A/N: This one is a One Shot Request - Set Mid Season 2 in a timeline where Gibbs went to see bodies, but never introduced the team to his family. Ok, this started as a requested & then just a took on a life of it's own! It kind of took over! So to everyone who's reading 'A Chance Encounter' & 'Discovering Kin', please note that I will be updating those within the next 24 hours :)

How does the team react when part of his family have to come into NCIS? I didn't want to go the route of it being all about the 'Mac' stuff, so I decided to have a bit of fun. Enjoy!


"You can't tell me you don't find it strange?" Kate asked Tony.

Tony sighed "He's the boss, he's a private guy"

"Private maybe, but we've never been to his place, he's never joined us for a drink, I've lost count on the number of times Abby has tried to get him to come to any kind of gathering & I'm betting that all started before I got here" Kate commented.

"She's right Tony, the boss never does anything after hours with us" McGee added.

"Maybe cause he's the boss & doesn't believe in socially mixing with his underlings, ever thought about that?" Tony asked, though he had to agree with them, Gibbs never did anything with them, as soon as shifts were over & he'd done what he had to, he was gone, not to been seen or heard from until the next shift started.

Kate considered it "maybe, but what about the times he goes 'off grid' for an hour or two during a case & will never tell us where's he gone, there is something more to it"

Tony sighed "what do you want from me Kate? You want me to ask Gibbs where he goes, what he does? I'm not his boss, so those questions would likely get me head slapped to the moon!"

"I want you to admit that it's strange" Kate replied.

"Of course I think it's strange Kate, but I've been working with the man for a lot longer than either of you & that's how he rolls. He does the job & is one of the best at it, but when the jobs done, he goes home & is very private about it. I learnt a long time ago not to push the issue, so heed the warning" Tony said, he learnt long ago that it was best to just accept the way Gibbs was or you faced his wrath.

Tim nodded, he didn't want to push his boss, he wasn't really known for being a softy.


Gibbs headed into the Director's office, it was late evening & close the end of shift & he wasn't sure what he was being summoned for, all his cases were wrapped up & he was about to take some leave.

"Gibbs" Morrow greeted.

"Sir" Gibbs greeted as he stood in front of his desk.

"How's the family?" Morrow asked.

Gibbs smiled, away from the office his family & Morrow's were friendly, at the office though it was strictly business, added to the fact that he was the only one at NCIS who knew about them "They're good sir, looking forward to getting away"

"I hear Kelly's loving college life" Morrow commented, his son & her were friends.

"She is" Gibbs agreed, he wasn't sure where he was going with this.

Morrow nodded "still in the Computer Forensics course at MIT?"

"Yes, and not to sound rude sir, but where are we going with this conversation?" Gibbs asked.

Morrow chuckled "I was speaking with one of the Head of departments over at the navy war college, they're always looking at the next generation of students in the various fields & who would be good fits into the various programs"

Gibbs swallowed, he really wasn't liking where this was going "and.."

"Well, he was looking at the credentials of current MIT students & one in particular caught his eye, he thought the name was familiar & asked me if I knew anything" Morrow explained passing him the file.

Gibbs took the file, he knew who's it was, but he couldn't help but take a deep breath as he opened it, it was Kelly's file. All her transcripts, all her achievements "He wants to recruit Kelly?"

"She's a talented girl Gibbs" Morrow offered.

"No" Gibbs replied, there was no way he wanted his girl to get involved in all of that.

Morrow looked at him "Unfortunately, this isn't a decision for you to make, it's hers"

Gibbs eyes widened "They've already approached her?"

"Yes" Morrow replied.

Gibbs paled, no, surely she would have said something!?

"And before you get all freaked out, she told them she'd have to think about it over her Thanksgiving break" Morrow added, he'd seen Gibbs pale "thought I'd do you the curtsy of giving you the heads up"

Morrow took a breath & watched him intently before saying the next part "if I didn't know how closely you guarded that family of yours, I would want to swoop in & grab her" if he was looking at the file & it was anyone else, he would have swooped, the promise she had in that field, was for all to see.

Gibbs tried to remain composed "You'd want her at NCIS?"

"Yes" Morrow answered "and Jethro, I hardly think the Navy would be alone in assessing the files of MIT students, I would say there are many agencies scouring those buildings looking for potential talent"

"Great" Gibbs sighed, why'd he let go there? Why couldn't she have kept that love of being a vet like Maddie had? That would have been far better! Far safer!

"Well, have a nice evening Gibbs, at least try to" Morrow said with a hint of smirk.

"Thanks Director" Gibbs smirked "you too"

Gibbs trotted down the stairs, he had no idea what to do, he really did not want his girl to get into any of this. He kept them off radar as much as possible so they wouldn't be exposed to this life. He'd managed to keep them basically hidden from work for his entire NCIS career thus far, that kept them all safe & protected, that was in large part due to his & their files being secured at the TOP SECRET & CONFIDENTIAL level, thanks to some favours he was given back when everything went down. Now though, seemed she may enter it? Not if he had anything to do about it!

Coffee! Gibbs needed coffee! He headed straight for the lift…. It would help him think!

Returning from his coffee run & Gibbs had to admit, it hadn't helped him work out what to do, he sighed as he sat down noticing that while their machines were on, none of his team were at their desks, he presumed they were down in Abby's lab, planning for the Thanksgiving they were having together, they'd tried to rope him into it, again, but like always he declined, he had plans, they were going up to Stillwater to have it with his dad, it was tradition.

Gibbs checked the area & seeing no one in the area risked a glance at an old family photo he kept in his wallet, it was from when Nix was born, he looked at his family, part of him hated that he'd kept them a secret all these years, but he'd seen other agents loose dependants as they were used by terrorists/gang members/general bad guys, simply to try to gain an upper hand over the agent. Add that to what his girl's had gone through & he'd felt compelled to keep them protected from all of it, the fear of losing any of them again, that was just too unbearable to even contemplate.

Ducky came into the squad room & caught Gibbs in a very rare moment, he saw him staring at something in his hand, he looked so content, so happy. He doubted if he'd even seen that kind of expression on the man's face & he'd known him for a great many years. There were still many mysteries of the man, one being that every time they all got together for a holiday or anything he'd always decline, yet he'd never say where he went or what he did. He found that he'd sometimes take a week's leave & when asked what he'd done all he'd get as an answer was 'stuff'. He was certain there was something big that he was concealing, what he didn't know, why, well he didn't know that either.

Ducky decided to risk the approach, very much wanting to see what had Gibbs in such a mood, as he drew closer he realised it was a photo. His eyes widened, he couldn't make it all out, but he did see Gibbs in his marine uniform & there was a woman, and little girl & was it a baby too? What on earth was he looking at? "Jethro…"

Gibbs jumped in his seat, he'd been so wrapped up staring at his family that he hadn't even realised anyone approached, he cursed himself for not being switched on. He quickly put the photo & wallet away, maybe he didn't see it? "Yea Duck?"

