A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To my recent followers/favourites, welcome! I'm so glad to have you with us on this continuing adventure! To my reviewers, thank you so much, i always love hearing your thoughts/comments, please keep them coming, they inspire me! Sorry I wasn't able to respond to you this time, but I'm super busy & just want to get this chapter posted!

Speaking of which, let's get right into it!

"Agent Dodd, something I can do for you?" Tristan asked, what was she doing waiting in her outer office?

"No ma'am" Dodd shook her head "I've been asked to wait for the boss's & Kelly's clothes to take over to the labs, I've got Agent McGee's already. Agent DiNozzo thinks some trace evidence could have been transferred whilst they were helping Captain Bond with his wounds ma'am" she reported.

Tristan nodded "good thinking, but do not go alone, remember my instructions, no agent is to leave this building alone" she had already had a number of discussions with Col Marks & Director Vance & she'd asserted that she wanted no one, not one agent to be in the open & alone.

"Of course ma'am, there's an MP waiting for me downstairs" Dodd nodded.

Tristan nodded, she was about to head into her office when Gibbs came out of his. She'd seen them come in a short while ago, none of them had spoken a word, and the family had simply walked into his office. She was completely taken by the amount of blood on McGee & Kelly. Gibbs had a small amount, but those two, my gosh, Captain Bond must not be good & apparently Lt Andrews civilian clothes were similar to theirs, so her worry for Jonas had risen 10 fold.

Gibbs saw Tristan, he knew she'd want a word but he looked to Dodd "get these to the labs, now!" he barked, shoving 2 now full evidence bags at her. He hoped they could get something useful from it.

Tristan waited until Dodd had left before asking quietly "How are you all doing Jethro?" she wasn't sure how she'd cope if one her kids had been kidnapped in a scene like Nix had been.

Gibbs let out a sighed breath "not coping, do we have anything yet?" he really couldn't speak about it, he'd either break down or bring fury the size of Pompeii down on the ones around him.

"Kruse has sent Agents Dyson & Aymond back with what they've collected so far, they'll drop off the various camera feeds before taking the rest over to the labs. I've instructed the labs to clear the decks, nothing will take priority over this & they're bringing in all shifts to process it all as quickly as possible" Tristan answered.

"Kruse found that punk kid yet?" Gibbs asked

"Not yet, but we've just gotten his cell details & are going to track him." Tristan replied, she took a breath before continuing "we'll get him Jethro & we'll find Phoenix. Every agent that was on rotation for a rest has already reported in, they've all cancelled all of the various weekend activates, every single one of our agents has already stated they are here until Phoenix comes home"

Gibbs nodded his appreciation, he'd seen all his various agents give him a nod when they'd come in & had noticed that everyone that was in country was already in the building, but "has Marks locked the base down? I don't want anyone else getting caught up in this mess, we need to keep everyone safe." As much as he wanted to solely focus on the safety of his family, as part of the Senior Management Team for NSA Naples, he had a duty to ensure everyone on base was equally protected.

"Yes, we've locked the base down, no one's allowed in or out & everyone that's out, is being contacted & brought back in securely. Marks has doubled the guard on all entry/exit points, this building & the hospital. He's also sent extra MP's to help patrol our off-base community too" Tristan replied, this had been one of the first things herself & Col Marks had initiated.

"Good" Gibbs remarked as he saw Ziva enter the room.

"Gibbs, Major Bond will on in MTAC in 5 minutes" Ziva reported, she was glad she'd been able to find him so quickly.

Gibbs nodded, he was surprised but grateful that she'd gotten this so quickly "I'll be there in a minute, grab DiNozzo & McGee for it too"

Tristan saw Gibbs return to his office & turned to Ziva "Major Bond? I take it is a relation of Captain Bond?"

"Major Marcus Bond, is Captain Michael Bond's older brother" Ziva answered "The Captain was able to get a message to Gibbs, and that included the tattooed man that Phoenix had also mentioned, but also to speak with his brother about their father's retirement party." Ziva saw concern on the lady's face, but there was more "Gibbs has a gut feeling that MacDonald Fielding may be involved somehow, given the Captain said he remembered the tattoo man from back in Texas"

Tristan's eyes widened in utter shock "the man's dead Agent David!"

"Yes ma'am he is" Ziva agreed, she knew that, she'd seen his body! He was definitely dead!

