A/N: To all my followers/favourites, welcome aboard, thanks for joining this ride! To my reviewers, you all rock! I really love hearing all your thoughts/comments, they spur me to keep writing! So keep 'em coming!
To Guest Reviewers, because I can't PM you:
momsboys: thanks so much, glad you're loving this, here's another chapter
Guest: whats going on? Well, we find out how people feel... but what is really going, that will still a short while to come to the fore.
CookieSprinkles: I like your videolink idea! But that won't be happening for this conversation.. maybe a future one though!
Shall we see how things are going? How will that conversation go? What will Kelly's reaction be? How will Tony cope? Ziva? Let's find out...
Shannon wasn't sure how long it had been, but Ziva, Silva & Zuse were all back & waiting with the rest of them, they had just caught them up on what was going on.
Gibbs tensed as soon as he heard raised voices, and it sounded like his daughter's, he just couldn't work out what she was saying, he took a breath trying to stop himself from entering the room when he saw the conference room door handle move..
Moretti followed Mandel out out the room before turning back to speak "Thank you for your time Ms Gibbs, Agent DiNozzo"
Kelly eyed him & his partner as she followed them out "Might I make a suggestion?" she asked closing the door behind her, Tony needed time & she really didn't want him to hear what she was going to say next, he was dealing with enough, she was trying to get herself back under control, she couldn't begin to understand how he was coping.
Mandel looked at her "and that would be?"
"Leave this building before I do something I'll regret & you'll be sorry for! You should be glad for these for witnesses! Get out!" Kelly barked, she utterly furious with these agents!
Gibbs eyes widened, he was certain he wasn't alone in the shock, he placed himself toe to toe with Moretti, his girl was clearly pissed off & he didn't care why, he'd back her up "you heard her"
Moretti ignored Gibbs & looked at Kelly "I trust you will notify us if..."
"Get out! You've said enough & I've already told you how I feel about the way you handled it, so unless you want me to show you how I feel, which I'd gladly do, leave!" Kelly asserted. Her ability to maintain self control was failing her, majorly!
Tim had put himself alongside Gibbs & toe to toe with Mandel, just staring him down, he didn't like that these agents had upset her so much & he worried what had transpired & how Tony was too!
Tristan saw how upset Kelly was & also how tense the situation was now, she was concerned with everything Kelly had said, clearly what ever had transpired in the conference room wasn't good "Agent Silva, could you & Agent Zuse please escort these gentleman out of the building. If they give you any trouble, you have my permission to 'help them' out"
Silva nodded "Yes ma'am" she eyed the men "after you two" she'd see these men out & kinda hoped they put up resistance, she'd love nothing more than to 'help' them. From the way Kelly was behaving there was obviously something terrible going on & she didn't like that, she hadn't known Tony & the team for very long, but she respected her SSA a great deal, so she'd back him up with what ever she had to.
Shannon had been totally shocked at Kelly's outbursts, she watched as the INTERPOL agents left with Silva & Zuse, once they were clear she turned to her daughter "Kelly?"
Kelly tried to take deep breath to calm herself but it was impossible! "I know you don't approve of foul language mum, but those two men are fucking dickheads! They deserve to be keel hauled for what they just did!" yea, she was so utterly furious! She just couldn't hold it back any longer.
Shannon stared at her daughter in shock "I'm sure they may not be pleasant..."
Kelly interrupted her "Mum, when you find out what they did... trust me, you'll feel the same way, you'd likely want to ready the catapult!" she looked to her dad who she could see was also a little surprised at her outburst "and you will likely want to track them back down & shoot them!" she gazed over to Tim & Ziva, who was she kidding "you'd all want to shoot them!"
"I can get them back" Tim suggested, he didn't care what was going, the pure face that she was feeling like she did made him want to shoot them just for that.
Kelly smirked "I know where to find them, and if I have to see them anytime in the near future..." she didn't even want to say what she was thinking, she shook her head, she needed to think straight, Tony needed her on her game, not on those morons! She took another calming breath "I'll be right back" she finished before heading back into the room.
