A/N: To all my latest followers & favourites, welcome aboard! To all my reviewers, you all rock! I love hearing your thoughts & to know you're all loving this just inspires me to write more & more!

In answer to my guest reviews:

To CookieSprinkles: Thanks for your awesome review! I like all your theorising, but you'll have to read to see which one it is!

To Guest: I'm so glad you love this story so much! It makes my day hearing how much people enjoy this! Regarding your thoughts, you just assumed & that breaks Gibbs Rule #8, Never assume! All I will say is that Shannon was NOT sold to Mac. Why was Tony defending her so much? I'm hoping it'll be explained in the conversation..

To Guest 'huh': I can understand why you think it may be an overreaction, especially for an adult. However, this event (which is massive in itself) has also given Tony cause to think about numerous other things & that added to all his emotions. I hope it's all conveyed in the conversation.

Now, I had considered splitting this conversation between 2 chapters, but I had a feeling that a few of you might not really appreciate it, so I worked quite hard to get it all done in one! So here we go!

Gibbs was more than surprised, he was downright shocked & saw his wasn't alone, his wife looked utterly shocked just like he was... sister?

Tony just stared at his father, while he'd been lied to by his father already, this was something else entirely & it really hurt. The other issue was that his mum had lied to him too his entire life, he was feeling completely & utterly betrayed, he was furious "You're not even going to deny it are you?" he demanded.

Senior was utterly shocked, he'd had to sit down "I... how... " he couldn't even form words.

"So, you're finally lost for fucking words! That's so bloody typical! Just tell me, were you ever going to tell me?!" Tony questioned.

"I..." Senior stuttered.

"Well!" Tony demanded.

Gibbs knew that Tony had to at least give Senior a chance to explain, he approached him carefully & put a hand on his shoulder "Tony" he said softly.

Tony's head snapped back to Gibbs "what?" he asked briskly.

Gibbs could see the tension, the fury all over Tony's body, he just squeezed his shoulder trying to calm him "give him a chance to explain" he said softly, not wanting to further antagonise the situation or Tony.

Shannon nodded in agreement & gave Tony a warming smile, trying to do her part to calm him.

Tony looked between Gibbs & Shannon, again all he saw was their compassion & love for him, it calmed him, as much as he could be calmed "Fine... go ahead, I can hardly wait" he said, leaning back against a wall & just staring his father.

Senior now looked up to three pair eyes all staring at him, his son looked almost murderous, but he saw heartache in Shannon's eyes & he wasn't sure what he saw in Gibbs eyes. He looked back to his son "How did you...?"

"That's not up for discussion yet" Tony retorted instantly "Just tell me, why didn't you ever tell me!?"

Senior sighed "It's... it's complicated"

"Life is complicated!" Tony retorted "but the fact that I have a full blown sister surely would register as something that I dunno... maybe, you should have told me!" he finished in an absolute yell of fury.

Again Gibbs & Shannon shared a look of surprise, not only did Tony have a sister, but it was full blown, proper sister? For some reason Gibbs had presumed she was a half sister, but full? That meant his mother & father had kept something from him... damn! This wasn't good, not good at all..

"It... it was a different time back then, it wasn't acceptable..." Senior started, taking another breath he continued "we... had her before... ... we were just out of high school... "

Shannon could see he was struggling with words & had a hunch what he was getting at "you had her before you & Tony's mother got married?"

Senior looked up, grateful for the words he couldn't say, he just nodded before continuing on "your grandparents insisted that she be given up for adoption... I never got to see her, your mother never got to see her, let alone hold her"

Gibbs didn't agree with Senior keeping that from his son, but he knew it was a very different time back then. Having a child out of wedlock was a very big deal, he could see the pain of it all over Senior's face.

"It was a miracle that they eventually allowed me to see her again... we only managed it after your mother & I both threatened to cut off all our ties with our parents & never see them again. They eventually relented & allowed it, but we were to never mention it again, ever" Senior explained, it was actually cathartic for him to finally be able to get it off chest all these years, it had been terrible to keep it from his son.

Shannon had to admit she was slightly confused, for one from what she knew of parents of that era, they never allowed their kids who'd had kids out of wedlock to ever see the other party again. For the other, if this Linda Turner was his 'soul mate', why did he want to get together with Tony's mum? It didn't seem right to her, she just surmised there was more to it, there had to be.

Tony hadn't relaxed at all, he just stood there stoically listening "and after they all died? I was 6! You & my mother were both alive, why didn't you tell me then!?"

