A/N: Hi Folks, firstly, I am so terribly sorry for the delay in getting this chapter up, by Reg Life has been crazy! To my latest followers/favourites, welcome! So glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, thank you so much! I love hearing your thoughts, so keep the comments coming!

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Sue Dooley: Thanks!

Momcat: Thanks! That guy definitely knows some of the history, there's no denying that. As for Loch Lancert, he has ties to someone, but the question is who?

Ladyaloysius: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the last few chapters, and yea, they were tense, and there'll be more to come i'm afraid.

Now, a few notes on this chapter, first off the swear jar has been placed on hiatus, I think you'll agree that if it was in use, the entire agency would be lining up outside the bathroom. Secondly, I wanted to do the interrogation in Italian, but it just got too complicated, so please consider all sentences that have been italic'd & underlined, as meaning to be spoken in Italian.

Now, let's get into it!

Gibbs headed back into his office, he was glad that Mike's brothers were headed to Naples, it would definitely help them identify the guy and hoped it would help to find his son too. He saw that his girls had not moved an inch from their place on the couch. Sitting down with them he pulled his little girl over his lap, so that he could get hold of both his girls, wrapping his arms around them he whispered "I'm here"

Gibbs just sat there as he rubbed his hands up & down his girl's backs, he looked over to his dad who had this glazed look in his eyes and even though his was looking right at him, he looked like he was staring off into space.

Shannon was glad her husband was back, she felt like she was falling apart at the seams. She knew though that it wouldn't serve anything, she took a deep breath & pulled back just enough to wipes the tears away and looked at him "did you speak with Marcus?"

"And Myles" Gibbs nodded

Kelly finally lifted her head to her dad "Myles?"

Gibbs nodded "he and Marcus are both in Frankfurt, they were partaking in some exercises with NATO teams. They're going to be leaving in the next 10 minutes and will be here in about 2 hours, with their teams"

"What did they say?" Shannon asked, but she knew that it would certainly give Mike a boost to have two of his brothers here, and maybe Kelly too.

Gibbs explained what the brothers had said about the visitors at their father's retirement party, including the name connection. He saw them all try to process it, his girl though had leaned away & stared off out the window "Angel?"

"He should have told me about it" Kelly sighed

"You know Mike was just trying to shield you from it darling, you can't hold that against him. He always tried to shield you & your brother from it" Shannon said, trying to sooth her, though she wished this was one he would have told her about. He'd mentioned other ones to her and not her children, why not this time?

Kelly took a deep breath & just nodded, she knew how much Mike tried to shield her, but her thoughts were distracted when her phone went, it was familiar and very specific ring tone – a Bond boy was texting her! She grabbed her phone & read the message, it was Myles 'We're leaving now, got my boys with me, we'll get squirt back! See you soon KAGy' Kelly gave a small smile at his usual nickname for her & replied 'hurry Myles, please!'

"Marc will push the engines as hard as he can, be there soon! Promise you!' came the reply.

Shannon watched her daughter text someone "angel?"

"They're leaving Frankfurt now" Kelly answered, but something suddenly hit her as she held her phone "Nix's phone! We could try tracking it!" she exclaimed

Gibbs gave her a sad smile "I know Kells, but Wu's got it, he found it amongst the debris, he says its damaged, but will bring it back here to see what we can get from it" he'd already had that thought & checked with Wu.

Kelly slumped down in defeat.

Gibbs put his arm around her as he brought her close "that was a good thought angel, and I'm sure you'll have others. Dyson & Aymond should be here already with the various CCTV feeds of the area & we will comb them all. We will get a trail for him, and we will find him, but we need to try to stay focused and positive, I know that will be hard, I know. But we have to try, your brother will do everything possible to get some kind of message to us, that I am certain of, and you are the person who will most likely understand it when it comes in" he was certain his son would do all he could to get some kind of message, or away from his captures, he just had to ready to accept the message and more to the point understand it.

