A/N: Here's another chapter for you fine folks! To my newest followers & favourites, welcome! Glad to have you onboard! To my most awesome reviews, you rock! I love hearing all your thoughts/comments!

Now, let's see how Kelly goes... how will Nix take it all? Can Kelly handle it? and just how confused will Tony & McGee get before they work it out?

Hearing Ziva Gibbs let out a massive sigh of relief, thank heavens was all he thought. He drew back from Kelly & caressed her hair "They've gone angel, it's going to be ok"

Kelly breathed out a sigh of relief too, but she was totally shaken, she'd never really been in a situation where real gun fire happened, yes she'd fired on the range & heard others fire, but this was nothing like that.

"Shh angel, they've gone, can't hurt you. I wont let them" Gibbs said as he continued to try to reassure her, he wanted though to stand her up, they still needed to get up to the campsite, to his boy "up we get Kell" he said as he helped her stand.

Ziva waited a short distance from Gibbs, to allow for some privacy while he helped his daughter, once he'd stood them up, she went closer "it was Quinn, we pushed them back & they took off"

Gibbs fury rose yet again, he wanted to get his hands on this guy, but felt his girl shudder at the guy's name, he rubbed her back as she stood in his embrace "bully's always run when challenged" he said, trying to stay calm, knowing if he calmed down, it would help her calm down.

Ziva wanted to convey what he'd said to her, but knew this was not the time, especially with Kelly in earshot, she turned to McGee who was just standing a few feet away still in a little shock "Let's go McGee, we've got point".

McGee followed Ziva & saw Gibbs and this girl start slowly walking up behind them, he really wanted to ask Ziva what was going on "Ziva?"

Ziva flashed him a look, what on earth could she say? "I'll explain later, for now we have to get up to the campsite"

McGee wanted to press harder but thought better of it, he just kept point with Ziva, wondering who the girl was & on earth was going on?!

As they neared the campsite Gibbs saw the lights, he stopped them "Kell, can you do this?" he asked softly.

Kelly was feeling more calm than she'd been a few minutes ago & knew what her dad meant, she was going to have to speak to he brother before her dad showed himself, otherwise it would totally scare him & she did want to do it the 'right' way, if there was even a right way "don't have much choice... I can do it"

Gibbs knew she was right, he couldn't go up there, so she didn't have a choice, he leaned in & whispered "you're not alone angel, I'm right here, not going anywhere. You're strong, Gibbs's aren't built any other way, you can do it, just tell him about me, leave mum until I'm with you, that we will do together, ok?"

Kelly nodded in agreement, having given one last hug to her dad she pulled herself away & headed up towards the lights, Ziva had started walking with her instantly.

"McGee! Move!" Gibbs ordered, motioning that he had to go with her as well.

"Right boss" McGee replied taking off too, he barely heard a word that got said between Gibbs & the girl, all he'd managed to hear was that maybe her name was some form of Kell, Kelly perhaps?

Gibbs followed, but stopped on the edge of the darkness, not wanting to show himself. He saw Tony standing in the open not far from the row of cabins, he could tell he was still on high alert. He then looked to the man standing not too far from Tony, he recognised the haircut, the stance, this was Mr Stephens clearly, he didn't see a man standing there, he saw a marine, a marine who was clearly on alert, just like Tony. He felt another sense of relief, this man was clearly protective of his boys. He took a few deep breaths as he watched his girl walk towards them.

Tony stood scanning the perimeter, it had been a short while since he'd heard the last lot of gunfire. He couldn't stop thinking about McGee, had he been hit? Was he ok? He started wondering how much longer he could wait before rushing off to check on him.

He was about a make a call about heading off when he noticed movement coming from the path, he tensed instantly, but then he saw... McGee and Ziva! But wait there was another girl just behind them, who on earth was she?

Mr Stephens was getting concerned, it had been a little while since they'd heard gunfire & that only meant one of two things, one McGee had gotten the assailants or two, and he seriously hoped not but that they got McGee, in which case, they'd be getting up here quickly.

