A/N: Hello again. Sorry that it's been such a long wait in between chapters. To be honest, I wanted the second part to finders to be chapter 9 but it's taking me longer than I thought to complete it. I want it to be just right (it's an important chapter after all). Anyways, I hope this ficlet helps with the wait. Congrats to everyone who answered chapter 8's question correctly. Gibbs bought himself a 1971 Dodge Challenger (which looks amazingly similar to the Dodge Charger, unless they're the same thing. I know nothing about cars :P) which Jackson later fixed up and gave back to him. Just in case you're new to this story, this is an AU that bounces around in time. Tony and Tim won't always be this young or this old.

Many, many thanks to my beta Sweetpeatea. Thanks for the help, the encouragement and the chapter title :)

Rule 36

Tony: Age 10

Tim: Age 7

Timothy Gibbs was happily coloring in a page from his Ninja Turtles coloring book when his brother came into the living room.

"Hey, Timmy, wanna play shadow?" Tony said with an evil grin.

"Okay," Tim happily agreed, "How do you play?"

"How do you play?" Tony asked

"Yeah," he nodded.

"Yeah," Tony repeated

"No, really." Tim tried again

"No, really." Tony echoed.

"Is this the game, Tony?" Tim asked

"Is this the game, Tony?"

"I don't wanna play no more." Tim decided

"I don't wanna play no more." Tony replied

"That's annoyin'." Tim huffed

"That's annoyin'." Tony huffed

"Stop copyin' me!" Tim shouted

"Stop copyin' me!" Tony copied

"Stop it!" Tim shouted

"Stop it!" His older brother shouted back

"Dad!" Tim yelled in frustration running into the kitchen

"Dad!" Tony yelled following close behind him.

"Dad," Tim complained once he'd spotted his father, "Tony keeps copyin' me an' he won't shut up."

"Dad, Tony keeps copyin' me an' he won't shut up."

"Knock it off, Tony." Dad said, not looking up from his papers

Tony smiled mischievously. "Knock it off, Tony." his brother repeated.

"Anthony." Daddy warned

"Anthony." Tony copied

"Okay. Last warning." Dad growled.

"Okay. Last warning." Tony mimicked, right down to the annoyed glare.

Daddy turned back to his papers. Tony and Tim waited but nothing more was said
for almost a minute.

He wasn't scolding Tony or glarin' or sendin'im to his room or nothing. Tim
was disappointed.

He looked at his brother and his brother looked back at him, just as
confused.

"Daddy?" he tried but Dad didn't even look up.

Tony shrugged his shoulders.

Tim sat down in the chair beside Dad's. "Daddy, wacha readin?"

His father didn't even look up.

"Dad, can you hear me? Tim asked nervously

Daddy looked up at him and winked before going back to his reading silently.

Tony, not seeing the wink, poked Dad in the arm worriedly. "Hey, Boss-"

Daddy smiled.

"Hey, Boss." he copied.

"Huh?" Tony frowned

"Huh?" Their dad repeated

"Heeeeyyy." Tony whined

"Heeeeyyy." Gibbs echoed

"You can't do that!"

"You can't do that!"

"That's not even how it works." Tony huffed

"That's not even how it works." Dad huffed

"I'm the copycat!" Tony insisted

"I'm the copycat!" Dad mimicked

" Whatever. I don't care." Tony said like it didn't bother him

"I don't care." Dad said like it didn't bother him either.

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore." Tony recited with a triumphant grin.

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore." Daddy copied word for word

"Awww, Man." Tony whined

" Should we call this game over?" Dad asked seriously.

"Yes." Tony grumbled.

"HAHA, Tony. You lost." Tim teased.

"HAHA, Tony. You lost." Tony mocked in a whiny voice.

"HAHA, Tony. You lost" Tim mocked Tony's mocking

"HAHA, Tony. You Lost." Tony said again

"You lost."

"You lost!"

"YOU LOST!"

"YOU LOST!'

"ENOUGH" Dad yelled over him and Tony, "No more games designed to annoy each other, or me. It's now a rule."

"What number?" his brother asked

"Rule number 18." Dad declared.

"But rule number 18 is never put metal stuff in the microwave." his brother reminded him.

"Fine, rule number... 5 then"

"Rule 5 - "Action Figures don't flush." Tim said

"It might help if you went in order, Boss." Tony suggested.

Dad smacked him on the side of the head. "What's highest number we've had?"

"Rule 35, 'We'll see' does not mean 'Yes' "

"Okay. Rule 36 it is."

Both boys groaned. Dad stood up.

"Get your jackets on. We'll go out for dinner."

"Why?" Tim asked

"Because maybe if the two of you are eating something you can't annoy each other and I can actually get some work done." Dad said

"Where are we going?" Tony asked

"How about pizza?" Their dad suggested

"Yeah!" Tim shouted

"Yeah!" Tony echoed.

Daddy glared at him. Tim did too.

Tony put his hands up. "What? I wasn't copyin' I just really like pizza."

A/N: Hope you guys can stick with me until the second part of 'Finders' is up. I promise to make it worth the wait. Chapter 9's question is, In canon, what is rule number 18?