Tristan didn't even know what to say! "Let's get to MTAC"

Gibbs returned to his office to see his girls sitting on one of his couches, his angel had wrapped herself completely into her mother, this was breaking his heart. He saw his dad was sitting on the couch next to them, he seemed to staring off into space, he was concerned about him too, he'd barely uttered a word. Taking a seat on the couch next to his girls, he put his arm around his wife & rested his hand on his girl's head "we're safe here, nothing will happen to you, not going to let anything happen to you"

Gibbs saw his wife lift her head to him, he knew what she was thinking "I'm going to find our son Shan, I won't sleep until we find him & he's home with us. I'm not going to accept not finding him, nothing will happen to him & the person who took him will regret being born!" he took a breath as rubbed a soothing hand up & down her arm "Ziva's found Marcus, he's coming online into MTAC any minute. I'll talk to him, why don't you stay here"

Shannon was surprised at how fast Ziva had tracked him down, part of her wanted to go see Marcus & hear what he had to say. The rest of her just wanted to stay put with her girl, she had been completely mute since the hospital. Add that to the issue that she hadn't seen Marcus since Texas, and before her apparent death & him seeing her over a video feed may be strange, she agreed that it was probably best they stayed put "ok, be quick"

"I will" Gibbs promised "Agent Lambert is currently at Alice's desk, you guys need anything, just ask her"

Kelly wanted to go see Marcus, but she didn't think she'd have the strength to see him right now, she just wanted to wake up from this nightmare, she curled further into her mother's hold, wanting just to hide.

Gibbs gave his wife a kiss & leaned down to give his girl one too, he laid it softly on her head "I'm here my angel, nothing will happen to you & I will find your brother, I promise you that"

"Have you told Major Bond about his brother's condition?" Tristan asked Ziva as they, as well as Tony & Tim entered MTAC.

"I said he was seriously assaulted whilst trying to protect Phoenix & was undergoing surgery currently. It was at that point I asked for a video conference & he said he'd be online within minutes ma'am" Ziva answered. Major Bond had all but ended to call within 30 seconds of them agreeing to video conference.

Tristan nodded but turned to Tim "Agent McGee, how are you?" he looked off, they all looked off, but he was looking more so.

"I'm ok thank you ma'am" Tim answered "it's just been a lot to take in, we've got a lot to do" what he wouldn't say though was that he was nervous to meet Mike's brother. He didn't know that Mike's family was all-military, what would he think of him & his attempt to help his brother? What would he think of him given he was now dating Kelly? He also just wanted to get on with it & get this intel to figure out what was going on.

"Do we have Major Bond yet Brian?" Tristan asked as she saw Gibbs enter the room.

"Just coming through ma'am" Brian answered as he moved the feed to the main screen.

Gibbs saw the feed come to life & in front of him stood a Michael Bond clone, except this man was in a Air Force utility uniform & not marine one "Major Bond, I'm Kelly's father, Jethro Gibbs" he introduced himself, figuring this was a much better way to do it, than his official NCIS title.

Marcus swallowed, these were not the circumstances he imagined meeting the man "Honoured to meet you sir, Major Marcus Bond."

Gibbs was about to say something when he heard a yell through the feed.

"Major! He's here!" came a call

Ziva saw the Major shift his focus.

"One minute sir" Marcus requested and moved off screen, his eyes narrowed on his target "Myles!" he yelled "over here!"

Tony shared a look of surprise with Tim, Myles? Was Mike's other brother there to, wherever they were? It looked like some kind of airplane hanger.

Gibbs only had to wait another minute before he saw Marcus return, but he wasn't alone, standing next to him was well, Myles Bond. He knew that not because it was what Marcus had yelled, but he was staring at another clone, did all these Bond boys look alike? This one though was in an army utility uniform & had camouflage paint all over his face. But even with that, he could see he was the spitting image of his brothers, they all shared the same body type & facial features.

"Sir, this is my brother, Lt Myles Bond" Marcus said introducing the pair.

"Sir, honoured to meet you" Myles greeted trying to catch his breath.

"Lieutenant" Gibbs nodded, on any other day he would taken this slower & he was about to speak but got beaten to the punch.

"Agent David said something about our brother being injured while trying to protect Phoenix, is he ok? What happened?" Marcus asked concerned. Out of all 3 of them, Mike was the one least likely to have been injured, it was always Myles he had to worry about.

Gibbs could see both men were concerned "he's undergoing surgery as we speak, the doctors are doing everything they can, but I won't lie, he's pretty banged up"

"What happened?" Myles asked "last we knew Mike was headed out to some new flash bar after Nix's game"

Ziva shared a look with Tony, seemed these brothers kept in contact, very regular contact.

Marcus saw that Gibbs was surprised "Mike was texting with us during the game, we'd tried to get leave to come down for it, but couldn't. The last text he sent was that Nix had gotten them on the list of some flash new club & that were going to check it out"

"Actually…." Myles contradicted.

"Actually what?" Gibbs prodded

"I got one text from Mike while they were at the club" Myles said a little unsure.

"What did it say?" Gibbs asked hastily

Tim saw the brothers share a look before the reply came.

Myles took a breath before answering "He said that Nix had well… received some interesting attention & that…. his head would require…"

"Deflation" Tim whispered, now knowing what incident the pair were speaking about.

