Gibbs looked up at Tony, who was standing in the doorway. He had something in an evidence bag. Jen turned in his arms to also face Tony, though Gibbs kept his steady hold on her, and she glad he did, since she didn't know what she could expect to hear.

"What you got, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked and Tony walked up to them. He held up the bag containing a piece of cloth.

"It's drowned in chloroform. I found it outside your house" he looked from Gibbs to Jen and back to his boss.

"Keep searching" Gibbs told him and when Tony left them, he turned Jen back towards him.

"Jen, you don't have to be here, you shouldn't be here. I want you to go back to NCIS with McGee, you can be with Ducky" he told her, but Jen started to shake her head.

"Jethro, I can't just sit there and do nothing. This is all my fault, I have to help fix it" she said tearfully, but demanding.

"No, it's not your fault. You didn't do anything, Jen" he couldn't believe how she could think that. To his surprise she gave him a sad smile.

"You're right, I didn't do anything. I didn't tell you about the threats; I didn't put up any protection. I did nothing" the tears had started to run again, but Gibbs stretched out his hand to wipe them off her cheeks.

"Oh, Jenny" he sighed and took her back into his arms; he held her close and felt her breathe heavily. He knew he was wasting time standing here, but he wanted to comfort her. Finally he managed to pull away from her.

"What are you gonna do? I'm not gonna force you to anything, but if you want to work out on the field, you have to hold it together, can you do that?" he asked, he did want her here with him, wasn't sure he could stand to leave her alone, not with this psycho on the loose.

Jen inhaled deeply, her eyes closed, and then she nodded "Yeah" she said and squeezed his hand "With you I can do it"

Gibbs nodded back, eyed her for a few more seconds until he was convinced enough that she was okay that he dared to let go of her. He left her standing in the middle of the living room, giving her some time to gather her strength.

"McGee" he said and signed for the probie to join him in Amy's room "Take some hair off Amy's brush, get Abby to do DNA match against the blood" he instructed and McGee bagged some of the hair he could find. He was just about to leave the room when he heard Gibbs sigh behind him, and when he turned to look at his boss, he was sitting down on his daughter's bed, looking rather lost.

"Boss, you ok?" he asked worried, Gibbs didn't look back at him.

"No, this can't be happening again, I won't let it happen again!" he said and put his hand to his forehead, thinking about what he could do to stop this from happening, both for his sake and for Jen's.

"We will find the girl" McGee promised, he was slightly shocked to see Gibbs like this, the vulnerability he was expressing, and in the depth of his eyes, the pain from so long ago reappeared. Gibbs head shot up and he stared at his agent.

"She's not just any girl, McGee" he said and rose from the bed to approach McGee "She's my daughter, Amy"

McGee nodded quickly in fright, and then left the room in a hurry, eager to get away from the pissed off Gibbs and get to Abby so they could get the DNA analysis done.

Gibbs stared at the small pool of blood on the floor. It couldn't be his daughter's, it simply couldn't. He decided he would look around in the room for clues to where he could have taken her. He looked at a framed picture of her and made a silent promise he would find her, she had changed his life once, and he wouldn't let her change it again.

A scene from another life changing experience flashed into his vision.

A family going horseback riding on the beach…

Changes into…

A lone figure looking down onto a gravestone, a man who had lost everything over a time shorter than a heartbeat, a man whose entire life had depended on these two people lying buried beneath him.

Changes into the present, he sees a man terrified it's gonna happen again.

He snapped out of the flashbacks, realizing he was staring at his own reflection in Amy's mirror, and he watches as the tears are making their way down his face, dripping onto the floor. He felt he's not alone in the room, he knows who it is, and he hates that she has to see him like this.

"I knew you would break down eventually, I just wasn't expecting you to do so just yet" Jen's voice filled the room as she walked up to him from behind. He watched her in the mirror; she met his gaze in the reflection. He noticed she looked much stronger and confident than she had looked earlier.

