He was heading out of NCIS to head home. Something he had done every time he had gotten back from a case with the team. Then his cell phone rang. Penelope. "Honey can you get some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream on your way home? It's one of those days."
He replied "Sure honey I'll be glad to, why don't you just curl up with the heating pad and I'll be home soon to give you a nice backrub."
"You're too good to me Mr. Dinozzo."
"Well I love you sunshine."
Then he felt something poke him in the neck. "Lucky Penny call Hotch."
"Are you ok honey?"
"Do it now." His speech was getting slurred.
"Tony? Talk to me, what happened?"
"Don't know think I'm in trouble." Then his phone was knocked out of his hand from behind him and stepped on loudly.
Penelope said "Tony, no this isn't happening." Then she called Hotch. "I think something happened to Tony when he was leaving the building. They drugged him and then the phone was smashed. I called him to ask him to get some ice cream for me. It's for girl stuff. " Her voice cracked.
Hotch replied "We're on it right now. Morgan will be at your house in a few minutes. We'll find him."
"I can't lose him. Not now."
"You won't. Just sit tight while I get the team together."
"Ok." Then she hung up the phone.
Penelope paced around the townhome that she and Tony shared. So much of him was in it. One of his button down shirts with a tear in one sleeve from when he had tackled an unsub on a case a few weeks ago. It was cornflower blue and he wore it with his gray pants. She could sew it for him since he probably thought it was beyond repair. His movies and music that he wanted to put on an IPod and hadn't done it yet. That she could do now for him. She rubbed her lower back where it ached and then heard a knock at her door. Nighthawk the kitten Rossi had given her meowed when she went to answer it.
Derek Morgan stood there with a grocery bag in his hand. "Your guard kitty is on duty, good." He scratched the cat's ears gently. "I got some ice cream that you needed and also hot fudge sauce for on top."
Penelope reached out with her hand and touched his upper chest. "Come in and thank you. "
"Baby Girl, anytime. I have my go bag out in my truck and I'm here."
She reached out and hugged him for a moment. "I kind of love you Derek Morgan."
"Right back at you Penelope Dinozzo, now why don't we have some of this ice cream before it melts?"
"Let me get the bowls. I think I have some caramel sauce too since I know you're not much of a hot fudge guy."
She opened their kitchen cabinet and pulled out two bowls and then some spoons.
Derek pulled the ice cream out of the bag he had brought. "I got some rocky road for me even if it means an extra half hour on the bike."
She smiled. "You don't need to worry hot stuff."
They sat down and put some of the ice cream into bowls. They decided to eat at the counter stools rather than the more formal table.
"I need to call Gibbs at NCIS. He would want to know."
"Wait a while on that. We may need to profile Tony and see what would have made this happen."
"You're not going to need me to look into him are you?"
"Yes sweetness I'm sorry. "
"All right." She took a spoonful of ice cream with hot fudge and said "I'm not likely to sleep tonight anyway." She went and turned on her laptop that was connected to the BAU server.
