Ok,sorry it's short,but thats where the chapter felt like ending for now. I was blown away by the amount of reviews,story alerts and that sort of things. I guess this is a good one.

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Ziva rushed forward, gently taking Sara's face in her hands, turning the girls head so she could see the bruises more clearly. By moving Sara's head up it revealed dark, hand shaped bruises around the girl s pale, delicate neck. "Who did this to you?" Ziva asked, anger coursing through her at the sight of the bruises. Gibbs immendiently went over to his desk, calling Ducky to come up there. "I-It's nothing, I-I just got into a fight." Sara said, speaking for the first time, voice making her sound younger then she actually was, her voice a little rough from her throat being sore. "Like hell! Those bruises are about the size of my hand, there s no way you got into a fight with an adult!" Gibbs exclaimed, having moved back over to them. Tim reached over and picked up the file the social worker had left.

"It says here that there was suspected extreme abuse which was why she was removed from the custody of her adoptive family after her adoptive mother died." Tim read aloud, just as Ducky entered the Bull Pen.

"Oh dear, you poor thing!" Ducky gasped, rushing over to examine the bruises and cuts. Ziva stepped back only slightly to let Ducky do so, still watching Sara's every move.

Sara flinched and pulled back, stepping away from Ducky, afraid of being touched by him. It was obvious the only reason she hadn't done so to Ziva was because she had already some form of trust in her.
"Sara, Dr. Mallard is not going to hurt you. He only wants to make sure that whoever did that to you did not damage your throat internally." Ziva said, gently placing her hands on Sara's face, making her meet her gaze, and trying to reassure the obviously stressed girl.
"Exactly! I would never hurt you, ever." Ducky said gently. He carefully stepped forward again, working around Ziva this time as best he could to examine Sara's throat.

"Ah, sorry Ziva I have to use the pen light to examine her mouth and throat, which means you'll have to let her go." Ducky said, apologetically. Ziva frowned even more but nodded carefully moving out of the way, moving to stand behind Sara, placing her hand on the small of Sara's back reassuringly.

"Sara, dear, could you please open your mouth so I can examine it and your throat, please?" Ducky asked voice gentle and soft. Sara looked at Ducky with wide eyes before giving a jerky nod, slowly opening her mouth.
After examining Sara's throat Ducky carefully checked her eyes, wanting to make sure that whoever caused the bruises on Sara's face didn't cause any problems with her head.

"Well, as far as I can see, the damage done is mostly external, though she might need an X-ray to make sure she doesn't have any fractures." Ducky said, finishing his exam, pocketing his pen light and backing away from Sara, who visibly stressed, obviously not used to having people so close to her in a gentle way,still waiting for the other shoe to drop,so to speak.
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Ok,well theres the next chapter. Tell me what you think. I'll be putting it on hold just a bit for I can type and post the rest of the stories.

This is just one story in an entire series I'm doing for NCIS,it's called the Family series. The next one I'll be posting is for DiNozzo. Read and Review,please.