Title: In A Sea Of Sharks
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Warnings: AU / BDSM / Slash-TIBBS / Mpreg / probably OOC / Language
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Chapter 7
Tony sat at the conference table between Director Morrow to his right and Gibbs to his left. By now he was unable not to fidget. Finally Morrow has clicked on a remote and they looked at the screen on the wall coming to life, before Tony could even contemplate the modern equipment at NCIS compared to the outdated one at the Baltimore Police department. . . At least it gave him some time to get over the fact that he has been hired for Gibbs' team. Well it was done. To ask now to take it back would harm his career. He had to live with it, somehow... 'It was just TAD!' He reminded himself. He still had a chance to get out of this later and hopefully to be assigned somewhere else. A team of subs as he has had applied for from the beginning. Of course it would make sense to be assigned as of yet to Gibbs' team, being a witness and all that. Yeah that must be the only reason the director has put him on the team of the uber dom…
As the other two men focused on the screen Tony focused on the task as well. They saw some seconds into the footage as the van of doom –as Tony has named it in his mind- stopped at the security check point. One guard holding a clipboard stepped up to the driver's window and leaned lightly forward to speak to the driver. Some words were exchanged and then the driver handed over some papers. Tony recognized in an instant that the driver and his companion wore caps, looked down and that the sunscreens of the van were clapped downwards, efficiently hiding their faces from the cameras. The guard was flapping through the papers on the clipboard obviously looking for something. After several moments he straightened and looked nervously over his right shoulder in the direction of the guard house. A short exchange of words with the driver, then the guard was stepping back his hand on his gun holster.
Next the driver stepped out of the van and rounded it to the backside, all the while his head held low, followed by the guard. They disappeared out of camera view behind the truck and they observed as the back doors were opened. Some moments ticked by, then the doors closed again. The driver got back behind the wheel and the guard was flapping through the papers on the clipboard again. Once again he looked agitated at the guard house before he nodded and opened the gate so the van could drive through. Tony shook his head in disbelieve as they watched the van drive along before it disappeared out of camera range.
At this moment the screen switched to the footage of another camera, showing the van from another angle as it drove along. Then another switch to another camera and they observed as the van was parked in front of the building –obviously the loading bay- and shut off. Both men got out of the van and rounded it to the back now in full view of the camera. They stood there for some time discussing.
Tony remembered that this was the moment he has arrived himself for the interview. He has had parked out of this particular camera range though as it seemed. He remembered as he stepped out of his own car, that he has looked immediately at the animated discussion of the both men. Even if not really silent, he did not understand them as they spoke in a foreign language. He has looked on, observed, wondering about why a federal agency had a dry cleaning service. After some moments one of the guys has recognized him and both men have looked at him for a while. Then they opened the back doors, hopped in and closed them. Tony has had by then pushed aside the strange feeling he has had ever since seeing the van and the two men, oblivious to the fact that the van was not supposed to be there, since it wouldn't be if it shouldn't. Taking into consideration the security check he has gone through mere minutes before at another gate than the van… He has straightened his suit and went to the main entrance for his interview.
Still looking at the screen they observed the two men opening the back doors after said heated discussion. A lot of hangers could be made out before both men entered the van and closed the door, just the way Tony has remembered it. Two minutes ticked by and the doors opened again. Both men still dressed in the dark blue overalls and caps jumped out, holding each a garment bag. They closed the door, locked the van and then left to the right around the corner of the building, throughout holding their heads low and not allowing one second for the camera to catch their faces.
They all looked on as the van stood in front of the building for about 20 minutes like a looming ogre before a brown UPS truck arrived and parked beside it. The driver of the UPS van got out with a small parcel under the arm, locked his own van and entered the building at the loading entrance. Some more minutes ticked by and while all three of them knew what would happen next, Tony none the less jumped slightly as suddenly the dry cleaning van exploded in a ball of fire, the blast so strong that the UPS van was thrown into the air.
He looked on as it landed on its side, the tank on the underside of the UPS van now clearly seen. Fuel was running out of it and on the ground, in an alarming speed reaching the burning remains of the dry cleaning van and catching fire. In milliseconds the fire reached the tank of the UPS truck and Tony jumped again as the second van exploded –admittedly not as spectacular as the first. They looked on several seconds at the smoldering remains of the two vehicles, when Morrow finally clicked the remote and paused the footage turning in his seat, looking at Gibbs and DiNozzo.
