One month later, Andrea, Tali, and Wynonna were back at their high school after NCIS finished their investigation. They were both scared and frightened from the first lockdown in returning to their high school. They were in their home classroom doing schoolwork for their classes. Then they heard the announcement of another lockdown to make Andrea, Tali, and Wynonna quickly help their fellow classmates to the very back of their classroom. Kat looked at Tali as they moved the large tables to the windows.

          "Tali, do you think there's a group of people here at our high school looking for someone to kidnap? You must text your dad to get NCIS or it's too late." Andrea asked Tali,
Tali grabbed her phone from her backpack pocket. She texted her dad about a group of people at her high school and her dad told Gibbs to get the NCIS team to her high school. They joined their fellow classmates and teachers at the end of the classroom after they blocked the windows and door. Wynonna tried to comfort the freshman students who were frightened of what was happening outside their classroom. Andrea and Tali were trying so hard to stay strong as they wondered about what was outside their classroom.

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                     Later that morning, Andrea, Tali, and Wynonna tried their hardest to keep their fellow classmates feeling safe. They started to hear gun fries and people shouting in the hallway. Then the gun fires and shouting to be gone and a young lady slowly opens their classroom door with a gun in her hands. Young lady looked around the classroom and noticed three girls who were staying together next to their classmates. She saw them being frightened by what happened outside of their classroom. She looked at the teacher who was holding her students in her arms.

          "Hello, I'm NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop. I'm here to bring Tali, Andrea, and Wynonna to my boss for him to ask them some questions." Ellie said to everyone,
Andrea, Tali, and Wynonna got up from the floor and grabbed their backpacks. They walked out of their classroom and followed the NCIS agent down the hallway, noticing other teachers were checking their doors to be still in the lockdown. They follow Bishop through the hallway towards Gibbs. Gibbs turned around and noticed Bishop bring the three girls down the school hallway from their classroom.

          "Tali, thank you for texting your dad to tell him about the problem at your high school. We're gonna take you three back to headquarters to ask some questions and keep you guys safe. We have been researching this group of people and they are looking for someone, but we just don't know yet. I let Ellie take you three to the airport to go to Washington DC." Gibbs said to Tali and her friends,
Ellie took the girls to the car. Kailani looked back and saw her teacher talking to Gibbs. She stays next to her friends when they leave the high school to the airport. They enjoy having each other company during the flight to Washington D.C., including being surprised by having first class seats. They don't really know how their lives will change forever without knowing what is going to happen.

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                     Next day, Tali, Andrea, and Wynonna arrive at NCIS headquarters after staying the night at the hotel near the airport. They were in a room with a big window; where Wynonna was trying to call or text her parents and Andrea was chatting with Tali about why they were brought to Washington D.C. They turned their attention to see Gibbs, with the Director of NCIS walking into the room.

          "Hello I am Director Leon James Vance. I heard your high school has been having two lockdowns with this group of strange people looking for someone. We have been investigating this open case since the first lockdown; including trying our hardest to find out soon when we get information from Kasie. For now I let you three be in Gibbs's team care." Leon said to Tali, Andrea, and Wynonna,
Tali listens to the director for remembering how there were some NCIS agents around their high school after the first lockdown. She knew how she did the right thing by texting her dad when the third lockdown started. She noticed Wynonna looked at her phone after getting a test from her parents and she walked towards the director.

          "Sir, my parents really want me to go back home after they heard about the third lockdown at the high school. They are very worried about me being far from home and plan to start homeschooling me." Wynonna said to Leon,
He listens to Wynonna in seeing how he will be fine with her being able to go back home. He finished talking to Gibbs about how to protect the two girls and he turned his head to look at Wynonna.

          "Yes, I will allow you to return to your family with an agent to keep you safe. I will let you say goodbye to your two friends. I will organize a flight with one of my agents to escort you back to your family's house." Leon said to Wynonna,
Wynonna listens to the director and she is filleds with excitement to go back home. She looks at her two best friends with being sad to leave them behind. Tali gives a hug to her best friend and she looks at her best friend.

