Author's Note: This is just a sort of speculation about Tony's past, something to fill the gaps.
Penelope walks up to McGee and Zeva "uhm, do you know where I could find a special Agent Anthony Denozzio." She pronounces the name wrong. Zeva and McGee exchanged looks because this girl was pretty
Zeva responds, "He's out, but could I take a message?"
Penelope wanted to wait, see hadn't seen him in years. "I'll wait. I came here with a purpose and I need to see it finished. Do you know when he is suppose to come back?"
McGee looked at Zeva, "Zeva, do you know?"
Zeva thought she knew the answer,"Didn't he go to get Gibbs coffee or something?"
Penelope interrupt him, "So he'll be back when. I kind of need to see him. He's not dead is he," that idea entered her head, "cause I didn't come all this way to find out he's dead."
McGee reassured her, "He's not dead."
Tony walked up to McGee, " who's not dead McGeek."
Zeva quickly made him aware of the situation, "Tony, you have a visitor," He gestures toward Penelope.
Tony turned and looks at Penelope , "and you are?"
Penelope face was filled with releif. "I don't know how to say this," she whispered, "but you'll alive."
Tony was confused, "of course I'm alive. And you are?"
Penelope apoligized, "I'm sorry I haven't seen you if twenty years, Wow, you've changed. I'm here to think you for saving my life. " She smiled and subconciously rubbed her wrists.
Tony was puzzled, "I didn't save anybody's life, and I was a teenager twenty years ago. What?"
Penelope realized he didn't get that, "you probably don't remember me, but I'm Penelope Johnson, or course you probably know me as Izzy Stark."
Tony was getting mad, "What? This has to be some prank. Of course, who would know?" His head was wondering through possible options.
Penelope apologized, again, "Sorry, I thought they killed you, but you probably thought I was dead. They told me you were dead. Of course the whole name change thing didn't help."
Zeva wasn't following, "Excuse me, Tony, who is this?" She asked..
Tony turned to Zeva. "This is my best friend as a teen, until well, the incident." Saddness filled his face.
"Huh," McGee asked
A pager goes off and Penelope looks down Penelope answered it, "excuse me." She dials a number "What is it now?" She was irritated.
She pause when listening how do you let … yes I understand that, but I thought you were…. I was suppose to have today… Now, do you even know who it was… I'll see you soon, but tell me how on earth did you let someone kidnap someone in his position… I don't care if they did… procedure is there for a reason… alright fine. " She hangs up phone and turns to Tony.
Penelope apologizes again, "sorry I have to go," while handing him a card. "I'd love to meet again, but it sort of is up to you. And just a quick warning you'll going to have a lot of chaos in a couple of minutes, so enjoy the peace well it lasts. I'll try to resolve it as soon as possible."
Tony was now confused, "what?" Penelope walked away to the elevator. As she steps in .Gibbs come out., Tony spoke to Penelope again, "what are you talking about?"
Penelope smiled as answered, "You will find out soon enough. I really have to go." The doors closed behind him.
Gibbsn asked, "Did I miss something?"
"I was thinking the same thing." Zeva responded.
Tony answered that, "oh, that. I'm not exactly sure."
Zeva was irritated, "What do you mean I'm not exactly sure?"
"What does it sound like to you, " Tony teased, musing, "I wonder if she stills remembers the language?"
McGee was curious, "What language?"
"Sorry, I was just thinking." He turns over card still in his hand and sees a number on the back He smiled ",Penelope Johnson who would have thought."
The phone rings and Gibbs answers it, "Hello, yeah, we'll be right there."
"What happened?" They all asked.
Gibbs was extremely serious, "the secretary of defense has just been kidnapped."
"By?" McGee asked.
"Not sure yet, but we're going to find out."
Tony was way puzzled "But, how did Izzy know and what did she mean by resolving it as soon as possible?" He mussed.
"Did I miss something?" Gibbs asked again.
Zeva interupted, "Someday came here a few minutes ago, you saw her as she stepped in the elevator. Her name is Penelope."
Tony explained, "Her real name is Isabel Stark, now know as Penelope Johnson. I still getting over the shock she is alive."
McGee asked, "what does this have to do anything?"
Tony admitted, "I don't know. I wonder who she was talking to, what on earth has she been up to?"
McGee is typing into a computer. "Penelope Johnson., hostage negotiator, more of a freelancer. Been at it for two years. Not much before that".
Gibbs asked for more, "can't you run her prints against other or something. I mean there has to be something.".
McGee noticed something, "This is interested. All her references for the jobs were United States Marshals."
"Witness protection, of course, she didn't leave because she didn't want to see me again she left because she had. That bastard. I'll kill him for what he did." Tony almost yelled.
"Excuse me?" Gibbs asked.