Title: The Too Young series: The Forbidden

Disclaimer: I don't own the show NCIS, I'm just borrowing the characters for the story.

A/N: This story is part of my series called Too young, where Ziva is nineteen years old and has been assigned as Liaison Officer to Gibbs' team (just like on the show). She is taken care of by, and also seen as the responsibility of, Gibbs and occasionally also Director Jenny Shepard who were the ones that decided she could stay at NCIS regardless of her young age.

I wrote "Staying Focused" as the first story about a younger Ziva and I've had to make some changes in that story to make everything work better as a series. "Staying Focused" is still included in the series though of course.

The first change is that Ziva is nineteen, not twenty three and I have my reasons for making that change. The second change is that in this series Gibbs only administers Corporal Punishment to Ziva, (because of her age and the fact that he has taken responsibility for her training and safety) not the rest of the team. The third and last change is that "Staying Focused" takes place at the beginning of season three, not the end of the season. In this story the team has been informed of Ziva's age.

A/N 2: This is the third story about Ziva in my Too Young series.

A/N 3: This chapter has some references to scenes on the show that I have modified a little from the way they really happened to something that will fit these stories about Ziva. They are however scenes that I think work well to mention in this series because they are supportive to the way I portray Ziva here; as much younger and the others as more protective of her.

CHAPTER 8

Gibbs descended the stairs in a fast pace and headed straight for his two older Agents and their Director. It pleased him to see that Tony and Tim were standing in the exact same spot as when he left. That meant that they were scared which meant it would be easier for him to get the whole story out of them fast. He needed to get back upstairs and deal with Ziva. However, he had no intention of letting his adult Agents off the hook either. They were both in deep trouble.

"Where is she, Jethro?"

"In your office, Director. She'll stay there until we both come up to have a talk with her."

Jenny nodded. She felt she definitely should be present this time. Ziva had broken a major rule that had been set up for her by them both. The girl knew that wasn't acceptable. They had discussed that upon her arrival.

Gibbs stood in front of Tony and Tim once more and fixed them both with his stare. "So Tony forgot to gas up my car, you both left Ziva alone at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. You hitchhiked in the back of a truck without even checking the identity of the driver. " he paused, "Did you even bother to identify yourselves as Federal Agents before you stepped up into the back of his truck?"

"Yes, we...we did that, boss. We identified ourselves." Tim stuttered. "But that probably wasn't such a good thing to do in this case because that's how he knew who we were and alerted Warren."

Gibbs looked like McGee had just jogged his memory "Oh yeah, right. You also let the murderer get the drop on you." he said in a stern voice. "How many times have I told you to always expect the unexpected?"

"Many times, boss." McGee answered and looked down as Gibbs fixed his eyes on just him. "Oh that was rhetorical?"

Tony gave McGee's shoulder a nudge "Shut up, Probie. You're making it worse."

Gibbs turned back to Tony and focused on him instead. "Oh no, DiNozzo. He's not making it worse because I doubt it could even get that much worse. What the hell were you thinking?!" he yelled the last sentence at their faces.

Neither one of them answered.

"Jethro, do you mind if I ask the gentlemen here a question?" Jenny interrupted and both McGee and Tony took the time to take a breath.

Gibbs took a step back and gestured for her to take over for a second. He reached across his desk and grabbed his cup of cold coffee and took a sip. Coffee was coffee and hot or cold, it still calmed him somewhat.

As Jenny assumed Gibbs previous position McGee noticed that her presence instead of their boss' didn't exactly calm him as much as he had thought. Jenny's face didn't look as angry as Gibbs' but instead there was an obvious show of disappointment written there that he had never seen before.

Jenny entered the conversation with only one question directed at them. It was the question that had been lingering in her mind the past fifteen minutes. "How could you?" she asked.

"Ma'am?" they both uttered with surprise.

"How could you just leave Ziva by herself like that?" she continued, "I thought Gibbs had spoken to the two of you about the importance of keeping her safe." she paused to read their faces carefully to see if they were understanding her, "I'm the one here who has known her the longest and let me tell you, that even though she may not always act like it, there is a teenager with much to learn under all that confidence she sometimes displays." looking at two very regretful Agents she could see she was hitting a nerve, "The two of you are supposed to be keeping an eye on her while you're in the field." she finished and then stepped back to allow her former partner to take over again.

And he did. "DiNozzo."

"Yes, boss." the contrite Agent answered.

"Do you remember when I told you I wanted you on Ziva's ass?"

Tony nodded in silence.

"Did you know what I meant by that?"

"Yes, boss."

"Tell us, please."

" You meant you wanted me to keep a constant, watchful eye on her in the field to keep her safe when you are not around. You explained later that that was what you meant when you and the Director informed us about her age." he kept his head low to avoid having to look his boss in the eye.

Gibbs nodded, "And you McGee? Do you remember a certain conversation you and I had at that junkyard when you were left to search for Jamie Carr's body?"

Now it was McGee's turn to nod in silence. They were both getting the message loud and clear.

"Like I told you then McGee, Ziva is not a trained Agent." he turned to address them both again, "She may be Mossad but she is still a kid and under my protection. She is here to learn from me and from you and I expect you to help her do that." his expression turned even more grim, "You do NOT do that by ditching her at a gas station and forcing her to get behind the wheel to save your asses. IS THAT CLEAR?!"

"Yes, boss." McGee said.

"Crystal, boss." Tony replied at the same time.

Gibbs nodded and moved to sit down behind his desk. He had never been a man of many words. Jenny leaned against the wall behind his desk as she watched the two now very nervous Agents try to remain calm. Evidently they knew the conversation was reaching its end, which meant they were reaching the point when Gibbs would doom them. That was the only reason she wasn't going to step in, she knew Gibbs was not going to let their shenanigans and irresponsible behavior slide. Also having been his Agent she knew he could come up with some pretty awful forms of punishment, a lot worse than she would ever be able to. So she just leaned back and watched the show.

Gibbs rested his elbows on his desk and announced, "If you two think you are going home for a quiet and relaxing weekend you are wrong." he said and smirked a little at the almost pleading look on Tony's face. Gibbs knew how much he hated being stuck in the office on the rare occasions that things were actually quiet and they had the opportunity to have a normal free weekend off. "Tomorrow is Saturday and at 0600 hours you are going to report here for cleaning supplies and start your work." he gestured out at the entire bullpen and all the other Agents' empty desks. "You will start by putting up all the chairs to free the floor. Then you will scrub this floor using rags and soap until it is so clean that I can see my own reflection in it." he saw both Agents' shoulders slump in defeat and all hope of having any free time during the weekend leave their minds, "After that we have approximately fifteen toilets in this building that could use a good cleaning. I will be providing the toothbrushes."

Both Agents heads shot up at hearing that and they exclaimed a terrified, "Boss!"

Gibbs shot up from his seat and slammed his palms on the top of his desk while he narrowed his eyes, daring them to protest any further. They both backed down.

Jenny was doing her best not to snicker at the scene taking place before her. Remembering back to her own time as Gibbs' Probie and having been submitted to similar punishment herself, she almost felt sorry for the two Agents who would have to spend a lot of time on their knees the following two days.

To be continued

A/N: Sorry it has taken me so long to update this time but I just got a job and I have been really busy. I'm working on finishing this story soon though. Please let me know what you think of this chapter.