Shannon knew her husband was right, they had to stay focused and she would stay as positive as she could "darling why don't we go and try to freshen up a little first" she suggested

Gibbs watched as his wife took their girl to the bathroom, he turned his attention to his dad, he still hadn't uttered a word & was starting to worry "dad, you ok?"

"I just don't understand Leroy, what could that man possibly want with Phoenix, especially now that MacDonald is dead and what on earth does this have to do with Tony's sister and the man that adopted her?" Jack asked, he just didn't understand why anyone would take his grandson.

"I have no idea dad" Gibbs admitted, he was just as dumbfounded as his father was "but we will figure it out, we'll figure it out, we'll find him and the man will be dealt with accordingly"

"Jethro, dealing with him is all well & good, but there is only one thing I want, and that is my grandson" Jack said looking at his son, he'd lost a grandchild once before & he knew he couldn't go through that again, he couldn't even bring himself to imagine anything of sort, it was just too painful. He couldn't even start to contemplate what his son was going through right now, the pain must be more than imaginable.

"You'll get him back dad, I promise you, you're not loosing your grandson" Gibbs remarked with as much positive force he could muster, his dad looked scared & that actually scared him, he'd never seen his dad show an emotion close to it. He understood it though, because the thought of loosing his boy was just too much to even consider. He needed to get them both thinking of anything except their emotions right now "why don't you help look at the feeds, you always see things I miss" he remarked, he knew his dad still had a keen sense of picking out things that would otherwise go unnoticed

Jack nodded, that was a good idea, he needed to keep his mind busy and he did want to help.

Brunswick saw Gibbs coming down the stairs with his family & headed straight for him "Boss, Kruse has found De Luca! He's bringing him in now"

"Straight to interrogation Brunswick!" Gibbs ordered, he wanted to rip the kid to shreds.

Shannon watched as she headed off "I'm coming"

Gibbs was about to answer when he was called.

"Boss! Got something!" Nassim called

Gibbs and his family headed straight for Brunswick's SFA "what you got Nassim?"

"Think we've got a look at this Loch guy boss" Nassim answered "found footage from a block away from where we think the snipers nest was that took out Withers & Guthrie, take a look" Nassim answered, as he put the feed up on the big screen.

Gibbs turned to the screen & noted his team, and almost everyone on the floor were looking as well. It was footage of one of the narrow streets.

"Wait for it boss" Nassim remarked, it rolled for 10 more seconds "there!" he said pointing at two men who had come of a side alley.

Gibbs focused, there were two men hugging the buildings, both held black bags that were long enough to hold a snipers rifle, had they killed Withers & Guthrie? He couldn't really make it out "Nassim, I can barely…"

"Wait for it boss, we get a better angle in about a minute" Nassim answered interrupting him.

Kelly waited, not very patiently mind you, but within a minute, they got a much better look & the tattoo on the guy's neck was in full view "that's.."

Gibbs focused right in on the two men, the tattoos was definitely visible, the man looked around 6", short black hair, his nostrils flared in anger.

"That's the fuckwit downstairs!" Donnelly remarked looking at the feed, she'd just come into the bullpen with the others.

"Where's this from?" Tristan enquired.

"A block from the snipers nest where Withers & Guthrie were shot from ma'am" Nassim answered.

Gibbs turned to his agent & pointed at the man next to Loch "this guy is down in interrogation?"

"Yes" Vella growled

"Use it & get back down there!" Gibbs barked.

"Will have to wait for the man to regain consciousness" Tristan remarked "while we wait we can get some background work done"

Nassim felt the gaze rest on his "we're already running them through facial recognition ma'am"

Gibbs was caught by Tristan's statement & then he took Donnelly in, she didn't look bad, but she was a little flushed "what happened?"

"Arsehole thought he could actually get the better of us" Vella sneered, he wanted another 5 minutes with the man.

"Agent Johns & Sgt Sanderson have him secured, when he wakes he'll answer for what he attempted" Tristan added, there was one thing she didn't stand for & that was someone taking aim at her agents, and she'd deal with him!

