A/N: I'm back! So sorry for the delay in getting this chapter up, what can I say.. life! Thank you so much for everyone sticking with me, to my newest followers/favourites, welcome! So glad to have you with us! To my reviewers I love you all! You help to keep me inspired, so thank you!

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A reader asked for a family tree of sorts as there were lots of people involved, if you head over to my Facebook page for the MTHDO verse I have put up some images showing the various sections of families involved you can get a good idea as to who's who & who belong where.

The page is: Facebook URL & then /More-Than-He-Dreamed-Of-verse-1672091333008701/ My Instagram account is: shellycreates

Without further ado, let's get back to into it..

Gibbs sat himself down between his girls, they were back on the plane & headed for Carlisle. It had been a crazy 30 minutes to get them all in vehicles and to the airport, not to mention who went on which planes, he hadn't wanted any of the 'new' family with them, wanting to give Shannon a break from all the stares & strained conversations, if only temporarily. The only change to who was on Marcus's jet was that Tony & Ziva weren't on it & Tobias & Franks were, Tony had wanted to fly with his sister which he understood.

"It's going to be ok" Gibbs soothed to his girl's as he held them as close as the seats would allow "Phoenix has obviously managed to find a way to get some form of communication out to us, he's fighting. We'll follow his signal, Niall believes he knows where they are, we'll get to him, Phoenix will be fine, we'll have him home soon enough" he finished in the most reassuring voice he could muster, he needed to reassure them as well as himself. He had to believe his son would be fine, it was the only thing that was keeping relatively calm. He just prayed that his son was truly ok, Niall said it was a warehouse district, did that mean his boy was being held in some cramped windowless room? And what about his injuries? he knew that he done some damage to his ribs, his knee too, he took a calming breath, he couldn't continue to think down this path, his son would be fine & whatever injury had befallen him, would befall Liam & Loch a hundred times over!

Gibbs gazed out past his girl through the window into wide blue sky trying to remember a happier time.

Flashback

"Come on, it'd be fun" Kelly tried

"Agreed" Nix nodded to his sister's comment before continuing "we do it every year, haven't missed a Halloween yet, ever" he said as he shifted his gaze to his dad "Plleeeeaassseee It's a bit of fun"

Gibbs couldn't help but smile at his son's infectious smile "dress up as what?"

"Dunno, we usually try to pick a theme & go with that. Last year we did X-Men, Kells went as Storm, I went as Magneto, found a kickass helmet to use" Nix commented

"The themes & character we could now rock are endless, Marvel, DC, Star Trek, Star Wars, Hunger Games... " Kelly started musing to her the possibilities with their numbers were endless! "I hear Tristan is even dressing up, her family are going Disney anima" that she got, her kids were younger.

"Good for Megan" Gibbs deadpanned

"Shush you" Shannon chuckled as he gently pushed against his arm with her shoulder as they continued their walk in the park down by the ocean in the Santa Lucia region of Naples, it was one of the most beautiful areas of Naples as far as she was concerned.

Gibbs pulled his wife into his side before sidestepping her with a chuckle in reply, before whispering "why dress up when we can have own private party at home"

Shannon didn't miss underlying message and saw that even though he had whispered both of their kids had heard enough "would be nice, but a private party while the entire base is partying outside our front door in the street? Won't that be enjoyable" she retorted.

Gibbs couldn't help but smirk as he continued to walk them through the park "think we should get some food" it was lunch time.

Shannon rolled her eyes "don't change the subject, you used to enjoy it, we went to a few parties back in the day, you got right into them if I remember correctly"

"What'd you dress up as?" Kelly grinned, hearing about their younger days was always fun. She saw the grin plastered on her brother's face too.

"Ancient history" Gibbs answered with a smile as he recalled those occasions.

Nix shook his head "so what if we go as… " he thought about it "ohhh! We could go as the Asgardian royal family from the Marvel universe! You could go as Odin dad, mum could go as Gaea, I could go as…"

"Let me guess, you could go as Thor?" Kelly asked interrupting him with a smirk.

