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"McGee body found I need you to go and secure the scene." Willis barked at his youngest agent.
"On it." Tim got up. Taking the directions from his hands.
"Well you're at it get in touch with the Team from DC who are in charge of the case. I believe it's Gibbs Team."
"Of course." Tim silently groaned and thought about how for the first time in his career he'd be coming face to face with his father in a professional capacity. And just his luck it was during a time when he didn't want to even see his father in a personal capacity. He made it to the scene. Then e dialed the number on the slip of paper and was transferred to Agent DiNozzo. Well it least it wasn't his father for that he could be thankful. "Should I close them off?" he looked down at the blue barrel laying on the ground.
"No The best thing is for you to do nothing okay agent McGee just secure the area and wait for us to get there."
"Okay." Tim said hating the condescending tone in the agent's voice. He shook his head as he hung up the phone and waited for the MCRT to show up on scene.
"Are you guy's ready to go?" Gibbs looked at his team. He was on edge as it was with the whole Tim situation and now he was heading to Norfolk and actually seeing him. He listened to Kate babble and tried not to roll his eyes though he wanted to snap her head off when she spilled his coffee.
This day just kept getting better and better. He groaned. Hoping that once face to face with his son Tim would act professionally and not do anything to give the personal connection away. Or at the very least not start shouting but he trusted his son to do his job in a professional manner.
"DiNozzo stop gossiping with Kate and get your butt into gear." He shouted behind him hearing what he'd told Kate about his morning Coffee. They made it to the scene and he saw his son setting up the perimeter and talking to Ducky who had made it to the scene before them.
Tim looked up at his father as he and his team walked onto the scene he tried not to look at the body but he also didn't really want to look his father either. "You Agent Mcgee?"
"Yes sir." He nodded looking towards his father as he addressed him. "Good well it looks like you set it up well."
"That he did Gibbs that he did." Ducky looked up from the body. "Very well done young man but you do seem to be having some issues are you going to be okay?" Ducky asked noticing that the younger man looked like he was about to barf.
"I'll be fine."
"DiNozzo take McGee away from here before he barfs." Gibbs barked he shook his head he trusted his son but sometimes he wondered how Tim figured to ever be a field agent if he couldn't even handle the sight of a body.
"Come on McGee let's take measurements for the sketches. Tony didn't even wait for the younger agent to follow him. Tim silently cursed himself for his inability to keep his stomach even. He had to do better he would one day make field agent and he'd make sure of it.
Gibbs was pissed the DNA registry was backlogged and no one knew who his dead victim was. He glared at his son who was sitting on the case he needed. He wished Tim would just suck it up but no the boy still looked like he was going to barf. "Pull it together Agent." He snapped grabbing his case and jarring Tim.
"Sorry Sir I'll do better." Tim said shakily as he stood up.
"I've heard stories of Agent Gibbs." He looked at Tony. Because it was true he had heard stories of his father in the field of his father in the boss Role and it was a bit eye opening to see it now. He was a hard man on a normal day but in his role as leader he was a man Tim wasn't sure what to make off.
"Only half of them are true." Tony shrugged looking at the pale completion of the other man. "Trick is figuring out what half." He left with those words.
"And that is the biggest puzzle of all isn't it." Tim shook his head.
"Don't worry we all get queasy every now and then." Kate told him walking past him and towards the rest of her team. "I'm agent Todd by the way didn't really get a chance to introduce myself earlier."
"Nice to meet you Agent Todd. I'm agent McGee."
"Kate." Gibbs barked sending the female Agent running towards her team.
He was in a foul mood. He hadn't had his coffee he wasn't on strong footing with his own son. And they had no idea who they were even dealing with. He was even more pissed by the end of the day when he'd left his team to clean up. Still no idea who the victim was. He didn't even look towards his son as he left the scene in Kate and Tony's hands.
Tim tried to keep his face natural as he watched his father leave. It had been an internal struggle all day trying not to say or do something he'd regret or that would lose him his job. He was trying to help the team pack up and Tony wouldn't shut up.
"Okay Agent DiNozzo I'll let Security know that you want the crime scene watched.
"Oh no no you see Gibbs wants it to remain in NCiS control which means you're out here all night. Have fun at your first all-nighter
Tim snorted. "if only you knew how many I pulled in college."
