Chapter 1
"Gear up!" Gibbs barked out as he walked through the bullpen.
Tony, Tim, and Ziva scrambled around their desks and grabbed their field equipment. After grabbing everything and clipping on their badges and guns they walked to the elevator, but before Tony got in Gibbs held out his hand pushed Tony back out. "Your not going" Gibbs simply said, getting the attention of the entire bullpen
Tony looked at him with wide eyes and mouth open in shock. Behind Gibbs, Tim and Ziva snickered under their breath.
"then- What am I supposed to do boss?" Tony asked softly.
Gibbs pointed to Tony's desk, "paperwork and reports" he said with a smirk.
"But boss, those aren't mine. I finished mine already." Tony tried to explain.
"I know." Gibbs said. "Those are Tim's and Ziva's. With them helping me, I need you to finish those. Can you at least do that without complaining, DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled as he slammed down on the button to take them down to the garage.
"And Tony" Ziva called, getting his attention, "don't even think about snooping through my desk to try and find out who I am dating." she said with a grin as the doors closed and the bullpen was silent once again.
Once the doors were closed and the team were gone, Tony turned around and saw everyone giving his looks of sadness and pity. One would think that tony wouldn't be the most liked person in NCIS. That couldn't be more wrong. Sure Tony acted like a kid and bragged about all the 'dates' that he goes on, but if one looked closely they could see that he stayed late at nights, not going on dates. And he also may act like a kid, but if everyone became to serious you couldn't handle doing this job.
The reason that 'almost' everyone liked Tony was because he took the time to get to know them. Tony had a fantastic memory, so he knew almost everyone's names, he asked how their families were doing, and if they needed help, Tony was the first one to be there. He was there for you no matter what part of NCIS you were in.
At first everyone thought that he was trying to either get dates with the women or find something to use to prank the guys, so they didn't take him seriously, but after awhile they realized that he was sincere. And eventually they started to take him seriously and realized how good at his job. Now they would do anything to help him.
Tony smiled a sad smile. "It's ok guys," he told them before walking back to his desk. Giving the paperwork a hateful glare, Tony was about to sit down when an idea formed in his head. If he could find someone that needed his help he wont have to do Ziva's and Tim's paperwork.
Turning from his desk he walked back to the elevator and pushed the button for Abby's lab. Walking out of the elevator, Tony was assaulted by the sound of REALLY loud music, it made him smile, Abby was like a little sister to him and he loved how out of the ordinary she was.
"Hey Abby" Tony said with a large smile. Lately Abby had been ignoring him a little bit and he couldn't figure out why.
"What is it tony?" she asked, never taking her eyes off her work.
"I was wondering if you needed any help or anything." he said throwing an arm over her shoulder in a one armed hug.
"Tony I am super busy. I don't have time for your games or anything else you are doing." she said throwing his arm off and walking further into her lab.
"Aww come on Abby I was ju-"
"TONY, I DONT HAVE TIME!"
Tony lowed his head and looked like a puppy that had just been kicked. Opening his mouth, he was about to say he was sorry but was cut off by her phone ringing. He watched as Abby ran to the phone and hit the button.
"hello"
Tony heard Gibbs voice on the other line. "Hey Abs. Are you busy?"
"For you my silver haired fox...never. I always have time for you."
Tony couldn't hear anymore of the conversation. He couldn't believe Abby would do that. With tears threating to fall, Tony walked out of the lab and decided to see how ducky and Jimmy were doing. After exiting the elevator Tony walked into autopsy and was surprised to see that Ducky was gone and Jimmy was cleaning the tables and all of the equipment.
Looking up Jimmy saw Tony and knew right then that something was wrong. "What's wrong Tony?"
"Jimmy, is there something wrong with me?" Tony asked looking like he break down any second.
"What do you mean tony? There's nothing wrong with you." Jimmy said
"Well apparently there is because everyone I care about is either trying to find ways to avoid me or saying hurtful comments and I'm tired of it, Jimmy." Tony said with a sigh as he rubbed his face with both hands.
Jimmy looked at the person he considered a brother with sad eyes and noticed how to tired he was and how the world seemed to be closing around him and suffocating him.
