything away. I start sketching the flower I drew earlier I color the flower in varying shades of purple. When I'm done I ask Ducky.

"Ducky do you know what flower this is?" I show him the image.

"That my dear is Jennifer's favorite flower, Orchids." Wow, that is weird, I drew her holding her favorite flower, without even knowing it." However before I can reply the desk phone rings. A couple minutes later the pale man comes over to us after hanging up the phone.

"Excuse me Dr. Mallard, but that was Security. They have Quinn's badge ready for her."

"Very well, thank you Mr. Palmer." I smile at both of them as I make my way back to the Security office. I pick up my badge and head back to the bull pen; I'll wait there for my parents to be finished.