He then noticed movement, he tensed taking the safety off his weapon, he was about to turn to Tony to see if he knew the lady, but then he saw McGee... then he saw Kelly! He breathed a sigh of relief, thank heavens she was ok! He hadn't even wanted to contemplate what he would do if something had happened to her. He turned taking a few steps towards the cabin "Phoenix, your sister is here"

Nix was sitting on the bed in the cabin, with every gunshot he got more & more scared, he was downright petrified that something would happen to his sister, she was all he had left & he just didn't know what he would do without her! He lost his mum, he'd never even known his dad, all he had was his sister, he couldn't loose her too! He buried his head into himself.

Nix heard his teacher call, his sister was here? He jumped up & ran outside, he saw her walking towards him, all the emotions that he'd been feeling suddenly came out, he ran as fast as he could "Kelly! Kelly!"

Kelly saw her brother start running & screaming her name, seeing him brought her emotions to the fore too, she started to run to him too, she just wanted to take hold of him!

It barely took a minute, but Nix threw himself up into her, & she just held onto him as tightly as she could, not wanting to let him go.

"Please don't leave me again Kell, pleeaaasseee" Nix cried into his sister, who he was totally wrapped around.

Kelly let a few tears run down her face "I'll never leave you Nixy, never. I'm here... I'm here"

Tony & McGee both looked on at the scene in front of them, neither knew what was going on, who were these siblings?

Ziva's heart was torn as she watched the boy throw himself into his sister, he was obviously scared, it pained her, she just wondered how Gibbs was coping.

Gibbs tensed as he heard Mr Stephens call out, he focused his sight on the cabin doorway where he presumed his son would come out of, he realised he didn't even ask Kelly what his son looked like! But he didn't have a moment to contemplate. He saw a small boy come barrelling out of the door & screaming for Kelly.

What caught Gibbs first was the pain in his voice, he'd obviously been utterly petrified, that itself almost sent him running himself to him, but he forced himself to remain still. He then saw his girl take off towards him, she was obviously feeling what he'd felt. Watching them embrace both filled his heart with joy & broke it. He'd missed on so many years of watching them grow both individually & as siblings, he'd make someone pay for that alone!

As he watched Kelly just stand there holding her brother, who was wrapped around her something hit him. His head was buried into her neck & he could see his hair - it was red! He had his mothers hair! Wow was all Gibbs thought, it brought a smile to his face.

Mr Stephens felt a mix of relief & happiness at seeing the pair embrace, after allowing them a few moments, he approached them "Kelly, are you ok?"

Kelly raised her head from her brother to look at him, she was too taken with emotions, so she just nodded.

Mr Stephens nodded in understanding "is there anything I can do? anything you need?"

Kelly just moved her head in the direction of the cabin, hoping he'd get it.

"Take as much time as you need. With everything now ok, I'm going to let the others know that everything is fine, if you need anything at all, just holler, ok?" Mr Stephens said gently.

Kelly nodded & walked to the cabin, never putting her brother down, while he was 13, he was a small 13, she knew she could manage the short walk with him & didn't want to let go of him anyway.

Tony saw Mr Stephens head off, as well as the siblings head into the cabin & close the door, he moved closer to Ziva, who he saw was scanning the perimeter "Ziva? Care to share what's going? McGee?" he finished looking at him.

McGee looked between his team mates "she hasn't told me anything, not a word"

Ziva took a breath "I did. I said someone has made a mistake & will pay! Pay dearly!"

That confused Tony "what mistake? who? and where's Gibbs? who are those two?" he had so many questions.

"Tony! Don't say his name! But he's close, I assure you. They're...I'll explain later, we have to stay alert, just in case" Ziva said, she had no clue what Gibbs was ok with her saying, they didn't even know he had a wife & child that he lost, supposedly lost.

Tony didn't get why they weren't allowed to utter his name & had momentarily forgotten, but he didn't like that answer "I want answers soon! Do you know how many times the Directors called me? She's probably thinking of having me re-posted to some far flung station, or worse, Agent Afloat!"

"He will deal with the Director, you wont be going anywhere" Ziva replied, knowing Gibbs would take care of it.

Tony just huffed.

