A/N: I know its been a while folks, and I am truly sorry! But if you follow me on FaceBook you'll know that regular life has been utterly insane for me! Thank you so much for sticking with me! To my followers/favourites, thank you all! To my reviewers, you rock, I love you all! Reading your comments keeps me inspired & fills me with such comfort when I am unable to write for so long!
No further delay... I really hope I've done this introduction justice!
Angela watched as the tall man walked past them before turning back "Niall? Patrik?" she asked looking between her brothers, he looked familiar!
"Yes, that was Anthony" Niall confirmed before directing his sister's gaze to Shannon.
Angela diverted her gaze to where her brothers went & had to do a double take, she stared at the woman, was it?
"Shannon, this is your aunt Angela & our cousin Rose" Niall remarked gently.
Angela gave a startled look, what on earth? She took a step forward "I don't understand" she whispered as she flashed a look towards Niall.
"None of us understand much right now" Patrik replied
Angela didn't even take her brother's remark in, she just stared at Shannon as she approached her "my goodness" she looked into her niece's eyes, knowing this was indeed her "you are a sight for sore eyes my girl" she whispered with a lump in her throat, as a tear ran down her cheek.
Shannon swallowed, this was just getting too emotional for her to deal with! "I'm sorry but I don't know you"
Angela took a breath "of course not my dear, we haven't seen you since you were 5 so I don't expect you to remember us, but I remember you" she finished with a smile.
Gibbs could feel his wife shake in his hold, this was starting to get very overwhelming, he squeezed her in tightly to his side as much as he could. He took a breath trying to calm himself, this was becoming overwhelming for him as well, these people were looking at his wife with such emotion that it was affecting him as well & he wasn't sure how much more they could take.
Tony took a deep breath, his palms were sweating so badly that he rubbed them down his pants trying to remove as must of the sweat as he could, he took a couple more deep breaths to calm his nerves, here goes nothing!
He opened the door & took a step inside. He swallowed instantly when he saw her sitting in a chair next to a fireplace, she looked a mess, she was clearly exhausted! He saw her lift her head to look at him & he felt like he was looking in a mirror, those eyes were just like his! He smiled trying to be as friendly as possible "Hi" he managed to get out quietly.
Patricia looked up, she had no idea why the women had left the room & thought it was them returning but it wasn't, she couldn't help but stare in utter shock, this man looked liked.. "Hi" she replied quietly.
Tony took a few steps forward to place himself only a foot from her, he really didn't know what to say or do.
Patricia was now standing up and trying to take everything in about him, was this man who she was thinking? "You're…"
"Anthony Daniel DiNozzo Junior" Tony said quietly "Tony…. your brother" he finished in an absolute whisper
Patricia's eyes widened, it was him! She swallowed a breath "Patricia Marie Kaplan…. Trisha"
Tony smiled again, he liked the name Trisha "nice to meet you Trisha"
Patricia was just confused "likewise, but what are you doing here? how'd you find me? I only found about your existence a few days ago" she really couldn't believe he was standing in front of her! She still couldn't believe she had a brother!
"I only found about you a few days ago too" Tony remarked
The pair just stared at each other, neither knowing what to say. Both were overwhelmed with the mere fact that their sibling, whom they'd only found out about mere days ago was standing right in front of them.
Patricia stared at the man, there were so many things she was confused about it wasn't funny. She'd only known about the fact that she even had a brother for the last few days & the only time she'd really had time to dwell on the matter was on the flight to Belfast & all she could do was stare at the single image she'd had of him, well she alternated between staring at his photo & staring at images of her son. She was an absolute wreck! But she couldn't help but stare at the man before her, he was at least half a head taller than her, he looked tired yet that smile held a bit of youth within it and those eyes, they were so bright to her, it was like they were zoning right into her soul, but it wasn't a burden, it was soothing, he was family & that just seemed right.
Tony was so overwhelmed, he couldn't believe his sister was a mere foot from him & he was taking in everything about her. He saw that her hair had such a beautiful wave to it & it rounded off as it sat on her shoulders, even though she was looking tired & a little ragged he could tell she had a good sense of style. But those eyes, it was almost like she was staring back into his own soul, looking into them was so comforting. He then felt a jolt of instant connection, he knew it in his bones, he would do whatever he had to in order to protect her! She was his sister, and he'd protect her to the end!
He really wanted to give her a hug & he saw something in her eyes, so going with his gut he raised his hands slowly & placed them on her shoulders, getting no pull back he brought her into his hold. He wrapped his arms tightly around his sister's body "love you sis" he whispered, he couldn't help but grin at that. He felt her give a slight shake, gosh she must so overwhelmed! She must a wreck with her son & her dad? adopted dad? uncle? cousin? whatever he was, he was missing & she must be a wreck for missing him! "we'll find them, we'll get them back, I promise you!"
Patricia pulled back & looked at him, she saw the determination he held, it was how she felt. She was absolutely determined to find her son, her father, her family! "I know" she couldn't explain the connection she felt towards the man in front of her, but she felt it to her bones "how did you find me here?"
"I'm an NCIS agent working out of Naples, Italy. A few days ago I received a visit from some men pretending to be INTERPOL agents who were looking for you, that's when I found out about you & we started looking for you. We were coming up empty when an agent who was on holidays here saw you & called it in" Tony quickly explained as gently as possible, my gosh he was staring at his sister! He knew things were tense but he couldn't help but smile at that.
"INTERPOL agents?" Patricia asked confused yet again, but that smile, it reminded her of…..of her son, a genuine smile with a hint of youthful cheek, in her son's case though the youthful cheek was so much more apparent, her heart was growing & breaking all at the one time.