          "Wynonna, me and Kailani will be fine here. Family first in everyone's lives during their hardest times. Now go back home with your family and tell my dad I'm doing okay." Tali said to Wynonna,
They hugged once more and Wynonna followed Gibbs out of the room. Kat was both happy and sad to see Wynonna going back home to her family. She knew how it was now that she and Tali were staying in Washington D.C. Tali looks at Andrea as they wait to be questioned or be able to go back home.

          "Andrea, remember we're here to help out with finding out about what's going on. I know Wynonna's family will be happy to have her back home for her safety. It's going to be easier for her to be homeschooled after she experienced three lockdowns at our high school. It was the best way for her to spend more time with her family." Tali said to Andrea, Andrea listens to Tali as she knows how she was going to have a much better life with being homeschooled. They didn't even notice Ellie walked into the room with flies in her hands and sat down in front of them. She looks at Tali while she puts the flies down on the table and grabs a photo from one of the flies.

          "Tali, I did some research on your mom and I found this file. I brought it to  have something to show you about your mom. I have been keeping this secret to honor your mom's promise. I didn't know you were ready to know yet. Here's a picture of your mom after looking through the old file." Ellie said to Tali,
Ellie put the picture of Tali's mom in front of her. Tali let tears go down her face while she looked at the picture of her mom. She has flashbacks from her early memories of her being with her mom.

          "I never knew that my imah was so beautiful, smart, strong, brave, and a true fighter. I only heard stories about my imah from my aba..." Tali said to Ellie,
Andrea hugs Tali while she looks at other pictures of her best friend's mom with the rest of her team. She was happy to see more pictures after seeing a few pictures at her best friend's house. Tali looked up and saw a strange familiar man walking into the room.

          "Hello Tali, I'm Timothy McGee just called me McGee. It's been very long since I last saw you when you were a little girl. I was very good friends with your dad. Oh I'm here to get Bishop to get back to the squad room." McGee said to Tali,
Ellie gets up from the chair and follows McGee to the hallway. Kat grabs the file to look through the information to remember hearing stories about Ziva from her dad who visited DC every month for work. She remembers how she enjoys hearing her best friend's dad chatting about her when she helps clean up his office. Andrea looks at Tali as she finishes reading information and looks at every picture.

          "Tali, I have been hearing stories from my dad that Ziva was the very best NCIS Agent to help others and keep everyone safe during every case. It's so incredibly amazing how those stories were actually true from reading the information in this file." Andrea said to Tali,
Tali listens to Andrea as she was happy to learn more about her mother. She only hopes that they will be able to go back home and return to school together. She looks at the pictures of her mom in making her strongly believe her imah was somehow alive. Andrea grabbed her phone from her backpack to check voice calls or texts from her parents. Tali continued looking at other pictures of her imah for being happy to know more about her. She puts the pictures back inside the flies after she noticed the door was being opened. Gibbs walked into the room with Ellie and he looked at them.

          "Tali, Bishop is taking Andrea to the airport to go back home because her parents told me they are very wrong about her. Tali, you are going to stay with me for a while. Let you two say your goodbyes before she needs to leave for the airport." Gibbs said to Tali,
Tali was surprised that Andrea was able to go back home next and she was going to be all alone. She guesses how she might be helpful for this case to stop more lockdowns at their high school. They got from the chairs and they said their goodbyes. Andrea looked at Tali with tears in her eyes for being sad to leave her best friend behind.

          "Remember to call me when I return to Philadelphia and I will wait for you to return. I would check on your dad for you and tell him about you being safe with Gibbs. Now goodbye and see you again my friend. Also remember to be safe here until you are able to come home." Andrea said to Tali, Tali listens to Andrea as she begins letting tears down her face. They both started to cry at the same time and Ellie walked towards them. They hugged once more and Andrea followed Ellie out of the room. Tali walked towards the window and looked out with tears in her eyes. She looked around the room and saw Gibbs walking towards her.

