………………………………..January 5th 2009……………………..

…………………..In the morning………………….

"I want to thank you all for being so nice to me. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's were so great. I don't think I've shown my appreciation as much as I should." Emma told them when Abby and David came by with Ashley. Tony and Kate heard her too.

"We know. We're just glad that you feel better." Abby told her. Emma had become happier since Kate said she would help her feel better of herself. Her sprit had become more joyful and especially her driving skills had improved immensely.

"Kids say bye to your parents" Emma said helping the children wave goodbye.

The parents waved goodbye.

………………………………..Later that day………………………………………

"Tony, the alarm has gone off." Kate said worried. The alarm went directly to Tony, Kate, Abby, David and the police. It was something they had given to Emma in case something would happen to them. Being NCIS agents meant that you and your family couldn't be sure to be safe all the time.

Tony looked up from his desk.

"Which alarm?" Tony said. He had his in his jacket on vibrating mode so he didn't feel it since he hadn't his jacket on. He had his mind on other things when Kate told him.

"The one we gave Emma if something really bad happened to the kids. We need to get Abby." Kate said worried.

……………………………….At the park……………………………..

"If you and the kids want to stay alive then you'll come with us." Suddenly a man told her showing her the gun he hid behind his jacket.. Emma had helped put on Ashley's hat again so she didn't notice how four men came up to her and now surrounded her and the kids. She saw no way out. Emma looked around and saw that there were others in the park too. She wasn't going to give in that easy. The children depended on her and so did their parents. As long as the children went unharmed Emma didn't care what happened to her.

"Let me go. Let the kids go. Help!" Emma yelled as much as she could. Everyone in the park started to watch her and the four men who surrounded Emma, Matthew, Jessica and Ashley.

One guy took up a gun. People saw it and started to run and call after the police. Emma fought as hard as she could. She kicked one guy in his sensitive area and another one in his stomach. Police sirens were heard and the guys got shocked. Two of them ran back to their van and the other two decided to just take Emma at first. A few people had run up to them since they were now only two people threatening Emma and the children. They did it because they wanted the children to be safe. The van drove closer to Emma and the kids. The other two men tried to take the kids but Emma fought even more because she knew it wouldn't be too long until the police came. She knew every second was important. All three kids were in the special made carriage for four children so Emma knew that as long as no one picked any of the kids up they would be safe. She fought so hard that the men decided to shove Emma in the van. The police sirens became really loud so the driver of the van pressed the gas pedal and drove out of the park leaving the children all alone.

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Tony called the police who told them to head to the park. The police had already given the kids to the child protective services and wanted some proof that they were the children's real parents. After a long conversation with the police and child protective services they got their children back but by then valuable time had been lost. Emma was still missing. Who took her? Who wanted to take their children?

…………………………………With the kidnappers……………………………………….

"Please, don't harm me…Don't kill me…"Emma cried a little while pleading. She was sitting on the cold basement floor. The four men stood around her.

"You put up a big fight. We failed. Our plan backfired because of you. We know the agents don't care about you. They would never put as much effort into finding you as they would if we had their kids. They would never do as we said just because we've kidnapped you. You mean nothing to us. Killing you is so easy. First we're going to at least make the best of the situation. Men have needs too." The ring leader told her.

Emma then knew what he meant. She felt like crying but the tears stopped coming. One of her defence mechanisms had kicked in and she hadn't felt like this for a long time, maybe when she was around twelve she thought…

One guy pushed her down on the floor. Another one started to take off her clothes. Emma fought hard but she was overpowered.

"Wow…I've never seen such big and ugly breasts. Did you come to the USA to get money to reduce their size? Too bad you'll never do that! If you did your body would still be the ugliest in the world!" the ring leader told her while he watched his men take advantage of her. He wanted to bring her down so she wouldn't put up a fight against them.

Soon Emma was lying there naked and the first guy positioned himself over her. While tears ran down her face the guys had sex with her and grabbed her breasts so hard that it hurt so much that she hadn't any tears left. Emma was glad and sad at the same time. She was glad that she had had such a tough life so she could handle this so well but sad that it still hurt so much.

"We should cut them off and play basketball with them. Save them as souvenirs." The first guy said when he lifted himself off her so the next guy could have sex with her.

Emma hurt all over her body and she wished that she would die. She stopped thinking about what was happening to her and just thought about this was how her life was going to end.

She wondered why she even listened to Kate. It was all wishful thinking. Life would never get better. If she survived people would want her to go to therapy for the rest of her life and she would be even further away from trying to fulfil her dreams. Emma rather died than live like that. Why was it that whenever she felt closer to feel better about herself something much worse happened? It was so unfair. She knew her siblings would be alright and her parents happy about raising such a wonderful daughter even though she never became truly happy. Emma knew her parents would think that her search for her happiness lead to her death. With that as her finale thought Emma felt someone hit her and then she slowly faded away.

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"We have to find her. She has done so much for us. We can't give up on her." Tony told Gibbs.

"You want us to take over the investigation! I thought it would be for the best if you three went away for a while like to Washington because someone wants to hurt you and NCIS again. I don't want to risk your safety. The rest will be here together with me. We'll find her. We'll find her kidnappers and help her through this." Gibbs told them but he wondered if she wasn't dead already.