Gibbs saw that whatever had happened Tristan had it well in hand, he saw Brunswick enter the area & knew what it meant "track them, and see if we can find where they went, get it all!"

As Gibbs headed towards the lift he paused briefly at Donnelly "take a moment if you need it Jodie" something had obviously happened down there involving her.

Donnelly gave her boss a small smile "Thanks boss, I'm fine" she was touched that he'd take a moment to check on her.

Gibbs headed towards the lift, but he'd seen his dad had peeled off & went to take a seat next to Tim, he turned to his girl "you want come with us or stay up here with gramps & Tim who are looking through the feeds?"

Kelly considered it, she did want to go to see why that boy had done what he'd done, but she wasn't sure she could just stand around "I'll stay here, need to do something"

Gibbs nodded in understanding "we'll be back soon angel, stay here with them and do not go anywhere" while he'd noted that all of his agents were carrying their sidearms even inside the building, he couldn't let anything happen to her.

Shannon gave her girl a quick hug "back soon angel, stay with gramps & Tim please"

"I will" Kelly replied

Tim saw Kelly was now making her way towards him, but Gibbs grabbed his attention, he motioned towards his girl & then his father. The look was clear, stay with them & don't let them go anywhere, he nodded at his boss, he certainly would stay with them and ensure they were safe.

Tim put an arm around Kelly's waist as she sat down on his leg and brought her close "we'll find him Kells" he whispered.

Gibbs led Shannon into the viewing room and he instantly zoned into the punk kid sitting in interrogation, it was the boy that was on the bench for the game, he saw that Brunswick & Silva were in there with him, while Kruse was here with him "where'd you find him?"

"Small club down in Castel dell'Ovo" Kruse replied "sitting alone in the back corner, all's he said is he didn't mean it"

"Mean what?" Gibbs enquired

"Not sure boss, they're the only words he'd uttered" Kruse answered "he doesn't really speak much English boss so I thought Jess & Silva would be the best at speaking with him" he also thought it best to keep Gibbs out of that room, the guy would likely hang the kid up by his toes before getting answers, he understood it, but they had to get the answers.

Shannon turned her attention to the other room, she wondered why this boy who couldn't have been older than her son, would do such a thing!

"We know you were the one that led Phoenix and the others around to the car park" Brunswick remarked

"We know you then left them there for the taking" Silva added

"I didn't mean for that to happen" De Luca remarked shakily

"Didn't mean what? For them to get assaulted, or Phoenix kidnapped? What exactly didn't you mean?" Brunswick asserted

"You don't understand, he…" De Luca tried

"he what?" Brunswick pressed

"He…" De Luca tried "he came in and just…"

Brunswick shared a look with Silva, what was he getting at?

"He came in where & did what?" Silva pressed

"Doesn't matter anymore" De Luca muttered

"The hell it doesn't!" Brunswick barked slamming her hands down on the table in front of him "you're already up shit creek, the question is what size paddle do you have!"

"Tell us why and how you did it, tell us everything & you may be spared some discomfort, would hate for you to have to speak to Phoenix's father" Silva added, she really wasn't sure how Gibbs was stopping himself from coming in, but she betted it wouldn't last, especially if he wasn't forth coming

Gibbs wanted to go in there & shake the punk kid until he confessed everything, but on some level he realised it wouldn't be professional of him to engage, so he held off but if he didn't give anything soon he'd push that to the side.

Brunswick waited and it only took another moment

"He… he took my spot!" De Luca suddenly vented "I've been working myself into the ground for years & all of sudden he comes in from college soccer and within mere months takes the spot that was to be mine & Richardo's! He needed to be put in his place! You can't just come into Napoli and expect things handed to you!" he vented, that guy had come in & basically taken over, and he'd come from the pity excuse of american college soccer, pftt!

Kruse's eyes widened in utter surprise, this kid had done what he did cause Nix took his spot in the team? Seriously? He flashed a look towards Gibbs & Shannon, both seemed to be just as shocked as he was. He then saw Donnelly enter the room.

