Mollie watched the sunrise from her "balcony". I was little more than ledge somebody had put a lattice fence around. Probably served as a windowsill garden to a previous owner. It was her favorite place to unwind besides the tree-house fort. The ledge had the advantage of knowing that she would not have to share it with Kelila and the twins who for now were referred to as Kitty and Pizza. She loved her siblings but she liked the idea of something she could fairly keep secret. Though Kelila would have this room one day. After Mollie had moved out into her own place or went to college. At the moment Mollie was toying around with the idea of studying criminology at Georgetown or Monroe and commuting to school. Most kids her age were dying to move out on there own but she just wanted to stay home as long as possible. She wanted only to make up for the years she had lost with her father and the woman who would soon become her step-mother. Her birth father was one of the best people she had ever known. Thinking about her relationship with him only made her feel worse for Emily. She was orphaned now. Yes she had Gibbs but he could never be her father. Mollie thought back to when her own father was in the hospital fighting for his life. She remembered her fears of being left alone in the world. Ziva had promised that she would continue to raise her and love her like she was her own daughter. Mollie desperately wished that Tobias had found somebody like that. Somebody she already lived with and considered a second parent. Gibbs was a great guy but he was just a friend of her father's.

"Mollie!" A voice called from behind her.

"Jimmy what are you doing here?" Mollie asked.

"Tony called me and asked me to take care Kelila off of your hands." Jimmy explained.

"You don't have to do that." Mollie argued.

"It's no problem. Breena has her cousin's kid for the day and he's right between the girls in age. We were going to go to the zoo this afternoon and just hang out this morning." Jimmy offered.

"Can you guys handle three kids on your own? I can come with. I have money." Mollie offered.

"It's no trouble. We can put Tori and Eddie in a double stroller and we have a harness for Tori that should just fit Kelila." Jimmy explained.

"Just be warned when she's in the harness she acts like a dog. So remind her that we go to the bathroom in the potty and people don't like being sniffed." Mollie explained.

"At least you don't watch the nature channel with her." Jimmy joked.

"Right?!" Mollie agreed.

"I like you. You get my humor." Jimmy replied, happily.

Emily was the first in line at the bus station on Thursday morning. She had forgotten that she had to pay for the second term of courses the previous day and had left her card in her back pocket. She finally decided to buy a ticket out to California. Her friend Liza lived out there with her dad and step-mom. She liked the Swanson's pretty well. Mr. Swanson and Liza's mom were always her caretakers when neither parent could take her. They were also the ones who made sure that Tobias and Diane did not murder each other when a school event, game, or recital forced them to be together. Liza also knew the pain of losing her mother at a young age. The first Mrs. Swanson had died in her sleep from a rare heart disorder, when Emily and Liza were ten. Two years later Mr. Swanson met a woman named Maria it was instant love and they were married with in a year. Liza and her older brother Adam now had a step-sister who was fifteen days younger than Liza, two new half brothers, and were expecting a half sister any day now. Adam was away at college and Melisa was spending the summer with her dad. So it's not like she would be that much of a burden.

"Here's your card back, mam and will you be traveling alone?" The woman at the ticket window asked.

"Yes" Emily replied.

"Alright here you go and travel safely." The woman replied.

"Oh I will, mam." Emily assured.

The temporarily reassembled team Gibbs was back to square one. McGee had set up a couple of old laptops computers in the basement store room. They were slow and decrepit but they had the technology to track a kid down and that's all that mattered at the moment.

"I got something boss!" McGee called.

"Whatcha got?" Gibbs asked.

"A credit card belonging to a Tobias Fornell was used at the greyhound station in Gettysburg Pennsylvania!" McGee called.

"Where to?" Gibbs asked.

"Sacramento" McGee replied.

"Put a BOLO out. I will call the bus station and see if the buyer fit Emily's description." Gibbs ordered.

Emily watched the world pass by from the window of the bus. It would be a three day long trip all together but at least it would get her where she needed to be. She had called Liza from the bus and told her that she was coming out to see her Great Aunt Lil and asked if she could stay with her for a few days. She would tell the truth when she got there. Good old Liza was game. She also announced that Maria had given birth to a healthy little girl that morning. Her name was Genevieve and she was perfect. Emily had longed for a little sister but instead she just got two dead parents. At least she would get two sort of little sisters, a big brother, two little brothers, and best of all a baby sister. The bus came to a rail road crossing, the read light was flashing. Suddenly the bus sped up as the driver raced through the tracks. She heard a loud horn and new instantly what was going to happen. Before she could react the train slammed hard into the bus. Just inches away from where she was sitting. She felt a strong jolt, a surge of pain, and then nothing.

A/N: Will Emily survive? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.