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Warnings: None in this one
A/N: On with the show!
Cub
If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.
~Ashleigh Brillian~
The moment he was told the location of the body found, Timothy McGee knew it was going to be an interesting day.
Rosemary Town was near the edge of Virginia, and with it being smack dab in the middle of lush forest, the only way there was on foot, its population was barely a hundred and the people there tolerated newcomers at worst, it was also where Tim used to live before Maryland.
Of course none of his Teammates knew that, and he knew that he better speak up now or else it wasn't going to be pretty when they got there.
"Um Boss" Tim said from the back of the car
"What McGee?" Gibbs said as he ran a red light.
"It's about Rosemary"
"And?"
The car swerved out the way of a tow truck.
"Well I just wanted to tell you that I use to live there"
The jerked to a stop and Tim had to bite back an eep when Gibbs turned around to glare at him. The cars behind them honked their horns and cursed them.
"And you didn't think to mention this before we got in the car"
"Um, well you were busy yelling at Tony, I didn't want to interrupt"
Tony glared at him through the review mirror, Gibbs raised a brow before giving his usual half-smile, half smirk and turning back around and started driving again.
"I thought you lived in Maryland?" Ziva asked.
"We moved there when I was around ten when my Dad got deployed, but I went back there every summer, my parents moved back to Rosemary after my Dad retired."
"What is it like?"
"Let me guess, it's the place that time forgot" Tony said.
"It may be small, but it's not closed off from the world" Tim said glaring at Tony from the rearview mirror.
"And the people" Gibbs asked, knowing that small towns like Rosemary are usually suspicious of outsiders and feds.
"They're pretty much laid back and welcome people that happen to stumble upon them, though they may be a little shaken up about the body"
Tim doubted it, especially if his father was there, but it was better safe than sorry.
After that the car ride was quiet with the occasional chatter.
By the time they got to the path that would lead them to the town it was around the afternoon.
"Are you serious, we have to walk!" Tony whined as they gathered their supplies, just as Ducky and Jimmy pulled up.
Tim nodded, holding back a smirk as Tony got a head slap, he then grabbed his gear and headed towards the path, making sure to make as much noise as possible along the way, his team right behind them.
It took them nearly an hour to get to the gate, and once they went through even Tony had nothing to say, and Tim knew they all thought the same thing.
They expected the town to be either like those old westerns towns with dirt roads and barely standing houses, or some kind of hillbilly camp.
Rosemary was nothing like that.
Stones covered the ground, the houses were made of lumber wood, some built close together others were spread out, many had small fences bordering the small gardens or yards they had in the front. There was a clothing store, a small little book store, a general store, and even a bar. Further up was a house that was larger than the rest and seem to watch over the town and its people, who were stopping and staring curiously at Tim and the newcomers.
"Runt!"
The team watched a tall large muscular man with shaggy shady blonde hair and dark eyes came up to Tim, and hugged the young Agent and even lifting him up off the ground and spinning him around!
"Leo! You overgrown Cub put me down!" Tim demanded, though there was a smile on his face.
The one called Leo placed Tim on his feet and nuzzled the younger male's cheek, Tim doing the same.
"The last time I saw you, was when you moved into that small apartment, how is it by the way?"
"Living" Tim said with a laugh.
"Good living I hope, you eating daily and all?"
"Yes" Tim said rolling his eyes.
"Good, that means I don't have to get Mom on you" Leo said with a grin ruffling the other's hair, before turning to the surprised Team.
"Hello welcome to Rosemary Town, you must be the Team the Runt been talking about, I'm his older brother Leo"
Tim had to hold back a laugh at the surprised looks on his Team's face even Gibbs when Leo gave them the same huge hug.
"My, my, this is certainly an unexpected welcome" Ducky said as Leo set him down back on his feet, "especially considering the circumstances"
"Well, we've heard a lot about you, and are all interested to meet you in person, so this is kind of a treat" Leo said as he hugged Jimmy, and a crowd began to form around them, but mostly Tim.
"Welcome back Runt!"
"Look how you've grown"
"Have you've been eating dear?"
"Alright everyone scurry off!"
The crowed moved at Leo's order and Leo started to walk off, Tim followed keeping a step behind and to the right, the others following suit.
They came to a house where an elderly on woman was sitting on the poach in a rocking chair, she looked up when they walked up the steps.
"These old ears must be losing their touch, because it sounds like little Timothy to me"
"Hello Auntie Mary"
Mary stood up with a chuckled and made her way over to Ziva and hugged her.
"It has been a while little Timothy, I almost thought you forgot about your Pack"
Ziva looked over at her teammates unsure of what to do, her teammates look to amused to do anything, the Mossad then gave a sound of surprised when the woman squeezed her breasts.
"Timothy dear…is there something you want to tell me?"
Laughter filled the porch.
