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Author's Note: Kind of a crossover with the book The Returned, but not really.

The Returned

Gibbs made his way home and went into the basement. It was good to have Kate back on the team and he was glad that she wasn't dead anymore. It had been a month that she had been on the team and they were all doing well. He could see that Kate and Tony were dating and he hoped that they knew what they were doing. He hadn't said anything about Rule 12 since she had died and had returned. That Rule he didn't think would work in this situation. Once he saw Kate and Tony holding hands while walking and once he saw them kissing.

He looked at the boat that he had been building again. He had destroyed the others and was now building a new one. He had fallen asleep under the boat again and woke up when the sun was up. He went upstairs and made himself coffee and breakfast. He had just put the dishes into the cupboard when there was a knock on the door.

"Hello. Are you Leroy Jethro Gibbs?"

"Yes."

"As you've seen on TV there have been people returning from the dead. My job is to make sure that they go back home."

"What are you saying?"

The man walked to the side and motioned two people to the front of the house.

"Jethro." A red haired woman said as she stood there in shock.

"Daddy." A little girl said as she ran up to her father.

"Shannon, Kelly?"

"It's us, Jethro." She smiled at her husband. Gibbs bent over and picked up his little girl. She was the same age as she was when she died. Shannon didn't change either. He hugged and kissed his wife.

"Thank you for returning my family to me."

"You're welcome." The man smiled and walked away.

"I can't believe that you are some of the returned. I missed you two so much." He said as he hugged his little girl and kissed his wife again.

Later that night when Kelly had gone to bed they stayed up talking.

"So what have you been doing?"

"I work at NCIS. I'm a federal agent."

"You left the Marines?"

"After you two died I couldn't do it anymore and joined NCIS. Back then it was called NIS"

"Did you marry?"

"Three times, but all ended in divorce."

"Do you have a team at NCIS, or are you on a team?"

"When I first joined I was on Mike Franks team and was the Probie on that team. When Mike left I became the team leader. I have my own team now. One of our team also returned. Her name is Kate Todd and she returned a month ago. My Senior Field Agent is Tony DiNozzo, the other agents are Ziva David and Tim McGee."

"Has anybody ever came over here, or stayed here?"

"Our Forensic Tech slept over once when she was being stalked. My SFA Tony has stayed here a couple of times because of the boiler in the apartment. He has also been here for Cowboy Steaks."

"It seems like you have a good team."

"I have the best team."

Gibbs had put in for time off to spend with his family to reconnect with them. The team had been over to meet them and they were happy for Gibbs that they had returned. Shannon, Gibbs and Kelly had also gone to Kate and Tony's Wedding.

The End