Senior had had nightmares about this conversation ever taking place, all the pain, trauma seemed to be really happening, just like he imagined "could we talk about it in private possibly?" this was very personal for him. He didn't want his family's dirty laundry aired, especially in front of Gibbs & his wife, someone he knew had a very close relationship with his son.

"NO" Tony replied "they aren't here for you, they're here for me! But you should probably thank them, because if they weren't here, you'd already have been meeting the carpet!" he vented, it was probably true, if they weren't there trying to keep him calm, he probably would have decked his father already "answer the question"

It was then that Gibbs & Shannon both released that Tony still had his sidearm in his holster, uh oh! Gibbs breathed a sigh of relief as Tony silently handed it to him. He removed the bullet cartridge from it's chamber & set the weapon down behind him, well out of Tony's reach, he placed the cartridge into his pocket, just incase.

Senior slumped, realising he wasn't going to win that argument & had to admit he was thankful when he saw the weapon being handed over, he took another deep breath "you... you wanted a sibling so badly, your mother & I didn't know what effect it would have on you if you found out we had already had a child & let them go... we made the most difficult decision we could, we agreed to never tell you, I'm sorry"

"You know if there's one thing I've learnt, especially over the past 10 months it's that secrets, are never a good thing & family's don't hide things from each other, they put it all out on the table & deal with it, together!" Tony replied briskly.

"We kept it to protect you" Senior replied softly.

"No you didn't" Tony retorted "you kept it so you wouldn't have to face dealing with it! You & my mother were being selfish! You lied to me! You both lied to me! A family doesn't lie to each other!" he yelled, he'd finally learnt what being apart of a true family was & lying was not something you did.

Shannon could see Tony was falling apart, this was breaking him & as a result it was breaking her. She felt her husband squeeze her hand, he was obviously seeing it as well, she knew just like her he wanted to do something, but this all had to come out first, they just hated watching it.

"No Anthony, we made a decision to try to shield you from the heart breaking truth of what your grandparents made us do. Family's lie sometimes to protect, I'm sure you've seen that first hand" Senior finished flashing a look at the Gibbs's, he knew the story.

Gibbs tensed, not liking where Senior was going with this one little bit.

"Don't you dare compare your actions & my mothers actions with them!" Tony replied, he was outraged "What they all went through & everything they did was to actually protect each other! None of them did anything to protect themselves! None of them were selfish in their actions, in their lies, they are the most selfless family I've met! You don't even compare!" how dare the man compare what he & his mother did to what the Gibbs family did.

"We did what we thought was best for you, we didn't want to loose a second child" Senior whispered.

Gibbs had seen a small part of Tony relax after his venting, but Senior's latest comment had brought him right back to the boil.

"Loose a second child? That's laughable!" Tony retorted "your idea of keeping a child, especially after you'd lost your first one & your wife was to what? Ignore him, ship him off to boarding schools & summer camps, forget him in hotels & basically leave him to be raised by teachers & camp counsellors... yea, great job you did there!"

That struck a cord with Senior "I'm sorry, but I was shattered Anthony, I couldn't cope for a very long time after I had lost your mother, I know what I did wasn't right or the best, but you managed to pull through, you've become a fine person, I'm... proud of the man you've become"

"No thanks to you!" Tony bit back "you know the only reason I am where I am is because of Gibbs! He was one of the first people to see past the mask I created & actually backed me! Trusted me to get the job done, had faith in me to do the job! He never let me get away with crap, he called me on it, made me accountable for my actions, which hey that was a new concept for me, should have gotten it when I was younger, but guess you were too busy 'closing deals'."

Gibbs did his best to swallow the pride he felt that was being directed at him.

"And I'll tell you something else for free, the reason I know I'll get through this! The family I have now! But especially, Shannon! She actually cares about me & my feelings, she never judges, never tells me to stop crying or to, what was it you said after my mother died 'go cry in your room' just so you didn't have to hear it. She just let me get it out & told me that I'd get through it, because she wouldn't let me not get through it! She'll help me! It's what a parent is supposed to do! Actually be there for their kids! If you were half the parent either of them were, you'd still not make it into the same ball park as them! They're both my parents more than you'll ever be! More than my mother ever was!"

Shannon & Gibbs both just stared at Tony, neither knew what to say to that, yea all three knew of their close bond, but to hear Tony of all people, Tony who is as good as Gibbs about talking about feelings, to say all of that, wow!

