Okay been working on this one for a little while, but it is slow going, not only because its complicated and I want to do the story just, but because I am actually finding it difficult to write, so can't promise regular updates – no one can say I haven't set myself a challenge with this one!
However I thought I'd just wet you're appetites see if you like the initial idea etc. etc. As with my other story it's an AU, so characters may not do things you expect.
Chapter One
The 'big society' that's what they lived in, a world where everyone had to follow the same set of rules which controlled their personal lives, even if each country operated independently from one another in all other aspects. But one had to admit it work – well most of the time anyways.
However it wasn't the first time that their society's rules had him at a loss, after all he never really understood how everything in a person's life could be controlled by the makeup and colour of such a small device. The rules for the society where complicated, to say the least, a different set of rules for each level of society all boiling down to the colour and makeup of the ring you wore on your middle finger your left hand.
Not being someone that was particularly interested in history he'd never really bothered to find out, how this society business had come about, in fact he only ever made sure to know the absolute basics which allowed him to know what it meant for him and those around him. So now he found himself in uncharted waters as he watched his newest, brightest and youngest agent continued to dry reach into the porcelain basin in front of him.
The agent's life had quite literally been turned on its head and it was blatantly obvious he hadn't come to terms with what had happen yet, so it wasn't a surprise, that after having DiNozzo announce his new status to the whole bullpen, the kid was to be found in the head desperately trying his hardest not to lose any breakfast he'd eaten that morning.
That battle was lost the moment green eyes had met blue for the first time, via the mirror above the sink, after he had heard the door to the room open and close. Allowing McGee sometime to pull himself together Gibbs thought of what impacted these changes would have on his team starting with his own status as a master currently without either a wife or sub.
Being a master gave you certain privileges of course, but Gibbs didn't overly care about them, he'd received his master's ring from his father-in-law during his first marriage, who had given him the ring instead of his only son - much to his son's chagrin. Their marriage had been on a level playing field as neither of the parents where richer than the other, or held higher rankings within the society. Gibbs had been married twice, his first marriage ending in the death of his wife and only child.
Being bi-sexual Gibbs had taken his first sub for a while in between the marriages, and though he was satisfied with the sex he never felt his sub was respectful enough, so when Gibbs met what was to become his second wife he sold the sub, making a small profit into the bargain. The second marriage - well the ending to that was something he'd never forget.
It had started out well enough but after a couple of years the pair had grown tired of one another and the constant arguments over his job, obviously made things more difficult especially with the unpredictable hours worked by NCIS agents. Then one night Gibbs came home to find his wife in bed with another man, the man was instantly thrown out of the house and his wife had followed him out the door within a few weeks and well before the ink had even dried on the divorce papers. Of course since then there had been other subs, Gibbs appetite for sex being fulfil by each until he tired of them.
Gibbs thoughts turned to the others on the team, Ducky was also a master inheriting the ring from his father, but had never really bother with using it. Tony, Kate and Ziva where all happily married, both Tony's and Kate's marriages where on an even playing field like Gibb's first marriage had been. Tony's marriage, of nearly ten years, was a little more liberal than most, with both husband and wife playing the field, whenever the urge took, now that they had an heir and a spare, as Anthony DiNozzo senior, would joke.
Kate had been married for six years and the marriage was a happily contented one with both partners giving and receiving respect from one another, they had two children, both adopted as the couple had found out that they were unable to have children of their own.
Ziva had recently married, just prior to Tim joining the team, and Gibbs had a funny feeling he knew who wore the trousers in that household and it wasn't the man of the house. The marriage was arranged by Ziva's father, who was the more influential and powerful than the boy's parents, which meant that the guidelines for the marriage played in her favour and Ziva had requested and been granted that she and her partner would not have children until they turned thirty, citing the need to be allowed a career before giving up work to raise a family, a stipulation from her husband's parents which, much to Ziva annoyance, her father had agreed to.
Abby's marriage was definitely not a happy one, with her husband's family being more influential, giving her husband control over her and he made sure that it was well known, the fact the he was an agent, and a master, that worked for NCIS, sometimes made thing very difficult. Palmer, Duck's assistant had an arranged marriage in place, due to take place next year after his exams.
That left Tim, his youngest agent, who up until the weekend had worn a bronze ring, meaning he was under his parent's protection, well his father's as his mother had recently passed, whilst he waited for an arranged marriage to be put in place.
As Gibbs thoughts returned Tim, he realised that it was the second time in less than a week that he found himself questioning his youngest agent's relationship with his family and more importantly with his father after what had happened during their last case.
***Flashback***
The one thing Gibbs enjoyed most was watching his team at work, which was exactly what he was doing now as he and Captain Tiles, of the USS Abraham Lincoln, they paused in their discuss whilst observing his team give chase to a petty officer who had been identified as the guilty party in a drugs scam taking place aboard ship, much to the disgust of the captain.
On this occasion the youngsters had teamed up as boy's verses girls, normally it was the youngest two against the older agents, or as Tony put it the more experienced against the newly qualified. Tony and Tim were currently chasing their pry down the port side of the ship with Tim in the lead. Kate and Ziva however, where ready to pounce, waiting just out of view of the petty officer, ready to intercept the moment he drew level.
Tim was about to pass another petty officer who had been idly watching the chase, when the petty officer stuck his foot out, Gibbs had immediately tensed on seeing what was happening - being unable to help in anyway, sending Tim flying. Luckily Tony who was a few steps behind managed to change his stride so as not to get caught up in the chaos as Tim went sprawling to the floor.
