The Johnstons (Memory series Story 2)

By Peppe1951

AN: I'm going to rename this series Memory but it will be the further stories of Gibbs and Tony as father and son. Also in my series Tony is in his late twenties when he joined NCIS after being a Baltimore cop and a Philadelphia cop for two years each. He never served in Peoria.

In 2002 he is 28 years old, but looks and acts much younger. Tony's birthday is July 8, 1974 in my series.

Summary: During a case Tony runs into a family that mistaken him for playboy type making moves on Lucy May, a young lady in their family and takes it upon themselves to punish him for it. Warning: Disciplining of an adult. Don't like? Don't read! Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to CBS and Paramount; I only write about them

Chapter 1

Wednesday afternoon, October 16, 2002

"Tony, Kate check with the neighbors and see if they can tell you anything about our dead Petty Officer," ordered Gibbs as he sent them to canvas the neighborhood.

They had been called out when the body had been discovered by the mailman. He had a package that needed a signature and had knocked on the door. The knock had opened the partially closed door revealing the dead body. the mailman had called the local LEO's who had in turn notified NCIS when it was discovered that he was with the NAVY.

Gibbs and his team and responded with the ME following close behind. after the taking of photos, crime scene sketched and gathering of evidence Gibbs had ordered for the neighbors to be interviewed.

Kate started to go towards the left side of the street when Tony noticed a pretty girl coming out from a house at the far end of the street on the side where Kate was heading and hurriedly said, "Kate I'll take this side and you do the other…there's not that many houses on the right had side," as he tried to sound sincere.

Kate looked up and was about to thank him when she caught sight of the girl and only said, "Just watch out that Gibbs doesn't catch you chatting up that girl," before heading towards the right hand side.

Tony only grinned before he trotted towards the pretty girl, intending to do more than just interview. He knew he had a talent with the women and could convince them to 'remember' more details than they thought possible.

About fifteen minutes later Gibbs looked up to see Kate jogging towards him ready to report. "They didn't know him well, Gibbs," she reported. "He pretty much kept to himself."

Gibbs nodded and asked, "Where's DiNozzo?"

"Isn't he back, yet?" Kate asked. "He only had a couple of more houses to check, after the first one," she added pointing to the one that Tony started at.

"Why did he start there," asked Gibbs? It was the farthest one on the block; it would make sense for him to start at the closest and work his way up.

"It probably had something to do with the pretty girl he saw coming out of the house," replied Kate with a straight face.

"DiNozzo!" muttered Gibbs under his breath as he started to chase down his missing agent.

"Look I'll check with the other neighbors while you find Tony," volunteered Kate who didn't want to be around when Gibbs caught up with her partner.

The closer Gibbs got to the house the angrier he got and he began to muttered, "we are going to have to have another talk about your method of interview, Tony," but the anger left him as he heard the sounds of conflict coming from behind the house and he instantly drew his Sig and advanced.

He reacted at once when he saw his agent/son in the hands of two men as another was taking off his belt to do some physical harm to him. "Halt…unhand him; he's a federal agent," shouted Gibbs as he approached with his gun pointing at them.

Gibbs appearance took them by surprise and Tony was able to escape them retrieving his weapon as he went. "Thanks boss, he was going to use his belt on me," he said as he approached.

"What did you do DiNozzo?" asked Gibbs as his agent approached.

"Nothing….I was just asking the young lady some questions about the Petty Officer when she started crying. It thought that maybe she knew the petty officer and was upset about his death and went to comfort her when I was grabbed from behind and my weapon was taken from me. I identified myself as a federal officer from NCIS and even showed them my ID, but it didn't seem to stop them in any way," explained Tony.

"Is this true?" asked Gibbs of the man with the belt.

"I just know that when I arrived I found my daughter in the arms of this man and crying; and when I asked her she said that he had made unwanted advances on her and that she was struggling to free herself when we approached. I saw the struggle myself, mister. I wasn't going to hurt him much just warm up his butt for his unwanted actions towards my daughter…make him think twice for trying something like that again.

Gibbs nodded towards Tony who took his gun out as Gibbs holstered his before removing his ID and identifying himself to the father. "I'm Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, and his boss. I know what you saw but is it possible that your daughter mistaken Agent DiNozzo act of comfort for something else?"

"I guess it is possible and I don't want any trouble with the authorities but back home where we are from this is how we take care of unwanted advances towards our young ladies and we have found that after a dose of a belt on their butts the advances cease immediately."

"I don't doubt that for a minute, Mr. Johnston. I've been know to keep my son in line the same way…and it usually leaves a lasting impression on him," Gibbs replied with a smile but if was all Tony could do not to react.

"I assure you sir that my attentions were only honorable. I reacted to her tears and that is all. I thought she knew our victim and her tears were for him," Tony said sincerely.

"He's lying, Mr. Johnston!" shouted Jenkins as he lunged for Tony. "I know he was making a move on Lucy; he needs to be punished…Lucy is my girl."

"Hush, boy," cried Johnston, "go see to Lucy and let us take care of it; Agent Gibbs can you assure us that your agent will stay away from my daughter?"

"I assure you that you won't have any further trouble with my agent. DiNozzo go and help Kate with the rest of the interviews; I will finish this one," ordered Gibbs as Tony gratefully fled.

"Mr. Johnston?"

"Yes, my name is Michael Johnston…these are my brothers, Sam and Dave and the young guy is my daughter's boyfriend Steve Jenkins; oh and my daughter is Lucy May."

Gibbs nodded at the introductions and continued, "Mr. Johnston we are investigating the death of Petty Officer Donald Burns…he lived down the road from you. What we would like to know is did you know him?"

Johnston looked around his group but no one volunteered any information, "I'm sorry Agent Gibbs but none of us saw much of the young man with maybe the exception of my daughter, Lucy May. I know I saw them talking to him whenever they went past his house. Lucy what can you tell Agent Gibbs about the young man?"

"Not much Pa, he was nice always speaking to me but it was just conversation in passing…you know asking about the weather and such. I'm sorry I can't help you further Agent Gibbs?"

"Thanks, if you can think of anything please give me a call," Gibbs said as he offered her his business card. "The phone number is on the back," and with that he left the family and returned to his agents.

"So you were about to get your butt whipped," teased Kate as Gibbs approached. "It's a good thing that Gibbs got there when he did or you would be squirming on the return trip."

"Very funny, Kate," replied Tony, as he climbed into the truck for the return journey back to NCIS, not realizing that the Johnston family wasn't finished with him just yet.