"Ah yea" Nix nodded "who else?"

"Yea, that'd work.. except…" Kelly just smirked "you kinda need the muscles for it, and well… Chris Hemsworth you are not"

"What'd you call these" Nix asked as he flexed his right arm to show his upper arm & shoulder muscles.

Kelly tipped her head to the side "not sure, has Chris Hemsworth had a baby, maybe it's the baby's muscles" finished with a big smirk aimed at her brother.

Shannon saw that the pair of them were about to start to who knew what "stop, we're out in public! Let's behave like adults please, possibly?" she finished with a sidewards glance to her husband, normally he was the ring leader in these antics, but when he wasn't he was perhaps a shot to help her keep them in check, in public at least, perhaps, perhaps not...

"We're not going as Asgardians, or any Marvel or DC character for that matter" Gibbs remarked, this may help the pair calm back down.

"We're not?" Nix & Kelly asked together, to both of them the way he'd said it, it was like he had an idea up his sleeve.

"We're not" Gibbs confirmed, he knew exactly what they'd go as.

Shannon could see the look in his eyes, he had an idea "so we're going as what?"

Gibbs just smiled at her, before shifting his gaze to his kids & across the park "there's a food truck over there, let's eat" he finished with a smile as he steered his family towards the truck.

"Dad!" Kelly groaned as she followed "Come on….. tell us!"

Nix saw his dad just smile as he kept walking "Daaad!" he groaned dropping his head momentarily.

Shannon could see her husband was enjoying this, placing a hand on his far cheek she turned his face to look at her "are you going to tell us? Or keep us in suspense mister?"

Gibbs just smiled at his gorgeous wife, gosh he loved these moments, they were so much fun, he was loving..

Gibbs felt a jolt, he shook his head trying to focus, he took a deep breath, damn turbulence! He had been enjoying recalling that day. He then realised why the jolt, it wasn't turbulence they were landing! At least this was a short flight! It meant they were one step closer to getting to their boy!

Niall came off the plane in Carlisle just as he saw that the other plane carrying his long-lost niece starting to deplane too. He was still coming to terms with everything and he wasn't sure whether he was going to strangle or his hug his brother's brains out when he finally got to him, but get to him he would! He scanned the horizon & saw 2 cars approaching, they were quite a way away & he didn't recognise either. The cars could be headed to another hanger bay, he'd keep a close watch on them for the next few minutes.

Turning back to the planes Niall looked to see his brother Patrik, his sister Angela, his son Liam & their cousins Jeffrey & Keegan all exiting the planes they came over on, along with numerous nephews & a couple of nieces, not to mention the contingent that came with Shannon. He then saw 2 more people exit, his nephew Anthony a young man he hadn't really taken time to get to know, the reasoning seemed ridiculous looking back on it now. He couldn't believe he & his family had let the situation cloud them from including the boy into their family the way they should have, and not kicked him to the curb like they had done. It was something that would be rectified immediately! The other was a young woman he didn't even know existed! She looked so much like her mother it was uncanny! He wondered what the threat was from the Fielding's that made Patty give her up, he'd get to the bottom of it & he'd make sure the pair of them knew they could rely on their 'new' family for whatever they needed or wanted.

Niall's attention shifted back to the cars, they were either heading for them, or the hanger right next door & he started getting a strange feeling. He saw his cousin Jeffrey come & stand right next to him, they shared a look of understanding, these cars were heading for them, they just knew it.

"Those cars are getting close, do we know who's in them?" Liam asked his father & uncle Jeffrey. He saw though that almost everyone was now within hearing range, including his cousin Shannon, her family & their group.

"Not sure" Niall replied tensely, he couldn't see into the vehicle well enough to work it out.

