A/N: Here's another chapter folks! You may thank the Queen! It's a long weekend here in Oz to mark her birthday, one more day to my weekend, nice! To my reviewers, love you all! Love hearing your thoughts, they keep me inspired!

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Acronym used that some may not know: FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition (from a few military movies)

This is a short chapter yes but it is extremely important, MAJOR REVEAL ahead!

Gibbs just rubbed her back, he just wanted to sooth her, he just wanted to make her feel better & calm her down. His mind was whirling with everything that they had learnt so far, it was all getting mixed up & he couldn't help but wonder what any of this had to do with them taking his boy! As he wondered just how he could get his wife to open up to him he started to hear her quietly saying something, so he zoned in trying his best to hear the whispered words.

"Why? How?" Shannon sobbed quietly "why? How could you do this to me" she cried clutching her legs.

Gibbs' heart ached at hearing her sobs, whoever was in that image had wronged her, but who? Unlike their kids, neither he or her had many photos on their phones, and the ones they did have were all of their family, so who could she possibly be talking about?

Gibbs decided on a change of position & moved to sit down facing his wife, placing his legs on either side of hers. He leaned forward & stroked her head, hoping to bring her head up he moved his other hand to stroke her leg "Shan, I'm here, talk to me please, let me help you" he whispered

Shannon lifted her head "He abandoned me!" she cried

Gibbs had no clue who she was talking about, but her face was a mess with tears, he reached out "who babe?" he asked as he wiped away as many tears as he could.

"Him" Shannon answered quietly pushing her phone towards him.

Gibbs looked down at the phone & the image, he flashed a look back up to her before returning his gaze to the image. It was an old photo but he was really, really confused "Shan, this is your dad, what are you saying?" they'd found only 3 photos of him amongst Joanne's things & Kelly had scanned them & retouched them for safe keeping, Shannon had all three images on her phone. But why was she saying that he abandoned her? He was soo terribly confused!

"It's him…" Shannon tried to breath "that man… is him, it's…."

Gibbs saw her start to mildly hyperventilate "shhh Shan, breath babe, come on relax for me" he placed a hand on each of her cheeks "breath with me babe, shh, just breath" he was utterly floored by what she was thinking. What that this Lawrence Alexander was her dad? Seriously? His mind was boggling & it would have to be dealt with, but first he had to calm her down.

After a few moments Gibbs managed to relax her enough to move himself to be next to her, and brought her across his lap. Cradling her he pressed a kiss to her forehead "just breath babe" he whispered.

Stretching out Gibbs grabbed the phone & looked closely at the images, her dad was a fairly tall man, at what he thought was 6"2, he had red hair just like Shannon, but his was touch lighter than hers. Flicking through the 3 images, he zoomed in on the man's face, it was a hard set face of someone who'd had a hard life, yet in these images it had a softness of love & caring. He saw some similarity between these photos & the one he'd seen of Lawrence Alexander, but he wasn't convinced.

Gibbs caressed her head "babe, there's a bit of similarity, but that's about it, I don't think its him"

Shannon looked at him "it's him, I know it is…and"

"And what babe?" Gibbs asked

"The man I bumped into at the Country club" Shannon remarked.

Gibbs knew what she meant, the dream that reminded her about that guy she'd run into at the country club, the guy that had spoken to her on her ride & then ran a mile when he saw Quinn "what about him?"

"It's him, why wouldn't I have recognised him then?" Shannon asked, she was feeling heartbroken, angry, upset & just plain confused.

"The guy that bumped into you at the Country Club was this Lawrence Alexander?" Gibbs asked

"No" Shannon disagreed "the man that bumped into me was not Lawrence Alexander, it was Alexander McLowry, my dad!" she was convinced!

Gibbs let out a breath "Don't get ahead of yourself Shan" he could see she was convinced, but he wasn't.

"Get Tim to do that facial recognition thing between the two photos then!" Shannon insisted determinedly

"You want Tim to compare the images?" Gibbs asked, the look of reply he got was the glare he normally levelled at people "ok Shan" he nodded, knowing he'd never be able to talk her out of it.

