That very next morning, Tony did something he hadn't done since high school: He woke up on a Saturday without a hangover and went jogging.
He ran by Ziva's place and saw her door was wide open. He drew his gun and went inside, the whole time calling: "Federal Agent! Is anybody in here? Hello?" He rounded a corner and saw a man rifling through Ziva's personal documents. "Federal Agent! Hands up, stand against the wall. NOW!"
The man looked Tony up and down and said in a very thick accent, "Agent DiNozzo, you're going to have to kill me." The man pulled a gun on Tony, but Tony was too fast. Before mystery man could get his gun past his waist, Tony shot him three times.
"Great!" Tony said. "Now I have to call Gibbs. And Ducky. There goes my Saturday. Jackass." Tony took his phone out and made the necessary calls, starting with Gibbs.
Gibbs was still sleeping when his phone rang. When he saw it was Tony, he got a little mad. He answered his phone and said rather angrily, "DiNozzo, do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Sorry, boss. But we got a problem."
"What problem, DiNozzo? And where are you?"
"Well, I went for a run a while ago-"
"Where does the 'problem' come into play, DiNozzo?"
"I ran by Ziva's house, and I saw some guy going through her stuff. He knew my name, said I'd have to kill him. I pulled my weapon, he pulled his. I shot him three times. Now the FBI is here. It's Agent Slacks."
"That's pronounced 'Sacks,' DiNozzo. And how many more people are your agents gonna kill before NCIS is shut down?"
"Boss, I'll call you back," Tony told Gibbs. After he hung up, he turned his attention to Slacks. "Listen here, Slacks. This is an NCIS Crime Scene. Leave on your own, or the mood I'm in, you might be leaving in an ambulance."
"Oh, right. Your little Mossad girlfriend landed in the hospital. What happen, she set you off and you shot her?"
Tony snapped and lunged after Sacks, pummeling him until Gibbs walked in the door, smacked both of them across their heads, and pulled them off each other. "What the HELL is going on here!? DiNozzo, explain. Sacks, get out." Before Sacks walked out, he told Tony: "This is not over."
"See you at the football game, Slacks. Wear extra pads!"
After Sacks walked out, Gibbs turned to Tony.
"What happened, DiNozzo?"
"Well, I was running by and saw the door wide open. I announced who I was, and I told you the rest over the phone."
"Go home, Tony. Or go visit Ziva. Hell, build a boat. Don't mind Sacks until the football game."
"Going, boss. And sorry for disturbing you on a Saturday."
"Forget it, Tony. Just go before I change my mind."
