A/N: Here's a new chapter folks! To my recent followers/favourites thank you & welcome to the ride that is this amazing journey! To my reviewers, thank you so much, your comments keep me inspired, and I love hearing your thoughts on how things are progressing, so keep them coming!

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Now, let's see how everyone is coping with this bumpy entry into Belfast...

Pride came to a stop, Patricia was now standing at the gates of a large estate, they were somewhere between Holywood & Cultra, so the houses were quite big, but even so, this was a very large estate! The house, or more like mini-castle was set in the middle of vast gardens. Back behind the property he could see a few smaller buildings, likely stables or storerooms, and behind those there was a small number of trees along the back fence line. He wondered who lived here that would cause for Patricia to be here? He saw a pair of men approaching the gate from the house & took a further step back into the building behind him to cover himself. He watched as the trio spoke for a few minutes before the men opened a side gate & escorted her in rather quickly too! Who were these people?

Pride kept watch & just waited for the incoming call, he hoped Gibbs would be calling soon! He shielded himself against the howling winds that had only just started as he waited for his phone to ring…

Vance swallowed as he exited the plane, he wasn't one who got motion sick or even airsick, but right now his stomach was more than just talking! He took a deep breath of fresh air trying to settle the feeling, he'd dealt with plenty of rough landings but that one, well that one was probably one of the worst!

Turning he looked back into the plane & everyone was trying to regroup, given the plane was more lounge suite than military jet there had been breakable items on the plane & they had broken! He saw though that Delilah Fielding though was still unwell "Agent Meoli!" he called

"yes sir?" Meoli answered coming out of the plane, thank heavens that was over, that landing, not pleasant! She'd thought they'd been a breath away from crashing!

"Go & get Dr Mallard, see if he's free to come & attend to Ms Fielding but Agent Meoli, if he's taking care of anyone on that bird, especially Kelly you leave him there & ask someone to get him once she is ok" Vance ordered. While he wanted Ducky to look at her, he wouldn't take him away from the others, especially Kelly & he would be extremely surprised if he wasn't helping her, in fact if she hadn't been ill after than landing he would be shocked!

Vance surveyed their current surroundings, both planes were now situated in one of the hangers at the far end of the airport, there were already numerous bodies out of the aircrafts, several Army Rangers were already taking up protective positioning around the aircrafts & checking the building, he also saw many of the flight personnel checking the planes, he hoped there was no damage to either of them! This may not be their last destination & they'd need these planes. There was one thing he could help with "Wu! Help the Rangers secure the hanger!" he ordered

"Yes sir" Wu nodded as he came off the plane taking a much-welcomed deep breath of fresh air. He stepped onto the tarmac – ahh, solid ground! That always felt good!

"You all ok Director?" Fornell asked approaching, he was glad to be on solid ground! That hadn't been a pleasant experience at all!

"A few Bumps & bruises" Vance answered "Ms Fielding was the only one to become ill" he added on belatedly "how about you?..."

"Excuse me Director, but could we get Dr Mallard over here, Delilah's still under the weather" Hollis requested interrupting the pair, she was glad she had cast iron stomach! But was extremely worried about her agent.

"He's helping Kelly" Fornell remarked bluntly, as far as he was concerned that lady could wait for the help, she wasn't going to take precedence over Kelly!

"As soon as he's done helping Kelly he will check any others whom require assistance" Vance replied

Hollis could see the pair had gone defensive & she definitely wasn't going to speak against Dr Mallard helping Kelly "thank you" she said simply before going back to her agent.

Fornell waited for Hollis to leave them "apart from Kelly, everyone made it through without losing their lunches, but we had numerous close calls" he'd seen many of the people around him come close to losing their lunches, him included!

"As did we" Vance commented "give Pride a call, see where he is, the embassy should have dropped some SUV's here for us by now"

"They're here sir" Agent Aymond remarked coming closer "3 SUV's with MP drivers are out the front sir"

"Good, tell them to stand by, we'll be ready to go soon" Vance ordered

"Yes sir" Aymond answered

"That should do it" Ducky smiled as he returned the syringe to his medical bag, he'd had to give her a shot to help stop the vomiting.

