Nobody's POV

The minute Gibbs was settled in the hospital in D.C. His room was filled with his 'family.' Currently he was getting his life squeezed out of him by none other than the bubbly goth he considered as his daughter. The rest of the team stood there watching smiles across their faces as they watched the two. As soon as the nurse left the room fell deadly silent all eyes were on Gibbs. Abby pulled away as Tony stepped in front of the door so no one could come in. All eyes were on Gibbs, Ducky was the one who broke the silence. "Which case are we reopening Jethro.." Reopening a case was very rare especially for Gibbs usually the FBI reopened one of their cases and they snatched it back from them this was the first time Gibbs had ever asked to just reopen as case.

Gibbs' POV

I hugged Abby back till the nurse left, that was when she pulled away and a deadly silence fell around the room I didn't like it but I knew it was coming when I heard Ducky I sighed as I glanced towards him. I looked around once more before I spoke.

"Jennifer Shepard's case…." Silence once again looking around now all but Bishop's jaws were drop she had no clue who Jenny was and I was really hoping not to have to tell her but now I do and it isn't going to be fun. I watched as everyone tried to speak, McGee was the first one who was able to get a word out.

"Why boss? When we finished that case you told us you never wanted to hear another word about that case no matter what.."

"Jethro why now? It's been eight years, if you want us to dig up the body you won't find much most of it is probably bones by now… When you refused to see her body that was your choice, why now?" Ducky asked as he watched Gibbs specifically.

"I think someone is trying to mess with us, I wanna check over everything to make sure that…." I stopped mid sentence as I thought of how to say it. I didn't want them to think I was going crazy especially with me just being shot. I ignored all the strange glances I was being given from within my team. By now they were all worried it wasn't like me to stop mid sentence with me being shot and wanting to reopen a case especially the one of my past lover had them all worried for me.

"Gibbs?" This time it was Abby who spoke up she was really worried about him you could see it she wasn't bouncing around and excited like usual when Abby wasn't her normal self you knew something was wrong. I looked towards her as she carefully spoke up again. "You wanted to make sure what?"

"I wanted to make sure it was really her who was killed…" I said looking around at all of them. "You may think I'm crazy but I can promise you I'm not. Please just hear me out and you'll understand why I wanna do this." I looked towards them as if pleading to let me tell them. After awhile of just silent Ducky spoke up.

"Alright Jethro, tell us but we still are questioning why you are doing this." He looked towards the rest of the team as I did as well they all nodded as I smiled weakly that was when I began telling them.

"I was out cold in the hospital bed I had heard the nurse leave, they still thought I was out cold but I wasn't I just refused to wake up at the moment. I was letting the darkness take over me once again so I could rest. Just as I was about to fall asleep I heard the sound of heels approaching the room I started fighting the darkness wanting to see who was there. I could hear her voice a voice I haven't heard for seven, eight years I wasn't mistaken it was her. I refused to believe she was there at first but than I felt her lift me hand she kissed it, I didn't have the strength to grab her hand I felt the tears she must have been crying. The only words I could make out was 'Goodbye Jethro' and that was when I opened my eyes and I saw a red haired lady walking out of my room I called after her but she was already gone….." I looked towards my team I didn't care about the tears that were in my eyes. They all looked towards me as if I were nuts I just nodded.

Ducky's POV

Hearing Jethro tell us about his visitor at the hospital in Iraq had us all thinking, maybe she was really there. "Jethro please get some rest I promise we will all look into this we will figure this out." He nodded as he laid his head on the pillow closing his eyes. I lead everyone else out. "Go back to NCIS meet me down in autopsy I wanna talk to you all there." They node sand with that we were all gone.

Back at NCIS they had met me down in autopsy I locked the door behind them as I looked towards them. "Alright I have something to admit you can all be mad at me but I think in the end you'll understand." Just like the ha done earlier in the hospital with Gibbs they loped towards me confused and unsure.

"What are you talking about Ducky? What would we be mad at you for?" Tony asked as he sat down on one of the autopsy table.

"Jennifer's autopsy I did not do.. I couldn't.. I always looked to her as a daughter like she did with Ziva and Abby. With me looking to her as a daughter I was unable to do her autopsy so I had someone come in and do it for me, like Jethro I was unable to properly look at her so I went off what the other medical examiner had. Do I regret it yes, we might not be here today if I had done it."

Abby had gone and hugged him "Oh Ducky we could never be mad at you if we were in your shoes we would have done the exact same thing, Jenny was the mother of this team and we couldn't imagine having to cut her open. She being like a daughter to you we can understand that as well no parent wants to cut open their child.." As I glanced towards the rest of the team they nodded in agreement.

I smiled as I hugged Abby back. "Thank you guys, I do have the photos from the crime scene and everything from the autopsy my friend had done. Tony you go get the file reports and Abby and McGee you guys go get all the evidence. When you got that bring it all back down here and we will go through what Gibbs asked us to, just don't let Vance find out. I'll stay here and catch our dear friend Bishop up on all this." Just than the team glanced towards her she wore one of the most confused faces any of us had ever seen.

When the team had left I sat catching Bishop up on everything about Jenny and her case, I started from when she was an agent to when she disappeared after Paris '99, to when she became director and her death.. Being a quick learn she understood why we were doing what we were doing.

"So Gibbs really loved this woman, more than any of his ex-wives, correct." I nodded as she asked that "Why did he never ask her to marry him than? You think he would have done that if he loved her that much."

" It wasn't that simple, he was going to back in Paris but the day before he did she disappeared leaving him only a letter. He figured he'd never see her again but than she came back into his life six years later. Their relationship from there was strange, we all know they both liked each other but they refused to let themselves believe it, they would always bicker and were at each others throats, the third year Jenny was here we started to see signs of them realizing the truth but than Jenny found out she was sick and she kinda got herself in a little mess that got her killed or so we think…. Jethro hasn't been the same since." She nodded as she looked towards the door turned out the rest of the team had heard me telling her about their relationships and they were all just as surprised as her, they knew about the more recent ones but not about the past of the two that was one thing I was happy about I know the past of this team and they don't that's why if they'd pay attention to some of my stories they would learn a lot about this place but they refuse to listen.

Just than the team walked fully into autopsy with the information they had just gathered as we laid out the photos we saw exactly one thing in common with each and every photo. No photo graph had a picture of the head, there was one but it was too blurry to see. Just as they all had started to finish up and pick up I grabbed the photos out of Tony's hand "I got it!" I said as I quickly went through the photos till I found the one I was looking for. I pushed the photo of her right thigh towards the group silently.

"What exactly are we suppose to see from her right thigh duck?" Tony asked as he took a step forward carefully examining the photo. A smile spread across my face as I looked towards them.

"What do you notice about the thigh?"

"It's smooth and well looks like any other thigh" McGee said looking towards me "I still don't see what that has to do anything.."

"Our dear Jennifer was shot in the right thigh, which means there would be a scar from where she was hit would there not." They all looked towards me as they realized what I was getting at. Abby was the next to speak excitement in her voice.

"This body whoever it is, it isn't Jenny.. Which means Jen is still alive."