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Chapter 7

Tony sat at his new desk and looked at the reports that were coming through to his computer. Jenny and Kort were talking in the corner and Heena was reading over Chris's shoulder.

"Otstupit' i pozvolit' mne rabotat'!" Chris snapped.

Heena stood back and moved to her own desk.

"Khvatit! my vse korotkim stolomi my budem prosto dolzhny ubedit'sya delayut zdes'poka novyy vedomstvo ne gotovo!" Tony snapped.

"Well I for one can't wait until the new office is ready; making do here in the slums is degrading." Kort grumbled.

Ziva listening to the exchange while looking over at the new group dropped a file in shock, Tony noticed and managed to hide a small grin.

"Gibbs…Did you know Tony could speak Russian?" Ziva hissed.

Gibbs shot her a look and growled, "Back to work!"

Vance walking past looked at Ziva and Gibbs with disdain, "Did neither of you ever look into Director DiNozzo's qualifications?" he asked.

Both looked at him and Vance sighed and turned to Gibbs, "You have no idea who you just lost us do you?"

Vance gestured for Gibbs to follow him to his office.

Tony wished he could be a fly on the wall for that meeting but he just settled with a text message to Abby to hack into the feed in the directors office and to tape the conversation. He smiled as a smiley face came back as an answer.

"So what have we got?" Tony asked his team.


Gibbs paced in Vance's office.

"He lied to me Leon! I won't have someone I can't trust on my team!" Gibbs said he was right in letting Tony go, he had betrayed his trust.

"Sit down." Leon said.

"Undercover I can understand, but this is….Tony was an ok investigator…but HOW did he get the job as Director of NCS surely he must have slept with…." Gibbs was cut off.

"SIT DOWN AGENT GIBBS!" Vance yelled at him and Gibbs sat.

"You need to be told some home truths." Vance stated, "Yes I knew Ex- Director Shepard, now Agent DiNozzo of NCS was alive, she made the sacrifice for the good of the country, she found out what her father was doing and had to be stopped. I had no idea about the child, but that makes her sacrifice all the more great."

Gibbs glared and Vance stared him down.

"Director DiNozzo has more qualifications than anyone in this agency, he's been consistently studying since he joined up, He has been offered this job twice, once before Jenny's stint as Director and I offered him it when I was injured and thought about leaving. Do you know why he turned me down?"

Vance waited as he swore he heard Gibbs grind his teeth.

"You."

"What?"

"You, he was and always has been loyal to you, you were the one person who hadn't abandoned him or cast him out in his entire life and he felt he owed you. You know his father, well he hates him…I mean really hates him, the only reason he kept trying to have a relationship with him was the fact you encouraged it. His father neglected him as a child and he still beats him, but DiNozzo kept taking it because he didn't want to let you down."

Vance stopped as he let the facts sink in, "Christmas." He prodded.

Gibbs looked shocked, "But they hugged in MTAC, they get on fine, AD gave Tony his family ring?"

"Have you seen it since then?" Vance asked.

Gibbs had to admit he hadn't.

"When they left Senior beat him over his wanting the ring, Jackie and I spent Christmas in the hospital with him. He didn't want to bother you as you were having your first Christmas with your father and I was Tony's second emergency medical contact."

In the Lab Abby watched with tears streaming down her face.

"Tony was offered Rota his own team lead, but he didn't take it, again because you needed him and he felt he didn't want to abandon you."

"I…I didn't know," Gibbs said

"Did you know that the Agent you just lost us has been offered more awards than you but has turned every single one down either passing them to you for the whole team or recommending lesser agents to boost their self esteem, or that he regularly helps out new agents at FLETC giving them pointers on working for an agency like this…Did you know your ex-agent speaks eight languages and is more computer literate than McGee, he is more talented than Ziva and McGee put together! AND YOU MADE HIM LEAVE!" Vance Yelled.

"ENOUGH!" Tony yelled storming into the office. He turned to the security camera "Enough!" he said more gently as he knew Abby would switch it off.

"Director?" Vance said.

"Sorry Leon, I asked for a favor, it kinda backfired." Tony admitted.

"Miss Sciuto?" Leon smiled.

