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"Update," Gibbs called entering the bull pen with Erik in his arms.
"McGee and Ziva called, they found him should be here in ten minutes. He put up a fight but they got him under control." Tony said calmly.
"So now we wait," Gibbs said leaning on Tony's desk facing the young agent.
"Now we wait," Tony agreed looking up at Gibbs.
"Are you okay? You look off," Gibbs said with a puzzled expression.
"I'm fine, just kind of tired," Tony said taking Erik into his arms.
It had been a week since Commander Douglass had gone missing. All of them had, had very little sleep. Tony and Gibbs hadn't been out of the office for the entire time except Gibbs went out about every hour or so to get the two of them coffee. He hadn't allowed Tony to leave at all, just incase Douglass was waiting for him to show up somewhere.
"This will be over soon, when McGee and Ziva get back we'll bust him and then we can all go home." Gibbs soothed.
"Yeah, I just need to get some good sleep in," Tony said with a yawn.
"Boss," McGee called as he walked into the squad room.
"Where is he," Gibbs said straitening.
"Interrogation."
Gibbs didn't say anything as he walked briskly to the elevator and entered alone. Tony stood and headed for the back elevator.
"Where are you going?" McGee asked as he walked away.
"Observation, are you coming?" Tony called over his shoulder.
Without a word McGee fallowed after. They stood in observation quietly along side Gibbs. McGee and Tony were waiting for Gibbs to head into the room with Douglass.
"DiNozzo get going, lets test how angry he is with you," Gibbs said calmly.
"Isn't that kind of dangerous boss," McGee said puzzled.
"This job is dangerous if you haven't noticed. Now give me Erik and get going Tony," Gibbs said firmly.
Tony kept quiet as he handed Erik over to Gibbs and headed into the other room.
"Well if it isn't the little wuss," Douglass muttered as Tony walked in.
"Nice to see you too," Tony said brightly.
"Find the person who killed them yet," Douglass said uncaringly.
"We think so," Tony said mysteriously.
"And who is he?"
"I don't think I said it was a man," Tony said smirking.
"Why you little shit," Douglass growled charging Tony.
Gibbs and McGee stood in shock for a moment as Douglass pinned Tony to the glass they were looking through. It only took a second for Gibbs to move into action though. He handed Erik to McGee and bolted to the interrogation room.
"Stand down Commander Douglass." Gibbs yelled.
"No."
"I said stand down!"
"Fuck off," Douglass snapped aiming a punch at Tony's right cheek.
"Stand down or I will shoot!"
"Then shoot," Douglass growled confident that Gibbs wouldn't do it.
But shoot Gibbs did. He shot Douglass in the back of the head, the commander jerked forward into Tony before sliding down to the floor.
"Tony are you okay," Gibbs aid rushing to his side.
"Yeah," Tony gasped trying to wipe blood off of his face. He was covered in the commanders blood from being so close when the shot was fired.
Before Gibbs could say anything else McGee came rushing into the room with Erik in his arms. He was holding him under the armpits just barely supporting his head.
"Give him here," Gibbs said exasperatedly taking the little boy.
"I'm just going to go shower," Tony muttered walking stiffly out of the room to where the emergency showers were.
He didn't take long just enough to get all the blood off of himself. As soon as he was back in the bull pen he took Erik from Gibbs.
"Lets get this closed up," Gibbs said calmly. "I want to go home, you can get this over with before you go home and we'll all just take tomorrow off."
Tony was back at his desk in a second, he held Erik with one arm as he used his other to work quickly through all his paper work. He was done before the hour was out. McGee and Ziva finished about ten minutes before him having had the full use of both their arms. They left as soon as they were done, Ziva to get a good nights sleep and McGee to finish his book.
Gibbs smiled slightly as Tony stood yawning.
"Ready to go DiNozzo?"
"Overly," Tony said smiling at the older man fallowing him to the elevator.
"Come on, you look dead on you feet." Gibbs said shaking his head.
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"No," Tony moaned as Erik began crying only an hour after they went to bed.
He disentangled himself from Gibbs' arms and made his way to the guest room where Erik was staying. He picked the child up and grabbed a pre-made bottle out of the mini fridge that Gibbs had, had brought in. Shaking it to make sure it was all mixed up he held it to the child's lips so he could drink.
