Ellie: This is my first NCIS fic, though I've watched the show for ages. Set just after 'Minimum Security' in Season 1. Enjoy~!
"There's a girl in the lobby for Tony." Abby said gleefully, clearly excited about this news, grinning at Tony. He raised an eyebrow at her as Kate glanced up from her monitor.
"What's this one look like?" Kate asked, looking to Abby for information, loving the thought of a new way to rib Tony.
"Average height, red hair, comes to about her shoulders, brown eyes, looks kinda pissed actually..." Abby listed off and Tony's head hit the desk with a resounding thunk.
"Oh no..." He mumbled to himself, which of course peaked both Kate and Abby's interest. Within seconds the women were surrounding him, Abby crouched by his side as Kate hovered over him.
"Oh no?" Abby asked with a grin.
"Oh no what?" Kate followed, both of them adoring the ability to wind him up about something new. Tony was just fun to tease.
"Oh no, she's going to kill me." Tony explained, lifting his head before sighing and getting to his feet.
"The girl Abby just described is my sister. And she is going to kill me." He stated, running his fingers through his hair as he headed for the elevator.
Glancing at each other, Abby and Kate both came to the same decision at the same moment, hurrying to follow him. This was not something they wanted to miss out on.
No words were exchanged on the ride down, though it was obvious to anyone that knew him as well as Kate and Abby did that Tony was nervous. The elevator gave it's usual ding to announce it's arrival and once Tony was visible, a clear voice rang above the general throng of noise.
"Anthony Micheal DiNozzo!" Kate couldn't help but chuckle as Tony paled and stepped forward towards the girl who, as Abby had said, looked pissed.
"Hey... Alice." He waved at her as he walked towards the girl, her hands on her hips as she glared daggers at the man-child.
"What're you doing here?" He asked, trying to pull her aside, though she shook him off, continuing to glare.
"You! You missed my concert last night and after missing the last three, you promised me that you'd be there!" She stated, her voice not exactly quiet. It was then she noticed the two women behind him and she coloured slightly.
"Oh... hello. Sorry, I just umm... who are you two exactly?"
When they said nothing, Tony sighed and once again tried to steer Alice aside. Thankfully this time she went with him, Kate and Abby still following them over to the corner Tony was leading her to.
"This is Kate and Abby, partner and Lab tech." He explained and Alice nodded slowly, offering them a slight smile before turning her attention back to Tony, punching his chest.
"That's for missing my concert. Again. I've another one tonight, miss it and I swear I'll... I'll... I'll call Mom." She settled on after a second of searching for the right words.
"We're not kids anymore Al, that threat doesn't work." He chuckled and gently patted her shoulder.
"But I'll be there. Promise."
"You'd better be." She nodded before turning again to Kate and Abby and smiling once more.
"So uh... hi. Sorry about the shouting and stuff... it's nice to meet you. I've heard all about both of you." She offered a hand each to the women, who both shook, though they made sure to do so individually, despite her willing offer.
"Wait, Tony, I thought you said you didn't have any sisters." Kate frowned slightly at Alice who rolled her eyes.
"I didn't. She's adopted." He explained and Kate's face morphed into one of horror.
"So she's not your sister just because she's not blood?" She couldn't really believe that Tony, as childish as he was, could be so cruel.
"No, she's not my sister because she never really acted like a girl. That and the adoption didn't go official till we were both in college, by which point we felt it too late to really bond as siblings." He explained, patting Alice's shoulder again, ignoring the way she tried to swat him off.
"Oh, I forgot." Alice dug through her pocket, quickly pulling out five slips of paper. "I got tickets for all your co-workers too. The ones you talk about, anyway. Kate, Abby, Gibbs, Ducky and Gerald." She listed them off on the tickets before grinning with pride.
"I did get them all, right?" She checked after a second and Tony rolled his eyes, nodding.
"Yes you did. Did you have to say that I talk about them?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her as she offered the tickets out to Kate and Abby, who each took one, still chuckling to themselves.
"Anyway, it's at a bar, downtown. Ask Anty, he'll show you where it is, since I showed him a few days ago. Right before my first concert that he missed." She explained and Kate raised an eyebrow at Tony.
"Anty?" She asked him and he grumbled, rolling his eyes and running his fingers through his hair.
"Long story..." He grumbled and Alice beamed to herself.
