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NOTE: I changed this chapter a bit. The plotline wasn't working real well.
More chapters coming soon!
Chapter 1
"Again?" Ziva said. "Pretend to be Tony's wife again?"
"Unlike most undercover missions, you can decline this one. What do you say?" Jenny asked, folding her hands on her desk. She was aware that Gibbs was staring at her from the doorway, so she directed her full attention at the two agents sitting across from her.
"Can we have time to consider?" Tony said, barely managing to conceal the grin that was on his face.
"That's fine. Here are the details", Jenny said, passing Ziva and Tony a folder each. "Let me know by 1800".
"Sure". Ziva and Tony walked over to the door, pausing only to receive a very unreadable expression from Gibbs.
Once they were gone, Jenny removed her glasses and looked at Gibbs, who had moved to stand opposite her. "Yes Jethro?"
"You remember the last time they went undercover together, Jen?" Gibbs asked. "Or Tony's last undercover mission? Even since that whole Frog assignment started both of my agents were different. That mission changed them".
"They are the best ones for the job, Jethro, and they are allowed to decline the opportunity if they wish. It's their decision", she said, as Gibbs opened his mouth to protest.
"Jen,"
"What?"
Gibbs leaned towards her, putting his hands on the desk. "Do you remember any of our undercover missions?" he said quietly. "You were shot, I was arrested, I was shot, and then we –"
"Enough, Agent Gibbs", Jenny said with a sense of finality, but Gibbs ignored it.
"I don't like sending my agents undercover, Jen, you know that".
"Jethro, as Director, I can do anything that I damn well see fit to", Jenny snapped, standing up. Gibbs glared at her, and walked out, slamming the door.
In the squadroom
Walking down the stairs from the Directors' office, Tony and Ziva were silent. They got to their desks and began reading their mission files.
Ziva laughed out loud. "Mr and Mrs Thompson. At least we are American this time". Tony remained silent, so Ziva just kept snorting at various details of the mission. "Well, I think it will be easy. I am up for it. How about you Tony? Tony?"
"Yeah?"
"What's wrong?"
"Page six".
Ziva flipped open her folder again and read the page in question. "What is wrong with it?"
"We'll have a kid in our custody 'for the duration of the assignment'" Tony quoted.
"And?" Ziva said, clearly not getting the point.
"You and me with a kid?" Tony said in disbelief. "You and me? We are so not kid people".
"You don't know that. We have never been undercover with a child. Come on, it will get us out of the office for a while. Ever since that last stakeout we did Gibbs and the director have been very tense around each other".
"Alright fine. I'll email the director now", Tony said, typing on his keyboard. Ziva grinned and went back to reading the file.
The mission was fairly straightforward. Tony and Ziva would become Chris and Josie Thompson. They were to be the new people in a small neighborhood. They were to carry out surveillance in their street, but unlike a stakeout, they were to be social with the surrounding people. The whole thing was to track down Chester Savage and monitor his movements, as it was suspected that he had stolen a top-secret computer program from the Navy base. The program was used to decrypt files in the Witness Protection Program, so anyone with new identity could be tracked from their past records.
"Why do we need the kid then?" Tony had asked Jenny when she rang about his email.
"Just to give the image that you and Ziva are the perfect married couple. Ziva's a housewife, you work all day and come home to a clean house and a perfect family".
"Oh yeah, that's not stereotypical", Tony said sarcastically.
"Apparently it's that kind of neighborhood", Jenny replied.
"Does Gibbs know we accepted or……"
"He's aware".
"But he doesn't approve".
Jenny chose to disregard the last part. "Tony?"
"Yes Director?"
"Be careful and good luck".
Tony hung up. He wasn't sure what he was meant to be careful about; the mission, the child, or just being with Ziva. He found that since Jeanne had broken up with him, he had been feeling closer to Ziva, and he was getting the feeling that the feelings were mutual.