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Missing Tony

Ch 2

Thankfully the rest of the day went by smooth enough. Tim relaxed and even managed a little chuckle that Tony would take the effort to set up the pranks so he'd be remembered. 'Don't know that I'd go so far as to say I miss him though,' Tim smirked to himself.

Gibbs was relieved that the pranks were done and work would get completed. It wasn't until the end of the day he let a small smile appear with a shake of his head as he passed Tony's desk, sending him a telepathic head slap.

Ziva was disappointed that nothing else had happened with Tim. She became concerned that perhaps Tony had set up surprises for her. 'Surely he would not mess with me,' she told herself. Before leaving for the night she checked her email. She smiled seeing a message from the man himself.

'Do you miss me yet?' it announced.

You've had a whole work day sans moi. Are you looking at my desk and wishing I was there? How about our Tim aka McPrankee? Is he looking over his shoulder wondering what else is there to remind him of me?

Ah, and the big man. I bet he's said my name more than once forgetting that I'm not there.

Well I'll be going back to my fun in the sun. Try not to miss me too much!

Best Regards,

Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo

Ziva shook her head and closed out her email. She turned off her computer and went to grab her things. As she pushed her chair in the monitor turned back on. 'That is odd,' she thought and flicked the power off again. When she rounded her desk she saw the monitor glowing again. 'TONY!' she seethed. She decided to unplug the monitor rather than leaving it on all night. That done, she headed for home contemplating just a smidge of revenge for Tony when he returned.

The next morning she explained to McGee what had happened, he fixed the problem, but figured Tony couldn't have achieved it all on his own. "Abby must've helped him," Tim shared with Ziva. "Heck she may have set up all the things yesterday for him as well."

"Yes she is very cramped with Tony."

"That's tight Ziva," Tim corrected. "But yeah, they're pretty close," Tim pondered just how much help Abby had offered.

"Perhaps you and I could team up and get them both back, yes?" Ziva suggested.

Tim was unsure. He was all for making them experiencing a prank or two, but he didn't want things to get out of hand and Gibbs getting upset. "I'll think about Ziva," Tim shrugged.

Gibbs was not completely unaware of the goings on around him. No good would come from a prank war being started. He was hoping Ziva and McGee would have enough sense to laugh off the little pranks set up by Tony and Abby. But Ziva wasn't one for letting anyone get the better of her. And Tim was easily enough persuaded by her to help her out. He'd have to make sure whatever they masterminded would not be to over the top.

The morning was fairly quiet and Tim asked Ziva to go to lunch with him. He'd decided that a little payback was in order.