Disclaimer is back in chapter one.

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The elevator doors opened to the sound of a chime. Ducky, Tony and Kit stepped out. Tony was surprised to find Gibbs, Kate and McGee weren't there. There was a note on his desk that read:

Tony,

Come up to MTAC as soon as you get here.

The director is briefing us on a new case.

Kate

"I gotta go up to MTAC, Duck. Watch her for me?" Tony said upon reading the note.

"Go, go. I'll keep her occupied until you get back."

"I'll be right back, peanut. Stay here with Dr. Mallard." Tony told her.

"Bye, Daddy!" she shouted.

Tony ran up the stairs and into MTAC. He spotted Kate and took the empty seat next to her.

"Where have you been?" she whispered through her teeth, "Gibbs is gonna kick your ass."

"Sorry. I had some business to take care of. Still kind of taking care of it actually. Ducky's helping me out right now…" Tony began to ramble as if he was going to tell Kate right there.

"DiNozzo, if you don't shut up, I'll make you," Gibbs threatened from the other side of Kate.

"Yes, boss."

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Twenty minutes later, the team left MTAC to go back to work. Tony bolted ahead of the rest of them.

Everyone was still on the stairs when they heard, "Daddy!"

They looked over towards Tony and saw him pick up a little girl dressed in a pink sundress and matching sweater.

"Hey, sweet pea! Did you have fun while I was gone?" he asked giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah, Abby came and Ducky told me a story and I colored you a picture. Look, I'll show you."

She squirmed out of his arms and Tony set her on the floor. She ran over to his desk and picked up a piece of paper. It had two stick figures; one with no hair and the other with long hair.

"It's me and you!"

"Oh, it's beautiful. I'm gonna keep it here." he said, pinning it on the bulletin board behind his desk.

Gibbs, McGee, and Kate had watched the whole exchange. Gibbs and McGee just stood there shocked by what they saw. Kate, on the other hand, ran down the stairs and headed straight for the stairs that led to autopsy.

Tony saw her run by and darted after her.

"Kate! Kate! Wait for me! Kate, come back!"

He was to the stairs when he realized Kit was following him. Tony stopped, turned around and scooped up his daughter. He walked back to his desk and sat down. Gibbs and McGee had sat at their own desks.

Not saying a thing, Tony kept Kit on his lap and began to type. Kit got another piece of paper and began to color another picture.

"DiNozzo?" Gibbs said rather quietly.

"Yeah, Boss?"

"You wanna explain or are you just going to let us guess?"

"Okay. Kit, this guy is my boss. His name is Gibbs. And the other one is McGee."

"Hello," Kit said.

"Hi, Kit. You can call me Tim," McGee told her.

"All right," she said with a small smile.

"DiNozzo, wanna explain?" Gibbs asked sternly.

"Kit, honey, stay here and keep coloring. I'm going to right over there talking to everybody, okay?"

She nodded. Tony walked with the rest of the team to a secluded corner.

"What do you wanna know?" Tony asked.

"You have a daughter?" Tim asked amazed.

"Yeah," Tony said grinning.

"How old is she?" Abby asked.

"She's five. She's in kindergarten."

"Oh, that's such a great age. You know, when my niece, Jessica was…" Ducky started.

"Not now, Duck. DiNozzo, I want to know everything. Now," Gibbs ordered.

Tony took a deep breath.

"Okay, here goes…"

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So I know I told you the explanation about Kit and her mother would be in this chapter but I changed my mind. It WILL be in the next one though.