Here's the 17th story in my series. If you haven't read the other stories, then I advise you to not proceed until you do. This is a series. It runs in sequence. To understand certain things (especially where Jamie came from), it's best to just start at the beginning. This series is kind of like my very own NCIS season 4. As of this point, the series consists of: story 1 A Link to the Past (comes in 3 parts)… story 2 Wrong Place, Wrong Time… story 3 Second Job… story 4 Daughters… story 5 A Personal Vendetta… story 6 Bless the Children… story 7 Eyes of the Condemned… story 8 Disturbing Affection… story 9 No Man Left Behind (story that introduces Chioke; aka Kid)… story 10 Finger Swap… story 11 Imperfect Heist… story 12 The Color of Skin… story 13 Death to the Jedi… story 14 Brotherly Love… story 15 For the Love of a Child… story 16 Devil's Playground… story 17 Forced Alliance (current story). Hope you enjoy it.

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Author's Note: The first chapter of this story is when the psychopath comes into play. It's no real secret who it is. Anyway, I highly suggest reading "Brotherly Love" before continuing because that's the story which first introduces the psycho. Also, I'll most likely make reference to something from the story "For the Love of a Child" as well (Ziva's secret, well, one of them; Isaac). So you may want to read those if you haven't done so already. But you should definitely read "Brotherly Love" if anything. I'm not saying you have to read both, or either of those stories. It's only a suggestion.

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Tuesday

Chapter 1

The alarm clock buzzes. Tony's hand lifts toward the little nightstand near his cot. He tries to push the snooze button but is having trouble doing so. Finally he gives up, grabs the alarm clock and throws it. There's the sound of a breaking window. Tony jolts up with a shocked facial expression.

"Shit…" Tony said as he realizes he threw the alarm clock through a window of Gibbs' house.

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled from downstairs, near the kitchen.

"I'll pay for that, Boss!" Tony shouted. His legs fling over the side of the cot. He notices Chioke isn't in the bed. He chuckles slightly and shakes his head because the little guy always wakes up early. Tony finally stands up and starts getting ready for work.

After taking a shower and getting dressed, Tony walks downstairs. He enters into the living room to find Chioke feeding his pets; Timon and Pumbaa the iguanas and Simba the lobster. A smile stretches across Tony's face.

"How's the animal kingdom today?" Tony asked. He kisses Chioke on the forehead. "Good morning, by the way." He backs away.

'Good morning. Pets good. I feed them before go to school.' Chioke signed with his hands. 'Can help me give Timon and Pumbaa clean water?'

"Sure." Tony lifts the lid to the iguana tank. He grabs the water dish from inside. With the water dish in hand, Tony walks out of the room. Chioke remains in the living room and feeds Simba. A minute later, Tony re-enters into the room with an almost full water dish. Chioke lifts the lid to the iguana tank and Tony places the water dish inside. "Good job!" Tony puts his hand up. Chioke puts his hand up and high fives him. "Come on, let's get some breakfast." He puts his hand out. Chioke places his hand into Tony's. The two of them walk out of the living room and finally into the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen, Tony lifts Chioke into the air. Chioke smiles as Tony airplanes him around the room in search of something to eat. They stop at the cabinet. While hovering nearby, Chioke opens the cabinet. Tony walks away from the cabinet and Chioke is once again being airplaned around the room.

"What do you want for breakfast?" Tony asked. The Chioke airplane is on route to the open cabinet. He tries to see what's in there as they pass-by slowly. "Oh no!" Tony starts wobbling the Chioke airplane. "You hit turbulence! Mayday! Mayday! Chioke Air is going down!" There are a couple of brief squeals so Tony can tell Chioke is laughing. He wishes to be able to hear Chioke's laughter and his voice, if only just one time, but knows it's not possible. Tony continues with turbulence near the cabinet. "The only way for the Chioke airplane to not crash is by grabbing something to eat for breakfast!" Chioke reaches his arms out and tries grabbing at what he wants. His fingers slip but he keeps trying. "Time's up! Mayday! Chioke Air is going down!" At the last second, Chioke grabs onto what he wants. He victoriously shakes the container out in front of Tony's face. Tony airplanes Chioke to the table and sits him down on the chair. "Oatmeal… Breakfast of champions." He acknowledged what Chioke chose. "I'll have some too."

Tony prepares the food as Chioke sits at the table coloring a picture; he left his coloring stuff on the table from last night. A couple minutes later, Tony places two bowls on the kitchen table. The two of them eat breakfast.

After eating breakfast, the dishes are left in the sink and they leave. A couple minutes passes. Gibbs enters into the kitchen. He sighs in an angry manner because Tony didn't bother washing the dishes. Jamie enters into the kitchen as Gibbs is washing Tony's dishes. She kisses him on the cheek.

"Tony didn't wash his dishes again, eh." Jamie said.

"Does he do this when you have your own place?" Gibbs wondered.

"Yes…" She answered. "But I don't mind washing dishes. Mainly because Tony sucks at it." She helps by drying the dishes.

"He broke my window this morning."

"You have my permission to smack him around a bit."

The dishes are finally done. Jamie looks at her watch. Gibbs knows she has an early class today. He kisses her on the forehead. Jamie leaves. Gibbs stands in the kitchen and looks at the table. He shakes his head because the table has a pile of coloring stuff on it.

Tony drops Chioke off at school. Then he goes to work.