Laying her phone down, Gibbs picked his up & texted Tim "My office, now, and come alone!" it was imperative that he came alone,

Gibbs looked to his wife "He'll be up in a minute babe, but…"

"I know what you're going to say, but don't, it's him, I know it is, in my heart I know its him & I really don't know where to go with it" Shannon finally admitted, she really didn't know where to go with any of this! Or these feelings!

"Then let's not think about it yet, let's just wait for Tim to tell us one way or the other" Gibbs suggested. Before he suggested that they stood up or at least moved to the couch she'd risen herself & gone out to his balcony. If they weren't in the middle of the base he'd have an issue with her being out there, but given they were in the heart of the base & it was a fairly protected view, he was a bit more relaxed about her being out there.

Gibbs got up himself & was about to follow when he got a knock at the door, he took a breath before answering "enter"

Tim was really unsure as to why he was here and entered tentatively "boss?" he could see Shannon was out on the balcony.

Gibbs let out a breath "I need you to run a facial comparison between this image & the one we have of Lawrence Alexander & use my computer" he said as he passed Tim his wife's phone.

Tim looked at the photo, he knew whose phone it was so was a little confused "boss?"

"Just do it McGee" Gibbs huffed.

Tim swallowed "yes boss" there was the old Gibbs glare again! But.. "ahh, it could take a few minutes" all he got in reply was the Gibbs glare "yes boss"

Gibbs stood behind his desk but at angle that allowed him to keep an eye on his wife as well as the screen. He watched as Tim brought both images into whatever program it was that would do this comparison, seeing the pictures side by side though, he had to admit, the small similarity he'd seen earlier was getting a little more profound. Could his wife be right? Could this guy that had done everything be Shannon's real father? While he still thought it wasn't all that possible, what if she was right? What if the guy was him? What the heck was going on?!

Gibbs looked out to his wife, she was standing against the railing with her palms resting on it & just staring out, gosh, what could she possibly be thinking? He wanted to wrap his arms around her & tell her this was all just coincidence, but who was he kidding, neither of them believed in them! And until Tim gave him the answer he couldn't do anything, he just had to wait.

Tim knew that whatever, or rather whoever the man was in the photo on Shannon's phone that he was comparing to Lawrence Alexander was important but he didn't know who he was exactly. He could feel the tension pouring off Gibbs, so did his best to work through the program as quickly but thoroughly as he could. Looking at the images himself he saw some similarities but on face value they certainly weren't identical. He guessed that the image from the phone was at least 40, maybe 50 years old? So there was of course room for change. The program though compared features that didn't change, so it should easily account for that. It was an improved version of the one they used when Ari was on the scene & needed to compare his adult face to the one from his university photo.

"McGee" Gibbs huffed after a good 10 minutes, seriously? It wasn't like they were searching a database, they were just comparing 2 images?

Tim swallowed "going as fast as I can boss" he made a few more entries & then hit run, he waited..

Gibbs watched the program run, he could see it working, he honestly didn't know what he was hoping for, for a match or not? He held his breath as it continued & he just stared at it when it finally finished.. oh my!

Tim saw it finish & would have told Gibbs, but the look on his face said it all, he knew already "I'm just going to…"

Gibbs drew himself away from the screen to look at Tim & nodded "no mentioning this to anyone Tim, we'll deal with it soon, but we need some time. I mean it Tim, don't say a word to a single soul!" he couldn't let Kelly know about this yet.

Tim nodded "of course boss"

Gibbs waited for Tim to leave before he shifted his gaze one more time to the screen, all he could say, all he could think about was crap, shit, oh boy & really.. fubar, major FUBAR!

Approaching his wife he took hold of her from behind & rested his head against hers, he just held her. He really had no idea what to say, what could you say? As he was trying to work out what to say she turned herself in his arms.

Shannon looked at her husband, she didn't need to look at the screen to know what the result was, she knew even before Tim had done it "Its my dad" she whispered

"Yes" was the only thing Gibbs could say.

A/N: Yea so, i'm just going to leave you with that…. sorry! ;p

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