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Chapter 7
Gibbs made his way to headquarters tired but thankful that his youngest agent had made it through the night. Tim's monitor readings that had been just a couple of points above the red line had crept up another couple of notches and Brad had been quietly optimistic when he had come to check on Tim, just before DiNozzo had arrived.
Having to slow down to sign-in gave the Head of Security, Charlie Evans, the opening he was obviously hoping for.
"Gibbs" Charlie greeted. "What's the news?"
"He's hanging in there Charlie." Gibbs replied, as the pair went through the standard entry procedure.
"Good, that's good." Charlie replied, the relief in his voice obvious. "He's a good kid that one."
"Yeah, yeah he is." Gibb replied with a smile, as he noted down who was already in.
NCIS
"What exactly are you telling me Miss Fielding?" Leon Vance enquired.
"Director Vance, Sir, you have two agents on the MCRT that have the correct number of allele's in common to indicate that they are related." Delilah Fielding said, reading the information directly from the printout she had picked up seconds before.
"Related how, exactly?" Leon queried as he rubbed his hand over his face, he was already sensing the start of a headache and with this new information had a feeling it was only going to get worse.
"Brothers sir" Delilah replied, nervously.
Knowing what he did about Anthony DiNozzo Senior, given the fact that the man's notorious reputation proceeded him everywhere, Vance automatically jumped to the conclusion that seemed most likely "Agents DiNozzo and McGee are brothers?"
"No Sir" Delilah replied "Agents Gibbs and McGee."
NCIS
"Sitrep!" Gibbs barked as he entered the MRCT section of the bullpen, enjoying how the agents gathered there all gave a little jump, as none of them had seen him coming.
"Don't do that Jethro." Tobias complained as he recovered from the surprise, of course they had been expecting the man, but not for a few more minutes at least.
Ziva on the other hand, being used to the way Gibbs worked, went straight to business indicating towards the plasma, pictures appearing as she spoke. "Jason Everett, former Chief Petty Officer, had hopes of becoming a Navy SEAL as he was brought up on a farm and was familiar with all types of guns. However, he was rejected by the SEAL sniper training program so went into regular service. He was thrown out of the Navy in June of 1987 after a serious altercation with a senior officer."
"Serious, how?" Gibbs demanded, as he studied the pictures of the man being discussed, the first obviously from his Navy days, showing a redheaded man, with a chiselled chin in navy attire; the second a much old man in an orange jumpsuit looking almighty unhappy with the world.
"Serious enough that he, along with about four others involved in the same incident were thrown out of the Navy – all of them claiming unfair dismissal" Balboa answered before taking over the report being given. "Three months later, short on cash from being unable to get any other work, they decided to hit the bank at Annapolis, next to the Navy's fleet support and family centre on payday."
Now it was Sack's turn to pick up the narrative, "The support centre had multiple events happening that morning so many of the family members were going in and out of the bank. Jason Everett and his crew mates hit the bank at 10 am; with the bank open for business there were multiple hostages and according to witness statements all hell broke loose from the moment the five entered. The whole thing lasted just under an hour, with a quickly assembled team of FBI and NIS agents swarming the building to take back control."
"However there were multiple casualties; civilian, naval and federal agents included in the dead and injured. Three of the five robbers died as a result, another died of his injuries on route to the hospital, leaving Jason Everett to carry the can so to speak." Tobias Fornell rounded off the tale. "Tony has taken the prison records with him to the hospital, hopefully that may shed some light on why Everett has personally singled McGee out."
NCIS
"Come again." Vance ordered, his voice filled with scepticism over what he had just heard.
Delilah Fielding swallowed hard before speaking. "Director according to this report Agent Gibbs and McGee have the same biological father."
"If this is some kind of Joke, Miss Fielding, I'm not finding it very funny." Vance informed as his anger visibly rose.
"No…no joke Sir!" Delilah gulped at what the Director was implying.
Realising his mistake, Vance mumbled his apologises as he held his hand out for the piece of paper that Delilah had been reading from, noticing how nervously she handed it across.
"How is that even possible?" Vance enquired, as he read the readout for himself.