Senior didn't know what to say, he knew that he hadn't had the best relationship with his son growing up, but he hoped in the last few years that had changed. He knew Tony felt like Gibbs was a father figure, but to actually hear the words, it hurt, especially hearing Shannon was more a mother to him than his own "we had some good times, I know you & your mum certainly did, she loved you so much"

Tony looked at him shocked, after what he said to hear that as a reply? Really? "The odd good time doesn't compare to lifetime of lies! But I finally get my mother's Louis XV obsession, it wasn't about him, it was a way for her to dress me in clothes that were as close to feminine clothing as she couldn't possibly get away with! Not to mention the decor in my room! You know it gave me nightmares! And I guess I've also found out the reason why you both drank so much!"

"I know things were bad, but these last few years were ok?" Senior tried, he had to try to get his son to see some good.

"Why did you finally get back into contact with me? That account snafu could have been fixed without you coming to DC back then? What, you finally decided that you felt guilty for all the years of neglect?" Tony asked, he saw the reaction in his father's eyes, he was right.

"I used it as a way to try to bridge our broken relationship, wanted to make it up to you somehow, yes I admit that" Senior replied.

"I'm not here to make you feel better for your failings!" Tony bit back, he took a breath & turned for the first time in a while to look at Gibbs "I need Kells"

Gibbs was worried what he wanted Kelly for, but he texted her none the less.

Kelly came into the conference room almost instantly, she'd been hanging out in the hall, she was wondering how it was all going. She wondered what her parents were making of the news, she had heard some shouting, which was expected, it still didn't help her feel any better. As she entered she saw Tony up one end, he was beyond tense. Her parents were standing to the side in the middle of the room, they looked stunned, confused & worried, she understood it all. Senior was at her end of the conference table that she came in at, he looked... well, horrible.

Kelly stowed her curiosity of the man that she'd never met & made her way to the middle of room across from her parents, she looked to Tony "need something?"

Tony took a deep breath "yea, I want to file papers"

Kelly didn't like that "what kinda papers?" she shot her parents a worried look, both mirrored the worry.

"I want to disown him!" Tony said harshly "what's it called? Emancipation?"

This was what Kelly was afraid of "you sure about that?"

"Junior please!" Senior begged "that's not..."

"Shut up & don't call me that!" Tony bit back to his father "you cut me off when I was a kid, I'm simply finishing the process!"

As soon as Tony said it something came do his mind "Did you cut me off so that you'd have money for her!? Cause you know, as far as I know, you're fucking broke! Which hey, another lie you kept from me!"

Senior's eye widened "How could you even think that Anthony!" he couldn't believe his son thought he'd do something like that. "I love you son"

"How can I think that?" Tony barked back "seriously? You shipped me off! Cut me off! Coming back into my life now doesn't change that! You may love me, but you fucking lied to me, about something beyond serious! I thought I could handle your lie about your wealth status, but this, no! After today, I don't ever want to see you again! I will disown you!"

That's when it hit Tony, one of the reason's he'd broken down, yea finding out he had a sister was major shock to his system, especially the way he was told. But he realised something else, he'd actually learnt what it meant to be apart of a real family & a real family didn't lie to each other about anything, even the small things & his father just never seemed to stop lying amongst other things. It was the stark realisation that his family wasn't anywhere close to the real deal & knowing that he'd missed out on that was almost too hard to bare. Knowing he'd never really be able to trust his dad again to believe that what he said was the truth was too much for him to contemplate. The thing that kept him going was that he knew he was apart of a real family now, he could have complete faith that in his family now he knew that there were no lies, none of them lied about anything, truth always served things the best, he'd taken that mantra on & they were all thriving together. This gave Tony another thought of gratitude towards Gibbs, without him & he wouldn't be in a real family. He'd closed his eyes as he leaned back on the wall, deep in thought & only opened them when he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder, Shannon's.

Shannon was feeling beside herself, she didn't know what feeling was overriding what? The sorrow she felt for both men, the pain she felt Tony was going through, his anger, he was about to crack. She just didn't want him to do something in the heat of the moment he may regret, she moved towards him & spoke gently, trying to calm back down "Tony, give it some time, don't make a rash decision"

"Think about this Tony" Gibbs added, this was major decision & not one to make while he was so emotionally charged.

"No, I've thought about it enough, I don't want anything to do with him!" Tony replied, he turned to Kelly "can you do it?"

