Disclaimer: I do not own anything, the characters all belong to the creator of the show. I just own the idea and the plot for this story. As well as my OCs AJ Gibbs, his ex-wife Amber and his kids, as well as Jason DiNozzo, his wife Maria and their kids. They are mine as well as Mia and Gabriel DiNozzo.

Special Shout Out to Buckeye Am I for being my thirtieth follower. I'd wanted to get to 30 followers before the end of July and I reached that goal, because of you. I love all my followers and those who favorite this story. You make my world go round, and are why I continue to write.

A/N: I know some of you were expecting Jason in this chapter (Tony's younger brother), but this chapter was getting too long already with all the scenes I wanted to incorporate. So he will appear in the next chapter. Also after this chapter I'll be adding characters from Hawaii Five-0 and they will make regular appearances. Just letting you know I will be switching this from an NCIS Fanfic to an NCIS/Hawaii Five-0 Crossover Fic.

A/N: I still looking for that one Male OC, the Medic OC, the Medic OC must have a military background (obviously) in the Navy as a Corpsman, preferably Green side meaning he goes down range with the Marines on the ground. Also, looking for Tony's Love Interest (can be Male or Female), doesn't have to be a sexual attraction either could just be that they like each other. Could be a liaison from Honolulu PD maybe, maybe another single dad, he meets at a support group or something. Really need both those OC's to complete the roster for Tony's Unit.

WARNING: This chapter contains discipline spanking of an adult. Just thought I'd warn you all. If you don't like that you can skip over it. Where _ starts and Ends _

Thank you all, that is all onward to Chapter 4.


Goodbye Washington Hello Hawaii

Chapter 4

Ah Sunday a day of rest and relaxation or that's what it's supposed to be. But not in the DiNozzo household. Boxes stacked upon boxes stacked upon more boxes. The house looked barren and more like a box or shipping warehouse then a home. The movers weren't coming until tomorrow. Both Gabe and Mia were excited, and couldn't wait to leave D.C. now. Not because of the prospect of living in Hawaii, no they'd finally get to see their cousins, Logan, Connor and TJ it'd been a while since they'd last seen them.

Plus, the Gibbs' children were going to be there as well. It was like a little Gibbs DiNozzo family reunion, with a little McGee thrown in. Trenton Curtis 'TC' McGee was just as much family when it came to the brothers' in arms family. Maria DiNozzo affectionately called the four men, the Fearsome Foursome. All four being in the Special Operations community within their respective branches. Tony and Trent, Navy SEALs and AJ and Jason in MARSOC respectively.

There being on Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps base where both AJ Gibbs and Jason DiNozzo were stationed. It would be three full weeks of sun surf and relaxation for the kids before the started school in August. It would also give Tony a chance to get everything in order and set up without his kids' being underfoot, twenty-four seven. Don't get him wrong Tony loved his kids to death, it's just sometimes he needed time to himself. Being at work wasn't cutting it. He needed a true escape. That's why Tony was looking forward to Trent coming up from Coronado so the four men could hang out, while Maria took on the eight kids. Four of whom were teenage boys.

She wouldn't be totally left alone with them every day. It was just one day, the last day before the big move from California to Hawaii. Tony had plans with his brother, AJ and Trent to just hang out and chill. No kids no wives or girlfriends. Just four guys, a lot beer and no worries. It would probably be the last time Tony got to see the other three men before he moved 5,000 miles away to the island of Oahu. The island of paradise.

The kids' rooms were all ready and packed up and they each had a duffel bag with their clothes for the trip and a backpack for personal necessities. It was all sitting by the front door waiting to go. The only room in the house that hadn't been touched yet, was the master bedroom. Tony had been dreading this day for weeks. He never thought in a million years he'd have to be making a move like this without Izzy. Sure, she'd done moves with the kids without him, and they were a lot younger too. That was totally different. Tony was alive, just far away at the time. Izzy was six foot under in a nice mahogany coffin, at Arlington National Cemetery. She was his spouse, so she was allowed to be buried there. Tony himself even had his own space in Arlington for the when that time came.

Tony was up in his room putting things into boxes. It was mostly clothes, his large DVD collection of old movies, and a ton of nick nacks from his travels. He never really how much stuff he'd accumulated over the years until he had to pack it all up.

"Dad." Gabe yelled from downstairs. "Jimmy's here."