"Oh look Kate we have a Mcnerd"
"Tony be nice." Kate shook her head. "We'll relieve you as soon as we can."
"Thanks." Tim said he watched them walk away and sat in the dark. He hated his last name or should he say his middle name to many nicknames could come out it and he could see his dad's senior agent was going to push that to the limit. He also knew he really didn't have to stay here but that DiNozzo was testing him and he wouldn't give the man the satisfaction of breaking him. He may not be what his father wanted most of the time But he was still a Gibbs. He sat in the dark watching over the scene and thought of life before. Life when his mother was alive.
Now Timothy I know you're smart we all know you're smart there is nothing wrong with being smart but I want you to live to. to have fun. Like Kelly with her ballet lessons and horseback riding. I want you to find a fun activity not just you're books."
"But Mom I find my books fun." Tim groaned.
"That's great but please for me pick one fun activity."
"Fine" He sighed. Getting a beaming smile from her.
"That's my boy." She ruffled his hair before walking out of the room.
Tim shook himself out of his memory. He had joined soccer for awhile that was until he broke his arm then his mother conceded and let him quite but it was really after her and Kelly died that he'd pushed himself into school more graduating early going off to college and then even more college until he had so many degree's even he didn't know what to do with them. He sat in the darkened night waiting for the sun to raise and thankful when he was finally relieved and could go home and crash into bed. He came back into Work the next morning only to hear his name shouted.
"McGee." He turned to see Agent Todd flagging him down.
"Agent Todd What can I do for you?"
Agent Gibbs wants you in on the team meeting as he talks to Abby. That's our forensics expert and to ducky. Our ME you meet him yesterday."
"Okay well lead the way." He didn't let on that he knew who all these people were already. His father nodded stiffly as him and Kate walked into the door and stood behind the computer waiting for Abby and Ducky's assessments of the case.
"He was a submariner."
"That would be a good guess." Ducky said as Gibbs turned towards his son. "How many subs in port?" it took Tim a second to realize his father was talking to him. He scrambled around trying to find his reports welling feeling a blush of embarrassment race up his cheeks. He felt everyone's eyes on him as he grabbed the report. Reading off the information he tried not to let his nerves show.
"Do you have the rosters?'
"On it." Taking a shaky breath he let himself out of the office and headed to find the information he needed. He needed to get his act together. He was a competent agent but looking at him at that moment even he himself could say he wasn't doing his best work. He couldn't let his father's presence get to him.
Gibbs watched his son go and watched to get up and chase after him but he didn't couldn't wouldn't he had work to do. A criminal to catch and a victim to identify.
Gibbs watched his son race towards him a piece of paper clutched in his hands. "Everyone is accounted for."
"What do you mean how is that possible we have a dead submariner and everyone is accounted for?"
"Well hi identity was hidden. So someone must have taken his spot." Kate throw in.
"Right let's go talk to the submarine squadron commander. He started to walk away but was stopped by Tim's voice.
"You might want to watch out for Commander Veitch."
"What was that?" He snapped turning around striding towards his son.
"It's just I met him once and he can be very Difficult."
"And you don't think I can." Gibbs got nose to nose with his son.
"Oh I know you can." Tim glared right back "Just thought you should be warned.
"Thanks for the warning I'll take my chance." Gibbs snapped turning back towards his team.
"Whoa now that was strange." Tony whispered to Kate. Maybe the little one isn't so much a baby after all. It takes balls to say something like that to Gibbs."
"Ah never met Gibbs doubt he'll do it again." Kate shrugged.
Gibbs just scowled he would bet his son would do it again. it was in the Gibbs blood after all.
Tim followed behind his father. He couldn't believe he'd said what he'd had but his nerves were pushed to the breaking point. What had he been thinking becoming and NCIS agent. Had he been living in a fairytale land thinking he'd never have to work with his father. And now his father was going to go head to head with Veitch. This could get interesting. And interesting it did get. He was shocked when he learned Agent Todd would be going down in the Sub.
"You should have seen it." Tony smirked. Gibbs want after that guy like an attack dog. See you don't want to get on Gibbs bad side McGee learn that and it will serve you well."