Ducky saw the reaction he gave, and the hastened pace he stowed the picture, part of him considered leaving the matter alone, but the rest of him wanted to know "was that your family?"

Gibbs gave an internal moan, great, he saw! Guess there was no hiding it now, he was about to reply when the lift dinged & he saw Ted Taylor & James Tyler come off the lift, he got a very bad feeling "Sorry Duck, gotta take care of something"

Ducky was confused, but he saw worry on Gibbs face, so he let it pass & watched as Gibbs approached the two men who'd just entered, one was in a police uniform & one was in a marine uniform. He wondered what the connection was?

Gibbs dismissed the agent that had escorted them up "What's going on?"

Ted & James shared a look, but before either spoke they were interrupted.

"Gentleman, a word please" Morrow stated from stairs.

Gibbs didn't like the look on any of their faces, but he led the trio of men up the stairs 'what have they done?' he thought, with Ted & James both here, he knew it had something to do with their kids, the mischievous they could get up to. Kelly, Harry & Maddie were more commonly known as the 3 Mischievous Musketeers, Morrow's boy Michael was a late addition to the group, but he was quickly joining in the trouble they got up to, so whatever it was,….. yea, it was trouble!

Ducky watched them all move towards the Director's office & he was now more than curious.

Morrow allowed them all into the room "you three may want to sit down"

Tyler sighed "Tom, please, just tell me. What has my girl gotten herself into? What have they all gotten themselves into?"

"I'm with James, lay it on me" Ted added, surely it couldn't be any worse than their previous mischievous undertakings, the kids weren't exactly kids anymore, they were young adults now, surely it wasn't all that bad.

"First off, let me assure you that they're ok" Morrow said "for now" he added, he was waiting until his son got here, then he wouldn't be!

Gibbs raised his eyebrow, he knew that look in a fellow father "do we want to know Tom?" somehow he had a feeling that he really didn't want to know & given this situation was clearly not work related, he felt comfortable addressing him by his first name.

"Jethro, I'm sure you're aware of the investigation that Balboa team's is undertaking? The death of the marine Major from the Quantico area, James?" Morrow began

Tyler paled "they're caught up in a murder investigation?" he was currently working at Quantico & had heard about the death.

Gibbs tensed & his heart sank all at the same time "no, they can't be!" worry had set in instantly.

Ted's eyes widened "no, no, no" this was wasn't happening!

"Not exactly caught up in it" Morrow said, he knew why the other men were over reacting, he'd done the same thing.

"Then what? Kells only got home from college this morning!" Gibbs replied, surely that wasn't enough time to get into something.

"Harry on's leave from the police academy for Thanksgiving, that boy better not be..." Ted just couldn't finish that statement.

"Perhaps let me finish?" Morrow asked, they kept interrupting him.

"Go ahead Tom, I can hardly wait" James sighed sitting down.

"Balboa got a tipoff that there was something going on at the Major's property, it's just off base, when he turned up..." Morrow started, his gaze swept between the 3 other fathers "A party was taking place, so to speak"

Gibbs didn't think he heard right "a party at a deceased marine's residence?"

Morrow nodded "yes, a fairly large & from what Balboa said, it was getting out of hand, the local LEO's had gotten there right at the same time"

Gibbs didn't know what to say, he thought his girl was better than that, something came to him "I thought her & Maddie were going shopping today & maybe grabbing an early dinner" he said looking at James.

James shared a look with him "That's what I thought"

"How bad Tom?" Ted asked, this would not be good for his son & the academy.

"I'm sorry to say Jethro, but Balboa has to bring them in for formal interviews" Morrow answered, he knew this would cut Gibbs deep, very deep.

Gibbs's eyes widened "why can't they question them on site?" for those kind of things, that was protocol... unless..

"The quartet were found in the pool room. Balboa was heading there for more than the disturbance. He'd gotten evidence that the man was assaulted with a pool cue & was going to check the Major's personal four of them were playing pool when Balboa showed up" Morrow explained.

Gibbs sat down & buried his head into his hands

"How the hell did they end up at that party?" James asked, this was just getting better & better.

"That we can ask them when they arrive" Morrow replied "As soon as Balboa saw Michael he phoned me. I asked him if he was with anyone else & he rattled off the names of the rest of the Musketeer gang. I told him to hold off on speaking to them until they're brought back here" he'd had to contain his concern & anger about it all & deal with Balboa's question about if this girl called Kelly Gibbs was a relation to Gibbs, he'd done his best to brush it off.

Ted remembered something "Harry mentioned something about hitting the batting cages with Michael"

"I remember the same thing" Tom nodded "I've already spoken with Jess, she's on her way in too, do you want to speak to your wives too?"

The last thing Gibbs wanted was for Shannon to come into the office too, but this was a pretty serious matter, before he could even reach for his cell Ted caught his attention.

"Jethro, Martha is going to get her mum to come over to mind Stacey, want to get Shannon to drop Nix over to our place? They can then come in together" Ted asked "they can even pick up Carly" he offered looking at James.

Gibbs just nodded & dialled his cell, this wasn't going to be an easy evening at all!


Ducky had lost himself in thought as he sat at Gibbs's desk, the man had zero personal items displayed, just like normal, he had gotten used to Gibbs sharing zero personal stories. The more he thought about it, which he often did was that he didn't actually know anything none job related about the man. Given that, seeing the photo had been a startling discovery, he seriously now considered the fact that Gibbs had a family, but why on earth was he keeping them a secret? He hadn't seen the photo for long, but he saw how Gibbs was in it, he had a genuine smile in.

Ducky then considered the 2 men that had come to bullpen & had then gone into Director Morrow's office with him, he somehow got the impression that they all knew each other, but he knew it wasn't work related. He also had noted that the Director's wife, Jessica had arrived and gone up there too, he just couldn't work it all out, he was then pulled out of his thoughts.

Kate, along with Tony & Tim had come back into the bullpen a while ago & none of them could work out why Ducky was sitting at Gibbs desk, he seemed so lost in thought that they left him alone for a while, but she couldn't leave it alone for much longer, she was really wondering what he was doing "Ducky...Ducky... Ducky!"

"Yes Caitlin?" Ducky finally replied.

"Is everything ok?" Kate asked, he looked so 'off'.

"Fine my dear, why do you ask?" Ducky replied.

"Cause you seem a little off" Kate answered before flashing a look at Tony.

"Maybe cause you're also sitting at Gibbs's desk & you never do that" Tony added.

"I'm..." Ducky had started but stopped dead in tracks as he heard the lift ding & the doors open, he couldn't help but stare.

