Chapter 2
After dropping Chioke off at school, Tony heads to NCIS Headquarters. Upon arrival and after parking the car, he walks into the building. Eventually, he steps off the elevator when at the third floor. Ziva and McGee are already sitting at their desks. As Tony enters into the bullpen, he gives McGee a dirty look.
"You're not still mad at me about giving your email address and phone numbers to those guys from the Star Wars convention, are you?" McGee wondered.
"Of course I'm not Probie." Tony stated. "I enjoyed spending all day yesterday getting my phone numbers changed then contacting everyone I know in order to tell them my new phone numbers. And to top it off, having to create a new email account because I was getting sick of blocking every single email address they would create in order to get in touch with me!"
"At least I didn't give them your work email address." McGee said.
"Probie… If you didn't record Gibbs with ketchup on his head, then I'd kill you this very second." Tony stated. "Now that I mention it… Put the video up on the plasma. I want to watch it."
Tony walks to McGee's desk, stands slightly behind him and looks over his shoulder.
"What if Gibbs…" McGee begins to say. Tony smacks McGee on the back of the head.
"Don't be such a baby and put it up on the plasma." Tony stated.
McGee uses the mouse to click on an encrypted database program he has installed on his computer. The program opens and asks for a password before loading. McGee looks up at Tony.
"Turn your head." McGee stated.
"Why do you have database setup with a password?" Tony asked.
"Cause you seem to not know the meaning of the word; privacy."
"Fine… I'll turn my head." Tony turns his head.
McGee looks back to the computer and Tony quickly turns his head to watch what the password is. Before pressing the enter key and a little more than halfway done typing the password, he looks up to Tony who is looking away as he was before. McGee finishes with the last couple of characters as he keeps an eye on Tony. McGee presses the enter key and the database program loads. Tony looks back to McGee's computer.
"Are you freakin kidding me, Probie." Tony said. "Look at all this crap. You should come take a look at this, Ziva. McGeek has tons of junk on his computer." He invites Ziva to come take a look. She just shakes her head and remains seated. "Look at this… This is such a Probie thing to do. He keeps a backup of every case report he's ever written. He also keeps a copy of the case photographs, autopsy and forensics reports. And of course, everything is cataloged with a date; both start and end time for each investigation." Tony added. He notices something in the database. "Go back!" McGee scrolls upward a bit. Tony watches. "Stop! Right there… Open that." He points to the screen from behind McGee's shoulder.
"I'm not going to show you pictures of my sister."
"What are pictures of your sister doing in your database anyway?"
"I keep everything in this database because you keep trying to access my private files when I'm not here."
Tony tries to grab the mouse from McGee because he wants to see the pictures. As Tony and McGee struggle over the mouse, Jamie enters into the area.
"Come on, McGeek… I want to see what your sister looks like."
"You're married, Tony."
"Just because I'm married doesn't mean I can't look at another woman." Tony stated as he continues to struggle with McGee over the mouse. "Ever hear the phrase… Look but no touch."
"Aren't you afraid of what Jamie would think with you drooling over pictures of my sister?" McGee asked as they keep struggling.
"I'd be thinking; castration." Jamie stated as she smacks Tony on the back of the head.
Tony takes his hand of the mouse and leans upward in order to stand up straight. He turns to face Jamie. Tony gives her a smile.
"I love you." Tony said the most sincere tone of voice.
"Oh please…" Jamie rolls her eyes and looks to the side. "You're such a brat."
"But this brat loves you."
Jamie looks behind Tony, at McGee.
"Tim… Put a picture of your sister up on the plasma, please."
"Okay." McGee makes a couple clicks.
A picture of McGee's sister is now on the plasma screen. Tony looks at the photo, as do the others.
"What do you think, Tony?" Jamie wondered.
"She definitely got the good McGee genes." Tony stated. "The leftovers went into, Probie."
Jamie smacks Tony on the back of the head.
"You're so mean, Tony." Jamie said. "She's beautiful, Tim."
"I'll have you know…" McGee begins to say. "I was born first."
"Then I take it back." Tony said. "The good McGee genes were saved for her. You still ended up with the bad McGee genes, Probie."