"Men pretending to INTERPOL Agents, not real INTERPOL Agents" Tony remarked, he noticed she raised her eyebrow & lips just like his mother used to when she was confused.
Patricia just became even more confused, she honestly wondered when she would stop getting confused! "I'm…."
Tony placed his hands on her arms "confused I know, me too" he said quietly, because he really was! He was about to continue when he heard the door open, and he saw a great many people enter.
"I'm terribly sorry to interrupt this moment…." Niall remarked entering, he really was sorry, but he knew time was getting away from them, he took another breath as he looked at his niece & nephew "….. but I think we should get on with talking about everything"
Patricia looked at all the people now entering the room & there were many she did not recognise, but her eyes couldn't help but be drawn to 2 people in particular.
Angela shared a look with her brothers, she could see Patricia was now paying particular attention to Shannon & the man she now knew was her husband, Jethro Gibbs. She had no idea how they'd found Patricia, but how did they handle this introduction? She didn't even know how Patricia ended up with her brother! A brother she hadn't seen since… well, since Shannon was 5!
Niall saw the looks that were being given around the room & decided to get the most awkward introduction out of the way, he cleared his voice "Ah Patricia, this is Shannon & her husband Jethro Gibbs. Shannon, Jethro this is Patricia"
Gibbs saw that his wife was well, overwhelmed, clearly not knowing what to say to the woman.. to the woman whom her father raised as his daughter in her place, he understood it "Hello, glad you're safe" he greeted for the pair of them.
Patricia had been starring at Shannon, she'd only just found out who she was & wasn't sure how she felt about it. The voice though had drawn her attention & she looked at the man standing next to her, she vaguely recognised him & in the flesh, well, he looked like he was former military, she swallowed before speaking "hello"
"I think we should all sit down, there's clearly a lot to talk about" Niall suggested.
Patricia turned towards him, she was getting a little uncomfortable looking at Shannon, especially knowing who she was "we don't have time! I need to find my son & get him home for his medication!" she didn't have much time at all, she was beside herself with worry!
"We've got medication with us for him & a doctor" Tony remarked quietly as he placed a hand on her shoulder trying to bridge a gap.
Patricia turned towards.. towards well, her brother "you do?" she asked quietly, he had gotten medication organised & brought a doctor too? She wasn't quite sure how to take that news.
Tony gave her a small smile "we do" he nodded "we've got everything we need for him" he spoke gently, he kept his hand on her shoulder "we'll find him & he'll be ok"
"That's reassuring to hear" Rose remarked, looking between the pair they looked alike & then some!
Once everyone had gotten comfortable on the various sofa's, chairs & alike Niall looked between Patricia & Gibbs "you've both asked how we know the Fielding's & to put it simply, our two families have been at odds for generations with each other"
"At odds with them?" Patrik remarked surprised "we were at war Niall! And they've dug it up again!"
Niall looked to his brother "and they will pay dearly for it, but we need to talk about this calmly Patrik"
Patrik felt his phone vibrate but before answering he looked at his brother "you explain calmly, I will tear Liam's legs off not so calmly!"
Vance could see the rage the man had within him, and that gave him quite a bit of concern, this whole scenario wasn't not going to end anywhere close to pretty!
Angela watched as her brother left the room, she wasn't sure what had him so enraged but was guessing she would find out soon "going back more than 6 generations the McLowry's and Fielding's were two of the most prominent families that dealt in international shipping in the United Kingdom. Our family had the ports here in Ireland, whilst they had the Scottish ones, and there was a great deal of rivalry for trade & shipments." She took a moment to allow everyone to process what she'd said before continuing "the business rivalry spilled over to personal lives and the families truly began to hate each other, it unfortunately bore a great many deaths between everyone"
Tony listened, it didn't sound good at all, he knew from history class that business rivalries often did spill over into personal lives, especially when family owned businesses went head to head in yester year, but there was one thing he wasn't sure about "you said they dug it up again, so did it go away?"
"Are you saying my family was kidnapped because of a business rivalry?" Patricia asked almost at the same time as her brother posed his question, really? A business rivalry was the reason for her family was kidnapped?
Rose sat down next to her niece "Not business related my dear, no…"
"It's a lot more personal than that I'm afraid" Niall remarked "Firstly, our great grandparent's made an alliance with one of England's most prominent importing family's. It was an effort to both shore up the business, expand operations as well as take on the Fielding's, who were starting to gain more traction in the Asian region. It was the Paddington's that we aligned with. Your great grand-father married our grandmother, with his sister marrying her brother. That paved the way for your great aunt to marry our father, our two families are truly one" he finished looking between Patricia & Tony, he wanted to bring them some comfort before explaining the utter… well, catastrophe that was about to be explained.
That surprised Tony, "The Paddington's & McLowry's have been related for…"
"for 4 generations & will continue to be long into the future, we are one family" Rose remarked finishing his sentence.
Tony couldn't help but look towards Shannon, they were really & truly related & now he knew how & why, he couldn't help but smile at that. He now had a sister & was really and truly related to Shannon & Gibbs, it was one of the most amazing feels he could describe. He had a lot crap to get through, but these discoveries were just further shoring up his belief that he would get through it all, no, not he, they, they would get through it, his family would get through it if it was the last thing he did, they did, they would get through this. He refocused though, because Niall, his cousin.. his uncle, was continuing & he needed to know just how things got to point of all the mess they found themselves in the middle of!
A/N: There you have it, Tony has finally met his sister! and this is only the beginning of their story together :) We've also learnt just a little about this family feud.. there's definitely more to come on that front! And we got a more solid understanding of how Tony & Shannon are related & why it came about. And yes, I am aware that Shannon hasn't uttered a word since seeing Patricia, that's because she really doesn't know how to handle the whole situation.
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