Kelly went inside, having closed the door for privacy she sat them down on the bed, she was rubbing her brothers her back, trying to sooth his stream of tears "It's going to be ok Nixy, we're going to be fine"

"It was Quinn wasn't it?" Nix cried, still buried into her, he knew it was too good to be true, knew they wouldn't be able to get away from their grandfather that easy!

"Yes, but those agents forced him away, he's gone, can't hurt you" Kelly replied holding him tight.

"Who are they?" Nix asked finally coming up from his sisters hold.

Kelly took a deep breath, he was sitting in her lap, she wiped his tears away "We'll get to that. But there's something I need to talk to you about, I know what I'm going to say is going to shock you. I need you to try to be mature about it, can you try for me?"

Nix nodded, wondering what she wanted to tell him.

"Do you remember my friend Amy Burden?" Kelly asked.

"The one who joined the navy?" Nix asked.

"That's the one" Kelly agreed "well, I got a call to say she was injured on duty & was taken to the hospital down in Portsmouth, as her parents are still back in Houston I thought I would go down & see her, to see if she was ok".

"Is she ok?" Nix said.

Kelly suddenly realised, she never actually got as far with checking on her before she spotted her dad "I'm sure she's ok"

"you don't know?" Nix asked, a little surprised.

"Before I got to her room, I... I..." Kelly stuttered, how would she say it?

"you what?" Nix asked.

"I kinda found someone... someone very very special to this family of ours" Kelly finished, she didn't just want to come out & say it.

"The only person I want you to say you've found is mum" Nix said, while he knew it was impossible his mum was the only other 'very very special' person in his life apart from Kelly & he missed her beyond anything!

Kelly took a deep breath, this was going to be hard "is she the only one?"

Nix looked at his sister confused "yes! There's no one else in this family I want to see!"

"Really? No one at all?" Kelly asked gently.

Nix stared at his sister, what was she asking, of course there was just his mum, his family had always just been him, his sister & mum, he never counted his grandfather as part of it, his dad died before he was even born, so surely he couldn't be it? "Tell me!"

"D... dad, I found dad Phoenix" Kelly finally said.

Nix eyes went as wide as they could go "WHAT?! He's dead!"

Ziva heard Nix yell, she wondered how the young boy would take it.

Tony & McGee both shot confused looks at Ziva after the scream, their level of confusion just went up & up.

"He's alive, I found him at the hospital, he'd been in an accident, he's ok though. Quinn tried to stop me from going back in to him, but dad heard my screams. He saved me from Quinn. We then drove straight here to get you" Kelly explained, as much as necessary at this point in time.

Nix didn't know what to say, what to do "but... where's he been? Why didn't he come looking for us?!"

Kelly took a moment to try to come up with a plan to answer it & not say anything about her mum "I don't know everything, but what I do know is that Mac lied to us, dad didn't die in Desert Storm, but he made us believe he had. He made dad believe we died in that accident when mum was pregnant with you"

Nix looked at his sister utterly shocked & dumbfounded, his dad was alive? Several things hit him at once, he jumped up "How'd Mac do it? Dad should have realised! Mum should have realised!... He doesn't even know about me! Anything about me!" that probably scared him the most.

"I told him about you & he loves you Phoenix, he loved you the minute, the second I told him about you!" Kelly insisted grabbing him by his shoulders "He loves you!"

Nix stared into his sister's eyes, he could see she meant it "but... I don't get it.. how?" he demanded, something else then hit him "Mum! Mum died thinking dad was dead!" he cried.

Kelly swallowed, she couldn't ignore that pain, and as much as her dad said they'd tackle it together she had to say something "Phoenix, I'm sorry! I'm soo soo sorry!"

"What for?" Nix asked, he was really confused.

"I lied to you" Kelly answered "but I didn't have a choice, he didn't give us a choice"

"What are you talking about?" Nix asked, he was so confused & now he was getting scared, what was she talking about?

"Mum wanted to get all of us away from Mac, but he wouldn't budge. So she tried to get us away from him, she didn't want you to spend another minute growing up anywhere near him" Kelly started.

"Guess she got her wish" Nix said looking at the ground, he missed his mum so very much & now to know his dad was alive somehow made it even worse.

Oh gosh Kelly thought, how would she say this? He was going to hate her "The reason I believe that Mac was able to pull it off & lie to all of us, is because it's not the only time he's done something like that."