"How do you put up with him?" McGee asked of Jamie.
"Sometimes I wonder the same thing." Jamie answered. "I guess I just have a high threshold for idiotism."
"She can't help it." Tony said as gets behind Jamie and wraps his arms around her waist. "She can't resist the charm that is DiNozzo."
"Or maybe it's just pity." Jamie said.
"Put the ketchup video on the plasma." Tony remembered what he asked about before.
McGee looks back to the computer. He makes a couple clicks. The video is now playing on the plasma screen. Everybody watches. The video, which is footage from the Star Wars convention, is of Gibbs with ketchup on his head and rubbing it in.
"Oh man… This is classic." Tony said. "I need a copy of this." He notices Gibbs is walking over from the back. He quickly makes a hand motion. McGee takes the video off the plasma screen. Tony now changes the topic of conversation. "So I highly recommend all of you watching the movie…"
"DiNozzo…" Gibbs tries to get his attention as he enters into the bullpen.
"Yeah Boss?"
"Keep your hands off my daughter."
Jamie laughs. Tony takes his arms off from around Jamie's waist. Gibbs approaches and kisses Jamie on the forehead. He then smacks Tony on the back of the head. Gibbs sips his coffee and walks to his desk.
"McGee…" Gibbs tries to get his attention. McGee looks to him. "If that video of me with ketchup on my head doesn't get deleted in the next five seconds, then your job will be deleted."
"Deleting it now, Boss." McGee goes to click the delete button. Tony waves his hand for McGee to not comply with deleting the video.
"DiNozzo…" Gibbs tries to get his attention.
"Yes, Boss?"
"If McGee doesn't delete that video then I'll delete your manhood."
Tony runs to McGee's computer. The two of them struggle over the mouse with trying to delete and not delete the video. Gibbs sits down at his desk, watches the two of them struggle, smirks and sips his coffee.
Jamie walks to her father's desk. She sits on the corner of his desk and looks down at him.
"You can be so evil sometimes." Jamie said. "Yet I still love you, Daddy."
"Have you talked to Tony about the house yet?" Gibbs softly asked her.
"I'm going to talk to him about it soon."
Gibbs' phone rings. He answers it. Jamie stands up and looks to Ziva who is sitting quietly at her desk.
"How are you this morning, Ziva?" Jamie wondered.
"I'm fine." Ziva replied. "Just trying to get this report done for the Director."
"Report?" Jamie is curious about what it is.
"There was a break-in over the weekend. Some valuable pieces of evidence were stolen…" Ziva begins to say. At this point, Gibbs is thinking what a load of crap this is because he knows it was her, maybe not knows, but is one hundred percent sure of it being her. Ziva continues talking. "…But there were no signs of a break-in at all. Not even one clue was left behind. With my level of training, the Director wants to know… If I were to pull off something like this, how would I go about it and what tools would be required." Now, Gibbs can't believe what he's hearing. He wants to tell Director Shepard what a fool she is for trusting Ziva and that it was her who broke in to steal the evidence because she knew Amir before he committed suicide while inside of the interrogation room. Ziva continues talking. "Director Shepard is hoping that with my background, it may point her in the right direction."
Gibbs finally puts the phone down. He stands up.
"Grab your gear." Gibbs stated.
Tony and McGee are on the floor behind McGee's desk, wrestling over the mouse. Gibbs walks to McGee's desk. He grabs Tony by the ear. He also grabs McGee by the ear. Gibbs forces both of them to stand.
"Ow…" McGee cried in pain.
"Ow…" Tony also cried in pain.
Once the two of them are standing, Gibbs lets them go. He puts the keys in Tony's hand.
"Gas the truck. On it, Boss." Tony walks away.
"McGee… Call Ducky."
"Right, Boss." McGee gets on the phone.
Gibbs walks back to his desk. He kisses Jamie on the forehead. He grabs his gear, his coffee and walks in the direction of the elevator. Tony, after grabbing his gear, walks over to Jamie and gives her a quick kiss.
The three of them, Tony, Ziva and McGee all run to the elevator.