Tony shrugged, "I asked her to record it for me, she saw fit to broadcast the last few minutes over the internal plasma system."

Gibbs got up and looked at Tony, "I…I'm…"

"Don't." Tony said, "I won't apologize for what I have done, I love my wife and I…Cared about you and the team, you made me choose, I chose her, it's that simple. You just made the choice easy, now if you don't mind I have a scumbag father in law to catch and I would appreciated it Agent Gibbs, if you could help your team locate my son."

Tony walked off leaving both men aghast for a second before they heard a noise outside the office and went to investigate it.


Tony walked out of the Directors office and stood on the top step as all the agents in the office stood up and clapped him.

He stood there looking at them all in shock only moving as he saw Jenny head to the elevator. He whirled around nearly knocking over Gibbs and Vance as he changed direction and headed to the elevator on that floor.

As the doors opened Jen pulled him in and hit the button. "It's ok." She told him as he began to hyperventilate. She rubbed his back as he regained his composure. "By the time these doors open Jethro will have all glared them into submission."

Tony laughed, and the tension eased. He gave her a quick kiss as the elevator stopped. "I hope you're right."

"Oh and Director?" she smirked as he stepped out onto a now quiet floor. "I have a lead."

Tony smiled and walked up to his team as two new Agents walked in with Tom the security guard "Director DiNozzo, these two were looking for you."

Tony looked at them and grinned, "Fielding… Sparks! How are you I haven't seen you since FLETC."

"We graduated last spring, we are on protection detail…we just finished guarding the president and got offered you, of course we jumped at it." Sam Fielding said.

"So how good is your track record on protection detail?" Jen asked worried.

"We guarded the president." Conrad Sparks said,

"And?" Jen snapped.

"Is he dead?" Conrad replied.

Tony laughed again, "Sorry fella's the wife is a bit worried about my safety." He smirked as their jaws dropped.

"Oh! I'm sorry ma'am…" Fielding said and stepped back at her glare, "Er…Mrs. DiNozzo?"

"Agent DiNozzo will do." She said shot Tony a wink and walked back to her desk.

The other team members laughed at the exchange but at a look from Tony got back to work.


"Jen, your lead?" Tony prompted.

"I've found a motel where Banks is staying, he's been seen on various security Camera's in and around DC, I used that program you wrote to locate him, he's been seen going to the Lincoln Memorial twice in the last few days, My Father has been there too, I think they will be meeting up soon."

"Did you find where Jasper was staying?" Tony couldn't help but ask.

Jen shook her head, Tony put a hand on her shoulder "its ok, we will find Max soon." He said quietly to her.

"Christiana, you're up, I've been creating a background for you, you will be meeting backs as Natasha Romanov, a Russian arms dealer. Just get in act interested and get a time and a place for the hand over, when they turn up with the weapons we'll arrest them then." He told his team. "Heena, I want you in as sniper back up, keep her in your sights at all times, no one…and I mean no one, goes in without someone on their six."

"Sir," Heena said and reached for her gun and badge, "Chris, fancy a run to the armory to pick up Ari?"

Ziva looked up at that.

"Sure, you got him oiled and ready to go?" Christiana asked.

Heena smiled and Kort shivered, "I have all my babies ready to fight." She replied.

Kort looked at the two new agents, "I would watch her, you've heard of Ziva David, Mossad assassin?" He asked knowing Ziva preened herself slightly at the moniker, "Well Heena makes her look like an amateur with a BB gun." Kort grinned. "She was with Hamas on an undercover op and she killed everyone they sent after her, with one exception, but he was killed by his sister before he reached her."

"KORT!" Tony snapped noticing Ziva was listening.

"Boss." Kort said, knowing it would still annoy Gibbs.

"Take Jen for some food and coffee, bring me back some." Tony said relaxing a little as his team left the building; at least he knew they were getting the job done.


Translation...coz I usually forget.

"Otstupit' i pozvolit' mne rabotat'! - Step back and let me work!

"Khvatit! my vse korotkim stolomi my budem prosto dolzhny ubedit'sya delayut zdes'poka novyy vedomstvo ne gotovo!"- That's enough we are all short handed and will have to make do until the office is ready.