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WARNING: talk of cutting...thought you should know

The next day started like any other. Abby and Ziva got up, changed and dressed the kids. Ziva started to shower and Abby made coffee. Then Abby got her shower while Ziva made them breakfast. She was warming to twins bottles and made Abby and herself waffles and sausage. When Abby got out of the shower she fed Mark and Ziva fed Kate. By the time they were half way through their breakfast Sam came over. By 8:00 they were on their way to work. At 8:30 they started work.

Within a few hours the team found a lot of information. They interviewed her parents and found out that she had a brother, Michael, who was kicked out of the military after he had mental breakdown. Emily looked up to her brother and visited him everyday after was kicked out. In fact the only time her brother really seem sane was when she was around. She went to boot camp to try to follow in her brothers' foot steps. Tony and McGee were trying to find where Michael was. About 12:00 Ziva's phone rang.

"David." She got no answer. "Hello….. Is there anybody there?" She was about to hang up when she heard the tiniest whisper.

"Ziva help." It took her a second to recognize her voice.

"Sam?...Sam answer me." She heard nothing but the cry of one baby.

Her body reacted before her mind. By the time her mind caught up she was outside of Abby's office. It took her 2 seconds to grab Abby and get to the car. 15 minuets later they were at their house. Ziva put the car in park and ran to the front door. That's when she realized the first bad thing; the front door was slightly open. Without thinking she went inside. Once she opened the door she saw hoe bad things were. Everything was tipped over, and she didn't see Sam or the twins in the living room. Then she noticed and bloody hand print on the wall. She really started to panic. She ran into the nursery and saw Mark in his crib but now Kate. She then realized that Sam was lying on the floor with her face bloody and bruised. Ziva kneeled down to check for a pulse and Abby checked on Mark. She then went to call and ambulance for Sam. When Ziva found a pulse she was relieved then went to stand up. As she stood Sam cried out.

"I'm sorry. I tried, he was too strong." Ziva quickly knelt down again and held Sam's head down so she wouldn't move it.

"It's ok sweetie."

"He has Kate, I'm sorry." Ziva wanted to panic but knew she couldn't or else it could make Sam worse.

Ziva was getting really mad when then ambulance didn't show up. She tried to keep Sam awake but every so often she would pass out. Finely after about 20 minuets the ambulance came. The paramedics cam running in with their bags and knelt down to Sam.

"What happened here?" The paramedic asking the question was about 25 and she started to take Sam's vitals.

" I don't know. She called me at work and was hardly talking. When I got here she was on the floor bleeding."

"Did she say how this happened?" Ziva shook her head. 5 minuets later Sam was loaded into the ambulance and on the way to the hospital. Ziva stayed at home to talk to the police but Abby followed the ambulance to the hospital.

Gibbs, Tony, and McGee showed up 5 minuets after Abby left. Ziva was pacing back and forth with Mark in her arms. She wasn't touching anything that could be used as evidence but she was getting a class of water every 5 minuets. Gibbs slowly took the glass from Ziva and Tony slowly took Mark from her. McGee got her a chair and she sat down. They then went through the house and collected every piece of evidence they could find.

Meanwhile at the hospital Abby was in the waiting room. She had been there for an hour and was getting worried. A few minuets later a doctor came out.

" Is there family for a Samantha Jennings?" Abby stood up.

"I'm the closest thing she has."

"I'm not supposed to give information to non family members."

"Please. I'm work for NCIS and she watches my twins and may be able to help find my daughter." The doctor thought for a moment.

"Alright. Sam suffered a pretty bad beating to the face. She has a concussion and may not remember everything that happened. We gave her some pain medication through her IV that should also help her sleep. Do you know if she has anything in her life that could be making her depressed?"

"I'm not sure why?"

"Well it seems Sam had been cutting herself and we would like to know why. The sooner we find out the sooner we can help her stop." Abby thought for a moment.

"She has told us a few times that she didn't have the best mother but that was about it."

"Thank you. You can come back and see her if you'd like. She'll most likely be asleep but you can sit with her for a while."

"Thank you doctor. Do you know where the nearest phone is I need to call my girlfriend." The doctor pointed her into the right direction. After Abby called Ziva and filled her in she went into the Sam's room. Sam was asleep and looked like hell. Both eyes were swollen and most of her face was black and blue. Abby's eyes slowly traveled down to Sam's arms where for the first time she noticed angry looking red scares covering most of her arm. The doctor hadn't felt it was necessary to cover the scars up because most were in their finale stages of healing and the newer ones the doctor and put a cream on it so it was less likely to become infected. Abby was shocked that she hadn't noticed what was going on with Sam and felt guilty. She sat there for a few moments then curled up in a ball and fell asleep.

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