A/N: Another chapter folks! To my newest followers/favourites welcome abroad! To my awesome reviewers, you rock! Love hearing your thoughts!
To guest reviewer Sue Dooley: Thank you so much, I'm so glad you're enjoying my story as much as you are!
Now, let's get straight into it..
Gibbs headed into MTAC & saw Tristan already in conversation with Vance "Director" he greeted.
"Gibbs" Vance greeted, he was stuck for words, he'd just been briefed on everything & all he could say was crap! He really didn't know where to start "How's DiNozzo?" that was as good as place as any.
"He'll get there" Gibbs answered.
Vance took that as the only answer he'd get "any news on those men? Have you secured the base?"
"Kruse & Donnelly are spearheading the search for them sir, given we're onto it fairly quickly we should be able to track them down before they get very far" Tristan answered "and yes, the base is on alert, if anything develops further we'll reassess the security measures & look at lockdown, but right now we have no evidence that there's an actual threat to warrant that"
"Ok, now about…" Vance started.
"We've only started digging into Commander Kaplan's details & whereabouts" Gibbs interrupted "the team's trying to find her, they're making contact with our London office, trying to get in touch with the training base they were apparently at. Kelly's asked her DC office to investigate the adoption from stateside, we need to confirm that she really is Tony's sister"
Tristan was a little taken by the way in which Gibbs interrupted Vance, but by the look on the Director's face, he was used to it.
"They said she was part of the NATO team looking at various bases around Europe & the Mideast?" Vance asked.
"That's what they claimed" Gibbs replied.
Vance considered it "I don't know of anything of a sort taking place, and I'd think that if something like that was to happen, we'd know about it"
"Gee, bad guys lying, who'd have thought" Gibbs retorted.
Vance hid the smirk, Tristan was right, he was reverting to the 'old' Gibbs, gee… this was going to be fun! "Whatever resources you need for this, use it. You need more man power, bring them in from other satellite offices, let me know what we can do to help from here"
Gibbs rolled his eyes, like he wouldn't do that anyway?
"Thank you Director" Tristan replied, she then saw McGee enter.
Vance just nodded at Tristan as he saw McGee approach "Agent McGee"
"Director" Tim greeted.
Gibbs eyed him "you got something?"
"Yes boss" Tim answered, he'd gotten used to the 'new' Gibbs that seeing the 'old' one, was a little off putting.
Vance could see the look on Tim's face, clearly they were trying to comprehend the Gibbs they were now dealing with because he'd remained silent "care to share McGee?" he asked before Gibbs could get a word in.
"Right, sorry Director" Tim said, he had to snap out of it.
Taking a further breath Tim started "spoke with training base in Norfolk. They did a receive a visit from some US officers that were being shown around by their British counterparts, but it wasn't an official NATO team by any stretch & they left there 10 days ago. "
"Could they confirm if Kaplan was a part of the team?" Tristan asked.
"Yes ma'am she was" Tim confirmed "they were housed on-site for their 3 day visit, but all were processed out together. Ziva & Silva are trying to find out where they went after that"
"Anything else?" Gibbs asked.
"Kruse has headed out to run down the addresses that were on their cred's & Donnelly is running them through the system trying to figure out who they really are" McGee reported.
"Ok, so go get back to what you & Kelly were doing before McGee" Gibbs ordered "now" he asserted.
"Yes boss" McGee replied, and headed straight out.
Vance was just watching Gibbs, they needed to speak privately "Megan, could I get you to give us a moment please?" he asked before turning to the operators on his end & clearing the room.
"Of course sir" Tristan replied "clear the room people" she ordered ushering the operators out of the room, she was hoping that he'd speak to Gibbs about his demeanour and if it didn't work, she'd need pointers on how to deal with him!
Gibbs just eyed Vance & only spoke once both rooms were clear "something I can do for you Director?"
Kelly was exhausted by the time she got home, she checked her watch, it was 19:15, she'd have 45 minutes before Tevez was supposed to arrive. Dumping her gear on the hall table she proceeded inside & collapsed onto the couch.
Shannon came downstairs as she saw her daughter fall onto the couch, she came up & perched herself next to her "tired angel?"
"Wake me when he gets here" Kelly replied, closing her eyes.
"Not hungry?" Shannon asked.
"I'm more tired than hungry" Kelly answered.
Shannon gave a sad smile "any news?"
"What'd you hear last?" Kelly asked.
