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Ziva was working hard on finding the mystery woman. She had the sketch that Mrs. Reid had done out with the sketch artist and she uploaded it onto the computer and sent it through facial recognition as McGee had shown her how to do. While running the woman's face she checked Davidson's financials among other things and gathered her information to give Gibbs a briefing on what she found. As she heard the elevator she gathered the folder that held the information and then her computer beeped to notify her that a match had been found for the photo. Ziva pulled up the woman's demographics and read through them carefully. She looked up as Gibbs walked in and Gibbs walked over to her desk and looked over her shoulder at what she had on her monitor.
"This is Allison Edwards. She was the woman who stalled Mrs. Reid long enough for the girls to get kidnapped. She is single, never married. She was adopted at a young age by Michael and Maggie Davidson," Ziva told him, "She lives in Maryland, a cabin on the outskirts of Annapolis."
"You think that's where she's holding Rachel and Nikki, Boss?" Tony asked looking at the pair.
"I don't know DiNozzo, but one way to find out. Grab your gear!" Gibbs said and headed for the elevator, "Call McGee, have him meet us in the garage."
Tony picked up his bag as did Ziva and they followed their boss to the elevator.
Abby had gathered all the information on Corporal Davidson she could, but there wasn't much. She was beginning to wonder if Matthew Davidson was an alias of some sort so she entered it just to see what she would come up with which turned out to be a whole lot.
"McGee," Abby called. McGee walked over to the terminal with her.
"What you got Abby?" McGee asked.
"Matthew Davidson was an alias. His real name was Andrew Edwards. He's a former ranger and did two tours. One in Desert Storm and the other was recent, Afghanistan. That's how he knew Gibbs! They were stationed relatively close in Desert Storm, but on different branches. It says here that Edwards' troop was ambushed by locals and his entire troop was killed save him. Even, oh no, his brother Frank was murdered on the spot. What does that have to do with Gibbs?" Abby asked looking to McGee.
McGee was about to answer, but his phone rang. He picked it up and put it to his ear.
"McGee," he said.
"Get a McMove on Probie! We may have found them," Tony ordered.
"On my way!" McGee replied and hung up, "Gotta go Abs. They may have found them!"
"Oh I hope so Timmy! Good luck and be safe!" Abby called after him.
She turned back to her screen. "What happened between you and the bossman?"
The twins lay on the floor. Rachel was awake, but Nikki was unconscious again. She was worried for her sister. She knew that neither the woman nor the men were going to help them and she needed to figure a way to get out of there with her sister. She heard the people arguing again.
"We should get rid of them! They are a liability!" shouted a man.
"No! We stick to the plan! It's for Andrew and Frank remember!" the woman shot back.
"I remember, but it seems that there is more to this then two prissy brats!" shouted the man again.
"Look, get it through your head! We can't kill out bait for Gibbs. Once we have him, you can do what you want with the brats, but until then, they stay alive," ordered the woman.
Rachel gasped at what they were discussing. She didn't know that they knew her father. She wondered what her dad had to do with this and why she and Nikki had to be a part of the plan that would probably get them all killed. She hoped that they would hurry.
No sooner than the argument start did it get really quiet. She listened hard to the sounds around her. She heard movement around the house and heard cars coming up the dirt path. Her heart beat faster as she hoped that those cars were who she hoped they were.
"Damn! They found us faster than I thought!" the woman shouted, "Get the brats!"
Rachel heard running footsteps. She reached over to Nikki and shook her minding her arm.
"Nikki, wake up! Nikki, please wake up!" Rachel shouted at her sister.
The door swung open as Aaron and Kyle ran in to grab the girls. Aaron walked to Rachel and jerked her up on her feet by her arm and Kyle lifted Nikki into his arms and carried/dragged them out of the room. Next thing Rachel heard was her father, brothers, and sisters shouting.
"Daddy!" Rachel screamed and Aaron covered her mouth.
Aaron and Kyle took them to the parlor room where the woman was sitting. The team came rushing in shortly after that. Each man held each girl as human shields.
