A/N: Hi folks, I know, longer wait than you were wanting, all I can say is life is hectic! So thank you for bareing with me! To my latest followers/favourites, welcome, so glad to have you on these continuing adventures! My reviewers, you all just rock! I love hearing your thoughts/comments, they bring such a smile to my face & definitely keep me inspried!

For my guest reviewers:

Sue Dooley: Thanks, so glad you liked it!

Momcat: thanks for the review, glad you enjoyed it, but I will say, unfortunately I will not be changing the way I reference Tim/Kelly, I quite like Telly, and there's a reason for it.. but that will be explained later on..

Let's get right into it...

"Thank you petty officer" Kelly nodded as she took the paperwork, she looked through it, brilliant! Wu had sent her some awesome stuff from the DOD. She sat back down in a chair in Judge Everett's office, they were waiting for him to get out of court. She'd agreed with her dad about going to him, knowing he'd be the best bet to get the warrant signed.

Tim watched as she flipped through it all & organised it all, he wondered how much longer they'd have to wait for the judge, they'd been waiting a while already "Got enough?"

Kelly lifted her head "you offend me!" she smirked "I could get it even without this stuff."

Tim felt a challenge coming on & wanting to move her thoughts on from Mann & everything, decided to stroke the fire "yea?"

"You're on!" Kelly grinned, she sat back & rested "Did Mann really think we wouldn't be able to get the warrant?" she couldn't believe it, this would be one of the easiest ones "and what exactly is she like?"

On hearing Mann's name he zoned out, he was really curious about how Gibbs' conversation with Mann had gone. Tony had messaged him earlier to say he'd been let out & that the pair had just been staring at each other.

"Tim, hello!" Kelly called again.

Tim shook his head "Sorry Kell, what'd you say?"

"I asked what that Mann lady was like?" Kelly repeated, wondering where his mind had gone, she'd let her other question go.

Tim swallowed "why do you want to know Kells? It's not like your dad will allow her to be around anymore than required" he didn't think he should be entering this conversation with her.

"I'm curious Tim, I know she was a Colonel in Army CID, so she's gotta have smarts, probably a good investigator & interrogator, but aside from that what is she like?" Kelly asked, she knew the basics, but wanted more "I know she worked cases with you" she added

Tim knew she wouldn't leave it alone "well, it was mainly just on the job stuff I dealt with her on, but she was always neat, not really that tech savvy & oh, she knows about your dad's rule 13" he thought it might be kind of fun if Kelly knew Hollis knew about that rule.

"That so?" Kelly asked "Now, when you say not tech savvy, was she like dad used to be? Better? Worse?" she was trying to get a gage.

"Ahh, I remember once Abs said she thought she was on par, or maybe slightly better" Tim replied, he could see her mind spinning already.

Kelly smirked, but she saw the Judge come into the room & rose instantly, she saw Tim do likewise "Judge Everett"

"Judge" Tim nodded also rising to his feet.

Everett nodded "Ms Gibbs, Agent McGee, my clerk says you need a warrant signed?" he asked taking a seat & motioning them to do likewise.

"Yes your honour, we need access to the personal email accounts, premises & alike belonging to Andre Withers" Tim confirmed.

"We'd also like to get a warrant for Rudolf Guthrie & his properties" Kelly added

Tim should have been surprised, but he wasn't, she was one of the most thorough people he knew.

"And what's so special about them?" Everett asked

Kelly knew that all it would take would be a few sentences "your honour Andre Withers & Rudolf Guthrie impersonated two INTERPOL Agents, used the fake credentials to gain access to the marine base, this base, a crime scene, and the NCIS building where they interrogated NCIS Supervisory Special Agent DiNozzo, in my presence. Andrew's Withers is also a person of interest for his participation on a dark web exchange that the DOD are trying to bring down. It's believed he's had dealings with gun-running, drug trafficking and the slave trade, as well being an overall mercenary for hire" she finished as she passed him paperwork details on the fake credentials & ID's, but not the paperwork Wu had sent.