Nix just stared at her not really understanding.

"The way we got out of Houston was because Mac finally agreed & made a deal with mum. He agreed to let us come, but he...… he insisted that you think & believe that…" Kelly said, she just couldn't finish the sentence "mum's alive" she whispered.

Nix was shocked "I don't believe you!" he exclaimed.

"Phoenix, I'm sorry, I'm sooo soooo sorry, but it was the only way, mum made me do it, she F1'd me, she made me swear to keep the secret, because it meant getting you away from him. I hate myself for it, and so does mum." Kelly cried.

"I hate you!" Nix yelled, he couldn't believe what they'd done, how could his mum put him through that, how could his sister have done that to him! He rushed out of the room but didn't get very far.

Ziva, as well as Tony & McGee all turned abruptly at the sudden rush out the door, all were startled. Ziva though wondered what was being discussed, she thought she heard the boy shout 'I hate you'? and wondered if Kelly had admitted that their mum was alive, she motioned the others a few feet further away from the pair, so they could have some privacy.

"Nix!" Kelly yelled rushing out after him & grabbing him from behind "I'm soo sorry, mum hates herself for it, as do I. but you know what kind of man Mac was"

Nix was breathing heavily, he'd struggled initially to get away from his sister, but as she spoke to him he just listened, knowing she had very good points about their grandfather.

"Mum didn't want you to have live another minute with the man, she didn't want you to live in that environment & made the only decision she could. She wanted to you be in an environment that would be helpful, not a hinderance" Kelly continued to whisper into her brother's ear, she was trying to calm him.

Nix's eyes were welling up with tears as he turned to face his sister, who crouched down "but, I don't care about him! I would have stayed just to be with mum!" he cried.

Kelly's eyes were soaked with tears herself "I know bud, me too. That's why mum F1'd me, so that I couldn't argue, she knew we'd choose to stay & didn't want that" she felt the exact same way as her brother.

"We have to go get her!" Nix exclaimed.

Kelly finally let out a smile "We will. Dad will get her back, he'll get mum" she finished rubbing her hands up & down his arms.

Nix suddenly looked around & wondered "where is he?" he whispered.

"Are you ready?" Kelly asked, she wondered what her dad would make of her telling him about mum & about this burst out of the cabin, but she wouldn't motion for him to come until her brother was ready.

Nix chewed his lip for a little while.

"Phoenix, look at me" Kelly said, when he finally looked at her she continued "what did mum always say? you would have been the biggest & best surprise she'd have been able to pull on him & you are. I know that he loves you already, with everything he's got. Dad will get mum, he'll... he'll make us whole"

Gibbs had relaxed, but only a fraction when the pair, his kids.. kids, he had two! He still couldn't believe that, went into the cabin. He tensed instantly though when his son burst out through the door & he wondered what that was a reaction to, he was about to consider moving closer to stop him going anywhere, but his sister had grabbed him not even 3 feet from the door. He just watched as she tried to calm him, he then saw the pair face to face, both looking utterly miserable, both he could tell were crying, it was gut wrenching to watch as he wondered what they were talking about.

While Tony was a few feet away he could hear most of what the siblings were saying & it just sounded horrible, he wondered though what the connection was, who was their dad & how was Gibbs involved? He was soo confused, he felt his phone vibrate, noting it was the Director, again. He really hoped that Gibbs would have a good excuse for this field trip!

Nix took a deep breath, he nodded slowly. He'd wanted to see dad forever & now he could!

Kelly nodded "ok", staying crouched next to her brother, she pointed to the spot where she'd come from, from the path where she knew her dad would be standing within the darkness. She just hoped he'd understand the signal.

Ziva saw her teammates had also looked where Kelly pointed & she kept her eyes on them, knowing the reaction that would likely come & she didn't want to miss it!

Nix focused his eyes to where Kelly had pointed, watching & waiting...

A/N: That was gut wrenching for poor Nix, and poor Kelly for having to tell him about their mum! I think though that Tony & McGee are getting more confused by the minute, I wonder how they'll take it when find out that Gibbs is their dad?

How though will Gibbs & Nix go when they meet?

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