Music was blaring from Abby's lab as the came down, when she looked up and saw the three Gibbs's she quickly turned off the music.
"Abby can Hannah and Lyddi stay with you for a bit?" Gibbs asked as he came into the lab.
"Sure!" Abby returned and came closer to "Are you here for a friendly visit?"
"Not quite. I'm going to go and speak with the Director." Gibbs told Hannah. "I'll get back to you as soon as I can. You're in good hands with Abby."
"Your in hands that know about you." Abby corrected and Gibbs gave Abby a stern look, kissed Lyddi on the head and handed the child back to Hannah and laid a hand on Hannah's shoulder.
"I'll be back."
"Okay." Hannah nodded and watched Gibbs leave.
"He hasn't told his team yet." Abby shared. "Ducky knows because I had to tell him, but the others are still trying to figure it out."
"I'm not judging Abby. He has to figure out how this works for himself." Hannah returned wisely. "Although I think I messed up his plans."
"Come on, I have a safe place for Lyddi over here and then I'll show you around my Lab." Abby offered.
"I'd like that." Hannah nodded and followed the strangely dressed yet friendly woman.
"We've been following the situation, but we've not been able to get any information due to the radio silence with the team on the front." Director Vance admitted.
"Yet it's been close to six weeks since the team has made contact stateside. What exactly is the mission they're on?" Gibbs asked and Director Vance shook his head.
"We're still trying to establish that. They went with one set of papers and as they've gone deeper into the mission they've kept changing things." Vance shared. "It really isn't in NCIS jurisdiction."
"I understand that Director." Gibbs nodded. "I'll try to let Hannah know."
"I'll see what I can do." Vance sighed as he realized that Gibbs was actually asking for a personal favour not for himself but for his new family.
"I'd appreciate it."
"Is Hannah here?"
"She's with Abby." Gibbs shared.
"Maybe I could meet her before she leaves?" Vance asked.
"I have a few more introductions to do first." Gibbs nodded and left the Director's office.
Hannah let Lyddi walk into the main office space again following Abby. Hannah walked slowly so Abby played along and crept.
"Are you sure this is okay?" Hannah asked as they came closer to Gibbs's team. "This is really Gibbs's choice on who I should meet."
"You are here now, you might as well as meet them." Abby decided and just as they came into view all three team members stood up and joined them in the middle of the office.
"Well, I'd like to start this introduction with a small but friendly reminder of something I told you a few weeks ago." Abby started with a smirk on her face. "I believe I have found the person who has a room painted with the colour Enchanted." Abby pointed to the toddler who walked towards them holding onto Hannah's hand. "I believe there is also a few flowers and butterflies to off set the light purple."
"Hi.." Hannah smiled at the three other adults, all looking very serious and no one really smiling.
"So, who are you?" Tony asked first.
"My name is Hannah and this little one is Lyddi." Hannah started.
"And you're relationship to Gibbs is?" Ziva asked, yet as Hannah started to share something they were interrupted by Lyddi.
"Papa!" Lyddi gasped with excitement and clapped her hands with a smile, the clapping caused Lyddi to fall off balance and the little girl fell backwards onto her bum. The three team members turned to see Gibbs coming towards them. Gibbs came forward and scooped Lyddi up and stood beside Hannah.
"Hannah I'd like to introduce you to my team. Tony DiNozzo, Ziva David and Timothy McGee." Hannah looked at the three again and shook their hands. "This is Hannah, Hannah and I have just recently be introduced and it turns out that I am Hannah's father. This is Lyddi, Hannah's daughter and I am lucky enough to have her as my granddaughter." Gibbs shared.
"My mother Cecilia and Gibbs new each other while Gibbs was in basic training. My mother chose not to tell me about my father growing up for a variety of reasons. The same reasons she chose not to tell Gibbs about me. It wasn't until her end of life that she thought we should get together." Hannah told the group.
"Your mother was the funeral that Gibbs attended?" Tim asked as the group retreated back to their desks and Hannah and Abby found some chairs.
"I think so. I remember seeing him at the funeral at a distance."
"I am sorry about your loss." Ziva shared. "I know what it is like to loose a mother."
"Thank you." Hannah accepted.
"So what brings you to NCIS headquarters?" Tony asked.
"My husband Keith is on a special mission with his team. He's Special Opps with the Marines. I haven't been able to connect with him in almost six weeks. I was hoping that maybe Gibbs's connections could help elevate my anxiety…" Hannah sighed. Just as Hannah shared the reason Director Vance came out of MTAC and pointed to Gibbs. Gibbs stood up and handed Lyddi off to Tony as he left the office space and headed up the stairs.
Hannah's eyes followed Gibbs up the stairs and into a room.
"They probably have something." Tim shared.
"Hi hi." Lyddi greeted Tony who held her out on his desk.
"Hello…" Tony returned and watched as the toddler reached down for some papers on his desk.
"I'd be careful." Hannah started and watched as Lyddi started to rip the paper. "Oh Lyddi! Those are Agent DiNozzo's work papers. Tata." Hannah scooped her daughter away from Tony.
"You can call me Tony." Tony shared.
"You haven't been around children much have you?" Hannah asked.
"Not that size." Tony admitted and collected the remaining paper off his desk. "They are a bit to small, you can't reason with them. They have no ability to talk about things."
"They need to be changed." Hannah finished. Grabbing the diaper bag, she turned back to Abby. "Do you have a place where I can freshen this child up?"
"I'll show you." Ziva offered quickly and Hannah followed towards the ladies restroom.
"Your husband is a Marine?" Ziva confirmed as she watched Hannah change Lyddi.
"He has been since we met. He was going through school on a Navy scholarship. When we graduated, I went on to teach and Keith started Marine training to start to repay his education. He's been paid up for almost a year, but he's chosen to stay on. He says that Service to his country is in his blood." Hannah looked down at Lyddi.
"You haven't been out of touch for six weeks before with your husband?"
"Sometimes not a phone call, but always an email or a contact made through someone on the base. I've been hitting brick walls for days now." Hannah picked up her daughter. "I thought maybe Gibbs."
"Gibbs will help." Ziva assured.
"I hope so." Hannah sighed and the two left the restroom. Both Gibbs and the Director stood waiting for them when they returned.
"What?" Hannah asked, she didn't like the feel in the room.
"We've received some intel." Gibbs started.
"What does that mean?" Hannah asked again.
"We're not sure, but apparently there has been a convoy that has been ambushed, communication has been difficult and you're husband may be one of them." Director Vance told her
"Are you saying he's been captured?" Hannah asked trying to establish some clarification. "He could be dead?"
"We're still trying to get more information." Gibbs noticed that Hannah looked pale. "Hannah, are you okay?"
"I need to talk with my husband.. You don't seem to understand that I need him to be still okay, he doesn't know about the new family members." Hannah started and her knees wobbled.
"Getting to find out if he is safe is more important then telling him about me." Gibbs looked to Ziva who reached for Lyddi who sensing Hannah's distress had started to cry. Gibbs reached out to grab a hold of Hannah who looked ready to pass out.
"It's not just you Gibbs, Keith doesn't know about the baby." Gibbs had grabbed a chair as the blood rushed around in her head.
"Go get Ducky!" Gibbs yelled over to Abby as he knelt down in front of his daughter. "Hannah, just take a deep breath, we're going to get through this together."
"I don't think I could manage to have a child that would not know it's father." Hannah managed as she slipped her head down onto her father's shoulder and waited for the dizziness to pass