UPDATE 4/4/15: I realized I had used the feminine for the name Jesse (Jessie). It was bugging me so I had to fix it! LOL! I hope I got them all.
See Chapter 1 for any disclaimers. I also DO NOT own any name, product, reference, or anything else that could be related to a movie, TV show, or a real or imagined person. I do not make money from any of this.
Warning! There may be talk of a spanking or an actual spanking in this chapter.
To the faithful readers: Once again, thank you for all the reviews, followings, favorites, and reads. I will always appreciate the fact that you still want to read this series. I am honored. I am also honored by the new readers and reviewers who are now reading my older material. Thanks to all the guest reviews also.
Refer to Chapter 2 of New Relationships if you have forgotten the characters. I'll try not to use too many of them at once. Hint: Clint Eastwood, Tim Holt, Angie Dickinson, Susan Oliver, Dawn Wells, John Wayne, and Robert Horton.
Chapter 7
With everyone strategically placed, the posse began their long night's search.
Little did they know that this night would be extremely long and unnerving.
The posse worked long into the night. Ziva and Tony were able to help Vin with the tracking. Vin had taught Ziva and Tony many extra skills on their various tracking trips.
Of course Tim was able to use his scouting skills on this trip too. Tim had taught Ziva, Abby, and Tony a few scouting tricks during the times they had helped Tim with his scouting group from town.
Before John's family's arrival, Ziva and Abby had been able to help on a scouting trip because Chris and Gibbs had convinced some of the dads to allow their daughters to go along on the scouting trip. Chris and Gibbs' reasoning was that girls should be taught to survive in case needed. Of course the incident with the Taylor girl had only reinforced that.
The Taylor girl had run away from home because of a disagreement at home. It was two days before Chris' team, with the help of Gibbs' team, were able to find her. It was Ziva who had found the girl about to get bitten by a snake. It was Chris that had looked the girl over and swatted her backside twice when he found she was safe. He did this to reinforce the fact that he was the law and she had disobeyed that law and put them through much trouble because of her foolishness. Of course, nothing could save the Taylor girl's backside from her father's wrath when she had recovered from the incident.
When word spread that Ziva had saved the girl from the snake by shooting the snake, it did not take long for the fathers to say yes to the girls' scouting trip provided that Ziva and Abby went along as chaperones.
The Taylor girl's chastisement by Chris and her own dad reinforced to the other girls and boys that the scouting trip training was to be used for fun and survival skills, not for the aid in running away from home. Chris had gathered the group for a little talk before they left for the trip. No one wanted to cross Chris. He had told the children that he would have a go at any backside that disobeyed the scouting rules or tried to use the skills taught to do something naughty. Then he'd release them to their fathers. This left all youngsters with wide-eyes and agreeing to his demands. No one wanted to face their dad's wrath, especially after Chris had a go at them first. Some had already had prior experience with Chris' chastisement.
Also, no one was going to be taught to use a gun until the fathers decided that individually. This made clear to the children that they would be taught to avoid snakes not be taught to shoot them as Ziva did. If the Taylor girl had not run away, she would not have had to face the snake.
John's team was impressed by the Gibbs siblings' skills. Of course John's team had skills of their own and some they had to hide from the rest of the group. Future ways needed to be guarded just like Gibbs' family had been doing.
Then it happened. Gun fire began. The posse had tracked the gang to an abandoned shack 15 miles north of Four Corners. The gun fire went on for a while with each side hoping the other would run out of ammunition, but there were only five gang members to the posse's many members.
The gang had underestimated the Four Corners' law enforcement. They had heard of Chris' group, but thought they stood a chance. Now there seemed to be too many trained gun men outside the cabin.
The gang finally decided to surrender except for Jesse. He had not stayed out of jail this long to be caught again and sent back. He'd wait for the right time to make his move.
As the five gang members exited the cabin, the Gibbs team secured the area.
This is where Jesse saw his chance. "A girl on a posse? Are they crazy? Everyone has a weakness and I just found it." Jesse thought in a cocky manner. Jesse grabbed Ziva. "You'll never see this girl again." Then Jesse laughed. "I am going to leave with this girl. Don't interfere because I'll shoot her right here. What do I have to lose?"
Ziva remained calm which Jesse thought was unusual. "Why ain't you screaming girl?" When Ziva didn't answer, Jesse shook his head. "Well, never mind. You'll be screaming soon enough."
Gibbs, Tony, and Tim never took their eyes off of Ziva and Jesse. They knew that the other four were being secured.
"I want two horses. Never mind. I want one horse so I can just lay her over it. That pretty backside will be a sight to look at while I make my way out of here."
Of course all the men's blood began to boil at Jesse's crudeness, but none would give him the satisfaction of knowing that. Gibbs was ready to put a bullet in him, but he had confidence in Ziva's skills. With the other four secured and all eyes on Ziva and Jesse, Gibbs did what he did so many times in the field in 2011. He gave Ziva the signal. It was a slight nod of the head. No one would see it unless they were trained under Gibbs.
As soon as Ziva saw the signal, she put her ninja skills into play. Jesse was not waiting for this, so Ziva was able to quickly twist out of Jesse's hold. Once she did this, she was also able to easily take Jesse down. Of course she toyed with him like a cat with a mouse. John watched as Gibbs did nothing to help Ziva, so John stood back with his arms crossed and wondered what Clint would be doing at this point if he were here to view this.
"Tony." Gibbs nodded over to Ziva and Jesse. Tony stood near Jesse who was about to fall backwards.
Ziva turned and patted her backside. Take a good look Jesse, this will be the last view you see for hours. With that, Ziva showed her skills one last time with a back hook kick to Jesse's head. Tony was there to catch Jesse as he fell.
"Bring him and lay him over the horse." Chris commanded to Vin and Tony.
"Well Ziva, I'm impressed. Clint better be careful." John said with a chuckle.
"Thanks Uncle John. All in a day's work in 2011."
"She is a weapon with many hidden talents." Gibbs said proudly.
Ziva smiled at the praise.
As the group rode back with John, Chris, and Gibbs taking up the back, John had a thought. "Ziva must really respect you. She could easily get out of a spanking with any of you. As a matter of fact, she must really have feelings for Clint. Clint has no idea that he is trying to protect a girl who isn't helpless at all, does he?"
Gibbs and Chris laughed.
"Yup, she likes your boy, but let's let them work that one out." Gibbs laughed again while thinking he'd have to have a little talk with Ziva about how she showed her backside to Jesse. Although getting beaten by a girl was good for Jesse and Gibbs had wanted to put a bullet in Jesse anyway, it was uncomfortable as a father to watch Ziva pat her own backside in front of so many men.
TBC…
A/N: This one was a little shorter than usual, but I needed for Ziva to showcase her skills. She needs to be able to be Ziva in this time period every once in a while. LOL!
