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Chapter 3
Kate jolted awake the next morning when she felt someone shaking her, she blinked groggily "Livs" she mumbled, her daughter nodded, already dressed she sat herself on the edge of the bed smiling at her mother, she rolled over to see Alexis shaking her father who was grunting and swatting playfully at her making her giggle "have you two ever heard of lying in" Rick mumbled "yeah of course we are teenagers but lying in till gone 10 is new for both of you, so we wanted to check that nothing was wrong" Alexis said, both of their parents sat up "gone 10" Kate gasped, she looked at the clock "wow, we were tired" Rick yawned and lay back down again "how did you get in" Kate asked confused, Alexis grinned and held up a key "force of habit" she said "dad has locked himself out of his room so many times that I always have the spare" Kate laughed, then she shoved her husband "up" she said as she swung herself out of the bed.
She smiled at Rick as both of their daughters yanked him out of bed before disappearing off to their room. Once Kate had dressed she went into the bathroom and pulled the brush through her long hair, she smiled as she saw Rick pulling on a shirt, his hair all askew, he saw her looking and winked making her grin, then she walked out of the bathroom she tossed him a brush "do something with your hair Rick, people might think you only just got up", she smiled as she left to find their daughters listening to him growl after her.
XOXOXO
Their day out was lovely at first, they went everywhere that you could in DC and they all loved every minute of it, they were walking around the reflecting pool, Livie and Alexis laughing loudly as they moved on eagerly ahead, Kate and Rick walked behind them at a leisurely pace, autumn was coming but for now the weather was warm, and it was a beautiful day "so what was your dream about last night" Rick asked, Kate looked at him in surprise "what" she asked "you had a nightmare in the night, you were tossing and then you bolted awake, you were breathing very hard and shaking" Kate lowered her head "oh it was nothing really" she said "just a bad dream" "hey, come on talk to me, you were terrified Kate" she sighed "I don't really remember it, but it was just the fact that it was so real that scared me, it started off with just memories of Livie being hurt, then it changed, and this was the weird part, I saw April, the girl from the ball, she was lying on the floor, crying in pain as someone beat her with a stick, then I saw her and Livie together they were cowering away from something, like they were really scared, and there was someone else with them, I couldn't see who but I think she was another girl, then I turned and there was a gunshot and Livie screaming"
Rick was silent at first then he stopped and hugged her "hey" he said "it was just a dream" she nodded "I know, but it was just so real" she whispered "you are still stressed" he said "and seeing April and Livie together made you think of what happened last year, so don't worry, it was just a dream" she nodded and smiled before looking up at him "I know it was just so real and it felt more like a warning than anything else" then she frowned "hey where did the girls go" she asked, they both looked around.
At that moment there was a loud crack that echoed around the open space, then it was replaced by shrieks of fright, both Kate and Rick stared at each other in fright before leaping off in the direction of the cries, they rounded the corner and stopped, staring.
Livie and Alexis were both staring at a man lying on the floor, blood pooling from his chest, Livie had flecks of cast off blood all over her front and her eyes were wide, Rick instantly moved over to them whilst Kate moved over to the man, she looked at him and placed a finger to her neck, searching for a pulse, she looked up as she pulled out her phone and dialled 911 "yeah" she said standing up and moving towards her daughter, hugging her protectively "there has been a shooting" she quietly told the operator their location then she added "he is a petty officer by the way" then she hung up "how do you know that" Livie asked trembling, "dog tags" Kate responded, she bent to her daughters level "honey did you see anything" Livie shook her head still staring at the man in front of her "no" she said her voice shaking "I mean we were just walking along and he was walking towards us then there was that crack and he just fell to the floor and" she gestured to him. Kate hugged her turning her away; Rick had done the same with Alexis who looked just as shocked.
Rick could see that although she was trying to be strong for Livie, she was fighting not to tremble and she too looked away, breathing hard, Livie seemed to realise this because she clung to her mother tightly, he realised that Kate was remembering her own shooting, a sniper shooting out of nowhere, but she had survived and this man hadn't.
XOXOXO
Police sirens announced the arrival of the uniforms, they asked them to stay where they were and then they began to study the crime scene roping it off; they looked at the body and then made another phone call.
