NCIS: A Secret To Discover (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2: Pain and Realization

    Gibbs had already filled out paperwork at the hospital, he refused to leave his daughter's room unless one of his team members were there, staying with her while he was at work. He had a cup of coffee in one hand and his daughter's hand in the other, he was trying to figure out what to tell her when she woke up.

    The young girl, about the age of 13, was covered in bruises as well as a few cuts and scratches. Her left foot was broke and she was hooked up to oxygen. An IV in her right arm, giving her fluids and antibiotics.

    She slowly had started to wake up around 0100, she looked around the white room trying to figure out where she was. She noticed the IV in her arm and her foot in a cast, she continued to look around for a while before she tried to sit up.

   Gibbs had just walked back into his daughter's room after talking to Ducky on the phone, he quickly went over to the girl helping her sit up. The young girl looked over at him, she didn't know him and that wasn't her uncle.

"Whoareyou,pleasedon'thurtme!" She said so fast that Gibbs could hardly understand her, he rubbed her back soothingly as he gently looked her in the eye, "Take a deep breath and slowly down." He said softly, as he sat on the edge of her bed worried that she would hate him for sending her off.

    The girl took a deep breath and let it out slowly before she went to ask him questions, "Who are you?" She asked after she had calmed down a little. Gibbs sighed, what was he supposed to tell her, I'm your father kid, just like that.

    He decided he would tell her when the time was right, "I'm Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, I work for NCIS, you can call me Gibbs. You'll be staying with me for a while." The girl nodded slightly, after she heard that everything came back at full force, she didn't have any other family that would take care of her.

   The only family she ever knew are dead and she wasn't sure if she would be okay with out them, she knew people who were in foster care that got abused and tortured, she couldn't go into the system, she just couldn't.

   Gibbs noticed the look in her eyes, he felt bad that he wasn't able to raise her and by sending her off only got some of her family killed. "I need to ask you a few questions right now and then you can rest, okay kiddo?"

   The girl nodded, "Okay." She whispered slightly smiling at the nickname he gave her. "What's your full name?" He asked even though he knew the answer, he just wasn't ready to let her know the truth.

"Isabella Dawn Gibbs, isn't that your last name? I guess its a coincidence." Isabella said looking at her hands.

  Gibbs patted her back, "I don't believe in coincidences, kid." He said softly, "How old are you?"

"13, well I will be in 2 days." Isabella said, she wished she was able to meet her parents but she knew that would never happen.

    Gibbs asked a few more questions and then he was done, he asked them anyway even though he knew the answers to most of them. He was happy that he was going to be able to raise Isabella and upset that it took almost 13 years for him to be able to do so.

Meanwhile at NCIS...