Gibbs was just getting himself & his girls to where Niall & the others were standing, he had McGee, Myles, Fornell, Franks, Vance, Pride and the Taylor men all sticking close, the rest of the NCIS & army crew were all close by, but a lot of them were sorting out the gear as they deplaned. He took in Niall's stance as he looked at the oncoming cars & didn't really like the feeling he got. He flashed a look towards Tony, something wasn't right, he looked agitated, on edge, something was clearly wrong, he wanted to find out what it was, he moved towards him & was about to speak when Patrik's voice interrupted him.

Patrik took a step forward to be in front of his family, he took a good look & let out a snarl "get everyone back!"

Liam reacted instantly, he moved forward in front of his aunt Angela, before barking "Oscar! Austin!" making sure the pair also presented themselves in a forward position.

Myles heard the comment by Patrik, before Liam's bark, he instantly moved himself in front of Kelly & Shannon, he saw that Harry had joined him, along with Ted and Fornell, McGee had planted himself right next to Kelly. He held a firm gaze on the cars as they approached.

Gibbs tensed even more, he pulled his girls behind him, he saw that Vance & Franks had stepped forward, and looking left he noticed that Tony had taken a protective stance in front of his newly found sister, he was looking even worse than before, it was worrying him. He saw that Pride had also stepped in front of Patricia, they shared a look, were things about to get nasty again?

Niall took a step forward despite his son's protests as he got a look at the car occupants "no one do anything rash! We did call them, stay calm & focused." He turned to one of his nephews "Ferguson, keep her on the plane!"

Gibbs watched as the cars slowed to a stop some 50 yard (45 meters) away, he saw 8 men exit the 2 cars & start to slowly walk towards them, they stopped however when they realised just how many people they were facing, and how many of them were armed with weapons. The man in the middle seemed to be the one in charge of their group, he was about 6ft tall, but looked quite old, if he would hazard a guess he looked about 90!

Niall could see the group had stopped in their tracks by the sheer numbers of his group, and perhaps the fact that a lot of them were armed, he saw the weary eyes of an old foe "Michael" he greeted loudly.

"Niall, what is it you want? Why have you demanded my presence?" Michael replied as he scanned the group "and is this entourage really necessary?"

Niall held up his hand to silence his brother, but his cousin beat him to speaking.

"Yes this group is necessary" Jeffrey retorted tensely before continuing "and we're here because your family have brought war upon us!" he finished in a snarl.

Tony was tense, he wanted nothing more than rip into these men already, but he couldn't help his reaction to his uncle's demeanour, his eyes widened in shock! From the limited number of times he'd ever met his uncle the man had been nothing if not completely proper and calm, this ferocity was something else entirely. What got him even more on edge was that his uncle's comments had made their opposing party extremely tense, a few of the men had even shifted forward in a defence posture.

"Why would I bring war back onto us? Too much bloodshed had occurred to our families" Michael retorted carefully.

Niall & Jeffrey shared a look, was Michael unaware of what his nephews had done?

"Answer us this first" Niall stated, "how did your nephew Jeremiah die last year?" he queried

"A car accident" Michael replied as he shared a look with his son Thomas.

"What does Jeremiah's accident got to do with anything? Are you saying it wasn't an accident?!" Thomas finished stepping forward.

Gibbs wanted nothing more than to step forward and tell them exactly how the man died, but even he knew to leave this to Niall & Jeffrey. He just kept a hold of his girl's hands as they waited to see what would come.

"No, we're saying that he didn't die in a car accident at all" Keegan remarked with a snarl.

Thomas shared a look with his father, along with his with his cousin Mark "what do you mean?" the trio of men all asked at the same time.

Niall stepped forward "we mean, that Jeremiah & Liam decided to take vengeance against Alexander, his daughter & Patricia for the accident in '65 from then until now. They terrorised them & forced their families apart & that is what is led to Jeremiah's death"

"You're not talking sense Niall, we all agreed that was accident!" Michael vented in frustration, why were they bringing up that accident? He had taken a further step towards the other group.

