Gibbs had just gotten back from meeting Kota when he walked into Autopsy. It was 9:00am and there was still no case so he thought he would go talk to Ducky who was sat at his desk. Ducky looked up as soon as he heard the automatic doors open.
"Gibbs!" He was surprised to see his friend, he turned his chair and stood up. Gibbs stopped once he reached the older man.
"Something must be on your mind for you to come see me when we don't have a case." The Scotsman said.
"I went to see Kota." Gibbs said after a moments silence.
"Ah, how is she?"
"Apart from looking like she had some rocks thrown at her she's fine." The ex-marine stated. Ducky nodded and turned to sit back down.
"Yes well, it is a part of the poor girls training." He said as he sat down. Gibbs followed and stood in-front of him.
"I've decided to help her and the others at the OS." Gibbs said. Ducky looked up at him in shock.
"Your crossing a dangerous territory Gibbs. So dangerous it could get you killed." He warned.
"Kota wants to be free from that world. She told me herself. She wants to live a normal life" Ducky just looked at him.
"Don't we all." It was more of a statement than question. He continued.
"When I first met Kota I could see in her eyes that she still had some life left inside of her that just want's to break free, I don't doubt that for a second. You and I both know what training she goes through...Killing innocent children is wrong and she knows it. She just doesn't show it. She puts on a mask." Gibbs stared.
"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask." He finished.
"What are you saying Duck?" Gibbs was confused. Ducky sighed.
"I'm saying that young woman may not be as dangerous and emotionless as they say she is. There is one thing they can't brake, and that's her spirit."
"I do not understand why Gibbs is doing this. I mean we barley know her." Ziva thought loudly. She, Tony and McGee were busy searching the web to find any information about the OS that could help put it to a stop. Ordered by Gibbs of course.
"Put yourself in her shoe's Ziva." McGee said without looking away from his screen. Ziva looked at him confused.
"Why would I want to be in her shoes?" Tony rolled his eyes and looked at her.
"It's an expression. It means put yourself in her position." He explained.
"Oh." She said simply and looked back at her computer. McGee sighed.
"I'm not having any luck. What about you guys?" He asked. They both shook their heads.
"Nope." Tony answered.
"It's like it doesn't even exist." Ziva said. That's when Gibbs strode in.
"Yet it does. McGee, I need you to hack in to the OS's system." He said as he stood behind him.
"Uh, that's one secure system boss." McGee replied looking at the grey haired man. Gibbs glared at him. McGee turned to his computer.
"Hacking into the system." And so he typed away. Tony and Ziva got up and walked over. After a couple of minutes McGee was finally able to get in. He was surprised too
"Wow, I'm in. That wasn't as hard as I thought." He said loudly. Loads of files came up onto the screen. Gibbs pointed to one.
"That one McGee." He was referring to the one that said "Soldiers Profiles". McGee did as he was told. Over 50 names showed up. But Gibbs was looking for a specific one.
"It's gonna take us a while to go through them." Tony spoke.
"Thirteen McGee." Gibbs said. The Agent clicked on the one that was titled "Thirteen". A picture of an innocent little blonde haired, blue eyed girl with bangs came up. McGee scrolled down a bit and another picture was underneath. It was a recent picture to show what she looked like now. It was Dakota.
"Oh my god." McGee said.
"Kota said she's been in DC for 14 years. She must of been about 10 years old." Ziva said while looking at the two photo's.
"She's been working for the OS since she was 10 years old. Just a child." Gibbs was disgusted. McGee scrolled down some more. This time it was information on their friend:
Dakota Mae Jenner
DOB: 14/4/88
POB: Los Angeles, California.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5' 7
Joined: June 8th 1998
Terminated: No
Everyone except Gibbs were all confused with the terminated bit.
"Terminated?" Tony wondered.
"If the soldier does not meet the requirements then they are killed because they're to dangerous to be let back into the real world." Gibbs answered. Tony and Ziva looked at each other then back at the screen. They looked through other profiles and saw that others had been taken at a young age too. The youngest was 7 years old, now 21. They also saw that some as young as 11 were killed because they did not meet the requirements in training. It made them sick.
"McGee, search missing persons. Kota first." Gibbs ordered. McGee started typing on his keyboard until the picture of a smiling 10 year old Dakota came up with the word MISSING underneath it. It had the usual information on it. It also said that she was kidnapped in the middle of the night while she was sleeping. The contact information was also there so that was the first thing Gibbs was gonna do. He started dialing the given number.
"McGee, check the others to see if they've been reported missing and find more information to help us get a case. You two help him." He ordered as he moved away from his Agent's desk and put the phone to his ear. Tony and Ziva both crouched down to help the young Agent.
After three rings someone finally picked up.
"Hello?" It was a woman.
"Mrs. Jenner?" Gibbs asked.
"Yes" She confirmed.
"Ma'am I'm Special Agen Gibbs, I work with NCIS. I'd like for you and your husband to come down to the Navy Yard to ask you a few questions."
"What is this about Special Agent Gibbs? I haven't done anything wrong."
"I have information about your daughter, Dakota. She's alive"
"Sweet Jesus, honey get the car!" She yelled to her husband.
"We'll be right there Agent Gibbs." Then she hung up.
Deliah and Trey Jenner both sat opposite Gibbs in the conference room. Gibss could see where Kota got her striking good looks from. She's the spitting image of her mother, Deliah, pronounced DEL-iah not DEE-lia. Only a much younger versions. Her farther had black brown hair and green eyes. He looked a little bit like Tom Cruise.
"What other information do you have on our daughter Agent Gibbs?" Trey asked.
"Like I said she's alive and well, for how much longer I don't know." Husband and wife looked at each other confused.
"What do you mean?" Deliah asked, looking back at him.
"Your daughter works for a top secret organisation called the OS." He replied.
"The OS? We've never even heard of such a thing" Mr. Jenner said.
"Not a lot of people have. I called you down here because I need as much information from you as possible. The information you have may help shut this organisation down." They both nodded in agreement. Gibbs opened the folder that he had sat in-front of of him and pulled out a picture. He turned it around and put it in-front of the Jenners. It was a picture of Kota. The same one that was in her profile.
"That, is what Dakota looks like now." Gibbs said while looking at them. Deliah brought the picture closer to them. Tears started to form.
"She's beautiful." Then she chuckled.
"She still has her bangs. She loved them when she was a child." She smiled.
"She still looks like you." Trey spoke up. Gibbs finally spoke.
"Fourteen years is a long time. When you see her, she'll be a lot different from how you remember her and I'm not saying that just because she's older. She's a trained soldier. And I don't mean that in a good way." Deliah looked at him.
"I don't understand." Gibbs sighed.
"Your daughter is an assassin. Soldier is just a nicer term for it." Deliah and Trey had the look of shock on their faces.
"Oh my god." Trey said.
"There are other's like Dakota and you are the first of many families to help put a stop to this." He continued.
"What happened on the night Kota was kidnapped?" He asked.
