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Chapter 11

Tony Tim and Jimmy were sitting on a log near the fire watching a pot of coffee as it crackled and popped over the grill it rested upon. The open camp fire flickered around it's sides. It was like waiting for a fierce storm to roll in. You knew it was gonna be bad but how bad you couldn't tell until it'd arrived.

"Do you think they're ok?" Jimmy asked.

"For now." Tony answered with a smirk.

Tim blew out a concerned breath. He sure hoped they hadn't been injured or gotten into some kind of serious trouble. Well they were in serious trouble regardless, serious trouble of the Boss and the Director kind. Tim was used to seeing the Boss in a mood fit to tie, but the Director...he couldn't remember ever seeing her look that ferocious. And there was Abby. Abby was gonna be sooo pissed when she found out that he was the one that had located the keys. Still he had had no choice. They needed to be found and brought back here where they were safe and if it meant they got their asses spanked...well so be it. They shoulda thought of that.

Tim was brought up short from his thoughts and the other two from their conversation, by the crunching of gravel and the slamming of car doors.

"Here it comes..." Tony said. Tim and Jimmy just looked expectantly at the slight gap in the trees where they knew the Boss and Jen and hopefully Abby and Ziva would come from. But there had only been one car...oh no! Tony thought. There could be only one of two reasons for that. Either they hadn't found them...that was bad enough...or they had found them and Jen's car hadn't been drivable. Shit, that was worse. The answer came bursting through the trees. Two very guilty looking girls were being marched towards the camp with an irate Gibbs and a furious Director at their heels.

The boys jumped up expectantly.

"Why was there only one car?" Tim couldn't help but ask. As he gave Abby and then Ziva the once over to make sure they were ok. Abby and Ziva looked at each other guiltily.

"We kind of had an accident." Abby said finally. Jen shook her head with a sarcastic smirk.

"THAT Abigail, was NO accident!" she said. Even though the younger girl was much taller she winced and shrank into herself at Jen's cold fury. "You two took my car for a JOY RIDE...It was NO ACCIDENT!" Ziva's stance was uncharacteristic. She stood stock still and quiet while she summed up the situation they were in while she quietly willed Abby to shut up and not make things worse. "Jethro...you take them first, I'm too angry right now."

"Your call Jen." He Gibbs said quietly. He pointed to the log. "Sit." He said quietly. "And don't you dare go ANYWHERE, even to the head, without one of the boys with you. Are we clear?" When they didn't immediately respond he barked loudly. "ARE WE CLEAR?"

"Yes Gibbs." Ziva said.

"Crystal." Abby said and they hustled it over to the log and sat down nervously. Satisfied finally, Gibbs whispered in Jen's ear. "A word?" She huffed out a breath. If he was gonna try and talk her out of this she'd scream. Silly girls could have killed themselves. And they had destroyed her car! "Jen?"

"Sure." She said huffily. When they stepped inside their tent Gibbs pulled Jen into a warm hug. Tears immediately sprang to her eyes. She was so angry, she had been so worried and to find that they'd been skylarking without a care in the world...she wanted to...she didn't know what she wanted to do. Spank them?...yell at them?...But they were safe so she also wanted to hug them... After she'd tanned their asses. Finally realising that Jethro's motive wasn't to talk her out of it, she allowed herself to sink into the comfort of his hug and sobbed out her frustration quietly into his soft jacket.

Xoxoxoxox

"What were you thinking?" Tony said to neither one in particular.

"Um...escaping." Abby said. Tony rolled his eyes.

"I'd watch the smart ass tone with Gibbs if I were you Abby." Tim said seriously. He was not impressed with her less than remorseful attitude and any sympathy he had felt for her was very quickly draining away.

"And you Ziva?" Tony asked. "You thought this was a good idea?" Abby looked at Ziva who smiled back and silently mouthed...Thelma and Louise. She wasn't about to let Abby take the blame on her own.

"We both thought it was a good idea at the time." She answered. Abby looked at her with admiration and in those few words she had gained herself a friend for life. Her other friend for life hadn't missed the silent statement and was in no doubt as to whose idea it was. Still, Ziva was an adult and could have walked away. Yeah right. No one could just walk away from Abby, she was irresistible.

Tony shrugged. "I think we might just revisited this conversation later after the Boss is finished with your asses." He said. "See if you still think it was such a good idea. Ziva and Abby looked at each other with raised eyebrows. "Am I missing something?"

Jimmy felt like he was watching a tennis match. His eyes were going from one person to the next as he followed the conversation. He couldn't have got a word in even if he could think of something to say.

"You're getting it from both of them?" Tim said his eyes wide. Abby nodded, she had put it away from her for a short while now the butterflies were back and in a frenzy.

"Belt from Gibbs and switch from the Director." Abby said.

Tony looked at Ziva for confirmation. She nodded as she wriggled uncomfortably on her perch.

"Ow, that's gonna hurt..." Tony said as he stated the obvious.

