Ramirez stood back while Kline unlocked the door to his apartment. Until recently the two had never been close or even formally met but then Kline was called in to assist Ramirez's team on case where he had previously dealt with the suspect. It was then that they discovered their mutual dislike of Agent Tony DiNozzo.
"So I never asked you why do you hate DiNozzo?" Ramirez asked Kline as he sipped a beer standing over Kline's table.
"Eleven years ago when Agent Burly left I was supposed to get a position on Agent Gibbs's team but then that spoiled DiNozzo came waltzing in with his "My partner was dirty" sob story and his daddy issues and Gibbs takes pity on him. Next thing you know I'm on some thankless team and he's winning awards and accepting them for Gibbs." Kline replied.
"Douche" Ramirez whispered.
"Why do you hate him?" Kline asked.
"I hate the way he treats McGee and of course he just flashes that grin and tells some sob story and all is forgiven." Ramirez complained.
"Yeah what a jerk." Kline replied.
"What do you suggest we do about it?" Ramirez asked.
"I propose that we make his life hell." Kline replied with a sly grin.
"I second that." Ramirez replied clinking the neck of his beer bottle with Kline's.
"BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" Tony's alarm went off he sat up and pressed the off button. He was still a little shaken about the previous night. He briefly considered calling in and saying that he had McGee's bug but decided against it. If one member was out then a team of four could still go into the field but if more than one that team was assigned desk duty. Besides the fact that Gibbs would just worry and call him every five minutes to make sure his lungs were OK.
"It was probably just in my head. It was pretty late and I was exhausted. I may even be coming down with McGee's bug." He thought.
Sighing he got out of bed and started to get ready for work. Once he was dressed and showered he. He made a mental note to make a Gatorade, crackers and broth run on the way in. If he was getting sick he was going to be ready. After a quick stop to the convenience store he went to work leaving his supplies in his trunk. He noticed that it was just Gibbs and Ziva in the bullpen indicating that McGee was still sick.
"You're late DiNozzo." Gibbs barked.
"Sorry I needed to get some supplies I may be coming down with McGee's bug." Tony apologized.
"Rule six DiNozzo. You need to see Ducky?" Gibbs replied.
"Nah I feel fine now just want to be prepared." Tony replied.
"If you insist." Gibbs replied eyebrows raised.
Tony nodded and sat down at his desk. He went to work on finishing McGee's paperwork. When he finished he went to reach for his stapler only to find it missing. After searching every drawer, moved everything around on his desk, and crawling around under his desk he realized that it was gone. It had been there the night before when he left so he knew McGee hadn't taken it and Gibbs didn't take stuff so that left Ziva.
"Alright where is it?" Tony demanded.
"Where is what?" Ziva asked.
"My Mighty Mouse stapler!" Tony growled.
"I do not know!" Ziva replied frustrated.
"Well it was on my desk when I left last night and now it is gone and you came in before me so where is it?" Tony asked.
"Well I did not take it perhaps you accidently left it on Gibbs's desk?" Ziva asked.
"Alright I'll check." Tony replied.
He walked over to Gibbs's desk and began to root around Gibb's desk he was so busy looking that he didn't see that Gibbs had snuck up behind him.
"What are you doing DiNozzo?" Gibbs growled.
"Uh looking for my Mighty Mouse stapler." Tony replied.
"Well it isn't there and it's not on McGee or Ziva's desks either so just leave it I will help you look when we get off work." Gibbs explained.
"Agent DiNozzo!" Vance called leaning over the balcony.
Tony sighed and walked upstairs wondering what had happened to cause him to be summoned by the director. Had he seen the stapler incident? Was he in trouble? Had somebody died?
"You wanted to see me director?" Tony asked.
"Look Agent DiNozzo I am glad that you have grown up and are getting a more adult stapler but throw your trash out in your trash can not mine. This can is a director privilege." Vance chided.
"Excuse me?" Tony asked.
"Here!" Vance yelled shoving the mighty mouse stapler into Tony's hand.
"But I didn't… I'd never…" Tony stammered.
"Just don't do it again." Vance replied.
