Revenge

Chapter 1.

Charlie had always known about her father, but her mother had never told her the full story, & she never thought that their paths would ever cross, but they were both in for a big surprise.

After leaving school in England she joined the Royal Navy, & really loved travelling the world, when the time came for her to leave the Navy she joined the police force, & became quite a high ranking officer.

It was during a case that she met her husband Nick, as she was investigating a murder, the victim turned out to be an American serviceman from the Navy, Nick was an NCIS agent in LA, & because he was already investigating this person for a case, the two cases became intertwined with each other. It was love at first sight for the two of them, & because of the way they missed each other so much when he returned home, he ended up persuading her to go & join him in LA.

When she first joined him in LA she really loved it, but when she started thinking about what she was going to do for a job, he suggested to her that she join NCIS, so she then had to admit the truth to him who her father was, & that she doesn't even know if he knew anything about her, & she knows that if she joins their paths could end up crossing, & she doesn't know if she'd be able to tell him the truth about who she is, but knows she would have to because of having his surname. He tells her not to worry about it, as if they have any cases that come up that needed any interaction with Washington NCS, and then he would keep her out of the way.

Over the years they built up a very happy life together, & a couple of years later they got married. Following that a couple of years later they went onto have a baby boy & girl, despite them getting married she also keeps her fathers surname within her married name. She admits that she wants to keep it in just in case her father did know about her, so he could find her, but she does say that she will remove it if they do ever find each other & they have a ceremony to renew their vows, & he gives her away as father of the bride.

After the birth of their daughter as soon as she returns back to work once again, & it's also to the start of a big case involving the whole team, plus her first encounter with a part of her dads team, because while they are waiting for replacements to their team they get joined by Ducky Mallard & Abby Schutto. The whole time they're with them; she prays that they won't work out the truth about her, & it seems like they don't manage too.

As things turn out, in the end she does cross paths with her father. It happens because as part of the case Nick has gone undercover, a few days later Ducky calls to tell her that they've got a body there in Washington which matches their case. So she then leaves the kids with their grandparents, & nervously heads for Washington, because she knows that if the cases are connected, then she is going to have to work with her father.

When she arrives in Washington, she first of all goes to see Abby, & because of having her back to the lab door she says"Hello Gibbs." She replies "Sorry not exactly Gibbs." As soon as she turns round & sees Charlie, she smiles & goes to hug her, and then she says "What are you doing here?" She replies "Ducky called to tell me about the body, because of it being like our case." "I knew he was probably going to tell you, but I didn't think you'd come." She says "There was no choice really, as Nick has gone undercover, so I was the only one available, so I left the kids with their grandparents & came straight here. I've not seen Ducky yet, as I thought I'd come & see you first, just in case it ended up being just a flying visit, especially as I also had to give you these." She then gets the pictures out of her bag which the kids have done for Abby. She then gives her another hug, & Charlie says that she'd better get to see Ducky.

As soon as she gets downstairs & to the mortuary, because Ducky is in the middle of a conversation, she stands in the doorway & just coughs, he turns & sees her, then tells her to come in. As she goes in he introduces he to Jimmy before giving her the autopsy report & says that as soon as he started finding consistencies between the cases, he had a feeling that her suspect had now moved into their area. While she's reading the report & he goes through things, all of a sudden she hears the words which she's been dreading as Ducky says "Hello Jethro." Even though she knows that she's got to turn round to be introduced, she still shakes like a leaf. So she turns round, but keeps her head in the report & pretends that she's still reading it. Then as she finally looks up Ducky says " Jethro this is Special Agent Charlie Gibbs-Jordan, this is who me & Abby worked with in LA, I called her because of our victim being very much like the case they've been working on there. They just look at each other & say "Hi." But she is slightly nervous that she might've given something away with the look in her eyes or something in her voice because of her shaking so much. Although what does help is that she then takes a deep breath, as she & Ducky then start to talk about how they think the cases are connected, but she's not got any idea why their suspect has moved to there, to bring her there. Just as she thinks she's something on the body that's caught her eye, Gibbs phone goes & he answers it "Yes DiNozzo?" She whispers to Ducky that she thinks she can see something on the body. He puts his mask down & gets some tweezers, then as he's trying to get whatever it is out her attention is bought once again to Gibbs as he says "She's right here." As he ends the call, she looks at him in a questioning way, so he then indicates that they should go outside, when they get out there she says "What's wrong?" He says "We've just had a report that your husband could be missing, as he's missed two check-ins. Your team have been & checked things out, but don't know from the state of things if he got out or has been caught. They were also concerned about your safety & checking that you'd got here because your house has been broken into." "What about the children & their grandparents, are they safe?" "Your team have got them safe." They then get interrupted by Ducky saying that they'd better come back again. As they do so they find what she saw in the body was a note for her, which is a threat saying that if she doesn't keep away from the case more people will get hurt, including those that she loves. Gibbs says "This means it's down to both teams now, you stay here, me & tony will go to LA & get what we can, & you can update us with the case later on, I promise that I will keep you & the children safe, & will get your husband back safe." "Thank you; there are the keys to my house. On there is also a key to a secret drawer in my desk, unless they found it, which has the case notes for the case & Nicks undercover stuff, as well as other things that might help." He then takes them off her & leaves.