"I think I've got the Memo." Agent DiNozzo." Tim smirked.
"Well lets get back to the office Abby will probably have something for us soon. And ah here she is now." He answered the phone "Hey Abs what do you have for us."
"This picture a composite of what our victim should look like so how it there all on your lonesome."
"Not alone Abs got special Agent McGee here to."
"Hey McGee how's you're sig hanging."
"Um."
"Thanks for that Abs." Tony chuckled.
"Well she seems interesting."
"Don't get any idea's now that's too much woman for you."
"Don't worry I won't go after you're forensic girl."
"What not good enouh for you."
"No just don't think she's my type" He smirked thinking of Ziva if Tony thought Abby was to much for him what would he think of the Mossad Ziva. He was sure Ziva could and would wipe the floor with Abby. He shook his head just thinking about it.
"Okay looks like Gibbs. "Hey Boss." Tony answered his phone.
"So you think an imposter working in the personnel office." He smirked "Well it wasn't a guess more like a definitive statement." He shut his phone. He hung up on me. Hate when he does that."
"Okay so we're headed towards the personnel office." McGee checked.
"Yep lets go." As McGee followed him out he thought about the different dynamics that seemed to be in play among his father's team. He chuckled lightly of everything his father had did he could say at least he'd never hung up on him.
Tim rolled his eyes as he listened to Tony flirt with the woman at the personnel office. "Can I ask her a question?"
"of course you can as long as you're not going to ask her out."
"Yeah right." Tim muttered as he walked up to her. "I was wondering has anyone quite recently." Tony watched the younger agent with interest. As the lieutenant gave information about a man who had just quite. A question he wouldn't have thought to ask. The more he looked at this man the more he wondered if he'd be an agent to watch.
Though he wasn't so sure anymore after McGee got mad at him for breaking the suspects window with a Rock and Tim well he just thought his father was crazy for hiring the man. Though he guessed he could agree that Tony's way had been effective if not exactly legal.
"You know how to get into this?" Tony pointed towards the computer.
"Yes" he started to get into the computer.
"So you know how to do this then.
"Masters in computer forensics' MIT.
"I see."
"This isn't good." Tim pointed towards the picture on the screen naming off what it was earning an odd look from Tony. BS in Bio Medical engineering John Hopkins."
"Jeez what are you McCollege."
"It's what I was good at." He shrugged. "And also a way to keep my mind off other things he thought. As he searched through everything. "The air conditioner. They're going to put the gas through there get a message to the ship." Tim shouted jumping up and racing towards the car as Tony had his hand on his cell phone calling in the information.
Hours later and many false leads and starts they finally had everything they needed and people were safe but not without certain people's life's being put way to close to danger. Gibbs and Kate were headed home and Tim was back working his normal job. Except he had one last thing to do. Drop off his report to NCIS DC
"What are you doing here McGee." He father asked as he walked into the room.
"Dropping off my final report."
"Didn't teach you how to email at MIT." Tony smirked.
"You went to MIT"
"And John Hopkins." Gibbs cut in looking over the report earing a look from his son. And causing Gibbs to roll his eyes. Sure he'd slipped but he was proud of what his son had accomplished at the school.
"I didn't tell him." Tony said.
"Well anyway there is you're report I'm going to get going." Have some woodwork to do." He looked towards his father. A way of letting him know he'd be at the house."
"Sound like Gibbs now." Tony spun around in his chair.
"Woodworking's good for the soul." Tim said.
"And no wyou sound like a book."
"Okay goodbye. Have fun." Tim rolled his eyes and left. He made his way to his father's and down to the basement picking up the tools he sat at the bench. Half an hour later he heard footsteps on the stairs.
"Well son we worked our first case together and I must say without you we never would have made it. Tony suck's at computers."
"Yeah I kind of learned that. Kind of like someone else I know." Tim smirked. "How about I order some Chinese and we talk."
"Yeah son that sounds good." Gibbs nodded. "That sounds good."
A/N next up the talk. Sorry if this is a bit choppy trying to learn how to write with in the frame work of the show. As you can see I used some lines changed others. Not sure If I'll do all other chapters like this or if I'll just pick one or two scenes to rewrite. Anyway thanks to everyone who reviewed.
