Truth, Lies, and Love

Just my ideas about what the finale meant and what will happen in the not too distant future. (and my own fic stuff but I know that's not gonna happen...like all the tiva in here. I've pretty much given up hope.) plus I kinda like Vance as a director so he's gonna be pretty good in this fic. It's sort of funny, I've written the first few chapters and then like 4 in the middle and I've pretty much completely formed my plotline. Everything is sort of brought up in this fic...and I mean everything...except Kate. (at this point. Eureka!) enough babble.

For the readers that have read my other fics, I'm terribly sorry but I've hit a ginormous writers block. I've even started 2 more long fics but again, I hit writer's block. So hopefully this will cure me seeing as I've been writing this for about a week straight. Literally.

Disclaimer: soooo...disclaimed it's not even funny

"No." Tony said again, shaking his head in bewilderment.

"it's non-optional Special Agent DiNozzo." the SecNav Jarvis said.

"this is insane." he said looking down again at the picture. "what evidence do you have?"

"calls to restricted and highly incrypted phones in the middle east and north Africa. She has a history of with-holding information from this agency. She has a bad relationship to with her father which could cause her to take revenge just like her brother, who was a Hamas terrorist."

"Circumstantial." Tony said quickly.

"That may be, but she's the strongest lead we have. Everything fits with her. And...given your...personal, relationship with her, you would be the best to find out." Jarvis said. Vance looked uncomfortable and his lips were in a tight line. Tony could tell that he didn't like this any more than Tony.

"We don't have a personal relationship." Tony said seriously. He couldn't fathom all of this. Ziva was innocent. His feelings had lain dormant for years now, every once in a while stirring but never fully waking up.

Secnav laughed. "You went halfway around the world to kill the man that supposedly killed her. Did you honestly expect to get out of there alive? Let alone with her? Do not insult my intelligence Special Agent DiNozzo." he turned back to the file.

"she has family in the middle east." Tony said still trying to rule Ziva out.

"one living aunt plus her father. Those are not the numbers we're talking about." Jarvis said adamantly.

The table was silent but you could cut the tension in the air with a knife.

"suppose I do this, what do I do?" Tony asked. If he couldn't tell them she was innocent, he would prove it.

"get closer to her. Find out who she's contacting, what she knows." Vance said.

"she has a boyfriend." Tony said dejectedly.

"he is on assignment from the CIA. He was our man on this. We need to nip this in the bud asap so we're going in a deiffernt way." Secnav said.

"wait..." Tony said.

"their relationship...is run by the agency, shall we say." Secnav said. "we've been working very closely with them for awhile now."

Vance looked at Tony and saw the fire in his eyes. He inwardly smiled and hoped Tony could pull this off.

"and you want me to..."

"do whatever it takes, Special Agent DiNozzo. Get close to her, seduce her if you have to, hell, just get the damn job done." Secnav said angrily.

Tony set his jaw.

"or you'll be speaking Spanish with the natives for the rest of your career." he added.

With that, Tony stood up and walked out quickly. The rage was boiling up inside of him and soon he was going to blow. He went quickly to the bathroom. Thankfully the stalls were empty. He leaned againt the sinks and took a deep breathe.

"how can they do this?" he thought. "now the new secnav is calling all the shots and Vance is his puppet."

Then another thought hit him. Ray was playing Ziva. Yet another man was playing Ziva. Could she take another near KO blow?

Everything was spinning out of control. He didn't know what the hell was going with E.J. or if he even had real feelings for her.

All he knew for sure was that he had to help Ziva. He had to protect her better this time.