Kate, Tony & even Tim all saw how startled Ducky was, so they diverted their gazes to the lift, an agent was escorting 3 women, one had black hair, one had light brown hair both of them being of average height, the third woman was taller & had fire red hair. They weren't quite sure what was startling about these woman though.

Shannon was beside herself with worry, between the ladies, they'd only caught the snippets of what had happened to warrant all of them coming in. But the fact that her daughter was being brought into NCIS, couldn't be good! Her family had never come into NCIS & now something had apparently happened with Kelly & the other kids that not only did she have to come in, all of the kids did & as a result them & their husbands. She couldn't say she really understood her husbands almost obsessive need to keep them away & secret from the people at NCIS, but coming in now couldn't be a good sign at all! She came out of the lift with Martha & Carly, looking around instantly she wondered where on earth Jethro was?

Tony could see the three woman were all looking more than worried "can I help you ladies?" he asked.

"We're looking for Special Agent Jethro Gibbs" Shannon replied, in any other circumstance she'd have intrigued as to where his team were and everything, but right now, no.

Tony had to admit at surprise to that, most people said his full name, not knowing that he preferred Jethro to Leroy, these ladies had to know Gibbs. He was about to reply when a voice came from behind him.

"Hey, up here" Gibbs said dashing down the stairs, he was pissed at the agent with them, he'd gave strict orders to not let them upstairs until he'd gotten down there, reaching the bullpen he looked at the agent "back downstairs Agent Morgan, we'll speak later."

Morgan swallowed, Gibbs looked pissed "yes sir"

"Come on, we're upstairs" Gibbs said to his wife, Martha & Carly.

Ducky & the team all watched Gibbs take the 3 woman up to the Director's office, he really couldn't believe his eyes, he'd seen the lady with red hair eye's light up when she saw Gibbs & he saw the same thing in Jethro's eyes. He hadn't seen the photo for very long, but could this be her? The lady from the photo? It sure seemed so!

Kate just watched not really knowing what she was seeing, as soon as they'd gone into the Director's office "Who is she? Who are they?"

"He held her hand!" Tim blurted out, he'd never seen Gibbs hold anyone's hand.

Tony could see Ducky was mulling something over "Ducky? Care to share?"

Ducky really didn't know what to say "Ahhh..." he really didn't know what he was going to say when the lift dinged again, he wondered who it would be this time.

Tony saw Balboa come out of the lift, he wondered what he was doing back at HQ, he could have sworn he'd seen him & his team head out not too long ago, what was he doing back here so soon? He then saw a kid come out behind him & he knew him, it was Michael Morrow, the Director's son! But he was followed by 3 others, another boy, similar height with Michael but instead of the light brown hair that Michael had, this boy had dark hair. There were also 2 girls, one had blonde hair, the other light brown, but it was her that caught his eye. She was looking around utterly wide eyed, like she was scared to be here, and her eyes... they were crystal blue.

Kate watched as Balboa led the 4 kids towards the stairs & up them, she thought they all looked like they thought they were being led to a firing squad, sharing a look with the others she knew she wasn't alone in wondering what was going on. "ok, something is going on! The Director's wife & son are here, Gibbs... is being strange & there are other ladies & kids here!"

Ducky stifled a sigh, she didn't even know the half of it!


Gibbs held Shannon back in the Director's outer office as Carly & Martha headed inside.

"Is it that bad Jethro?" Shannon asked.

"It's not bad bad, but they do have be questioned formally" Gibbs replied, he hated that she'd had to have come in, but he wasn't going to leave her out of this, they'd handle it together, just like the other couples with their kids.

"But we're in here" Shannon pointed out.

Gibbs knew what she meant, he hated that "I know, I tried to prevent it but no joy. Everything'll be ok... I will never let anything happen to you or the kids"

As much as Shannon was concerned about what was going on, she could see how badly this was affecting her husband "I know that Jethro, I never have nor will I ever doubt you about that, ever"

Gibbs took a calming breath as he looked his wife in the eye, he could see her absolute faith in him, it wasn't something he took for granted, he gave her a quick kiss before taking her into Director's office.

The men had just finished catching up their wives on what the situation was & none of the women were all that happy. So when the knock at the door came moments later having the angry look wasn't a big stretch.

"Enter" Morrow answered.

Balboa came into the room, he really didn't know what to say, he couldn't really say he knew Morrow's son all that well, but he'd had no clue that Gibbs had a kid, so he was shocked on numerous levels. He ushered the 4 kids into the office, whom had all remained silent on the drive over, he was keenly aware that they all knew they were shit up creek & now looking at the other parents, especially the two fathers, one was a marine the other a police officer, he understood why all the kids thought that.

Gibbs watched as the 4 kids walked in, but his eyes focused on his daughter, he could see she knew she was up shit creek, he also saw worry strewn across her face for having been brought in here. He knew she knew it was a major deal given she'd never been in here before & would have to reassure her of it soon but what he wasn't counting on was her outfit, namely her top, it left nothing to the imagination, nothing! He didn't even consider it a top, it was a small piece of fabric that barely covered anything. He shared a look with his wife who had come to the same conclusion, neither were pleased with the chosen top. He then flashed a look at James & Carly, both were having the same reaction to what Maddie was wearing, a skimpy top just like her friend, only difference being was that Kelly's top was blue & Maddie's was black.

Michael had been in his dad's office before, numerous times in fact, but this was not like any of those times, he sat down at the conference table as silently instructed & saw the others had followed, he could see his dad was mad, and worried. He knew they shouldn't have gone to the party, especially as they were underage & there was booze flowing, but it was a rocking great party! He wasn't quite sure but he thought there was something more to it, he just waited….

Balboa took a few steps back, he just watched the 4 sets of parents bore holes into their respective child's heads as they sat down at the table with their heads down, he kinda felt sorry for the kids, as wrong as it was, the party would have been fun for them, up until it got out of hand & the cops called in & being at the residence it was at, not smart either! But still…

Morrow was in a bit of a pickle, he wanted to get to the bottom of how his son ended up at the party in the first place, but knew there were formal questions that had to be asked, possibly even trace evidence to take from their clothing & maybe even the need for fingerprinting so they could then ascertain if anyone else had used the pool cue's for anything other than playing pool.

Morrow shared looks with the other parents, none quite knew who should start or where to start, he decided that given they were in his office & his turf he would "Do you any of know why Supervisory Special Agent Balboa brought you here?"

Michael saw his friends just keep their heads lowered, he figured given that it was his dad that spoke he should answer "You told him to bring us here sir"

"And why did your father tell him to do that?" Jess asked.

"We got caught at a party with booze ma'am" Michael answered

Tom had noted that his son had yet to lift his head "there is that, but that is not the reason Michael, & the next time we ask a question & you answer, your head comes up to look at us"

Michael just nodded, if it wasn't for the booze factor then what was it? He could see the puzzlement was on his friend's faces too.

