Tony DiNozzo's Day Off
A/N: This is a tribute to Hollywood Director John Hughes. Director of such films as Home Alone and one of my all time favorites… Ferris Bueller's Day Off. So this is a tribute to the great director.
Summary: It's a beautiful day in Washington DC. Who wants to spend the day indoors, cooped up doing boring paperwork? Not DiNozzo. Can he con McGee and Ziva into going out on the town and not get caught by Gibbs? Only time will tell.
NCIS Bullpen.
Tony looked to his left to look outside the squad room windows. It was a really nice day outside and instead of being out there and enjoying those beautiful rays, the team was stuck indoors catching up on monotonous paperwork. McGee wiped his red nose with a tissue and sniffled.
"You look terrible Probie," Tony almost laughed. Leave it up to McGee to get a nasty cold during the warmer months.
"Gee thanks, Tony," McGee sniffled once again.
"Maybe you should go home. I can take you home," Tony's smile broadened. The thought of having an excuse to leave was just so pleasing to him.
"I'm glad me being sick is making you so happy, Tony," McGee whined a little. His nose sounded stuffy. "But I doubt that Gibbs would allow me to go home just because I have a little cold," McGee sighed. He wanted to go home and stay warm, probably curl up on the bed and sleep the thing off.
"Probably not," Tony thought for a moment. It only took a split second for a plan to form in his scheming mind. "I'll be right back," Tony told McGee and he rushed to the elevator at full speed.
McGee didn't know what to make of this but thought it wise not to inquire to the odd behavior. Some times pleading ignorance was the correct course of action. He watched the hurrying figure step into the elevator. He shook his head before returning back to his work.
Ziva spied McGee's pale complexion and Tony's empty desk in one go. "Where has Tony gone?" Ziva asked.
McGee could only shrug his shoulders in response. He couldn't believe that Tony had just ran off during their work without saying anything. Though, McGee wasn't sure why he wasn't so surprised about it. Tony was pretty good at disappearing. Tony finally came out of the elevator and adjusted his jacket.
"Are you alright Tony?" Ziva asked. She saw that he was profusely sweating and breathing heavily.
"I'm fine," Tony gave an automated response. He managed to add a smile. "Thanks Probie, I think I got what you have," he coughed a couple of times and used a handkerchief to wipe his sweaty forehead. Some of it was getting into his eyes. Tony coughed a couple of times and his whole body shook with each cough.
Gibbs walked in to the bullpen and heard the commotion. Gibbs looked at Tony and then at McGee. He had planned to use their crime free time to catch up on their backed up paper work. Gibbs placed his hand on Tony's forehead and flicked the sweat off his hand. "That's it," Gibbs said to Gibbs and McGee. "It's time you two leave... You look like shit," Gibbs commented.
"I'm fine," Tony responded quickly.
"You're not... Ziva! I want you to take McGee and Tony to their homes," Gibbs would do it him self but he had too much to do already. There was the usual lead agent paperwork and some M-TAC meetings to handle.
"But, Gibbs," Ziva didn't want to play nurse to the two agents. But knew that arguing with Gibbs on this point was beyond useless.
"But, Boss," Tony said in a very whiny tone.
"DiNozzo!" Gibbs barked.
"Yes, Boss," Tony bowed his head down in defeat and grabbed his bag. He didn't want to argue too much. The outside was looking very inviting. McGee slowly followed suit. The two followed Ziva into the elevator.
Ziva drove the two patients towards Tony's home first. She couldn't believe that she was given this detail. Tony used the bottle of water to cool his body down a bit. "There, that's better," Tony smiled. "Pull over here, now," he tapped Ziva on the shoulder.
"Are you alright?" Ziva asked the over exuberant man in the back seat.
"Just do it," Tony said emphatically. Ziva quickly obeyed. She didn't want her car to get soiled at all. So it was better to obey. Tony jumped out of the car with lightning speed and disappeared out of sight. Ziva sat there with a blank look on her face.
Ziva was rapidly losing patience with Tony and was surprised when he came back to the car with a huge bag in his arms. "You are not out to do shopping, Tony," Ziva said. She couldn't understand the mischievous look in Tony's eyes.
"I thought you were sick," McGee sighed. He was still not feeling the best. He got an exasperated expression on his face when Tony started taking off his jacket.
"It's amazing what a few minutes of intense calisthenics can do to you in a confined space," Tony's smile broadened. McGee rolled his eyes. He knew that Tony had something ticking over in his mind and now McGee understood that he was an unwilling participant. And so was Ziva.
Meanwhile back at NCIS...
Gibbs just got off the telephone and shook his head. He called Abby to the bullpen immediately. This was something he didn't want to do, but it had to be done. Abby walked briskly into the bullpen and was surprised to see that Gibbs was the only one there.
"Abs," Gibbs said after a long pause. Her mood immediately turned serious. "I just got a call from a Sister Rosetta Toulon... I'm sorry but she told me to inform you that Sister Marita Corviana has been in a terrible accident. Toulon is coming by to take you to see her," Gibbs explained.
Abby covered her mouth to stop her self from crying out. Gibbs held her tightly when he saw the black tears beginning to fill. "I'm sorry, Abs," Gibbs said softly.
"I'm going to go and wait for Sister Toulon outside," Abby said after composing herself.
"You want me to stay with you?" Gibbs asked. Abby shook her head. Gibbs understood that she might have wanted to be alone to absorb this news on her own. "Call me if you need me," Gibbs said.
"Thanks, Boss-man," Abby said to him before leaving the bullpen.
Abby waited in the parking lot. She knew who Corviana was since she often talked about Marita with the others but had never heard of Rosetta. There was a nun waiting for her near the parking lot. "Sister Toulon?" Abby asked.
"No," the nun laughed with a male voice. "How about Sister DiNozzo?" Tony asked her with a huge smile on his face.
Abby slapped him on the shoulder. "Come on! That was a dirty rotten trick you pulled. What are you doing? This is so mean! You're so mean!" Abby yelled at him.
"This way," Tony told Abby. "We're going out and enjoying DC," he took Abby to the car.
"God bless you sister," Someone said as they passed Tony.
"And may god bless you to young man," Tony said in his extremely deep voice which made the passing man almost walk into a lamp post. Abby entered the front seat of the car and Tony removed his nun costume and put on his jacket before stepping into the car. "Are you ready for a day like no other?" Tony almost laughed. McGee sniffled, Ziva rolled her eyes and Abby clapped her hands together. "I'll drive," Tony swapped places with the complaining Ziva.