The New Directive: The Next Day Ch. 1

By Peppe1951

Summary: The Day after the new directive took place. Warning: Disciplining of an adult. Don't like? Don't read!

Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to CBS and Paramount; I only write about them.

Chapter 1

Ziva and McGee were already in the squad room when Tony arrived. You could see that the effects of yesterday's caning in the way he walked. He winced with every step.

"Tony? How are you feeling today?" asked a concerned Ziva.

Tony gave her a sickly smile and lied, "I'm fine," before sitting gingerly in the pillowed cushioned chair. The cleaning crew had left the pillow in place.

"Ahhh, that feels good," he sighed, as he closed his eyes with delight. "Whose idea was it to bring me a pillow?" Tony asked as he opened his eyes to his fellow agents.

"We borrowed it from Abby while you were having your….um…discussion with Gibbs yesterday," replied McGee tactfully.

"You mean it was here the whole time I was praying that I we would catch a case so I wouldn't have to sit and do reports?"

"Yes; when we discovered what you might be going through we decided that you would need the pillow," McGee answered.

"But how did you know that Gibbs was going to use a cane on me?" asked a puzzled Tony.

"Well, he did mention something about using the one that Ducky recommended and we came to the conclusion that it would be the cane," explained Ziva. "The cane has been used in the British Isles for years to correct the mischievous of schoolboys…we just figured that you fit the bill."

"Hey," protested Tony as the reference of him acting as a mischievous schoolboy sunk in. "I do not act like a schoolboy!"

"Then what do you call throwing spitballs, flying paper airplanes and food fights DiNozzo?" asked Gibbs as he entered the squad room. "I sometimes feel like a schoolmaster or father to you all," he replied as approached Tony.

"You are a teacher Jethro, so being a disciplinarian comes with the job," replied Ducky as he entered the conversation.

"What can I do for you today Duck?" asked Gibbs.

"I came up to see how our young Anthony was feeling after yesterday's encounter with the cane," replied Ducky. "Dear boy, would you mind coming down to autopsy and letting me examine you?"

"I'm fine Ducky; there is no reason for any more examinations," replied Tony.

"It's not for the caning but for the ride you took to the scene yesterday…the road was awful bumpy and I want to be sure that it didn't cause you anymore injury," Dr. Mallard replied.

"I'm okay, just sore," admitted Tony touched and embarrassed by the ME's concern.

"Tony, go with Ducky. Let him examine you," ordered Gibbs.

"But Boss, I'm feeling okay," argued Tony.

Gibbs approached Tony and said once again, "Go...with…Ducky!"

"But Boss," began Tony until he read the glare on Gibbs face and amended his protest to compliance by going with Ducky.

"Oh, Tony," Gibbs called out as Tony was leaving, "if I catch you flying an airplane in the squad room again I will personally give you such a paddling that you won't be sitting comfortably for sometime."

Tony's eyes widened at the threat, "Oh, you weren't really do that, would you Boss?"

Gibbs only smiled letting Tony draw his own conclusions.

"Nah, I didn't think so," thought Tony as he left the room.

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Thirty minutes later Tony reappeared and approached Gibbs. "Ducky said I was fine, boss. Can I return to my desk, now?"

"Yep, now that we have the ME's seal of approval."

"Boss, what do you want me to do?" asked Tony.

"Well, since we caught a case yesterday, what do you think about solving it," replied Gibbs sarcastically.

"Tony, go and canvass the neighborhood the Petty Officer was found. See if you can find any witnesses to the beating or any reason for him to be beaten…Ziva go with him," ordered Gibbs.

Their new case involved the beating of Petty Officer Matthews after leaving a local bar frequent by college students. The Petty Officer had suffered two broken ribs and loss of memory from a blow to the back of his head.

"On it Boss," replied Ziva and Tony simultaneously.

"McGee you are with me…we are going to check out Matthews' apartment," added Gibbs as he hurried out of the squad room with McGee on his heels.

Ziva and Tony returned before Gibbs and McGee even after stopping off for some lunch. Tony had picked up his favorite food, pizza and was chowing down when Gibbs and McGee arrived. "Boss, I got you and McGee some food…help yourselves," he shouted as Gibbs glared in his direction. He had gotten a total of three pizzas for everyone to eat and they were all on his desk with paper plates and drinks.

"Thanks, DiNozzo," Gibbs said as he grabbed a cup and a slice of pizza and moved on to his desk to look over the reports Ziva and Tony had left.

"So the witnesses you interviewed stated that a fight did break out in the bar?"

"Yeah…it seems that Matthews was drunk when he made advances towards one of the coeds. She asked him to leave and when he didn't the bouncers took over and booted him from the bar," explained Tony when Ziva picked up the thread.

"I talked to the bouncers and they swore that other than escorting him from the bar they didn't lay a hand on him. He was walking on his on steam when they last saw him."

"We followed in the same direction the bouncers said that he went but didn't find anyone that would admit knowing him," concluded Tony before taking another bite from his pizza.

"Did you find anything, Gibbs?" asked Ziva interestedly.

"We talked with his roommate who said that when sober Matthews was an upscale guy but could get nasty when drunk. He said that it was because of his nastiness that he avoided going out with him," shared Gibbs.

"Did he say what bar he liked the best?" Tony asked.

"Yeah, a bar in Georgetown: the Student Body. It caters to the College student. His roommate, Petty Officer Williams, said he liked going there because of all of the pretty coeds."

"Maybe Abby can find us something with the evidence we recovered from the scene of the crime," added McGee, "we did discovered a metal bar near where Matthews was found."

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