Ziva couldn't control her own butterflies in her tummy or the tingling in her rear end. This was so confusing. She had withstood torture and terrorist training in Mossad, she was not a weakling. So why did the thought of a spanking bother her so much. It was something that she did not really have time to work out right now. Whatever she thought about it ...it was happening, of that she had no doubt. They had seriously messed up and they were about to pay the price.

Xoxoxoxoxoxox

After a few minutes Gibbs pushed Jen back gently so that he could look into her face.

"Better?" he asked.

"Much." Jen answered with a smile.

"Good. Still want me to go first?" Jethro asked.

"Yeah. It might be better I think." Jen said.

"You don't have to do it at all, I'll take care of it if you want." He said.

"THEY need me to follow through Jethro...you know that." she answered. He nodded.

"And they broke your car." He said with a chuckle, one which she returned.

"Yes...and they broke my car. Go Daddy, do your duty, but remember I'm gonna use a switch after."

"I will." He said and disappeared out of the tent.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

"Right!" a voice barked from behind Abby and Ziva. They both jumped clear off the log with fright.

"Geez Gibbs...you scared ten years off me." Abby said as she tried to calm her racing heart.

"That should make you about six then Abby, seeing as how you're acting like an out of control teen." Gibbs said. Ziva gave Abby a warning look. Not that she was intimidated by Gibbs or anything...but she was not stupid either. Instinct was screamed at her not to poke at the bear. Better to try and reason with him like adults. "With me you two." He said and marched to the same spot he'd taken the boys.

"Gibbs." Ziva finally spoke up. They were adults she repeated to herself. Perhaps they could still work this out without bloodshed. "We are all adults here. Abby and I ..." she said as she looked at Abby who was nodding along like dashboard decoration. "We are very sorry. We know that we did a very wrong thing and we are prepared to pay for the damages to Je...I mean the Director's car and..."

"Save it Ziva. Yes you WILL both pay for the car AND you are still gonna get spanked...twice." Gibbs said.

"But Giibbbs!" Abby whined. This car ornament must be battery operated Gibbs thought. It whines. "We're really sorry and we won't do it again." Gibbs looked at them both sternly.

"I was GOING to let you two keep your pants up because you have the switch coming but if you're not over that log in exactly ten seconds, you can lose them and your underwear."

There was absolutely no more arguments, attempted reasoning or whining and both the girls practically threw themselves over the log.

Abby squeezed her eyes shut and grabbed for Ziva's hand which she gladly took as they heard Gibbs belt as it whistled through the loops of his jeans. He folded it over and cracked it twice in his hand which made both their backsides tingle and throb with nervous anticipation. Gibbs raised his arm high in the air and brought the belt down on Abby's bottom with a loud crack. She squealed. Her eyes filled with tears from the shock and amazement of that first whack. Gibbs had never smacked her that hard before. Suddenly she felt Ziva's hand tighten in hers as the belt had landed with a painful thwack leaving behind a red hot burning welt. Both girls were grateful that they still had on their pants. Their relief was short lived however as they both soon heard and then felt the next hard swish and then thump of the belt as it landed just slightly lower than the first. Ziva had cringed as Abby cried out...both because she felt her friends pain and because she knew that she was next. Before she had even finished the thought another searing line of fire blazed across her burning rear. Gibbs kept building the fire, going from one wriggling backside to the next until both girls had taken six hard whacks each. Both were a little surprised but grateful when the spanking suddenly stopped. The feeling of dread returned however when they stood and turned to find Jen...watching and waiting.

"They're all yours Director." Gibbs said gently. And then not gently at all... "Behave...or else." He said to the miscreants that stood rubbing their butts.

Xoxoxoxox

"Now ladies...what do you know about cutting a switch?" Jen asked. Ziva had never 'cut a switch' so she stayed quiet.

"It has to be about two to three feet long and the size of your little finger. The side branches and twigs need to be taken off." Abby said shakily.

"Very good Abby. You've obviously cut a switch before." Jen said with a barely hidden smirk.

"Yes Mam. I may have cut a switch a time or two when I was young." Abby said.

"I just bet you did." Jen said sarcastically. Abby was about to retort but thought better of it. When you were about to be spanked for the third time that day it was probably smarter to stay quiet. "Ok Abby you may take your accomplice and show her how it's done." She passed each of the girls a pocket knife and waved them off, making sure she stayed not far behind them as they walked.

"Ziva..." Abby whispered not realising Jen was behind her. Ziva rolled her eyes.

"Abby we will not get away with running again." she said.

"You didn't get away with it this time." Jen said from behind. Both heads spun around sharply.

"I was just gonna point out that this was the perfect tree." Abby said with innocence written all over her face. Ziva said nothing, she could have been wrong.

"Uhhuh." Jen said making sure that she stayed as close as possible. "Better get on with it then." Abby and Ziva both sighed in defeat as they cut their branches from the tree.

TBC