"Got pictures of the pair in case you need them with him boss" Donnelly said handing the folder over.

Gibbs took it without saying a word.

Brunswick couldn't say she wasn't surprised, she was gobsmacked! "So let me get this straight, you led Phoenix and the others around to the car park, left them there to get assaulted and Phoenix kidnapped, all because what? he took your spot in the team? Seriously?"

"I've given up my life for this! I've been in the academy since I was 8! He has to pay his dues!" De Luca huffed, before taking a breath "but I didn't…. he was just supposed to be roughed up enough to not be able to play for the next few weeks!"

Gibbs went from shock to pissed within mere seconds, he wanted nothing more than to 'rough up' that kid in return. He couldn't take it anymore & went straight for the punk kid.

Brunswick saw Gibbs head in looking utterly furious, she wasn't at all surprised, nor was she surprised that Kruse had followed obviously in case he needed to intervene at all, what surprised her was that Col Marks had brought the rear up, where'd he come from?

Marks had been heading down the hall when he saw a utterly furious looking Gibbs come out of the viewing room, he was hastily followed by SSA Kruse, who gave him a subtle but clear look, please come with, just in case. He wasn't sure what was going or who this boy was, so he just stood in the corner, waiting..

Gibbs ploughed into the room & yanked the kid out of his chair by the scruff of his neck & held him against the wall "you're going to tell me exactly what you did or so help me g-d, I will end your career before it even begins, and that's all that will happen if you're lucky!" he barked

Kruse was standing just behind his boss, he was giving the kid a death glare but the main reason he was where he was, was in case he needed to well, relief some pressure, but he'd give his boss a bit of time first.

Silva could see the boy was now looking utterly terrified & that he'd clearly understood the threat, guess he knew some English after all. She was enjoying this, she flashed Brunswick a smirk that got returned in reply.

"I didn't do anything!" De Luca got out

"Bullshit!" Gibbs barked "you were the one that got my son & my agents to the car park where they were ambushed & him kidnapped! You just said you wanted him roughed up! So what the fuck did you do?" he exclaimed

"He approached me!" De Luca yelled, he was desperately trying to get out of the man's hold.

"Who?" Gibbs demanded

"I don't know his name!" De Luca panted

Gibbs wanted to rip him to shreds, he could feel the rage, he needed to keep a lid on it, he took a breath & pushed the kid towards the table "sit your ass down & tell me everything"

Shannon wanted to go in there & hit the boy herself, she knew her husband was trying to restrain himself as much as possible, she was doing likewise.

Marks saw the kid stumble his way to the chair, but now he knew who this kid was, he was angry himself, this was the kid that lured the group around the back? He turned his face to total stone.

Brunswick saw the kid look around the room, and she could only imagine what he was seeing, there was Gibbs, Kruse, Col Marks, Silva & herself who were all staring at him with utter fury & expectancy, it would be quite intimidating.

Kruse could tell his boss would rip the kid to shreds within minutes, so he leaned down & put his palms on the table "you better start talking kid, you don't want to know what will happen if you don't" he suggested darkly.

"He said… " De Luca started but stopped "I… I can't"

Gibbs leaned down "he threated you, didn't he?" he didn't even wait for the reply, because he saw the answer in the kids eyes "he may have threatened you, me? I promise, and my promises, I keep, so you don't want me to promise to bring the hurt"

De Luca flashed his eyes around the room, he knew he was up shit creek, but this man was downright terrifying him, he looked at the two women "I talk to you, not him"

"You don't tell them everything & I will come back, you don't want that" Gibbs sneered before leaving the room, with both Kruse & Marks on his tail.

Shannon saw her husband come back, he looked how she felt, angry & falling apart, she took hold of him as soon as she could, my gosh, he was shaking "he'll tell them darling, you scared him to death" he'd also scared her a little.

Gibbs nodded, hoping she was right.

Brunswick sat down opposite him "go ahead, but fast or he will be back"

"This guy approached me yesterday, said he knew I should be in the team instead of him & that he could help me out" De Luca started shakily.