"Whose party was it?" James asked, did they even know whose house they were at? He saw all the kids flash each other looks "let me guess, you don't know whose party it was, do you?"

"Madeline, your father asked a question, does he have to repeat it?" Carly stated after a few minutes & her husband having received nothing but silence.

Maddie flashed a look up to her parents, they were pretty mad, but like the others, she wasn't 100% sure what was going on "No ma'am. We heard about the party from some people, thought we'd check it out"

"People?" Carly asked "were they friends, college mates, who?"

Ted saw Maddie share a look with Harry "Harry? Who'd you hear it from?"

Harry swallowed as he looked up to his dad "a guy at the academy sir, he said he had a mate who had access to wicked place for a party & that everyone was invited"

"And how did you lot get out there for the party in the first place?" Martha asked.

Gibbs saw Kelly swallow "Kelly? Is my challenger sitting out in Quantico somewhere?"

Kelly flashed a look up to her dad "yes sir"

Gibbs shared a look with his wife, both were slightly confused at that.

"How is that possible Kelly when as of last night it was sitting in the garage awaiting the mechanic to come by, and barely had any petrol in it?" Shannon asked.

Jess saw her son start to fidget "Michael, did you fix the car?" he was undertaking an apprenticeship.

"It was an easy fix, it was just the starter plugs" Michael offered.

Tom shared a look with his wife "I see…. So you gave the car a complete check & service then? Tyres, brakes, oil, the lot?"

Tom saw his son just bow his head "what have we told you? If you take responsibility to check a car, you check it entirely & not just where you've found the first issue. But this will be something we speak about later, not now"

"Still leaves the car empty of petrol for the trip" Gibbs observed, he eyed his daughter "did you spend your entire allowance on your shopping trip or did you have money left over Kelly?"

"Spent most of it on clothes sir" Kelly answered.

"If you consider what you're wearing to be clothes, then we have very opinions on the matter" Shannon stated.

James saw that while Kelly had swallowed at her mother's comment, his daughter was looking very guilty "Madeline, something to add?"

Maddie swallowed "I had some spare money"

"Young lady, you never have spare money" Carly noted "where did you get it?"

"Ahh, dad gave me some money last night and…." Maddie started but didn't finish.

"And I gave you some this morning, you took money from both us?" Carly asked, not quite believing it.

"I wasn't going to spend it all today, was going to keep some for next time & not ask you then" Maddie said, trying to wriggle her way out of it.

James wasn't impressed "We'll talk about that later Madeline. But would I be correct in saying that the money that had been left over got spent on the petrol?"

"yes sir" Madeline swallowed.

Balboa had made himself comfortable against the window as he watched the parents work through everything, he knew he'd have to wait until they were satisfied before he could question them. He saw all the parents share a look though & had to admit was intrigued at the silent conversation going on.

"You know I have to say I was sure that the Musketeer thing would collapse when you all started your post-school lives, what being at different colleges, academy's and alike but apparently not" Ted stated.

"It took you all of what 12 hours to get the 'gang' back together to pull something that I reckon tops the lot" James stated.

"You really did each play a part in this, we had Mr Trash Can get the intel of where the party was, Lady LAL provided the transport, Mr Fix It made the car roadworthy, maybe & Miss Flicka provided the petrol money" Gibbs stated

"Now that's teamwork, I'm suitably impressed" Jess stated, as she and the others stared at their kids.

"I'd agree, you showed great…. effort in doing tonight's adventure together" Shannon added.

"If only you'd thought about what you were actually doing a little more" Martha continued.

"And not gone to a party where I'm sure you knew there'd be alcohol, given your ages & as a result could have gotten out of hand & you lot in trouble, which it did" Carly finished.

Balboa was impressed, he'd gotten the impression though that they'd done something similar before today, the parents just seemed to role after each other like they were more than used to this, he couldn't help but wonder what other trouble this lot had gotten into. He saw the kids were all head down just listening due-fully to their parents.

"I think we need to get back to why you were brought in" Tom said "do you any of you know who the owner of the residence is for the place you were at?"

Gibbs saw them all shake their heads in the negative.

"Was the guy who told you about the party there Harry?" Martha asked.

"Saw him once early on" Harry answered.

"Name?" Ted asked, getting no reply he leaned down on the desk, placing his hands flat on the table he looked at his son, whose head was down "Name Harry"

"Miles Jeffrey sir" Harry answered, he hated giving up the name & being a snitch, but he knew the tone his dad had used, it was not to be messed with.

Tom & Gibbs flashed a look at Balboa, wondering if that name rang a bell with him, getting a shake of his head they knew it didn't.

"And how well do you know him?" Ted asked.

"We're friendly & all that, but he's not my best mate" Harry answered.

"And did any of you wonder who owned the place?" James asked.

"Miles said it belonged to a mate of a mate" Harry answered.

"Would it surprise any of you if we told you the residence was owned by a marine officer?" Gibbs asked.

Kelly & Maddie flashed each other a look, they were really surprised at that. Kelly then looked at her dad "that house is owned by a marine?"

"Yes Kelly" Gibbs affirmed "why does that surprise you girls?" he'd seen the surprise on both their faces & was curious as to why they thought that.

"Cause the place was a mess…." Kelly started but got interrupted.

"There was a party going on Kelly" Shannon interrupted.

"Yes, but even so…. It still looked really messy, like the owners didn't care about the place, like they had no pride in it, things were everywhere" Kelly remarked, she knew what it was like to live a house owned by a marine & it was anything but messy.

"Kelly's right, the place looked like it would have been owned by… well, dunno who, but not a marine. We thought maybe old some hippy guy that came into some cash" Maddie added, she knew exactly what a home should look like if owned by a marine, and that place did not fit the mould.

"Why would you say that?" James asked his daughter, like Gibbs he was intrigued as to what had caught their eye.

"Well firstly the place was massive, 3 stories! The place reeked of cash, things were gold plated at the very least, or maybe gold paint. And the guy was really into Woodstock, had all these old framed pictures from there…" Maddie said, but didn't really want to divulge the last part.

James shared a look with other parents; she'd tapered off towards clearly not wanting to say something.

"Michael, did you see anything strange?" Tom asked his son.

Michael hadn't seen what the girls had but he had noticed something "there was a wine rack up on the wall in the pool room & it was stocked with wine bottles, but they looked to be half empty, that didn't really look right to me" his parents had a wine rack in their den & only bottles that were full were kept there, once opened, they went in the fridge, if not entirely consumed.

"Can you add anything Harry?" Ted asked.

"The guy had some pool equipment out back, some floatation devices, a pool cleaner device but no pool" Harry answered, when they'd scoped out the goings on out the back, he'd seen the stuff along the wall & thought it was curious, but like Michael, he hadn't seen what the girls had seen...

Balboa was now paying closer attention to what the kids were saying, jotting down notes for further investigation. Seemed these kids were switched on, he could use this stuff.