"That the team Kaplan was a part of had gone to Abu Dhabi from the UK & that by luck they're on a flight headed here, landing at midnight" Shannon answered.
"Did you hear though that Kaplan wasn't on the flight? She'd apparently left early on during their stay there" Kelly said, still with her eyes closed "can I sleep now?"
Shannon smiled "of course angel, just one more question. What's dad's mood like?"
This caused Kelly to finally open one eye, she just looked at her mum.
Shannon sighed "that's what I thought, get some rest angel, I'll wake you soon"
Kelly pushed herself up "no, I should probably eat something, we have any coffee?"
Shannon smiled "fresh off the boil, come on angel, let me get you something to eat to go with it" she said as she took her under her arm "you ok?"
"yea, tired… really tired, but ok, it's just all screwed up" Kelly replied slumping down onto a stool at their breakfast bar.
"Well, we've come through many screw ups & lived to tell the tale, so we can do it again, no?" Shannon asked "Do I need to remind you about what dad said with F9?"
Kelly yawned "no"
Shannon turned from the stove & smiled, her girl had rested her head on her hand that was sitting on the breakfast bar, her eyes were closed, she was obviously tired "I think as soon as Tevez leaves, it's bed time" the only reply she got was a small nod, she opened the oven to retrieve some food.
"Worst case scenario is that you get a 3 match ban & have an extended winter break, but the club will fight to avoid that Phoenix, you were clearly in the right. I'm going to do my best to get the red card rescinded, but the tribunal aren't known for their leniency, even when they know the referee made a mistake, so you should prepare yourselves for that outcome." Tevez said to Nix.
"I know, thank you" Nix replied.
"I'll read the booklet on tribunal edict tonight, and I've made a few notes on your ideas, I hope you don't mind" Kelly said.
"Not at all Kelly, sometimes having a fresh set of eyes looking at the way I'm going to tackle the defence brings new ideas, so they are welcomed, it's one of the reasons I came over" Tevez replied. He looked down at the 'notes' she'd made & there were more than just a few, he'd have to go through it carefully.
"I'll see you tomorrow then, have a lovely evening, but you'll have to excuse me now" Kelly replied, she needed sleep!
"Yes of course, just make sure you're there by 08:30, we don't want to run the risk of getting there late due to traffic" Tevez said.
"We will" Nix replied as he stood up to see Tevez out.
"Please tell you mother thank you for the coffee & cake, I look forward to getting this mess sorted out tomorrow Phoenix" Tevez said heading for the door.
He paced & paced, this was why he'd put his hand up to be the one to come early, so why couldn't he do this? He looked at his watch 21:00, not late enough to not be able to go in, but he had to go soon. Arggh, he didn't think he'd be so nervous, he wasn't nervous on the flight at all, in fact he was really looking forward to it, he wanted to do this but he just couldn't help being nervous.
It had been a good few years since he'd seen them last, maybe 3 years, but he'd kept in touch other ways. Then everything had happened, he couldn't really believe it, he had felt utter fury & heart break, not to mention confusion all rolled up together. After hearing about it all he'd taken himself on a 6 mile (10kms) run, then he'd hit the gym & the punching bags for a good hour & lastly he hit the shooting range, he just needed to get all his frustrations & anger that had boiled up inside out. His biggest issue though was that he'd wanted to come see them ever since he'd heard, but work kept getting in the way, so now that he was here why couldn't he go in?
As he continued to pace he tried to work out just why he was so nervous? He was not a person that got nervous, the last time he was this nervous was years ago, may years ago! He was so deep in thought that he didn't see the door open, it wasn't until he heard the voices that he stopped his pacing abruptly & looked up.
"Thank you Phoenix, I will see you tomorrow" Tevez replied heading out.
"Yes, we'll see you then" Nix replied, be he scanned the street front & his eyes widened in complete surprise at who he saw.
Tevez saw the shock on Nix's face "are you ok?"
Nix flashed him a look "fine, good actually, just someone I haven't seen in ages, I'll see you tomorrow"
"Very well, good evening" Tevez replied & headed off.
Nix watched as the guy came closer, he couldn't believe he was here! This was awesome! "007!" he grinned.
Mike had to smile at that, it had relaxed him "Squirt!"
A/N: ow! It's 007 Mike! For those that don't remember, he's Kelly ex from back in Houston, the one that she... you know... became a woman with, lol.
Just how will things go with the introductions between Mike & the family, what will Gibbs think? And just what is Mike doing in Naples?
More up soon! Remember, I love hearing your thoughts, so review away!