Gibbs shot him look "what?"

Tim hesitated "ahh.. while Nix was organising the food with Mike they got stopped by a few girls, who… wanted his autograph"

Tony's eyes widened, seriously?

Myles & Marcus shared a look, this guy knew about that text, meant that he had have been there "you're McGee?" Myles guessed, now sizing the guy up.

"Yea I am" Tim answered, standing as tall as possible.

Gibbs was stunned, really? He shook his head, he didn't time for this! "Did he say anything else?"

"That's it sir" Myles answered "what happened? Is Nix ok?"

"Mike had gone outside with Nix & 2 others, one was an NCIS agent, the other was a Naval Officer. They were ambushed"

Tristan saw the pair stiffen at that, she wondered how they'd go hearing the rest.

Gibbs continued "they got lured around to a quiet car park & we believe around 10 assailants came at them hard & fast. They…."

Tony saw Gibbs had stopped, he realised this would hard for him, he stepped forward "Agent DiNozzo here." He said by way of introduction before continuing "the group had a clear target, Phoenix. Your brother, along with Agent Jonas Quinton & Ensign Evans all tried to get the men off Phoenix & him away, but there were just too many"

Marcus paled "why would anyone want to take Phoenix?"

"That we don't know" Tony admitted

Tim knew he needed to say something "Mike, your brother, he didn't let them take Phoenix without a fight, he…"

"Wait!" Myles interrupted "They got him?" he was utterly stunned, and angry!

"Not without a fight, myself and 2 marine LT's had been with Kelly. Agent Quinton's A.I.D. went off & we went racing for their location, we saw…" Tim started to hesitate

"Saw what?" Marcus prodded, he saw that he wouldn't like the answer "just say it please"

"Your brother & Agent Quinton were both trying to get into an SUV at the far end of car park, both got thrown out, and shot at. Your brother though managed to pull one of the assailants with him" Tim said, wanting to tell them that he'd done good "that guy we've got in custody, only…"

Myles had paled considerable, this wasn't sounding good "only what?" he asked quietly.

"There was a second SUV & it ran your brother over as they fled" Tim finally answered

Tristan saw the pair pale even further "Deputy Assistant Director Tristan here, I want to assure you both, our doctors will do everything they can for him"

Marcus closed his eyes for a moment, pushing his worry to one side and try to stay focused on what he has to "my brother, he's got a rare blood type.."

"We've already got donors donating what they can & we're looking though our base records for anyone else who is the same type, we'll make sure he has enough supply" Tristan assured the pair.

"Do you know why they took him?" Myles asked, like his brother he was trying to push his worry for his brother's well being to one side and focus on the problem he could help with.

"No, but you might be able to help with that" Gibbs supplied

Marcus & Myles shared a confused look "Sir?"

"Your brother was pretty bad, but he'd come around for a few minutes when we got them to the hospital, and he managed to give me a message about the men" Gibbs said.

"What message sir?" Marcus asked, he didn't like the sound of how bad his brother was, but a message?

"He recognised one of the men that had attacked them, and it matches a message that Phoenix got to us, he was on the phone to a good friend when they were attacked & got a semi description of one of the men. That matches what Mike said" Gibbs said, he took a breath "Mike said to speak with you about your father's retirement party, something about a guy with a dragon tattoo"

Tony watched, it only took a second.

Myles fury rose, he turned to the chair that was nearby & kicked it away in utter fury "Fuck!" he vented. Turning back to his brother "he's dead! I swear…"

Ziva's eyes widened, he looked utterly furious and to see the expression on a man in full military fatigues & camouflage paint, she had to admit was very intimidating.

"Calm down Myles" Marcus said as calmly as possible, though he felt the exact same way.

Gibbs did not like this development at all! "Hey! What do you two know?!" he all but demanded.

Marcus knew he was calmer than his brother "the day of our father's retirement party Mike had collected Kelly & driven them both over to Austin, to our grandparents farm for the reception. When they arrived I could tell he looked edgy, he left Kelly with some of our cousins before grabbing the pair of us & heading back outside"

Tim gave himself a small smile, Kelly had picked up on the very thing that had happened, what she'd seen of it at least.

"When we got outside Mike had told us that they'd been followed, all the way from Mac's place" Marcus explained "Mike knew that Kelly always hated it when he sent men to follow them, so Mike hadn't told her about their tail, it was supposed to be a good day & he didn't want to ruin it for her"

Gibbs tried to stay calm, but he always hated hearing this stuff, not to mention the fact that Mac did this kind of stuff to his daughter & family.

"The issue was though, they were still there, sitting in their SUV just outside of gate to our grandparents farm, so the 3 of us went to ask them to leave, it was private property" Marcus explained

'Quinn?" Gibbs guessed

"No sir" Myles answered "but Michael Barnet & Dan Acron were both there, arseholes!" he finished with a spat.

