As the car pulled up to NCIS Headquarters, Tim saw a lot of people standing around, ready to say goodbye to him and his family. His car was being sold to Xavier Balboa, the car mad older brother of his former boss, who would pick it up from Tims mom sometime over the next two weeks. Tim would miss his car, having had it for nearly ten years, but it was still in near perfect condition. Once he arrived in Berlin, he would be driven everywhere, while Cassie would be given an embassy car for her time there, in her new position as NCIS Liaison to Interpol, providing a direct point person between the two agencies.

"You ready to say goodbye?" Cassie asked her husband, knowing both of them had gone through this several times.

"No, but I'll get through it." Tim stepped out of the car, moving to let Todd out of his car seat, the eight month old boy hating to be left out of anything. "Come on, Sailor, time to see everyone." Tim held his son close to him, knowing he would be happy no matter the city or job as long as Cassie and Todd were with him.

"Here we go again, Tim," Jimmy said, having been here when Tim left for Florida.

"Yeah, but last time I was still NCIS and only moving to a different state, now I'm leaving the agency, the country, heck, even the continent." Tim said this with a smile, having spent six weeks planning the move to the Ambassadors residence in Berlin. "How are you finding having everybody here?"

"It's fine, but will be better when they leave." Jimmy grumbled, not happy with some of the people here, taking his godson from his father, allowing Tim to say goodbye to everybody.

"Gibbs, you know you didn't have to do this." Tim had stayed in contact with his former boss, who had become a shadow of his former self, the death of Jenny Shepard hitting him almost as hard as Shannons.

"Tim, I never said goodbye the last time you left DC, this time I will." Gibbs was also planning to leave the city, heading out to Hawaii to see Hollis Mann. They had become good friends, and Gibbs had told her he would probably never date another woman, let alone get married ever again. "Good luck, Tim. Keep in touch." Gibbs had always been a man of few words, giving his former agent a hug.

"Thank you, Gibbs, you too." Tim had not spoken much to his old boss in three years, Gibbs having enforced almost permanent exile on himself, blaming himself for Jennys death. Tim looked around at the people gathered. Jimmy and Bryn, Ziva, Damon and little Jen, Ducky, Director Craig and his wife, half of the Intelligence division were here as well. Tim had begged his parents to say goodbye at the airport rather than at NCIS, knowing this would be hard enough. Tim decided to get the two people who looked the most uncomfortable out of the way next. "Tony, Abby, thanks for coming."

"Timmy, how could we let you go without saying goodbye?" Abby asked, "We did that once before and look what happened." Abby had changed so much in the last three years, her goth persona mostly gone, but she still wore her dog collar. "You take care over there, and stay in touch, okay?" Giving him a trademark hug, Abby did her best not to cry.

"Tim, I know I have been a huge pain in your ass since the day you met me. So, I say this with absolute sincerity. No one deserves this more than you," Tony had come to realise a lot since he had been fired from NCIS, and mostly that he was not the most important thing in the universe. "Good luck in Belgium, Mr Ambassador." Like Abby and Gibbs, Tony hugged the man, knowing Tim was going to be amazing over there.

"Thanks, Tony, Abby, I'll email once I'm settled in." Tim moved away from them, over to his staff, knowing this would be much more difficult. He had seen Ziva and Damon move over to the car, with Jen in her moms arms, her hands playing with Zivas curly tresses. "You ready for this lot, Vera?" Tim asked his replacement, knowing the woman had a similar career to Jenny Shepard, former covert ops, before moving to counterterrorism. Like himself, Vera had no political ambitions, or any burning desire to be promoted, but would accept them and do the job to the best of their abilities.

"I'm sure we will get on great. You sure you wanna leave the sofa?" Vera asked, believing Tim would have had it move out.

"After all the trouble we had getting it in, the thing can stay there until the building falls down." Tim said, laughing, knowing Cassie and Bryn had had similar thoughts about the sofa.

"OK, then. Good luck, Tim," She said, shaking his hand, not knowing him well enough to hug him. It took Tim more than twenty minutes to say goodbye to everyone, his staff and the NCIS MCRTs taking up most of his time. When he got to Ziva and Damon, and Bryn and Jimmy, he and Cassie almost broke down.

The three couples had become a regular part of each other lives, with Tim being Jennys Godfather, Jimmy and him being each others best man for their weddings, Bryn and Cassie being each others maid of honour, and Damon finally becoming part of the group, when Ziva finally told him who Thom E. Gemcity was. Tim looked around the group, seeing a lot of sad faces.

