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Tim hated it. He’d grown up a sickly child always catching cold or anything else that came his way disease wise. He’d always wanted to be an NCIS field agent, but his medical history had always kept him out of such positions.
He’d finally given in and taken a position as a normal NCIS agent at Norfolk. It wasn’t the glamorous field agent position, but at least he would be allowed to do some investigating into cases at Norfolk. His favorite part was using the computer to suss out connections that others missed.
With the full concatenation of cases, it was easier to see the big picture and find the motive. He never expected to have a murder case fall in his lap. He knew that meant that the MCRT needed to be called in, but he couldn’t help thinking this might be his chance to make it into a real field agent position.
He just knew that this was his chance to make a good impression and possibly get recognized and brought into a field agent team. Everyone knew Gibbs was a harsh taskmaster, but his opinion still carried a lot of weight in the organization. If he impressed Gibbs, there was a good chance that he could get that field agent position he wanted.
He never expected it to be on Gibbs’ team, however. He’d figured that he stood no chance when he found himself doing Agent DiNozzo’s bidding, but somehow after the case was over Gibbs informed him that he was now a member of the MCRT. He thought he was set.
He finally had a field agent position. He still got sick easily, but for some reason it didn’t seem as bad as it used to. It never kept him out of the field.
Of course, it wasn’t all roses. Tony seemed to have an insane desire to glue his fingers to his keyboard and various other pranks. There was also something off about Kate, Tony, and Gibbs.
It was more than them being the best team. There was something unusual about them. McGee couldn’t put his finger on it.
He felt different too. Somehow, he was bulking up and becoming not so sickly. Tim didn’t understand it.
He’d been raised that women were to be protected, but Kate could easily take him out without any help. She definitely didn’t need protecting. If anything he needed protecting from her.
Then there were the random phone calls that Gibbs received. He never answered them, but McGee had caught a peek at the name and it read Tony Stark. He didn’t understand why Stark would know Gibbs.
There was something off about Tony as well. He loved his pranks a little too much. Some of the pranks, McGee was positive there was no earthly way to pull off.
They plain defied physics. He grew suspicious. He talked to Abby about it, but she just rolled her eyes and told him that he was imagining things.
According to Abby they’d always been like this. That didn’t disprove anything in his mind, but she insisted that they were too normal and that he’d realize it once they were done with the initial testing to make sure he really could handle being on the team. Tim wasn’t sure what to make of that.
He wasn’t reassured in the slightest and couldn’t help using his computer skills to try to dig into the backgrounds. He wasn’t sure what he expected to find, but it wasn’t what he found. Gibbs really did know Tony Stark, apparently.
According to what he was reading, Gibbs was actually Tony Stark’s older brother. That didn’t really explain why he ignored Stark’s phone calls, but at least it explained why Stark would be calling him. McGee didn’t see anything out of the ordinary in Kate’s background.
Her parents were a Natalie Rushman and a James Buchanan Barnes. Barnes. Barnes. Why was that name familiar?
Wait. Wasn’t that Captain America’s best friend? But who was Natalie Rushman?
He didn’t recognize that name. Shrugging it off, he turned to Anthony DiNozzo. Wait. According to this Anthony DiNozzo didn’t exist.
There was an Anthony DiNozzo Sr., but no Anthony DiNozzo, Jr. McGee had seen Senior. There was little family resemblance between him and Tony, but that still didn’t explain who Tony was.
When he told Abby about what he’d found, she shook her head at him. “You’re crazy.”
Tim insisted it was true. Abby demanded that he prove it.
“If I get you blood samples, can you run their DNA and find out whether they’re really related to Bucky Barnes and Stark?”
Abby shrugged, “Of course, but they’re not.”
McGee just smiled and left. He didn’t know how he’d get their blood, but he would figure out a way. This had become a mystery that he just had to solve.
Of course, the team periodically got injured, especially Tony though it didn’t seem to last long. McGee hoped that he could help bandage up his teammates and sneak a bit of their blood that way.
He didn’t count on Abby blabbing to Tony about what he was doing. Now, he was the one giving blood. Oh Abby had taken the others too, apparently this was some weird team bonding exercise now.
They hadn’t gotten Gibbs to give up his blood, but that was ok. McGee valued his life. He already knew Gibbs was the older brother of Stark.
Though, he wasn’t sure how he was going to convince Abby of that without the blood test. Of course, the results of the blood test were not what Tim expected at all.
“What?” McGee blurted.
“Yep.” Abby nodded her head emphatically.
“I can’t be Captain America’s son. I know my father, he’s the reason I went into NCIS when I couldn’t get into the Navy due to my seasickness.”
“Well, he’s not your biological daddy.” Abby shrugged.
McGee reeled from this news. He wasn’t sure what to think now. How could this be happening?
“Wait. You ran blood tests on Kate and Tony, too. What did they say?”
“Well Kate’s blood test match what you found. Father, James Buchanan Barnes, and Mother, Black Widow.”
“Black Widow? What? I thought her mother was Natalie Rushman.”
“Yep. Aka the black widow.” Abby nodded sagely.
“Why aren’t you surprised by this? Weren’t you the one telling me that they were normal and I just needed to give them time?”
Abby shrugged. “I couldn’t tell you that you were right without approval from them. It wouldn’t be right.”
“What about Tony? Who are his parents then?”
Abby coughed. “Well his test results are inconclusive.”
“What? How is that possible?”
Abby just shrugged and glanced at Tony.
Tony smiled, “It’s simple. I’m not human.”
“What? Then what are you?”
“Most people call my biological father, Loki.”
“Wait. I’m on a team with the brother of Anthony Stark and son of Loki?”
“Yep.”
McGee buried his head in his hands. “How did this happen? I just wanted to be a normal field agent.”
Tony patted him on the back. “Congratulations you’re now one of us, son of Steve Rogers.”
McGee just groaned. He had no idea what was about to happen to him now. On the one hand, he was a field agent like he always wanted and he wasn’t as sickly as he used to be.
On the other hand, being on a team of practical superheroes was bound to make his life interesting like the chinese curse kind of interesting. At least, it would never be boring. He wondered what Sarah would think when she found out.
Even better maybe he could meet Tony Stark. The guy was a computer genius and one of McGee’s idols. Maybe this wouldn’t be as bad as he originally thought.