Disclaimer: I don't own "Make It or Break It", "NCIS", any musical references, or any other references unless otherwise noted.
A/N: Hey guys! I was thinking of ideas for possible "MIOBI" stories and this kind of popped into my head. I love both "MIOBI" and "NCIS", and I thought it would be fun to do a crossover involving them. I'm not sure where I'll take this or how long it will be, although it will definitely be a multi-chapter. Let me know what you think, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Review and tell me if it's worth continuing, or to just scrap it. And I'm taking some artistic license on this story, so if things don't match up, just continue to the bottom where there will usually be a list of things that I've changed slightly. Don't worry, "Heart of a Champion" will still be my top priority and I will update as frequently as I can! Hope you enjoy this, and let me know what you think!
NCIS Headquarters, Norfolk, VA
"Ziva!" Tony DiNozzio yelled across the room to his coworker. "Don't you ever check your e-mail? I sent you something two days ago, and you still haven't responded!"
"Why would I need to reply to your e-mail when I could just tell you in person?" replied his irritated Israeli partner.
"Because," Tony responded with exasperation in his tone, "when you get an e-mail asking you a question, you reply to that question via e-mail! Jeez, you're as technically challenged as Gibbs sometimes, you know that David?"
Tony heard a hand whistling toward his head before he felt the slap. "Here's a hint, DiNozzio," the infamous Leroy Jethro Gibbs commented as he headed for his desk, "when you get the urge to insult someone, make sure they're not standing behind you first."
"Yes boss," Tony replied, wincing as he rubbed his head, "but you think I would've learned that by now from all of the women who have told me that." Timothy McGee laughed at Tony's misfortune as Ziva David thought of all the stories Tony had told them over the years about his rather unfortunate dates.
"We got a case, boss?" Tony asked as he saw Gibbs check his phone for messages. "Not an official one," his boss replied, "but something I want to do. I've cleared it with the director, and she supports it, but it's not a mandatory case, so it's up to you if you come along." The team looked intrigued. They had never had an optional case assignment before, and all of them wondered what it entailed and why it was optional.
McGee asked the question the entire team wanted to know the answer to: "What does this case involve? And why is it optional?"
Gibbs sighed. "I don't suppose any of you know anything about gymnastics, do you?"
Ziva looked confused, then said, "That sport that involves girls twirling around in spandex and doing flips? I do not see what this has to do with anything."
Tony, on the other hand, looked thrilled. "Wait, like girls twirling around in spandex?" Oblivious to Ziva's look of annoyance, he continued, "Does this involve watching hot girls do incredibly flexible things with their bodies? Because, if so, I am SO in!"
"My niece happens to be a gymnast, DiNozzio. Actually, they both are," Gibbs replied. "I hope you're not implying that you would care to watch my underage nieces, ah, 'twirl around in spandex'? Because if so, I might have to kick your ass."
Tony looked sheepish as he replied, "No boss, not what I meant at all! I meant like the ones in the Olympics, the older ones."
"Well Tony," his boss replied with a smirk, "if you come along on this case you might just get a sneak peek at some Olympic champions in the making."
Tony looked like he had died and gone to heaven. "I'm in, Gibbs!" he practically shouted. "When do we leave?"
"Well first Tony, we have to see if your partners would care to join us."
Ziva, who had finished looking at the results of a Google search on gymnastics, said, "I am interested also, Gibbs. These gymnasts look like they have a good concept of how to evade attack by using flexibility and strength, and it may be educational."
McGee, who liked to pretend he wasn't as much of a stereotypical male as Tony, was still intrigued by this idea and responded, "I'm in too, boss. When DO we leave?"
Gibbs answered, "We leave at 0600 hours tomorrow morning. We'll meet here at that time and head to the airport together."
"We're flying somewhere?" Tony asked gleefully. "Where are we going?"
"Boulder, Colorado," Gibbs replied.
Ziva looked confused as she questioned, "Is that in our jurisdiction? Why wouldn't the West Coast team be dispatched?"
"Because," her boss answered, "it's a case that I would like to oversee personally. I don't trust my family's safety to anyone but myself."
"Your family, boss?" McGee asked. "Your dad doesn't live in Colorado, so who lives there?"
"I told you my nieces are both gymnasts, McGee," Gibbs responded, "so that discloses that I have either a brother or sister, no? It would be my sister and her family who I'm worried about, although they're not the ones in immediate danger. There have been death threats made against their gymnastics coach, and I intend to find out who is behind them."
A/N: Ok, so good? Bad? Let me know if you want me to continue, because there are other ideas I'm working on besides this and HoaC. Some things I've changed: Jenny Shepard is still the Director of NCIS, and Gibbs has a sister. This shouldn't be TOO AU, but there will be things that are different than reality. Next chapter: the team heads to Boulder!
