The terror in Jimmy's heart had come back with a vengeance. Ball and some other agent Jimmy didn't know well ended up driving Jimmy home. Upon arrival he was to pack a suitcase and instruct Breena to do the same. They would then be transported to a safe-house. If Maynard knew Jimmy's car, he likely knew the Palmer's address, and if he knew the Palmer's address. Well then the family was in grave danger. The agents down in Florida had been informed and Tori was being taken to a safe-house out in that general area. Jimmy's heart was broken when he was told that even Breena and him could not know exactly where Victoria was. They were just told that she would be somewhere between Florida and New Orleans. Logically Jimmy knew that it was for the best and that the most important thing was keeping Victoria safe but in his heart he was devastated. What if there was a mix up and he never saw his baby girl again? His heart was heavy with fear and distress. He did not make a sound on the drive home. He just watched the world pass him by out the rear passenger side window. The agent Jimmy didn't know turned into the driveway and radioed HQ that they had made it to point B safely. Ball climbed out of the front seat, walked over, and unlocked Jimmy's door. Nervously Jimmy climbed out of the car and started towards the house.

"You alright, Jimmy?" Ball asked.

"Fine" Jimmy lied.

"Don't worry about it, you will be fine. This is just a precaution." Ball assured.

"No it's not! My car was vandalized! He knows about my family! This is real! We are all in grave danger!" Jimmy snapped.

"We will get him." Ball assured.

"I hope so." Jimmy sighed.

"You will be just make sure that you are careful who you trust." Ball commented.

"What?" Jimmy asked.

"You heard me be careful who you trust and especially be sure to watch that DiNozzo." Ball warned.

"Why should I worry about Tony?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't know he just seems odd lately." Ball replied.

"He's been through a lot breaking up with Zoe and everything." Jimmy reminded.

"Jimmy! Tony is a bad guy! Just remember that!" Ball snapped.

"No he isn't! Why would you even think that?!" Jimmy demanded.

"Because I am not in the third grade. I know that not everybody is my friend. Just cause they say they are." Ball replied.

"Look I don't want to fight about Tony, trust, friends, or whatever the hell you are challenging me on. I just want to get to the safe-house before something happens to myself or Breena." Jimmy explained.

"Yeah you're right. Go on inside with Agent Miller. I will stay out here. Uh I need to call my uh um my er my proctologist." Ball lied.

"Everything OK?" Jimmy asked.

"Just scheduling that yearly colonoscopy. Want to stay healthy." Ball explained.

"I hear that." Jimmy replied, heading towards the house.


Tony sat alone at his desk, relieved that everybody else had gone home. He had said a silent prayer for Jimmy and the rest of the Palmer family. His heart had been heavy ever since he had learned that Jimmy's car had been vandalized by his father. It didn't make sense Jimmy had been so careful, so had his foster parents, and the officials who had handled Jimmy when he first became a ward of the state. Somehow Maynard had found Jimmy and now his life was in grave danger. It didn't make sense, it wasn't right. After saying his prayer, Tony raised his head and studied his computer. It seemed strange to him that Ball was suddenly so obsessed with using his computer. Why now? Ball had barely even acknowledged him in the close to four years that they had worked in the same building. Now all of the sudden they were close enough to share computers? Why didn't Ball ask one of his teammates or McGee? Ball and McGee had always seemed pretty close. None of this made any sense at all.


Agent Ball waited until he was sure that Jimmy and Agent Miller were inside and would not be out until the suitcases were packed. Before ducking back into the car and dialing the work number of the FBI's agent Tobais Fornell. While he waited for an answer he looked back up at the house and smirked things were really set into motion now. He would get Tony busted and once he was safely locked away. He would tell Maynard the location of the safe-house. Once Maynard had struck, Ball would have to disappear. He couldn't risk ever being caught. At long lost the phone stopped ringing and Fornell picked up.

"Hello?"

"Am I speaking with FBI Special Agent Tobais Fornell?"

"Yes who the hell is this?"

"Special Agent Alexander Ball, NCIS."

"Oh what can I do for you?"

"Have you heard about the mad man who is targeting Jimmy Palmer?"

"Yes Maynard Kemp a BOLO was put out for him tonight. Why?"

"I have reason to believe that Agent Anthony DiNozzo has been leaking information to Kemp. I was borrow his computer today and there were all these strange emails. One he even had sent a picture of Jimmy's car. Just hours before Jimmy's car was vandalized."

"Really?"

"Yes and I accidentally opened up his files and he had all these pictures of Jimmy, Breena and even Victoria. Some of Breena's pictures were even um adult."

"Adult?"

"Naked pictures! That son of a bitch photographed Breena naked! What a sick perv!"

"Well none of this sounds at all like Tony but I will look into it."

"Thanks Tobais but I really hope that it isn't true."

"Yeah me too."

"Goodbye and thanks for listening. I am sure that it will be hard to get people from NCIS to believe me."

"Yeah bye and thanks for the tip."


A/N: Naturally Fornell is going to be skeptical. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.