Erik drank later greedily only slowing when the bottle began to empty. When he was finished Tony lifted him to his shoulder and gently burped him. The child was back asleep before Tony set him down. With one last glace at him before heading back to bed.
Gibbs was rolled over onto his side of the bed and had curled himself around Tony's pillow. With a small smile Tony crawled into Gibbs' spot and laid his head onto the other mans shoulder.
"Missed you," Gibbs muttered groggily.
"I can see that," Tony said yawning.
Gibbs wrapped an arm around Tony and fell back to sleep instantly. Tony smiled to himself and snuggled deeper into Gibbs' arms.
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Tony woke at 0500 as usual. It took him a moment to realize where he was but was comforted when he saw Gibbs was still lying next to him. Quietly as he could Tony rolled out of bed and pulled on a pair of pajama bottoms before heading to the guest room. As it had been all week Erik was laying eyes wide open waiting for Tony to pick him up.
"Good morning," Tony said quietly.
Erik cooed and smiled up at his daddy.
"Come on Erik, why don't we go make some breakfast?" Tony suggested.
Erik just continued to smile. Tony took it as a yes and picked him up and headed down to the kitchen. He moved about relaxed in the environment. It was quiet and holding Erik didn't slow him down like it would most people. He pulled eggs, bacon, butter and milk out of the fridge arranging them on the counter. He next raided the cupboard and pulled out a shallow bowl and two plates. He turned on the front burner on the stove and threw some bacon in a pan. He scrambled some eggs and proceeded to make French toast.
A few moments after Tony and Erik had set the table Gibbs walked into the kitchen in much the same attire as Tony. He smiled and went to pour two cups of coffee and prepared a bottle for Erik.
"Thanks," Tony said piling food onto both the plates.
"No thank you," Gibbs said pressing a kiss to Tony's cheek.
Tony leaned into the touch for a moment before sitting down next to Gibbs. Erik stayed quietly as Tony fed him, Gibbs occasionally placed food into Tony's mouth so the other man could eat while feeding the child.
"Where the hell did you learn to cook, DiNozzo," Gibbs asked as he cleared the table.
"Just picked up a few things watching the cooks when I was a kid," Tony said shrugging.
"You learned that from just watching?" Gibbs asked shocked.
"Yeah, sometimes my nanny would let me help in the kitchen but once I was in Junior High that stopped because I could look after myself."
"Well it was great in any case." Gibbs said as he started washing their dishes as Tony cleaned Erik up.
"I don't want to go to work," Tony complained as they headed upstairs to get ready.
"Maybe we won't get a case today," Gibbs said not really believing they would be that lucky.
Tony dressed Erik in a plane white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. He had yet to go shopping and was planning on doing it tonight after work. He was kind of worried about it, he hadn't really gone anywhere with Erik yet. He was already completely in love with the child but he wasn't looking forward to the chicks trailing around behind him, cooing at him and Erik.
By this time the trio was entering the bullpen. McGee and Ziva were arguing about who should be the one to call Gibbs.
"What have we got," Gibbs demanded impatiently as he sat down at his desk.
"Uh, Director Sheppard wants to see you and Tony in her office ASAP." McGee said nervously.
"Surprised she didn't call," Tony said pulling his phone out of his pocket to check.
"I guess we'll find out why," Gibbs said leading his young lover up the stairs. Tony had dropped his bag and Erik's car seat when he had first come in and was now only holding the child as he smiled happily up at his daddy.
"Jenny, you wanted to see us?" Gibbs more stated than asked when he, Tony and Erik walked into the room.
"I did, I thought we should take some time to discuss the new addition to your life. I thought it would be nice for Agent DiNozzo to have some time off, since he is now caring for a new born." Jenny said calmly.
"And you needed me here to tell him this why?" Gibbs asked.
"Because you're going with him Jethro," Jenny said smiling brightly.
"No I'm not," Gibbs said shocked to say the least.
"Yes you are, you have years of vacation time built up. I'll take your team off of active duty for a while. You deserve a break, now I want you two out of the office for two months, not a day before!" Jenny said glaring at them.
"Yes Director," Gibbs growled before stalking out of the room Tony fallowing closely behind him.
"See you in two months." Tony said cheerfully as they passed the bullpen.
"Where are you going?" McGee asked.
"Home Directors orders." Tony called over his shoulder.
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