"NCIS! Drop your weapons and let them go!" Ziva shouted at them. Aaron shook his head.
"Sorry, can't do that," he snarled back.
"Ziva, you got a shot?" Gibbs asked her. She shook her head.
"No, they are holding them too tight. If I shoot I will more than likely him one of them," Ziva murmured.
"Is it just the two of you?" another voice came.
Gibbs looked to Ziva and they understood immediately what the other was trying to convey.
"Yes, it is the two of us," Ziva replied.
"Good," came the voice again and the woman decided to stand and show herself. She stood behind Aaron who held Rachel tightly to him. "Agent Gibbs, do you know who I am?"
Gibbs studied the woman and nodded, "You're Allison Edwards."
"Very good! I guess you looked me up huh? You were responsible for my brother's death and my other brother's suicide," Allison told him.
"Your brothers?"Gibbs asked, "I didn't know either one of them."
"Oh how you have forgotten! Andrew and Frank were both in Desert Storm stationed about have a mile away from you. You had an assignment that you were to fulfill, but never did due to the fact that you had disappeared which caused my brothers to be ambushed! It's your fault that Frank was killed and that Andrew committed suicide," Allison accused.
"Andrew was murdered! Shot twice in the back!" Gibbs retorted.
"No, he died of a heroin overdose! I made it look that way to send a message! And I will have my revenge using your beautiful little girls!" Allison snarled.
Rachel was sobbing fully now as she stared at her father and sister as they looked so helpless. She had an idea. She shook away Aaron's hand from her mouth.
"My daddy didn't do nothin' wrong and you gonna try and hurt me and Nikki when we didn't do anything wrong neither!" Rachel yelled.
Distracted for a fraction of a second, Aaron moved just enough for Ziva to take a shot as soon as Rachel was clear and then Gibbs took Allison, but they still had Kyle to contend with.
"Put my daughter down now!" Gibbs ordered him. Kyle looked from Gibbs to Ziva and down to Nikki. Kyle grinned evilly and shifted his arms just enough when a shot rang out.
Abby ran through the information she had dug up and compared the history of Andrew Edwards to that of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and she found what tied the two together. Gibbs unit had taken fire and the mark that Gibbs was to take out had laid a trap for the rangers and the convoy was hit which caused Frank's death. Andrew was later reported to have committed suicide by heroin, but his body went missing. She began to realize that the entire thing was tied to the girls being taken as some sort of master plan. She hoped that they were all okay. She was so immersed in what she was doing she didn't hear Jenny come into the lab.
"Abby?" Jenny said. Abby jumped at her voice.
"Director!" Abby said, "Uh, how can I help you?"
"Have you seen Gibbs or the others?" she asked.
"Um, McGee said that they might have found the girls, but since he left I hadn't heard anything. I thought Gibbs might've called you and told you, but I guess not. He was probably in a big hurry, I mean, he would be being that his children are in trouble and they might've found them after they have been missing and…" Abby went on.
"Abs!" Jenny said and Abby stopped her ramble and looked to Jenny, "They found them?"
"Maybe. All I know is McGee and the others have gone because they got a lead and I keep trying to call Gibbs, but it goes straight to voicemail," Abby reported.
No sooner did Abby finish speaking did Jenny's cell ring. She picked it up and looked at the caller id to find out that it was her husband calling.
"Jethro?" she said, "Did you find them?"
"We found them," came Tony's voice.
"Tony, are they okay?" Jenny asked beginning to get frantic.
"Meet us at Bethesda. We'll be there shortly. Gotta go," Tony said and hung up.
"Tony?" Jenny shouted. She snapped the phone closed and looked at the worried Goth in front of her.
"They found them. I gotta go," Jenny said.
"Are they okay?" Abby asked.
"I don't know Abby. Tony didn't say. All he said was to meet them at Bethesda," Jenny said as she turned and walked out of the lab, "You coming?"
Abby hurried along after her silently praying that her family was okay and safe.
AN: What do you think might've happened? More to come! Leave a review, please and thank you!