A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To my recent followers & favourites, welcome to this amazing ride, I'm so glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, thank you so much, I really apprecaite & love to read your comments, they keep me inspired!

To guest reviewers:

Sue Dooley: Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it! Yea, a little young for Kojak

Ladyaloysius: Thanks, glad you liked it! Yea, it wasn't fun for Hollis

Momcat: thanks, yea some Tim/Kelly action, is always nice & there is always more planned for the pair, as for the Mann interactions, see my comments at the end

Now, let's get into it..

Tim was knee deep in the emails, he was trying to follow a trail of exchanges between Withers & someone named 'Loch Lancet' but it was in old English & maybe Latin & he thought it was also in some sort of code too, he just couldn't work it out, he was getting frustrated, he flashed a look to Jonas "anything Jonas?"

"Nothing, this Loch Lancet doesn't exist thus far" Jonas answered, frustrated he couldn't get any details "and these emails just don't make sense" he muttered devouring a cookie, gosh these were awesome, he had no idea what they put into them, but he doubted he'd ever tasted better!

"The emails are in a combination of Shakespeare's English & Latin" Delilah noted as she came over to Tim, showing him her laptop screen "I ran a cipher over the exchanges & translated them into modern English, they're about meets & targets, but they all reference locations in Africa"

Jonas had shot up & was also looking at the newly translated emails "huh, are there any dates?"

"That I'm a little confused about, because they reference dates either long past, or a few years ahead" Delilah answered.

Tim was studying the screen, he had to admit "This is great, let's try to use the dates from a few years back & see if we can find dealings in Africa that might lead us to them, could help work out who this Loch Lancet is"

"Already started" Delilah smiled, she began typing away "the incident in Ethiopia 3 years ago, correlates approximately with an incident involving some mercenaries raiding a government armoury, they thought the men involved were from Europe"

"Let's dig into it" Tim remarked "that cipher was great" he smiled at Delilah, he had to admit over the last few hours he'd spent a large chuck of it working with her, and she was good! He was impressed with her skills.

Delilah smiled, glad to finally be moving past whatever tension had existed earlier "thanks, you've got pretty good skills too" from what she'd seen, this Tim McGee certainly knew his way around computers. She welcomed the chance to get to know him better.

"Thanks" Tim smiled, as he blushed a little.

"Bye dad" Kelly smiled at him

"See you in the morning angel" Gibbs replied, giving her a quick squeeze & kiss to the head.

"Please make sure everyone gets some rest tonight Jethro" Shannon asked as she approached him.

"I will babe, got a rotation during the night already sorted out, and I'll do my best to be home before midnight" Gibbs replied, it was approaching 21:00 and he wanted them gone before he got a certain visitor.

"Good" Shannon smiled & leaned in "I may just wait up" she whispered only loud enough for him to hear.

Gibbs smiled "will be home on time then" he whispered, just as softly.

Kelly led the way out of her dad's office & her eyes honed in on Tim, and that Delilah chick, how close did she have to sit to him? They were basically brushing each other's shoulders as they worked away on the computers, she took a deep breath & headed straight for him.

Approaching Tim from the side she wasn't at, she placed a hand on his far shoulder as she greeted him "hey"

Tim looked up and smiled "Hi"

"Just about to head off, wanted to say bye" Kelly remarked, running a hand through his hair.

"See you tomorrow at the stadium?" Tim asked, loving the feeling of her hand caressing his head.

Kelly smiled "you better believe it, don't stand us up Timothy" she remarked as she moved her hand down to his neck region, giving it a quick massage.

"Wouldn't dream of it" Tim replied, he couldn't wait for the game, and he'd never stand her up!

"Good" Kelly replied, and leaned down for quick kiss before whispering "and if you're done earlyish, call me"

Tim enjoyed the quick kiss & the whispered remark, "you got it" he replied

Kelly stood back up & gave a quick glare to Delilah, wanting to make sure she knew that this man was taken, by her!