Tony poked his head out from his room. "Thanks bud send him up. No playing football in the living room." He reminded. "I don't want you breaking anything." He said to himself.

"Afternoon Tony, how're things going?" Jimmy asked.

"As well as can be expected. I don't think it's really hit them yet that they're going to be leaving and not coming back to D.C. until Christmas. That they won't be living here anymore. They've lived here for four years."

"Kids are resilient they'll bounce back quick and make new friends in Hawaii, and before they know they'll be just fine." Jimmy told Tony as he put about ten DVD's into an already overflowing box.

"Where's Breena?" Tony asked.

"Oh, she's just preparing the house for little Tori." Jimmy said slyly smiling like a loon.

"Tori who's Tori. Did you, oh my god Jimmy congrats man when did the adoption go through?"

"Thursday."

"I wish I'd be here to see her. I'm sure she'll love you guys you'll make a great dad Jimmy."

"Thank-you Tony."

"No problem, it is true after all."

Tony and the kids would be staying in a nearby hotel for the night and they'd check out early afternoon Monday. Seeing as all their stuff was packed up in boxes. Then they'd catch their commercial flight flying into LAX, where Jason would pick them up. Tony really didn't want to fly commercial, AJ had joked with him saying that he didn't like flying with the plebs, or the civvie folk. As the group of four military men called the non-military people, in a joking manner. Tony had to say the worst of the worst on a commercial flight were the little kids who'd kick the back of your seat constantly. Or the screaming kid who wouldn't shut up. Or worse the chatty Cathy, who talked nonstop the whole flight. It was only one flight from Washington to Los Angeles, he could tough it out. Then the flight from Los Angeles to Hawaii he'd make a military hop on a C-130, with his kids. He was in category six for the Space A flights, being retired and all.

Space A flights or military hops he could handle no problem. He was around other military personnel and their families. Or DoD contractors and even a few Naval Academy midshipmen. Anyway, the flight would be a breeze. Would be something easy once he was actually in LA. Tony needed easy and convenient right now.

Sunday night, after Jimmy had helped him pack up the master bedroom and get ready for the movers he offered to cook for him. Tony and the kids went over to the Palmers' house and Tony made his famous spaghetti Bolognese, it was kids' favorite meal. And for dessert, apple crumble, another one of the kids' favorites. He trying to make up little by little for how he sprung the move on the kids. And the added bonus of the family vacation seemed to cushion the blow, of the move a bit.

After dinner and dessert Tony, Mia, and Gabe headed back to their hotel for the night. He got a room with two beds and a roll away. Tony of course slept on the roll away and gave both of his kids the beds. It was only for one night anyway and he'd slept in far worse conditions when he was with his team in the SEALs. A crappy roll away bed wasn't going to hurt him.

"Night Gabe, Night Mia, I love you both." Tony told his kids.

"Mmm love you too." Gabe replied sleepily.

"Love you, daddy." Mia said.

"Love you too sweetie." Tony told her, and drifted off to sleep thinking of what tomorrow would bring.

Monday morning dawned bright and early for the DiNozzo's they didn't have to be out of the room until noon. It was now only 0400 and his kids were still dead to the world. Tony however managed to drag himself up off his bed for his morning run. He quickly and quietly got dressed to go on his run. He left a note on the desk in the room for Gabe and Mia. He'd only be gone two hours. He'd be back in time, for breakfast that started at six the kids should be up by then.

Tony was about a mile into his three-mile run, when he heard the familiar footfalls of Jaecyon. 'Wonder what he's doing all the way over here' Tony thought to himself. He slowed down some so Jaecyon could match his pace.

"Hey Jaecyon didn't expect to see you here. You stalking me now man." Tony asked.

"Nah brah, Sarah just needed to have a little chat with Tim, apparently, he came over in the middle of the night, and didn't know I was there. He wanted to talk to her." 'More like complain about me' Tony thought.

"At 0200 really?" Tony asked his friend incredulously.

"Yeah, I guess so, I mean I don't know what she can do, this is all on McGee, he needs to fix his own shit with you." Jaecyon said honestly.

"He doesn't even really know how hard my job as SFA was. The requirements or the workload." Tony commented. Changing the subject Tony said, "Hey enough about McDoubtful, I hear your transfer to Team Gibbs is only temporary, where you going to next?"

