Gibbs could tell that Kelly was exhausted as she finished eating. He almost laughed out loud at the memory of her as a baby when she would fall asleep in the high chair during dinner. He tucked that memory away for the moment and focused on the girl before him. So much time lost. "Kel" he said quietly, "I need to ask you some questions."

As Kelly looked at her Dad her heart leaped into her throat. She wasn't scared of him. She was terrified of her memories and what they would bring. She had locked them away for so long and now she knew there was no turning back. Her memories may be the link to whoever was causing them harm. She just wanted it all over with and to start her life over. To get to know her Dad again and hopefully be a family. She put her hand on her Dad's and said" It is alright I can do this."

"Ok" he nodded. "We need to go back to the beginning. That day…." Gibbs couldn't finish the sentence but Kelly understood.

"Daddy it's ok." Kelly replied. She stood up and walked over to the window. Looking out as she pictured in her mind that day.

Gibbs knew Kelly was distancing herself from him and it about broke his heart. But he knew it was necessary for her to remember. He just hoped that they could get through this together.

"I remember laughing with mom right before the accident." Kelly continued to look out the window as she began to recount what happened. "The next thing I knew there was so much smoke and I knew I was hurt. I couldn't see the agent in the front seat because of the fire. I looked over at mom and she was bleeding from her head badly. Mom must have known something was wrong. She kept telling me to go that I needed to run. I tried to tell her no that I was going to stay with her but she won't hear of it. She made me promise to tell you that she loved you and that she was happy. Then she made me go. She told me to run and not look back no matter what happened."

Gibbs felt his heart drop into his stomach. Shannon must have known the danger they were in. She had given her life to save their daughter's. He got up and walked up behind Kelly. He put his hands softly on her shoulders and whispered, "You were only nine Kelly. There was nothing you could have done. She was right is telling you to run." Gibbs felt Kelly's shoulders start to shake and he her turned her around into his shoulder for her to cry into. He just held her and rubbed her back. He knew that she had stopped to look back at the van without her even saying it. He didn't fault her for that. It just broke his heart again and gave him more understanding about what all she had gone through. After a couple of minutes Kelly composed herself and smiled up at him.

"I need to go and clean my face." Kelly said hoarsely.

He knew this needed to be a stopping point. Gibbs decided then to call it a night and take Kelly home to get some rest. He would leave it up to the rest of the team to get some answers while he tried to help Kelly adjust to being home. Fornell and some of his team were already in place around his house setting up a protective perimeter. He led Kelly to the door and opened it and asked Ziva to walk with her. Abby came up around the corner and whispered something to Gibbs and then bounced back to her lab. Gibbs just grinned. Abbs had sent some fresh linens, flowers, food, and clothes with one of Fornell's agents to the house for him and Kelly.

Kelly washed her face and looked into the mirror. Ziva had checked the bathroom and then went out in the hall wait giving her some privacy. She really was thankful for this group of people that were around her. She was just really tired and just wanted to get some sleep. She took a deep breath and headed towards the door.

McGee filled in Gibbs about Kort's phone records. It didn't look like Kort was involved but Gibbs told McGee to dig deeper just to be sure. Tony was still looking at any connections that might involve Rivera. Gibbs gave some final instructions as Ziva walked into the bullpen with Kelly. He put his arm around his daughter and said "Let's go home and get some rest."

Kelly nodded since she was too tired to answer. Gibbs put his arm around her as they headed towards the elevator. Ziva followed quietly. She was going to follow behind them to the house and spend a couple of hours there with the other agents in protection detail.

Kelly did not notice any of the agents quietly sweeping the area as she and Gibbs made their way to the car. No one was taking any chances. Gibbs was leaving his truck here tonight and taking the charger. He nodded over the hood to Ziva as they both got into their vehicles.

Tony and McGee were busy tracking some leads. Boss made it clear that they needed to trade off and get some sleep in a couple of hours if nothing came up tonight. He wanted them rested and fresh for tomorrow. Abby had already set up some sleeping bags in the lab for anyone that needed a cat nap. She knew no one would be going home tonight.

He almost didn't make it through security at the airport but he managed to sweet talk the woman. Now to get his bags and find a hotel close enough where he could watch and form his plan. His adrenaline was running and he didn't slow down to realize a crucial mistake he had just made.