A/N: i had already started this one as a Gibbs having a son and decided to change it...this one is Director Sheppard and Mike Franks are still alive

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Max and Amelia Reyes

summary: Gibbs and his team get a case that hit close to home when they find a young child that has a connection to one of the team

The day started off slow since Gibbs and his team had been doing nothing but past paperwork and now had nothing to do. Gibbs was off getting coffee, McGee was reading something from an email Sarah had sent him a few days ago, Ziva was looking at some clothes on the internet and Tony was watching a movie. Abby walked into the squad room and sits down in Gibbs chair and opens one of the drawers but sighs before moving over to Tony's desk and gasping which caused the said agent to see the Goth going through his desk, "Hmm, Abbs? Not that mind having you around when we have nothing to do but why are you going through my desk drawer?"

She shakes her head as pull something out, "The vending machine is broke and you may have nothing to do but I still have work and don't have the priviledge or the chance to go and find some more right now and you raided it earlier."

Just then, Gibbs walked in the squad room and see pigtails over the top of his senior field agents desk as he sits at his desk not really sure if wanted to know what his favorite was doing, "Abbs, do I want to know what are you doing?"

The goth looks up at him smiling evilly and stands up glancing at Tony daring him to say something, "Nothing really but raiding Tony's chocolate stash."

He shrugs and turns to the files that were piling up on his desk, "Alright but get back to work."

She bounces in place happy about her raid, "Well he raided the vending machine earlier and right now I need some chocolate and its broke."

Ziva looks at the amount in her arms and wonders if the goth left him anything, "Did you leave him any?"

She shrugs and skips off towards the elevator, "Not sure but Tony loves me so willing to share."

Gibbs smirks at that thought and then answers his phone, "Gibbs?"

McGee looks up from his computer as he slams down his phone, "Something up boss?"

Gibbs grabs his SIG from his drawer, "Gear up got a case around the corner."

~~NCIS~~

They all head to the van and Dodge Charger and drive the 10 minutes to a grocery store where a man in his forties is there and once there Gibbs walks over to where the few Metro officers were standing outside the store talking to a few people, "What we got?"

A Metro officer meets them at the door and shows them inside, "Owners said the small boy was walking around his store trying to steal something. We searched him since wont talk and found dogtags on him we called you. Figured you can find something out and then there's the body out back in the alley."

The small boy whose sitting in the back office waiting for someone to do something or let him make a phone call and hears a familiar voice and looks past where the officer was in the office watching him and starts to shout as he cries, "DADDY!"

McGee is the first to hear the little boy, "Boss, he's crying for someone and saying daddy."

Gibbs and Ziva follow the man to the office and once inside Gibbs catches the small boy who launches into his arms crying harder, "Daddy?"

The man glares at the boy, "Pequeño mocoso andaba por aquí tratando de encontrar algo robando." (Little brat was walking around here trying to find something to steal)

Gibbs looks down and spots his son sobbing in his arms, "Max? Need you to calm down buddy becuase can't understand you."

Ziva can see the blood on his shirt and whispers in his ear concerned that he maybe hurt, "Gibbs he's bleeding."

Ducky walks in the store and see the small group in the office and doesn't spot the child, "Where's the body?"

The same cop comes over from earlier walks over to him, "In the alley this way," he leads him away.

Gibbs shakes his head looking at Ziva, "Ziva go with them and take DiNozzo and McGee with you."

Ziva nods and heads back to front of the store where her partners are waiting both drinking something, "So we got a case?" Tony asked hoping they didn't since they had been having nonstop cases for the last 3 weeks and wanted a little slow time.

"There's a dead body in the alley but that's not what worries me," she tells them and see their confusion. "Gibbs has Max with him in the office and he's scared of something and has blood on his shirt all over and by the looks of it he may have been in the alley."

Ducky doesn't look up to realise his friend wasn't there, "Have to wait on Cause and Time of death Jethro-"

Ziva kneals down next to him and looks at the body, "Sorry but Gibbs is a bit distracted back in the office. Seems there was someone brushing against the wall with blood on them."

"Maybe a suspect," Collin Parker the new probie said.

Ziva looks at the smear having an idea of who may have made it, "Ducky would you say maybe that would be about where a four-year-old hand could be to brace himself against a wall?"

Ducky and Palmer look at the smear of blood and back at her, "Yes that could be but how you know about the age?"

Gibbs walks over and Ducky and the team can see some blood on his NCIS jacket, "Duck can you look at something while Palmer does this?"

Ducky follows his old friend to front of the store and Palmer, McGee and Tony turn to Ziva, "Care to share with the class Ziva?" Tony asked the one question that was on their minds.

She shakes her head and looks around wondering what happened there to scare him, "Have to wait and see."

Ducky follows his old friend to the front of the store and can hear soft crying from the Dodge Charger as Gibbs nods at the officer standing there, "So a house call?"

Gibbs looks inside and see he had fallen asleep, "Duck he's going to be in Abby's lab. Can you look at him first?"

Max opens his eyes as his dad lifts him so can set him down in a booster seat a cop provided him with, "Daddy?" He said freightened.

next chapter is at trip to the hospital and Gibbs about ready to kill someone