Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or any of the characters (except for Alexandra).
A/N: So I'm really new to this whole thing of posting fan fiction online. Patience and constructive criticism is appreciated. Reviews make me write faster too.

Chapter 1: Digging Up Trouble

Alexandra dropped her keys on the ledge inside her front door and headed for her bedroom. "Hey Mags," she said as she went past her roommate's bedroom.

"Hey Lexa, question for you."

Alexandra pressed the button to power up her computer and slipped out of her coat. "What's up?"

"You made plans for the holidays?" Mags stepped into Alexandra's doorway.

"No, I've got to work the day after."

"My mom said you're welcome to join us if you want to," Mags offered.

Alexandra sighed. She had come to expect this conversation every year, having no family of her own. "I appreciate the offer, but I think I'll stay here, just enjoy the down time and the peace and quiet." She forced a smile.

"If you change your mind, just let me know." Mags studied her for a minute and then disappeared back into her own room.

"Thanks." Alexandra sighed and looked at the picture of her mom as she sat down to start studying for school.

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"Jethro, it might not be her. The photo is taken from a distance and you haven't seen her in almost sixteen years," Jenny reasoned, looking at the photos again.

"No Jen," Gibbs paused as he sat down behind his desk. "I got these photos for a reason. Someone took these photos without her knowledge. Even if it's not her, someone needs to protect her."

"What are you going to do?"

"Find her," Gibbs said without hesitation.

Jen sat on the edge of his desk. "How?"

"The same way we always find people, investigate."

"You're going to tell them about your family?"

"Yes, if it will help find her."

"Well it looks like you'll get the chance soon." Jen glanced up as Gibbs' team filed out of the elevator, Tony and Ziva picking on McGee.

"Hey boss, have a nice lunch?" Tony asked.

"Tony, call down and get Abby and Ducky up here."

Ziva raised a brow and shrugged as Tony picked up his phone.

Jen stepped in close to Gibbs. "I should get back up to my office."

"Stay," Gibbs said, avoiding her gaze. "Please," he said softly.

Jen nodded and sat back down on the corner of his desk.

Abby bounced across the room, her pigtails flopping. "What's up boss man?"

Gibbs looked up to see Ducky coming into the area behind Abby. "Have a seat Abs, there is something I need to tell all of you." As Abby sat, Ducky eyed Gibbs and the photos he was still holding in his hands.

"I received these photos in the mail today." He reached over to McGee to begin passing the stack around. "We need to find this girl and learn who she is."

"So why were they sent to you?" Tony asked.

Gibbs gave Tony a glare.

"Sorry boss, shutting up now."

"Like I was saying, there is something I need to tell you before we start." Gibbs paused, still looking at the one picture in his hands. "You know I've been divorced three times, but I've been married four times." He now had everyone's undivided attention. My first wife, Shannon, and I had daughter, Kelly. While I was overseas during the Gulf War Shannon saw a Mexican drug dealer kill a Marine and they were put into NIS protective custody. One morning the drug dealer shot the NIS agent protecting them while he was driving and Kelly and Shannon were killed in the accident."

Gibbs' team just looked at him. Jen and Ducky look everywhere except at him.

Tony was the first one to speak. "You had a daughter?"

"Yes Tony."

Ziva looked up from one of the photos. "You think this is her, don't you? In the photo? You think this is Kelly."

When Gibbs didn't answer her, Abby hopped up out of the chair. "So let's figure out who this is in the photo."

"How Abs, all we have are these photos. Unless she still has the same name," Tony argued.

"Look closely at the photos and examine the envelope they came in." Abby whipped a pair of gloves and picked the envelope up off Gibbs' desk. "I'm going to look for fingerprints on the photos and envelope."

"I'll start looking under her birth name," Ziva said, handing the photos back to Gibbs.

"As soon as Abby get's done with the photos McGee and I will scan them in and start looking clues as to where they were taken." Tony nodded at Abby. The three agents and the forensic scientist scattered, leaving Ducky and Jen around Gibbs' desk.

"Jethro, do you really think this is Kelly? Where has she been for all these years?" Ducky asked.

Gibbs looked up. "I don't know. Witness protection maybe."

"Then why didn't you know about it?" Jen frowned. "And if the drug dealer is dead, why weren't they taken out of witness protection?"

"I don't know." Gibbs repeated. "All I know is that right now I need to find this girl."