"Can one of you give these to the others? I would ask Anty but I'm getting the distinct feeling he doesn't want me around you guys much." She chuckled as he hung his head more, Abby happily taking the rest of the tickets, already having decided that she liked the woman.
"Just What are you all doing down here?" Gibbs' voice rang out through the foyer as Alice's had done moments before, though this one made three of the group flinch.
"Hey Gibbs." Abby greeted with a smile.
"Alice brought you a gift~!" She informed him, holding out the ticket she herself had been given barely a moment ago.
He snatched the paper from her and looked at it before realising the statement that had accompanied it.
"Alice?"
"Who the fuck is Alice?" Tony mumbled under his breath, which earned him yet another punch from the girl in question, before she stepped forward, holding her hand out to Gibbs.
"I'm Alice. I'm Anty's sister." She explained, offering him a charming smile. He simply frowned in her direction before turning his attention back to his agents.
"Upstairs! Report, ten minutes!" He barked before turning heel and walking away. Alice frowned slightly before sighing.
"Guess that's my cue to leave. See you guys later, okay? Anty, you promised." She reminded him, leaning up a little to kiss his cheek before heading out of the building.
"C'mon Gibbs, how long has it been since we've had a night out?" Abby pleaded. They'd solved the case, the big take down had happened and it was an hour before Alice's concert. She knew Tony had gone to get ready and had assumed everyone else had too, except for Gibbs, who was still sat behind his desk.
"I'm not going, Abby." He said with that tone of finality that makes all the agents pale. But it did nothing to Abby's demeanour except extract a slight pout.
"Please?" She tried, blinking at him hopefully, praying that her influence over the older man would sway his mind.
"No. Go on, Abs. Have fun." He offered her one of his smiles that was reserved just for her and she sighed, moving to kiss his cheek before heading off.
Meeting up with Kate in the bar, Abby smiled and linked arms with the agent.
"Tony here yet?" Abby asked and Kate shook her head.
"Not that I've seen. How bad do you reckon she'll hurt him if he doesn't show up?" Kate wondered, which of course made Abby laugh.
"I dunno, I think a lot." She admitted, though to spoil their fun, Tony appeared behind them, wrapping an arm around each of their shoulders and leaning his head between them.
"What are you two lovely ladies talking about?" He asked with his usual cheeky grin. Abby beamed and patted his cheek.
"You. And how much Alice might hurt you if you weren't here." She explained, pulling them both towards the front table before the stage.
"Ha ha, well looks like you're not gonna get to see because here I am, just like I promised." He nodded and pulled Abby's chair out with a smile before sitting himself.
"So how long till it starts?" Kate asked as Ducky arrived, seating himself next to Kate and offering the table a smile.
"She'll be out soon." Tony assured. "It starts at Nine, it's only Eight fifty now." He stated, quickly checking his watch to confirm his thoughts.
Before the stage became occupied, Gerald arrived, and moments later, though no-one else knew, Gibbs slipped in at the back, ignoring the front row that had been reserved for Alice's friends.
She stepped out on stage, her hair up in a bun, a slightly nervous smile on her face. She relaxed when she spotted Tony and grinned at him before moving up to the microphone. Her voice as clear as it had been when she had called Tony out in the lobby earlier that day.
"Hi everyone. These are just a few songs I've written based on... well, on everything." She said, running her fingers through her hair, letting a few strands out of the bun. They fell over her face, though she did nothing to move them as the band struck their first chord of the night and she was off.
The show lasted an hour, not including the two song encore that she was encouraged into doing before she clambered off the stage. Tony was on his feet instantly, wrapping his sister in a tight hug, nearly lifting her off her feet, though from her laughter she didn't seem to be complaining.
They sent Gerald off to get drinks, a job he was happy to have, as Alice sat, grinning from ear to ear and clearly flushed.
"I'm so glad you all came!" She gushed, clearly unable to contain herself. "I've no real friends here yet, so I hope Anty doesn't mind sharing his till I make my own." She nudged his ribs and he rolled his eyes.
"No, I don't mind." He chuckled and Alice was quickly drawn into conversation with Kate about some of her songs.
Twenty minutes later both Kate and Tony's phones rang, both from work. It was a trick Gibbs had used before, he dialled their mobiles from their own desks, put them on speaker and then shouted at them to come in.
"Lets go then." Kate said with a sigh, and Tony wrapped his sister in another hug, before asking Abby to give her a ride home.