"I didn't mean for you to see me like this" he whispered and felt her hand on his shoulder

"I know you want to stay strong for me, and for Amy. Now it's time for me to be strong for you, we will find her together, Jethro. I have always had faith in you, and you have never failed me" she said and slid her hand down his arm, until she reached his hand, and intertwined her fingers with his.

"Thanks Jen" he looked away from the mirror and his gaze travelled to their hands, his thumb stroking the back of her hand. Jen squeezed his hand once more, and gave him a kiss in the neck before she walked out from the room. Gibbs closed his eyes, regaining his confidence and strength and when he opened them again he tried to see things from a new perspective.

Meanwhile out in Jen's living room, Ziva walked up to the Director.

"Jenny, there's nothing more we can do here" she said and Jen sighed and bit her lip.

"Where's DiNozzo?" she asked and Ziva pointed towards the front door just as Tony appeared. Jen saw him and hurried to his side.

"You got something?" she asked immediately

"I found blood drops and a shoe print that could be the kidnapper's. I also asked around in the neighbourhood if someone saw something, and I got a licence number from the car he drove off in" Tony reported and was rewarded with a nod from Jen.

"Jethro?" she called out, but she got no answer, he was still in Amy's room. Jen sighed and walked back in, she noticed Gibbs standing by the window, he appeared to be staring out onto the street.

"What are you doing?" she asked him softly, believing he was still broken. But when he spoke his voice was clear and determined.

"We locked the front door when we left" he started and Jen frowned as she walked up to him

"Yeah, so?" she didn't understand his point, or how this would help then find Amy.

"But this window was open" he continued, still not making any sense to her.

"What are you saying?"

"He climbed in, the door shows no signs of forced entry, and he doesn't have keys. Look here, Jen" he said and pointed on the window frame. She leaned closer to get a better look.

The color was slightly scraped away at one place, and right above it was a dirty fingerprint.

"So we have his fingerprint, we need to get it to Abby" Jen stated, though she knew Gibbs didn't need her to tell him what to do. Gibbs didn't answer; instead he started to search the area around the window, see if he could find something the kidnapped had left behind, but found nothing but dirt.

Abby's lab

"Abby!" she heard McGee call and quickly left her desk to go meet him out in the lab.

"Got something for me?" she said and nervously waved her hands.

"Yeah, I need you to do a DNA analysis on this blood and match it with the DNA from this hair" he answered and first held up the blood and then the bag with the hair. Abby snatched them from his grip.

"Do we want them to match?" she asked as she started to work on it.

"No, the blood was found in Amy's room, Gibbs and Jen's daughter. The hair is hers, we're hoping the blood is from the man who kidnapped her" McGee explained

"That's kinda hinky" she said subconsciously, while working on the DNA.

"What's hinky? The DNA samples?" McGee was a bit lost

"No, the fact the Gibbs has a daughter with the Director"

"You didn't know?" he sounded a bit surprised, he had figured since she knew about their relationship, she knew about the girl.

"No, McGee, how should I have known?"

"I figured Gibbs told you about it" McGee leaned against the table while he spoke to her.

"Well, you figured wrong, Timmy"

A few hours later, the team had gotten back to NCIS. Gibbs let Jen sit in his chair and he himself leaned against the desk. Ducky had joined them and helped them out with looking at the pictures from the crime scene.

"I checked the licence plate on the car, came back stolen. But I'll put out a BOLO on it" Tony said from his desk.

Jen wasn't listening; she was trapped in her own thoughts for the moment. She waited anxiously for Abby to tell her what she got out of the DNA samples. She glanced at Gibbs, he didn't appear to notice her looking at him, and she wondered how he was taking the whole thing about he may not be the father to Amy. He hadn't mentioned it and he didn't appear to be mad at her. Jen just hoped he wouldn't take too much damage in the knowledge, she had never meant to tell him. He had told her he didn't care if he was her biological father or not, she was still his daughter, but something told her he did care. She had something else on her mind, or she wouldn't be sitting her with her bottle of water, as opposed to Gibbs coffee cup.

