Gibbs adopts a young seventeen year old after finishing the case of her dead her father. Left with no mother due to a house fire killing both her mother and step father at the age of thirteen, she has three choices. Go with Gibbs to DC from the small town of Concord, NC. Move in with her grandparents and stay in NC. Or go into the adoption system and wait for someone to come along. After deciding to give Gibbs a chance to take her parents place she is dragged into the dangerous but exciting life of NCIS.