"After the guys turned the corner we lost them. It is the only blind area not covered by cameras on the whole outside Yard. Those bastards knew where the cameras are. We are still checking the recordings of all cameras but so far could not find them on any other footage." Morrow growled.
Tony fidgeted in his seat clearing his throat pointing at the screen. "Can you rewind the footage sir?"
The director looked at him several seconds before turning again and hitting a button on the remote.
The footage ran backwards. As they saw the two men hopping out of the van again Tony spoke up. "Stop right there sir." He felt the two pair of eyes of Gibbs and Morrow on him and he hurried on to explain. "You see both of them carry a garment bag each. Of course them posing as dry cleaners it would make sense when they were stopped by someone on the yard and been asked what they are doing there together with their papers. But what if they carried it not for that purpose to strengthen the cover of being dry cleaners, but the bags contained some clothes for them to change into? When they rounded the corner of the building and knew about the camera free area, they had enough time before the van exploded to change their appearance…." Tony trailed off as he saw Morrow looking at him. He sighed. Of course they probably had thought about this before. What was he thinking?
"What do you think they have dressed up as?" Gibbs asked and Tony jumped a bit his head whipping around looking at his eyes. But instead of seeing mockery, he saw an open maybe slightly proud expression looking back at him encouraging him to speak.
Tony shrugged. "I would guess a kind of uniform. I mean a lot of military was running around the yard when I got here. A uniform would not make them stand out…"
He trailed of again as he saw Morrow lean forward and press the intercom on the table. "Cynthia, instruct the search teams to look out for discarded clothes beside the bastards themselves. They might have changed their appearance and wear uniform now. Inform also the agents running through the footage to look out for 2 men in said uniform on the Yard behaving strange instead of our two perps in overalls. Lock down will stay in place until we made sure that every single person on yard has a purpose to be here."
Cynthia… So the secretary's first name was Cynthia. Nice voice too. Tony thought as he heard the short "Yes sir." as an answer through the intercom
"When did you get an eye on the men, Agent DiNozzo?" Morrow asked and Tony looked up once again, feeling more and more uncomfortable in the presence of the two doms who showed much too much interest in him for his liking. He cleared his throat once again. "I have parked my car to the left on the visitor lot when I arrived for my interview with Agent Gibbs, sir. When I stepped out I heard a loud discussion and looked where it was coming from. I saw two men standing at the back of the van seemingly in an agitated argument. I got a strange feeling and looked on several moments, wondering about what a dry cleaning service had to do with a federal agency. I did not understand the language they were talking in though unfortunately. After some time one of the guys recognized that I was looking at him and looked back and then even the second guy turned his head at me. They seemed surprised and particularly stared at me several moments. I got a very good look at their faces in return though before, well before they opened the back doors of the van and jumped in, closing the doors. I looked on several more seconds before I turned and left to head over to the main entrance… I am sorry sir." Tony said and blushed, looking ashamed on the desk, fidgeting.
"Sorry for what?" Morrow asked genuinely surprised and Tony's eyes snapped up, looking at him.
"The whole situation felt off somehow, sir. I should have done something. I could have done something." He stopped abruptly as he felt a hand squeezing his shoulder and he whipped around to look into Gibbs eyes.
"Nothing you could have done there, DiNozzo. No way in hell you could have known what those bastards have planned or had no purpose being there. Might have been they would have killed you if you would have done something." Gibbs stated and Tony felt strange as he looked into the eyes of the dom. It was as if Gibbs was proud of him, concerned and protective all in one in this one look. He wasn't sure though if he could trust his own perception at the moment. However Gibbs was probably right even if it did not make him feel better. He nodded looking down again.
He saw Morrow stand up, saw Gibbs do the same and followed suit. "Corporal Stanson, the guard, is waiting in conference room 3, Gibbs." Morrow said before heading to his desk. They were clearly dismissed. Gibbs nodded, turned and strode out of the room, once again followed by DiNozzo.
Tony's head was whirling. He had the feeling his life has had just changed completely. He did not know by then how soon he would find out how true this thought would be.
TBC