"Do we have to do this paperwork tonight Boss?" Tony complained as he strained his eyes, attempting to fill out the arrest report.
"Yes DiNozzo. Kate already finished, that's why she got to go home." Gibbs stated as he stared at his own paperwork.
Tony let out a groan, bouncing his head off the desk once before sighing and focusing his attention back down on his work.
He was ever thankful for his phone ringing, pulling his cell out and flipping it open without checking the caller ID.
"Agent DiNozzo speaking." He said in the cheeriest manner he could muster.
"Anty..." Alice's panicked voice filtered through the speaker and Tony sat up straighter in his chair.
"Al? What's wrong?" He asked, knowing that she'd never call him unless it was urgent.
"I think there's someone in the house Anty... I can hear them." She whispered. Though he didn't know it, she was huddled under the covers in her bed, shaking like a leaf. She wasn't brave like her brother, she knew that. And the thought of someone being there, someone possibly violent, it terrified her.
Tony clicked his fingers at Gibbs, knowing that it'd get him in trouble, but right now he didn't care.
"Stay on the line Alice, stay quiet but stay on the line." He told her before pulling the phone away from his ear for a second.
"Alice reckons there's someone in my apartment Gibbs! She's there alone." He was already nearly on his feet and his words moved Gibbs into action as they both grabbed their badges and weapons, hurrying for the elevator.
"Anty? Anty I'm scared..." Tony heard as he lifted the phone back to his ear and he felt his heart thump painfully in fear, not for himself for once.
"It's okay Al, just stay quiet, we're on our way now, me and Gibbs." He glanced up and spotted Gibbs on the phone himself.
"Kate too." He added on, listening to Alice's panicked breathing, fully able to picture her shaking.
"Just stay with me Al, we're on our way." He repeated, wanting to keep her calm as possible. Her having a freak out would not do her any good at this moment.
"Anty he... he's coming towards the bedroom... I'm scared." She whimpered, and Tony heard the creak of his guest room door opening and he clambered into the car quicker than he ever had before.
Gibbs slammed his foot down and they shot out of the garage, already breaking the speed limit as they headed towards Tony's apartment.
There was footsteps down the phone and Tony could hear Alice let out a quiet whimper.
"Al, Al hide the phone, don't let him see it!" He ordered, his heart thumping harder as he heard the rustle of fabric, her shaking breath becoming muffled as footsteps get closer to the phone.
A scream sounded and he recognised it as Alice's, before it was muffled further. There was movement, violent movement, and she screamed again.
"Help!" She screamed out, and he could tell she was crying. From the lack of thumping, he was certain she wasn't being beaten, which left only two possibilities, neither of them attractive.
Gibbs clearly heard her cry, as his foot pressed harder on the peddle, a feat Tony didn't think possible.
"Help!" Alice cried out again and a male grunt sounded. That narrowed it down to one thing that could be happening and Tony felt sick. He felt beyond sick.
There was still fifteen minutes between where they were and his apartment, no matter how fast Gibbs drove and he just hoped that this guy was slow.
Five minutes before they reached his apartment, there was rustling, a break from the screaming and pleas for help that had been near constant for the last ten minutes.
"I hope you enjoyed the show, Agent DiNozzo." A distorted male voice sounded through the speaker before the phone clicked off.
"Hurry Gibbs, he's leaving!" Tony demanded, despite knowing that the car couldn't go any faster.
It had barely stopped moving when Tony clambered out of the car, taking off up the stairs, gripping at the gun on his hip.
He didn't bother with his key, kicking his own door down and running into his apartment, knowing Gibbs was directly behind him.
"Clear!" Gibbs called as he moved through the apartment, though Tony's only focus was the guest room.
He was slow as he pushed open the door, able to just hear sobbing from inside.
"Clear." He called back as he stepped inside, before approaching the bed slowly, just about able to make out Alice's form, shaking and hunched.
"Al? Can I come closer?" He asked, though he didn't get a reply. He took a step towards the bed carefully, reaching out.
"Alice, I'm gonna touch your back." He warned, before resting his hand upon her, able to feel her shaking. It was then she turned and threw herself at him, gripping at his shirt and sobbing into his shoulder. Unable to think of anything else he could do, Tony just wrapped his arms around her and held her as tight as he could, rubbing her back and rocking her slowly.
Ellie: R&R please, it means the world!