"WE agreed, THEY did NOT!" Jeffrey corrected harshly "THEY forced MY sister to leave us! THEY forced Alexander to leave! THEY forced my sister to give up her child!" he finished in a yell as he'd taken a step closer & raised his arm in frustration. Whilst he didn't have confirmation of everything, he'd pieced enough together to realise what those men had done to his sister!

Patricia could only watch on as her uncle spoke so passionately about her mother, the emotion was all over his face it was hard to see without feeling a lump in her throat.

"That isn't funny" Thomas remarked tensely taking a step to place himself between his father & Jeffrey.

"No, it isn't" Angela agreed as both she & her brother Patrik came to step up alongside Jeffrey

"I'm afraid it is true though, we have witnesses & hard facts to back it all up" Niall remarked coming to stand alongside his brother & cousin.

"Witnesses? Proof?" Mark queried "exactly what proof do you have?" why would they believe them?

"Well let's see, Jeremiah dropped his first name & became known as MacDonald as he courted Alexander's wife, after Alexander's apparent death & became Shannon's here (pointing to his niece) step-father not more than 2 years after the accident! Years later he faked her death & her daughter's death to her husband and left their family separated for 20 years!" Niall explained, trying to remain calm.

Michael looked at the redhead woman standing yards behind Niall, he recalled seeing a young redheaded girl in the hospital & was told that it was Alexander's daughter, he didn't know if she was the same person.

"There is also the fact that Patty's eldest child, Patricia (he said motioning to her, she wasn't all that far from Shannon) here was placed into adoption right at birth & it was handled through the Louise Fallon adoption agency!" Jeffrey added briskly "You tell us, does that name sound familiar?"

Thomas's eyes widened, that was the agency named after his aunt! "Patricia let her child be adopted through Susan's adoption agency?" Susan was his cousin, and the daughter of his now deceased aunt, Louise Fallon. It really didn't make sense that a Paddington would let their child be placed into an organisation run by a Fielding!

"We doubt she was given much of a choice" Keegan commented as he took a stand besides Angela.

"And she was adopted to a Lawrence Alexander in New Orleans" Niall continued "and Lawrence Alexander, is a pseudo for my brother Alexander! They put Patty's child into the care of Alexander who was apparently living in New Orleans! So tell us this, which one of our families has that as a base for their North American operations?" he finally asked with a raised eyebrow to Michael.

Michael just stared at trio of men, he really wasn't liking everything he was hearing, he knew though that his family had secured New Orleans as their base, his nephew Liam and his son In-law Donald Lancert ran that part of the operation mainly. "Not that I'm not inclined to believe you…" he just wasn't sure what to make of what he was hearing.

"Ok, I'll give you something a little more recent shall I?" Jeffrey commented, he found the eyes of the men now on him "Patricia here has a son, his name is Jake, my great nephew, he is not a well young boy, he suffers from Aplastic Anaemia, it's a rare disease that results in deficiencies of all blood cells caused by the failure of bone marrow development"

Kelly's eyes widened, how did he know this? He must have spoken at length with Patricia on the short flight over here.

"We're sorry to hear that, but what's it got to do with us?" Thomas asked.

"Because he's been in & out of hospital for the past year, and last week, just as he was released from hospital into Alexander's care the pair were kidnapped! Alexander even tried to keep the young boy safe by taking him straight to a private property his daughter didn't even know about! Apparently it was no use, because they were taken by force!"

Michael shared a look with son & nephew, where was Jeffrey going with this?

"And let me guess you think it was our family who took them?" Mark queried carefully.

"We know it was!" Tony snarled, he'd had enough, stepping forward he lasered into the men "blood was found at the scene! And we got a match! A Steven Lancert! Your family were at the house & took my nephew!" he finished in a yell

Ziva reached out & squeezed his hand trying, in vein she thought, to calm him.

