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AN: This story is in answer to a challenge given by Jlbrew27. I hope you enjoy it.

The Gibbs Family

Chapter 01 – Test the Truth

Gibbs his mind running wild as he tried to absorb the information he just had sprung on him went and made coffee. He needed to remove himself from the situation, take a moment and think. Carrying two filled mugs out and placing one in front of her, he said quietly but firmly. "Tell me it again and this time, everything Abigail."

Abby nodded and said quietly. "Sometimes I run test on different things so I don't get rusty. When you get overprotective of different people, I do paternity test of you and the person you go Papa Gibbs on. The test I did earlier showed you have two biological sons. I re-tested it several times. Gibbs the results were the same every time it a 99.9 match on both sons."

Gibbs glared at her and said firmly. "Abigail this was not about your skills and we both know that. This was about you using the lab for your own amusement and invading people's privacy. We are a federal agency and it's against the law Abigail as I'm sure you remember me telling you several times. I warned you what would happen if you did this again."

Abby's eyes went wide. Gibbs had caught her doing the same test between him and Tony a month ago. Gibbs had been furious, he scolded her about using her lab for her amusement and lectured her about what she did being an invasion of privacy and against the law. He said next time she used her lab for anything but her job he would make her explain to the person she ran the test on. Shocked and scared, she cried and told him it could cost her job and her freedom, possibly both. Gibbs had glared and said firmly. "Then don't take the risk." Then kissing her forehead, he had left. Abby had thought was trying to scare her. Two weeks later, he had made good on his threat. Ducky was understanding, disappointed in her actions but understanding and let Gibbs punish her. Gibbs had taken her cafepow's and music away for two weeks. He said if it happened again, he would let the people involved decided if she would be reported to Vance or not but he wouldn't cover for her.

Gibbs sat on the couch and said. "Abby this is going to change those to young men's lives and my own. I think its best you go home. I will talk to them first and see what they have to say. Maybe we can work something out, but no promises."

Abby's eyes filled up with tears and she went to say something but Gibbs shook his head and walked out of the room. Abby sighed she knew she screwed up but didn't know how to fix it. She left the results on the table and went home. Hoping she had not destroyed three lives but knowing deep down the three men would be better off knowing.

Gibbs called Ducky and gave him a brief rundown. Ducky said he would be right over. After he arrived, Ducky asked to see the test results. Gibbs walked him into the living room and handed him the papers. He then left to make more coffee, and some tea for Ducky as he read them over. Gibbs was lost in thought as he made the drinks. After enough time pasted he joined his friend in the other room.

"Jethro I'm afraid I have something to tell you that you're not going to like. Please hear me out and if want me to leave afterwards I will." Ducky said seriously after he had read the papers twice.

Gibbs raised an eyebrow but nodded.

Ducky sighed and said. "I knew that Jenny Shepard was sick Jethro. I was the only one at NCIS that did. Jenny had been feeling ill for a while but was scared to do anything about it. She came to me and asked me to run some test and tell no one. After the results came in, I convinced her to see a friend of mine for more intense testing. The results were heartbreaking; she was told her illness was terminal. As the illness progressed, she would start losing more and more control over her body and eventually her mind. Jenny told me before that happened she wanted to make amends to those that she could. She said in her life she made many mistakes, but two of her mistakes were unforgivable. The first was choosing her career over you and the second was giving up her son, your son Jethro."

Gibbs looked shocked then angry. He said tightly. "I got over her ending our relationship years ago. Why didn't she tell me she was pregnant? She still could have left after he was born. She would have her career and I would have raised my son. What made her take that away from me Ducky?"

Ducky nodded sadly. "Jenny said you and she had worked it out and had some kind of friendship going. As for your son, she knew you would have kept him and given him a good home. However, Jethro she also knew if you did, she would have stayed to be part of the child life and ended up marrying you. She did love you after all, but she also knew she did not want that life. Jenny wanted a career and thought a family would stand in the way. Later she realized her mistake. However, by then it was too late and she felt she did not deserve your forgiveness nor would you give it for giving away your son. Therefore, she decided not to tell you about him until after she was gone. What Jenny wanted most was to meet him before she died. She asked me to help her find him. It took work and a few favors but we found him. Jethro; the boy had just lost his mother to cancer. Jenny was heartbroken how could she meet her son just to let him lose another mother. She put it off hoping they would find a cure or that maybe with time he would heal enough to meet her. She died a few weeks later. She left me a letter saying in the event of her death I could tell her son and his father when I felt they could handle it."

Gibbs sat back shocked. He sobbed. "So I have four kids. I never…"

Ducky grabbed his best friend and brother in a hug. When Gibbs was calm, he grabbed the papers. Setting one aside he sat next to Gibbs and said. "No Jethro you have two sons and your dearly departed Kelly. This is the son of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Jenifer Sheppard. You have two fine sons Jethro. You just need to find out how the other one is possible?"

Gibbs closed his eyes in emotional pain and felt Ducky's arms come around him again. He held on to build strength but then lightly pushed him back. He then said quietly in a pain-filled voice. "I know how. I've only told two other people in my life this Duck, my father and Mike Franks. I'm sorry I never told you Duck, by the time we met it was just too painful to talk about. Shannon and I had a second child, a son. The day Shannon and Kelly died he disappeared, he was only four."

Ducky gasped in shocked he had heard Jethro talk about Kelly and Shannon but never another child. He quietly gave his support as Jethro spoke.

Ducky asked gently. "How old would he be today?"

Gibbs sighed and hung his head he whispered softly. "The same age as McGee. You know his eyes reminded me so much of Shannon's for the first year he was on the team. I could not even look at him without my heart clenching. That's why I have tried as hard as I can to distance myself from him it would not be fair to him. But McGee has such an innocent and easy going nature I couldn't help but love him as one of my kids."

Ducky smiled sadly, as he said. "Have you looked at the pages Abigail brought you Jethro?"

Gibbs looked at Ducky in shock with all the excitement he never actually read the papers. He put his hand out to Ducky. The older man handed him one paper then the other. After reading both, he looked at Ducky in shock then Gibbs said quietly. "How? Why?"

Gibb's shook his head as if clearing it then said. "Never mind I'll deal with the how and why later. Right now, what is most important is Timothy McGee and James Palmer are my sons. This is crazy Duck. How am I supposed to tell them? By the way, you're both my kids; sorry I missed all your Birthdays and every Christmas not to mention both your childhoods, but Daddy's home?"

Ducky rested his hand on Jethro's shoulders and said. "These young men look up to you Jethro and already see you as a father figure. You just need to sit them down separately or together and tell them, then go from there."

Gibbs nodded then set the papers down. He decided to tell them separately. Beginning with his oldest son, he picked up his cell and dialed. He gave McGee orders to be at his place the next morning at 10am.

Ducky raised an eyebrow at the order and once Gibb's hung up, he stated. "Do you think that was necessary Jethro he's your son?"

Gibbs smirked as he said. "Son or not Duck, McGee is on my team I bark he jumps, it's how it's done. Had I said anything other than an order he would have asked questions I'm not ready to answer yet."

Ducky looked worried and he said. "The team? What if…."

Gibb's shook his head and said. "No one is breaking up my team. I already treat them like my kids Duck. Vance is a father he'll understand if not, I'll deal with it."

Ducky smiled as he thought to himself. 'Papa Bear Gibbs is in full protective mode. I feel sorry for anyone that tries to hurt his cubs.'