Tristan's eyes widened in surprise at that last comment, even Captain Bond's brother knew these men?

"Who was the third guy then?" Gibbs asked, though he knew both of those men, and his gut wasn't all that happy about it.

Marcus looked to his brother to answer, but he conveyed a look of 'calmly!'

Myles took a deep breath "That's the thing sir, I'd never seen him before, neither had Mike."

"What about you Major?" Tony asked Marcus

"No, but I will be honest, I didn't have that much contact with Mac or his men. I was already deployed & only got back into town a few times a year. So I didn't have the same amount of contact as my brothers did, though I did have the unfortunate pleasure of having to meet the two main bastards" Marcus finished with his own spat.

Tony saw the same venom in his face that Myles had previously shown, and he guessed that the two men he was referring to were Mac & Quinn.

"The third guy, is who Mike was referring to, he was around 6", black hair, brown eyes, with a dragon tattoo on his lower left arm & a skull tattoo on the right side of his neck" Marcus explained

"Mike told Acron & Barnet that they had to leave, given they were on private property" Myles started to explain "but it was that guy that had replied, saying they didn't care about private property & weren't going anywhere"

Tony could only wonder what Mike's reaction to that would have been, not a good one that was for sure.

"That's when we gave the guy our full attention, Mike asked who he was & what business was it for him to stick his nose in our lives" Myles said, he took a breath "the guy well….."

"Didn't appreciate that" Gibbs guessed.

"Not in the slightest sir" Myles agreed "he said it was his business because he got asked to be in town for a short while, while Quinn was away, said he was here as a favour"

"A favour for who?" Gibbs asked

"Not sure sir, but not Mac, we asked if he worked for the man & he said no" Myles answered

"He could have been lying" Tim suggested

"He could have" Marcus agreed "but it was the way he said it, he did not work for MacDonald Fielding, he was very specific about that & I believed him, we all did" he finished, getting a nod from his brother.

"If he did he would have simply said, I'm here under orders. That's what their excuses always were whenever they followed Kelly" Myles answered

Tim saw how upset the guy was, he'd clearly been with Kelly numerous times.

"What happened after that?" Gibbs asked, he knew there was more

"Well, when they refused to leave, Mike… we…" Myles started to say but stopped

Marcus decided to take over "let's just say we tried to enforce the private property aspect"

Tristan looked at the pair, even back then she'd imagined they would have been imposing & add Michael to the mix, and they were certainly a formative trio.

"That's why you three had to change into your service uniforms, you got into a fight" Tim surmised, but he saw surprise "Kelly recalled you three disappearing for a while & returning in different uniforms"

Marcus nodded "yea well, things got heated for a little while, Mike & that guy traded a fair few blows, we ended up in a few exchanges as we tried to pull them apart"

"How'd it finish?" Gibbs asked

"Opportune moment really, one of our grandfather's friends was the last guest to arrive, he was a Texas Ranger & arrived with his sons who were Texas Rangers we well. They separated us & told them they had to leave the area, given it was private property" Marcus answered

"They didn't arrest them?" Tim asked, why the hell would Texas Rangers not arrest those men for unlawful entry onto private property, amongst other things.

Ziva saw the brothers share another look, she wondered what that was about.

"They wanted to, but" Marcus said before stopping

"Mike wouldn't let them" Myles finally remarked

"Why not?" Tim asked suddenly, why the hell wouldn't want that?

Gibbs let out a breath, he knew this one "Mac, ….. it's ok McGee, I understand why not"

Myles & Marcus both nodded, glad they didn't have to explain that one.

Tony though shared a look with Ziva & Tim, he certainly didn't understand.

Gibbs knew he had to say something to his team "Mac would have retaliated if Mike had them arrested, and it would have just made things worse, for everyone." He'd managed to grab a moment with Mike & they'd spoken about a few things, including Mike's desire to have done something about the situation back then, but each time he'd tried, Mac had retaliated, and that was never a good thing. He took a breath "you remember anything about that guy, was a name mentioned or anything?"

"He had a Scottish accent, it was pretty thick" Marcus remarked

Myles continued "Acron used the term 'Loch' in speaking to him once. It might be a name, but it could also just be a codew…"

"Loch Lancert!" Tim interrupted "that's the name of the guy that was emailing with Withers!"

Gibbs, along with everyone in MTAC shifted their focus to Tim, and were staring at him wide eyed, shit, this was all interconnected!

A/N: Hmm… things do seem to be interconnected indeed! This Loch guy seems to be knee deep in it! And if he is the guy from Austin, he is connected in someway to Mac, but how? Mike's brother though will helped, can they do more?

My mind is wandering down to interrogation & how Donnelly is going with that guy Mike pulled from the SUV.. wonder how that is going?

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