Delilah had watched this exchange & had seen how territorial Kelly had become as soon as she entered the area, it seemed Tim was taken. She was a bit upset at that, she could have seen herself grow to really like him, and when Kelly leaned down for the kiss, right in front of her, she was surprised, it might have been a quick kiss, but it was a very passionate one too. She was clearly emphasising her claim to the man, she slowly pushed her chair a little further away.

Shannon had watched her daughter's well, jealous reaction to how close Delilah had been to Tim, she flashed a look to her husband "I wonder who she gets that from?" with a sly grin.

"You" Gibbs answered with his own sly grin he'd seen exactly what his daughter had done, he'd also seen that Tim was none the wiser at the situation, he may need to have a word with him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, and how'd you react every time we came across Chuck? I could barely breath you were holding me so tightly against your chest" Shannon retorted with a raised eyebrow.

"Guy didn't know when to quit" Gibbs retorted

"Yes well, just cause he can't quit, doesn't mean you have to act like a territorial grizzly bear!" Shannon remarked

Gibbs smirked "not a Grizzly bear, I'm more of a Lion, the King of the Herd, say a cross between Mufasa & Simba"

Shannon rolled her eyes "introducing you to movies has had its drawbacks"

Gibbs laughed "now, whose fault is that?"

"Whose fault is what?" Kelly asked approaching them, she'd only left Tim be once she'd seen that Delilah had moved a little away & knew not to try anything.

"Your mum isn't happy that I can now reference movies & pop culture at a whim" Gibbs smirked at his dear wife.

Kelly raised her eyebrow at the pair, the way they were smirking spoke volumes "I don't even want to know!"

Gibbs smiled & put an arm around her waist "what's the matter angel? Afraid you'll be left behind?"

Kelly looked up to her dad & smirked "the day you leave any of us behind in referencing pop culture, is the day that… the day that I eat brussell sprouts willingly!"

Gibbs just chuckled as he steered his girls towards the lift "now be a good girl & go home & eat your vegetables, no dessert without them" he finished kissing her forehead, to mask his ever-present grin. Gosh he loved these riling moments with his dear family.

"Already had dessert, too late" Kelly grinned.

Gibbs just smiled as he bided the pair goodbye & turned to see Hollis looking at him with a curious look "something I can do for you?" he enquired

Hollis blinked, a little unsure how to answer, she'd been watching his interactions with his wife & daughter, not just now but throughout the early evening & just couldn't believe this was the same man she'd had a relationship with. He was so carefree, and… fun more to the point, she'd never seen him act like this, to this extent, but it was more than that. He acted so fun & carefree, yet he still commanded the utmost respect & had total command authority of the entire floor. She hadn't figured out how he & that Tristan lady shared the duties, because they both appeared to be 'the' boss, it was on her list of things she was curious about.

Hollis realised it was best to stay focused on business "I was able to dig further into Wither's, I think I've pinpointed where he & Guthrie met, they were both in South Africa last year, as well the UK about 6 months ago"

"Where in the UK?" Gibbs asked, but he noticed that both Kruse & Donnelly, who were nearby, looked up surprised at this new intel.

"Scotland & Ireland" Hollis answered "I'm trying to see who they dealt with while on the…"

"Kruse! Donnelly!" Gibbs called interrupting her mid-sentence.

"Boss?" the pair asked, rising instantly.

"Who've you got spare?" Gibbs asked

"Lovett's free boss, what do we need?" Kruse asked, motioning his agent forward.

"Yates is free boss" Donnelly answered, also motioning her agent forward.

Gibbs looked at the pair "Work with the DOD on this intel, I want every person Withers & Guthrie liaised with in South Africa & the UK!"

"Yes boss" the agents answered.

Gibbs nodded, he saw though Hollis looking a little off put "we work as a team in this building, deal with it or leave"

Hollis couldn't believe he'd spoken to her like that, it wasn't like she wasn't a team player "I beg your pardon?" she asked, feeling quite affronted.