"Thanks Duck" Gibbs nodded as he & Shannon continued to sooth their girl, he was thankful that she had stopped vomiting! If he was honest with himself, he'd come close to having his lunch make itself known. He'd rarely experienced such a turbulent landing & he was ever so thankful for the extra straps they had on. Wearing a simple belt wouldn't have helped anything!

"Excuse me sir, Mrs G, I've prepared the back row, Kelly can lie down" Marcus spoke gently, he hated that she'd felt so bad she had succumbed to vomiting but it was one of the hardest landings he'd done in a very, very long! His knuckles had gone white from gripping the controls so tightly they still weren't their normal colour and they'd skidded on the runway more times than he'd care to admit!

"Thank you Marc" Shannon said quietly, her stomach was feeling queezy too, she wondered how long it would take to pass? "Come on angel, let's get you lying down" she said rubbing her back.

Kelly took a deep breath, she was glad she'd rinsed her mouth out already & she was starting to feel half human again. Whilst she wanted nothing more than for her parents to stay with her she knew what had to happen. Lifting her head, she looked at her mum "you should go with dad, find…"

Shannon was torn, she wanted to stay with her girl, make sure she was ok but she also wanted to go & find her son, she wanted to do it with her husband "darling.."

"You should go" Kelly repeated

"We're not going until your ok angel" Gibbs remarked, he did want to get going but he wouldn't until he was certain she was feeling ok.

"I'm ok" Kelly remarked as confidently as she could "you need to go"

"I'll stay with her" Ted remarked, he could see how hard this was for his friends "let me get a nest sorted" he said out loud before moving towards the back of the plane where they could lie her down.

Gibbs took a breath & nodded, he knew they had to get going & having Ted remain was probably the best way to cope with that "how's that sound angel?"

"Ok" Kelly nodded, it was a comfort to have Ted stay behind.

Shannon helped her up, she was glad Ted was staying with her "let's get you lying down darling"

Harry watched as Shannon & Gibbs got Kelly to the back of the plane & lying down, she was now resting against his dad. He saw that Tim had been watching the exchange from almost the other end of the plane & he could see concern and maybe even something else. He moved towards the guy & manoeuvred him out of the plane.

Tim had been watching Kelly, he was really concerned about her, he wanted to go up there & comfort her himself, not that he was feeling perfect, his stomach was speaking to him & quite loudly too, but still seeing her like that was hard. He was also feeling a little jealous, he'd never feel jealous of Gibbs nor Shannon but to see her rest with Ted when it could be himself, that was hard! He felt Harry gently push into his back & motion outside, letting out a breath he went outside.

"It's not what you think" Harry remarked, but he took solace that he was on solid ground! He saw Myles was hanging around the entry too & saw his ears peak up.

"What's not?" Tim asked a little confused.

"Kelly resting with my dad" Harry stated plainly.

Tim just stared at him, was he that transparent?

"Kelly sees my dad as a father figure & so is probably more comfortable resting after her… spell with him than you, sometimes it's easier to do those things with a parental figure than with a boyfriend" Harry stated.

"I'd agree with that" Myles stated closing the small gap that was between the trio "Besides, KG needs to rest, and you will need to be dealing with everything"

Harry nodded "you're definitely across everything a lot more than my dad is"

Tim took what the pair said on board, they had a point but "I know but.."

"No buts McGee" Harry said interrupting him "I know you deeply care about her, I know you care about Phoenix too. To me though, Kelly's like a sister & Phoenix, he's like a brother to me. I'm going to guess the pair are like siblings to you as well Myles. So how about this, I will trust the pair of you to keep working on getting him back & you guys trust me & my dad to take care of Kelly for the moment? Let's get through this together" while he would do everything he could to retrieve Phoenix, he knew that right now both of these men were far better placed to work on it & him & his dad could look after Kelly, he'd be there for his friend.

