When they broke the hug Kate turned to see the faces of her old team by Tony's desk. She was happy to see them all again. There was only one face she didn't recognize, but guessed it was her replacement. Kate placed Maggie in Gibbs' arms and went over to her old team.
"Hey" she said as she came closer to them.
"Oh. My. God. Kate it's really you. You're not dead. I can't believe my eyes. I've missed you soooo much" Abby said, she was really happy to see her best friend again. It didn't take Abby long to bring Kate into a hug and hold on. Tony tapped Abby on her shoulder after two minutes.
"Abby my turn" Tony said when Abby looked at him and then let go of Kate and went to stand by Ducky and McGee.
"I'm so happy you're not dead Kate. I've really missed you" Tony said as he hugged Kate. She was happy to see him too, but didn't trust her voice to form any word and decided to nod instead.
After Tony, McGee came and hugged Kate.
"I've missed you too Kate. Welcome back" After McGee had released his arms from around Kate she walked over to stand in front of Ducky.
"I'm sor..." was all Kate got out before Ducky stopped her.
"Don't be. I'm just glad you're alive, believe me. I have one question though. If you're alive, who was the one I did the autopsy on then?"
"It was a girl who looked like me. I'm really sorry about all this. I will of course answer all your questions" Kate said as she looked at the team.
"Hey... you must be my replacement. If you haven't figured it out yet. I'm Kate, the agent who was supposed to be dead" Kate said to Ziva and held out her hand for Ziva to shake.
"I'm the new agent yes, but I can never replace you. I'm Ziva by the way" Ziva told Kate as they shook hands.
Gibbs watched as Kate went to all of her friends and gave them a hug. He was so glad she wasn't dead, but wanted to know what happened a year ago. As he looked at Maggie in his arms, what happened a year ago didn't really matter that much, all that matters is that Kate is home where she belongs. Kate turned to see Gibbs looking at her, she smiled and saw him walk over to where she was. Before she could say anything to him, Jen came up to her.
"I'm also glad you didn't die, the team haven't been the same since you 'died'. I'm glad you came back" Jen said and smiled at Kate. The whole team stood by Tony's desk again. Tony and Ziva behind it. McGee, Ducky, and Abby to one side and Jen to the other. Kate stood next to Jen with Gibbs beside her. In one arm he held Maggie on his hips and the other was securely around Kate. They were all taken in Kate's return. No one said anything except for Daniel.
"Hey Jen how long is his mother going to be gone for? Wasn't she just supposed to go to the bathroom?" Tony asked Jen when the boy began to cry.
"Tony stop asking all the questions. But to answer that one, she came here 15 minutes ago" Jen said with a smile on her face,
"What! She was here and I didn't see her?" Tony asked
"You saw her Tony. You just didn't know it was her" Jen said
"What are you talking about?" Tony asked with a confused look on his face.
"I'm his mother Tony" Kate suddenly said and took Daniel out of the safety seat to calm him down.
"You're his mother?" they all asked. Gibbs looked at her in surprise.
"Yes I am. And if you must know his name is Daniel Jethro Gibbs and was born 4 month ago" Kate said all the while looking at Gibbs to see his reaction.
"He's... he's my son?" Gibbs asks "I didn't even know you were pregnant" he said.
"Yes he's your son. I would never have a son with anyone else. And I didn't know I was pregnant before 1 month after I died'" Kate said
"Caitlin why don't you tell us all what happened back then?" Ducky asks. He can't hold the question back any longer, he wants to know the whole story. They all decided to sit down in the conference room to be themselves.
"Okay I will tell you, but please don't ask any questions till after I'm done" Kate says after sitting down in a chair besides Gibbs. He has Daniel, his son, in his arms and is looking proud to be a father again. Maggie is sitting in Abby's lap across from Kate. She looks tired from all that had happened today. Kate can feel Gibbs getting angry, but before she has the change to say anything he turns his anger at the director.
"You knew about her being alive and you didn't tell me" he said
"I didn't know about it before today. If you would let Kate tell you what happened you would find out" Jen said calmly. She knew Jethro wasn't happy that she knew before himself.
"Calm down Jethro and let me explain" Kate said.
"I'm guessing by Maggie being here you know about our relationship and how we were hiding my pregnancy. During that time I was contacted by witness protection. They told me about Ari's plans and that they had decided to use me as bait. They had been told that I was the way to get to Gibbs. I agreed to their plan and came back to work. They would replace me with a-look-a-like girl and she would die instead of me. I was taken to their HQ to help them with profiling. They never told me about what happened that day on the rooftop. I was supposed to be transferred to another city, to live, when I found out I was pregnant with Daniel" Kate said and looked over to Daniel asleep in Gibbs' arms.
"They didn't want to send a pregnant woman out in the world where people might recognize me and get myself killed. So I stayed at HQ where I was still helping them profiling. I came to work every day until I had Daniel. After he came I started work 2 days ago. It was there that I found out Ari was dead. I got mad at the witness protection director for not telling me. He knew what I had left behind, but didn't care. He told me that they didn't tell me because they needed my help. I told him he was an idiot for not telling me. That was yesterday. I wanted to come back and tell you everything so I decided to go to the director, Jen, first and tell her everything" Kate stopped again and looked at Jen.
"I got mad at the witness protection director for not telling me that Kate was alive and for not telling her she could go home without any risks. I told him he was a bastard when I called this morning" Jen said and looked at Jethro because she knew he would've done it himself if nobody else did.
"Well after telling Jen, I came up with the idea of surprising you. And it worked" Kate said with a smile. The team took in the story and after Kate was done they asked some questions which Kate answered.
As time went by and the team was all glad that Kate was back. They could see how much this had changed Gibbs. He was happy again.
"Kate can I ask you a question?" Abby asked
"Yes of course" Kate said
"Why is Daniels name Daniel Jethro Gibbs? I mean Maggie is only named Maggie Gibbs" Abby asked
"Well to answer that Abby I have to correct you. Maggie's name is Maggie Amy Gibbs. And the reason why Daniels middle name is Jethro, which I guess is why you are asking, is because Maggie's middle name is my middle name. You see Jethro and I decided to use my middle name so that in case one of us died in the line of duty she would always have us both in her name. As for Daniel I just wanted Jethro with me. I didn't know if I was going to see him again" Kate said
"And he will have both our names as well" Jethro said "Kate will be a Gibbs soon"