DING!
The elevator door opened and out stepped "McBabysitter. Kiddo." Said Tony addressing them as they entered the bullpen. Amy immediately sat at McGee's desk and rested her head on her arms and started to fall asleep.
"Hey Probie," Tony said to McGee, "What's with the snooze fest?" he asked his fellow agent as he motioned to the girl.
"She didn't sleep much last night." Tim replied.
"Nightmares?"
"No, she-
"McGee, why is Amy asleep at your desk?" Gibbs asked Timothy as he entered the bullpen, with his coffee in hand.
"She didn't sleep much last night."
"Nightmares?" asked Gibbs.
"That's what I thought," said Tony, before he received his first Gibbs-slap of the day. "Right Boss," he said, sitting down at his desk.
"Not nightmares. She remembered what she overheard while in the closet."
"What did she overhear?" Gibbs asked.
"She thinks the man that killed her foster father was after her."
Gibbs looked at the tired girl before saying, "Take her home McGee." Doing so, he tucked her into his bed and told her, "The phone's right here," placing a cell phone on the nightstand beside his bed. "I'll be back by 6PM. If I have to stay later I'll call. If it gets past 10PM then I will check in then and again at 2AM." Amy nodded, before repeating what he had said to her for conformation. Then she fell back into her half-asleep state. The next thing she knew…
6PM
BUZZ! BUZZ!
Jolting awake, she picked up the vibrating cell phone. Checking the caller ID before answering she said, "Hey McGee."
Before McGee could reply, she heard Tony in the background. "Is the squirt just getting up?" This question was followed by a distinctive thump. "Hey Agent Gibbs," Amy said.
"Eat some dinner Amy," he said to her.
"Yes sir, Agent Gibbs, sir." She said to him. He grinned a bit.
"Hey," McGee said. "Gibbs is right. Eat something and I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Okay," she told him. "Hey McGee, do…do you know who killed Samuel yet?" Amy asked him, for a minute sounding vulnerable.
"We're working on some leads."
"Good, just…just find out okay?" Amy wasn't too crazy about being in foster care, but Sam was the best foster parent she'd ever had.
"We will," Timothy said, then hung up.