Maddie walked into the Bullpen as Tony walked by not noticing it was her. She walked over to Gibbs as Gibbs sat his desk. "Hi ya Gibbs." She said and Gibbs looked up and smiled "Hey Maddie thought you would want to come back after what happened in autopsy." Gibbs said and she smiled "Well my dad started making me carry a pocket knife but other than that nothing has really changed. Can I ask you something?" She asked and he nodded "Can I be an intern here. I need over 200 volunteer hours for school by the end of my junior year, so I thought that this might me a good place to start even though I am only freshman." She said and he smiled "You start now. Come on you can come with me and Kate to a case." He said and her eyes got big "Really I can go right now?" She asked and he nodded "Don't make me repeat myself Mad," He said as he walked past her and she turned around and followed him. As Kate caught up to them she gave Maddie a high five.

Maddie sat in the backseat playing with her knife as they drove down the road. It was a nice knife. She put it back in their pocket as they parked in a drive way getting out. "What makes you so sure that he's not running to Canada or Mexico?" Kate asked and Maddie shut her door and walked around the car "He was on pre trial confinement, if he wanted to take off to another country he wouldn't wait till he was in Leavenworth to do it." Gibbs said as Maddie followed Gibbs "If he wanted to kidnap his kid he could have done that back then too." Kate said and Maddie nodded "There's that too." Gibbs said and Maddie spoke up "So then why are we here Gibbs?" Maddie asked and he smiled "To keep an eye on his son. Do you want to help Kate with Protection Detail?" Gibbs asked and she looked at him "You serious?" Maddie asked and he smiled "Yeah Mad I am."

"Has your son had any connection with his father lately?" Gibbs asked as they all sat at a dining room table, Kate was sitting and so was Gibbs but Maddie stood against the wall. Maddie looked at Kate

Flashback

"You missed one Dr. Mallard" the man said "Ah yes we must not try to trick him." Ducky said "which you tried to do Caitlin when you said that you were Abby." The man said looking at Kate as Maddie got up "She didn't know the rules." Maddie said and the man smiled "Why didn't you tell me it was her then?" He asked and she put her hands in a fist. "I wonder why?" Maddie said sarcastically and he laughed "Dr. Mallard tried to trick in saying that she was Abby." The man brought the gun up and fired at Gerald hitting him square in the shoulder. Gerald started yelling. Kate jumped off the table and helped Ducky put Gerald on the table. Maddie got up and started walking over there, now she was scared of the man "You're a bastard." Kate's voice rang threw the room as Maddie stopped about ten feet away from the scene staring at them. "Maddie grab my medical bags over by my desk will you." Ducky said and she looked toward the desk locating them and starting to run over there to get the bag. The man grabbed her arm "Don't try anything Maddison." He said as she pulled away running to get the bag. She ran over to Ducky handing it to him and backing away again. The phone started ringing and the terrorist looked up. "Answer the phone Dr." the man said and Ducky looked up "You answer it I'm busy." Ducky said the man sighed and got up grabbing Maddie's arm. "Say anything about what is going on and Gerald gets another bullet as a present." The man said letting her go by the phone which she put on speaker. "Autopsy, this is Maddison," She said "Hey Mad what's with the infectious autopsy?" Gibbs asked on the other line "Ducky um, just said it was precautionary." She said and the man smiled at her as she spoke "Is that why he took the evidence back?" Gibbs asked and she sighed "Yeah, he said that if there was an infection he didn't want anyone to get it if it was contagious." She answered "Hey is Kate there with you?" he asked and she looked at the man who shook his head "No, she never came in." She said and the man nodded. "Ok, you let me know when I can come down Ducky has me curious." He said hanging up the phone. The man smiled at Maddison "See now was that so hard Maddison?" He asked and she smiled "Yeah actually it was." She said and he chuckled "Don't worry sooner or later you'll warm up to me." He said and she shook her head backing away again "No thanks I am perfectly fine." She said and he smiled ruffling her hair a bit.

