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Now, let's see how Gibbs handles his daughter escape act! Could someone else cop the fury of Gibbs for it?

Tony paced 'where the hell are you McGee?!' he thought over & over, he wasn't going to blame Phoenix for not ratting his sister out straight away, but a good 90 minutes after McGee had taken Kelly out for some fresh air, he called McGee but only got voicemail, he then noticed how strange Phoenix was acting & finally got it out of him. The boy was clearly concerned about not only his sister's safety, but how much trouble she'd be in with their dad, but the fear for wellbeing had won out & he told him what he knew which wasn't a lot.

All Tony had to do now was tell Gibbs that his daughter had somehow sweet talked McGee into helping her leave the navy yard, which the MP's at the gate had confirmed had happened, and that they had no idea where they'd gone. McGee's phone was off & Kelly's was sitting down in the lab. "what do I do?" he muttered to himself in the bullpen.

"What do you do about what DiNozzo?" Gibbs enquired looking at him.

Tony looked up "break em boss?" hopefully there was good news to outweigh the bad?

"Well, found out that there's 2 headed for Atlanta, so Dayle's contacting a friend of his in their SWAT team & they will link up with the NCIS Atlanta field office & they'll hopefully catch them. But they don't know which way Mac & Acron have gone" Gibbs said.

"That's something at least boss" Tony said, good news, kinda

"mmmhhhmm" Gibbs agreed "what's going on DiNozzo?" something was clearly up.

Tony took a deep breath "Kelly asked the director to go outside for some fresh air, which she agreed to & McGee went with her & they….. ended up taking off. We can't contact McGee & have no idea where they are" he spoke it so fast he didn't even stop for any breaths.

Gibbs stared at him "I'm sorry? My daughter is not in the lab? She's… gone?" he almost barked.

Tony swallowed & just nodded, he looked understandably pissed off.

Gibbs wanted to yell at him, heck he wanted to yell in general, fear, worry, annoyance, everything was creeping in "how long have they been gone?"

"Ah, MP's said they left just under 2 hours ago boss, in her car" Tony reported.

"Her car is in Portsmouth" Gibbs stated.

Ohh crap Tony thought! "Actually boss, she asked me to arrange for it to come back up, I didn't but the director did, she gave her the keys not long before she went out for air" he had a sinking feeling one person in particular was going to get an ear full.

Gibbs was downright furious at Jenn, how dare she interfere with his family like that, how dare she let Kelly out of the building without even telling him! How dare she get her car without asking him! He knew that Kelly was trying to push the boundaries, she'd asked him for the same thing & he said they'd get it later, namely so it wouldn't be here to tempt her to do anything stupid. He knew she wanted to go home & get stuff, she'd asked enough times, so he was pretty sure that's where she went, and that's exactly why he'd had people go there to make sure that it wasn't being watched, he was about to take them there now. "McGee's cell?"

"It's off boss, so we can't get a GPS location" Tony reported "I called the team that had just left her place they haven't seen them, but they did say that her place is set back off the street, so without charging in, they wouldn't be able to tell if anyone was inside or not, the place backs onto a bunch of units"

Gibbs closed his eyes for the briefest moment to gain composure, he could be mad as hell with McGee & just might be, but if his girl hadn't changed, which she probably hadn't, she was a sweet talker, the saving grace McGee had was that he'd gone with her & not let her go alone. "With me" he said heading for the lab, while he was pretty sure she'd gone home he needed to check something, or check with someone.

"He doesn't know where she went" Tony said as they entered the lift, he saw his boss eyeing him "Nix didn't wanted to rat his sister out straight away boss, but after I noticed that they'd been gone a while & McGee didn't answer his cell I saw that Nix was acting a little off, so I kinda talked him into telling me what he knew, which wasn't much. He said Kelly told him that she would be back soon, but not where she was going, because she didn't want him to get into trouble with you. Nix was worried about her getting into trouble but his concern for her wellbeing won out I think"

"You interrogated my son?" Gibbs asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Wasn't like that boss!" Tony immediately replied "we talked, but yea… I kinda pushed for it"

"Hmm" Gibbs noted "you might make a half decent father after all DiNozzo"

Tony stared after his boss as he headed into the lab.

"Everything ok Jethro?" Jenn asked, she'd just come into the lab herself with Fornell & he looked mad as hell.

Gibbs eyed her "I'm only going to say this once Director, you are not to arrange anything, nor allow either of my children to do anything, that job is mine!"

"Excuse me?" Jenn asked feeling quite affronted.

Tony had taken a step back, he saw that Ziva, Abby, Ducky & Jimmy were all keeping their distance, they all knew what had happened, Abby with the others help was trying to find street cam footage of Kelly's car, so far to no avail.

Fornell could see Tony motioning him away & took that as a cue to move away.

"You had no right to arrange for her car to come back up to DC & you had no right to allow her outside this building!" Gibbs barked.

"I was just trying to help, she needed some air" Jenn replied.

