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Since the girls would not be returning to school today, they went with their parents and siblings to NCIS. Rachel and Nikki sat quietly in their booster seats on the ride to NCIS. They held hands the entire way. Once arriving they got out of the car and rejoined hands. They refused to be separated at any point. Gibbs and Jenny checked in and got the girls their visitors' passes and they headed to the elevators.
Once inside, Gibbs hit the switch and turned to his girls. They looked up at him.
"While your mother deals with the politicians, your brothers, Ziva, and I have a lot of paper work. Now, you can choose to stay in the bullpen with us, or you can go downstairs with Abby," Gibbs told them.
The girls looked at each other. They knew that they would choose to go to Abby's lab, but there was that part that feared to be separated from their parents. Nikki nudged Rachel as they silently came to an agreement.
"Abby's lab," they said in unison.
"Okay then," Gibbs said with a grin and flipped the switch again to get the elevator moving again.
When they arrived on the floor, all of them stepped out. The girls hugged and kissed their mother as she headed up to the catwalk and followed their father into the bullpen. To all their surprise, Tony was actually there before their father. Rachel and Nikki looked at each other and giggled.
"Hey Boss! Little Bosses!" Tony said. Rachel and Nikki grinned. Gibbs went over to his desk as he let the girls greet their siblings.
"Are you two going to be staying up here with us?" Ziva asked.
"No, Daddy asked if we wanted to, but we knew that you guys have lots of work to do and so we said we will go to Abby's lab," Nikki replied.
"Are you sure about that? Because Ziva, McProbious, and I can have a good time while you guys are here," Tony offered and upon seeing Gibbs glare said, "Although, you girls are right. We've got a lot of work to get done. Maybe next time."
Tony smiled and the girls giggled at his antics. Ziva rolled her eyes at Tony.
McGee walked over to the girls. They looked up to their brother.
"May I see your hands?" he asked softly. Nikki and Rachel looked at one another and stuck their arms out. Tim pulled watch-like object out of his pocket and stuck them onto the girls' wrists.
"What are they?" Rachel asked.
"Well, when you are able to tell time they are a watch, but if you press the button on the side they become locators. They are not to be used unless you two are in trouble like what happened," he said and looked to Gibbs who was watching them, "I was working on them before the girls were taken and I finally got them to work so I figured that now was as good of time as any to give them to the girls."
Gibbs walked over to McGee and the girls.
"Thank you," he said softly to his agent. McGee nodded.
"So, Timmy, if we are in trouble again like we was alls we gotta do is press the button and you will find us?" Rachel asked.
"Yep," McGee replied. Rachel looked to Nikki who nodded and they hugged him.
"Thanks Timmy," they said in unison. McGee got over his small bout of shock and patted their backs.
"You're very welcome," McGee replied.
"Alright, girls, let's get down to Abby's lab so that we can get done up here," Gibbs said.
Rachel and Nikki nodded and told the guys goodbye and followed their father down to Abby's lab.
Abby was working on the evidence from another team's case. She had Android Lust on in the background and was dancing from machine to machine as she checked how they were running. Then she felt as if she were being watched and turned to see Gibbs and her sisters standing in the doorway.
"Gibbets!" Abby exclaimed and hugged both girls who giggled at the enthusiastic Goth, "What are you guys doing down here in the world of Sciuto?"
"Well, Jenny and I decided to hold off on taking them back to school and we've got a lot to do, so they decided it would be best to stay in the lab with you," Gibbs told her.
"Awesome! You guys can help me with Major Mass Spec.! He's been giving me a hard time today and I think that he needs a tender kids' touch," Abby said with a grin. The girls giggled.
"You guys go ahead and take a look at him and see if you can get him moving! Give him a pep talk!" Abby said. The girls giggled and headed to Major Mass Spec. to give said pep talk. Abby turned back to Gibbs.
"I'll keep an eye out for them Papa Bear. They'll be fine down here," Abby told him.
"Thanks Abs," Gibbs replied and he kissed her forehead.
"Bye girls!" Gibbs said. They left Major Mass Spec. to give their father hugs and kisses and ran back to keep up the pep talk. Abby chuckled.
"They'll be okay," Abby said, "Oh, and the team and I were wondering if you and the Director wanted to go to lunch."
"Depends on whether or not we get a case, Abs. I'll let you know," Gibbs told her. Abby nodded and Gibbs took off for the bullpen. He knew that his girls were in safe hands with Abby.
Abby turned to the girls and saw that Major Mass Spec. was actually working a bit faster and she grinned.
"Hey girls, while I'm waiting for results you guys wanna see the new Sims game I got?" Abby asked.
"Yeah!" Nikki said and looked to Rachel. She knew that Rachel liked some computer games, but not ones that dealt with killing or stuff. She also knew that the Sims games were based on real-life simulations.
"I dunno," Rachel said uneasily. Nikki took her sister's hand.
"Come on Rach. It's a game where you can be anyone and you get to help the peoples in the game make a family and a life," Nikki explained.
