This is a science fiction AU crossover of NCIS and Magnificent Seven. This story will be mainly written from the point of view of NCIS, though. I do not own NCIS, Magnificent Seven, Dr. Who, any products associated with any show or any movie or TV reference of any kind or any other character or star. No copyright infringement is intended.

Warning: May eventually contain disciplinary actions to young adults by parental figures in this story. After all, this is an older time period when this would have been more acceptable.

A/N: Four Corners on the M7 TV show was based on a fictional location, of course. For the sake of this story, Four Corners will be the location of the real Four Corners Monument.

A Holiday Adventure!

Chapter 4

No, Definitely Not Kansas

Tony could not help but utter, "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore."

"Yah think, Tony?" Gibbs said sarcastically after giving Tony yet another trademark head slap and pocketing the screwdriver gadget. "That is the problem; we don't know where we are." He did not want to cause a panic with everyone, but he was supposed to be the leader of this family and he was a little nervous. Gibbs thought, "This is the first and last time I ignore the gut."

"Jethro, wherever we are, we need to find shelter soon. It is getting cold." Jen said while beginning to shiver. "Most of us left our jackets in the vehicles thinking we were only going to be here for a few minutes."

"I know, Jen. Give me a minute. Let me work through this." Gibbs was getting agitated.

"Uh, Gibbs. What do you think that is?" Tim said as he drew attention to the dust cloud approaching.

"Well Tim, it looks like horses and a stagecoach." Gibbs said.

"Do you think we happened upon a movie set?" Tony asked hopefully.

"I have a feeling we did not, Tony. I guess we will find out soon enough. They are coming this way." Ziva commented.

"Gibbs! I'm scared." Abby was beginning to get nervous and starting to feel a little guilty that maybe the screwdriver/camera was the cause of this.

"Hang on, Abs. We'll be ok. " Gibbs was really unsure, but he did not let Abby see it.

Abby began to panic anyway. She began rambling about feeling guilty about the screwdriver. She was becoming an emotional mess. Before she knew it, SWAT, SWAT, SWAT! She felt three stinging swats to her backside. "Owww, Gibbs! What was that for?" Abby said with tears and a pout.

Gibbs pulled her into a hug and said, "Abs, you were having a meltdown. We cannot afford that right now. I had to get your attention. Calm down and pull yourself together, unless you want more. There will be time for questions and answers later. Right now we have to get out of the cold before it gets dark."

"Alright, Gibbs. I'm fine now."

"That's my girl. We will worry about what caused this later." Gibbs gave her a kiss on the forehead.

As he looked around at his family, he could see Jimmy appearing to be nervous. Tony, Tim and Ziva seemed to be the brave older siblings. Jen and Ducky were being the courageous parent and grandparent. He knew, though, no one was calm, not even himself.

"Tony, no sarcasm. Ziva, no ninja skills unless we are actually threatened." Gibbs said with no room for argument.

Everyone agreed as the horses and stagecoach came to a stop near them. Gibbs looked around to find the leader of the group. He knew who this leader was as soon as he saw the tall, blonde man in black dismount his horse. He also saw the guns and ammunition the man was carrying. He was glad that at least he had listened to that famous gut enough to carry a weapon with him to the monument.

Gibbs introduced himself by saying, "I am Leroy Jethro Gibbs and this is my family: Jennifer Shepherd, Donald Mallard, Anthony DiNozzo, Timothy McGee, Ziva David, Abigail Scuito, and Jimmy Palmer."

The man in black eyed the family in front of him and said with suspicion, "Family, huh. How come none of you have the same last name?"

"Well, my dear fellow, we actually work together and have become so close over the years that we consider ourselves family." Ducky spoke as he saw Gibbs watch the gunman suspiciously.

"If I did not know any better, I'd swear that Gibbs and this gunman were about to "mark" their territory." Tony whispered to his siblings.

He had thought he said that in a low enough voice as to not be heard, but when the gunman and Gibbs both turned and glared at him, he paled. "Shutting up Boss... and Cowboy," Tony said as an afterthought.

The gunman gave Tony a glare that could freeze water in the summer time, but was stopped by one of the other gunman. This gunman said, "Chris, wait a minute pard. He doesn't know you don't like being called cowboy."

The one called Chris turned away from Tony and spoke. "The name's Chris Larabee. I understand what you're sayn' 'bout family, Mr. Mallard. This is my family: The one who just saved your Anthony some heartache is Vin Tanner. This is Buck Wilmington and JD Dunn. We are four of the peacekeepers here in this territory. The other three are back in town 'bout five miles west of here. Have to leave someone guarding the town. It looks like you got yourself a problem here."

"Yeah, we are stranded at the moment. Do you think we could get a ride into town?" Gibbs asked.

"Well, it just so happens that this stagecoach is empty from a gold run we just made. I guess you can hitch a ride in it to town. We may have to put one of yah up top with the driver. By the way, this is Sam, the driver." Chris introduced him to the group.

Everyone nodded their hellos.

"You do have a lot of questions to answer 'bout why you're here, how'd you get here and why you're dressed this way. That's just for starters." Chris said with curiosity and more suspicion. Buck and JD shook their heads. It took Chris a while to trust anyone, but when he did, you had a friend for life.

"Come on Chris. It is time to get back to town. These people are cold and I've got a lady friend to see." Buck said with a mischievous smile.

Tony thought, "I think this is a man after my own heart."

"I'll ride with the driver. The rest of you can ride inside. Tony, take the floor." Gibbs said while giving instructions, as usual.

Everyone boarded the coach with Chris and Gibbs watching each other closely. Everyone could see that there were still some issues with trust.

Before the stagecoach departed Tony said, "Hey, I feel like John Wayne in Stagecoach! He had to sit on the floor too."

"You would have a movie reference at a time like this, Tony! You are so childish." Ziva was amazed at how Tony could come up with trivia at a time like this.

Gibbs could hear the bickering and knew that Tony sometimes made light of things not to show his nervousness. Gibbs then said in a semi-serious manner, "Children, do not make me make this driver pull this stagecoach over."

The siblings then said in unison, "Shutting up now, Boss."

Chris shook his head and thought, "I don't know who this man is, but I think I like him already."

TBC…