"You guys ready to go see Abby?" Tony asked.

Aria shook her head & the twins pulled out leashes. "One, two, two." Aria yelled. Almost immediately, a white rat, two kittens, & two puppies ran up to the kids.

"Allow us to introduce our pals," Griffon said, hooking a bright red leash to its matching collar around the neck of a little, black & white Siberian husky. "This is Alvin."

Graeae ruffled the fur of a black & white boarder collie puppy. "This little puppy is Abba."

Aria bent down & put her hand on the ground. The rat climbed up her arm to rest on her shoulder. "This is Adah. It's Hebrew for beautiful addition, since he is both beautiful & an addition to our family."

The two cats circled Grant's legs, brushing up against them. One was a gray & white Scottish fold, the other was a Russian blue. He picked up the gray & white one, also the smaller of the two. "This is Genji & the blue boy's name is Mika."

"We are not allowed to have pets inside the building." Ziva stated. Poor new girl.

"Please ignore her, she a little new. Let us show you to Abby's lab." Tony said.

"We know where it is, Tony, you don't have to be all kiss-ass." Griffon scoffed. "We've been here before." Griffon handed Alvin's leash to Aria & jumped to the bottom of the stairs, picking up a couple pairs of combat boots before scrambling to get back up.

"Why did you do that?" Griffon groaned. "You know that you can't get up stairs in those blades."

"I'm not gonna leave my new boots out here, & you're not leaving yours either." Griffon answered. She tried again, but fell. "Ah, screw it." She threw the boots to her sister, stepped far back, then skated at full speed toward the stairs.

"You're gonna crash." Tony told her.

"Just wait & see. She has real wings when it comes to skating. Any time, any place, any trick, any skate." Aria boasted about her friend. "Be it roller blade, roller skate, ice skate, you name it."

Griffon's blades hit against the bottom step & she jumped high in the air. She curled into a ball & spun around; when she reached the top of the stairs, she landed on one hand. The other hand was straight out to the side & her legs were pin straight in the air. When she landed, she didn't wobble or topple over, she landed perfectly.

"Wow." Tony & Ziva breathed. Griffon bent her elbow & pushed up again, sending her back into the air, flipping & landing on her feet with a bow.

The rest of the kids clapped at the friend. "Show-off!" they said together & laughed.

"You're just jealous." Griffon replied, putting her hands on her hips. "So, where is Double A?"

Tony lead them inside, but the group ran from him as soon as they saw Abby talking with Gibbs a few feet away. "Double A!" They all cried out. The four pulled her into a hug, which she happily returned.

Griffon whispered something into Abby's ear as the kids let go of her. Abby nodded. "Why don't we go to the lab?"

Aria tossed Alvin's leash back to Griffon & complained to herself as the twins raced off on their skates toward the elevators. "Those two are the biggest forensic nuts I've ever seen. I can't believe they don't wanna be field agents."

"You want to be a field agent?" Ziva asked, raising an eyebrow.

Aria nodded. "My dad was a field agent. He taught me lots of stuff about examining crime scenes & I even got to help out at a few."

Abby stopped at McGee's desk as the twins rushed to the elevators. "I need you to do me another favour."

McGee looked up from his work. "What now?"

Abby leaned in closer. "Look, Griffon wants, for as long as I can remember, to major in computer forensics. That means she wants to know how to do all the stuff we can."

"So, what?" McGee asked. "You want me to teach her some stuff?"

Abby smiled & nodded. "She says that if anyone could teach her about computer forensics, she would pick you. She loves your work. Please?"

"Fine." McGee sighed. "I'll teach her a few things & if she can keep up than I'll teach her more."

Abby thanked him & left to meet the twins & Grant at the elevator. "Where's Aria?"

"She's talking with Ziva & Tony about interrogation techniques." Grant answered shaking his head.

Graeae elbowed him. "Be supportive of your cousin. You know it's her dream to be like her dad."

"But if she does then she'll end up going out like her dad?" Griffon said softly, trying to guess what Grant was going to say. Grant nodded.

"You two shouldn't talk like that." Abby scolded. "You know that we've had our fair share of that stuff, but we're all here."

Grant hung his head. "What about Kate & Jenny?"

"Stop! None of you are to be depressed on this trip. Understand?" Abby said in a stern tone.

"Yes Aunt Abby." The three answered.

Grant bent down & picked up Mika, who had followed him in. "So are you gonna show us any new tricks?"

Abby smirked. "Just you wait & see."

End-of-chapter!

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