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" Regrets and ... "
chapter 11.
Few hours later at Tony's flat in Mexico .
DiNozzo was on the phone with McGee , when Franks went in .
"Okay , Tony ," said Tim on the loud speaker ,"First of all , we've got a really good news ... Paloma Reynosa is dead and Gibbs' father is safe , now ,"
"Thank , God !" sighed Tony rubbing his face , tired but relieved . Franks smiled ."Who killed her ?" , asked the SFA .
"What do you think , DiNozzo ?" asked Gibbs , next to Tim .
"You ? I should have known it ,"
"And Ziva ," added the team leader .
"And she was happy of that , wasn't she ?" grinned Tony .
"Really happy !" smiled Ziva from her desk .
"Hi ... new American citizen ," said Tony , softly . She raised her eyebrows ."Ziva ... ehm ... turn off the loud speaker , just a moment , please ," , so Tony said just to her ,"Ziva , I wanted to tell you that ..."
"Tony . You do not need to apologize . I understand ," she stopped him .
"I wasn't about to apologize !" he chuckled , a little nervously ,"I just want to say that , I know how the Oath Ceremony was important to you and I'd have liked to be there ... when I promised you to come , I didn't know anything about this mission and then I had to ..."
"To follow orders ," she smiled softly , reminding how many times she'd told Tony that 'orders are orders and you've to follow them . "I'll show you the DVD !"
"A DVD ?"
"Yes ... Abby and McGee did it for me ,"
"Yeah ... when I'll be back , we'll have a pizza all together and we'll watch the video , okay ?"
"Great ! ... ehm , Tony ? It's better if I turn on the loud speaker again or Gibbs ..."
"He's gonna to kill us ," smiled Tony and Gibbs nodded , grinnig .
"Exactly ... you're on , now ," said Ziva .
"Go , McSearch !" laughed Tony .
"Morales is Reynosa's cousin , from their mother's side . Arrested 3 times for drug dealing , once for arms dealing and once for rape , but his victim died before the trial ,"
"I'm not surprised ," sighed Tony ,"Anything else ?"
"No , sorry , Tony ,"
"That's ok , Tim ," sighed Tony . McGee smiled softly . He really liked when Tony called him 'Tim' .
"Do you got something on Rivera ?" asked Gibbs .
"Mike ?" asked Tony .
"Hi , guys !" greeted the older man ,"Rivera , didn't do anything unsual . After his meeting with Morales , he went to his office and stayed there 'till he went home . That is to say 3 minutes ago ,"
"Something strange on his posture ?" asked Tony .
"What ?" asked Franks , really surprised .
"If he had known that his sister is dead , maybe he could have walked slowly , with hunched shoulders or he could have even sobbed ," explained Tony , seriously . Mike was really impressed by Tony's brain .
In D.C. , his younger colleagues were impressed as well . Just one person wasn't so shocked ... Gibbs . He knew damn well how competent and smart was the ex Homicide Detective , and he was also the only one that knew all Tony's qualifications .
"No , he seemed relaxed ... even happy ," said Mike .
"Happy ?" mumbled Tony , seriously .
"What are you thinking DiNozzo ?" asked Gibbs .
Tony didn't answered him , but said ,"Tim , can you trace Rivera's office phone ?"
"Tony , it's illegal ," protested the younger agent .
"Oh , come on McSnoosy ! I thought you were grown ! Are you still our little shy probie ?" he teased him . Tony was really proud of his grown-up probie , but sometimes Timothy still needed his SFA's kicks in the ass !
As Tony and Gibbs already knew , Tim reacted immediately to Tony's tease ,"No , I'm not ! I'll trace his phone immediately !" he answered , angrly .
"This is the NCIS Agent for which I'm proud !" exclaimed Tony , happly .
"You knew that I would have ..." asked Tim , shocked .
"Sure , McGee !" laughed Tony .
McGee turned and looked at Gibbs . His Boss nodded , grinning and whispered to his ear ,"He knows you like the back of his hand ," . McGee shook his head , grinning and thinking ,"This could be very dangerous for me !"
"Call me , when you've got something ," said Tony and hang up .
Two hours later McGee called Tony and told him that Rivera had received lots of job's calls , but received a call from his sister too . The two agents hypothesized that Alejandro didn't know that his sister was dead .
Next morning , while NCIS Team in D.C. were investigating the murder of a Petty Officer in Norfolk , Rivera met Morales at "Cafè Las Nubes" again . Tony and Mike were observing them from the window .
Unlike the day before , the two Mexicans went away together on Rivera's car . DiNozzo and Franks tailed them on the car that Tony had rented , when he'd arrived in Mexico .
Tony (with Franks in the passenger seat) drove for many hours , without rest , 'till they arrived in Fresnillo . It was about 350 miles northwest of Mexico City .
The town was nice , full of colored houses , but certainly it had seen better days . Just out of the town's borders there were some haciendas , but if you went just a little further , you were in the middle of nowhere ... just dry earth burned by the sun and mountains ... nothing else ...
And most important , no reception for cell or sat phones .
TBC .
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See you on the next chapter ... what will happen to Tony and Mike ? ...