Jaecyon couldn't completely lie to his friend. He was ordered by Vance after all and had specific instructions on what he could and couldn't tell Tony. Don't ask him why he wasn't the one getting paid the big bucks. "I'm transferring to Hawaii." Jaecyon said simply.

"Whoa small world then. Maybe we'll see each other around the office then. Catch a few waves together, after work."

"Yeah, that sounds great, looking forward to it. Hey Tony." Jaecyon said as they stopped at a corner. Tony stopped as well. Tony looked into Jaecyon's light brown eyes intently as if searching for something.

"Yeah Jaecyon what is it?"

"You know I'll always have your six no matter what right."

"Of course, I do, and same goes for me. Even though we had a bit of rough start at the beginning, I know I can count on you, unlike some people."

The two friends finished their run in a comfortable silence the only noise you heard were their feet slapping on the pavement. Before Jaecyon left to get back in his car and go to Sarah's Tony asked if Jaecyon wouldn't mind driving them to the airport. Seeing as Tony had to take his car to the dock so it could be loaded on the ferry. His car would be in Hawaii weeks' before he even got there, but that's how it had been set up. Jaecyon had of course agreed easily. He was taking the day off anyway, leaving Gibbs and co. with a TAD. Which of course Gibbs wasn't happy about when Jaecyon called and told him that Friday night.

The real reason, Jaecyon had the day off was because he too had to get ready to make the move to the Island. Sarah knew all of this of course, and was doing a great job of keeping a lid on things around her big brother Tim. Jaecyon wasn't officially leaving D.C. for another week. After that he'd have about four weeks to get settled on the island itself.

He wasn't going to start working until August, because that's when Tony's vacation days were up. Tony had been on assignment leave since last Monday. Meaning he had a certain amount of time to get everything in order that he needed to before leaving D.C. As of Monday, last week he no longer worked under Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He finished up everything official to do with the D.C. NCIS office, weeks ago, and now he was just dealing with the personal stuff. He'd talked to everyone he wanted to talk to. So now it was just a waiting game. It was still early in morning only 0800, and their fight wasn't until 1600 and Tony had to get the car to the dock by 1300. So, he had some time to kill.

Tony wasn't the only one with time to kill. AJ knew his dad didn't have to be in the office for another hour and half. AJ's kids were all upstairs in their rooms, packing for the flight home. AJ had been watching the news, on TV instead of reading the newspaper. He knew his dad was downstairs in the basement probably working on a new boat of his. He still had no idea how he got the boat out of the basement, it was a true mystery.

AJ got up out of the recliner and made his way down the basement stairs, and he did indeed find his dad down there. He didn't seem all that focused on what he was doing. 'Serves you right dad, you screwed up big time.' AJ thought to himself. He watched his dad for a minute more before he made his presence known.

"Hey Dad you got a minute I need to talk to you." AJ asked an edge to his tone.

Gibbs looked up from where he was sanding his boat. A set of older icy blue eyes stared back at into a younger pair. Gibbs looked at his watch he had time. He gestured for his son to come down and sit. AJ didn't sit, he wanted to stand. AJ knew his father well, and knew he wouldn't make the first move. He never did.

"I want to talk about Tony, and your team and how they treated Tony like shit, he thought you were his family and how you treated him, that's not the man I know. The man I grew up admiring wanting to be like." AJ stated hotly. "Now I'm thinking I don't want to be anything like you if that's how you treat so called family."

Gibbs actually turned to face his son. "That's uncalled-for son, you don't know half the stuff that went on at the Yard."

"Oh, I don't do I, you leave for four months after you lose your memory, Tony becomes temporary leader of your team, you come back and basically shit all over him, disregard all the hard work he's done, completely ignore how McGee and David treated him, disrespected him. Among other things, am I about right, it's feels I'm about right."

"I know I'm wrong okay dammit AJ, you're the one who sprung him on me in my own home. You didn't call or tell me at all, I see him that morning sitting at the table like he's right at home. That is not how we do things."

AJ threw up his hands. "Oh, really dad, that's a good one coming from the functional mute how do we do things then huh. Not talking for years and then I show up and you try and act like everything is alright, like everything is like it was before, I left. Well it's not dad. I'm not the same young man anymore, I'm grown ass man, with my own damn issues and don't need you piling on"

"DiNozzo isn't your problem, son."

