She crosses her arms as the elevator doors open. He motions for her to get onto the elevator. She refuses to move.
"In!" he insists.
"I want to be in a safe place when you tell her what's going on."
"You want to be out of her reach?" he clarifies.
"Yes," Hannah nods.
"Fine," he concedes.
He leads her into Abby's lab. They find Abby concentrating on her computer screen.
"Abs?"
"What do you need Gibbs?"
"I need you to watch her. Don't let her out of your sight."
She looks up at them. She smiles, "Ok."
He leaves the room. Hannah walks over to Abby. She places her elbows on the table, and her head rests on her palms. She stares at Abby's computer screen.
"What are you working on?"
"Hannah why are you here?"
"I think you know."
Abby turns, and looks at the eleven year old. "Yes I know why you're here. Do you know why you're here?"
"Because Agent Gibbs tends to react when it comes to my safety."
"You think that he overreacted?"
"He lectured me about disobeying orders."
"Because you do it all the time."
"So do you."
"That's different," Abby argues.
"How?"
"It just is."
"Abby?"
"Yes, Hannah..."
"You seem irritated with me."
"I'm not irritated with you."
"So why are you irritated?"
"I just keep finding things that no one wants to know."
"Abby?"
"Yes, Hannah?"
"Sometimes I think that I never should have come here. Everyone would be better off if they didn't know the truth. Everything has changed, since I arrived."
"Don't ever think that," Abby warns.
"How can I not?"
"What is really going on, here, Hannah?"
"I always feel like I've ruined things."
"What things?"
"I don't know," she shrugs.
"Hannah you didn't ruin anything."
She looks up, as he stops in front of her desk. She stares into his blue eyes, he says nothing.
"Where did you go?" she wonders.
"You're not going to like it," he warns.
"Like what?"
"Where I went."
"Since when has that ever mattered?" she inquires.
"I went to pick Hannah up."
"Why?"
"She called me."
"Why? What is going on? Is she ok?"
"She's downstairs with Abby."
"Where are DiNozzo, and McGee?"
"They went to see Ducky."
"Call them, have them come up here."
"Why?"
"Because we've got a problem."
"What kind of a problem? I thought you got a confession from the dead Marine's killer."
"I did."
"So what is the problem?"
"It's bigger than a dead Marine."
"What is going on?"
"Hannah called me earlier, and told me that someone was following her."
"Following her? She was supposed to stay at her friend's house all night."
"Obviously she isn't very good at following the directions that you give her."
"Who was following her?"
"She sent a picture to Abby, and..."
"And?"
Hannah stares at Abby as she works. Hannah keeps the silence between them going."Hannah you're being too quiet."
"I'm supposed to be quiet, aren't I?"
"You are supposed to be a lot of things, but you're not."
"True."
"Why are you being so quiet?"
"Because I have a bad feeling about all of this."
"Why?"
"In real life, the good guys don't always win."
"What do you mean?"
"What if they can't stop him, from taking me? If that is what he wants, if he is as terrible, as I have heard, then he will stop at nothing to get what he wants."
"That's not going to happen."
"But Abby..."
"Hannah I understand that you are afraid, but..."
Hannah cuts her off, "I'm not afraid. I just know that... I'm tired. I am not some prize. I am not a weapon. I'm just a kid. A kid who wants to stay where she is."
"Then you just need to convince him of that."
"How?"
"Gibbs can keep him from getting to you, but he can't keep him from watching you. You just need to act like you are a normal kid."
"I'm not."
"No, but you're a good actress."
"Speaking of which, are you coming to my play next Saturday?"
"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss it for the world."