Flashback over

"I'm gonna go outside." A little boy said walking into the room and it shook Maddie out of her memories. "I'll take you out in a few minutes." The old lady said "I'm not a kid I can go by myself." The little boy said and Maddie stood up straight "I'll take him out if it's ok with you." Maddie said and the old man nodded. "Listen to what she says ok." The old man said as they walked out the door "Thanks," the kid said and she nodded "I don't like it when people call me small either." She said sitting on the concrete watching him skate board. "So you with the cops ever saw any real action?" Kevin asked and she nodded "One time, it was really scary, I got hit over the head and went unconscious. Not before I punched him in the lip though. I don't think he like that so much." Kevin laughed and rode he skateboard up the driveway then back down. The door to the house opened and Gibbs walked out. "Hey Mads listen to Kate do what she says I will back at nine to pick you up then your mom can drop you back off at headquarters tomorrow. Ok?" He asked as he got in the car and she nodded. "So what happened to the man?" Kevin asked and she looked up at him "He got away." She said and Kevin nodded and got off his board "I'm sorry; hey I ready to go inside now." He said and she smiled getting up as they walked back into the house. Kate was sitting at the table and Kevin went upstairs. Maddie went up to Kate and sat in front of her. "I'm sorry Kate." Maddie said while the old grandparents were gone. "About what?" Kate asked and Maddie let a tear go. "The last time I saw you was the terrorist incident. The man said the reason he held me when Gibbs was there was because I punched him before you had got there." Maddie said and Kate sighed "Maybe if I wouldn't have punched him, he would have taken you. Maybe Gibbs and you cold have figured out a way to take him down." Maddie said crying now as Kate got up. Kate held her a little and she cried. When she looked up Kate was looking at Maddie "You punched him?" Kate said and Maddie laughed "Yeah, I don't think he liked it all that much either." Maddie said and Kate smiled "Good job kid." Kate said and Maddie smiled.

Later that evening Gibbs picked her up from the house, they were in the car and Maddie was sitting in the front seat. "Gibbs, um, how" Maddie wasn't sure if she should ask him about his shoulder. "Are you going to ask me how my shoulder is doing or should I ask my self?" He asked and she looked at him shocked "How…" She asked "Did I know, I was going to ask you about your head." He said and she smiled touching the cut on her head that would probably soon become a scar. "What happened after I uh, blacked out?" She asked and he looked at her then out at the road again "He used you to get me mad so I would double tap him in the chest. That was his escape plan. It was never your fault, I promise you this I will find him and I will kill him." Maddie looked at Gibbs shocked "Did Ducky tell you what happened?" She asked and he shook his head "What did happen to you?" Gibbs asked and she looked up at him "Well after I punched him he and the good doctor called Abby. When he came back he stood right next to me. Gibbs I was scared, didn't know what he would do. He asked me if I was scared, I told him I wasn't that I was just uncomfortable. He smiled and said good. Then when Kate came down he put me in the corner so Kate wouldn't see me, then he got into the corner to. I asked if he did it just to freak me out and he said it was payback for punching him. Gibbs before he hit me on the head he whispered something to me." She said and Gibbs looked over "What'd he say?" Gibbs asked and she looked at him and sighed "He said he was sorry." She said and Gibbs looked at her "You do know that you can't trust that guy?" Gibbs asked and she nodded "Yeah I know he just seemed so, human." Maddie said and Gibbs looked at her "DID HE LOOK HUMAN WHEN HE SHOT GERALD?!" Gibbs yelled and Maddie looked down a tear in her eye. "I'm sorry Maddie I don't mean to yell it's just that bastard shot me in the shoulder, someone that can do that in cold blood is not human." Gibbs said and Maddie nodded "So my mom was thinking about putting me into a computer school. That would mean more time to spend with you guys. I want to be a NCIS agent when I grow up too." She said and he looked over and smiled "I hope I get you on my team Mads." He said and she smiled at that.