"My problem." AJ couldn't believe what was coming out his fathers' mouth. Then again maybe he could. Second 'b' in the name Gibbs stood for bastard after all. At least when it concerned his father. "No, dad he's not my problem, he's my friend, one of best I have aside from my 'brothers' in the Corps. Who I know will do anything for me no matter what, when or how I ask, them. Can't say the same about you though, now can I dad? You say your team's like family, but family don't do what you did."

Gibbs was already angry at his former SFA for leaving, now his son was acting up. This is just what he needed, before he had to go into work. Not how he wanted to start his Monday.

"You're really toeing the line now, boy." Gibbs growled lowly at his adult son. AJ didn't back down though.

"Oh, what you going to do dad, spank me, I'm not some stupid teenager who got caught with a case of beer."

"No, but you're still my son, and under my roof, you'll follow my rules."

"No, I'm not a child" AJ yelled daring his father to challenge him.

"Oh, you think just because you're an adult now, you can do whatever the hell you want." Gibbs' voice was rising ever higher.

"I should think so, I'm my own person dad, you don't own me like you think you own Tony. Newsflash Pops we're not pieces of property or toys that you can use whenever you want and then discard when you don't want us anymore, we're people, human beings with feelings. But, I guess the great Leroy Jethro Gibbs can't understand that."

Gibbs face had turned red in anger and the vain in his forehead was pulsing like it always did when he got really pissed. Gibbs motioned for his son to come towards him. He didn't. "Andrew Jethro Gibbs, don't make me count to three" Gibbs warned his son.

AJ still stood stock still and didn't move a muscle. This wasn't the first time he was spanked as an adult, but he was going to stand his ground. He believed in what he said, and it was true his dad had been treating Tony like shit. It wasn't acceptable, you don't do that to someone who was supposed to be under your command. That's not how a leader acted. Not how a father acted. AJ knew Tony thought of Gibbs as a father at some point even despite their differences. He was better than Anthony Senior for sure.

"One." Gibbs started. AJ shifted a bit uncomfortably, but still didn't move any further. 'He really wasn't going to do this was he.' AJ asked himself. I mean he was in no way scared of his father, he just hated getting his butt whooped, for any reason. Especially for reasons where he knew he was right. And his father was wrong. 'At least he admitted it this time.' AJ thought.

"Two.' Gibbs eyed his son carefully. Still no movement. "This is your last chance son." AJ fixed his father with his own glare, Gibbs didn't back down. Gibbs sighed. "Three. Now come over here now." Gibbs ordered his son.

AJ moved toward a corner of the basement with 'the chair' in it. The spanking chair. It was old and wooden, and had seen better days. That's where spankings occurred in the basement. If it was anywhere else in the house it could in the recliner, over the arm of the couch, on the bed. AJ honestly preferred any other position, but this damn chair.

It made him feel like he was a teenager again who'd snuck out to Donnie Master's party, and got shit faced, then drove home drunk. Man, his dad had been so pissed after that night. Not only did he have a curfew of 2100, but he couldn't communicate with his friends for a whole month. That had sucked.


This now though, what Gibbs was doing was for his son's own good. He'd crossed the line and somewhere AJ knew that. He deserved this. "Jeans and boxers down." Gibbs ordered sternly.

"Da-dad no please." AJ asked. He hated getting spanked bare assed.

Gibbs moved around his son and stood behind him. "Pants down now." AJ slowly undid his belt on his jeans and let his dark wash jeans pool around his ankles. Gibbs pulled them all the way off and tossed them aside. They'd only get in the way. AJ looked back at his dad, his steely blue eyes showed no mercy. "Boxers too." AJ shucked his boxers down halfway to where his ass was fully exposed.

Gibbs had come and sat down on the chair. AJ bent over his dad's lap, Gibbs locked his son's legs in between his own so he couldn't move. "Now why am I spanking you Andrew?" Gibbs questioned firmly.

'Because you're secretly a sadist that's why' AJ thought bitterly. His silence and not answering right away earned him a swift swat on his tender sit spots. "Oww, hey okay okay."

"Want to try again?" Gibbs raised an eyebrow at his son. "Now why am I spanking you Andrew?"

"Because, I was out of line, and I yelled at you. I wasn't showing you respect."

"And." Gibbs asked wanting him to continue.

"And I'm not too old for this." AJ said sullenly.