Gibbs was impressed with everything that had caught their attention, but he was sure they were leaving something out, especially as the two girls kept flashing looks at each other. Leaning down on the table, much like Ted did he eyed his daughter "Kelly"

Kelly swallowed & looked up at her dad, she knew what was coming, but soo didn't want to say it.

"I think there's something you girls are leaving out, spill" Gibbs ordered.

Kelly cringed, she flashed a look at Maddie, both were having serious thoughts & concerns about it.

"Now Kelly" Gibbs asserted.

"We didn't touch or use them!" Kelly blurted out.

"Touch or use what?" Gibbs asked, he was though struck by the sudden blurt she had done & wasn't alone they were all taken by it.

"The bongs we saw in one of the rooms while we were looking around" Kelly replied, she dropped her head instantly, not knowing the reaction. It was really strange, not even a week ago she was living basically on her own in the dorms at MIT, and managing like a young adult, and now she sat here & felt very much like a little kid again, awaiting her parents wrath.

Gibbs stood back up a little taken aback 'bongs' clearly more than one. He shared a look across the room, trying to work out the best way ahead, but saw an exchange between Tom & Balboa. He wasn't alone all the other parents had seen the quiet exchange & had held off on voicing whatever they might have done.

Balboa was surprised at that, he moved to the Director "sir, we found no bongs on site. We did though find a few rooms that we hadn't been able to get into yet, keypad secured"

Tom raised his eyebrow at his agent, it was time to move to the formal part of the discussion he thought. He knew now that the kids clearly had no idea the residence was that of a dead marine & would need to break it carefully.

"I think there's something you four should know, the reason why NCIS was in attendance at the residence" Tom said gently.

Carly wasn't sure how her daughter would take this news, so she moved closer towards her & saw she wasn't alone, they'd all moved closer towards the table, towards their kids.

"The man that owned the house, he….. well, he's deceased" Tom said gently.

Ted saw that his son's face turned into a mask of horror, he was clearly shaken by this news & he wasn't alone, all the kids were visibly shaken.

Michael was shocked but he thought about something "NCIS would only be there if….. the guy was murdered, wasn't he?"

"Yes Michael, he was" Tom replied "Balboa & his team were going to comb the place for the murder weapon"

Kelly thought she was going to be sick, she was at a party having a great time at the place of dead marine? She shivered, really not liking that.

Shannon saw her daughter shiver at the news, while she was annoyed at her daughter's decision to go to the party, she knew none of them would have gone there if they'd known. She put a hand on her daughter's shoulder & just rubbed soothing circles trying to calm her. It was a similar action to what the others were doing.

"Here's the kicker" Tom spoke, this one would be even harder to hear "they believe he was assaulted with a pool cue"

Maddie couldn't quite believe it, she felt ill "we were playing pool"

James & Carly both squeezed their daughter's shoulders.

"That's why you had to come in, we're going to have to check the cue's you used for any evidence, and eliminate your tracks from those of the possible suspect" Tom remarked.

Harry didn't like this at all, he should have listened to that voice in his head that said 'danger! danger! don't go to party!' but no.. he listened to the other voice that said 'go! go! party will be fun!' This could seriously jeopardise his future! He also felt utterly horrible that they'd been having a party at a dead marine's place, not to mention playing pool with a possible murder weapon.

Ted could see his son was shitting himself already & while he wasn't happy about his choice for events for the evening, he wouldn't let it affect his future, he crouched down & whispered into his son's ear "while what you did tonight wasn't smart in the slightest respect, it won't have any impact on you being in the academy, I assure you Harry"

Harry nodded, feeling somewhat comforted.

Tom had heard Ted's comments & wanted to add his voice to it "it certainly won't affect anyone's future in this room" he finished with a sliding glance to Gibbs.

Gibbs caught the look in his eyes & rolled his eyes, at the obvious slide comment directed towards him.

Tom smirked at him before turning his attention back to the kids "Agent Balboa is going to ask you some questions, I presume I don't have to remind any of you to answer truthfully & respectfully, do I?"

"No sir" all four kids answered.

"Go ahead & ask whatever you need answers for" Morrow instructed motioning Balboa towards the table.

Balboa knew it wasn't standard procedure but he'd done group interviews before, just never with this many add-on's. He took a seat at the head of the table & took a deep breath. He kinda felt nervous about doing this interview, he was interviewing his boss's son, Gibbs's daughter, along with a Police Lt's son & a marine Major's daughter.. and they were all present!

"What time did you all get to the house?" Balboa asked.

"21:15 sir" Kelly answered, she remembered looking at the clock on the car's dash as she parked the car.

"Were there many people there when you got there?" Balboa asked.

"Around 50 people, maybe 60" Maddie answered.

"I'd say closer to 60" Harry added.

"Anyone look out of place? Like they didn't belong?" Balboa asked.

"There were a couple of older guys out the back, maybe late 20's, early 30's, they just kept to themselves" Michael answered.

"Any of you speak with them?" Balboa asked.

"No" All four kids answered, shaking their heads in the negative.

"Ok, how long had you been playing pool before I arrived?" Balboa asked.

"Maybe 20 minutes" Harry replied, he drew a nod of agreement from the others.

"Was the room messy at all, things out of place?" Balboa asked.

"The whole place was messy" Harry answered "the pool table though was perfect, the balls were all in their case sitting on top of the table…"

Maddie carried on "The cues were all in their stand, except there were two missing from the rack, so we shared"

"There were 2 cue's missing? You didn't see them anywhere else?" Balboa probed, they could be what he was looking for.

"We checked the whole room for them, couldn't see them anywhere" Michael answered.

"I may have seen them" Kelly whispered.

"Where?" Balboa asked.

"In the room where the bongs were" Kelly swallowed, she couldn't believe her parents hadn't said anything about it yet, she just waited…

"And where was that room?" Balboa asked, he could see how nervous the girl looked right now.

"The room off the pool room, in the right hand corner" Kelly replied.

Balboa remembered the door "that had a keypad lock on it, was it open when you got there?" all he knew was that the door was closed when they arrived & they didn't have the tech to get it open.

Gibbs saw his girl fidget, he shared a look with his wife, both knew what was coming & neither were that happy about it. He also saw the other 3 kids flash his girl a look, it was one of empathy & concern.

"Not exactly" Kelly answered.

"So if it wasn't open exactly, how'd you get it open?" Balboa probed, he could see she was becoming even more nervous.

"Ahh…" Kelly stuttered, she knew what reaction it was going to bring from her parents, they never liked her doing this kinda stuff.

"Just say it Kelly, we know what you did" Shannon stated, she could see her daughter was nervous because of the likely reaction.

Kelly flashed a look at her parents, yeap they knew exactly what she was going to say! She looked back towards Balboa "I….. cracked the code on the keypad to gain entry"

Balboa couldn't help but be surprised "how'd you manage that?"

