Meeting the father

Kate opened her eyes to find Tony was no longer beside her. She sat up looking around the room. To find him looking out the window, she got up and walked over to him wrapping her arms around his torso.

"Morning" he nodded but didn't say anything. Kate looked up at him questioningly.

"Lunch today my father will be there seeing it's the rehearsal for tomorrow"

"Aren't they ment to be rehearsal dinners?" Tony turned around wrapping his arms her.

"They are but with my family, they like to be different so it's a rehearsal lunch which if you look at it does make some sense seeing it will be lunch we will be having." He looked down at her smiling.

"But that's not till later I have an idea of what we could do till then" he grinned.

"Tony as much as I love you, doing it for the first time in this relationship I want it to be special not something that will take your mind of the impending couple of hours we have to spend with your father." Tony nodded knowing she was right.

"So what do you want to do?" she shrugged they had done most of the things you could do in the small town last week.

"We haven't been on the paddle boats yet I guess we could do that. Or we could go back to the reality we have been ignoring and figure out how we are going to get home with out Abby seeing us because you know as well as I she will be waiting at the airport."

Tony sighed he didn't want to go back to that world one of hiding her, not being able to take her out. Every night in the last week they had gone out for dinner. They had done something every day knowing that as soon as they were back in Washington it all had to stop. That the hiding games everything like that had to start again and neither of them were looking forward to it. They had enjoyed being here being able to go out and let the small town in which Tony had grown up see that he was a one women man.

"I really don't want to go back either I love it here where I can be me well when its only the two of us. And not have to worry about who sees me" she tip toed to kiss him as there was a knock on their door. Tony smiled at her and went to answer it.

"What are you doing here?" he sighed seeing his father standing there.

"Coming to pay my respects to the dead" he walked in and smiled at Kate before taking out a gun and aiming it at her.

"NO" Tony ran and pushed her over as his father fired. The bullet went through the window shattering it.

"You ok?" Tony asked Kate nodded he got up glaring at his father.

"What the hell? Why are you shooting at my girlfriend?" Tony grabbed the gun off his father pointing it at him.

"Sending a message to a dear old friend come out of hiding and face up to his crimes or I will hunt down all of his kids" Tony's jaw dropped.

"It's you? You're the one after her…why?" he couldn't believe it, his father was the person they were ment to be hiding from this blew his mind. He knew his father was diabolical but to do this.

"Her father did wrong by me so now I want revenge" he pulled out a nine millimeter. Before he could do anything he fell to the ground looking at Tony who had shot him.

"You're choosing her over me?" He asked shocked.

"Every time" he held the gun to his father again.

"Move any part of your body and I will shot you again. Katie get out of here" she ran past the two of them. Tony glared at his father as he walked around grabbing a few things keeping the gun on his father the whole time. When he was done he walked past shooting his father in the leg.

"That should keep you here for a while."

He found Kate down stairs, she ran over to him wrapping her arms around his neck and sobbing.

"Its ok Katie I won't let him hurt you" they called the federal police who were there in minutes.

"We got the boss I don't know how you did but we got him. The only thing is until we get every one he's paid to find you and your siblings both of you will have to go into hiding starting now"

"What?"

"It's only for your own safety. This time we'll tell the Director of NCIS but only her. We have caught most of them already there are a couple we have yet to catch up with" Tony kissed Kate on the head.

"I think I know where you can find them, my sister's rehearsal lunch this after noon our whole family is ment to be there" the federal agent nodded and pulled a photo.

"We are looking for these two people." Tony's jaw dropped when he saw who. Kayla and William his cousin.

"They'll be there; I can't believe this my own family." A tear rolled his cheek; two people who wanted to kill his girlfriend had been sitting in front of them at the dinner last week.

"Baby I'm so sorry if I had known I would never have bought you out here" he pulled Kate closer to him as they bought his father down on a stretcher.

"You betrayed me Anthony" Carlos said his voice gruff and angry.

"I never wanted anything to do with you, and I still don't I was never a part of your so called business. I'm not like you I'm not a criminal, you're not my father" Carlos glared as he was taken away.

"This lunch where will it be held?"

"On my father's property a couple of hours from here I'd have to show you the directions are too hard." The agent nodded and led them out at a black SUV.

"Don't worry the windows are tinted and bullet proof" he said to the look on Kate's face.

They drove for two hour before Tony point to a dirt road; they traveled down it for half an hour till they came to a massive set of gates.

"You can only get in if your family" said the little black box Tony lent out the window.

