A/N: Here we are, another chapter folks! To my latest followers/favourties, I'm so happy to have you with us on this journey! To my reveiwers, thank you so much! I love hearing your comments, they truly inspire me & bring a smile to face whenever I read them, so thank you!
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Sue Dooley: thank you! So glad you enjoyed the chapter!
I wonder: thanks for your comments, I can totally understand where your coming from, Tony's going into this & trying to find her, and they don't even know what Patricia knows or if she's interested in her bioloical family. All they know is what she supposedly did & that could be fake? I assure you that it's definitely something that will be dealt with when the time comes.
Now, I think it's time for Mike & Tim to meet, don't you?
Tony couldn't take his eyes off the guy now, everything else had been put the back of his mind as he tried to take everything in about him, he was definitely one tough looking marine, very squared away. Oh who was he kidding, this guy looked liked someone that could pummel almost anyone. He followed him & Gibbs back down to his squad area, keen to see how things would go with Tim.
Gibbs knew that with the cat out of the bag, it would be almost impossible to keep 'who' Mike was a secret, even after having promised his girl that he wouldn't introduce them & let her do it, thankfully that's when he saw her come off the lifts.
Kelly walked into the squad room, she saw her dad, Mike & Tony all coming down the stairs, she smiled at them before heading over to Tim "Morning"
Tim was surprised to say the least to see her "Morning! What are you doing here? You should be on your way to the hearing soon no?"
Kelly smiled "just collecting dad" but she saw the look on Tony's face, had he worked out who Mike was? Guess she'd have to do the introductions pretty much straight away.
"Morning angel" Gibbs smiled "the other's downstairs?"
"yea, all ready & raring" Kelly replied.
Gibbs nodded, he then flashed a look around, he had to admit, he was intrigued at what was about to occur, he also could see that Tony was feeling just as intrigued.
Tim again felt the weight of the stare that the marine captain was giving him, he wondered why this guy was interested in him so much.
Kelly took a deep breath & went stood near Mike "Guys, there's someone I want you to meet. This is marine Captain Michael Bond, he's apart of the Fit for Future task force & is a good friend of mine"
Tim's eyes widened at who this guy was, this was her ex from Houston? this was him? Not only had he filled out since he was in college, but he looked even more of a tough guy than he thought possible. He just watched as Kelly introduced him to the team, he brought himself to his full height wanting to try to prove that he was just as tall & built, well, maybe not as built.. but still.
Kelly had made all the introductions, except one, she saw that Tim had worked out just who Mike was "Mike, this is Senior Field Agent Tim McGee, Tim this Captain Michael Bond"
Tony watched as Tim & Mike gave each other firm stares, he saw Ziva hadn't worked it out, he was right to her & whispered "Bond, Mike Bond, Kelly's ex from Houston"
Ziva looked at Tony surprised, she then realised just why Tim was looking like he was.
"Good to meet you Agent McGee" Mike said formally, with his hand out awaiting the handshake.
"Likewise Captain Bond" Tim replied, as he reached for the handshake.
Kelly gave her dad a look, both of them were still staring at each other, she wasn't sure what to do next.
Gibbs could very well see that both Mike & Tim were just standing there staring at each other, both were clearly trying to make the other flinch first. "Given his status on the task force in working with Commander Kaplan, Captain Bond has been assigned to help us out until we clear this up"
Mike was curious about the guy & wanted to test something "Guubess Ubi'll bube ubarubound fubor uba whubile" he stated looking Tim squarely in the eye.
"Uba whubile ubisubn't lubong ubenubough tubo wuborruby mube" Tim replied confidently after a minute of working out what he had to say to reply. He was shocked though that this guy knew a language like this! This marine tough guy knew a geek style language? Ok then!
Mike raised his eyebrow impressed, but still "Ubi'm lubookubing fuborwubard tubo bubeubing ubabuble tubo cubatch ubup wubith KG & thube squubirt quubite uba bubit" he said, he wondered if he could rile him.