Everett's eyes widened as he looked through the paperwork "this looks in order, but I see nothing about the exchange?"

"Your honour, I have all the paperwork right here" she lifted the bundle & continued "but given what we've said & what you've got in front of you, surely that's enough. I would hate for you to have to read all of this now, I'm sure you're more than ready to call it a day" Kelly finished with a small smile.

Everett gave her sly smile "I'm touched about your concern for my time Ms Gibbs"

Tim flashed a look between the pair, he was unsure which way it would go.

"So why don't we trade, you give me that pile for light reading & I will give you the warrants" Everett finished, she was right, the paperwork she'd already provided was enough, the INTERPOL impersonation was more than enough for the warrant alone, but he wanted to read the other details "I will call you when you can collect it again."

"Of course your honour" Kelly replied & passed him the paperwork, she then handed him the 2 warrants "the warrants for your signature your honour"

Everett signed them "thank you & there you go" he passed them back "now, if you'll excuse me, I have some reading to attend to"

"Of course, that you for your time your honour" Kelly smiled as she headed out of the office.

Tim pushed open the door out of JAG, he was glad it was done, but it took a while, he saw the triumphant grin on Kelly's face "Nice work"

Kelly raised her eyebrow "that was the easiest warrant I've secured in ages, no idea why Mann thought it would be so troublesome to get"

Tim had to admit she had a point, why wouldn't the judge sign off on it given they'd faked INTERPOL cred's to get to them "can't say, but she's probably not thinking too clearly, she was pretty shocked"

Kelly just smirked as they entered the NCIS building, she considered how best to handle this!

"Kelly!" Lt Andrews called

"Hey Lieutenant" Kelly greeted.

"Hi, Hey Agent McGee" Lt Andrews replied.

"Lieutenant" Tim greeted

"Your brother mentioned he'd be able to grab me a pair of tickets for tomorrow's game, said you'd have them" Andrews said.

Kelly nodded "Sure, they're up in my dad's office, come up when you get a spare minute & you can grab them"

"Thanks, should be able to get away in a few" Andrews smiled

"See you then" Kelly nodded, as she headed for the lift with Tim.

Tim smiled as he entered the lift, he was glad that Kelly seemed to be in a much better mood! But he saw her suddenly stop the lift mid-climb, this was one trait she'd taken onboard from her dad with open arms.

Kelly turned & smiled at Tim, she'd already dropped her bag & wrapped her arms around his neck giving him a quick kiss.

Tim returned the kiss but was curious "what was that for?"

"Cause we haven't had a spare minute & I wanted to" Kelly answered, things had been so chaotic they'd barely had a spare minute to catch up, she was feeling it & needed a moment with him.

Tim nodded, they certainly hadn't had any spare moments & he was feeling it too, he leaned back in for another kiss, which was returned "maybe tonight we can find an hour"

The pair just smiled at each other until they heard a loud thump & a yell "stop hogging the lift!"

Tim rolled his eyes as he fell out of the embrace, he saw Kelly grab her bag & switch the lift back on, when they arrived at the required floor he let Kelly leave first.

Kelly smiled at Sam "Hi" who had obviously been the one to yell.

Sam smirked "sorry to interrupt you two"

Kelly smirked "you should be"

Tim just smiled as he followed "lift's yours"

"Thanks" Sam commented, before Gibbs, DiNozzo & the others had been on the scene, the lift was used for lift purposes, now, that lift was being used for so much more!

Kelly saw Ziva & Wu "hey, where's dad?" asked, she wanted to add 'where's Mann', but thought better off it.

"Here" Gibbs called coming down the stairs, he was about to call them, they'd been gone a while & he was getting worried.

Kelly looked up & saw that her dad was leading down a whole contingent, he had Tony, Mike, Tristan & that Mann lady all following him down.

Wu could see some paper playing in between Kelly's figures & couldn't wait for the others "is that the warrant? Did you get it?"

Kelly turned to him surprised & eyed him carefully "I'm honestly offended, Tiang!"