"I have three older brothers, and one younger sister named Sarah, she's adopted. Leo is the second oldest, Orion is the third, and Kuma is the oldest. " Tim said as he took picture of a muddy footprint, Ziva after getting over her….interesting experience had asked about his siblings.
Ziva tilted her head, those names sounded familiar, but she couldn't figure out how or why.
"Why did does everyone call you Runt?" she then asked.
"Because I was the runt of the litter" Tim answered.
Ziva looked at him curiously at the choice of words.
Outside the Gibbs was interviewing Mary and Leo.
"Young Leo was helping with my shopping, the General Store always has my favorite cream there. We came back to my place after everything was done, barely got to the gate when I smelt a strong rotting scent. Leo went inside, while I waited by the gate. Then the poor thing came out and told me there was a dead body. Imagine that a dead body in my house!"
"Thank you Ms. Molly"
"Call me Mary dear"
Gibbs gave a smirk before turning to Leo who was leaning against the poach rail and listening.
"Do you recognize the body?" Gibbs asked.
"No, never seen him around here" Leo shook his head.
"Do you know anyone who could have done this?"
"No, but then again if someone did, they'd be long gone by now. Dad the law in this town and everyone knows not to get on his bad side"
"Of course he a kitten compared to Mom"
Leo grinned as he looked over his shoulder, there were two large muscular men outside the gate, one was taller and bigger than the other, with black hair in a ponytail and dark green eyes, his skin was tan. The one next to him also had long hair but was a fiery red, with dark eyes, he too was tanned.
"Don't let her hear you say that" Leo said jumping over the porch rail and going over to them.
Gibbs raised a brow when the three nuzzled each other's cheek, but ignored it as a weird town costume, though his gut kept going off.
Something about this town did not sit well with it.
"Did you guys have a good hunt?" Leo asked.
"As always" said the red head.
"That's one of them?" asked the black haired man looking over at Gibbs.
"Yep, it's Runt's team"
"Runt's here!"
Leo barely had time to nod before the red-head jumped over the gate and ran into the house, Gibbs barely had time to move out the way. The black-haired followed at a much slower pace, stopping to say hello to Mary and introducing himself to Gibbs.
"I'm Kuma, the Runt's older brother, that blur that went by you was Orion, the second oldest"
"Agent Gibbs" Gibbs said shaking the young man's hand.
There was loud laughter from inside the house, causing Kuma to chuckle.
Tony knew that Tim was taller than most people, but his brothers were huge! Tall, muscular and tanned, long and shaggy hair, dark eyes, they seem like the prefect definition of a woman's dream mountain man. Yet there was something about, the way the acted and spoke set bells off in his head, they weren't exactly "Danger Will Robinson" bells more like Gibbs's slap upside the head bells
"Here's the bar" Orion said, stopping in front of a large building.
"Thanks" Tony said.
"I'll see you around"
Tony watched him walk off before entering the bar, he can deal with the bells later.
Gibbs stared at the woman named Raven, she was 5ft and some inches, red hair and grey eyes, and she currently had Tim's head smothered in between her rather large bosom.
"Oh my little Cub!"
She was also Tim's mother.
"I've missed you so much! Oh I wished you'd come home more often!"
Gibbs tilted his head, did he hear purring? Was there a cat around here?
"And you must be Agent Gibbs, Tim has told me much so much about you!"
Gibbs grunted when he was pulled into a tight strong hug.
"Mom, please let my Boss go before you break him"
Ziva thanked the young woman, and walked off the porch, the interview had gone well, the problem was that the woman didn't know the dead Marine named Aramis, no one she interviewed knew who the man was or way he would possible be here.
She wondered if the others were having any luck, she barely passed the bar when Tony came stumbling out, followed by three very angry looking young men.
"Wanna say that again!" said the young man who was obviously the ring leader.
"I would, but you probably wouldn't get the second time" Tony retorted.
The young man's face turned red, Ziva hurried over to help her teammate when out of nowhere this mountain of a man appeared in between Tony and the group of boys.
"What's going on?" the mountain man asked, dark eyes narrowing at the boys, who shrunk back.
"Nothing" the leader said.
"Really, because it looked like to me that you're were about to attack a guest, and I know you're mother taught you better than that Malcolm"
Malcolm flinched.
"Now I want to apologize, now…all of you"
The group apologized to Tony who couldn't take his eyes off the giant man, and neither can Ziva.
"Good, not get before I call your mothers"
The group ran off, and the giant man turned to Tony.
"You alright?" he asked.
Tony just nodded.
"Good, sorry about that though, the Cubs here are a bit hot-headed but mean no harm" the giant man said before sticking out his hand, "names Victor McGee, I own this town…well my wife does but I like to think I do"
Tony's jaw dropped and Ziva's eyes widen.
This was Tim's father!
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