Last one standing
Somewhere in the middle of the 376 wooded acres that make up the Fort Dupont Park, laid a figure on his knees and hands tied behind his back. Behind him, stood a man aiming his sig at the soon to be dead man's head. Even if the scene wasn't taking place at one of the most isolated points in Washington's largest parks, the dark night concealed them from prying eyes.
The man on his knees was breathing hard as a result of traveling all the way from the city trough a bumpy road in the back of the car. He was also lightheaded from the beating he had received, but highly aware that he needed an opportunity to escape the certain death that was coming.
He opened his mouth to talk his way out of the situation when a woman's voice came from somewhere around the woods. "Still alive… Marco, you're getting slow and soft in your old age."
"Christ Sofia! What are you doing here? How did you get in here, anyway?"
"I followed you. I have some unfinished business to our dear cop in here. Right, Tony?"
"Heh. Hi Sofia! Look, if it is about me not calling you back, I'm really, really sorry. I…"
"Shut it, Dinozzo. No use for excuses now. You don't mind, do you Marco?"
"Not at all, honey. Saves me the bullet." He said making way for her.
"Thank you! See Tony? It is just you and me now." She said positioning herself on front of the bounded man. "Just to get things clear between you and me: when I shoot you in the head, I hope you have the decency to die. So, try very hard not to disappoint me this time!"
"I'll do my best." Tony said sarcastically. She aimed her gun at his direction and slowly squeezed the trigger.
They heard the gun shot reverberating loudly trough the woods and the soft sound of a body hitting the ground. In MTAC, Gibbs and his team could only hear the sounds of Tony being killed and his killers' small talk.
"Shit!" The woman named Sofia said while kicking the dead body away from her.
"What happened?" Marco asked her.
"I ruined my shoes." She said coming closer to her accomplice "No way of taking all this mud from them now. Shit!"
Marco sneered at her comment "You women…" Moving a little closer to where she was standing.
"Don't say it, Marco! " She threat him "I have enough of this sexist shit at home and I don't need it at work"
Seeing her bend over the dead body and search its pockets, he asked "What in hell are you doing, woman?"
"Well, he owns me new shoes! That's what it is. I'm just… Hah! Here." After taking some money from the wallet she found on his suit, Sofia turned around in a complete changed humor. "You want any help in burying him?" She asked smiling.
"Pff... No, the boss wants him to be found. Let's just get the hell out of here."
"Fine, with me! My car is that way. So, that means I'll see you at the club." She said watching him leave the woods.
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The few special agents and operatives present on MTAC, listened the entire conversation astonished at the cold blood displayed by the murderers. The astonishment didn't last long as ire begin to settle.
"Well, he owns me new shoes! I'm just… Hah! Here." Was the last thing they heard from that unfathomable dialogue. Their ears met only static after that.
At McGee's "We lost the audio, Boss." Everyone in the room turned to look at Special Agent Gibbs' face. The older man looked like he had punched, his faces hard with anger and hate.
"You 'think', McGee? Where. The hell. Are. they?" Gibbs demanded.
"A… I'm… It's Fort Dupont Park, Boss."
"Gear up!" He said leaving the MTAC. "Damn it, Dinozzo!"
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Back at Fort Dupont Park, the sound of a departing vehicle could be heard from the trees. Once it had left the area premises, the forest was left with its natural sounds: small animals running over leaves covered grounds and wind blowing through the trees. That didn't last long, as an indignant voice made itself heard.
"That was just cruel, you know?" Tony quipped while sitting on the ground and cleaning his suit.
"I take it you rather be killed by Marco?" Sofia said smiling and offering her hand to him.
"I meant the part you took way money from my dead cold body. Gee! No respect for the dead!" He reprehended her while standing up.
"You did ruin my shoes, Tony" Seeing him opening his mouth to protest, she added "And, no, I'm not giving the money back!" After that she hugged him tightly. "I missed you so much, Tony!"
"Me too, Sofie! Where have you being? I've searched you after Peoria, but I never found any lead on you…" He said happy at meeting his long lost friend.
"Not now. We need to get you out of here." She let him go and started to led the way to her car. "Come on! We need to find a place to have a decent conversation."
"Shit! Gibbs is going to kill me! I keep getting killed…" At her curious stare he cleared his throat and said "I need to contact him and fast."
"Do you absolutely trust him?" She asked seriously.
"Of course I trust him! I wouldn't be working with him otherwise."
"Not the same, Tony, and you know it!" She pointed to him.
After a depp breath he looked in to her eyes and answered solemnly "I trust Gibbs. Really do."
Seeing no other way around it, she tossed her cell to him "Fine. Use this, but, Tony, please keep the fact that you're alive only to his ears… please?"
"But…"
"I promise to explain everything in due time. Tell him to find us at WB Animals Hospital. What?" She asked him unable to comprehend his doubtful face "My cat is in there." She offered back.
"You so own me for this!"