"Glad you remember that." Gibbs landed the first smack on the right butt cheek. "You're not to talk to me like that. SMACK. SMACK. I'm still your father. SMACK SMACK. You will show me respect SMACK SMACK SMACK. I'm only doing this because I care and you need a little reminder of how to behave, here."

AJ was sniffling not blubbering like a baby yet. But goddamn it still hurt like a sonofabitch. He couldn't remember the last time he got spanked as an adult. Gibbs peppered his son's ass equally in all the right spots. Making sure he'd feel it for a couple of hours.

"Dad, stop please." AJ cried snot running down his nose. His dad just kept laying them on him. Smack after smack.

Right on the cheeks and the last few on his sit spots and thighs to drive the point home. AJ was a grown man, forty-three years old and he was crying over getting a spanking. Gibbs released his son's legs and let him stand up and pull his boxers back up slowly.


AJ looked into his dad's eyes, he wasn't pissed anymore. "You know son I only do that because I love you right."

AJ wiped the last of the remaining tears from his eyes and moved to hug his dad. No words needed to be exchanged after that. Gibbs knew what his son was saying without saying it. "Have you learned your lesson son." Gibbs asked.

"Yes, dad."

Good." Gibbs replied. He really hated spanking his son, but it was effective. "You know I was listening to you, I am going to fix things with DiN- Tony."

"That's good you're going to fix with Tony, you really need to. He looked up to you at one point." AJ informed his father as he slowly and gingerly pulled his jeans up over his sore ass. 'Man, I forgot how much this hurts.' AJ thought to himself.

"You better go on up first. Don't want the kids suspecting anything." Gibbs told his son.

"Oh, what dad that you tanned my hide good, right." AJ said cheekily. Gibbs gave his son a look.

"Watch it boy."

"Alright alright I'm going." AJ walked up the steps and through the basement door. He could hear his kids talking in the kitchen. "Are you guys all packed up and ready to go?" AJ asked.

"Yep, dad, are you?" Lucas asked.

"Grandpa spanked your ass, didn't he?" Jake asked boldly.

"Watch your mouth young man or I'll be tanning your behind too." AJ warned his oldest son. Jake covered his butt with his hands.

"No thank you, sorry dad." Jake replied quickly.

"Good, now I'm gonna ask again are you all packed?" He got three nods. "Good." AJ turned to his youngest Kimberly. She looked upset. AJ didn't like seeing his daughter upset. "What's wrong Kimmy bear?" AJ knelt down to her level despite the pain in his ass.

"Ar-are you and Grandpa getting a divorce like you and Mommy did?" she asked eyes rimmed with unshed tears.

"Oh, no sweetie I can't do that with Grandpa." He assured his daughter. 'No matter how much I wish I could sometimes.' AJ thought.

"Really, you promise you'll always be with him, be family, and love us?"

"Yes, Grandpa and I will always be family, no matter what happens, no matter our own issues, we'll always love you kids." AJ said hugging his daughter.

And Luke and Jake joined in on the family hug. Gibbs was watching from around the corner of the kitchen, and heard what his son said. It made his heart do weird little flips on the inside.

"Good because, I like visiting Grandpa." Kim said cheerily. Gibbs walked into the kitchen now fully showing himself. "Grandpa." Kim yelled running over to the older Gibbs and hugging him. "I'm going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you too Monkey, maybe I'll come visit one day." Gibbs promised his granddaughter.

Gibbs looked at his son and clapped him on the back. "It was good seeing you son. It's too bad about Amber though, she'd have loved me"

'Oh, you're unbelievable.' AJ wanted to scream and shout and maybe even hit his dad it's not like he hadn't done it before. All the anger he'd had before the spanking came back to the surface with a vengeance. He'd just been spanked and his dad wanted to act like everything was normal. That he didn't just spank his adult son.

"Oh, I'm sure she would've dad." AJ replied knowing that that was as close to a 'I'm sorry' he'd get from his dad. "Come on you three go run upstairs and grab your bags we have a plane to catch."

Jaecyon and Sarah had dropped Tony and the kids off at Dulles International Airport. Sarah had decided to tag along to give Tim time to himself and get his mind straight.

"Have a good trip man, don't have too much fun without me." Jaecyon joked grabbing Tony in a manly bro hug.

"Have a safe flight Tony. Write us when you can, send a postcard or two." Sarah told the older man.

"Will do Sarah. See you later Jaecyon, thanks again for driving us."