It was late in the night when Maddie woke from her sleepless night of sleep. Ever since that terrorist incident she kept having dreams about him.

Flashback

"Who Abby that is unfazed by the gruesome of forensics has recently had a nightmare about autopsy, since then she has not set foot in autopsy." Ducky said walking forward to follow the terrorist. "Gerald is that true." The man asked tapping on the shoulder with the gun. "She hasn't been down for quite awhile." Gerald replied the terrorist walked around the table until he was right next to Maddie "A code word could have triggered that absurd conversation." The man said and Ducky spoke up as Maddie tried to scoot away again. "Abby and I are not special agents we are forensic scientists, we do not use code words." Ducky said and the terrorist looked down at Maddie and she stopped moving "Do I scare you Maddison?" He asked and she shook her head "I'm not scared, I just am uncomfortable." She said and he chuckled taking a step toward her "Good" he said as she looked up at him defiantly. Ducky continued with what he was saying "Surely you understand phobias" Ducky said and the man smiled "Butterflies" the man said and Maddie looked at him. "What?" Ducky asked and the man looked at him "I fear butterflies" the man said chuckling out of embarrassment. "Good" Ducky said and then she looked at ducky shocked "Not that you have a fear of Butterflies but that you understand that not a word I said was coded to alert Abby." Ducky said and the man looked directly at ducky "Who's Gibbs?" The man asked and Maddie's eyes got big. The man smiled, his smile was big and some would find it lovely but she found it recognizable a way to remember him, she didn't want to remember him. "Gibbs is the only other person to be told of Abby's phobia, he's also the one person she'd turn to for help." Ducky said as Maddie kept feeling very uncomfortable at being about a foot away from the terrorist. "Is he a special agent?" The man asked and Ducky nodded. "Yes, but does that matter all I am trying to do is give you the evidence so you can leave." Ducky almost yelled out of frustration.

Flashback ended

The next day instead of her mom dropping her off it was her father that dropped her off. She could Gibbs walking to his car so she jumped out saying bye to her father as she walked to the car. "Gibbs wait up!" She yelled and he looked back anything but happy as she caught up to him he looked at her "Something's happened at the house." He said and Maddie looked up at him "Is Kevin ok?" she asked and he nodded "get in the car." He said and she nodded.

They reached the house everyone was there including McGee. Tony smiled at her and she smiled back following Gibbs to the house. Kate was waiting in the drive way with a status report. "Curtin snuck in last night, I didn't hear him. He came to say goodbye to his boy." Kate said and Gibbs nodded and then spoke "While he was saying goodbye?" Gibbs asked Kate and she looked down at Maddie "I was tied up in the living room. He has my weapon but I hit him with the shotgun." Kate said and Gibbs looked at her surprised "How bad?" he asked and she shook her head "Don't know" Kate replied and Gibbs nodded "Where's the boy?" Gibbs asked and Kate looked toward the house "Upstairs in his room" Kate replied and both Maddie and Gibbs walked toward the house.

When they walked in Gibbs went and sat on the bed as Maddie leaned against the wall next to Kevin. "Are you gonna arrest me?" Kevin asked and Gibbs smiled "For helping your dad? We don't arrest boys for that." Gibbs said and Kevin looked over as Gibbs started playing with Kevin's skateboard "You know when I was a kid we used to take roller-skates apart and nail them to boards." Gibbs said as Kevin kept drawling "I'm gonna guess that's your dad. Is he gonna shoot someone Kevin?" Gibbs asked and Kevin kept drawling his stick figure killer. "I don't want to talk about it." Kevin said sad and Gibbs nodded. "I understand that. The hardest thing for guys like us is talking." Gibbs said and Maddie looked down "What do you mean guys like us?" Kevin asked and Maddie looked out at the open window "I dun no you seem bottled up like me." Gibbs said and Kevin looked up "What are you bottled up about?" Kevin asked "I let a guy get away from me a bad guy, shot one of my people, shot me, hurt Maddie." Gibbs looked up as Maddie stared at the ground "That doesn't mean I can't find him. I'm gonna find him." Gibbs said, Kevin got up and sat by Gibbs as Maddie thought of the terrorist