"You know, Tony; not everyone feels that way" Jimmy told him, making Tony look up at him. " I mean I care about you. You're my brother and I will always be there for you. I also know for a fact that almost everyone in NCIS would help you if you needed it.
Tony smiled the biggest he had that week. "Thanks Jimmy, that means a lot. Well I better get back to work before Gibbs blows his top." Tony said as he hugged his brother and walked back towards the elevator.
"Me too. DR. Mallard would probably be upset if I didn't finish cleaning the equipment." Jimmy said as he walked back to the table.
"See you later Jimmy." Tony said as he walked up into the elevator.
Tony walked back to his desk, sat down and started working on his coworkers reports. Two hours later Tony put the last of the reports on the edge of his desk and Lightly started banging his head on his desk. He was cut off by the smell of hazelnut coffee and looked up to see an older woman with a sack in one hand and coffee in the other looking at him with a kind eyes and a kind smile.
"Rough day Tonio? she asked
Tony gave her his famous DiNozzo grin and took the sack and coffee before setting the items on his desk and got up to hug the old lady. "Thank you, Mrs Marino, but you didn't have to do this for me."
Mrs. Marino looked at tony with a blank stare and asked in a calm voice asked "You don't even know what time it is do you, Tonio? And how many times have I told you to call me Isabella or just Bella."
Tony quickly looked at his watch and saw that it was half past twelve. Looking back up, Tony gave a Isabella a nervous chuckle, "I forgot about lunch again didn't I?" he asked even though he already knew the answer.
"Isabella laughed and put her hand on Tony's shoulder. "Ahh Tonio, what am I going to do with you? I swear that if you keep forgetting to eat, you're going to waste away and blow in the wind."
Isabella is Tony's neighbor and they met when Tony fixed her door lock for her. After that she would invite him for snacks and meals or just to talk. Now Tony looks at Isabella as if she was his mother, and Isabella looks at Tony like a son. Tony even cared for her so much that he shared his personal life with her, something that very few people know. She even knew what Gibbs and his team were doing to him, and she made a promise to herself that if they ever hurt her Tonio, then she would give them a good scolding.
Tony laughed as well, "I'm pretty sure that you won't let that happen." he said gesturing to the food and the coffee that she brought.
The two of them talked for a few more minutes before Isabella had to leave. Once she was gone, Tony sat down and opened the sack and couldn't stop a smile that came to his face. Isabella had brought him Pizza, but it wasn't just any pizza, it was her homemade, thick crust, peperoni, sausage, and extra cheese pizza.
Tony wiped his mouth from the drool that had formed from the smell, grabbed a slice, opened his mouth and was about to take a bite, and a hand snatched the piece from him, grabbed the sack, and the coffee and dumped it into the trash. Looking up, Tony saw that it was Gibbs that had taken his homemade lunch and threw it into the trash.
"You can eat when you have finished those reports, DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled, walking and sitting at his desk.
Tony could only stare at the older man in shock and anger at what he had just done. Isabella took time out of her day to make him his favorite food (it's my favorite type of pizza) and bring it to him, just to have it taken from him by a man who acted like a jerk to everyone he knew except Ducky and Abby. Looking over Tony saw Tim and Ziva cover their mouths as they tried to hold in their laughter. Looking further back, Tony saw all of the bull pin looking at Team Gibbs (except Tony) in anger and disgust.
Shaking in rage, Tony grabbed the pile of folders, walked to Gibbs desk and slammed them down with a loud bang that made Ziva and McGee stop laughing and look at the Senior Field Agent in shock. Glaring at Gibbs, Tony pushed the Pile into his hands, "already done boss" Tony spat out. "My 65 year old neighbor, who I see as a mother took the time out of her day to make me that homemade pizza AND bring it to me because I forgot to eat lunch. Maybe next time you can ask if the work is done before you throw someone's lunch away." Tony said in anger.
Sitting back down at his desk, Tony was about to start working again but was cut off by the ringing of his cell phone. Not even looking to see who it was, Tony answered. "Hello" he said calmly.
'hey, brother Tony it's me, Emily. I am talking to you with my daddy's phone."
Tony couldn't keep the smile off his face as he heard the voice of one of the most important people in his life. "Hey sweetie, how are you?"
"I'm good. Guess what?"