IT was no big deal man. Now go before you miss your flight." Jaecyon and Sarah waved to the DiNozzo as they passed through the busy doors of the airport. Sarah got in the driver's seat this time and drove both herself and Jaecyon back to her place.

Tony was surly regretting not talking to Abby properly. Honestly to him he couldn't imagine what good it would've done, she wasn't thinking rationally. Tony Gabe and Mia stood at the check in desk to check their bags. Tony was only checking his bag because he was carrying his sidearm and that was the only way he could travel with it. As per TSA guidelines, in checked baggage only. Now if he was on assignment or needed it right after he deplaned that was a different story, but he didn't so, in his bag it went.

It wasn't the checked baggage that was giving Tony a headache it was woman. "I'm sorry sir you're on the no-fly list." Out of nowhere airport security approached him from both sides.

"What do you mean, I'm on the no-fly list?" Tony demanded, furiously quiet. "I'm a federal agent." Tony didn't want to make a scene especially with his kids in toe.

As soon as AJ and the kids left to get lunch before they headed home, Gibbs grabbed his keys wallet badge and gun and headed to Dulles International Airport. He'd found out from Palmer that that's where Tony was flying out of. He had to get to him before it was too late.

"I'm sorry sir, I have to go by what my screen says." The young woman defended herself.

"Do not touch me." Tony ordered with a sharp jab of his hand as the overweight man in a blue uniform attempted to grab his upper arm. "You don't have the authority to detain me." He pulled out his phone and dialed with short, sharp jabs.

"Hello?" The familiar feminine voice answered coyly.

"Abigail Sciuto, undo whatever it is you did, or I will arrest you." He ordered softly, voice still deathly calm. "This is not funny."

"I don't know what you're talking about." She denied shamelessly. "Are you on your way? I know your flight leaves soon, and you don't have much time left for our talk."

"Abby." He growled, glaring as armed police officers entered the atrium. "I'm about to get arrested. My kids are here, this isn't right and you know it. I've done nothing they can hold me on, and if they do I swear to god when I get out, you will take my place in a jail cell. Un do it. Now." Tony ordered.

The woman on the other end of the phone sighed petulantly and hung up. Tony turned stiffly back to the receptionist behind the counter. "Reload the page." He ordered the woman.

"Sir, I really don't think- " She tried to argue.

"Reload. The. Page." He said again, and he could feel his pulse throbbing in his neck. He tried to calm himself down, knowing the woman was doing her job and that it wasn't fair to take out his frustration of her, but he really wished she'd just do what he was telling her to do. "Please." He added stiffly.

Gibbs had made it to the airport in plenty of time. It was only 1400 now, and Tony's flight didn't leave until 1600. He honestly didn't have to look far once instead the large airport he was still at the check in desk, and armed security guards surrounded him.

'Leave it to DiNozzo to get into some kind of trouble already and he hasn't even left D.C. yet.' No Gibbs wasn't thinking like that anymore he was here to make amends, not bring the other man down.

As Gibbs walked closer he could hear what was being said. "No fly list sir I'm sorry. Reload the page."

'No-fly list.' Gibbs thought. Then he immediately thought of Abby. 'Oh yes, she's the trouble child clearly not Tony.'

The woman looked away and back down at the screen. She clicked a few buttons and then blinked in shock. Her brows furrowed and she hit a few more keys. "You're right, sir." She finally stuttered after another long few seconds. "You're no longer on the list." She looked up at the police officers helplessly, and Tony felt a flash of sympathy for the girl. "Your flight is departing from gate C19. It will be down the hall to your right. Please have a pleasant flight, and thank you for flying United Airlines." She finished feebly.

Tony nodded severely, once. He turned and headed down the hall, his kids following. "Tony." Gibbs yelled down the hall. Tony hadn't heard him. "Tony." Gibbs tried again. The other man kept walking now whether it was because he was ignoring Gibbs or really couldn't hear him he didn't know. Gibbs clenched his fists. "Dammit Anthony DiNozzo, turn around and stop." Gibbs ordered. This time Tony did stop and he looked back, and his former boss was indeed standing there in the middle of the crowded airport hallway.

'Huh so I wasn't imagining things. Damn.' Their gate was at least another twenty-minute trek down the hall. Gibbs was glad to see that Tony had stopped for him. "What do you want Jethro I'm busy here. Can't you see, I have a plane to get to."