          "Tali, we should get to my house. There's a guest bedroom upstairs near the stairs. You could stay here and I could bring some dinner from Beltway Burger. I will have Ellie get you new clothes after she is done with bringing your friend to the gate." Gibbs said to Tali,
Tali listens to Gibbs as she cleans her face from crying so much. She grabbed her backpack and she followed him out of the room into the hallway towards the elevator. She wondered about her imah after seeing pictures of her to bring back early memories.

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                     Later that evening, Tali walked into the guest bedroom after arriving at Gibbs' house and ate some dinner. She noticed a bag full with new clothes on the bed and began putting her new clothes into her backpack. She grabs her school notebook to begin working on her assignments for her classes. Until she began hearing footsteps downstairs who were going to the Basement. She quickly put her school notebook into her backpack. slowly walked towards the door to carefully listen to Gibbs talking with someone, who had a very familiar voice. Then she heard gunshots from the basement. Tali ran towards the closet while grabbing her backpack and got inside the closet. She shut the closet doors close to stay safe. She was very quiet when few people walked into the house. Then it was very quiet until NCIS came to Gibbs's house. Tali slowly opened up the closet door and walked out of the guest bedroom to the stairs. McGee turned his head around the room and noticed Tali walking down the stairs. He walked towards her and he looked at her while putting his hands on her shoulders.

          "Tali, are you okay? I heard from Gibbs's neighbors there were gunshots at his house. Good thing you are doing okay after hiding in the guest bedroom closet knowing your dad would train you to do that." McGee said to Tali,
Tali listens to McGee while she is frightened and shaken. She was still trying to figure out who was talking with Gibbs before the gunshots started. She looked at McGee while she was trying to not be frightened and shaken.

          "I only remember hearing footsteps walking down to the basement and I tried to listen to who was talking with Gibbs before hearing gunshots. I remember my training back home grabbing my backpack and rushing towards the closet to stay there until you guys came. It really scared me after experiencing three lockdowns at my high school." Tali said to McGee, MeGee listens to Tali in being proud of her for acting fast to hide from the danger. She put her hands on her mother's necklace to try to remember what her imah had told her from a very young age. MeGee brought Tali into the living room and sat down on the couch. McGee looks at Tali with a kind and supported smile on his face.

          "I will bring you back to NCIS and let Jack take care of you now. Maybe we could get more information about what happened here. I know that she would help you get better after getting  scared and shaken up from the gunshots." McGee said to Tali,
They get up from the couch and Tali follows McGee to the car and she gets into the front seat. She still thought about her deep feelings about whether her imah was still possibly alive. She has her same deep feeling when she hears Gibbs talking with someone and now her deep feelings are getting stronger.

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                     Later that night, McGee brings Tali back to NCIS headquarters after the drive from Gibbs' house. They enter Jack's office after walking out of the elevator. Jack got up from her desk and she walked towards them. She looked at the young teenager in realizing she was DiNozzo's daughter after hearing about what happened in Philadelphia.

          "Hello Tali, I'm Jacqueline Sloane, just call me Jack. heard a lot about you from McGee. McGee, you should go back to the squadroom to get back on this new case. I will take Tali in my care while we search for Gibbs." Jack said to Tali,
McGee nodded at Jack as he walked out of her office. Jack brought Tali to the couch and she sat down on the couch. Jack walked towards her mini bar and made some hot chocolate for Tali. She grabbed the cup of hot chocolate and walked back to the couch. She gives Tali a cup of hot chocolate and sits down on another couch.

          "Tali, I guess you were very scared tonight. Could you tell me more about tonight? My team just needs to know more about what happened at Gibbs's house." Jack asked Tali,
Tali listens to Jack as she drinks some of the hot cocoa. She remembers hearing footsteps, familiar voices, and gunshots in scaring her. She looked at Jack while holding her cup of hot chocolate in her hands.