Tony walked back downstairs confused. He tried to put the stapler back without anyone noticing unfortunately that was kind of hard to do with Gibbs and Ziva present.
"Where was it DiNozzo?" Gibbs demanded.
"In the directors trash can." Tony replied.
"Well why did you put it in there?" Ziva asked.
"I didn't." Tony replied.
"Then how'd it get there?" Gibbs asked.
"Did Abby have Noah here again?" Tony asked. Noah was the son of a friend of Abby's from church who had gone up to the northeast to help with recovery from Sandy and Abby sometimes took him to relieve his grandmother.
"No he had morning preschool today." Gibbs replied.
"Then I have no idea what happened." Tony replied.
"Look you were exhausted and kind of malnourished when you left last night. That being said don't accuse another agent like that or I will have to take it to the director." Gibbs replied.
"Right" Tony replied.
Still confused he walked back to his desk returning the stapler to its rightful location. After everything was settled he went straight back to doing paperwork. All was well until lunch time. Tony stood up and went to retrieve his lunch from the break room to collect his lunch. He bent down and almost crawled inside the fridge but still couldn't find his leftover takeout from the day before. Once he ruled out the fridge he checked the cupboards, counter, and table only to find it wasn't in the break room at all defeated he went back to his desk. He checked all of his drawers but it wasn't there. He just assumed he had finished it after all or Gibbs had gotten it and went back to work. When Gibbs returned from his coffee run he saw Tony sitting at his desk with no evidence that he had eaten.
"You alright DiNozzo you haven't eaten?" Gibbs asked.
"Yeah I guess I ate all my food yesterday." Tony replied.
"Oh you wanna go get something else?" Gibbs asked.
"Sure let me just get my keys." Tony replied.
He reached for his keys only to find that they were not on his desk. He started searching the drawers thinking he had knocked it down into one of them when he was searching through them so much that day. He looked down and realized that his bottom right drawer that he always kept locked was unlocked and when he opened it he found his food. It had been left out for almost a full day so he just threw it out. The rest of that day stuff like that kept happening he would go to get something and it would be missing and he'd search high and low for it only to find it somewhere completely random like under Gibbs's desk. By the time it was time to leave he was freaked out. He went to try to talk to Gibbs but he was in such a rush he just brushed Tony off.
"Boss I need to talk to you I think something is wrong with my brain today." Tony explained.
"I'm sorry Tony Sarah called me freaking out she thinks that McGee has appendicitis and I have to take him to the hospital." Gibbs replied shoving past Tony.
"Well I hope McGee is OK." Tony replied.
Realizing that Gibbs wasn't going to help him, McGee was really sick, it wasn't quite a director issue, Abby would just get upset, Ducky was still weak, and Ziva would just laugh at him. He went down to find Jimmy knowing he would help him no matter what.
"Oh hi Tony can I help you?" Jimmy greeted.
"Actually you can I think something is wrong with me head." Tony replied.
Jimmy's body tensed in concern for his friend. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Like I keep losing stuff and finding it in completely random locations." Tony replied.
"Like what?" Jimmy asked.
"Like I swear I left my Mighty Mouse stapler on my desk but it was in Vance's trashcan, my Chinese food from yesterday was in the drawer that I keep locked which was unlocked, and my Keys were under Gibbs's desk." Tony replied.
"Sounds like a prank to me." Jimmy replied.
"I already accused Ziva of taking my stapler and Gibbs said if he didn't again he would take it to the director." Tony replied.
"Well I'll help you catch her or whoever it is in the act. Now go home Ducky said that Gibbs told him you haven't eaten all day." Jimmy replied.
"Thanks man." Tony replied.
He turned his back and left not realizing that very soon he would wish the harassment he was enduring was just simple mind games.
A/N: So there's chapter two new update coming soon. I received some complaints that Tony would not get that scared by harassment. Though as stated in this chapter it's not the teasing he gets from McGee and Ziva despite Ziva being suspected by Jimmy. He is experiencing physiological abuse and thought he was going crazy. Again this is in the NFA "You Should Have Come To Me" Challenge. So please follow, favorite, rate, and review on that site. Thank You.