After knocking on the door jam Dave walks into Hotch's office. Having been friends for so long they keep the formality of boss and subordinate in check when they were alone.
"Have you heard from Penelope?" He asks as he hands Hotch a cup of tea.
"No, have you?"
"No, I'm surprised that I didn't see her beast of a car in the garage when I parked this morning."
"Tony drove it home for her, he followed Morgan when they dropped her off yesterday."
Rossi hides his smile with his own cup as he listens to Hotch. He knows that she doesn't like anyone driving her car. "She must trust him, or something."
"Or something." Hotch volleys back straight faced.
"So tell me do you know what the hell is going on with agent McGee and why Gibbs thinks that Tony has anything to do with it."
"Don't you have work to do Agent Rossi?"
"Right, I want the whole story once it's over."
It was just after ten A.M. that both Hotch and Rossi received texts asking them to please come to Penelope's office as new information has come through that they need to see.
Stepping out of their offices they look at each other once before walking through the bullpen without saying anything.
"What do you think is going on?" Tony asks Reid as the bosses walked through the bullpen
"No idea, we'll find out eventually."
"Do you know who is taking over for Garcia?" Dave asks just as they get to the office door.
Hotch didn't knock, he just opened the door and stepped in with Rossi at his side. When Penelope turned around and smiled slightly. "Good morning."
"I thought you were told to stay home, Kitten."
"I was board and besides I'm wearing my brace and boot and I've got my crutches. See?" She says as she points to the corner.
Knowing that it is a losing battle to try and argue with her, Hotch shakes his head slightly. "What is it you have to show us?"
"I found the person that pushed me out of the way. The thing is I don't know if I should let it go or not."
"Who was it?" Hotch asks not looking forward to the answer.
"Tony's father. He is staying at the Adams House." She answers bringing up the frame from the CCTV and his passport photo on the screen.
"Does he know that his father is in town?"
"Not as far as I know. I know that he hasn't called his work cell, and as for his personal I really don't know. Tony has settled in here and I really don't want to rock the boat. I think he is happy here."
"Let's play it by ear see and if he contacts him, and what it is he wants this time?" Rossi suggests.
Hotch looks at her and frowns. "When you get caught up on the paperwork you go home. And stay home for the rest of the week, understand?"
'Yes sir, but I'm fine really."
"Dr. Mallard was kind enough to call me and tell me what the findings were. So you want to try and tell me that you're fine again?"
"Not when you put it that way. I mean it's only a sprained ankle and a bruised knee."
It was the raised voices coming from the bullpen that stopped Hotch and Rossi from saying anything else.
"It's Gibbs, I'd recognize that bellow anywhere, he sounds like some of the Marines I served with." Rossi tells them.
The two men leave Penelope in her office and go to see just what Gibbs wants this time.
Walking into the bullpen they see that he is not alone this time he brought Agent McGee and Tony's father with him.
"Gibbs with all the time you're spending here it seems like you want to work for the FBI after all." Hotch tells him as he stands next to Reid. What he does not want to do is give an impression that DiNozzo needs anyone to protect him.
Gibb glares at him then. "I brought my agents father, DiNozzo failed to tell him that he quit and is working here now."
"If I remember correctly you fired agent DiNozzo, but I could be mistaken. Reid could you refresh my memory please?" Rossi says.
"Do you want verbatim or just the highlights?" Spencer asks.
"Forget it. I want the mess that declared McGee dead fixed, I know that DiNozzo made the mess. Fix it! Now!"
"What's going on?" JJ asks as she walks into the bullpen with Morgan beside her.
"We could hear the yelling half way down the hall." Morgan tells them.
JJ spots Penelope walking in on her crutches stopping at every desk and looking under it.
"Garcia what are you looking for?"
"The toddler, I heard yelling it sounded like a toddler having a temper tantrum I brought colored pencils and a lollypop." she replies as she pats her skirt pocket.
"No toddler Garcia only Agents Gibbs, McGee and Tony's father." Reid tells her.
"You are making an awful lot of noise in here Agent Gibbs. Instead of casting blame, why don't you investigate, and find out what happened, after all that's what you do isn't it? Investigate." Penelope says making everyone turn and look at her.
"I know he did it, no one else would have the nerve to pull that kind of a stunt on a federal agent." McGee tells her with a arrogant expression.
"Junior, what's going on?" DiNozzo's father asks.
They watch as she walks over to them and nudges Tony out of the way. Then sit down in front of his computer. "What's your social security number agent McGee?"
"Why do you want to know that?"
"You want this mess fixed don't you?"
"Yes but how will knowing my information help."
She looks at him and exhales softly. " You know what never mind, will one of you lovely SSA's please give the order." Penelope asks as she looks at her team smiling coyly.
The team looks at Hotch, knowing that he is the one that has to give the order.
"Do it, what ever is needed." He orders.
She types for a few minutes concentrating as the screens go by, McGee looks over her shoulder and starts to protest what she is doing only to be glared at by Hotch.
"You said you wanted this mess fixed didn't you? Well she's your best bet." Tony informs him.
"Gibbs I heard you were in the building, Are you coming to join the big guys?" Fornell asks as he come up to stands next to the agents of the BAU. Gibbs turns and glares at Fornell then he looks back at Garcia.
"Penny do you have any cookies in the cookies jar, I'm a bit hungry?"
She looks at him and smiles he is the only agent that can call her Penny and get away with it. "Oatmeal raisin-chocolate chip, help yourself."
"Thanks, you're a doll."
She stops typing and looks at Gibbs and McGee. "You are no longer dead. I found the problem and fixed it."
"Kitten, what did you find?"
"A mistake, that's all it was. The initial entry for Thomas McGee he died three months ago the last two numbers were reversed. Overworked and underpaid entry level clerk made a mistake."
"But that's the IRS. You can't get into that data base, the firewalls are. . ."
"A piece of cake." Garcia says as she put the now unwrapped lollypop in her mouth.
"And that is the reason that she is ours, and why the CIA is leery of her." Fornell says with a smile.
Tony's father stepped forward, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Junior, if you wanted to leave NCIS you could have just told me. I could have pulled a few strings with one of my contacts and gotten you a great job in any agency."
Tony could only look at his father in disbelief as Penelope smiled sweetly at Hotch. "Sir." Making Hotch to focus his attention on her. "I changed my mind. Do it."
Hotch had a ghost of a smile on his face as he turned to Tony's father, "Anthony DiNozzo Sr., you are under arrest for assault on a Federal Agent. You have the right to remain silent…" Hotch finished the Miranda Rights as he cuffed him and led him to another agent to be processed. Tony's father called out over his shoulder, "Junior! Do something… Junior!"
Everyone present silently watched, mouths ajar in shock. When they turned to Penelope with confused, questioning expressions she popped the lollypop out of her mouth with and innocent expression. "He's the cab thief."
Rossi turned to Tony with an expression of authority, "DiNozzo, take my kitten to lunch and then home." Turning to Penelope his expression softened a fraction, "And you, you stay home. I don't want to see you here till next week. If you don't stay home, I'll have Morgan spank you. Understood?" Penelope nodded her head, showing that she understood.
As Tony and Reid were helping Penelope stand and right her self on her crutches, Hotch walks over to Gibbs. "Agent Gibbs, now that the issue with your Agent McGee being declared dead is all cleared up, I don't expect to see you or any of your agents for the foreseeable future.
Gibbs glared at Hotch before he turned angrily toward the glass doors with a dumbstruck McGee on his heels.
Fornell cleared his throat. "Well that was fun." He says as they watch Gibbs and McGee leave.