"There is no 'I' in this building, work with my SSA's, not on your own, things get missed like that" Gibbs answered, everything she'd said had started with I or I've and he'd learnt very quickly one thing he hated was agents not working as a team, especially on a case that had multiple teams working in tandem. He would have said something further, but his phone rang "Gibbs" he answered walking away.

Hollis was left to stare at his retreating body, she still didn't get what she'd done so wrong, she'd worked the intel & was passing the information on so they could all use it?

"In case you're wondering, because I think you are" Donnelly remarked looking at her "share findings with us, before going to him, it may work in with other details our teams are working on. He's the boss, not an agent anymore, so he doesn't need every small bit of intel reported on, on its own. We get the best picture possible before we go to him"

"And for the record, I'm looking into Withers time in South Africa already from intel we got from one of his emails to Loch Lancet, so now knowing he met Guthrie there, is a major piece of intel I need to know!" Kruse added "haven't you heard all of us call things out? We share vital intel, that way, we can work it all together, before presenting to Gibbs, he's not responsible anymore for putting it together, we are!" he was pissed off she'd found out vital intel about Withers & Guthrie & not shared it with them.

Hollis just stared wide-eyed at the pair, they were pissed off, a small part of her realised they may have had a small point. She hadn't shared anything with any of them, because she'd wanted to share it all with Gibbs, because he was always so good at putting the pieces together, but as they just pointed out, that wasn't Gibbs job anymore. It also seemed that Gibbs was surrounding himself with people just as blunt as he was "I'm sorry, I guess I'm struggling to adapt to this situation & him being in the position he's in" hoping they'd understand & give her a break.

"You were army CID, you should know how to adapt to change" Donnelly replied bluntly, she was also pissed off about the lack of sharing, she looked at her agent "you know what I expect Yates"

Yates simply nodded, he knew very well what she expected of him.

"Gimme something" Tony remarked to Mike as they entered the bullpen

"I wish I could Tony, but she really keeps her private life private" Mike replied "I know she's a pretty good tennis player, we had a base tournament once & she won the woman's open event"

Tony smiled, glad to learn something about his sister, but he then heard the lift ding & his eyes widened at who'd stepped off it – it was Lt Gomez! What was he doing here? He flashed a look around the room & saw that the floor had gone quiet.

Mike saw a marine Lieutenant step off the lift & realised the entire floor had gone quiet "who's he?" he asked Tony quietly.

Tony flashed him a worried look, they were meet feet from the man and he unsure how he would react "Lt Gomez" & judging by the reaction on Mike's face, he knew very well who Gomez was.

Mike's eyes widened & narrowed very quickly on his fellow marine, he closed the gap between & stood right in front of him "something we can do for you Lieutenant?" he asked menacingly, he saw that Tim had also approached, but he wanted to deal with this man, this marine.

Tim couldn't believe this guy had the audacity to come into this building! He'd rip him to shreds & was a little upset that Mike had gotten to him first, but he could already see Mike wasn't going to give an inch & as a fellow marine & a superior to the guy, he'd give him first option, for now.

Gomez swallowed "I'm here to see Deputy Special Assistant Director Gibbs, Captain" he'd never met this guy, but the way he was looking at him was concerning him.

Mike just eyed him "and is he expecting you?" if he wasn't, this guy was going to get eaten alive.

"Yes, I have orders to report to him at 21:00 sir" Gomez answered.

Mike noted that that was still 6 minutes away, he could make his own point first "I see, so tell me something Lieutenant, you are a lawyer correct?"

"Yes sir" Gomez answered, he needed to get to Gibbs, but couldn't exactly tell a superior officer to go away.

"And you're a marine officer, are you not?" Mike prodded, with the most obvious question in the world. He could feel the entire floor was staring at them, but he didn't care.

Gomez felt like retorting him with a 'you can see that can't you?' but knew better "I am sir"

Mike stepped forward & put himself right in the guy's face "then how on earth can you act like a two bit pimp! A no good punk trolling women for a good time. at a g-d damn bowling alley of all place! You're a damn marine officer Gomez! " he barked, he took a breath "You are damn lucky you're not under my command marine, or you'd be wishing you were back in basic!"

