Saturday, March 28, 2015. 0530 hours, Washington, D.C.
NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo was on edge. The reason: he was going to be a father any day, and NCIS Director Leroy Jethro Gibbs was sending Tony and two other agents to Edenvale. That meant one thing: Boondocks.
They were investigating three dead Navy officers, a dead Marine, and the smoldering wreckage of a Navy Prototype Fighter Jet, the McDonnell Douglas F-15N-PHX "Sea Eagle" capable of carrying the Phoenix Air-to-air Missile.
Needless to say, Tony was not thrilled. His bad mood got worse on the way to Edenvale because the other agents on his team, Timothy (No Middle Name) McGee and Doug Cooper, were engaged in the "dueling banjo" sequence from "Deliverance." That was, until Tony pulled over and head-slapped both of them.
"Shut it," he growled.
They continued the drive from DC to the boondocks with only the radio on and Tony's hourly outbursts about getting no news from his wife, Ziva.
"You know, Tony," McGee said, "no news is good news."
"McGee, unless the next words out of your mouth are 'Tony, we don't have to go to Edenvale,' SHUT UP!" Tony snapped.