"How do we wanna do this?" Tim asked, "One by one, or a big group hug?" He said with a smirk. This broke the ice of the solemn group, everyone having a little laugh.

"I'm gonna miss you, man," Damon pulled Tim into a man hug, "I want a Skype call from you once a week, that way Jenny won't miss Uncle Tim too much."

"You got it." Tim may have disapproved of Damons actions over the drugs, but as a husband, father and businessman, he was second to none. "Keep sending me pictures of her as well. I want to see how much she grows." With those words, Tim grabbed hold of his goddaughter, lifting her above his head, her shrills of laughter bringing a smile to everyones faces. "I'm going to miss you, Miss David. I love you."

"I wuv you, Unca Tim." Tim wondered what she would be able to say when he was next in the States.

"Come here," Tim spread his other arm for Ziva, her tears having begun to run down her face.

"This is the second time we have done this, this time is no easier." Ziva knew Tim was doing the right thing in taking the job and moving to Belgium. It did not mean she had to like the fact her daughter would miss her godfather, knowing the reverse was true.

"I know, but you can come visit. You are the boss now, you can take time off whenever you like, right?" Damon had started his own security firm after leaving the Marines, and it had become highly successful, receiving government contracts to protect American officials, both at home and abroad, Ziva had joined the company after Jennys birth, knowing it was easier than coming back to NCIS.

"Yeah, we can, Tim," Interrupted Damon. "You just let us know when we can visit, and I'll get both of these beautiful women on the next plane over."

"We'll see each other soon, Ziva." Tim knew the tears were not far away. Passing Jen to her father, Tim wrapped his other arm around Ziva, allowing her to cry into his shoulder. It took a few seconds before Ziva let go.

"Well, Tim, you better take care of my sister and godson, otherwise you will be in big trouble, Ambassador or not," Bryn Palmer said, knowing full well Tim would sacrifice his own life before any harm came to his wife and son.

"Got it." Bryn and Cassie referred to themselves as sisters most of the time, mainly because neither had real sisters, and also because strangers often believed that the two women who both had dark skin, eyes and hair, along with similar builds, genuinely were related. "You take of Jimmy in return. I want to find him working in Autopsy, not a guest."

"Got it," Bryn and Tim hugged, Cassie and Jimmy also hugging behind them. Letting go, Tim watched as Jimmy passed his son back to his mother, seeing Jimmy wipe away the tears on his face. Tim knew this was much worse than when he had left for Jacksonville. That time he was saying goodbye to work colleagues. This time, his friends were saying goodbye to him and his family.

"Here we are again," Joked Jimmy. He and Tim had become best friends over the last few years, each watching the other change into the men they were now. The two of them had been saying goodbye over the last few weeks, this was just the last time they had to say it. "You take care over there. Keep Cassie and Todd safe, and come home once in a while." Jimmy hated saying goodbye.

"You can always come visit, you know. Damon and Ziva are going to come over, come with them, it would be easier than trying to have everyone visit at different times." Tim knew he got five weeks leave from his post, but he would lose a lot of time flying back to the US to really enjoy a vacation. He and Cassie were hoping to meet his parents in Paris in a few months, when his parents visited on their worldwide vacation, something his father had promised his mom when he retired from the Navy. "Besides, I've never been to Belgium, so we could visit somewhere other than Brussels for a few days." Tim was looking forward to getting to know his home for the next few years. He and Jimmy hugged like it was their last time, both knowing they would see each other as soon as possible. When he let go of his best friend, Tim saw Damon putting Todd in the car seat, Cassie standing by the passenger door with Bryn and Ziva on either side of her. Tim looked around them, seeing everyone for one last waved, getting in the car. He and Cassie would leave the car at the airport, being collected by his mom, who was waiting for him and Cassie at the airport, along with his father. Looking up at the building, Tim said his final goodbyes.

"Bye, Kate, bye, Jen." Looking at Cassie, Tim saw her crying, doing his best to stop himself. "Let's get going, shall we, Mrs McGee?"

Authors Note.

A massive thank you to all the readers of the series, and a special thank you to Alix33 who has helped me with my spelling mistakes and grammar issues. The Bad McGee/Good McGee has come to an end, I hope I do not leave you all too disappointed. I have several other stories on the go, all of which focus on McGee. He is my favourite character, and I hope a favourite of all of you as well.

Once again, lots of thanks for reading, and I hope you have enjoyed the story.

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