They didn't have to wait long for Livie to find out what NCIS was, they heard honking and saw a van come speeding round the corner, it screeched to a stop and two men staggered out followed by a woman who had been driving "Jesus Zee" one of the men said looking rather green "you have been in America for nearly 20 years, so quit driving like a ninja and drive like an American" the woman gave him a look "well Tony it gets us there faster than your driving like a slug" "snail" both men corrected, she grumbled.
Another car came and parked next to the van and a silver haired man got out "tell you what you three, why don't you get to work" he said "McGee call Ducky and find out what is taking so long then get samples" the younger of the two men grabbed a kit and moved off towards the body pulling out a phone as he did so, "DiNozzo" both the other agents looked at him, he groaned "Tony, photos and sketches, Ziva come with me" he moved towards Kate and the rest of her family, he studied them "you called it in" Kate nodded "NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, this is Special Agent Ziva David DiNozzo" the woman nodded at them "did you see anything" Gibbs asked, Kate shook her head "no but my daughters were there when it happened" Gibbs looked down, and his face softened at the sight of the two girls "hey" he said, Livie and Alexis smiled at him awkwardly "now Ziva why don't you talk to them" the woman smiled kindly at the two girls and beckoned to them, slowly after glancing at Kate who nodded they followed her to a bench where she sat down with them.
"Ducky is here" the agent in charge of photos called as a ME's van drew up and an elderly man climbed out followed by a young intern "sorry I am late Jethro, I thought Mr Palmer here knew the way, evidently I was wrong" "just tell me how he died Ducky" Gibbs said taking a drink of coffee before turning back to them "so what happened" he asked, Kate carefully explained what she had seen and heard, he listened carefully before nodding, then he studied her "you a cop" he asked, she looked at him in surprise "yeah NYPD how did you know" he gave her a small smile "ah most people can't give good statements, only really cops give all the details" she smiled at him, she looked over to see Livie talking to Ziva quietly, she was listening carefully.
"ok COD looks like internal bleeding from the bullet to the heart" Ducky said "of course that is just preliminary" Gibbs nodded "can you and your daughters come back to NCIS with us" he said "so they can write statements" Kate glanced at Rick and then nodded "they can't come with us boss" the agent he called Tony said as he came over "why not" Gibbs asked, he grinned "well they are not used to Ziva's driving, we don't want to traumatise them on their trip to DC" he nodded "you really need to sort out her driving DiNozzo" Gibbs said, Tony frowned "why me" he asked, Gibbs shook his head as he passed "well she is your wife" Tony cocked his head to one side "yeah ok" he said with a sigh, "come with me" Gibbs called and Kate and Rick followed him to Ziva who nodded when Gibbs approached "we are ready to head back now Ziver" Gibbs said "try not to kill Tony and McGee on the drive back" she smiled "I will try not to Gibbs" she said and headed over to her husband.
XOXOXO
NCIS was bigger than they had realised when they had driven past, now Kate stared at the huge tall proud building as they drew close, but to her surprise it didn't look frightening, more just intimidating. Once they had gone through security they were taken up to a bullpen where the team all settled down, Gibbs then took Livie down to their forensic scientist to get her cleaned up as she still had blood on her, Kate, Rick and Alexis waited up top, Kate could see the agent they called McGee staring at Rick in amazement and shock, she looked over to find Tony staring at them curiously "what" she asked "nothing" he said "you all just seem remarkably calm" she smiled "yeah well I am a homicide detective in New York" "ah" he said "that explains it, what about your husband"
"Crime novelist" Rick said, Tony grinned "ah just our very own Probie" he said spinning in his chair to face McGee who went rather red "you are a writer" Rick said in surprise, McGee nodded "anything I might have heard of" he asked kindly "Deep Six" McGee muttered "oh" Rick said "you wrote that, wow I really liked it" McGee's face brightened "thanks I love your books, especially Nikki Heat" he glanced at Kate, Rick moved forward "don't call her Nikki Heat if you want to live" he muttered, McGee nodded, Rick looked around "so you two must be Tommy and Lisa" he said to Tony and Ziva, their faces darkened "maybe it is a thing with muses" Rick commented "they don't like being compared to their character ", all three of the muses nodded.