Tony chuckled, confusing the rest of his teammates. "What?" he asked.
"I got an A+ on my spelling test today and daddy said that I could invite you to go to dinner with us as my reward."
Tony knew what spelling test she was talking about, he had helped her study after all. "That's great, honey. What are we going ?"
"Daddy says we can go to chucky-cheese for pizza and play the games. We are going at six tonight."
"that sounds wonderful sweetie. I will meet you there. I want a kids cup ok?" Tony said, he said the last part in a whisper.
"hahaha ok brother Tony, I will get the red one and I will get you the blue one ok?"
Tony loved to listen to the sounds of her giggles and her laughter. "That sounds great sweetheart, I will meet you there tonight, ok?"
"ok brother Tony. I will tell daddy. Love you brother Tony."
"Love you to sweetheart." he told her as he hung up and went right back to work, never looking at his teammates.
"Hot date tonight Tony?" Ziva asked bitterly.
Tony flashed her his DiNozzo grin, "Yep I have gotten to know her over the last few months and she is absolutely beautiful."
"well I hope you have a good time tonight. I am meeting my boyfriend tonight as well," she said hoping to get a rise out of him.
"Tony never took his eyes off his work, "That's great Ziva. I hope you have fun." Tony knew that she was trying to make him upset or get him in trouble with Gibbs, but he wasn't falling for it. He also new who her boyfriend was, he would have gotten this job and be second in command for team Gibbs if he wasn't good at it.
The rest of the work day went by pretty fast and once it was time to leave Tony didn't waste any time. Walking into the parking lot, Tony got into his Dodge challenger and drove to Chucky-cheese. He traded his beloved mustang after Gibbs had returned from Mexico.
After parking his car and walking through the door Tony was assaulted by a small 7 year old Emily. "Brother Tony, you made it!" she yelled in excitement as she bounced around laughing.
"I told you I would." Tony said laughing along with her.
"DiNutso" The familiar voice of Tobias Fornell said as he walked up to Tony and brought him into a hug. "How are you son?"
"I'm good Pop" tony said as he sat at the table beside Emily.
"Emily why don't you go get you and your brother your drinks?" Tobias asked.
"Ok, daddy" Emily said as she walked off.
"How are you really doing?" Tobias asked his son in all but blood.
"I'm so tired, Pop. So tired of all the stuff they pull and expect me to not notice. I- I think it may be time for me to leave." Tony said with tears in his eyes.
"Well whatever you decide...I- We will be there for you" Tobias said with a smile as he watched his little girl walk back to the table with two kids cups. One red, One blue.
Two Weeks Later
'It wasn't supposed to happen this way' Tony thought as he watched the plane carrying Gibbs, Ziva, and Vance back to the States while he remand in Israel.
A week and a half ago Team Gibbs was supposed to be hunting a terrorists group, but every time they would get a lead that lead would end up dead. Tony wasn't stupid, no matter how much he played the part, he knew that it was a Mossad agent that was killing these people. He also knew that Ziva's new boyfriend was a Mossad agent and that he had the all the opportunities to kill these people, including the ICE agent that wound up dead.
Tony paid very close attention to Ziva and her boyfriend, Michael Rivkin. He noticed that Rivkin was using Ziva to get close and gather info from her, So Tony went to go tell her but when he knocked on her door it wasn't Ziva that opened it, It was Rivkin. Having to make due with what he had, Tony tried to tell Rivkin to leave the country, but he had been drinking and wasn't in the listening mood. After a huge fight that destroyed part of Ziva's apartment and broke fractured Tony's arm, Tony managed to grab his gun and put four bullets into Rivkins chest. Of course Ziva had to appear right after that happened, and Tony could see the anger and hate in her eyes.
Then they had to go to Israel to put tony on trial, where he managed to get Director David into admitting that Rivkin was just using Ziva. Tony met Ziva out side the door where he tried to talk to her. "I had no other choice, Ziva."
"That's a lie!" Ziva cried as she was letting her anger get the better of her.
"Why would I lie to you!" Tony cried
"To save yourself!" She yelled
"I did what I had to do. He was using you Ziva. He didn't care about you!" Tony yelled as he tried to make her understand.
"You killed him!" Ziva said with a tear in her eye.