Abby rushed up to them with McGee on her heels.

"I got good news, and bad news" she exclaimed and Gibbs sighed.

"Abby!" he barked, annoyed with that little game.

"Right" she excused herself and glanced at McGee. "Okay, so I matched the DNA from the blood to the DNA taken from the hair, and it's not Amy's blood"

Jen and Gibbs looked at each other, revealed. Jen dreaded to hear the bad news, but she had no choice but to.

"Bad news, Abby?" Gibbs questioned, his hand covering Jen's.

"The fingerprint you found, well I ran it though the criminal record and got a hit. His name's Daniel Carson" Abby told them and Gibbs saw a hint of recognition in Jen's eyes.

"You have heard about him" a statement, not a question, and Jen nodded.

"Yeah, I have. You found him in the criminal record?" her voice shook at the last words, terrified at the thought that her daughter was with some fugitive.

"Yes, he's been arrested for car theft, drug possession and…rape" McGee said nervously and Jen closed her eyes, not able to believe it. This couldn't be happening, it couldn't be true… It couldn't be him, not again. He wouldn't let him hurt her again…

"He was just released from jail"

Jen felt Gibbs hand slip away from hers, and when she looked up she saw him walking back and forth through the bullpen.

"Gibbs" Abby said to get his attention, and he came to halt in front of his own desk, he turned to look at her "There's something else about the blood"

Abby glanced nervously at McGee, cleared her throat before she said "Like I said, it's not Amy's blood, but it is however…from Amy's father. I'm sorry Gibbs, but it looks like Daniel Carson is Amy's biological father" Abby bit her lips and looked anxiously at him, trying to tell his reaction to all this.

Gibbs stared at Abby for a sec, and then glanced at Jen who looked absolutely devastated. He shook his head.

"Jethro, I'm sorry" Jen started her excuses, but Gibbs stopped her when he walked around his desk and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It doesn't matter, Jen. It doesn't matter" he sighed and started to rub her shoulder.

"At least we know she's alive" Ducky stated

"Now we just have to find her" Ziva looked at the others and she met Tony's gaze.

"Well, get on it! Do everything you can to track down where the hell this guy is" Gibbs ordered and everyone quickly returned to work, except for Abby and Ducky, who stayed around Gibbs desk with him and Jen.

Gibbs threw his coffee cup into the trash "I'm gonna get a refill, you want some Jen?" he asked, he couldn't just sit here, but with nothing else to do he might as well get coffee.

"No thanks, I'll just stick to water" she said in a low voice and Gibbs immediately came to the conclusion something was wrong with her. Now when he thought about it, she had looked rather pale these last days.

"Jenny, how are you feeling? Is there something else bothering you?" he questioned and glanced worriedly at Ducky, whose eyes mirrored his concern.

Jen bit her lip, decided she might as well tell him, though she knew he would be a lot more protective of her when he found out.

"Jethro, I've been meaning to tell you this for a few days now, but I wasn't sure how you would react, and now when we're getting married, I see no point in keeping it a secret" Jen confessed, and Ziva, Tony and McGee had all stopped with the typing on their computers in order to hear her better. Jen felt like the entire bullpen was holding its breath, just waiting for her to reveal her secret.

"I know now Amy is not yours, but…" she started, took a deep breath before she spoke the words she was so desperate to tell him "Jethro, I'm pregnant"

Silence. No one said a word; it felt like time was standing still, and Jen slowly turned around to face Gibbs. His mouth was slightly open and in his eyes she saw shock and complete surprise. Two words managed to escape his trembling lips

"You're what?"

What effect will this have on Gibbs? Is there something else about Daniel Carson than Jen's not telling? And where is Amy?

Please review and let me know what you think about this, ok??

Thanks, Emma