A/N: Hi Folks, here's another chapter, sorry for the delay. To my newest followers/favourites, welcome aboard! Glad to have you with us! To my reviewers, you rock! I always love to hear your thoughts/comments.
Now, let's see how the intro's go but how will Gibbs react to what Ziva will tell him about the conversation she had with Quinn.
Mr Stephens had come back out with Mr Dayle & a few other teachers, along with a few other boys, all friends of Phoenix's. The rest of the boys were being supervised in their cabins. The teachers had decided that thanks to this excitement camp would finish a day early, so the boys & place had to be packed up.
"Who's the guy?" Mr Dayle asked his fellow teacher, he saw both Phoenix & Kelly in the arms of some man.
"How would I know?" Mr Stephens retorted "looks like he knows the pair though"
Gibbs tried to decide how to do this exactly, he wanted to introduce the pair properly to his team. He also knew he wanted to meet his son's teachers who'd kept an eye on him too. His decision got made though when he son started to walk & pulled him along behind him.
Nix went bounding towards his teacher & friends, but he made sure to not let go of his dad's hand "It's my dad!"
Dayle & Stephens shared a look of confusion, huh? Dad?
"Mr Stephens! Mr Dayle! This is my dad!" Nix said again excitedly.
Gibbs could see the shock on their faces "Jethro Gibbs, it's a long story. Thank you for looking after Phoenix this morning, it's very much appreciated" he shook hands with both men.
"Sorry, Terry Stephens" Mr Stephens said, he was in shock.
"John Dayle" Mr Dayle said, what the?
Kelly watched as her dad got dragged away towards Nix's friends, she turned back to the teachers.
"Kelly?" Mr Stephens asked.
"It's a long story Mr Stephens, but it's him. I found him down in Portsmouth, some of my grandfather's men tried to stop me from seeing him, but dad got to me. That's when I called you to keep an eye on Phoenix." Kelly said, trying to explain as quickly and painlessly as possible.
"Kelly dear, are you saying that your grandfather somehow knew your father was alive all this time?" Mr Dayle not quite believing it.
"My grandfather was the reason we were split in the first place" Kelly answered.
The teachers just looked at each other, sharing a look of disgust.
All of Nix's friends stared wide eyed at their friend but went closer.
"Dad, this Mike, Daniel, Lance, Ian, Jerry" Nix said & continued to rattle off the names.
Gibbs just smiled as he tried to remember all the names "Nice to meet you boys" he smiled, he couldn't help but notice that his boy was the shortest of them all, seemed he'd gotten his small frame as a boy. He made a mental note to share that with him.
"Nice to meet you too sir" Daniel said on behalf of the boys, he was really confused.
Gibbs could tell his son was beaming & so was he, but there was a group of people still to be met, he turned to his son "Phoenix, you can come back & talk to them in a few but there's some people I want to introduce you to first"
Nix nodded and let his dad lead him away, he saw his dad also beckon his sister.
Gibbs approached his team now with both his kids "Tony, Tim, Ziva, this is my daughter Kelly & my son Phoenix. Kelly, Phoenix, this is Tony, Tim & Ziva. They work for me at NCIS" he knew that Ziva & Kelly had already met, but it was just easier to say it all together.
Ziva could see her teammates were still a little surprised, she put on her best smile "It's a great pleasure to meet you Phoenix, you have your dad's smile"
Nix looked at the lady "thank you" he whispered, he was standing as close to his sister as possible, he always took a while to warm up to new people.
Gibbs was a little surprised at his son's sudden change in demeanour, from the excited boy he was now totally shy & trying to melt into his sister, he saw her rubbing some soothing circles on his back, trying to reassure him.
McGee was still utterly surprised at this revelation, his eyes darted from the boy to the girl & back "ahh hi, nice to meet you both" he had to admit, the young girl was pretty, and those eyes were definitely her dad's.
"Nice to meet you as well, thanks for taking care of my brother" Kelly said, while she didn't trust new people easily just like her brother, this Tim guy had kinda proven himself already to her & he was kinda cute, in a geeky & awkward way.
"You're welcome, but that's what we're here for & nice to meet you both" Tony said, finally being able to speak.
Gibbs nodded, glad they'd all managed to say... something, he crouched down to his son "why don't you go back & talk to your friends for a few minutes, we're then going to have to head off"
Kelly saw her brother hesitate, clearly not wanting to leave their dad's side, she understood it "come on squirt, show me where you were bunking, let's see if you & the boys left the cabin in one piece"
Gibbs let out a breath as he watched the pair head off, gosh she was good with her brother.