Myles took a breath "I can deal with that, we can switch it up if needed down the track. All I will state is that I want these arseholes!"

Tim looked between the pair, they did need to deal with this stuff together & they were right, here & now, he was best served to keep working on the situation, he'd have to relent & allow Harry and his dad to look after Kelly "ok, we'll do this together, but Myles you're going to have to wait in line"

"I prefer to queue jump" Myles smirked.

Vance saw Gibbs, Shannon, Tony & Ziva approach, he shared a quick look with Fornell "Everyone ok?" he asked, but looked at Gibbs pointedly, he saw Kruse, Tim, Myles, Harry, Wu & Franks all approach too.

"She's resting with Ted on the plane, we heard from Pride?" Gibbs asked, he was so thankful that Ted was staying with her.

"Just spoke to him" Fornell answered "Patricia is now at her destination, she's at a large estate somewhere between Holywood & Caltra, he says it should only take us about 15 minutes to get there but he's not sure who owns the place"

Tony's eyes widened "did he see anyone else?" he wondered where she was & who she'd gone to see! He was also glad that she was off the streets & not wandering around.

"He saw 2 men speaking with her at the gate before they let her in & took her up to the house" Fornell answered.

"Do the Fieldings have property here in Belfast?" Ziva asked directing her question to Franks

"Not that the lady knew about" Franks said shaking his head "but she's rather indisposed at the moment"

"Stay on her Mike" Gibbs commented, he was sure they could get more intel from her! He saw though that Vance was going to let him work out the logistics of who went & who stayed, he was very grateful for that "Kruse, stay here & keep working with our guys & DC on tracking whatever intel we can find, Wu, you're with us"

"Yes boss" Wu responded, he was glad he was going, he wanted these guys!

"Right boss" Kruse responded, while he really wanted to go, he knew that some of them were required to keep working the intel.

Gibbs nodded before turning "I need you & your team to remain here Lieutenant" he hoped the underlying message would get through, he needed to keep bodies here to protect his girl!

Myles nodded, he wasn't going anywhere! "yes sir, my team will keep a perimeter, no one will get through" he took a breath before looking towards Shannon "she'll be fine Mrs G, won't let anything happen to KAGy"

Shannon gave him a small smile, she saw that Harry had nodded in agreement, clearly he was going to stay too "thank you boys"

"We have three SUV's out the front ready & waiting" Vance remarked

"Wu, you and your team I want approaching from the opposite side, hang back & keep watch on us" Gibbs instructed.

Wu nodded "yes boss"

"Silva, you & Zuse go with Wu & his team" Tony ordered, that way they could keep watch from at least 2 different spots & provide more cover.

"yes sir" Silva agreed

Gibbs watched as everyone started heading in the various directions it left him & Shannon alone with Tim, whom he now looked at seriously "Tim…" he started to say

"She'll be fine boss, won't let a single sole near her" Tim said confidently, as far as he was concerned, he would take command of security of the site, he wouldn't let a single gap appear in it!

"Thank you Tim" Shannon remarked softly, leaving Kelly here, even though they were only going down the road & even though she had an army around her was difficult, but they had to do everything they could to find their boy!

"We'll be in touch" Gibbs remarked, he wanted to go check on his girl, but he knew it was probably best to let her try to sleep, they'd hopefully not be too long!

Pride wrapped his arms around his chest, this wind was crazy! He watched the property, Patricia had been in there a good 30 minutes, and so far 3 cars had arrived, something was going on inside that property! He knew Gibbs & crew were due to be there soon, he'd gotten a message from Fornell about 10 minutes ago to say they were leaving the airport & he considered it wasn't a moment too soon!