Flashback

The man walked her over to the other side of the room and suddenly the door open and Gibbs strolled in. "Your older than I expected." The man said pulling her to the other side of the room again this time the gun to her head. "Where are the other hostages?" Gibbs asked looking at Maddie "Box on the floor, hands on your head turn around and walk back to the door." The man replied as Maddie looked at Gibbs tears running down her cheeks. "Not without Gerald." Gibbs said walking a little toward the man the box still in his hands. "You won't leave here at all unless you do what was told." The man said and Gibbs walked back to the door. He put the box on one of the shelves and put his hands on his head turning around. "Do you want out of here alive?" Gibbs asked and Maddie sighed as the man loosened his grip on the gun. "I'm sure Gerald and little Maddison here does." The man said looking down at Maddie. "I think you do too." Gibbs said and she could almost feel him smile "That's why I'm going to reach into this box with two fingers and give you exactly what you want." The man pulled her over a little and the gun was now against her head harder. She could feel he was wearing a bullet proof vest under his clothes. Gibbs took the nose spray out of the back and injected it into his nose turning around smiling. "Err, surprise, you failed, mission over." Gibbs said "The real small pox virus is on it's way to CBC." Gibbs said and Maddie chuckled a little. "Shut up" He said putting the gun to her head even more and she did shut up she almost was balling now. "Wana talk about weather you live or die?" Gibbs asked "How far away were you from Kassam when you shot him?" the man asked not even paying attention to Gibbs. "Thirty seven feet and a few inches give or take." Gibbs said as the man smiled lightly, more smirking than anything "You're a very good shot." Said the terrorist laughing "I would love to demonstrate." Gibbs said and the man looked over at the freezer "Funny, special agent Todd said the same thing." The man said pulling the gun off of Maddie's head "Where is she?" Gibbs asked and the man smiled while crouching down to meet Maddie's height "Wana know why Maddison is here and she isn't, Maddison caught me off guard when I was lets say threatening Gerald. She punched me in the lip, I always get my payback, and I am really sorry Maddison." He said standing up and hitting her over the head with the gun and she fell to the ground limp.

Flashback end

Gibbs had gotten up and was walking out Maddie followed. Gibbs looked at Maddie and smirked. "Why don't you head to the car, we are going to see Abby." Gibbs said and she nodded walking out to the car saying bye to Kate and Tony.

They walked into the lab and Abby stood at the table in the middle of the lab looking at something. She was wearing a lab coat and goggles. "Where's the stuff from Curtin's car?" Gibbs asked as Maddie walked out into the hall and looked out at one of the bulletin boards. A picture was on the front. WANTED Name: unknown, the picture was the terrorist, Maddie sighed she could never get that smile out of her head, those were her dreams haunting her at night. It hurt her. She hated him and wanted him hurt. She never liked killing people. "Maddie!" Gibbs yelled and she saw him right behind her. "Yeah," She asked and he shook his head. "You were thinking about him again?" He asked and she nodded "Gibbs I can't sleep at night. That man scares the crap out of me." She said and Gibbs nodded pulling her into a hug. "Yeah, I know me too." He said and she sighed. "Gibbs I am getting picked up in like five minutes. I have Karate." She said and he pulled her back "Cool, when are you gonna come back?" He asked and she shrugged "Couple weeks. How about a week or so." She said and he nodded as she walked away. "Bye Gibbs tell everyone I said bye." She said and he smiled "I will." He said as the elevator dinged and the door opened.