"And if I didn't, you would probably be having this conversation with him. But maybe that is how you would have wanted it." Tony said
"Maybe I would!" Ziva said unaware that of the hurt in his eyes as his whole world was crashing down around him.
"You weren't there" Tony said as he made one last attempted to get her to listen.
Ziva couldn't hold in her anger any longer and kicked Tony's leg out from under him as she pushed him hard into the concrete, re-fracturing his arm, and pulled her gun and put it to Tony's chest. "You could have shot him into the leg but you had to put four into his chest!"
"You. Weren't. There" Tony said.
"But I should have been!" Ziva cried as tears fell from her eyes.
"You loved him." Tony said with sadness.
Ziva froze with that comment and thought about it for a second. She loved Tony, but she was following Gibbs rules and Didn't want to hurt their friend and work relationship. So when Michael came she thought that even though he wasn't Tony she could grow to love him and have a family with him. While she didn't LOVE him, she did care for him, and Tony took him from her. "Why did you really risk your career?" she asked, not quite letting go of the anger.
Tony was shocked by the question but figured it would be better if he told her the truth. "Because I love you." he told her, as he looked into her eyes.
Ziva's anger skyrocketed at the statement and she got up and kicked him in his ribs, "You don't deserve my love." she told him as she walked away, leaving a heart broken Tony behind her.
Ziva and Gibbs were walking back toward the plane when Ziva stopped him. "I can't work with him anymore Gibbs." Gibbs sighed as he looked back and saw Eli grinning and knew that if Ziva stayed she would most likely die. "I will talk to Vance about Tony's position on the team. he told her, making her smile and continue to the plane.
Gibbs looked back and saw a saddened Tony limping to the plane at a slow pace. He stopped Vance and pulled him to the side, "Ziva says that she can't work with Tony anymore, and I was wondering if there was a way that we could position him somewhere else out of DC. You know what will happen to her if Eli gets his hands on her."
Vance sighed and Pulled the toothpick out of his mouth. There weren't any open positions except the liaison to Mossad. Sighing once more, Vance looked at Gibbs, "Are you sure about this, Gibbs?" he asked, Making Gibbs nod his head before he went and got on the plane.
Vance walked over to where a saddened Tony was walking to the Plane, "Tony" he said getting his attention. "It has been decided by Gibbs and Myself that for Ziva's best interests it would be best if you were transferred out of DC."
Tony felt a little more of his heart break as he heard those words, but he knew it would be best for Ziva, "I understand Director" he said as he started walking back to the plane but was stopped again by Vance.
"Sadly, the only available position is NCIS liaison to Mossad." he said, Making the rest of Tony's heart break in two.
Shutting down all of his emotions, Tony nodded his head, "I understand" he said as he turned and walked back to a smug looking Eli David.
Vance looked at Tony with only a little bit of sadness before turning around and boarding the plane. "WE ARE GOOD TO GO!" he shouted to the door operator and pilot, who nodded and closed the doors and started the plane.
Gibbs and Ziva looked out the window and saw an emotionless Tony DiNozzo standing beside Eli David. "WAIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" "TONY!" Gibbs and Ziva cried as they tried to get to the door but was stopped by Vance.
"As of right now he is the liaison to Mossad. I'm sorry Gibbs." he told them, as they plane took of and flew off the ground.
Ziva and Gibbs plopped down into the nearest seat and immediately started crying into their hands, the same thought running through both of their heads. 'what have I done?'
Back on the ground, Tony and Eli were driving back to Mossad headquarters, neither on of them speaking a word to the other.
The SUV pulled up into the parking lot and Tony and Eli got out and went into Eli"s office, where Eli put on his glasses and grabbed a folder and started reading, leaving Tony to stand on his sore legs. Five minutes later, Eli looked at tony and starting speaking in a cold voice, "As of right now you are a NCIS liaison to Mossad and you must follow my orders to the letter... Do you understand?"
"Yes" Tony stated in the same cold voice that Eli used.
"Good. Follow this man and he will get you supplies for your mission." Eli said, pointing to a black haired agent.