Delilah Fielding opened and shut her mouth several times, thrown off by the question she thought had such an obvious answer, as she attempted and failed to explain that very fact, all the while wondering if she really needed to explain about the birds and the bees to the Director of NCIS of all people.
"Never mind Miss Fielding, forget I even asked." Vance stated, shaking his head, before he turned and walked out of the lab.
NCIS
"That's all very well and good Tobias, but it doesn't how exactly explain how, the McGees fit into all this, other than the fact they were there and Tim managed to hobble out holding his cousin Sarah McGee." Gibbs retorted, the file had already given him an outline of the events that took place inside the bank during the fifty three minute siege; however, none of that explained what his youngest agent had been doing there or why he had been injured.
"According to the records Patrick McGee and his son Timothy lived on the other side of the country in Alameda California, at the time, so why were they so far from home?" Gibbs questioned. No one in the room was able to give the man the answers he was looking for, but it was at that precise moment that Vance entered the bullpen. "With me Gibbs."
NCIS
For almost an hour Tony had been sat quietly reading the prison records for Jason Everett that he had brought with him that morning. Whilst watching over his friend and colleague, Agent Branning a well-seasoned agent, was on duty outside the door, so even though he was alert, Tony was able to concentrate on the information he was working through.
A change in the monitor's beeping brought Tony's attention up from the file, taking in the wave pattern of the heartbeat, going across the screen everything appeared normal, then the line faltered as the machine's beeping increased.
"No, no, no Probie don't you dare!" Tony exclaimed as he jumped instantly to his feet. Two steps and he was next to the bed, smacking his hand hard against the call button above the headboard of the bed, just as the line on the monitor went completely flat.
NCIS
"I don't have time for sick jokes Leon!" Gibbs growled as he leaned over the director's desk getting close to invading the man's personal space. He had followed the other man into his office, where the man in question proceeded to lay out the discovery.
"Do I look like I'm joking Agent Gibbs!" Vance roared back, ensuring he made sure the other man knew who was in charge, as he slammed down a copy of the results in front of Gibbs.
Snatching up the paper quickly before he took a step back, Gibbs found himself falling backwards into one of the chairs in front of the Directors desk, as he read the results for himself. For several moments the room was quiet as Vance watched Gibbs reaction, the expressions of disbelief and shock quickly intermixed with betrayal, frustration and anger.
Just as it looked like Gibbs is working his way up to speak again, Vance's assistant did something completely out of character when she barged into the room, in a frantic state, talking without waiting to be asked "Agent DiNozzo's on line two!"
Vance immediately put the phone on to speaker before connecting with the line stated, as his assistant left the room as quickly as she had entered, DiNozzo didn't even give the Director a chance to speak, throwing his question out first, the worry and concern in his voice obvious to both men.
"Is Gibbs with you Director?"
"I'm here DiNozzo." Gibbs replied, immediately becoming concerned.
"Is there a problem Agent DiNozzo?" Vance demanded.
"McGee's back in theatre, they really don't think he's going to make it. We need to find his real dad, like now!"
The moment Gibbs heard that McGee was back in theatre, he was out of his chair and heading for the door, pulling his phone out as he went.
"We've found him, Agent DiNozzo and help is on the way." Vance informed as he watched Gibbs storm from his office.
"Director, how?" Tony questioned clearly confused.
"Not my story to tell, but rest assured everything will be explained in due course Agent DiNozzo. We will both be with you shortly." Vance informed before he cut the call and prepared to leave his office.
NCIS
"Ducky need you at Bethesda, now!" Gibbs barked into the phone the moment the call connected, as he rushed down the stairs into the bullpen, grabbing at the keys that were on his desk whilst he signalled to Ziva to come with him, he didn't even give the medical examiner a chance to answer before he hung up.
Vance rushed down the stairs and joined him, just as Gibbs entered the elevator already dialling a different number, whilst simultaneously handing the car keys over to Ziva who had been just a step behind, as he waited for the call to connect. "Hey dad, yeah it me…..listen, something's has come up, I'm fine but we need you here…."