I don't want to be a part of this family anymore!!!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY RIGHTS TO NCIS THEY ARE PROPERTY OF DON BELLISARIO AND CBS

Warning: Contains spanking of an adult

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Final chapter!

Abby slowly walked out of her room and stood at the top step. She looked down the stairs and looked at Gibbs face, gone was the anger and disappointment of earlier, now he had the look of a concerned father trying to explain a new concept to his children.

"Abby, just take a seat at the top of the stairs, you three sit on the couch. I am a little confused about what you all think the definition of a family is, and how each of you feels like a family is something that just quits at the earliest test. I am sure each of you know about Kelly, but I am not sure if you understand the true father-daughter relationship we shared." Gibbs ran his fingers through his hair, took a deep breath and tried to continue on this painful, but necessary journey through the past. "I guess since I lost Kelly at such a young age whenever I remember times we shared I always tend to focus on the good times, but Kelly was any normal eight year old girl. She got herself into her fair share of trouble. Abby, do you think I ever spanked Kelly?"

With tears in her eyes Abby responded," No, Gibbs, I never pictured Kelly ever getting in trouble, all we hear about is all the good times. I just assumed she never received the ol' Gibbs treatment."

"Well, I can personally tell you that there were often the occasion where Kelly ended up over my knee and received a healthy number of stinging swats, and there was an occasion or two when Kelly put herself in unnecessary danger where I used something else besides my hand to make sure she never repeated the same mistake again. Tony, do you think that Kelly ever liked me to spank her? Do you think that this was the first time I had heard and seen the same as Abby's actions and remarks were today? I can tell you that the times that I had to discipline Kelly the hardest, were the times that her fear of the upcoming punishment made her say anything she could to try to distract me from following through on the spanking? Do you think it worked?" Gibbs asked.

Solemnly Tony answered," I guess not boss, I mean no boss. I know that you will do whatever it takes to protect all of your kids from danger, even if the danger is from ourselves."

"Ziva, when I spank you, do I ever make you feel like part of the punishment is the possibility of losing this family?"

Raising her tear stained face Ziva answered," No, Gibbs. You always make sure that I know that this is just the way that a father deals with his errant child, and that after the punishment is dealt, the action is dropped and forgiven. Even though the pain resides for a while, I securely know that you will still be there for me the next time."

"So now do you understand the true meaning of family? I love each of you as if you were my birth child, and with that love comes the responsibility of making sure that you are protected and safe. I knew what I was doing when I left Abby upstairs in Kelly's old room. First, I was hoping that Abby might look at the room and take into account that she is one of my girls now and the girls need their own room. So from now own that room is for 'my daughters', and 'my sons' have the other room as theirs. Second, I needed to cool off before I dealt with my little miscreant. I still intend to follow through with a thorough punishment," Gibbs looked up at Abby and gave her a semi reassuring smile," but I do not ever intend to physically abuse anyone either. I needed to cool off, collect my thoughts, and decide which type of punishment fitted the crime."

"Sorry for doubting you boss," McGee started in a soft spoken voice," but all that was crossing my mind was that I have come to rely on you to guide me and make me a better man, and when the possibility of losing that mentorship entered my mind, I never thought to think that maybe there was a method to you madness."

Looking at the solemn, tear streaked faces around him, Gibbs made sure this little episode was completely understood and that they wouldn't have to revisit the topic of family again. "So just to make sure we are all on the same page. One, family is always family, there is no in and out. Once you are in, you are in for life. No matter at how loudly you protest, I will make sure each of you is safe and that you do not do anything that may endanger your life. Even if it take multiple trips over my knee, I will continue until I am confident that you all have learned you lessons. Second, as father in this little family there are some basic rules. Always be safe, take care of each other and most important do not ever LIE to me. That is the number one rule to remember, there is no excuse for LYING to me, EVER! Am I clear on this?" Gibbs stressed this point to Abby by looking directly at her and raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, boss," Yes" Yeah" Yes, understood" were the replies he heard.

"Abby, up in the room and resume you position in the corner."

"But Gibbs, I thought this whole family bonding thing would sort of, you know, make you rethink the whole punishment thing," Abby started as she stood to her feet.

"Obviously you were not listening to me; maybe we need to revisit the meaning of understanding. I think I just mentioned that others had tried to change a punishment but that distracting does not work. So, go now before I decide to start the punishment now." Gibbs stated in a sharp tone.

"Fine, but just…" Abby started but was interrupted by Gibbs.

"Attitude check Abby, just go and stand in the corner until I come in there."

Abby, turned went back in her room, walked into the corner and stood. So much for forgetting about the whole fiasco.

" Ok, now that this is settled, Dinozzo, McGee and Ziva, go down to the local café and order and assortment of dinner for us tonight, and on the way back swing by headquarters and pick up your to go bags. I think Abby may need a little sibling comfort tonight." Gibbs pulled out his wallet and gave them the money to pay for the dinner. " Give us at least an hour."

As he watched the car leave the driveway, he turned, went back upstairs and entered his room. He sat on his bed and opened the drawer on the bedside table. He pulled out a beautiful mahogany hairbrush that had been tucked away for many, many years. As much as it pained him to have to use this, he knew deep down that Lil' Abigail needed to feel this for a little while. As he turned and ascended the stairs he knew he would have to steel his nerves to follow through with the total punishment Abby deserved.

As he opened the door, he saw Abby standing in the corner, nose to the wall, pigtails and plaid skirt, it made his heart ache at the thought that he could see Kelly in the same position, pigtails and all. As he walked into the room, he sat on the edge of the bed, laid the brush beside him and called," Abby, turn around and come here."

