Tony walked into the break room and saw Ziva sitting there. "Hey, so I take it Abby's done with you." he said cheerfully. She nodded, but remained quiet. He sat next to her and said lowly, "Wanna tell me why that note had your name on it?"
She sighed, "Tony, I would if I knew. I never had any secret children and as far as I know, I don't have any relatives that age."
"Ok, well I think Abby and McGee have something. They're working fast today."
"I think this is a record for how many times in a day all of you have been down here!" Abby smiled.
"Yeah, what'd you find?" Gibbs asked.
"Well, McGee unencrypted the emails. This guy, who said his name was Max, started sending her emails saying he knew who her parents were. She tried getting him to stop but later played along."
"We're trying to trace the source of his emails now, boss. He might be our kidnapper." McGee put in.
"And the DNA test?" Gibbs pressed. As if on cue, one of Abby's machines dinged. She smiled and pulled up the results on her screen. "Right here! It is… a match. Kind of."
"What do you mean, kind of?" Ziva asked.
"It looks like you're closely related, just not her mom or sister. More like her aunt." Abby explained.
"So Emma's Ari's daughter?" Tony asked.
"Yes, probably." sighed the Israeli.
"And the sketch, Abby?" Gibbs said softly.
"I haven't even looked at it yet. It's over on the table."
Gibbs reached behind him and grabbed it. After looking at it for a while, he said, "You don't need to run it. We all know her." He handed it over and left, taking out his phone. When she answered, he said, "Dr. Cranston. You need to come to D.C."
"Agent Gibbs. I came as soon as I could. What do you need?" Rachel Cranston said as she walked into the squad room.
Gibbs looked up. Slowly, he said, "I want to know everything you know about her." He pointed to the picture of Emma on his desk.
"I don't know who this is."
He slammed his hand down on his desk. "Don't play dumb with me! You used an alias, Kelly Thomas' and handed her over to foster care. Now she's been abducted! Tell me what you know. Now."
The psychologist sighed, "She's my niece; Kate's daughter. Kate couldn't take care of her, since she was just starting with the Secret Service, so I found a family who was willing to take care of her. How long has she been missing?"
"Yesterday morning. My team and the FBI are trying to find her."
"Dr. Cranston." Tony frowned as he came in. "You came fast. You aren't hoping to shrink us again, are you?"
"So what is your connection?" Ziva, who had come in with Tony, cut in.
"Emma is Kate's daughter." She replied.
Once he had gotten over the initial shock, Tony said, "So that explains why she hesitated to stab Ari and why he was so obsessed with her."
"What?" asked a confused Dr. Cranston.
"Ari's Emma's father." Gibbs explained.
McGee ran into the squad room. "Abby and I found where she is and we found proof that it was more than just one captor. FBI's gonna meet us there, boss." He huffed.
"Grab your gear." Gibbs said.