Kelly took a deep breath, her parents were right, this wasn't a decision he should make quickly, especially in such an emotional state but she wasn't going to say no, especially in front of Senior "I'll start the paperwork as soon as we're done here" that would give him some time to think about it.

"I wont sign it" Senior said, surely he had to sign it, he just couldn't to loose his son.

Kelly could see that Tony was looking murderous, he'd even taken a step towards her, clearly wanting to get past her to his father, she put a hand on his chest & then turned to Senior "Mr DiNozzo, while it is a simpler process to do when both parties agree & sign it off. It is still possible to enable when the parent doesn't sign & you can be certain that I will make it happen if that is Tony's wish, whether you approve or not. His wishes are the only things I am concerned with"

"Anthony, please" Senior begged, he just couldn't bare to loose him.

Tony shook his head "No, and you can have your stupid family signet ring back" he said pulling it off & throwing back down the table.

Senior couldn't believe this was happening! He'd always feared what his son's reaction would have been had he ever found out & the worst of his fears were coming true "Please Anthony...I... I can't loose you too"

"Too late!" Tony bit back "you should have thought about that earlier, heck you should have thought about that 40 fucking years ago!"

Shannon's heart was breaking, she could see both men were crumbling, Tony was extremely distressed at being lied to his entire life, which she totally understood. His father looked to be crumbling from his reaction & the very real chance that he'd loose his son, while she didn't agree with what he & his wife did, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for the man, he'd obviously had to deal with his fair share of heartache throughout his life.

Tony didn't think he could stomach to ask the questions that they needed to ask, he looked to Kelly "ask him the questions"

Kelly knew what questions he meant, but still "you don't want to do that?"

Tony shook his head, he leaned back against the wall, he wasn't sure he could do it.

"Can you first tell me how you found out?" Senior said almost begging, with each sentence his son spoke, he felt more & more hurt.

Kelly looked to Tony for confirmation & received a nod, she pulled out a pad of paper & pen & sat down a few chairs away from Senior "I'll explain how all this came up, but I need to clarify a few things first"

"Just tell me, please" Senior said now looking at Kelly for the real time, she was a beautiful young lady & those blue eyes were as bright as her father's "please" he added again, hoping she'd feel something towards him to help him.

Kelly could see the pain on the man's face "I know this is terribly difficult & confronting Mr DiNozzo, but I just need to clarify a few things first." she took a pause, gosh this was going to be difficult, she'd done interviews like this before but she was never this heavily invested.

Gibbs could see that his daughter was using all her strength to keep it together, he was standing in her line of sight & gave her a look to say 'you can do this'. It suddenly dawned on him how hard it must have been for her to not tell them about this earlier. He wished he could help her more, but he had no idea about what questions to even ask. All he could do was remain calm, if he tensed, so would she & Tony & that definitely wouldn't help at all.

Kelly saw not only her dad give her a confident look that told her she could do this, but her mum had done the same, she took a deep breath "when was the last time you or your wife had contact with your daughter?"

Senior just looked downwards "never, we never got to see her"

Kelly sighed, the man looked so down about it & why wouldn't he be? "you never tried to find her?" gosh this was hard..

"Couldn't, I don't even know what agency the adoption went through, the hospital handled it all anonymously. All we were allowed to do was give her a name" Senior answered, still not being able to look up.

"What did you name her?" Tony whispered, he needed to know, needed to know if the name she had was what they'd given her or if it'd been changed.

Senior finally looked up "Patricia Danielle" he said softly looking at his son.

Tony knew where that came from, Patricia was his mother's name, Danielle was the female version of his father's & his middle name, Daniel.

"Lovely name" Shannon commented, but she directed it towards Tony, she was able to draw a smile, which she was glad to see.

"Can you confirm when & where she was born?" Kelly asked.

"St Ann's Maternity Hospital, New York, she's... she's five years older than you, born December 24th, 1968" Senior answered looking towards his son "look... can you tell me..."

"You said you never tried to find her? But has she made contact with you?" Kelly asked interrupting him.

"NO!" Senior exclaimed "Like I said, I've never laid eyes on her! Will you tell me what is going on!?" he demanded standing up, he wanted to know what was going on.

Gibbs & Tony had both stepped forward to deal with him but Kelly held her hand up to stop them.

"I'll explain now Mr DiNozzo, but I must ask that you retake your seat please" Kelly said calmly, trying to draw on all her experience at keeping calm in tense situations, she also didn't want to aggravate the situation, Tony was relatively calm at the moment & she wanted to keep it that way.