"How exactly did he want to help?" Silva pressed

"Said if I got him into a quiet area, he'd make sure he was out of the picture for the next 2 games, which would allow me to take my spot back" De Luca answered quietly

"Give us the details" Brunswick pressed "everything he said, everything you did, how you communicated, the lot!" Brunswick pressed.

Shannon listened to it all, how the 'man' had talked him into telling the team about the new club just to get her son there, about the conversation regarding the shoes and the car & leaving them there, knowing what was to come. She couldn't believe it, she had tears rolling her cheeks and she leaned back into her husband "that boy is so bitter, how could he have done that to our son simply because he didn't like be superseded on the pitch"

Gibbs was fighting many urges, tears, rage, but he just held her tight, knowing it helped her & himself "desperation, he'll be held accountable for his part" he didn't care about the motives of the boy, he would make sure the kid was held accountable for what he did to his son.

"You saying that you got no details about the guy? At all?" Silva enquired not really believing it.

"NO!" De Luca replied "he never said his name, didn't give me any numbers or anything!"

"Describe him then" Silva request briskly

"Tall, black hair, tattoos" De Luca replied

Brunswick shared a look with Silva, it was Loch? She had been passed the folder by Kruse & pulled the photos out "is this him?" she asked pointing to the still of Loch Lancert

"Yes, that's him on the left" De Luca answered.

Brunswick rose from her chair & looked down at the kid, she kind of felt sorry for him, he was clearly desperate to play but that didn't excuse him from his actions "we're going to place you in a holding cell until it is determined if charges will laid" what she wouldn't say was that after 48 hours, they'd have to release him & possibly sooner, though she could arrange for him to be handed over to the Local LEO's "and just something for you to consider, maybe he took your spot because he worked himself into the ground and showed talent beyond what you had. Maybe he is just better than you, no matter where you both learnt your trade. But besides that, for you to do what you did, did you not realise you'd loose your spot, probably entirely? I can't image the club will be too pleased to hear what you did to a teammate"

Brunswick walked out of that room both glad she could get the details from him about the part he played in setting Nix & her friends up but also sad for the kid that he'd done something so stupid for the reason he did.

Gibbs pulled his wife out of the viewing room & into an empty meeting room, they both needed a minute to compose themselves after hearing what that boy did and why. He saw her start to pace, she rarely did this but he knew these were highly irregular circumstances.

Shannon just couldn't understand it, and it was truly just seeping into her brain now, that boy… "that boy.. that boy… he wanted our son hurt just because he lost his spot on the team!? That's utterly ridiculous! I want to strangle him! I don't want him anywhere near our boy ever again!"

Gibbs took her into his hold instantly, realising this time he needed to be the calm one "I already strangled him once, but I want to do it over & over again, he's obviously a desperate boy but I assure you he wont be near our boy again. I wont stop until the club kicks him out, it surely goes against the code of conduct he would have signed upon joining the club. I will make sure that he's held accountable for what he's done" he knew that all players signed codes of conduct pledges upon signing & that if some items were broken they could be excused from the club instantly.

Shannon just rested her head on her husbands shoulder "we have to find him Jethro" she whispered letting some tears run down her face.

Gibbs moved one of his hands to lift her chin so he could look at her "I promise you Shannon, we'll sort all this out & get our son home, where he belongs, I wont allow that man to tear our family apart" He caressed her cheek as he wiped the tears away, he leaned their heads together "I promise you Shan, we will find our son, I wont stop, rest until I get him home to us, wont go home without him." He finished gently giving her a kiss. He had to reassure her, he'd get their son home and he work out what the hell was going on with well, everything! And he would not be going home until he had his family whole again, nope no way was he heading home without his entire family!

A/N: Football is cut throat, but I say that the De Luca boy is not very nice! But I'm sure Gibbs will ensure he goes nowhere near the club again! Let alone near Nix! But again Loch Lancert comes to the fore!

I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure when I will be able to get the next chapter up, as I've got some major university assignments & exams, but I will try to get one up soon.

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