Wu's eyes widened "hey! I was just asking" he hated his first name, and he knew she knew it.

Kelly raised her eyebrow "you accuse me of not being able to get a simple warrant & I call you by your first name, Tiang"

Tony had to give a small chuckle "what took you so long anyway?" he just couldn't himself in baiting the situation, even in the present situation, he caught Tim's sly grin at his comment.

Kelly turned to him "Judge Everett was in court, we had to wait for him to get out! Which he did 20 minutes ago, so I think I was rather fast" she considered sticking her tongue out, but given Tristan & that Mann lady's presence, she thought better of it.

Gibbs hid his smirk, he could see Hollis was getting confused again, not to mention taken aback.

Tristan was used to this baiting, and usually it was fun to watch, but they didn't really have time "thank you for your help in securing the warrant Kelly, it's much appreciated"

"No problem ma'am, happy to help" Kelly nodded "I also secured a warrant for everything pertaining to Rudolf Guthrie" she added

"Wu, get to work" Gibbs motioned, he was proud that his girl had thought to go that extra mile.

"Sure boss" Wu confirmed, he carefully approached Kelly "could I get those?" he asked carefully

Kelly smirked "since you asked so nicely, sure"

Hollis was stunned, the star lawyer was his daughter? & while it had been a while, she couldn't believe she'd gotten it "you're the fancy lawyer? And you got the warrant already?"

Gibbs felt a spike of his protective instincts come to the fore, but he saw that his girl was going to reply, so he'd let her go first.

Kelly faced & narrowed her eyes on the woman "You have a problem with me being a lawyer? And just because the lawyers you've dealt with aren't up to scratch & couldn't argue their way to getting a simple warrant really isn't my problem."

Hollis couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu, that stare, those eyes, my goodness, the similarities, ouch! She just didn't know how to respond "ahh…."

Mike had been briefed on just 'who' this Hollis Mann lady was, and while he wasn't quite sure how to act towards her, he loved the way Kelly was dealing with her.

"Well?" Kelly prodded "I would have thought a former Army CID Colonel would be better equipped to answer such simple questions"

Tony's eyes widened, he saw that while Kelly had a mask of complete stone, he knew she'd be totally grinning on the inside. He could see Ziva was shocked at the current predicament, Mike looked intrigued, Tristan, well she wasn't quite sure how she was taking this, because he believed she still didn't know 'who' Mann was. He then looked at Gibbs, he'd changed his chance ever so slightly, to position himself to stand even more slightly between the pair, he couldn't really read the look on his face right now, which he was really annoyed at.

Lt Andrew's was glad to get a moment free to grab those tickets, and was heading up to see Kelly when he saw, not just her but a whole group of people, he took a stance a small distance away, not wanting to interrupt.

Hollis took a breath "I have no problems with lawyers" she finally answered

"And here I thought you were on board with the old rule 13" Kelly retorted.

Hollis flashed a look between Gibbs & her, unsure what exactly to say, she was certainly talking like a lawyer.

Kelly loved that Mann was looking totally uncomfortable, but she saw Andrews "here to get those tickets Lieutenant?"

Andrews took a step closer once he'd been addressed "yes please" he nodded

"Of course" Kelly nodded, motioning him to follow but she faced Mann for one last time "and just for the record, the day I can't get a simple warrant pertaining to felons who impersonated federal agents, on a military base no less is the day I hand in my bar association membership!" she finished with a glare. She had no clue why this lady thought the warrant would be so troublesome to obtain?

Hollis really didn't know what to say, and she'd just realised that she was right about the warrant, she'd only recalled it being difficult to obtain given the dark web matter, she hadn't thought about it from the INTERPOL impersonation perspective, whoops! But she knew her mind wasn't exactly clear right now, she was stumped as to what to do, say or how to act.

McGee watched as Kelly basically stormed up the stairs, with a very confused & hesitant Lt Andrews following in her wake, he saw surprise dawn on Mann's face & that Gibbs was just eyeing her off, he needed to get out of there! "I'm going to go help Wu with those email accounts" he announced to no one in particular.

