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BTW: The flashback will be in italics but Kota's mother's & father's words will be in normal font. ;)


PREVIOUSLY

"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?"


Trey took Deliah's hand in his. She kept her tears at bay and took a deep breath.

"I remember it like it was only yesterday when my little girl was taken away from me. My little Kota. She liked being called Kota. She was...So full of life." she gave Gibbs a sad smile.

FLASHBACK

"I had just tucked her in."

A much younger Deliah was busy tucking the 10 year old Dakota in.

"Mommy?" Deliah finished tucking her in when she looked at her daughter.

"Yes?" She tucked some hair behind Kota's ear. Kota just smiled.

"I love you."

"It was like she knew what was going to happen and she just wanted me to know she loved me."

Deliah chuckled and sat on the bed.

"Well what brought that up?" Kota shrugged.

"Just thought I'd say it." She replied. Her mother smiled.

"I love you too." She leaned down and kissed her daughter on the head.

"Now you go to sleep." She said as she got up and walked to the door and turned the light off.

"Night." Kota called. Deliah looked at her for, unknown to her, the last time and smiled.

"Goodnight Kota. Sweet dreams." Then she left.

END OF FLASHBACK

Deliah looked down as a tear made it's way down her cheek, Gibbs looked at her sympathetically. Trey decided to take over.

"The next morning, I went to go wake Kota up. When I saw that she wasn't there I thought she might just be in the bathroom. But she wasn't."

FLASHBACK

Trey saw that the bathroom door was wide open and that Kota wasn't in there. He then thought that she must be downstairs having her breakfast. He started walking down the steps. Deliah was busy getting dressed.

"Kota!" He called while walking down the steps. No answer. He walked into the kitchen and saw no that no one was there. He then checked the living room.

"Kota!" He called again, this time sounding worried. Deliah walked in looking confused.

"What's going on?" She wondered.

"I can't find Kota." He said looking at her.

"She should be in her room, she's always in there." She replied. Her husband shook his head.

"Not this time." Then he started walking towards the stairs. Deliah decided to check the back yard.

"Dakota!" She called while walking through the back door. Nothing. She was beginning to get worried herself. She went back inside to search other places she could be.

Meanwhile Trey was busy checking the rest of upstairs. He checked Kota's older brother's room. He was at a sleepover. Still nothing. He went back into her room. He could hear his wife calling their child's name.

"Dakota Mae!" He said sternly. He checked her closet to see if she was hiding. When he opened the doors he saw that all her clothes had disappeared.

"When I saw that her clothes were missing I thought she ran away until I saw her locket."

Trey looked to his left and saw the heart shaped locket he had given her sat next to her lamp.

"She never went anywhere without it. She took it to school, friends houses, when she went out to play and even on vacation."

Deliah came into the room. He looked at her.

"The front door has been forced open." She said out of breath after running up the stairs.

"Her clothes are gone." Trey added. He then picked up the locket.

"Her locket's still here." He finished. Deliah put a hand to her mouth. Tears were threatening to fall.

"Oh god. She's been kidnapped. Someone took our little girl." She started to sob. Trey wrapped his arms around her.

"Listen Deliah, I promise you we will find her ok. I promise." Tears showed up in his own eyes.

END OF FLASHBACK

"The police searched for days but found nothing. After a week they told us to try and accept the fact that she might be dead." He shook his head.

"But we didn't. Only after about a year did we start to lose hope. Her brother Josh was devastated." He looked down. Deliah had calmed down enough to speak.

"Then you called." She said with a small smile.

"Is she here? Can we see her?" She asked sounding hopeful. Gibbs shook his head.

"She's not here, and I don't think you'll be able to see her until this is all over." He replied. Then the door opened and McGee's head popped in.

"Boss, found something." He said. Gibbs gave him a nod. McGee then left. Gibbs stood up and grabbed the folder he had. He pointed to the picture of Kota.

"Keep that." They smiled at him.

"Thank you" Deliah said. Gibbs then left the room.


Not much I know but at least there's a new chapter. R&R. :)