At that moment the elevator dinged and Kate was surprised to see a girl of 13 exit and make her way into the bullpen, she looked around surprised as saw the new people "ah" Tony said, an affectionate smile came onto his face, the girl grinned at him "the young ninja returns from her fruitful day of education, how was school oh ninja daughter of mine" the girl pulled a face "boring" she said "oh well not so fruitful then" Tony commented "still you have a 3 week break now", the girl ginned again and then dumped her bag next to his desk "and how was your day oh father of mine" Kate raised her eyebrows studying the girl, long dark, slightly frizzy hair with a v shaped hairline, slightly darkened skin, both traits identical to Ziva, she also had greenie gold eyes and a cheeky smile, that of her father, Tony.
She turned to Ziva then, and glanced at Kate, Rick and Alexis, then she spoke to Ziva rapidly in another language, Hebrew Kate realised, Ziva smiled and responded in the same language. Kate turned to Tony, "your daughter" she questioned, he nodded smiling proudly "Tali" he said, the girl, Tali grinned "hi" she said to them, they greeted her back.
At that moment Gibbs reappeared with Livie, Tali grinned when she saw him "hey" she said, Gibbs smiled back at her "hello shortcake" he said softly "Tali, this is Livie, Livie this is Tali DiNozzo" both girls studied each other and then grinned at each other. At that moment the elevator doors opened once again and two men stepped out "uh oh" Tony muttered "the FBI is here". "Gibbs" the older of the two barked "we are taking this over" "why Fornell" Gibbs asked "navy officer, Navy case" "Not when it is a serial killer" Fornell said.
Kate looked at the other man, she was surprised to find him staring at Livie, who was staring back at him "hey you were at the dance last night" he said "you were talking to my daughter" he thought "Livie isn't it" Livie nodded "Agent Booth" she said, he frowned "what are you doing here" he asked "she" Gibbs said "witnessed the shooting", both FBI agents looked at her "Gibbs this is Special Agent Seeley Booth, he specialises in colder cases" Gibbs looked at him "so cold cases are now 4 hour old cases" he said "No" Booth said "but your case is relevant, your scientist ran ballistics, came up as a match in MO to cases from years ago and a case only a few months old in New York, the MO plus gun type and bullets used matched contract killings found on the bones of 5 other bodies"
Everyone stared in shock "from what our forensic anthropologist tells us though is that these previous victims were all shot through the heart from long distance" Booth informed them, Kate shifted uneasily "what was the case in New York" Gibbs asked, "I don't know much" Booth said "all I can tell you that it was of a young woman, in broad daylight, we don't know if she lived or not I am trying to track that down, she was shot whilst giving a eulogy at her Captain's funeral"
Everyone looked at them in shock as they all reacted, Alexis gasped, and Rick groaned, Livie staggered backwards into her mother's arms, as for Kate herself, she froze, then she began to tremble, struggling to breathe as she clung to her daughter, eventually she managed to choke out "I… I can tell you about that case" they all looked at her "why did you work it" Booth asked, still breathing hard, Kate shook her head "the woman survived" she said shakily, she felt Rick take her shoulder, she looked at all the people, then her hand went up to her shirt and she lowered it just enough for them to see the huge scar on her chest "the woman was me" she said shakily.
Nobody spoke, they all just stared "ok now I am officially taking this over" Fornell said "we have a live victim, perfect, Booth you are in charge" "hey now" Gibbs said "we want in Tobias, the most recent victim is Navy, we have a right" Fornell looked at him "fine" he said "we lead though" Gibbs thought about it then nodded "main base at the Jeffersonion" Booth said "more room there, meet there in one hour" everyone nodded and Tony and Ziva packed up their stuff then they both froze and looked at Tali, Booth then noticed her "she yours" he asked the two agents, they nodded, he studied her "bring her along" he said then he looked at Livie "April will be surprised to see you again" Livie nodded from where she was still standing with her mom.