"Well…." Kelly started "the 1, 6 & 9 all looked slightly worn, more so than the other keys & the guy was Woodstock obsessed, so I took a guess, 1969. It worked"

"Ok, why'd you decide to try to crack it in the first place?" Balboa asked, he wondered if there was reason for it.

"I'm kinda a curious person & when I see a keypad, sometimes I just can't help myself" Kelly admitted "and Miles did say the whole house was open season, so I figured why not?" she knew she was screwed anyway, so there was no point hiding anything, that only led to more problems.

Morrow just looked at Gibbs & smirked, he was thinking 'to hell with it, I think I want this girl!'

Gibbs returned the look, knowing full well what he was thinking, he just shook his head, that wasn't happening. He would though have to have another discussion with his daughter about leaving things alone & not being so damn curious!

Shannon just kept her gaze on her daughter, she didn't need to look at her husband to know what he was thinking "guess you've also figured this will get discussed later as well"

Kelly flashed a look at her mum, that she knew "yes ma'am"

"What did you girls see in the room?" Balboa asked, while curiosity could be a bad thing, it may give him an insight into where the evidence could be.

"A couple of bongs were sitting on top of a tarpaulin" Maddie answered, she could tell her friend realised she was up shit creek with her parents about her curiosity & the keypad & wanted to help her

"And I thought I saw a few sticks poking out from under it" Kelly answered

"But as soon as we saw it all we got out of there & closed the door, we didn't touch anything!" Maddie said, wanting to show her parents that she didn't touch the stuff.

"We didn't" Kelly agreed.

"We didn't even go into the room" Michael added, he was up shit creek as it was, what with going to the party in the first place & the whole fixing the car so he didn't want to add to it.

"We didn't" Harry agreed.

Balboa could tell all the kids meant what they'd just said & were clearly trying to make their parents believe it, so he wasn't surprised at the sentence that came next, but was surprised at the unison of it.

"We believe you" all the parents replied, each of them really believing their kids.

Balboa could see the relief over all the kids faces "ok, I think that's about it, if any of you remember anything else that may help, please get in touch"

Balboa saw the nods from the kids, he saw though the Director beckoning him & headed over towards him, he had a feeling what he wanted "Sir, I will need some samples of… "

"Their finger prints & alike to use to cancel them out when you run everything" Morrow finished, he knew that.

Gibbs had heard the conversation "who's on duty tonight apart from Abby?"

Morrow looked at him, he could understand the question "unfortunately no one else is on Jethro"

Gibbs gave an internal moan, damn!

Even though she hadn't heard the conversation Shannon could see her husband was upset with something, she approached & as much as one could do in a room full of people spoke quietly "what's wrong?"

Gibbs knew now that there was no chance of keeping the lid on this, he interlaced his fingers with his wife & led her towards the door, but he crooked his finger at his daughter in a sign of 'come'.

Balboa looked at the Director confused "sir?"

Tom shared a look with the others in the room "just give them a few minutes, he..."

"needs a few minutes to speak to his family, this isn't easy for him" Jess finished, she could see her husband had become stuck.

Maddie's eyes suddenly widened, and she saw that she wasn't alone, both Harry & Michael heads had shot up to where their parents stood. None of them had realised the massive significance of having to come into NCIS, no wonder Kelly seemed to have freaked out more than any of them! They shared a look not really knowing what they could do.

"Is there anything we can do?" Michael asked his dad, he was feeling horrible.

"yea is there?" Harry added, it had been his information that led them to the party, now everything was getting screwed! Especially for Kelly & her family.

"Let's just let them talk, but I don't think there's any avoiding it now" Tom answered his son, he could see they were feeling bad.

"It had to happen eventually guys, maybe it's time" Martha added.

"All we can do now, is wait & be there" Carly added, they all knew the score, and now all the could do was be there for their friends.

"Can't we do the fingerprint stuff in here & then just leave?" Maddie asked, she was feeling beside herself, it was her petrol money that got them there!

"We can do the fingerprint stuff here & we will Maddie" Tom answered "but the technician that will be doing it works closely with Gibbs & Kelly's name has to appear on the paperwork, so there's no avoiding it getting out. We can minimise & I will do my best to do so, but sometimes you cannot keep a secret forever" he understood Gibbs's reasoning for what he'd done. Did he think it was overkill? Perhaps, but he'd respected it & played his part not wanting to overrule the man when it came to his family.

Balboa was more than confused, from what he could gather Gibbs's family had been a well kept secret that everyone in this room knew?


Gibbs sat his wife & daughter down in the couch in the Director's outer office as he pulled up a chair close to them, he saw that his daughter was head down again, obviously nervous, cut up, and much more "Kells"

"I can't say we're happy with what you & the others did tonight, especially on your first night home from college, it wasn't exactly smart or thought out" Gibbs started.

"And we will definitely speak about it at length at home" Shannon added.

"I know" Kelly nodded, she should have known she'd never have gotten away with going to the party, she wasn't at college where she was on her own, she was back home & that meant well, playing by more stricter rules.

"We can also understand that hearing what happened at that place wasn't easy on you darling" Shannon said, that she could see all over daughter's face.

Kelly was pretty freaked about that, that was for damn sure!

"But I'm guessing that you coming here probably freaked you out even more? Yea?" Gibbs asked

Shannon could again see the answer all across her daughter's face & it was one she mirrored.

"Kell look at me" Gibbs said gently, he only continued when she looked up to him "It's not your fault that you kids had to come in here after that mess, so I don't want you to feel like it was"

Gibbs took another breath "maybe we, I, couldn't keep this secret forever. Maybe it is time to open up a little, so I don't want you to think that all this coming out is your fault" though he was loathed to admit it, he knew eventually that the secret would come out one way or the other.

"Might be as good as time as any" Shannon said softly, as much for her daughter as her husband, she knew he was obviously anxious about this.

"There's something I want to warn you about though" Gibbs said to his daughter "I've told mum about the team and everyone, so she's got some idea about them, but the lady that's going to come up & take the fingerprints & stuff, she can be a little... full on, she's a unique character & could react well, either she'll start jumping up & down or she'll start ranting. I'll do my best to keep her focused, but I just wanted to warn you, so don't get totally freaked out"

Kelly was freaked out already, she wondered just how 'unique' she was, especially given her dad's warning "ahh ok"

Coming back into the office Gibbs headed for The Director & Balboa "can we do it up here?"

"Already organised, Abby will come up once Balboa's called for her" Tom replied "do you want to speak with her first?"

"Yes" Gibbs answered, but his eyes fell back to his daughter "but what I want first is make sure she's dressed appropriately"

Kelly wanted to retort her dad, saying she wasn't a kid & that it was the fashion, but she knew better, but she had a jacket "I've got a jacket."