Gibbs eyes widened, clearly information had been received from the NOLA office that he didn't know about, well he had tried to give his girls a break on the flight over, but now he realised he needed to know all the new information, if there was any more to know.

Niall saw Michael's eyes widened in shock, there was one more thing to add though "You should also know that my niece Shannon's husband works for NCIS, its an American Federal Agency and they have Jethro Lancert in custody for the kidnapping of their son Phoenix, as well as the assault of 1 federal agent & 2 US military personnel. They also have solid proof of Loch's involvement, as well as Liam's"

"So there is no grey area" Keegan added fiercely

"Liam & Jeremiah have terrorised our family & it will stop!" Patrik added just as fiercely.

Michael was not liking this "and what would have me do?" he asked carefully.

Niall stepped forward knowing he was the calmest of his lot "it's simple, have Liam release Alexander, Jacob & Phoenix and ensure he, Loch and the others bring no further harm to our family"

Ted watched as the men shared looks between them, they were clearly having a silent conversation.

"We give you one, one chance Michael to deal with your kin, otherwise we will deal with them & you will not like the consequences, nor will you receive a family member of yours back" Jeffrey added

"I'm sorry, a family member back?" Thomas queried, what did that mean?

"We are holding Delilah, Liam's daughter, once we have our family members back, you will get her back, call it a trade if you will" Niall answered

"3 for 1, is that fair?" Mark queried, really? Who'd they think they were?

"Mark" Michael reprimanded, he shook his head to stop him talking, he shifted his gaze back to the opposing family "and if I agree, what guarantee do I have that you will not seek further revenge for what Liam & Jeremiah apparently did?" he still wasn't convinced.

"As the heads of the McLowry & Paddington families, we (motioning to Jeffrey & himself) give our words that no further actions will be taken unless in defence of our families" Niall answered, they would cause any further troubles, but they would always defend themselves.

"No revenge, only defence" Jeffrey remarked in agreement.

"I must also add though that whichever persons are found to be complicit in the kidnappings & assaults will be held accountable! Not negotiable" Niall added, this wasn't 100 years ago when such matters were dealt with out of the scope of the law.

Thomas's eyes widened and shared a look with his cousin & father, that meant at least 3 people were going to be arrested at least, if this was true.

Michael held up his hands to keep his lot quiet "we both know that I never liked this feud, the lives lost, the heartaches caused were impossible to bare, which was why I agreed back then to not be drawn back into it because of the accident. If my kin did not hold up our end of the agreement like I had arranged & agreed then it is I who must deal with it, as the head of the family."

Pride knew from his own family history that feuds were often dealt with outside of the law, especially going back, he couldn't help but wonder what the man meant by 'dealing with it', was he going to sort it out or take the blame?

Niall nodded "we never did, and I don't wish for it start again"

"So what do you propose happens now?" Michael queried

"We believe Liam is holding them in one of your warehouse's in Gretna" Niall remarked

"Why?" Thomas queried

"We received a GPS signal from Phoenix & it came from that area, we just don't know which warehouse, we know you have half a dozen" Niall answered "Do NOT tell Liam or anyone else that we are going, and escort us there, and help us find the source of the signal & find them" he finished as he heard the sound of vehicles, looking back to where Michael's cars came from he saw at least half a dozen SUV's approaching.

Jeffrey looked towards the oncoming vehicles, he knew these cars "my son is arriving with vehicles to take us there, so make your decision now"

Tim watched as Michael just looked at them all, it was like he was trying to decide whether to help or not, he wondered if he was trying to decide whether he believed them or not? He just prayed the man would help them, because otherwise it would probably get ugly & fast! He also wanted the decision quickly so they could get moving and find Phoenix, the kid was injured & it was worrying him immensely, he knew too that Kelly was getting worse by the minute & was hating watching her crumble. They had to find Phoenix & fast!

A/N: Will Michael help them? Does he believe them? Will they find the trio in time? What will befall Liam & Loch? So many questions, some should get answered fairly soon & the action is definitely on its way!

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