Booth looked at Kate, "hey Kate isn't it" he checked, she nodded "we just want to ask questions then you are free to go" he said, but Kate shook her head "No" she said "I want in on this" everyone looked at her "Kate" Rick whispered and she looked at him "I want to stop him" she whispered "before he hurts anyone else" she moved in close "he was feet from Livie and Alexis when that petty officer got shot, it could have easily been one of them Rick, I am not going to let that happen" "Kate" he whispered "we don't even know if he knows that you are alive, if he finds out he could come after you again you know" she nodded "I know that" she said "but I have a second chance Rick, and I want to stop him with that second chance ok" he looked at her long and hard before nodding "we both want in" he said turning to Booth who studied him "ok" he said "I will see what I can do, but you follow our orders ok" they nodded before looking at Alexis and Livie who nodded, Booth looked at them "April will be at the Jeffersonion" he said "I am sure she will look after you"
XOXOXO
If Kate had thought NCIS was big it was nothing compared to the Jeffersonion, they were given visitor passes and then led into the building to a large area with high ceilings and bright lights, in the centre of the room there was a huge platform, on it there was a woman bending over some remains and sitting in a chair beside her was April, she looked round as she heard the doors open and her face brightened as she saw her father, then she spotted the rest of the people behind her father "um mom" she said and the woman looked up, Kate heard Rick give what sounded like a small squeak, but she didn't need his excited pokes, she knew who that was, Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist and crime writer. She frowned when she saw then "Booth" she questioned "what is going on" "pack up your unidentified remains Bones we are reopening that sniper case so dig those remains out" Booth said clapping his hands as he moved towards her "what is with the cavalry" she asked looking behind him "we got new leads"?
Booth nodded "two new victims, one dead Navy officer hence why NCIS is here, and one who survived the sniper, Kate Castle from NYPD" April looked up when she recognised the name Castle, and that was when she spotted Livie "hey Livie" she said leaping off the platform "didn't expect to see you again so soon" Livie smiled gently "me neither" she said, April looked over "hi Alexis" she said then she spotted Tali who was studying them, "um" Livie said "this is Tali, her parents work at NCIS" "hi" April said, Tali studied her, she seemed even more cautious than them, then slowly she smiled.
The three of them looked at each other, then April grinned "well, let's go" she said "coming" she asked Tali, she looked over her shoulder at her parents and then nodded "see you soon ninja" Tony called as they were all taken off in a different direction "Oh April" Booth called, his daughter turned to look at him "can you take Libby, we are going to be using Angela's office" April nodded "wait here" she said and took off after the adults they heard her calling then a tiny four year old came rushing out of an office, April scooped her up making her laugh loudly "April" she giggled "yeah kiddo let's go, I got new friends for you to meet" April said. Kate smiled as she looked at the tiny girl giggling in April's arms, she was adorable, she saw Ziva smiling too and she rested one hand on her stomach underneath her baggy top, her husband Tony was smiling too. April took her little sister back to where Tali, Livie and Alexis all stood, and then the five of them disappeared into another office.
XOXOXO
Once they had been introduced to the rest of the team from the Jeffersonion, which included Dr Camille 'Cam' Saroyan, the boss of the Forensic Anthropology Department, then there was Dr Jack Hodgins, he called himself the bug and slime guy, but was happy doing any sort of forensic work, then there was his newly wed wife Angela Montenegro Hodgins, who worked as an artist, doing facial reconstruction and working a huge machine they all called the 'Angelator', this helped work out different scenarios, they were told. Once the introductions were complete and they had all introduced themselves, Kate and Rick explained what their team had discovered about the sniper, she called Ryan and Esposito up who were surprised to hear from her and then shocked when they heard what had happened, they instantly began to clamour asking how Livie and Alexis were, she had to shout at them to make them hear her.
Once she had assured them that they were all ok, she had them explain to the room on speaker what else they knew and it was all noted carefully down "thanks boys" Kate said "I will call if I need anything else" "ok" Ryan said "you do know Lanie is going to flip when she hears" Kate winced "can you tell her for me" she asked "wuss" Esposito called "no it is just this call is already costing me a massive phone bill" Kate responded, though she didn't really want to be the one to tell Lanie what had happened "tell her DC is great and the dance was amazing" "Ok" Esposito said "call if you need anything else" "will do thanks boys" she said before shutting her phone.
