Short chapter this time but life keeps getting in the way. Please review after you read. I might move onto something new in a few more chapters!

Jethro stood outside the door with both Ziva and Tony. They could tell by his face the frustration he was trying to hide from them. They loved Gibbs like a father and Cassie like a sister. When Papa Gibbs was hurting the whole family hurt. They knew that letting Gibbs stay in the room with the parents was not a good idea. They would end up having a lawyer battle in a courtroom. They needed the evidence to stick.

"You two go help Abby and McGee with what evidence there is. Try and see if there was or is a plan for hurting Cassie at any point,"

"What about you, boss? You probably shouldn't be alone with the parents," said Tony genuinely concerned

"Agent Gibbs will not be alone," said Jenny walking up behind them

"Director," said Ziva surprised to see her at work.

"Where's Cassie?" asked Tony

"She's safe. We sent her out of town for awhile," said Jen

"We'll be fine," said Jethro noticing their lack of movement.

Jen stood and looked at Jethro trying to figure out what he was planning. She was knew how scared he was. She also knew how much he wanted to nail those kids for the pain his daughter was feeling right now, but she needed him emotionally stable.

"Right now we don't have enough to hold them long Jethro. What exactly are you planning on saying to them?"

"That their sons were terrorists to my daughter and I should ship them off to Gitmo," he sighed hugging her

"Why don't you go get a coffee and I'll play politics for now. I think a little mother to mother talking will do just the trick," said Jen hold an envelope.

"What do you have there?"

"My ammunition," she said opening the door.

Jethro reluctantly went to get another coffee although he really hadn't finished his first one. He did however want to get some air. He decided to call and check in and see how Cassie was doing. She should be on her way to Mexico by now. He missed her a lot even though she was going to be fine with Franks. The idea of her not being there with him made him sad.

"Hi," said Cassie as she answered her phone

"Hi, baby, how you doing?"

"Good, you need me to come bail you out of jail?" she joked.

"Nope, on a coffee run orders from your mother."

"You talk to the boys yet?"

"Yeah, until your mother kicked Tony and I out."

"Whoa, Mom is really going all out,"

"Mother bear," laughed Jethro

"I miss you too Daddy,"

"Miss you angel," he said hanging up. He got in line for a coffee. Although when he got there he really didn't feel like one and left the store empty handed. He walked back to the office. He was in a strange daze. Maybe the coffee was a good idea. He wanted to go see if Jen was finished with the parents, but instead got back on the elevator and headed to autopsy.

"Wondered how long it would take you," said Ducky looking over case files.

"Duck, how am I supposed to protect her?"

"You do it every day Jethro just be being her father. How is she?"

"Right now she's with Franks on the beach in Baja,"

"The rest of your team is in Abby's lab trying to figure away to convict two teenage kids on pain and suffering charges," said Ducky

"You don't think that what we are doing is right Dr. Mallard?"

"No, Jethro I'm saying just make sure this isn't about revenge for you or Cassie. This isn't about your ego and wanting to change the fact she got hurt. It has to be about Cassie and what she wants. Courtrooms, news media, months of lawyers, but she's your daughter," said Dr. Mallard going back to his work.

Jethro went down to Abby's lab. Sure enough there were his four loving 'kids' working hard at justice for their fearless leader.

"Giiiibbs!" said Abby hugging him harder than needed.

"Hey Abs," he said trying to breath.

"Boss, we think we have something," said McGee trying to pry Abby away so he could move toward the computer.

"We think that the boys weren't so much as plotting to hurt Cassie physically it was more psychological. Words mostly through email. They'd threaten her but these threats are pretty extreme for a teenage kid," said McGee pulling them up on the screen

"We think there was more than just these kids in on this boss. These are more like threats you or the director might issue against someone that was a criminal in a case. These were pretty extreme threats for kids," said Ziva pointing to the last few emails sent.

"The wording is really big too. Have you questioned the adults?"

"Defensive about their kids, but nothing out of the norm. The kids are stubborn don't think that they could get in trouble for anything. Arrogent and cocky," said Gibbs.

"These threats aren't for Cassie they are to Cassie about me and Jen," said Jethro reading them.

"How can you tell?" asked Tony

"Look at how it's written DiNozzo. They are not using direct pronouns. These are kids acting on behalf of their parents. Two people hurting because their kids are going to school with the kid that purposively killed their best friend!" said Gibbs turning and heading toward the elevator cell phone in hand.