After a few minutes he saw a group of people a few blocks to his left approaching, they were walking fairly slowly but when he caught the eye of a young lady he'd met before when she was a mere probie, one Sharaz Silva, he knew they were here, but he didn't see Gibbs amongst them. He turned to his right & that's when he saw his friend walk around the corner towards him. Gibbs was walking towards him, in front of him was the Director, behind he saw 2 people he could only assume were Tony & Ziva and to his side was Fornell, but walking right in the middle of all of them was a lady that could only be Shannon. There was one man he didn't recognise though & he looked to be about his age, light brown hair, and was walking between Jethro & his rear agents, he wondered who this guy was?

When he'd heard about her, and everything else, he'd been hit for six, he'd been planning on making a detour to Naples at the end of his trip to Ireland to see him, but this had well.. guess he was meeting her sooner than he thought. He took a deep breath as he saw the group get closer, he smiled when they were mere feet away "nice to see you folks"

"Pride" Vance greeted, his agent was looking a little tired "jacket?" he offered

Gibbs waited until he'd put the jacket on "Dwayne" he greeted, he took a breath "my wife Shannon"

"Jethro" Pride greeted as he quickly went for a hug, coming out of it he looked to the lady still gripping Gibbs' hand "I know the circumstances are terrible, but it's a great pleasure to meet you"

"Likewise Dwayne" Shannon remarked, it was nice but her thoughts right now were split between the worry about her girl back at the airport & her downright concern for what fate was befalling her boy, she was beside herself with worry!

"Since she went inside half an hour ago, 3 cars have arrived, each having at least 2 occupants" Pride began to explain "the estate looks quite large, but I can't say who owns it"

"We've got people looking into the records to find that out" Vance offered.

"Why don't we just go in?" Tony asked, he was getting a little fed up of this, his sister was inside that place! Yea it was a massive place, it looked like some kind of mini castle, but his sister was in there! "If she walked in freely…"

"You think whoever is inside is a friend rather than foe?" Fornell queried

"She knows something, she's here for a reason & didn't we say that Alexander was from Ireland? Maybe she's found people that she thought could help her" Tony mused out loud.

"Alexander was born here in Belfast" Michael offered, he & Jim had decided to come with them, just in case they could help, Jim was back at the airport still looking into a few things. He thought that given that Kelly wasn't here he would come in case they needed some legal muscle, but he had been doing research that might just help.

Pride saw that both Tony & Shannon look at this guy, whoever he was, with a little surprise.

"We haven't found any Fielding connections here in Belfast though, except that one email alerting to her presence, maybe they are friendly" Ziva remarked

Gibbs considered it, he did want to go in, but he was nervous to go in there with his wife when he had no idea what was waiting for them.

"I think we need to go in, we wont learn anything standing out here" Shannon said quietly.

Gibbs looked at her, he could see the anguish she was feeling about everything, the apprehension she had about what could be waiting for inside, but also that she just needed to get it over with "let's go" he remarked as he herded the group.

As they started to walk towards the gate Gibbs kept a firm grasp on his wife around her waist, the group had already formed a sort perimeter around her since getting out of the SUV & he noted that Pride had taken his place right next to Vance at the front of the group, he couldn't say it didn't relieve him. What he realised was that Pride was sporting a 9mm in the back of his belt, the embassy MP's must have given him it.

Tony was getting really nervous but as they crossed the street & were mere meters from the gate he looked back behind him "Boss!" a half dozen vehicles had suddenly appeared not just around them, but around the 2 teams they had watching their backs, they were about to be surrounded!

Gibbs reacted instantly as he pulled Shannon as close to himself as possible, he saw that Fornell had turned & was now standing with his back shielding her, just like Vance was doing. He saw that Ziva & Tony were covering her as well as Michael, he really wasn't liking this development! He saw that each car had multiple men inside, with one arm around his wife he gripped his sidearm with his other hand, his finger hovering over the safety.

A/N: Well they've made it to Belfast with limited damage, so that's a good thing but this doesn't look good! Exactly who owns this estate & could these men be friends or foes? Gibbs is ready for anything or is he? Will he be able to manage what's coming? Will Shannon? Will Tony?

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