"Yea well, you failed!" Gibbs barked "she got outside, with McGee & decided to go for a drive! I had reasons for denying her request to get her car & for keeping her inside, because unlike you, I knew what she wanted to do!"

Jenn went pale "they've gone? But I told McGee to keep to the navy yard only, I gave him strict instructions"

"And you've never known anyone, especially a teenager to sweet talk their way into doing otherwise?" Gibbs asked incensed, yea his girl wasn't a teenager, but close enough.

Ziva was feeling sorry for McGee, she had to admit Kelly probably picked her target, he would have been far easier to sweet talk than her or Tony would have been, if Ziva had gone, she would have kept her walking around the NCIS building only & not even allowed her towards the car park, a quick walk & then back inside, yes Kelly had picked her target, McGee was still fairly raw, but more so, he lacked assertive confidence.

"Surely she would realise how dangerous it could be, where would she go?" Jenn asked "we'll scour the city" she had to find her.

"You said it yourself, none of us are thinking clearly & she made a decision that was right in her own head. But we won't be scouring the city, I know where she went!" Gibbs replied, he huffed "I don't have time for this"

Abby saw Gibbs approach & was seriously concerned, but it wasn't like she had anything to do with it.

"Abs, any luck on street cam's between here & her place?" Gibbs asked, as he tried to calm down.

"No Gibbs, sorry! But I'll keep looking" Abby replied.

Gibbs nodded & made his way all the way down to the ballistics lab, he wanted to race over to his girl's place, but he first had to put his son at ease, the one thing that kept him a little calm was that McGee was with her. He found his son, he was sitting in the corner, the DS was on the floor & his head was buried into his knees which were drawn to his chest. He knew he'd probably heard the rant that he'd done. One thing he knew was that none of this was his son's fault. He sat down next to him & brought him under his arm.

Nix could feel his dad move him, he'd heard the yelling & knew trouble was now upon them, he remembered wondering what it would have been like to be on the receiving end of a stern lecture from his dad, his mum had been pretty bad & Kelly had always told him that she was worse, but right now he didn't believe that.

"None of this is your fault Phoenix, you're not in trouble one little bit" Gibbs said reassuringly.

Nix looked up at his wondering if he heard him correctly "I'm not?"

Gibbs smiled "no pal, you haven't gone anywhere, and I can understand you not wanting to rat your sister out, but I'm glad you told Tony in the end, because it's not safe out there right now"

"But Kelly is in trouble?" Nix guessed.

Gibbs nodded "most definitely"

Nix didn't like that "she said it was a good trip that she was making, and she always knows what she's doing"

"I know she's been there for you for the last few months, I know she's the one to make the decisions for you guys, the one in charge and I'm proud of her for that, she's been really strong Phoenix, but now, I'm the one in charge & she left without my permission in the middle of dangerous situation"

"You're not going to…." Nix asked thinking about one thing in particular.

"Let's not think about that right now, let's go surprise her" Gibbs said helping his son up. He knew what his son was talking about though, and to be honest he really really did not want to do that, but maybe he had to, neither of them would benefit if they knew that he wouldn't follow through, why did she have to go? He'd hold off on making that decision though, hoping the answer would come to him at some point.

"DiNozzo, David, with me" Gibbs ordered as he walked himself & his son through the lab.

Tony & Ziva were on his six in an instant.

"Want another tag along?" Fornell offered.

Gibbs just nodded as they rode in the lift "Tobias Fornell, this my son Phoenix, Phoenix, this FBI Agent Tobias Fornell, a friend of mine"

Fornell looked down at this kid, he looked extremely weary, but really considering what's going on, that was natural "Nice to meet you"

"Hi" Nix said, he looked at his dad "where are we going?"

"Your place pal, she's wanted to go home all day" Gibbs answered, as they got off the lift & headed towards the bullpen.

Nix actually smiled "You can meet…..Buster!" he finished in a yell seeing his beloved dog.

Gibbs watched as a 70 pound (31kgs) German Sheppard came bounding towards his son so fast he basically fell backwards. The dog started licking him & the pair started to play, he smiled at the sight.

Gibbs then turned his attention to the two people who were in the bullpen, his daughter was putting a few bags down beside his desk, McGee had apparently helped with the bags, because he also was putting one down. McGee though looked like he knew he was on death row.

Gibbs just eyed his daughter, she seemed blasé about what she'd done & how much trouble she was in.

Kelly smiled at her brother's interaction with Buster, but she saw her dad eyeing her "what? You were busy, so I went, no biggy"

Tony & Fornell shared a look, if they knew one thing, it was that what had just happened was anything but a 'no biggy' situation.

A/N: Gibbs did get a little annoyed with the dear Director, doubt she'll be willing to do anything like that again! Nix is definitely not in trouble, but his sister is!

How will the different members of the Gibbs family react to the situation & what will happen when Tony realises something as he 'counsels' McGee about his part in it all?

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