Ziva was really concerned, what was going on? she wanted to go in to see Tony, he was obviously dealing with something, she wanted to help him. It took a good 10 minutes and as soon as Kelly came back out she jumped onto her "what is going on Kelly?"
Kelly looked at Ziva, this wasn't going to be easy for her to hear "I can't say at the moment Ziva, Tony just needs some time" she saw Ziva move to go into the room "Sorry Ziva, but he doesn't want you with him at the moment" she took a breath "he's asked for mum to sit with him"
"Why?" Ziva asked, feeling very hurt.
Kelly knew it had hurt Ziva & it hurt her to say it "because right now, he just needs... well, he just needs a mum. His world has been turned completely upside down & he needs..."
"Then I should be with him" Ziva insisted interrupting her, she was his partner, and she didn't mean work partner, she should be the one to help him, sooth him, not Shannon.
"Ziva I'm not disagreeing with you" Kelly said, she understood where she was coming from, she'd feel the same way if Tim was in Tony's position "but right now, this is about what Tony needs, and he asked for mum, he just needs... a mum" she knew Tony considered her mum to be like a mum to him too, and right now even more so that his own. "I know that you want to help, so does he, but right now..."
"He needs a mother, you have said that already" Ziva bit back.
Kelly sighed "Ziva, I can totally understand how much it must hurt, but I know you want what's best for Tony, that's all you want & we all have to put that first in our thoughts & actions, it will be the only way to get him through this, Tony will need you, I assure you & I do need your help with something"
Shannon could see the pain on Ziva's face, she didn't want to step on the woman's toes, but if Tony wanted her, she'd be there for him. Kelly was right, Tony's needs had to come first.
Kelly looked at her mum "can you sit with him? I've gotta make a few calls & will come back as soon as I can"
Shannon nodded, she felt horrible for going in in front of Ziva, but she headed in none the less.
The sight that Shannon saw broke her heart, Tony was curled up on the floor in the corner of the room, his knees were drawn to his chest, his head was buried into his knees & his arms were wrapped around his legs, he was shaking! What on earth had happened? What had those agents said to him?
She sat down next to Tony & put an arm around him "Shh Tony, we'll get through it"
It took a moment, but Tony soon fell into Shannon's hold & started crying, her heart was breaking as she listened to Tony cry, it wasn't adult sobbing, it was full blown crying, she wrapped both of her arms around him, just cradling him, like she'd done with her kids so many times "ohh Tony, my boy, it'll be ok, we'll get through it. I'm right here my boy" in this moment her motherly love for the man came to the fore in spades, and she'd do whatever she had to help a man that she really considered a son through whatever had just befallen him.
Gibbs could see how hurt Ziva was by Kelly saying Tony had wanted Shannon & not her "can you tell us what's going on? At all?"
Kelly sighed "not right now, I need to a make a few calls, clarify a few things. I have to call my office back in DC & set a few things in motion"
"If you need to arrange it on a secure line, just let me know. We can feed it through MTAC" Tristan offered, something gave her the feeling this wasn't something small or simple.
"Thank you ma'am, that would be appreciated" Kelly agreed, it would be a lot easier to do that conversation over a secure video feed.
Tim could see that she was still really tense, he also saw how Ziva was coping, or lack there of "you said you needed something? What can we do?"
Kelly wasn't sure how they'd take it, but there was something she needed help with "yea, I need you to find someone"
"Who?" Ziva asked.
"Tony's father" Kelly answered.
Gibbs, Ziva & Tim all looked at her in shock!
"Why do we have to find Tony's father?" Ziva asked.
"I can't say right now, but we just need to find him" Kelly answered, she hated keeping things a secret from them & this one was especially hard, but it's what Tony wanted & right now him & his needs was all Kelly was concerning herself with.
A/N: Ohh NO! What on earth did those pesky INTERPOL Agents say to Tony? And why do they need to find Senior?
Where will they find Senior? How will Tony cope with that news? And how will Ziva handle not being in there with Tony?
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