"Ubi'd subay thubat wube'll bube tuboo bubusuby tubo hubave mubuch tubime fubor thubat" Tim replied, tensing a little, this wasn't the easiest conversation he was having & it had been a while since he'd last spoken this language.
Tony was utterly confused at the language they were speaking, it wasn't really a grunting language so he knew it couldn't be Vulcan, which he knew Tim knew & it wasn't pig latin, that one he knew. He could see he wasn't alone in confusion, everyone, barring Kelly was looking utterly confused.
Kelly was shocked, she knew that they both could speak well, gibberish, at least a dialect of it, she'd learnt that during some more interesting moments with each of them. But to do it in the manner & scene here like they were doing, where did she go with that? They were still just standing there staring at each, neither were giving an inch "Ubare yubou twubo dubone? Mubaybe yubou shubould gubet uba ruboom?"
Mike & Tim both looked at her at the same time.
"Guess he'll do" Mike commented.
"I'll do?" Tim asked feeling quite put out, who'd this guy think he was?
"That's what I said wasn't it?" Mike retorted
Tim took a step forward wanting to retort back but got stopped.
"Boys, enough!" Kelly interjected as she manoeuvred herself between them, she looked at them both "behave! Or... else"
"Just having some fun, all's good" Mike took a step back giving her a smile, he turned back to McGee "I'm impressed with your gibberish"
Tim watched him retreat "that dialect is actually called Ubbi Dubbi"
"I'm aware" Mike replied, he turned to Kelly again "got my phone by any chance?"
"Yes, you left it charging in the kitchen" Kelly replied passing it to him.
Tim had watched that exchange & wondered why she have his phone? Why had it been charging in their kitchen?
Kelly saw Tim's curiosity, best to get the explanation out of the way "Mike came ahead of the task force to secure billing at the lodge. He had some spare time last night & surprised us at our place. We then made the connection between him & Patricia, so we ended up going through quite a bit before we all crashed for a few hours. At 05 this morning dad & Mike got back up & headed in to try to get things going again"
Mike saw he was getting stared at by Tim, he'd give the guy a break "I crashed on the couch mate"
That made Tim feel mildly better, none the less as he was standing in front of his desk with Kelly right next to him, he pulled her close before replying "surprised you didn't go back to the lodge, what with it only 5 minutes away"
"Wasn't allowed to" Mike replied eyeing him "got veto'd from going anywhere. Mrs G wanted to make sure I got as much sleep as possible, given we were getting back up so soon"
Tony had been watching on, just like everyone else, with utter curiosity, though he saw that Silva & Zuse were even more confused given they didn't know the history, but the title he'd just used for Shannon had caught him off guard, he called her Mrs G? That was so... casual compared to the Mrs Gibbs or ma'am they all had to address her as. He saw that while Ziva was surprised at the title Tim was looking put out by that very difference.
Kelly knew what they were both doing, Tim was trying lay claim to her, he was squeezing her to death! Mike on the other hand, was trying to show how close he was to her mum, trying to rile him, she extricated herself from Tim's hold "I'm going now, I'm not going to come back & find you both with bumps & bruises am I?"
"Left my boxing gloves at home KG" Mike smirked.
"As if that makes any difference" Kelly retorted "behave!"
Kelly turned back to Tim "play nice, please" she leaned in closer "I'm with you remember? So chill!" she finished giving him quick peck on the lips.
Tim smiled & returned to kiss, keenly aware that Mike was watching, he had to admit, he was feeling a lot more confident now that she'd made the move to kiss him in front of Mike. Coming out of the kiss "Ok, I'll play nice"
Kelly rounded & looked at Mike & gave him a good stare.
Mike smiled holding his hands up "I surrender! I know that look"
Kelly grinned.
"Know that one too" Mike remarked
"Ow shush you!" Kelly retorted.
Gibbs had had to take a few steps back, he really wasn't sure how to handle this. That language they were speaking he'd had no idea what it was, he'd never heard it before & had no idea what they were saying. But having the two of them standing toe to toe both trying assert themselves, it was a strange sight, especially considering the common denominator was his daughter. His daughter he thought, time to put both of them in their places!
