Regrets & Rota

Tony held the gun to the man's temple. He so wanted to pull the trigger but the law forbid him too. Adriana recognized the look in his eyes and quickly cuffed the man. She whispered softly to Tony. "Hey, I know he's a child murderer but let up." He fixed her with a steely gaze.

"Let up? How can I just let up when he's killed so many innocent children." Her silent reply said more than words possibly could.

"You just get the criminal Tony. The judge gives out the justice desserts." She stopped as Tony laughed at her comment. She raised her eyebrows questioningly.

"Nothing. You just reminded me of someone who would've got that wrong." She roughly pulled the balding man as she walked out of the dark room into the bright Spanish sun.

"Ay," she sighed. "I should be having my Saturday siesta right about now." She smiled happily as she saw a policeman come up.

"Tony! We can go home now." She looked at her glum colleague. There had been situations like this for the past 2 years but they had increased lately. Tony would go into a shell when he would ruminate and be silent. Adriana had learnt to leave him in these instances.

"Do you want me to take you back to your house?" a dismissive shake of the head was his reply. She patted him on the shoulder before walking to her car.

The one memory had started a chain reaction. Memories with Ziva filled his mind. They were closely filled with Abby and even McGee! Ducky, Palmer and the Director popped up too. The last person was Gibbs.

Tony cursed and fell back onto a nearby bench. Gibbs had forgotten them all. Tony couldn't go through another family breakdown. He took the Rota position straight away and was out the next morning.

"I never got to say goodbye!"He murmured. He was soon startled by a voice of one of the last people he expected to see.

"Tony...it's been a while."