Tony & Mike both nodded in agreement & followed him, neither wanting to stay there for whatever was going to happen.

Mike heard the lift ding as he followed Tony & his eyes instantly widened, shit! "Mrs G" he greeted hesitantly, but a little louder than normally required, hoping Gibbs would hear.

Shannon smiled "Michael" she greeted.

Gibbs eyes flashed to Mike's direction upon hearing his greeting, what on earth was she doing here now? But he didn't hesitate & moved towards her instantly "Hi, didn't expect to see you here" he said as he approached & gave her a quick kiss. He was sure they'd spoken this morning about her not coming in & him ducking home for a quick moment later in the evening.

Shannon came out of the kiss & smiled "Kells mentioned a few people were running low on sugar & that given you were getting dinner ordered, perhaps dessert would be required as well, and I was in a baking mood" she finished lifting a bag.

"She did huh?" Gibbs smirked, hmm… he needed a conversation with his daughter! Seemed an order got disobeyed.

"Problem?" Shannon genuinely confused.

"None babe, all's good" Gibbs smiled, but he took a deep breath knowing what was coming.

"Good" Shannon smiled "speaking of… where is she?"

"My office, giving Lt Andrews some match tickets" Gibbs answered "let's go join her" he saw Jonas had taken note of the package in Shannon's hands, he looked in a separate direction "Captain" he called ushering Mike closer

"Sir?" Mike enquired.

"These items are to remain in the bag, until after dinner is consumed" Gibbs ordered passing him the bag "anddd" he added but looked at Jonas "Jonas eats last!" he smirked.

Jonas's smile dropped, damn! He'd seen the recent stash & was dying for some cookies.

Mike nodded "will do sir"

Shannon smiled at Mike, but turned to husband "if you bar Jonas, you need to bar Mike, his stomach is bottomless!"

Mike smirked "just ate, so they're safe for maybe an hour"

Gibbs smirked but he could feel some eyes on him & knew who they belong to.

Hollis couldn't help just stare at the woman who apparently was Shannon, she was extremely attractive, even in her casual jeans & blouse. She just watched the pair interact with each other, since she'd arrived on the floor, their hands had been intertwined never releasing, and their interactions with that marine captain was also telling, seemed this man knew the family?

Shannon started towards the stairs when she saw a lady almost staring at her, she then felt her husband squeeze her hand more tightly "Hello?"

Gibbs could see the curiosity on Shannon's face at being stared at, he took a breath & pulled her into his side tightly "Shannon, this is DOD Agent Hollis Mann, formally with Army CID. Hollis Mann, my wife Shannon Gibbs" he finished flashing a look between the pair.

Shannon's eyes widened instantly, and she took a stronger grip on her husband's far waist that she'd been holding onto anyway, what on earth was she doing here? "Hello, what brings you to Naples, weren't you retired & living in Hawaii?" she asked, wanting the woman to know she knew exactly who she was.

Hollis swallowed, her stare was just as off-putting as Gibbs's was "Hello" she greeted before taking another breath, she was about to reply when Gibbs beat her to it.

"She's got interest in Withers from a separate case, she came hoping to speak with him, but she's staying a short while to try to lend a hand in figuring out who might have hired him & see the connections, if any with Tony's sister" Gibbs explained

"I see" Shannon surmised, not really liking the fact that this woman was now hanging around because of Tony's sister's case "I'm sure you're very busy then, so we'll let you go, because finding Patricia is one of our highest priorities"

Hollis just watched as the pair walked up the stairs, she needed to clear her head! Things were just going way to fast & she had to admit, she was still very curious as to what exactly went down!

A/N: So Kelly came up trumps, and not just with getting that warrant ;p Don't think Hollis really knows who seeing dealing with, the Gibbs ladies are certainly tough nuts to deal with, and something tells me, that little run in between Shannon & Hollis, wont be the last.. ;)

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