Gibbs stepped forward & put a hand on his daughter's back "we're leaving, keep going on everything. Anything urgent comes up, my phone's on silent, just message me" he finished as he moved his hand to his daughter's far arm & brought her into his side, he then looked to Tim & Mike "you two... " he started but he was actually lost for words.
Kelly looked up to her dad & wondered what he was going to say, she knew though what he was doing, he was trying to show both of them who in her dad's mind she 'belonged to'.
"Sir?" Mike questioned "Boss?" Tim asked.
Gibbs looked again between them "park whatever this is for another time, there's more important things to concentrate on"
Mike & Tim flashed each other a look, he was right. They just nodded, knowing full well this wasn't over, but would have to be picked up at a later time.
Shannon sat right between her daughter & husband, Jack was on his other side & all of them were in the front row of the gallery at the tribunal. They were right behind the desk where Nix sat with the club's representatives, being the Club Counsel Mr Tevez & the team Manager Mr Alvez. The hearing had been going for well over 30 minutes & thus far the bureaucratic nonsense had basically meant so far all that had happened was an explaining of the event, the current ban & the possible outcomes, when were they going to get to actually being able to argue the case? She could see her husband was clearly feeling the strain just like her.
Kelly listened as Tevez started the case for dismissing her brother's red card, he showed the video footage, which clearly shows that Nix was in the right & the referee was in the wrong. A referee who wasn't actually present! She couldn't believe the man wasn't there to defend his decision, that just pissed her off! She wanted to meet this man!
Tevez could already tell which way this hearing was going, there was a good chance they wouldn't increase the ban, but they'd keep the automatic one match ban in place, which normally is better than nothing. He knew though that the reserve team's depth was down to the bare bones & they desperately needed Phoenix cleared to be able to play on the weekend.
Tevez then had an idea "Se si vuole, il vostro onore vorrei chiedere Ms Kelly Gibbs a dire poche parole, credo che lei potrebbe aggiungere qualcosa di valido da questa udienza" he spoke humbly (If it pleases you, your honour I would like to ask Ms Kelly Gibbs to say a few words, I believe she could add something valuable to this hearing)
Jack watched as the trio presiding over the matter shared some looks & nodded. He wasn't quite sure what had been said, but he understood his granddaughter's name, so he presumed Tevez was asking if she could speak.
Kelly was glad that Tevez had asked for her to speak, she'd give them a piece of her mind! She saw though the look her parents were giving her, it was a 'behave yourself' look.
"If you would prefer you may speak english" Judge Ancelani offered
Kelly put on her best lawyer smile "Non necessario, il mio italiano è più che sufficiente per vedere attraverso di me" (Not necessary, my Italian is more than adequate to see me through)
Ancelani looked at her surprised, he wasn't expecting to her sound so fluent "A lei la parola" (You have the floor"
"Grazie" Kelly smiled (thank you) Here & now, like many times since moving to Naples she had to like the fact that her mum had pushed her into so many extra classes when she was at school, her Italian classes were definitely paying off now!
Gibbs watched as Kelly got some papers out of her briefcase, he prayed she'd able to do it, because from what he understood, they weren't likely to agree to the rescinding of the red card thus far.
"Non ho intenzione di preoccuparsi di parlare di motivi per revocare il cartellino rosso, sappiamo tutti che non era una carta di reato rosso" Kelly began (I'm not going to bother to talk about reasons to rescind the red card, we all know that it wasn't a red card offence)
Nix watched as the trio of officiators looked at his sister a little surprised, he knew this was going to be good! He sat back & just watched as the show begun.
A/N: Ow! So the meeting was interesting! Who knew that those 2 guys could speak well, gibberish & yes, that will be explained. How will the 2 boys go getting along?
And just how will Kelly go with those judges? Can she do anything to help the cause or will she well, loose her temper.
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