Vance's Office
Gibbs entered the office to find Wendy Miller sitting at the table with Vance.
"So what's up?" Gibbs asked looking to Vance.
"We have a situation here." Vance started to explain. "When I called Ms. Miller after we talked this morning, she informed me that she interviewed both Raimey in prison. Chip Sterling provided testimony against Major Raimey. It was testimony regarding a gun he took from an old Baltimore Police Department cold case."
"I interviewed Police Major Raimey in prison." Wendy explained. "I was planning to run his story in the paper, but I wanted to check with you before I did that. However, Tony never returns my calls, so I finally called Director Vance."
"Raimey has been making false accusations for months. I have read the papers." Gibbs added.
"Where is DiNozzo now?" Vance asked as he stood up.
"downstairs. . .in the squad room" Gibbs answered.
"I want to speak to him. . .alone." Vance stated. Gibbs shot Vance a disgusted look, but Vance returned a no nonsense glare.
"Alright, Wendy, why don't you come with me?" Gibbs said as he directed her toward the door.
Squad room
"Why haven't you two left yet?" Gibbs asked as he approached.
"We may have something already." McGee responded. The Baltimore P.D. noticed that evidence was missing from a cold case file back in late April of last year. This was two weeks before Price was killed and we arrested Raimey."
"Chip was put on parole, after he provided this new testimony regarding the gun that Raimey stole from the cold case file." McGee further explained. "The case itself involved a runaway teenager being found dead in a forest preserve. It appeared to be a robbery, and it has remained a cold case."
"So Chip somehow stole the gun himself, tried to pin that on Raimey, and then earned his parole for testifying against Raimey?" Tony asked shaking his head from the confusing concepts.
"Chip and Raimey have been in the same prison since Raimey's arrest in May." McGee explained, but stopped when he had realized that Wendy Miller had heard the whole theory.
"Hi there, Wendy." McGee said with a smile. Ziva turned to see her standing there behind Gibbs.
"Hi." She said, looking at Tony who had just realized she was standing there too.
"What-when did you get here?" DiNozzo asked with nervous laugh. She just smiled back at him.
"I was waiting for you to call me back." Wendy said with a smile.
"Tony." Gibbs tried to snap Tony out of the staring contest that he was having with Wendy.
"Hey." Gibbs repeated in a louder but soft tone. "Go talk to Vance. He wants to speak with you."
"He does?" DiNozzo asked.
"Go on." Gibbs pushed as he and Wendy entered the squad room. Gibbs pulled out a chair by his desk for Wendy as he sat down himself at his own desk.
"Boss." DiNozzo said in an uncomfortable tone. Gibbs looked up at him, giving him a critical stare.
"Yes, Boss." Tony said looking down and walking toward the stairs. Tony continued to watch them from the stairs, but no one was talking yet.
"What does the director want to talk to him about?" McGee asked in concern. Gibbs lightly laughed to himself, wondering when McGee became such a mother hen to all of them.
". . .about Raimey." Gibbs answer looking down at a file on his desk.
"Couldn't you have done that?" McGee asked. ". . .asked Tony about Raimey, I mean."
"He wants to ask him himself, McGee." Gibbs said looking at McGee strongly with a small grin.
"Right." McGee answered.
"So, our very own Tony DiNozzo has not returned your phone calls, Wendy. How long has he been doing this?" Ziva asked.
"He stopped returning my calls on February 15th, when the case was officially over with NCIS." Wendy answered.
"Wow. That is over a month now." Ziva responded leaning back in her chair, still looking to Wendy.
"Z-i-v-a." Gibbs said strongly, trying to redirect the conversation. She turned to Gibbs, who gave her a warning stare.
"Come on, Gibbs." Wendy said. "Like you never tried to fix us back up before?" She said in her sassy tone.
"Is that what Vance meant last month, when he called you cupid?" McGee asked horrified when he realized that he stated the question out loud.
"M-c-G-e-e." Gibbs said in a frustrated and almost embarrassed tone, giving him a glare. Wendy just laughed at the conversation.
Vance's Office
"Come on in Agent DiNozzo." Vance said as he heard a knock at the door.