Upon seeing him sit back down Kelly spoke, slowly & gently "Tony received a visit from a couple of INTERPOL Agents a few hours ago, it appears while you had no idea what happened to her & never looked, the same can't be said for her."

Senior shot a look upwards at her "she was trying to find us? Is she... is she ok?"

"Honestly... I can't say she is ok, at the moment she's missing" Kelly answered truthfully, she saw Senior was going to interrupt her, she continued quickly "Let me finish, you can then ask your questions"

Gibbs knew that it was something serious, he'd just have to wait for the answers he knew would come from his daughter, then they'd have to get moving to find her.

"Well firstly, let me tell you about her, at least what little we know or think we know. It appears that your daughter is a naval officer, a Commander to be exact, she apparently though had her name changed to Patricia Marie, Commander Patricia Marie Kaplan." she'd have shown him the file photo INTERPOL gave them, but Tony had insisted that his dad not see it, she tried to say he deserved to see it, but he was adamant that he not see it, so she couldn't go against his wishes.

Shannon wondered how they knew she was Tony's sister? Gibbs had to admit he was surprised to hear Tony's sister was a naval officer, he saw though a small smile playing on Tony's lips & returned it, just thankful that he was able to smile right now.

"But how do you know it's her?" Senior asked, to hear she was a naval officer was a feeling of pride though.

"Because she was looking for her family, my guess she was curious as to who they were, if she had any family out there" Kelly replied & continued "After she was discovered as missing, they searched her private computer & found various searches of various hospital & adoption records, but... but they also found that she'd somehow managed to run her own DNA against the federal database, it got a hit - Tony's" she finished blankly.

Senior was trying to process it, his daughter was trying to find them? But wait "What does INTERPOL have to do with it?"

"They're tasked with looking for her & wanted to know if she'd made contact with Tony" Kelly answered simply. She didn't let on about how she felt those agents handled the interview, she was disgusted by it, but that wouldn't be something she'd tell him.

That caught Gibbs attention, INTERPOL were tasked with finding her? NCIS should be doing that? Hmm... something was going on here!

"We have to find her!" Senior suddenly said, he had always felt terrible about having to give his daughter up, but now it appeared he could help, he needed to help her.

"We will find her, you will be leaving" Tony said finally breaking his silence.

"I can help... if you tell me a little more I can help... " Senior said, he felt like he needed to help.

"You don't even know where she's missing from or why!" Tony bit back

"Because you haven't told me that yet! I can help! I want to help!" Senior replied getting himself worked up too.

"I know you don't!" Tony answered with a death glare "you don't have clearance! We will find my sister! You will be leaving! I..."

Kelly had to interrupt "Actually, INTERPOL want to interview him, they just arrived" she'd just gotten a message from Kruse.

"I don't know anything!" Senior huffed.

"Then the chat should be quick & you can go on your merry way!" Tony retorted "Go back to New York with your soul mate & leave me, my sister, my family alone!"

"Anthony please, I'm... I'm... still your father, I'm your dad, I never stopped loving you & never will" Senior said, the thought of loosing his son was just too unbearable to contemplate.

"You might be my biological father, but you're not my dad, not even my family. Dad's, family's don't lie to their kids like you've done!" Tony bit back "you know, I think I may even envy my sister, at least she would have had a chance to grow up in a loving environment & not be stuck with liars!" he added.

Shannon held another breath she saw that Tony's comments had yet again really affected his father, she shared a worried look her husband & daughter, all three were holding their breaths.

Senior didn't know what else he could do, say, his son was obviously too angry to listen to him "I hope one day you can forgive me"

"Unlikely" Tony replied "And I already said, after today, I don't want to see you again!"

Kelly thought it best to get Senior out before even more was said "Mr DiNozzo, Agent Kruse is in the hall, he will escort you to the INTERPOL agents, so they can speak with you. He'll then arrange transport for you back to your hotel"

Gibbs just watched as Tony stared at his father as he left the room, neither unable to say anything further.

A/N: Senior's shattered, Tony's still fuming & I'd say the Gibbs's are all still holding their breaths, but they are all very concerned about it all. Can Tony calm down about it all enough to change his mind about the emancipation? What exactly is Tony's sister, Commander Kaplan involved in with INTERPOL?

I'll just let you digest that, you know I love hearing your thoughts, so let me know what you thought about that conversation! More up soon!