Ziva saw Gibbs staring after them, waiting until they had moved out of earshot "Ahh, Gibbs" she said gently, she needed to tell him about Quinn's threat.
"McGee, go watch them!" Gibbs ordered, even though they were all up here, he just didn't want to leave them alone.
"yes boss" McGee replied heading off.
Gibbs then turned to Ziva & Tony "yea Ziva?"
"Quinn & I had... a conversation of sorts" Ziva said hesitantly.
"And what exactly did that asshole say?" Gibbs demanded.
Tony's eyes widened, he wasn't sure who the guy was, but whoever it was clearly was on the wrong side of this whole mess.
Ziva took a deep breath "said that he'd be in contact with Mac quickly & they'd move Shannon before we'd have a chance to get there, said we wouldn't be able to find her, ever again."
Gibbs tensed instantly, that fucking bastard was going to pay! Both of them were!
"If it brings any comfort, I shot him & he wasn't able to dodge the bullet entirely" Ziva smirked.
Gibbs actually smirked at that "Good! That's just the start, there wont be anything left of the guy, either of them!"
Tony didn't know much, except he be learning new things about all this on the fly & the newest bit of information was that whoever this Shannon was, was important to Gibbs, the look on his boss's face all but said it, maybe the kids mother? "What's the plan boss?" knowing action would be required immediately.
"We're going to Houston DiNozzo, Ziva, I want you & McGee to stay in DC with them" Gibbs said.
Ziva's eyes widened "Gibbs! You can't do that to them! They would likely freak out completely at you leaving them so soon"
"I'm not leaving them Ziva, I am going to get their mother, and then we will both come back" Gibbs replied, he needed to get to Shannon now as fast as possible.
"They wont understand that, all they will see is you leaving them, again. Do you want to put them, her through that again" Ziva replied, how was he even contemplating this?
Gibbs gut turned, this was an impossible decision, she was right, how could he leave them right now? But how could he not go straight for Shannon? He certainly wasn't going to take them to Houston & risk them being anywhere near Mac, damn..
"Sorry to interrupt" Mr Dayle said "sounds like you're in a bit of pickle & we'd like to help, I've got a suggestion, because the lady is right sir, you can't leave them"
Gibbs looked between him & Mr Stephens "I also can't leave my wife with that bastard another day"
That startled Stephens & Dayle, their mum was alive? This Mac guy was a bastard! "We're not suggesting anything of a kind, in fact we'd gladly volunteer to be apart of the greeting party! It took quite a while to get your son to open up & part of that we have no doubt is due in no uncertain terms to everything & we'd like a chance to, shall I say, show that man just how we feel about it"
"He's mine!" Gibbs replied "but I might be willing to throw you a bone" he knew these teachers would know some of the history & felt again a sense of comfort to know just how much these men cared for his son.
Stephens smirked "I'll take that" he liked this guy! no, his fellow marine!
Mr Dayle took a deep breath "My brother's with Miami SWAT, former delta force too. He's currently in Houston on a joint training taskforce, I know I could ask him for help"
Gibbs stared at the guy "I don't really trust anyone that I've never met, especially with something this important"
"I can understand your hesitation Mr Gibbs, but I'm 100% positive, you can trust my brother, like you could me. But you're not just getting him, he's got pull. He could have numerous other units from the joint program task force go along, that's officers from across the country" Dayle replied.
"DC SWAT there?" Gibbs asked, a thought suddenly hit him.
"I can check, but probably" Dayle said taking his phone out.
"Do that, see if there's a Lt Taylor there" Gibbs replied.
Tony & Ziva flashed each other a look "who's Lt Taylor, Gibbs?" Ziva asked gently.
Gibbs eyed her "my neighbour & one of the few people I would trust for something like this" it was true, he was one of the very few people alive he would trust with something this important.
Tony just watched as he boss walked in the direction that his kids had gone. He turned back to Ziva "can you throw me a bone?"
"Gibbs's father in law, Mac, stole his family" Ziva said.
"The bastard did a lot more than that" Stephens interjected, that was putting it nicely, especially knowing all the supposedly 'dead' people were in fact alive.
Ziva nodded in agreement "and he will pay dearly for it"
A/N: There were a few surprised people around the campsite! Guess Gibbs is faced with a pretty tough choice to make, can he leave getting his wife to someone else? Will his neighbour be there How would that conversation go? & why is he someone Gibbs will trust with something like this?
What could happen though to make Kelly annoyed & Gibbs grin, after breathing a sigh of relief that is? ;P
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(To those that read More than he dreamed of - please note, some of my comments about what's to come are directed at people that haven't read it)