It's a relatively normal day at NCIS Headquarters thus far; though the day has only just begun. Tony, Ziva and McGee are working at their desks. They've only been at work for about an hour. The elevator door opens. A man steps off. From his desk, Tony hears the sound of someone whistling Gilligan's Island theme song. He stops what he's doing and glances upward, toward the elevator. Ziva and McGee also stop what they're doing.

"Oh, hell no…" Tony said.

"It appears you're surprised to see me." Jared Lucas Gibbs stated as he enters into the bullpen.

"What are you doing here?" Tony demanded to know.

"It wouldn't be much fun if I just came out and told you." Jared said. "Where's my brother?"

"Not going to be happy when he sees you… That's for sure." Ziva said.

Gibbs leaves the Director's office. He walks down the stairs. As Gibbs enters into the bullpen, Jared snatches the coffee cup from his hand. Gibbs stops, turns and grabs Jared by the neck.

"Come on, brother. I thought you would've learned how to share by now." Jared stated as he's being slightly choked. "Especially since DiNozzo is living in your house."

Gibbs grabs the coffee cup from his brother's hand. He walks to his desk.

"Boss…" Tony tries to get his attention.

"There was a stipulation to the deal this bastard signed the last time he was here." Gibbs stated in an angry manner.

"Stipulation?" McGee wondered as he's confused.

"Besides being given a clean slate for any murder I admitted to in return for the location of terrorist cells from that new organization…" Jared begins to say. "Apparently… Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA really wanted to find those terrorist cells before they were organized enough to actually attack. My deal not only granted my freedom and never being able to pin any of the murders I admitted to on me, there was one thing your Director seemed to have forgotten to mention to you. Hell… Not even your buddy Fornell mentioned it." He chuckled.

"Spit it out already." Ziva said to hurry things along.

"Always in such a rush, Ziva." Jared said.

"Only when my training tells me to shove a knife in your throat." Ziva said with a smile.

"Oh, feisty… I like that." Jared said. He winks at Ziva. "The stipulation in my deal is that I get to work with any NCIS team of my choice, for the duration of one case."

"Let me guess… You chose to bless us with your presence." Tony said sarcastically.

"Is this for real, Boss?" McGee wondered.

"It's as real as it's going to get, Elf Lord." Jared said as he sits on the edge of Tony's desk. "So… Do we have a case to work on?"

"Gibbs…" Tony tries to get his attention.

"Unfortunately we have to put up with this." Gibbs said.

"You got to be kidding me…" Tony sighed in disbelief.

"Don't be that way, DiNozzo. It'll be fun. Just think of it as an educational, learning experience." Jared said with a sinister smile.

"You don't play well with others." Tony said. "And get off my desk."

"I was never blessed with the ability to play well with others…" Jared begins to say.

"No surprise there." Ziva muttered to herself.

"I may not be able to play well with others, but you all have no choice." Jared stated. "I'm a manipulative prick of a serial killer. So this should be quite interesting for you people."

Tony, Ziva and McGee all look to Gibbs. From behind his desk, sitting in the chair, Gibbs looks up and glares at his brother. Jared remains sitting on the edge of Tony's desk with a sinister smile stretched across his face. The brothers stare at each other.

Gibbs' phone finally rings. He answers it. After almost a minute, he hangs up. Gibbs stands.

"Grab your gear." Gibbs stated. The team starts grabbing their gear. "Tony… Gas the truck." He tosses the keys to Tony. Jared's arm thrusts outward. His hand snatches the keys in the air.

"Tony can gas the truck…" Jared begins to say. "But I'll drive."

"The truck is a government vehicle which civilians, especially psychotic ones, aren't allowed to operation." Gibbs said as he grabs the keys from Jared's hand. He tosses the keys to Tony. Gibbs stands in Jared's face. "Let's get one thing straight… We may be forced to babysit you, but don't think for one second I won't throw your ass out the window. This is my team. We're the federal agents. You're the psychotic civilian."

"As long as we're on the, let's get one thing straight, talk… I should remind you that I don't give a flying fuck what you say." Jared chuckled. "But remember this… The faster this investigation is completed, the faster you get rid of me." He added. "Now… How about a hug, dear brother? Cause I missed you." He opens his arms to embrace his brother.

"I don't know what game you're playing this time and I don't particularly care. But if you cross me…"

"You'll throw me out the window. Yeah, I got that part already." Jared said. "You really need to lighten-up, brother."

"And don't call me brother."

Gibbs walks away. Jared follows. They all step onto the elevator. Tony, Ziva and McGee stand in the back wondering if this nightmare is for real. Jared stands there with the biggest, sinister looking smirk on his face. While in the elevator, Jared starts whistling the Gilligan's Island theme song. Jared turns to look at his brother.

"I hope there are no hard feelings about the last time I was here." Jared said. "I just couldn't resist watching you squirm like the little bitch you are." He knows Gibbs is listening, but pretending to ignore him. "I went to our sister's grave over the weekend." Gibbs finally turns his head toward Jared. "I pissed on it." He smiles evilly. There's a moment of silence. Jared recognizes the angry expression Gibbs is trying to hold in from making. "I must apologize… I keep forgetting the topic of our dead sister Kelly is sensitive subject matter for poor baby Jethro." He chuckles.

The elevator door opens. Gibbs exits as quickly as he can. The team follows. Jared trails behind with an evil smirk upon his face.