          "I was in the guest bedroom where I was doing some work on an assignment for one of my classes after I ate dinner. It was when I started hearing footsteps walking downstairs to the basement. Soon I heard Gibbs talking with someone. I never knew who was talking to him. Then I heard gunshots and I ran into the closet to stay safe. Soon it went really quiet until Gibbs's team came to his house. That's all I remember. Could I call my dad to tell him I'm doing okay? He will be really worried about me." Tali said to Jack,
Jack wrote down what Tali was telling her in her notebook and she put down the notebook on the sound couch. She grabbed a phone off the small table and gave it to Tali.

          "Yes, I'll let you call your dad and I will take you to my apartment." Jack said to Tali,
Jack got up from the second couch and walked out of her office and Tali put her dad's phone number after grabbing her phone. She waits for her dad to answer his phone and she hears her dad's voice asking questions.

          "Hey dad, I'm doing okay. NCIS is keeping me safe until it's okay for me to return home." Tali said to her dad,
Tali turned off the phone and put it down on the small table next to the couch. She got up from the couch and grabbed her backpack. She walked out of Jack's office and she walked towards Jack. They walked down the hallway towards the elevator and they got into Jack's car to drive to Jack's apartment.

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                     Later that night, Tony was back at home in Pennsylvania and he was doing paperwork in his office, until he heard the same footsteps of someone walking inside the house. He walked out of his office to the living room where he saw another letter next to the photo of him and Ziva. He knew it was someone he knew so long ago. He grabbed the letter and brought it back into his office where he put the new letter in a small box with other letters. He still worried about his daughter being in another state and he knows how his friends are keeping her safe.

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                     Later that morning, Tali walked into the living room after sleeping in the guest room for the night. She put her backpack down next to her side and grabbed her school notebook. She started working on her assignment for one of her classes, making her wonder about how her two best friends were doing back home. She began thinking about her dad who might be so worried about her and hopes to be able to go back home soon. She continued finishing her assignment for one of her classes and started doing some extra work on other assignments. She didn't notice Jack walked towards her with breakfast after making it in the kitchen. She puts breakfast down on the coffee table in front of Tali and looks at her while she sits down on another couch.

          "I'm planning to head to get drinks at my favorite coffee shop and go to headquarters after we eat breakfast. It's been updated about Gibbs with someone. Ellie was gone for the morning and came back to headquarters saying that I don't know you're ready to know. Also the Director is letting you go back home to your dad with an NCIS agent to take you home tomorrow afternoon." Jack said to Tali,
Tali listens to Jack as she begins having a strange feeling that someone was watching her. She enjoys eating some of her breakfast as she puts her schoolwork notebook into her backpack. She grabbed her plate off the table and she brought it to the kitchen. She looked at Jack after walking out of the kitchen.

          "I'm very excited about returning home early. I know my father will be glad to see me home again after he hears what experience. I do know how much I believe there are no more lockdowns at my high school to not frightened anyone who I care about. For now, I'm going to help make the bed in the guest room and pack my other clothes before we leave." Tali said to Jack,
Jack listens to Tali as she watches her walks into the guest room to start making the bed and packing some of her clothes. Jack walked into the kitchen to get the dishes in the dishwasher after cleaning them in the kitchen sink. She turned her head around and saw Ziva walking towards her after walking from the front door.

          "Thank you for protecting my Tali from the person who wanted me gone. I do know that I should wait until the time is right to see my daughter. It's the only way to protect her from this danger and I could fight for time to see my daughter again." Ziva said to Jack,
Jack walked out of the kitchen after putting all of the dishes inside the dishwasher and she looked at Ziva as she was happy to help keep her daughter safe.

          "It's the best way for your daughter. You should know that Tali is so much like you with having your courage. She begins to know how you are still alive in having deep feelings and soon finds out how you are here in the states. You should leave before she comes out of the guest room to see you." Jack said to Ziva,
Ziva walked out of Jack's apartment into the hallway after she knew how much her daughter had her strong will. Tali walks back into the living room to grab her backpack off the couch and Jack brings Tali to headquarters. McGee brought Tali to the airport after finally getting remission for returning his friend's daughter to go back home to her dad. McGee joined Tali in bringing her back home to Pennsylvania on the airplane in first class. Tali enjoys knowing about her dad from McGee during the flight.