Tony gave Eli a questioning look, which he noticed. "Yes you are going on a mission. We have found a terrorist camp where a man named Saleem Ulman is responsible for many Israeli citizens deaths. Your mission is to go to this camp with a team and eliminate him. Officer Rivkin was supposed to go, that is why I had him get close to Ziva so he could get information. Now you will take his place. Be ready for thirty minutes."
After thirty minutes, Tony met Malachi Ben-Gidon, and a woman whose name escapes him, and they left for Somalia. They rode on a boat where Malachi and Tony became good friends. near the end of their boat ride they had to take over the boat, but accidently sunk it instead, where Malachi and the woman were injured. After making it to Somalia, Tony told Malachi to take the woman and go to the hospital and get help, but Malachi wasn't about to let his friend go on a suicide mission alone. So Tony had to knock out both of them and get them help before walking to the camp.
Tony sat strapped to a chair covered in bruises. Saleem walked into the room and punched Tony in the gut, making him cough up a little blood. "You will tell me everything that you know of NCIS and Mossad" he said with an evil grin.
"I - (cough) wont tell you anything." Tony said as he tried to catch his breath.
"Saleem grinned as he grabbed a whip from the wall and a picture from his pocket before throwing it down in front of Tony. "Yes, You will, no matter how long it takes."
Tony was shocked to see that Saleem found the picture of the team at NCIS in his pocket. He knew that if he told Saleem anything Ziva and the others would be in danger. Ziva may not love him but he Loved her and he would protect her till his last breath. Tony screamed as the first mark of the whip came across his back and he prayed that he would die quickly.
2 Months Later
It had been two months. Two very long months. He had been whipped, burned, electrocuted, and stabbed, and now he was tired, so tired. Tony's body was getting weaker everyday and now all he could hope for was death, but it never came. Tony's hands were chained above his head and he was panting as he tried to force the pain away that he was feeling all over his body. Saleem had just left after his daily torture session, and Tony was all alone in the room.
"Please- please just kill me." he said to anyone who would listen.
Tony closed his eyes and didn't see the seven glowing objects falling from the sky. Tony was trying to rest when he heard yelling and guns shooting. Picking up his head, Tony looked out the window and saw seven different colored objects headed his way, green, blue, yellow, red, violet, orange, and indigo. He also saw that the guards and everyone was running away from the building he was in. "HEY DON'T LEAVE ME IN HERE!" Tony shouted to anyone who would listen, but no one did, they all ran.
Tony saw that the objects were getting closer ad were about to crash into the room he was in. Closing his eyes, Tony waited for the building to fall on top of him, but nothing happened. Opening his eyes, Tony saw seven different glowing objects in front of him, looking closer he saw that they were seven different colored rings. "What the heck is this?" Tony asked himself and was answered when the green ring came in front of him and spoke.
'Anthony DiNozzo, you have the will and strength to protect those weaker and stronger then yourself. You belong in the green lantern corps.'
Tony wanted to ask what it meant, but was cut off by the blue ring.
'Anthony DiNozzo, you hold on to hope against all odds. You belong in the blue lantern corps.'
Next was the violet. 'Anthony DiNozzo, you love people even when they don't love you back. you belong in the star sapphires.'
Then indigo. 'Anthony DiNozzo, you hold compassion for even your worst enemies. You belong in the indigo tribe.'
Then orange. 'Anthony DiNozzo, you hold greed in your heart. you belong in the orange lantern corps.
Then yellow. 'Anthony DiNozzo, you hold the power to put fear in peoples hearts. you belong in the Sinestro corps.
And finally red. 'Anthony Dinozzo, you hold great rage in your heart. you belong in the red lantern corps.
Tony watched as the seven rings got closer together and got brighter the closer they became. Tony closed his eyes when the brightness became to much for him to handle and he waited for it to end. When it finally stopped, Tony's eyes widened in shock when instead of seven different rings, there was only one white one.
The ring floated in front of Tony's face and spoke in a voice that was full of life, 'Anthony DiNozzo, you have the power to save lives and bring happiness to people. You have the honor of being the first white lantern in existence. You belong in the white lantern corps.'
Tony watched as the white ring floated and slipped on his right middle finger. When the ring was fully on his finger, Tony felt his injuries heal, they left nasty looking scars but they were healed. He also felt his body regaining strength. Once tony had his strength back he tried to figure out a way to get out of the chains he was in. 'I wish I had a bobbi pin, I could pick the lock.' Tony thought to him self, and was surprised when a green bobbi pin appeared in his hand, looking up tony saw that the ring had turned green. "oh that is so cool."