"Sir?" DiNozzo said as he entered the office.
"Why don't you sit down?" Vance said directing him to the table. DiNozzo made a nervous bolt for the table.
"This situation with Major Raimey right now. . .your old supervisor. . .is there anything more that we should know about?" Vance asked as he sat down next to DiNozzo at the table.
"Honestly sir, I never knew he was dirty." DiNozzo stated. "My gut. . .isn't so good I guess. I don't have the Gibbs-gut." He said with a nervous laugh looking down. ". . .never will either."
"No normally your gut is fine." Vance stated. "It wasn't your fault that Raimey and even Jenny Shepard abused their power. And, you shouldn't blame yourself for trusting them. You are right to trust our new SecNav, though." Vance added. DiNozzo nodded in agreement.
"Either Chip Sterling got the information from Raimey in prison about that stolen gun from evidence or he stole it from evidence himself and tried to blame Raimey for it." Vance stated.
"What does your gut think on this one?" Vance asked, looking him over.
"I-I don't know." DiNozzo answered in a shaky tone. He looked lost in his thoughts trying to process the possibilities.
Vance gave him a few minutes before asking again. "What are you thinking?" He asked again, as Gibbs burst through the door.
"Gibbs!" Vance shouted angrily, standing up.
"What are you doing to my agent?" Gibbs asked accusingly.
"Excuse me?" Vance responded challenging Gibbs.
"We were just talking . . ." DiNozzo intervened.
"I am just asking the hard questions that you aren't capable of asking right now." Vance shot back. "We didn't get very far though."
"Boss. . .Boss really it is fine." DiNozzo said feeling guilty of being the cause of the discussion.
"Well, get to it then." Gibbs shot back. Vance and Gibbs shot angry glares at each other before turning to look at DiNozzo. Gibbs sat down at the table next to DiNozzo, looking him over.
"I am already aware that you found out your old partner was a dirty cop and did not turn him in. However, is there anything else that we need to know about? We don't want any surprises. Is there anything that you haven't shared. . .anything that could be used against you?"
"No. . .not that I am aware of. Nothing serious. . .no nothing" DiNozzo hesitated for a minute to process the question, but then he looked to them and answered.
"Were you ever reprimanded or suspended?" Vance asked.
"Not even a head slap." DiNozzo laughed slightly. He looked over at Gibbs, who gave him a hard look back.
"Why is Wendy here again?" DiNozzo asked.
"She got tired of you not returning your phone calls." Gibbs said in lecture tone.
"Gibbs." Vance warned. "She interviewed Raimey in prison." He looked over at Gibbs.
"Why aren't you returning her calls, Tony?" Gibbs asked in a softer tone. DiNozzo started to visibly blush and sweat uncomfortably from the constant personal questions from the two. He shrugged his shoulders at Gibbs in response.
"I am sorry, Boss, I really don't have a reason." DiNozzo admitted.
"Did you even give it a chance?" Gibbs asked, trying to understand DiNozzo's actions.
"No." DiNozzo answered tensely.
"When Raimey killed Price, he wanted you involved in the case. His goal was for us to add Price's murder to the list of the Port-to-Port killings. He obviously has been keeping track of you." Vance pointed out.
"So has Chip." Gibbs added, looking DiNozzo over.
"Gibbs." Vance warned.
"All right, DiNozzo, we are done here." Vance said standing up. Gibbs stood up also, getting ready to leave. When DiNozzo stood up, he started to sway. He felt suddenly overwhelmed with Gibbs' comments and the recent events of the day.
"Gibbs, hang on a minute." Vance said, as he watched them both head for the door. DiNozzo turned to look at both of them before reluctantly leaving the office.
"Leon." Gibbs said, when DiNozzo had left.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to cause him to go into a panic?" Vance asked harshly.
"I think I know what my agent is capable of handling." Gibbs answered. Vance ignored his comment.
"I am a little suspicious in Wendy's choice of interview subjects." Gibbs stated.
"I did put in a call." Vance quickly said. "Whatever his connection to all of this is, Chip violated his parole. He is going back to jail."