Tony took a step backwards, slightly off put by Mike's sudden ferocious tone, it had shocked him. He noted though that he wasn't alone, but no one who was shocked, didn't like it, they all liked how Mike was dealing with the guy.

Mike let up on his harsh gaze on the guy "Deputy Special Assistant Director Gibbs is upstairs, so move your ass!"

"Yes sir" Gomez swallowed, crap that was just as bad as the Colonel!

Mike just eyed the punk as he walked towards the stairs, he stowed the smirk as he watched the guy have to navigate his way through countless bodies, all of whom were giving him a death glare & not one was moving out of his way, making him having to purposely walk around them all "Hurry up Lieutenant, you've got 2 minutes!" he barked, much to his & the entire floor's satisfaction.

Tony flashed a look to Mike, the guy's looked like a solid brick wall right now, until… Lt Gomez had disappeared into Gibbs outer officer, then the brick wall had a new feature, a wide berthed grin "Remind me never to piss you off."

Mike looked over to him "you should know that you don't mess with a pissed off marine"

"What's the usual attendance like?" Mike asked

"They normally get a decent turnout, around 7-10 thousand" Kelly answered, they'd just arrived at the stadium, her parents & grandfather were in front of them.

Mike whistled, he was impressed "that's pretty good, and the reserves play in the main stadium for all their home games?"

"No, if the first team are scheduled to play on it within 72 hours, then they play at one of the other stadiums in the city, but the first team are away to Roma this week" Kelly answered.

That made sense to Mike as they took their seats, his eyes scanning the crowd around him, they were due to come out of the tunnel in about 15 minutes & there was already a few thousand in the stands, but he did a double take of someone in particular, and focused more readily on the guy, no way! He got a wicked idea, and saw that Mrs G was speaking with Jackson & a couple of other people, along with Kelly "Excuse me sir" he said to Gibbs & continued once he'd gotten his attention "there's someone I think you need to meet"

Gibbs raised the eyebrow "and who would that be?"

"Let's just say, I'd hate to ruin the surprise, but I assure you sir, you want to meet this man" Mike smirked, this was going to be good!

Gibbs wasn't sure what he meant, but the look on Mike's face said it all "we'll be right back" he quickly said to his wife before following Mike away.

Gibbs followed Mike 3 bays over & about half a dozen rows up from where they were situated, he came to a man that was wearing a blue spray jacket & sun-glasses, he wondered who he was?

Mike looked down to guy & smirked "Excuse me"

The guy looked up "Sorry, need to get past?"

"No, wanted to say hello & see what you're doing here?" Mike asked back

Gibbs saw the man look at Mike for a moment before swallowing, this guy clearly knew Mike!

"Lt Bond" he greeted tensely.

"Coach Miller" Mike greeted curtly "and its Captain Bond now" he added

Gibbs eyes widened & then narrowed, this was Coach Miller? What was he doing here? Mike was right, he did want to meet this man!

A/N: Well, first things first, what on earth is Coach Miller (Nix's former u12's coach) doing there? Hmm...

Delilah seems to have unearthed something, but it does seem rather odd about the timings of the events in Africa, or is there something more to the code & emails than they've uncovered so far? And she learnt that Tim is most definitely taken! Kelly doesn't take after her parents in the jealous ranks at all! haha

Now, I know some of you may not like the current way I've got Gibbs dealing with Hollis, but he's got a lot on his plate & given she's the first person from the 'outside' that has shown up in a work capacity with him in his new position, not to mention that it was her & they had a history, so he may be overcompensating just a little & everyone takes their cue with dealing with her from him, so they are also uptight. However, i think Kruse & Donnelly are a little peeved with Hollis. I want to assure you though, I have plans that will see things work out for Hollis, you just have to give it time.

Not sure if I will get another chapter up before the holidays, so I'd like wish everyone a happy & safe holiday period! You know I love to hear your thoughts, so review away! More up soon.