"I want to talk Tony, please. Let me explain. I don't like how we left things at the office or the hospital and I want to fix things." Gibbs explained himself.

Tony looked from the older silver haired man to his kids and back. Tony bit out a reply. "Fine." He turned to Gabe and Mia. "You see those chairs over by the window." The two nodded. "Go sit there and don't move from that spot." He ordered firmly. The two kids nodded and walked over to the black leather seats.

Gibbs just looked at the two children, who looked a lot like Tony. They'd grown a lot since he'd last seen them. "The kids look good, how's Gabriel doing."

Tony and Gibbs had moved to a small café with sightline of the kids. Both ordered hot drinks. Tony a green tea, and Gibbs black coffee. "Gabe is doing just fine. I'm treating his wounds. I've learned by lesson, I'm not leaving them with Mrs. Ramirez ever again." Tony said calmly.

"That's good, I'm glad." Gibbs said. "Tony, I know I was wrong, I was way out of line with you. I shouldn't have let it get this bad. I should've seen what the others were doing to do you, and done something about it. I will be something, above Ziva especially, I'll be looking into our hiring practices with HR."

Tony was astounded at Gibbs' words. He couldn't believe Leroy Jethro Gibbs was apologizing to him. "Yeah you did and you should look into her, she held a loaded gun on me, after the whole Rivkin case. I had no doubt in my mind she was going to shoot me." Tony told Gibbs.

"I really wish it didn't have to end like this, Tony you're a damn good agent, and I should have seen you for who you really are. I put too much pressure on you as my SFA, I guess I expected too much out of you. If there was any way I could make you stay I would."

"The only way to do that would be to retire Bo- Jethro. We both know that'll never happen anytime soon since you're a stubborn bastard and won't listen to Leon. You think you can just about doing whatever it is you want, because half the office is scared of you. I can tell you something Jethro there's change on the horizon, and you're not going to like it." Tony informed his former boss.

Gibbs had come to the airport to make amend apologize to Tony, and now he was left even more confused flustered and bewildered then before. 'What kind of changes was Tony talking about.' Gibbs wondered.

"Tony." Gibbs addressed his former SFA. Tony looked up into clear icy blue eyes. "I really do wish you the best of luck, with your new team, you- you deserve it." 'Why was that so hard to say' Gibbs thought.

Tony turned a nasty look on Gibbs. "Really do you know, because I don't think you mean you're just pissed because I'm leaving and you're going to be completely lost without me. It's always been about you and your needs, if you really needed me, you wouldn't have punished me like a child." Tony threw the retort back in the silver haired man's face.

"Tony, I-I only did that, because I-I love you like a son you needed discipline and I gave it to you."

"Did you ever punish little Timmy, or Ziva or god forbidden the perfect little Abigail? No, you didn't, you know what she just did, she hacked TSA and put me on the no-fly list. All because she can't grow up and handle the fact that I'm leaving. That, that right deserves, a serious attitude adjustment, I'd say, a good spank."

"You're right Tony, and I'll be dealing with each of them appropriately."

"Oh, good glad we're on the same page." Tony looked down at his phone and then up ever to his kids they were getting antsy. "I've got to get going, I'd say it was nice working with you, but then I'd be lying, and I know what that gets me. Good day Agent Gibbs." Tony stood up from the table grabbed his now cold green tea, and bags and walked away.

Gibbs watched Tony walk away over to his kids and then further down the hall into the massive crowd of people. Gibbs' phone rang on his way out of the airport.

"Gibbs." Gibbs answered the phone.

"Boss where are you, you show this morning you're never late, Abby's freaking out over here. And Ziva is sharpening her daggers." Tim reported what he was seeing his coworker doing.

"I'll be there in thirty, Timothy." Gibbs replied and hung up before Tim could say anything. Only thing running through Tim's mind was 'Timothy. He never calls me Timothy ever.'

On the plane at thirty thousand feet, Tony could finally relax. He finally felt a peace leaving D.C. and heading to California to be his family. Being in business class instead of in coach probably helped with that. He looked out the window at the sky, and for once didn't have a care in the world about what was going on NCIS HQ in Washington. He was leaving that office far far behind him. He was putting almost 5,000 miles and an ocean between them.


Well that's it for Chapter 4, as always hit that review button down below and leave a comment about what you think.