Title: "Judgment Day II"

Disclaimer: I do not own any person, place or thing you may recognize. I do, however, own Director Jade Donovan and the name Silene Black.

Rating: T

Warnings: language; mentions of past character death; female Harry

Fandoms: NCIS and Harry Potter

Characters: LJ Gibbs, Leon Vance, Tony DiNozzo and Silene Black; with appearances by Ziva David and Tim McGee and mentions of Jenny Shepard, the OC Director of the US DMLE and Abby Scuito, as well as unnamed references to Svetlana Chernitskaya/Natasha Lenkov (the Russian spy chick), Eli David, and Shannon and Kelly Gibbs

Spoilers: specific for Judgment Day I and II, with vague spoilers for the rest of the first five seasons, specifically Hiatus I and II, the La Granouille arc from season four, and both Gibbs and Tony's backstory

Summary: Jethro is still struggling to come to terms with the events of the last couple of days when the new Director hits him with another series of blows.

Word Count: 569/1,617

Author's Note: Hey, Everyone. I want to apologize for the long wait between stories. I may have gotten distracted by a new fandom. *grins sheepishly* Sorry. Anyway, here is another piece to the NCIS/HP crossover 'verse that I started. This piece is set at the end of the s5 finale, Judgment Day II. Chronologically in the 'verse, it takes place between "Dead Man Talking" and "It Ends Here Tonight."

This piece is two chapters, both of which have been written. The first chapter is Gibbs' internal monologue during Vance's pronouncement at the end of the episode, while the second chapter is a conversation between Gibbs and Silene twenty minutes later. The second chapter will be posted Wednesday after I get home from work.

Also, congratulations to bloomnskyrules for guessing the relationship between Trent and Silene in "It Ends Here Tonight." I couldn't work in the cameo for this piece, but I do have another piece in mind where it would work.

Anyway, I'm sorry for the wait, and I hope y'all enjoy. Let me know what y'all think.

Fae

Chapter 01

After returning from the funeral, the last thing Jethro wanted to do was deal with the new Director.

He knew he shouldn't have gone behind Vance's back like that, but it had been his mess to deal with. Jenny had been his partner on that mission, his protégé. He was responsible for her inaction all those years ago.

And now, it seemed, that Vance was pissed to the point where he wanted to remind them of who was the Boss. And that just made him laugh, just a little bit. If Vance had to remind them who the Boss was, he obviously wasn't it.

Not for this team, at any rate.

The five of them made their way up to the Director's office, with Silene right next to DiNozzo, hovering, the way she had been doing since he had returned from LA. When they reached the office, Silene and Jethro stood on either side of DiNozzo, in a silent show of support, just in case, with Ziva between Jethro and McGee for the same reason.

Of course, if it came down to a choice between protecting DiNozzo or Ziva, then Ziva would just have to rely on her father's support. He loved his whole team, but DiNozzo and Silene had a special place in his heart.

Vance didn't waste any time, getting right down to the reason he had called them up there. "Officer David, the Mossad Liaison position has been canceled, effective immediately. You will be returning to Israel. Agent McGee, I am transferring you to the Cybercrimes unit. Congratulations on the promotion."

Jethro was mentally reeling, but let nothing show as he braced himself to hear where he was going to have to get DiNozzo and Silene back from.

"Agent Black, Director Donovan of the DMLE has requested that you be loaned to her Agency on a long-term basis."

That wasn't too bad. Silene had done some contract work for Director Donovan over the years, and she always came back in one piece. Not to mention that they were based out of DC as well, which meant she wouldn't be going too far.

It also answered several questions that he had had about Silene.

"Agent DiNozzo," Vance said.

"Yes, Sir," DiNozzo replied, woodenly.

"I'm assigning you as Agent Afloat. You fly out tomorrow. Agent Gibbs."

Jethro didn't react when Vance stepped around the desk and handed him a trio of folders. Agent Afloat would be a death sentence for DiNozzo. He would be absolutely miserable out there.

"Meet your new team."

New team? He didn't want a new team. He wanted the team he had now. He wanted DiNozzo and Silene, McGee and Ziva. They were a team, a good team. They worked well together and had the highest closure rate in the entire Agency.

He got that Vance was pissed at him, but why the hell would he break up the Agency's best MCRT? That's like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

He glanced down at the folders in his hand, then looked over, meeting first DiNozzo, then Silene's gaze, seeing the dismay and heartbreak. His Second was so lost right now. He turned back to the Director.

If Vance wanted to punish someone over the mess of the last few days, he should punish Jethro. Not his team. They didn't deserve this. DiNozzo didn't deserve this. He would never forgive Vance for this.