TITLE: My Favorite Relative

FANDOM: Navy NCIS

RATING: So G

Spoilers: none

ARCHIVE: Sure, but let me know where.

SUMMARY: Meeting Kate's family

DISCLAIMER: Navy NCIS is the properties of Belisarius Productions, Paramount Network Television, DPB (The second greatest being in the cosmos) and CBS.

Kate's cell phone rang. Gibbs and Tony looked over at the woman. That thing never rang.

"Hello?" answered Kate.

"Kite?" replied a man's voice.

"Digger?" asked Kate incredulously.

"Where are you?" said the voice.

"I'm at work; where are you?" asked Kate as she got up from her chair. She stood there, trying to keep from screaming out loud in excitement.

"I'm standing out in your parking lot," said the man. "So where are you, Kite?"

Kate started to move toward the big windows. She bumped into Tony and the young man hit the floor.

"Kate?" said Tony in a mix of irritation and amusement. He slowly stood.

Gibbs watched Kate as she paced back and forth before the window, peering outside impatiently.

"I see you, Kite," said the man.

"I will meet at the front door," said Kate as she bolted from the bullpen. She was out of there in a flash.

"Where the hell is she going?" asked Tony.

"I have no idea," said Gibbs. The man followed the woman down to main floor to see Kate hugging a Gunnery Sergeant.

The man looked to be about Gibbs' age; his hair was turning gray. He was taller than Gibbs--Kate's feet weren't even touching the ground.

"I can't believe you're here!" said Kate. "Does your mom know you're back?"

"Not yet," said the man as he put Kate back on the floor. "I got off the transport and came straight here. I had to see you and your new job." Reaching out, the man touched Kate's nose with a finger.

"Stop that," said Kate. "You know I hate that." Her reaction made the man laugh.

"Kate," said Tony.

Kate turned around to see Tony and Gibbs standing there. "Oh, good; there you are," said Kate.

"What's going on out here?" called out Abby as she came out into the main lobby. "I just got a phone call that Kate was mugging a Marine.

"Just in time, Abby," said Kate. "I was just going to introduce my cousin to those two. Now where the heck is Ducky?"

The other three stood there waiting.

"I want to introduce you to my cousin, Gunnery Sgt. Douglas Ingalls," said Kate. "Digger, I want you to meet my boss, Jethro Gibbs, and two of our team members, Tony DiNozzo and Abby Sciuto. There is one more to the group, but he isn't here, so I will track him down later."

Douglas shook Gibbs and Tony's hands. "Kate, I do have to check in," he said regretfully, "but I want to make sure we meet up again sometime before hell freezes over--or by the time Mother stops yelling."

"Okay," said Kate. "I can't believe you came here first. Your mom is going to murder me."

"I think you're safe," said Douglas. "I don't think she'll come looking for you. She's still afraid of your gun."

"There is that," said Kate. "You better go before you get into trouble."

"Yeah, I know," said Douglas. "Digger and Kite back together again."

"Lord have mercy on our souls!" said Kate with a laugh.

Tony was trying to keep from laughing. "Kite?" said the man.

Kate turned around and laughed at Tony. The rather larger Marine moved around his cousin and moved so he was standing in Tony's personal space was hard to miss.

"No one calls her that but me," said Douglas. "Understand?" The man didn't raise his voice at all.

Tony looked up at Douglas' face. "Yes," said the NCIS agent meekly.

"Good," said Douglas as he moved away from Tony. "Kate, I'll call you when I get settled in. Don't go off on me."

"Like I'm that crazy," said Kate.

"All right," said Douglas. He waved at Kate and went out the door.

"What the hell was that?" asked Abby. "I thought he was going to take Tony's head off!"

"Oh, he would have," said Kate. "That is my favorite relative." She smiled as she watched Douglas get into the cab and drive off.

"Um, Kate," said Tony. "Did he teach you how to shoot?"

"Yes; that is why I like guns, Tony," said Kate. "Big guns."