"Tony" His only response to her gentle whispering of his name is a muttered "humph."
"Tony" She repeats a little louder but he continues to snore.
"Ziva's wearing her bikini" McGee tries and is rewarded with DiNozzo shaking himself awake and looking up at them standing in front of his desk.
"Not funny McGoo. What time is it?"
"Just gone five. Dispatch called and said the Boss wanted us in here early. What's going on?"
"Two bodies were found in an alley downtown late last night. One is the nephew of the city medical examiner so Ducky offered to do the autopsy."
"That is awful."
He looks at his watch. "Should be nearly done now. Metro PD has secured the crime scene but Gibbs thought there was no point examining it until daylight. It turns out the other body is a petty officer so we might have got the case anyway. Vance and Gibbs are upstairs sorting out the jurisdictional issues with Metro PD. There's one other thing."
"What?"
"The ME's nephew. He is or I guess it should be was Detective McCadden."
"Oh, Tony I am sorry."
"Why Ziva? It's not like we were bosom buddies or anything. I haven't spoken to him since the case with Gibbs mother-in-law although..."
"This is going to be a multi-jurisdictional nightmare."
"What probie?"
"Well there's us for the petty officer, Metro for where he was found and I guess Norfolk PD will want to be involved as he was one of theirs."
"Actually he wasn't with Norfolk anymore."
"How do you know that if you haven't spoken to him?"
"Yes, how do you know that special agent DiNozzo?"
The team turns to find this new voice belongs to a thirty something woman standing there with a smile clearly intended to take any hint of accusation out of her question.
"Detective Sparr? To what do we owe the pleasure of your company here today? Are you the Metro liaison on this case?" Tony smiles warmly at her.
"That's Lieutenant Sparr to you. The promotion came through at the start of the year. It would be more of a pleasure if you'd called me."
"I thought you were joking. You could've called me."
She turns to his colleagues and shakes their hands. "Good to see you again David, McGee. It's been a long time since the Rowe case. My Boss is up with yours working out who has the lead on this one but I am sure we'll be playing a role."
"And why is that Lieutenant Sparr?" Ziva questions looking not at all pleased at this development.
"Because six months ago McCadden transferred from Norfolk to Washington. He was on my team. So, DiNozzo you were about to explain how you knew he was no longer with Norfolk since you hadn't spoken to him."
"I was?"
"You were."
"He'd sent me some texts and left some messages on my voice mail about the move. I just never got back to him."
"That's what our examination of the phone records show."
"That was quick."
"We've been working on it most of the night since the call came in. Even though he hadn't been with us long he was still one of ours." The others nod approvingly. "Yours were not the only numbers associated with someone in this building that he called. In fact there's someone he called more times and she called him back."
"She?"
Abby rushes into the bullpen. "What's going on guys? Oh, hi Detective Sparr. I heard about McCadden and I'm so sorry Tony. The director's secretary just called and told me to get up there straight away but I had to see you first. What's going on?"
"Perhaps you can tell us Ms Sciuto?"
"Me?"
"Exactly why was Detective McCadden calling you? And more importantly why were you calling him?"
A/N - For those who might need a refresher Detective McCadden is the one Tony had the 'bromance' with in Guilty Pleasures and Detective Sparr crossed paths with the team in Stakeout from season five.