"Oh, you mean like the one that we saw on TV?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, that's the one!" Nikki exclaimed. Rachel then nodded and all three of them headed to the computer station to play.
Jenny was settled into her desk, but found it hard to focus on anything except her daughters. She didn't want to leave them this morning and she knew that her husband didn't either. She sighed and knew that it was going to be a long day. Just then, her phone rang.
"Gibbs," she answered.
"Good morning Director," came Ducky's voice on the other end.
"Ducky! Good morning!" Jenny replied, "What can I do for you?"
"Well, I called Dr. Hill and she said that she will be able to see Rachel and Nicole tomorrow at noon," Ducky answered.
"Okay, I'll have Cynthia clear my schedule for noon and on and I'll let Jethro know. Thank you Ducky," Jenny said.
"Anytime, my dear. Just make sure that my granddaughters get better," Ducky said.
"I will. Bye," Jenny said and disconnected the call. She leaned back in her chair and knew that tomorrow was the start of a very long healing process for her children.
A couple hours later, Gibbs and the team hadn't got a call-out at all and so Gibbs decided to take Abby and the others up on the offer of going out for lunch.
"Alright," he said and the others heads snapped towards him, "Abby asked that we all go to lunch together."
"Sounds good to me. Would you like me to go ask the Director if she is able to join us?" Ziva asked. Gibbs nodded and she did.
"McGee, call Ducky and see if he's available and DiNozzo, you call Abby and see if she's ready with the girls," Gibbs told them.
"On it boss," they replied.
A few minutes later found the entire crew heading to the nearest Olive Garden for lunch. The waitress showed them to their table and took their orders for beverages. She left them the menus to look at.
"Man, am I hungry!" Tony said.
"When are you not hungry Tony?" asked Nikki sarcastically.
"I'll have you know that I don't eat all the time," Tony said.
"Uh-huh, hey, DiNozzo, we don't need to know what you do when you're not eating!" Gibbs said.
Tony turned red and the others laughed. Tony joined in. A sudden gasp brought them all out of their laughing fits and drew their eyes to Nikki and Rachel. Rachel was shaking and Nikki was trying to comfort her sister.
Jenny moved to Rachel and pulled her into her arms. Rachel snapped out of her flashback and wrapped her arms around her mother and began to sob which caused Nikki to sob. Ziva picked Nikki up and held her close. They both rocked the girls until the sobbing became sniffles and the sniffles became silence. Rachel looked to Jenny with her bright green eyes.
"Baby, are you okay now?" Jenny asked. Rachel nodded. She got down and got back into her chair. Nikki got out of Ziva's lap and into her chair next to her sister. She pulled her into a hug and Rachel hugged her back. The group smiled at the bond between the young girls. They turned back to the table and began coloring on the sheet that their waitress had given them.
Jenny looked to Gibbs and he looked to her. They communicated with their eyes. Both of them knew that the flashbacks were probably going to get worse and they hoped that the therapist would help their girls through it.
The team finished lunch without incident and headed back to NCIS. This time the girls decided to go to their mother's office where they fell asleep on the couch there. The rest of the workday went well and they all headed back to the house. Dinner was served and then the girls were put to bed. The team took their places in the living room while Gibbs and Jenny headed to bed in their room.
As they lay in bed, Jenny turned to Gibbs and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Do you think that Dr. Hill will help them Jethro?" Jenny asked.
"I don't know Jen," Gibbs said, "I hope so. I hated seeing them like they were. So afraid of everything."
"I know honey, but just remember that they aren't afraid of you," Jenny said.
"I know, but it's still hard to watch them go through it," Gibbs replied.
"It's hard to feel powerless to help them," Jenny clarified. Gibbs nodded.
"I hope that this therapist does help. I want my happy girls back," Gibbs said.
"They had a fairly good day today and I looked up some things about PTSD. The people going through it have good days and bad days, so today can be classified as a good day because they didn't have that many flashbacks," Jenny told him, "And when the bad days come, we will just have to work harder to make them feel safe. Speaking of which, what were those things that the girls were wearing on their wrists? They look like watches."
"They are, sort of. McGee took a couple of watches and made locators out of them. That way we could find them anytime. He just finished them up this morning," Gibbs told her, "Would've been helpful a couple of weeks ago."
"At least that is one thing that we don't have to worry about now, but with both of us working high-risk jobs there is bound to be danger," Jenny told him.
"I know Jen. We both love our jobs, but I just don't know if the job is worth keeping if our children are in danger every time we turn around," Gibbs said.
"Jethro, are you suggesting we quit?" she asked.
"I don't know," he replied.
"All jobs come with their own set of dangers. We can work things out," Jenny told him.
"I hope so," Gibbs said, "I love you Jenny."
"I love you too Jethro," she replied. They kissed and were soon asleep in each other's arms.
AN: What will Dr. Hill have to say? More to come! Leave a review, please and thank you!