A/N: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!
Bold italics are sign language.
Tony's didn't even remember driving back to the NCIS building; he sat down at his desk still deep in thought. How am I going to do this? I can ask my neighbor Grace Morretti to watch her after school; she has a daughter the same age… Tony thought, as crazy as it seems this just might work.
"DiNozzo!" Gibbs barked, "Are you deaf? We have a dead Marine* in Rock Park* lets go!" He said giving him a harder then usual head slap.
"On your six boss." Tony said quickly grab his badge, sig, and backpack.
"McGee do the finger print scanny thing." Gibbs said.
"On it boss." McGee said while squatting down to make the ID. "We have Marine* first class John Tomack* married with a six year old girl." McGee read off the his iPhone*.
"Uh I think I found the little girl." Tony said crouching down besides a bush. "Hey sweetie, you don't have to be afraid, we are the good guys." Tony said giving her what he hoped was a reassuring smile. "I can not hear." She signed with a look of complete confusion.
"Oh, I see don't worry we are the good guys we will protect you." Tony signed, Wow! I am really glad I learned sign language. Tony thought. Scooping the little girl up in his muscular arms, making sure she couldn't see what was left of her father Tony took her over to the NCIS van.
"My name is Tony, what is yours?" He signed.
"Evangeline, is my daddy ok?" She signed back, her eyes starting to fill with tears again.
"One second please." Tony asked. She nodded her head, but before he could call Gibbs over she started crying, pulling her into a hug that Abby would be jealous of Evangeline settled down after a few moments.
"DiNozzo, where the hell are you at?" Gibbs yelled.
"Uh in the back of the truck with Evangeline." Tony replied. Gibbs walked over him anger evident in his face, but when he saw the little girl sitting in the tuck it all melted away.
"Hi Evangeline, I am Gibbs." He said giving her a small smile.
"You see that's the thing she can't hear." Tony explained, Gibbs gave him a head slap, making Evangeline giggle.
"You think that's funny too?" Gibbs signed, his smile getting two times it's normal size. She nodded her head, blonde curls bobbing and blue eyes sparkling.
"Anyways she wants to know if her daddy is ok and I only know a few sentences…" Tony explained.
"Evangeline, your daddy had to go away for a very long time, but just because you can't see him anymore doesn't mean he is not here." Gibbs explained to the little girl.
"Oh" Was her simple reply; a few more tears escaped her eyes. Gibbs promptly wiped them away with this handkerchief.
"There that's better." He said while giving her a quick hug.
"DiNozzo get back to work." Gibbs said while getting Evangeline the emergency toys they had in the van.
"Yes boss." Tony said waving goodbye to Evangeline.
"Who is that?" Ziva asked nodding to the now giggling Evangeline.
"That is our Marines* daughter, Evangeline." Tony replied.
"I see, she is cuter then a puppy, yes?" Ziva said.
"Button?" Tony asked with a look of complete confusion. "I think you mean button Ziva."
"But buttons are not cute, puppies are." Ziva said before walking away. Tony just rolled his eyes and finished processing the scene.
"DiNozzo take Evangeline down to Abby's lab." Gibbs ordered, Tony nodded before leading her away. "McGee phone records and bank statements, Ziver security tapes and verify witness statements, I am going for coffee."
"Abs?" Tony yelled above Suicide Commando* "Abby!"
"Tonnee!" Abby yelled while jumping out of her ballistic lab. However, before she could give him on of her infamous hugs she noticed Evangeline intently staring at her.
"Who is this?" She asked giving her a huge grin. Instead of answering she looked up at Tony pure confusion on her face.
"This is Abby" He signed, "She is really nice." Abby punched Tony in the arm eliciting another giggle from Evangeline.
"Hi sweetheart I am Abby, would you like to help me?" She asked. Before she answered she looked up at Tony to make sure it was ok.
"Go ahead, she is really nice." Tony said with a smile.
"Ok" She replied.
"Now get back to work DiNozzo." Abby said imitating Gibbs voice, giving him a head slap for good measure. Once again making Evangeline laugh at him.
"Meanies." Tony mumbled under his breathe, although he was smiling too.
"What do you have?" Gibbs asked while strolling into the bullpen, fresh coffee in hand.
"Nothing unusual in his bank statements, but on his phone I found a prepaid cell phone call, I am tracking it now." McGee said while pulling up the pictures on the plasma screen.
"I have mapped out his route with security cameras, I think I have a picture of the killer, but it is so fuzzy I am not sure if it is a tree or a person." Ziva said.
"I talked with Ms. Tomack, she is visiting her mother so she wont be back till around zero hundred hours. However, I do know why John and Evangeline were in the park. They were meeting with a mother who also had a death kid. Her name is Amy Lee* she is on her way and should be here in about fifteen minutes." Tony supplied.
"Good work." Gibbs said before heading up to the cat walk.
"How the hell do you do that?" McGee asked. "You got up from Abby's lab not even ten minutes ago!" He exclaimed.
"Well if you weren't so busy pretending to be a fairy or writing about our personal lives maybe you could be as good as me." Tony said with a shrug. McGee just rolled his eyes and ignored him.
"How is Evangeline?" Ziva asked.
"She will probably have a tattoo by the time her mom comes home, but other then that she should be fine." He said with a smirk. Ziva chuckled before turning back to her work.
A/N: I have no idea where I am going with this story… I am honestly considering deleting it, so if you would like it to stick around review and let me know where you think this story should go. Anyone recognize the other mothers name?
Molto Amore,
MJ
PS: Sorry it took so long.