Once that was done everyone went off to talk leaving her, Rick, Tony and Ziva all sitting together on the couch in Angela's office "how old is Tali" Rick asked curiously "she's 13" Tony responded with a smile "what about Livie" "14" Kate responded "and April is 15 I think" they nodded, Ziva looked at Kate "was Livie there when you got shot" she asked softly, Kate nodded and they both shivered "that must be horrible for a child to watch a parent dying on the ground" Tony said, Kate lowered her head "just as bad as it is for a parent to watch their child dying on the floor" she said quietly, both of them looked at her in confusion and they had something in their eyes, familiarity, as if they knew what she meant, she frowned back at them, then they heard giggling and they saw that Alexis seemed to have bonded with Libby rather well because she was chasing her round the platform giggling too as she hurried after the 4 year old, Rick smiled at his daughter, the other three could be seen talking through the window, all three of them looked relaxed and comfortable.
"looks like ninja has made new friends" Tony said cheerfully, Kate looked at him "why do you call her ninja" she asked, he grinned "because she is a ninja, you wait till you see her fight, she is just like her mother" Ziva scowled but then rolled her eyes at him as she elbowed him "you taught her to fight" Kate asked confused, both of them shook their heads vigorously "well we did a bit, but not to the extent she is now" Ziva said, she looked at them for a minute before deciding "I used to live in Israel" she said "and I was part of Mossad" both Kate and Rick gaped, she gave them a smile "I quit once I arrived in America and settled but my father is the Director and he came after Tali to use her in a mission and he trained her brutally to fight, to win, we nearly lost her, when he nearly drove all emotion out of her, but we got her back" she gave a small smile as they stared in shock "why her" Rick asked, Ziva lowered her head "she was my daughter, I quit, partly out of spite and partly because she had already faced danger and fought, she was already part broken, she was taken from us as leverage twice, so she wasn't afraid by danger after facing it twice and nearly dying the second time"
Both Kate and Rick stared "um, is it weird that that sounds a lot like Livie" Kate said, they both frowned "she was taken as leverage, and held until I gave them what they wanted they tortured her, burning her back and when they had what they wanted they tried to kill her but she survived" it was Tony and Ziva's turn to gape "wow" Tony said, he gave them a brief version of what had happened to Tali when she was 12 "they are so similar the pair of them" Kate said.
"The three of them", they looked over to see Brennan and Booth standing in the doorway obviously having heard most of that conversation "same thing happened to April" Booth said "taken as leverage, nearly died, but we got her back" he gave a small smile "then last year we get in trouble so she decides it is up to her to come looking for us and get herself into trouble again to rescue us, she is way to plucky" he looked at Tony "maybe Tali could give her a self-defence lesson" he joked "so she doesn't get into any more danger" they all cracked a small smile and looked into the office where their daughters sat "no wonder they get on so well" Booth commented "this is one huge coincidence" Tony said "all kidnapped kids, three teams working the same case" he glanced at Brennan "three writers" "huge coincidence" Rick agreed, they all went their separate ways after that, McGee reappeared and began to talk to Rick, the pair of them instantly began to discuss writing and after a while Brennan drifted over and they eagerly included her, she seemed uncertain but curious.
Kate and Ziva went up onto a platform where there were seats and she found Gibbs and Booth deep in conversation, they smiled and beckoned to them to join them "where is your follower" Booth asked Kate, she smiled "deep in discussion with Brennan and McGee about books" she looked at Ziva "where's Tony" she asked, she shrugged "harassing Hodgins the last I saw" Booth laughed "serves him right, he deserves a taste of his own medicine", they discussed the case for a bit and then their daughters, Gibbs listening a small frown on his face as he heard of the three girls with their similarities, then they all looked over to where they were still talking, Alexis and Libby were with Angela and Alexis was deep in conversation with the artist who looked delighted at the new company, Kate smiled, how strange this was all becoming, she thought, and not just strange, but similar too, and what was it that she always said, there are no such things as coincidences in a murder investigation, well this was either a huge coincidence or she had the nagging feeling their pasts had a huge role to play in this.
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