Gibbs eyed her "that jacket is just as bad as the top, and if that's what you spent your allowance on you'll find yourself having to rely so much more on the money you make from your tutoring job"

Shannon just nodded in agreement.

"You aren't leaving this room nor coming into contact with anyone dressed like that!" Gibbs asserted "And I'd presume neither is Madeline. I am going to get something else for them to put on that's respectable & covers some part of your top halves"

"Thank you Jethro, that's appreciated, because that isn't a top Madeline" James observed looking at his daughter squarely in the eyes.

Maddie swallowed, she would have said it was the fashion & that it was a singlet, but given the reaction Kelly had received, she thought it best to stay silent.


Tony & the others had been trying to work it out, and trying to get Ducky to spill the beans, but nothing.

"Hey guys" Abby chimed as she came into the squad room "what are you still doing here?"

"Trying to figure out what's going on in the Director's office" Tony replied.

"None of your damn business DiNozzo" Gibbs remarked striding into the bullpen.

"Boss" Tony got out

Ducky watched as Gibbs headed straight for the filing cabinet & started rummaging through the spare clothes it held.

"It's past clock off, you should all have hit the road already" Gibbs replied, he turned "Abs, aren't you supposed to be in your lab working on Balboa's evidence?"

"I've got my babies working on stuff as we speak" Abby smiled "but I'm waiting for him to call me, he needs me to take samples from some people, said it might be a little while, but I'm all ready to go" she finished patting a bag of ready to use swabs & her fingerprint kit.

Gibbs gave an internal groan, Though he'd reserved himself to it coming out this wasn't the way he'd have preferred it happen.

Abby saw him stare at her, he looked off somehow "are you ok Gibbs?"

Gibbs eyed her, wanting to say no & that one of his biggest fears was about to occur with his family about to be known now to them & that they could possibly end up as targets wasn't at all comforting, but he pushed those emotions down "I'm fine Abs, don't concern yourself with me. You should just focus on your professional duties as a lab technician. Samples, evidence, not gossip"

Kate flashed a look at Tony, Abby was looking utterly bewildered at Gibbs comment, and so were they, what on earth was going on?

Gibbs knew there could be no further delays, he looked at Abby "upstairs, wait in the Director's outer office. Do. Not. Enter. His. Office, do you understand me?"

"Ahh… I'm waiting for Balboa to call me?" Abby stuttered, he looked so focused it was scary, the only answer she received was his Gibbs stare "Ok, up to the Director's outer office, yes Gibbs" she finished & headed straight for the stairs, still really confused by Gibbs last comment.

"Jethro, if there's anything we can do, we'll do it. Whatever your concerns are I'm sure we can allay you of them" Ducky said, he was obviously uptight about his apparent family now being in here.

"My concern's Duck, are just that – mine, they're private" Gibbs replied and heading off "go home!" he ordered heading back up the stairs with 2 jumpers now in hand.

Ducky decided he needed to follow "Jethro!"

Gibbs reached the top of the stairs "what?"

"Why are you hiding this?" Ducky asked gently.

"My business" Gibbs retorted "and right now, I don't have time for this, so please, leave it alone"

Ducky signed in defeat & headed back downstairs.

Gibbs headed for the Director's office but stopped "DiNozzo!" he barked, he decided to take a different tact.

Tony's eyes shot widened up to his boss "yes boss?"

"Keep your ass's on your chairs, don't go anywhere!" Gibbs ordered to his team, he turned quickly to Ducky "don't think want to go anywhere either"

Ducky watched him head into the Director's suite, did that mean he was going to tell them what was going on?

Gibbs walked past Abby "Stay put & no eavesdropping!"

Abby just stared wide eyed "Gibbs I'd never…" but her sentence wasn't even heard, he just kept walking & went into the Director's office.

Abby had no clue what was going on & started mulling over it all, Gibbs was acting really weird! He was never short with her, what was going on? She then saw the door open & not only did Balboa come out, but so did the Director!

"Ms Scuito" Morrow greeted.

"Sir" Abby replied.

"Balboa's already told you that we need you to take some sample fingerprints & alike from some people for his case" Morrow stated.

"Yes sir, I'm ready" Abby confirmed.

"Good, all I am going to stress is that you remember that your job requires you to act professionally, maintaining the confidentially nature of it & carry yourself accordingly" Morrow said, he knew the girl would just be confused, but without coming out & saying it this was all he could do.

Abby was getting really worried, he had basically carried on from what Gibbs had said to her, and she always acted professionally! "I always strive to do so sir"

"Good, just remember this conversation, because if you don't, I won't be the only one upset" Morrow replied & led the way back into his office.

Abby walked in behind him very gingerly, she suddenly saw umpteen eyes on her, who were all these people? She then recognised the Director's wife & maybe that was his son at the far end of the desk, but the others? There were 3 other 'kids', 3 other ladies, a marine officer, a police officer & Gibbs! "ahh Hi" she finally said.

"This is Abigail Scuito, an NCIS Forensic scientist & lab technician. She's going to take the fingerprints & alike" Balboa explained.

"She can start with Michael" Morrow offered.

"Of course" Abby nodded seeing the Director motioning her towards the table, she wondered what his son though had done to get involved with the investigation "hi" she smiled at him.

"Hi" Michael replied.

Abby got to work & couldn't help but notice how tense everyone seemed, and she was getting really strange looks from the lady with red hair. She also noticed how close Gibbs was standing to her & the young girl at the other end of the table, who also seemed to be flashing strange looks her way every once in a while.

Finishing up with Michael, Abby turned to the boy sitting next to him "hi, ahh, I just need your name"

"Harry Jeffrey Taylor" Harry said, this girl was pure Goth, he couldn't believe she was an NCIS employee, surely her attire wasn't part of agency dress code?

Processing Harry & then Maddie Abby sensed the tension just mounting & she had no idea why!

Kelly was having a hard time believing this girl worked with her dad, for one the way she was dressed… short mini skirt & a collar? Really? Goth and then some! But she was getting really nervous, he'd warned her already that she might take the news a little weirdly & didn't know what to expect. She knew though she wasn't alone in her concern & wonder, they were all holding their breaths.

Abby smiled at the last girl "Hi, so what's your name?" she saw though that everyone in the room took a breath & held it, huh?

"Kelly Anne Gibbs" Kelly answered softly.

Abby nodded "Kelly…..Anne…" she stopped & her head shot up "Giiibbbbbsss?" she looked at Gibbs totally stunned, what the heck? He had a daughter? Since when? "as in…." she whispered.

Ted & James were mighty curious about the reaction of this girl, neither could quite below she was getting away with her attire in a federal agency, but Tom had said she was one of the best in her field & therefore allowed her a little leeway in her attire. They could both see she was trying to hold something inside, almost like an explosion was waiting to come to the boil.

