A/N: Here's another chapter for you folks! To my most recent followers & favourites, welcome! So glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, you guys are awesome, always love hearing your thoughts!

To answer my guest reviews:

Ladyaloysius: Thank you so much! I am so glad you're enjoying this story & my writing style! I assure you as much as I'm enjoying this one, I am also working on the sequel to MTHDO!

Guest: Suspense is a wonderful thing ;p Sorry, but I do love cliffhanger endings to chapters, so yea. That moment between Kelly & Nix where she told him about their mum was a sad one. While there will be hard moments to come, there will be also be some fun ones too!

Now, without further ado, let's see how the meeting goes between father & son..

Gibbs saw his girl point towards him & knew it was the signal for him to come, he suddenly felt more nerves than he'd ever felt before. He was about to meet his son, holy crap! He used all his self control to push those nerves away, not wanting his boy to wait another second, he set off for him.

Tony was looking in the direction where the girl had pointed, it was the same direction where they'd all come from, maybe the dad was a friend of Gibbs? He then saw movement, someone was walking towards them...but wait a sec, it was Gibbs that was walking towards them! No, no... Gibbs couldn't be their dad, impossible! He was certain he never had kids. He saw the same confused look on McGee's face Ziva however was giving a small smile. What was going on?

Nix eye's widened as soon as he saw his dad, he was just like the picture, sort of. His hair was greyer & he looked a little older. Emotions took hold of him again, instead of feeling fear at the uncertainty of the meeting, he just wanted to run right for him & be enveloped by his dad's comfort.

Kelly was relieved to see that there was no fear in her brother's eyes, he was just staring longingly "go on bud, I know you want you, go" she coaxed him reassuringly.

Nix looked at his sister, he received another nod of encouragement. He took off in a sprint "Dad!...Dad!" he yelled.

Gibbs saw his son take off towards him & then heard him yell, it brought tears to his eyes, to hear him scream that name for him, nothing was better. He picked up his pace to a very brisk walk to get to his boy sooner.

Nix was a mere foot from his dad & was about to throw himself up into his dad when he saw him drop down to the ground, he just rushed into his waiting open arms.

Gibbs dropped down to ground & scooped his boy into his arms, taking him into a strong hug & bringing him as close to him as possible, he held onto him tightly. Knowing his first words were important he took a deep breath "I love you son, I will never leave you again Phoenix Leroy Gibbs" he whispered into his son's ear.

Nix couldn't believe it, he was standing in his dad's arms, he'd only dreamt about this possibility his entire life! He loved that he was being held so tightly & he was gripping his dad just as tightly. He listened to his dad & to hear him speak, saying those words was the best feeling "I love you dad" he whispered.

Gibbs smiled, gosh that sounded good!

McGee stared in shock, Gibbs was their dad? How? He was beyond confused!

Kelly had fallen to the ground as she watched her dad embrace her little brother, she was crying tears of joy. It was sight beyond her wildest dreams, she just wished her mum could see it! After giving the pair a few minutes to spend with each other, she stood up & headed towards them.

Ziva had let a few tears out at the sight of Gibbs meeting with his son, it was very heartwarming, she gave Kelly a smile as she walked towards her family.

Gibbs was holding onto his boy tightly as he felt a presence, not realising his eyes were closed, he opened them to see his girl had just dropped down to him, he immediately removed one arm from his boy & brought his daughter into his hold as well. He was holding onto both his kids, it was almost perfect, almost.

Tony just stared in utter surprise, or shock more like it at his boss & those 2 kids, surely he couldn't be their dad? But the way they all acted it sure seemed like it. He moved closer to Ziva "Ziva! What is going on?" he all but demanded.

Ziva flashed him a look, McGee had also come closer too, she took a deep breath "They are Gibbs's kids"

"Since when?" McGee asked.

"My guess, since they were born" Ziva replied.

"Ziva!" Tony huffed "now is not the time to joke around, what is going on?"

"It's... it's a long story as you Americans say." Ziva smirked

"Ziva!" Tony & McGee both huffed.

Ziva knew they deserved answers, but she didn't know how much Gibbs would be comfortable with her saying "Look, all I can say right now is that, both those kids are Gibbs's. We found Kelly at the hospital, the man we just had a shoot out with, Quinn, he was attempting to kidnap her from the car park, but somehow Gibbs heard her. He threatened Phoenix before throwing her off the pier. Gibbs got her thankfully, we then called you to get here to make sure Quinn couldn't get to him first"

Both men stared at Ziva, neither could quite believe their ears, they were confused to say the least, but none of it sounded good.

"I am still confused, how'd we not know about them? Where've they been?" Tony asked.

"He threw her off the pier?" McGee asked "into the water?" he knew which guy was Quinn, that was obvious to him, and to hear that the man threw her into what would have been freezing water, just gave him a chill.

"Yes McGee, into the water, Gibbs dove in after her & had to give her mouth to mouth" Ziva answered before continuing "we didn't know about them because... because he didn't know they were still alive"

"What?" Tony & McGee both asked at once.