Once tony picked the lock he stood straight up and ran to the door, after opening it and peeking out Tony saw that it was clear and he could walk out. Avoiding any threats, Tony made his way out of his prison and felt the wind kiss his skin for the first time in two months.
After taking a deep breath of fresh air, Tony started walking to an abandoned jeep and was about to steal it but froze when he heard the sound of a gun being loaded. Tony looked back and saw Saleem trying to unjam a pistol and shoot him. Tony looked for a gun that was left behind but couldn't find one. Tony was shocked when a green gun formed in his hand.
Saleem finally got the gun unjammed and raised it to shoot the NCIS agent when the sound of a gun going off and burning pain in his chest caused him to look at Tony, and was shocked to see green smoke coming from a green gun. 'what just happened?' were Saleems final thoughts as he fell to the ground dead.
Tony sighed as he looked at the now dead Saleem, then looked at the gun in his hand. 'how do I make it go away?' Tony though and was surprised when the gun disappeared from his hand and the ring went back to white.
Tony stole the Jeep and made his way back to Israel. After two days of travel, Tony was walking up the road to Mossad headquarters when a happy/relieved Malachi met him at the door and engulfed him in a hug. "Tony I thought you were dead." Malachi said as he felt tears of happiness fall from his eyes as he realized his friend was ok.
"I'm fine, Malachi. Just need something to eat and some rest." Tony said with a tired smile.
"Yes, of course my friend." Malachi said as he led Tony inside.
Malachi and Tony ate while Tony told Malachi what happened, including the rings, of course Malachi swore to never say a word to anyone, not even Eli. Together they formed a story of how Tony escaped and wandered around the desert for a few weeks which allowed his body to heal from its injuries. As they walked through headquarters to Eli's office Tony was surprised by the respect that the other Mossad officers showed him. Malachi explained that being tortured and not giving up information showed loyalty, which deserved the highest form of respect in Israel.
Once they got to Eli's office and told the false story that they formed, Eli offered him a choice. "I am very happy to see that you are alive agent DiNozzo." Eli said with an honest smile.
"Thank you, sir" Tony said from his seat that Eli offered him.
"I'll admit that I sent you on that mission in hopes that you would be killed" Eli admitted, but he continued when he saw Tony frown. "Of course now I see that I was mistaken. I see now that you are strong and loyal, which shows what type of person you are. and now that you have my respect... I offer you a choice."
"Sir?" Tony asked confused.
"You can stay here, in Israel... or I can send you back to the States." Eli said with respect in his eyes and a smile on his face. Eli wasn't an idiot, he knew that Saleem tried gather information about NCIS and Mossad and Tony told Saleem nothing. In Eli's eyes, Tony had saved countless lives, American and Israeli, and for that Tony had earned Eli's respect.
Tony sat in shock at the offer, 'I can go home.' Looking to his left he saw Malachi looking at him with hope that he would stay. After thinking about it for moment, Tony had his answer. "Can I combine the two?" Tony asked.
"How do you mean?" Eli asked, confusion showing on his face and Malachi's.
"Can I stay here for a while and learn all that you have to teach me. And after a while can I go back Home, but still be able to keep in contact with my friends that I make here, and be able to come back when I want to?" He asked hopefully.
Eli looked at the boy, no not boy... a man... a good man, in front of him with a smile. "If that is what you wish."
"thank you, sir" Tony said with a bright smile, Which made his answer all the more worth it in Eli's opinion.
What no one knew was that Tony was going to use what he learned at Mossad and he was going to make a difference. 'the old Tony died out in that desert, and when I go home I will make a difference and help people' Tony thought to himself as he clutched the ring tightly in his hand.
WOW that was the longest chapter I have ever written.
How should I make the main villain?
And Who should tony be paired up with?
Ziva
A girl he met in Mossad
Or maybe a nice Lantern girl.
Or maybe all of them?
Send me your ideas and I will think about them, and if y'all have any other ideas about who would be a good match for Tony then send me your ideas and I will PM message you and send you a reply.
Until Next Time!