"Form, fingerprints, samples. Abby" Gibbs said trying to avoid any possible explosion of her reactions, which he could see was just below the surface, he though felt his wife squeeze his hand "but yes, as in my daughter."

Abby let out a small squeal as she looked between Gibbs & the girl, she noticed their similar eyes immediately, she then took stock of the redhead standing behind the girl, was this her mum? Gibbs's wife? Holy cow he had a family? How'd she not know? She'd always considered herself like a daughter to the man & now she finds out he has one? "That's soo cool! YAY!" she finishing jumping up & down in her seat.

Shannon's eyes widened at Abby's squeal, she'd heard enough about her, but to see it, darn strange. She could see the other ladies were all there with her "Jethro"

Gibbs smirked, he knew his wife was taken aback by Abby's reaction, along with all the others, the looks he was getting from James & Ted said it all, they thought she was strange indeed "Focus Abby"

"Right" Abby smiled, she turned back to Kelly & got to work "I didn't even know about you, he didn't tell us anything! But hey, this is exciting, you're a real live Gibblet!"

Kelly looked at her confused, she shot a look at her friends, they just shrugged "I'm sorry, a what?" she flashed a look to her parents, her dad mainly, what was this lady on?

Gibbs took a deep breath "Abby! Just get on with it, in silence"

Abby swallowed as she nodded, guess this was what he & the Director were talking about with regards to professionalism & confidentiality.

Ted couldn't help himself, he asked Gibbs via sign language what a Gibblet was, neither he, his wife or the Tyler's knew that term.

Gibbs saw Ted's question, but given Abby was in his line of sight all he replied was 'later'.

Morrow watched as she finished up "thank you Miss Scuito, if you'd please wait out in my outer office & do not go anywhere"

"Of course sir" Abby replied, she was dying to ask Gibbs & his family a whole bunch of questions, but guess that'd have to wait.

James watched as she left the room, everyone was watching her "she's….. interesting"

Maddie thought that was an understatement, weird was more like it.

"I think we're done here, why don't we all go home, I know I'm ready for the weekend" Tom suggested, it was late enough & he knew that everyone was more than ready to leave.

Receiving nods all round they headed out but Morrow pulled Abby aside "follow us & then head straight to the lab, finish the results & absolutely no speaking about what you learnt in there with anyone, anyone. Clear Miss Scuito?"

"Yes sir" Abby nodded, she was now wondering though why Gibbs had kept it all a secret.

"Are we still doing breakfast tomorrow?" Kelly asked her mum quietly, they'd already plans to do breakfast all together & wondered if this changed it.

Shannon shared a look around the group but her eyes fell to Martha & Ted who were hosting "what do you think?"

"I don't see why not & besides, it will give us more time to get to the bottom of a few things, like how you concocted the plan in the first place" Martha answered.

Kelly flashed a look at her friends, guess breakfast wasn't going to be a fun affair entirely.

"Sounds like a good plan" Jess agreed.

Kate looked up from her desk, none of them had moved an inch, but now she was seeing all of them coming down the stairs, all the ladies, the kids & there was also a marine officer & police officer. What caught her gaze though was that one of the girls was wearing Gibbs's red jumper! The other girl was wearing his black one, who were these people.

Tony had looked up as soon as he saw Kate's react & was getting really curious! He shared a look with Kate, Tim & Ducky, what was going on? He also saw that Abby was following the group looking really stunned.

Gibbs came towards the bullpen & eyed each of his team, along with Ducky. He could see curiosity was the name of the game, he also saw that every once in a while each of their gaze's moved to his hand that was intertwined with his wife's. This was going to be fun!

"Boss?" Tony asked cautiously, not only had Gibbs stopped at the edge of the bullpen, but he was holding hands with the redhead lady again, and had the young girl with blue eyes on his other side, all the others were scattered behind them, except for the Director & his wife, they'd moved slightly, like they were angling for a better view.

"Tony DiNozzo, Caitlin Todd, Timothy McGee, Doctor Donald Mallard. This is my wife Shannon & daughter Kelly" Gibbs said motioning to each individual "Shan, Kells, my team"

Ted & James shared a smirk, all of their jaw's had dropped to the floor, it really was a sight to behold.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all" Shannon smiled, they looked liked stunned statues.

Martha & Carly were sharing a look, they all looked like they could be pushed over with a feather.

"Don't think I've ever seen your team short for a word Gibbs" Morrow commented.

Gibbs returned his smirk, this was actually a sight to behold, he then felt a hand on his shoulder & Ted whispering something, he loved the idea he'd just been given. He took the piece of paper he'd been handed as well. "Go home, no speaking about this with anyone! Present yourselves at this address tomorrow, 10:00 sharp. You want answers, you'll get them there"

Kelly had to admit that they all looked totally shocked, but there was no time for her to say anything, her dad had started walking away & given he had her in his grasp couldn't really stay to chat, she just walked away with him, she flashed a look back towards them though, they were all just staring after them.

As they got down to the car park Shannon could leave it alone "that wasn't very nice Jethro"

"It was fun though" Gibbs countered

Shannon could see all the men were agreeing "and I wonder what they're reaction will be to your behaviour outside of work, because I know your persona at work & home are different ends of the hemisphere, am I correct Tom?"

Tom pressed his lips together, Gibbs demeanour home V work... yea, polar opposites! The team were going to get a rude shock!

"Shannon, he's hardly alone, Tom is exactly the same" Jess commented "and don't deny it"

"Of course not dear" Tom smiled.

Harry & the other kids had stepped a little away from their parents, wanting to have their own private chat "that chick, weird! Though it will be interesting to see her tomorrow"

"I thought she was going to hyperventilate" Maddie added.

"I thought she was going to throw herself over the table at me" Kelly said "and what the heck is a Gibblet? Sounds..." she wasn't sure what she was going to say, but didn't get a chance to she got interrupted.

"Time to go" Gibbs said towards them.

"See you tomorrow guys" Kelly said to her friends as she followed her parents, she saw them all head after their own parents.


Tony was utterly dumbfounded, he saw he wasn't alone, the entire team were right there with him! What the hell was that? He'd been completely shocked at what Gibbs had said, so much so that he'd lost the ability to speak, family? Wife? Daughter? He just stared as Gibbs led them & the others away. He sure as hell wanted answers, turning to the others "Am I alone in utter confusion? Where the hell did that come from?"

No one really had any answers, not even Ducky, all he'd seen was a photo, but that hardly explained anything. The only thing he knew that the others didn't was that Jethro had two kids, not one. He knew the answers would have to wait until the morning & it would prove to be an interesting morning indeed!


A/N: Hope you enjoyed that one! If anyone else out there has any requests shoot them through, I can't promise to get to them quickly, as I do have 2 big stories I'm doing currently, but I will get to them, just like this one! Let me know what you thought of this :)