While waiting for them to get back she goes to join Abby in the lab, when she gets there Abby of course hugs her & tells her to try not to worry about things too much, even though she knows it's difficult, but she knows that if Gibbs promised that he would keep them all safe & get her husband back, he will do it. She then admits to her that even though they've only just met, from what she's heard about his reputation, she's got every confidence that things will work out well. Eventually with them talking about various things, it's Abby that works out the truth about Gibbs being Charlie's father. As all of a sudden she says "I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you related to Gibbs, because of having it in your surname as well, or is he your father?" As she then sees the look on Charlie's face she then says "I'm sorry if I've just overstepped the mark. Charlie replies "Don't worry, you haven't. It's just I don't know if he knows about me, because yes he is my father. I've always known because it's been my surname ever since I was born, but my mother finally told me when I was eight years old, as that was when she married my first step-father & she didn't change it, so I wondered why. The reason I don't know what he knows is because she always stuck to the story that they just had a one night stand & I was the result of it. I also always knew that when I joined NCIS we'd probably end up having an encounter, but didn't think it would ever be in a situation like this. Which is also why I don't know what to do at the moment, as I don't want to just come out & tell him that he's my father, especially if he doesn't know about me, & I'm really not sure how to tell him anyway." "You'll find a way to do it, as I'm sure he'll be very proud to have you as his daughter." "I know he probably will be, but there's also the thing of the children being his grandchildren, & if by any chance he sees them while they're in LA, Andrew might give something away, as at the moment he keeps introducing himself with his full name, which of course includes his grandfathers name as his middle name. Although I do have a feeling that I might've already given something away myself anyway, because of the way I acted when Ducky introduced us earlier, but I now that he does have to know the truth, because after all it is son-in-law that he has to find." "I'm sure that it will all be fine in the end, & I promise that I will try not to give anything away to him. Of course what the two of them haven't realised is that while they've been talking, Gibbs has been standing outside & has heard the whole of their conversation, & he does now know the truth about Charlie.

After composing himself for a couple of minutes he then goes into the lab, as soon as she sees him Charlie says "Is everything ok?" He then puts down her lap top & files onto the table, then replies "Things are fine, it was just a bit of a mess & they'd searched the study well, but the lap top seemed to be untouched, Abby & McGee will still check it over though, just in case there are any bugs or anything on it. There's still no news about your husband, so we've left your team checking where his last known places were. So I think it's probably about time you got some rest, & I think the safest place will probably be with me." As he then goes to the lab door, he then adds "With a couple of others." As the door then opens, her son Andrew comes running in yelling "Mummy!" Then after that the thing that really does bring a lump to her throat, is seeing him take Rosie out of Tony's arms & carries her in, as he says "I thought you'd like to know that these two were safe, & we will all keep them safe." While she & Abby have been hugging Andrew, he then notices that Abby has put the pictures up, so he says "Mummy you gave Abby our pictures." Abby then whispers "Thank you" in his ear, & gives him another hug before they leave.

After getting the kids settled down at Gibbs house, Charlie then goes downstairs to find him; he's in the kitchen & has just made a coffee, as he gives her a look of "Do you want one?" She nods & goes over. When he's made it they both go into the lounge together & sit on the sofa, she says "Thank you for all of this, as I now that you didn't have to do it." He replies "I did, because I know." "You overheard me & Abby talking?" "I did, but it confirmed what I already suspected." "You knew about me?" "I only knew after you were born, as your mum sent me a letter & photo of you. I did want to be a part of your life, but she disappeared, & I couldn't find you." "I did wonder why she always made me keep your surname, but I suppose after she married three times it would've been a hassle to keep changing it. I did always have a feeling that things were more than a one night stand, which she told me it was." "I think it might've also been because she wanted to make you traceable, even if she did disappear. We were in love, as we met while I was posted in England, she didn't want to come back with me when I got posted back here, which was when she had you. Although I never thought that I would find you, then I heard the rumour of a Gibbs being in LA, but of course I only knew you as Charlotte, & that it was apart of your married name." "I never did think I would find you or you me, because after leaving school I went into the Navy, then after completing my service I joined the police, which was how me & my husband Nick met, because I was working on a case that made him come & join us. As we fell in love, I came & joined him in LA. Once I got settled & started to think about what I could do for work, he suggested that I join NCIS, because I was more than qualified & experienced, which was when I told him about you. He then told me that I should be open when I was ready to be, as we never knew if our paths would cross in a case or something. I kept Gibbs in my name, as I felt I should in case we did meet at any time, plus of course I had also got used to everyone calling me Gibbs as well by then. Plus of course I gave Andrew his grandfather's name as his middle name, as I had always said that if I had a son he would have his grandfather's name in it. When I got back after having Rosie, it was straight into doing this case. Then when they told us about Abby & Ducky joining us, I had a feeling that something might come out, if they got curios about things, or if you did, if you called at anytime while they were with us. I knew it would have to come out once Ducky called me here, & when he introduced us I have to admit that I was shaking like a leaf. It did also make me wonder how much you did actually know, as I did spot the look in your eyes when he introduced us." "I only new you of course as Charlotte, & did try to find you when you were about sixteen, with no luck & again at various times over the years. I then heard the rumours of a Charlie Gibbs in LA & was trying to get out there, then of course Abby came back full of talking about you, so I was more than certain it was you. When Ducky introduced us I knew for certain it was you, because you have your mother's eyes." "Even with having told me that things were just a one night stand, I did always wonder, as over the years she did keep telling me I was very like you in certain things, & each time I was at home on leave & things she said I was getting more & more like you. "What happened to Maggie?" "She passes away from cancer about twenty years ago now." "I'm sorry, I know that we do have a long way to go, but I hope that we can become a family now, even if you do go back to LA after all this is over. I do promise that we will keep you all safe, & will bring Nick back safe. However long it takes, because you & my grandchildren will always have a home here." For the first time she breaks down & he hugs her.

A/N: This is my first venture into this world, so I hope you enjoy this story & I promise to try & get new chapters up as soon as I can! xxx.