Both Tony and Gibbs noticed the girls had managed to apprehend their suspect, taking him down hard and handcuffing him roughly after seeing what had happened to their team mate, so Tony stopped and turned round to help Tim back to his feet.
"You alright McGoo?" Tony queried as Gibbs and the captain came up alongside them
"Fine" Tim grumbled, firmly holding his right forearm with his left hand, even though it was quite obvious everything was not fine and the young agent was clearly in pain.
"That's a fine chase your guys pulled off" Captain Tiles praised
"Captain Tiles let me introduce my team to you, this is Tony DiNozzo and Timothy McGee" Gibbs indicating to each in turn before he turned, as the girls walked up to the group, and did the same again "and these ladies are Kate Todd and Ziva David"
"And a fine team it is Agent Gibbs…Wait did you say McGee?" The Captain queried, clearly turning his attention back towards Tim.
"Yes sir." Gibbs replied slightly puzzled by the captain's query.
"Any relation to Admiral McGee?" Captain Tiles asked Tim directly.
"My father, sir." Tim responded politely, but the other members of the team could tell by the tone in his voice and look on his face that Tim didn't appreciate the subject being raised.
"Son?" Captain Tiles stated clearly shocked by the news, as Kate decided it was time to get an uncomfortable looking Tim away from the Captain and was given the perfect excuse when she noticed the blood that was now running down Tim's arm.
"Tim you're bleeding, let's get you to Ducky."
"Kate, it's nothing, don't worry about it." Tim tried, but the whole team's attention was now on his arm and the blood that was not only running down his arm but seeping through his fingers.
"That's not nothing, Probie" Tony stated firmly, also picking up Tim's discomfort like Kate had, as he took hold of Tim's shoulders turning him round in the general direction of where they could disembark, without even a bye-your-leave from Gibbs or the Captain "Come on let's go."
Gibbs watched them descend the gang plank, Kate helping Tim to hold his arm up in an effort to stem the bleeding, whilst Tony and Ziva escorted their suspect, before he turned to the Captain and simply raised a questioning eye brow only to see surprise still etched on the man face, it was a few moments before the man pulled himself together and a few more before he explained his reaction.
"I worked with the Admiral for ten years, until just over a year ago, Agent Gibbs. Met both his son's and his daughter's, but that young man was never introduced and I can clearly recall a conversation, a few years earlier where the admiral informed me he had two sons and two daughters, which were his world, just after I informed him that my wife was expecting our first child, he even showed me a photo, there were definitely only two boys in the picture with him"
Surprised by this piece of information Gibbs turned back to look at his team, quickly noting the suspect was now in the back of the sedan, not that he cared about that, right now his main focus was on his youngest agent who was sitting in between the open doors of the back of the ME van and Ducky was clearly fussing over Tim, whilst an animated explanation seemed to be taking place, with Tony arm flying around dramatically as he informed the ME what had happened.
***End Flashback***
"Easy Tim" Gibbs said, he had come out of his musing to the sound of yet more reaching, whilst placing his hand on Tim's shoulder as he grabbed some paper towels with the other. "Breath nice slow breaths…that's it."
Tim shakily accepted the paper towels and whilst the younger man busied himself with washing his face, Gibbs casually slip his hand into Tim's coat pocket, from where it was laying on the counter, removing the key to his lodgings, so he could arrange to get Tim's things collected and moved to his place for safe keeping
The door to the men's room opened, turning to see who it was whilst using his current position Gibbs easily blocked any view of his youngest agent from a meddlesome intruder, only to be relieved to see it was Ducky that had entered. "Ah Jethro, Kate took the liberty of calling me, said that young Timothy may be in need of my services…..Oh my"
Gibbs had nodded and stepped to the side whilst Ducky had been explaining his presence and wasn't surprised by the older man's reaction to the site of a deathly pale Tim, holding on to the basin as if his life depended on it. "Yeah Duck, properly best if we get Tim downstairs."
"I quite agree" Ducky replied
NCIS
"Tony was that really necessary?" Ziva demanded the moment Gibbs had taken off after the youngest member of their team, who had bolted from the bullpen, his hand over his mouth as if he was about to be sick.
"What, I thought he was playing a prank and I was joking!" Tony stated, still shocked by the reaction his announcement had caused, of course the reality of the situation was now beginning to sink in.
"Not a very funny one and somehow I don't think McGee would do something like that, Tony" Kate spat out, as she waited on the phone for the person she was calling to answer. "Hey Ducky, need you to come up stairs, Tim's in need of your services in the men's room."
"I agree with Kate, somehow I do not think McGee would be seeing the funny side of your joking, Tony." Ziva stated angrily at Tony, showing the man she was in agreement with Kate.
"Yeah you're properly right." Tony agreed
"No properly about it Tony" Kate growled, she had finished her call and moved round to stand next to Ziva in front of Tony. "You just humiliated him in front everyone. Do you realise how much courage it must have taken for him to even show up here this morning?"
"You could have been more supportive, let Tim tell Gibbs and the Director himself, rather than demean him before he got the chance." Ziva stated forcefully
"Look I didn't think alright, he was late and….." Tony voice trailed off
"And you just had to tease him about that" Kate interjected
"I josh him all the time" Tony countered weakly "look I realise now I should have stopped when he told me to drop it, but…"
"But you couldn't help yourself" Ziva stated as she stepped in "you just kept on going"
"Well yeah and then I saw the ring when he ran his hand through his hair and it just came out" Tony replied miserably
"Well you just better hope that Gibbs can sort this out Tony because if he can't we've just lost a member of this team." Kate informed
