Summary: This story takes place in season 2,before Hometown Hero and after Red Cell… Tony gets evicted out of his apartment, and all he has got is his car, his clothes and grooming equipment…where will he go?
Meanwhile, NCIS is on a case of a female petty officer gone missing. TATE!
"DING!" the lift door opens, Kate walks into the office and greets some of the staff that pass her by on her way to her desk. She sits in her desk and turns over to look at Gibbs and McGee's desk and sees that they've not arrived, then she turns to look at Tony's desk, it' a total mess with papers all over the desk and 3 big bags on the floor next to the table.
She starts to flip through her documents and then she hears a sound. A low pitch sound that goes "mmm…" she tries to pinpoint the direction of the sound but can't seem to find it, and then the sound stops, she decides it's nothing and goes back to work.
"DING!" the lift door opens again and McGee walks through and sees Kate.
"Morning!" he said to his colleague,
"Morning" Kate replied and McGee walks to his desk, and sits down and starts up the computer, and then he hears the same sound that Kate heard before.
McGee turned over to Kate and asked "Did you hear that?"
Kate looked up from her paperwork and said "That's the second time I've heard it"
"mmm…" came the sound again
"Where's it coming from?" said McGee, looking around
"Beats me" said Kate, "sounds like a dying cow!" she continued
McGee looked around again and then his eyes stopped at Tony's desk, something told him that the sound came from there
He points to Tony's desk, Kate nodded and they both got up and walked to Tony's desk
As McGee got closer, he sees something moving from under Tony's desk, and then he sees a leg, both Kate and McGee looked under the desk and saw Tony under the desk sleeping. Kate poked him with her pen, and he just turned over to the other side and let out a "mmm…" Both Kate and McGee chuckled, then Kate signaled McGee to get back to his table, and then she gives the desk a hard whack "BANG!" And then runs back to her desk.
Tony was awaken by the loud bang and pops his head out from under the desk with his hair a total mess, dressed in a black coat and black shirt and his face unshaven, still quite sleepy, he gave out a yawn
He then sees that both Kate and McGee were looking at him with a smile
"Rise and shine! Tony!" said Kate with a smile
"How's it like sleeping in the office?" said McGee
"Not now! Probie!" said Tony and got one of the bags that was on the floor
next to his desk and went to the restroom
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An hour later, Tony returns with his hair all styled up, dressed in a brown coat and white shirt and his face all cleaned and shaven.
"You're lucky Gibbs isn't back yet! " said McGee
"That sure took you a short time to get dressed!" said Kate
"And how long do you take to get ready, Katey?" asked Tony as he threw his bag on the floor next the table
"That's different" said Kate
"My back is killing me!" said Tony as he held his back and sat on his chair
"Not nice to sleep on the office floor I guess! So, what happened this time? Locked yourself out of the house with your key in it?" said Kate
"I locked myself out once" said McGee
"You see! That's the difference between you and me! I would never let something like that happen to me! And by the way, no one asked you probie!" said Tony
"Why were you sleeping under the table, Tony?" asked McGee
"It's kinda obvious… he doesn't one Gibbs to find him sleeping in the office," said Kate. Tony didn't answer, though the look on his face confirmed it.
"So, come on! Spill it! Why are you sleeping in the office?" asked Kate
Tony sat back on his chair and folded his arms, as if considering if he should tell and then he says "Why do you want to know? You never want to know what happens to me when I want to tell!"
"Wrong! I never want to know about anything good that happens to you which you tell me anyway," she said "but what I do want to know is why are you sleeping in the office? Spill it now or we'll find out ourselves and it will be even worse for you" she continued
"Fine! I'll tell you! But you must never let Gibbs know about it!" said Tony, both McGee and Kate nodded
"The landlady kicked me out. Last night after work, I went to the bar with some friends and I went home and found all my stuff outside of my apartment, so I stayed here for the night" he said
"Why did you get kicked out anyway?" asked McGee
"Coz the landlady was crazy…And coz I didn't pay rent for the last 3 months" said Tony
"You see! That's the difference between you and me! I pay my bills!" said McGee sarcastically
"Hey! Being good looking costs money! But you being you wouldn't know that!" said Tony, Kate shakes her head.
"DING!" the lift door opens and Gibbs walks in with coffee in his hand.
"Morning boss!" said McGee and Kate and Tony at the same time, Gibbs nods.
Just as he got behind his desk, the phone rang, he picked it up
"Gibbs! Talk!"
After a long moment of pause, Gibbs said "Ok, we'll be there" and puts the phone down
"Kate! Tony! McGee! Get ready!" he said
McGee grabs his backpack "What happened boss?"
Gibbs looks over to Tony and Kate who is also walking over
"There's a petty officer missing, and her bedroom is covered with blood" said Gibbs
I hope you like chapter one. The technical parts like forensics and such might not make any sense, but hey, I'm no genius, so I do apologize. And if you are wondering where's the TATE? Well, it's coming in later chapters. Please review!