"Tony here for the lunch" the gates opened and the SUV drove on through. Every one was there they all looked so happy and cheerful. Kayla especially seeing she thought Kate was now officially dead and she could go for Tony.

"Wait here" Tony nodded pulling Kate closer to him.

Mariska Dean looked up to see two men walking toward Kayla. "Kayla Thomas?"

"Yes" she turned around smiling sweetly till she saw who was behind her she went to run but one of the men caught her arm.

"Not so fast, you're under arrest"

"I didn't do anything, it was all Carlos and William I was just the look out I didn't kill any of them. I didn't even touch her, is the bitch dead?" Every one stared at what was happening two other men came up through the crowd with William. They had an evidence bag with them. He'd been lacing the food with poison.

"Found him in the kitchen. I wouldn't eat any of the food I don't know how much he has poisoned" Mariska nodded as they went back to the SUV's Tony and Kate were let out.

"She's not dead, let me at her I have to kill her I have to she's ment to be dead I'm ment to be the one he loves"

Tony pulled Kate back behind him. "Stay away from me and my girlfriend" Kayla and William were loaded into the back of the cars.

"I'll call you in a couple of days, to let you know what is going to happen" Tony nodded and they watched as the cars drove off.

"What the hell just happened there and where's dad he said he was going to pick you up" Jasmine walked over to her big brother.

"Yeah more like try and kill my girlfriend he is more then likely in the prison ward at the hospital, seeing I shot him"

"You couldn't wait till after my wedding your so selfish Tony" Jasmine went to slap him bit Tony caught her hand.

"Me, I'm selfish, look who's talking" Tony and Jasmine had never gotten along when it came to Carlos DiNozzo.

"All he wanted was to meet Kelly you didn't have to shoot him" Tony laughed and let go of her wrist.

"If by meeting you mean he wanted to kill her yes, he came into our room said he wanted to pay his respects to the dead then pulled a gun on my girlfriend" Jasmine rolled her eye.

"Like he would do that"

"You don't know him like we do he never once did anything while you were around you were his little girl but he's a criminal Jasmine he wanted to kill Kate and her siblings to get her father to come out of hiding. Every one we know back home thinks she's dead. This has been a holiday for the both of us. We could go out do things that we can't at home, she has to stay inside at all times in Washington to many people know her, we had to fly out at four thirty in the morning so no one would know who she is so don't tell me your father is an angel he's far, far from it" this time Jasmine was able to slap him.

"You're lying" she screamed

"Why would I lie about that Jasmine? Why do you think he's filthy stinking rich? He's a car sales man. Mum was the one with the inheritance not Carlos all his money this house your wedding is bought with stolen laundered money. I wouldn't lie to you I never had extenuated the truth maybe but never lied" his sister glared at him then turned to Kate she went to slap her but Tony stopped her again, twisting her arm back till there were tears in her eyes.

"Don't ever try and hit my girlfriend I don't care if your wedding day is tomorrow and your rehearsal lunch was ruined you are not going to hit her or I'll hit you" he let go of her arm.

"You did this its all your fault" she slapped Kate anyway then dared her brother to slap her, knowing he wouldn't he couldn't then he'd be just like her father.

"You can't do it can you?" she smirked.

"He won't but I will" Kate slapped her Jasmine looked shocked she was used to getting what she wanted when she wanted it and always getting away with things being the only girl and the baby of the family she was used to it conditioned to it she didn't know how else to be.

"You- you just-" tears ran down Jasmine's face.

"Nice try but I have three little sisters who are the masters of manipulation, nothing fools me when it comes to fake crying I taught it too them" Jasmine pouted and folded her arms the tear stopping instantly.

"Fine, Tony I don't want her here" she laid on her best puppy dog eyes. Tony smirked Kate's were way better, and harder to refuse.

"Tough, where I go Katie goes and where she goes I go. If you don't want her here you don't want me here"

"fine but I'm not happy about this" she stormed off.

"be a sook then" Tony rolled his eyes and headed inside with Kate and the rest of his family.

"Tony one thing you said her name was Kelly now you're calling her Katie?" Taylor asked as they sat down in the lounge room.

"Caitlin is my real name but only my dad and grandparents use Caitlin most of the time its Kate Tony's the only person who's ever gotten away with Katie, I had to change my name when I went into hiding, it was originally Cameron but I changed it to Kelly because I was sick of Cameron I didn't choose it, it was chosen for me" Taylor nodded.

"Right ok so Kate how long have you known Tony?" Kate laughed and lent into him.

"About three years now but we've been going out about six months."