Although Abby knew Gibbs was in the room, the sound of voice startled her. She had been in such deep thought about what exactly Gibbs intended to spank her with and just how much it would hurt, that she was caught off guard. As she turned to look at him her eyes nervously flicked over to catch the sight of the brush. "Gibbs, I am so, so, sorry, I will never, never, ever do anything like this again," Abby said with true repentance in her voice.

"I know Abby that you are sorry. But I also know that after I am finished up here, you will never, ever do something this irresponsible and dangerous again. Come here."

"But Gibbs, I am reallllly sorry," Abby said as she subconsciously started back away from Gibbs.

"Do not make this any more difficult Abby, you know if I have to come get you it adds to you swats. So here, front and center. NOW!"

Abby shuffled her feet and came to stand beside Gibbs. In one fast motion he had her flipped over his lap and tossed her skirt up onto her back." No!!" Abby tried to use her hands to push her skirt back down," Gibbs, that will make it hurt worse."

" That is the point Abby," Gibbs replied and brought his hand down hard on Abby's unprotected backside.

"OWWWW!! Gibbs that is too hard!"

"Just getting started Abby," and true to his word this was just the warm up. SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! By this time, Abby was squirming from side to side trying to avoid the next impact of Gibbs solid hand. " This is for directly disobeying me Abby!" Gibbs kept on this spanking for fifteen more hard swats. He then stood her up and put her back in the corner. " Fifteen minutes to recollect yourself and then we will finish this discussion."

" F-F-F-Finish?" Abby cried out. " You-You mean there is mo-mo-more."

"Yes, Abby that was just for disobeying me, when I return we will discuss the intentional way you put yourself in danger and then the lying to me." Gibbs turned, walked down towards his room and sat on his bed. He could hear her continued sniffle and cries, after fifteen minutes he got up and returned to Abby. " Come here."

Abby slowly walked over to Gibbs and looked down into his eyes. She saw no more anger, just fear and concern for her. That made her heart break and the tears started before the next lick was given.

Gibbs tipped her over his lap and said." This is for the purposefully putting yourself in danger and lying to me." As he flipped her skirt back up, he reached over firmly gripped the brush. "You will never know how much it hurts me to do this, but I hope this will help you to remember to think before you act Abs." As he raised the brush he felt her tense up, WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!

"ARGHHHH!! Pl-Pl-Please Gibbs I am sorry."

Gibbs kept on the steady rhythm of spanking Abby with the brush. As her cheeks turned from pink to fire red, he decided to drive the final message home. As he dropped his left leg and raised his right knee it made Abby's sit spot a prime target. "This is for lying to me Abby, and maybe each time you do you will think of never lying to me Abby. I cannot protect you if you do not tell me the truth, do you understand."

"Y-Y-Yes-ss! Please No!" Abby started to fully yell now as each powerful swat landed with a crisp, painful retort. But, true to this word Gibbs did not slack up and delivered home another fifteen swats on Abby's upturned sit spots. By this time Abby was laying limp over Gibbs lap, crying uncontrollably and thinking that she would never be able to sit again.

"Shh, Abs, I got you. It's all over and done now." Gibbs attempted to soothe her. He gently lifted her up and turned and laid her on the bed on her stomach. As Gibbs sat beside her and stroked her hair, Abby turned her face towards the wall and away from him. " Abby, I know that right now you are probably upset at me."

"Hmph!"

"Listen, I do not enjoy doing that, but I wanted to make sure that you never repeat such a hare-brained idiotic stunt. I can't handle losing another daughter. So stay as mad as you want to at me, just know that I ever catch you in a similar situation, I will follow through with my earlier warning, and you will get a taste of my belt on your bare backside. No questions about it." Gibbs tried to make sure Abby had no doubts about her future actions. " I love you too much to let something happen to you."

Gibbs stood up at the sound of the others returning from their errands. He closed the door but left a crack enough to hear that Abby needed anything.

"DAD! We are home! Ha! That was so fun to say. " Tony yelled out as he opened the door and headed toward the kitchen, hands full of food, but his eyes kept darting to the stairs.

"Shhh! Keep it down. Abby is upstairs resting." Gibbs whispered loudly. "Before the twenty questions begin, yes, I spanked Abby, yes she is okay, and yes, you can go check for yourself if you need to." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, three concerned siblings bounded up the stairs and into Abby's room.

KNOCK KNOCK. " Abby can we come in?" Ziva asked tentatively.

"Yes" Abby sniffled. "Come on in, just don't expect me to entertain you yet."

"Good to see you still have a sense of humor Abby," Tony said as he gently sat next to her on the bed. "Hey, what's wrong now?" Tony asked as a new onset of tears came to Abby's eyes.

"Oh, Tony, Gibbs has never sp-sp-spanked me so hard before, I-I-I think I will feel this in forever. I w-w-will never sit again. " Abby cried into his leg.

"Abby, you know in your heart that Gibbs would never go too far with a punishment, but what you did nearly scared him to death. If you could have seen his face when he saw you in the suspect's backyard, and then to see you get shot at, I thought he was going to pass out. All the color literally left his face Abby; he was truly frightened at the thought of you getting yourself hurt." Tim tried to explain the rationale behind such a severe punishment.

"Abby, I am just now getting used to this family thing here, but I can say that I do not want to lose my little sister so soon. So if this is what is necessary to keep you with us then so be it." Ziva said and then walked over and whispered into her ear" Plus, this big sis has some cool stuff to teach you."

Little did the siblings inside the room realize, Gibbs had walked up the stairs and had listen to the whole discussion. As he leaned and looked into the room he was proud of what he saw, Tony on one side of the bed, Ziva on the other and Tim sitting at the foot of the bed stroking Abby's leg. A deep swelling feeling of pride came over him; he smiled and went back stairs to start laying out dinner for the kids.