"I doubt Gibbs wants to go through this story more than once & given we'll have to go through it when we get back to the navy yard, I would suggest waiting until then. We will tell you everything" Ziva said gently, she knew the story would have to be retold to Ducky, Abby as well the Director.

Ziva could see though the men didn't look happy "Gibbs knows you're both confused, but I honestly believe he wont be able to handle going through it more than required & I don't think I can even do that. It's horrible."

That caught Tony, if she couldn't handle saying something twice it must be bad, very bad. He always thought he was made of stone "that bad?"

"Worse Tony. The man responsible for this will not be getting away in one piece, or even ten, no matter the relation. Gibbs will rip him to shreds & I will help. I assure you both, once you hear, you'll join in" Ziva replied.

Tony raised his eyebrow at that, but his eyes fell back to his boss, who was still sitting in the middle of the field holding the pair, his kids, in his embrace, they hadn't moved. He wondered what the cause was, he knew his boss's past was a mystery, he never spoke about it. Maybe it had been too unbearable to speak about & given Ziva's comments, he would do what he could to help his boss, that was the least he owed his boss.

"Dad's here now, it will all be ok" Gibbs whispered soothingly, he had barely moved from his position where he was with his kids, part of him didn't want the moment to end, the rest of him wanted to get going on getting his wife. He pulled the trio back from each other only enough to allow him to see them clearly.

"Everything's going to be ok now, I promise you both. We're going to be ok" Gibbs said looking between them, as he did he could see the similarities & what features each had gotten from him as well as their mum.

Nix was still in his dad's embrace & could now look at him, his face looked all cut up, that's when he remembered what his sister said, he'd been in hospital, while he wanted to ask if he was ok, he had a more burning question "are you going to get mum?" he whispered.

Gibbs eye's widened & he flashed a look at his girl.

Kelly just shrugged "kinda came out"

Gibbs took a deep breath "I promise you son, I will get mum home safe & sound, we'll be family again, no one will ever come between us or separate us again" he saw his son nod & just smiled "seems you were lucky enough to get mum's fire red hair" he said with a smile.

Nix smiled "mum said that's the only thing that I got from her, the rest is all you"

Gibbs smiled "son, that suits me just fine" he could already see the numerous features on his boy that reminded him of himself, including his small frame.

Kelly smiled too, but she then saw her brother's eyes widen into a grin as he looked at her "what's that smile for squirt?"

Nix grinned "you've lost F1 privileges!" he exclaimed excitedly, now they were both back in the same boat.

Gibbs let out a laugh, he just couldn't help it, the glee on his son's face at this revelation was a sight to behold, he composed himself "she certainly has"

Kelly let a small smile as she dropped her head back onto her dad's shoulder "fine by me" she whispered, truthfully, she felt overwhelmed with the responsibility of everything, to know she was not the responsible one anymore just sounded like heaven,

Gibbs kissed his girl's head, even though he'd laughed he knew what a weight it would have been & didn't want her to feel that anymore.

Tony, McGee & even Ziva were caught off guard by Gibbs's laugh, it was loud, they'd never him laugh like that before.

"Did Gibbs just..." McGee started.

"laugh?" Tony finished.

"yes" Ziva answered "he is quite the parental figure, very paternal" she said softly remembering the last few hours.

"what's F1?" McGee asked, he'd heard the boy say it & wasn't sure what it was.

"That I have no idea, but from what I've been able to gather, a rule, I heard other numbers mentioned, all had F's at the start" Ziva replied, she didn't know what any of them meant.

"Gibbs's rules don't have F's Ziva" Tony replied.

"That we know of Tony" Ziva corrected.

Gibbs knew they had to get a move on "what's say, we grab your stuff, say bye to all your friends & teachers and get going huh?"

Nix nodded "ok, but..."

"but what?" Gibbs asked gently, he saw that his boy had become a little nervous? no, scared? Maybe.

"it's not bye as in..." Nix started to say.

Kelly could see her brother was stuck & knew what he was scared of "He thinks it's a permanent goodbye, that he wont see his friends again, like when we had to leave Houston" she whispered into her dad.

Gibbs eyes momentarily widened "Phoenix, look at me son" he said gently, he waited for his son to look at him before continuing "you'll see them again, not going to move anywhere where you can't see them. You just might not see them for the next week or so, ok?" he didn't want to say he'd still be at the same school, because truthfully as much as he knew Kelly would have tried to make the best decision as to what school, he wanted to look into it & make sure it was the right one for him.

"Ok" Nix replied relived to hear he wouldn't be saying goodbye to another group of friends.

The family stood up, suddenly aware of the eyes on them, it wasn't just the team, but from what Gibbs could tell Mr Stephens & some of the other teachers were there too, as well as numerous kids. Great Gibbs thought, a circus was about to come to town.

A/N: Hope you liked that meeting!

How will they all go meeting all the various people? and how will Gibbs react to news of what Quinn had threatened? But could he have unexpected source of help?

I always love to hear your thoughts, so please away! More up soon!